NATHAN Bailey admitted his all or nothing approach failed to pay off after a disappointing performance in the trampoline final at the Youth Olympic Games.

Bailey – a member of the local Olga Gymnastics and Trampoline Club – qualified in fifth place, posting a 64.700 personal best score for his opening two routines.

But with a top-class field competing for medals, he admitted to pushing himself too hard in the final. He took a tumble and ended up on the matting at the side of the trampoline, throwing his hands in the air in resignation as he called a premature end to the performance.

Ukraine’s Oleksandr Satin won gold, ahead of China’s Yuxiang He and Japan’s Ginga Munetomo, with Bailey ranked a distant eighth.

“You either go for it or you don’t and I went for it and it didn’t come off – these things happen but it’s still very annoying,” said Bailey, who is a member of the Lloyds TSB Local heroes initiative.

“It’s just a learning experience, a good experience in many ways.

“I felt really happy for the first two routines, I was in a good place heading into the final. My expectations were really high and I thought I was on a roll but it wasn’t to be.” Bailey, 17, is hoping to compete at London 2012 and added: “I still think London 2012 is out there for me – it’s possible – but everything will depend on getting it right at the trials.”

• Lloyds TSB is providing awards of £1,000 to over 270 emerging young sportspeople identified each year across Britain, in the run up to London 2012 and beyond. Visit Lloydstsb.com/Localheroes