Old Bawn Gymnastics

Yesterday saw the final competition of this season for our gymnasts with the Irish National Apparatus finals.  Old Bawn had five gymnasts representing the club on various apparatus.

In the minor competition Shauna Kelly and Katie O’Hara competed on Beam and Floor.  Both girls had a great competition.  On beam Shauna landed a very solid clean routine for the silver medal and Katie added 3 new upgrades to her routine with a side somersault,  an aerial cartwheel and switch leap to help her to bronze.  On floor both girls had clean routines and personal best scores.  Katie’s 10.7 was good enough for the bronze medal.

In the senior competition Julie Sadlier, Ali Kavanagh and Beth Gillmor competed.  Julie performed well on her only event – vault, with 2 tidy vaults.  Beth landed a great tsukahara for the bronze medal.  On bars Ali achieved silver and Beth bronze.  On beam Ali’s continual upgrades helped her into bronze medal position.  Both Ali and Beth performed and expressed their dance beautifully on floor, with clean tumbles they shared the silver medal.

This was a fantastic way to end the season for the girls.  Over the summer months we will hope to keep increasing the skill level and unveil some new tricks for next year.  Congratulations girls!

Old Bawn had 12 gymnasts representing South Dublin in last Sundays National Level 2-7 Regional teams and Apparatus comeptition held in the DCU Sports Complex.  The girls performed really well with all of our gymnasts winning a team medal and some of them also achieving individual apparatus medals.  We also had 3 of our boys competing at the Mens National level 2-4 Competition and they also had a fantastic day with all three of them coming home with medals in a tough field of competitors.

Results as follows:

MENS 2-4 COMPETITION
Level 3 under 10 – Oisin Delaney GOLD
Level 3 Overall National Championship (all ages) – Oisin Delaney SILVER
Level 3 Under 12 – Ciaran Fitzgerald SILVER
Level 3 over 12 – Matthew Donohoe SILVER

WOMENS 2-7 COMPETITION:
Level 3 under 9 - Team GOLD (Amy Thewlis, Alanah Hunter, Heather Morgan)
Amy Thewlis – Gold on Vault, Silver on Floor and Bronze on Beam

Level 3 under 12 – Team BRONZE (Liadh Cruise, Emily Fitzpatrick)

Level 4 under 11 – Team SILVER (Maeve Kalusche, Sarah Moran)
Maeve Kalusche – Silver on Bar
Sarah Moran – Silver on Beam

Level 4 over 11 – Team SILVER (Martha Kavanagh)

Level 5 over 12 – Team SILVER (Aine Murphy, Emer Handly)
Emer Handly – Bronze on Vault

Level 6 under 13 – Team GOLD (Hannah Sullivan)

Level 6 over 13 – Team GOLD (Aoife Murphy)
Aoife Murphy – Silver on Floor

A massive well done to all of the Irish team and of course our four Old Bawn gymnasts who competed at last weekends Celtic Cup competition.  The girls had some really fantastic performances on the day and we are very proud of all of them.  For our minors, Shauna Kelly and Katie O’Hara, it was their first time representing Ireland and by far their biggest competition to date.  They held their nerve very well under the pressure with only a couple of minor errors.  Shauna competed a full twist on the floor and tuck back on the beam for the first time which was a great achievment.  For our juniors, Ali Kavanagh and Beth Gillmor, it was their last chance to compete at Celtic Cup – next year they will be age ineligible.  Both girls pulled off some really nice performances landing tsuk vaults and clean bar routines.  Beth achieved a personal best score on beam (10.8) with her rock solid routine that impressed the home crowd.

It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces in the audience and a huge thank you to everyone who came out to support all our wonderful Irish gymnasts.  The atmosphere at the competition was warm and encouraging and hopefully now the girls can continue to improve and increase their skill level for the next competition which will be the Irish National Apparatus finals in May.

Well done to all involved.

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder that there will be no gymnastics classes this Saturday, 14th April to allow coaches and gymnasts to attend the Celtic Cup competition to support our four Old Bawn competitors as they represent the Republic of Ireland.

For anyone who wishes to attend the competition, tickets can be bought here: Buy Tickets

Fantastic news!! Old Bawn has another National Squad member! – Lauren Reddy has made the grade!

Following Lauren’s strong performance at the Irish National All Around Finals, she has been awarded a position on the National Minor squad having achieved the benchmark score set by the Womens Technical Committee for placement on squad.

Lauren will attend the next squad session on April 22nd in Excel Gym Club along with her fellow squad members Ali, Beth, Katie and Shauna.

What a fantastic achievement.  Well done Lauren!

This weekend saw the South Dublin Regional Level 2-7 Teams and Apparatus competition take place in Shoreline Leisure Centre in Greystones.  The Old Bawn gymnasts performed really well with a total of 5 team medals and a total of 27 individual apparatus medals!!  All apparatus medalists will go through to form part of the South Dublin team for the National Finals in DCU on 15th April.

