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!