A LANDSCAPE gardener received some moral support from Winsford’s MP prior to jetting off to Brazil to represent Great Britain at the world’s largest international skills competition.

Matt Beesley, 21, a former Reaseheath College student, is competing in the landscape gardening category at the WorldSkills finals in São Paulo, Brazil, which runs from August 11-16.

Held every two years, the competition sees around 1000 young people, aged 18-25, from all over the world come together to compete for medals in more than 45 different skills including electrical installation, welding, web design, cooking and bricklaying.

Matt said: “Being selected for WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 is an incredible honour and is something I’ve been working towards personally for over two years.

“I have spent every spare minute training for the competition and I am determined to give it my all.”

Last week, the Winsford youngster was visited by Antoinette Sandbach, MP for Eddisbury, as he made his final preparations.

Ms Sandbach said: “Matt is an inspiration to future generations of the UK’s workforce.

“His achievements prove that vocational learning can lead to great opportunities and successful careers for individuals and businesses.

“The members of Team UK are ambassadors for our nation and I wish each and every one of them the best of luck at WorldSkills São Paulo 2015.”