Results as follows:

Level 3 under 9
Team Gold (Amy Thewlis, Heather Morgan, Alannah Hunter)
Amy Thewlis – Gold Vault, Silver Beam and Floor and Bronze bars
Heather Morgan – Silver Vault, 1st Reserve on Beam
Alannah Hunter – Gold Floor, Silver Bars, 1st Reserve on Vault

Level 3 under 11
Team Silver (Sarah O’Reilly, Liadh Cruise, Emily Fitzpatrick, Amber Ryan-Fitzpatrick)
Liadh Cruise – Silver Floor and Bronze Vault
Emily Fitzpatrick – Silver Vault

Level 3 over 11
Leah O’Reilly – 5th Vault

Level 4 under 11
Team Gold (Maeve Kalusche, Sarah Moran, Julia Corps-Heffernan,Hanah Molloy, Aoibheann Bryson, Niamh Boland)
Sarah Moran – Gold Beam, Silver Bars
Maeve Kalusche- Gold Vault & Bars, Bronze Floor
Aoibheann Bryson – 1st Reserve on Floor

Level 4 over 11
Martha Kavanagh – Gold Bars

Level 5 over 13
Team Gold (Aine Murphy, Caoimhe NicSeain, Emer Handly)
Aine Murphy – Gold Bars, Silver Vault & Beam, Bronze Floor
Emer Handly – Silver Floor, Bronze Vault, Bars & Beam
Caoimhe NicSeain – 1st Reserve on all four apparatus

Level 6 under 13
Team Silver (Hannah Sullivan, Lucy Gillmor, Shannon Quinn, Amy Dunne)
Hannah Sullivan – Bronze Beam, 1st Reserve on Vault
Lucy Gillmor – 1st Reserve on Bar
Shannon Quinn – 1st Reserve on Beam

Level 6 over 13
Aoife Murphy – Gold Bars, Silver Floor, 1st Reserve Beam

More great news for Old Bawn. The Celtic Cup delegation was announced on Tuesday and we can now announce that FOUR of our gymnasts have been selected to represent the Republic of Ireland at the competition. As a club we will have the biggest representation at the competition which is great testament to the hard work of the gymnasts and coaches over the past year.

On the Junior team we will have Beth Gillmor, who has been selected onto the team for the 5th year in a row, and Ali Kavangh who has returned from a difficult injury to regain her place on the team this year. This will be Ali’s 4th time to compete at Celtic Cup. On the minor team we have Shauna Kelly and Katie O’Hara who have both only moved up to full FIG level competition this year. A pretty impressive achievement for their first attempt! Coach Evelyn Burke will also travel as part of the delegation to the competition as Team Coach for both the Minor and Junior teams.

The Celtic Cup is an annual competition where teams from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the Rep. of Ireland battle it out. This years comeptiton will be held in Dublins DCU on 14th April. Full teams are as follows:

Minor Team:
Shauna Kelly – Old Bawn
Katie O’Hara – Old Bawn
Ellen Hynes – Renmore
Taylor Coyle – Trojan
Jessica Ryan – Nadia
Niamh Rogers – Excel

Junior Team:
Beth Gillmor – Old Bawn
Ali Kavanagh – Old Bawn
Ciara Melia – Excel
Emma Lunn – Excel
Denise Moloney – Nadia
Sarah Buckley – Douglas

Yesterday saw 8 of our National Level gymnasts compete at the Irish National All Around finals held in Janz Gymnastics, Sandyford, Dublin.

In the senior competition Beth Gillmor had a strong competition to bag her first ever All Around medal coming in 3^rd place. She nailed her tucked tsukahara vault and performed an impressive double twisting somersault on floor to help her to bronze. Ali Kavanagh was not far behind her in 4^th while Julie Sadlier who was guesting at the competition would have come in overall 6^th and Ciara Nixon in 7^th. The girls had some very strong performances with Ali and Julie both adding upgrades to their beam routines and Ciara having a much improved bar set from previous competition.

At junior level Elaine Hayden came in 4^th with strong performances on both Vault and Bars and upgrades on beam adding a switch leap to her routine.

Our newest National level gymnasts also had a great competition in the minor age group. Shauna Kelly came in 5^th, Lauren Reddy 6^th and Katie O’Hara 8^th. All of the girls showed upgrades on beam with Katie performing an aerial cartwheel, Lauren adding a tuck back and Shauna adding a switch leap. Lauren and Shauna also upgraded on vault. This was a very encouraging competition for the minors and they are growing in confidence with each performance.

Congratulations to all gymnasts and coaches on a fantastic day. Next competition for our National gymnasts will be the Apparatus finals on 20th May where we will hopefully come away with even more success!