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General club updates
Success for Old Bawn Boys at Appenzeller Shield 2012
Big congratulations to the 3 Old Bawn boys who competed in the annual Appenzeller Shield competition last Saturday 10th March in Phoenix Gymnastics, Churchtown.
All 3 boys came away with medals as follows:
Ciaran Fitzgerald – GOLD- level 3 under 12
Oisin Delaney – BRONZE – Level 3 under 10
Jamie Greene – GOLD – Level 2 under 8
Well done to the boys and their coaches!
2012 Irish National Squad Members
Its official!!! Old Bawn have qualified FOUR gymnasts to the Irish National Squad for 2012!!
On the senior squad we will be represented by Beth Gillmor who has been a squad member since 2008, and Ali Kavanagh who has made a remarkable recovery following a bad injury last year and regained her position on the squad. On the minor squad we will be represented by Katie O’Hara and Shauna Kelly both of whom only moved up to full FIG competition this year! This is a fantastic achievement for the 4 girls and for the club.
Start-Back Dates!
Hi Everyone,
Hope you all had a lovely Christmas break! Our classes will resume in the new year as follows:
Competitive squads: 3rd Jan 2012 (Tues)
Recreational classes: 7th Jan 2012 (Sat)
Looking forward to seeing you all in January!
Beth competes at Northern Europeans 2011
The Irish delegation arrived home from Uppsala in Sweden this morning after attending the 2011 Northern European Championships. We are delighted to report that Beth from Old Bawn had a very solid competition, landing 2 strong tsukahara vaults and a clean floor routine. The Irish contingent also had some success on the podium with Anthony O’Donnell from the men’s team making 3 apparatus finals and achieving bronze on floor. A great achievement and hopefully a sign of things to come for Gymnastics Ireland.
2011-2012 Season
Hi All,
It’s that time of year again!! Our 2011-2012 season will commence on 3rd September 2011.
Over the summer months our competitive squads have continued training hard. July saw 15 of our gymnasts travel to The Scottish training centre in Largs for a week long intensive training camp.
In August our 5 senior gymnasts and coaches Evelyn, Andrea and Rachel travelled further afield to Pennsylvania to attend the International Gymnastics Camp. An amazing experience for all.
Now we are excited to begin our new season!! We hope you all had a nice and relaxing summer and look forward to welcoming everyone back next weekend!!!
International Gymnastics Camp!!
At the beginning of August our 5 senior gymnasts Ali, Beth, Julie, Ciara and Elaine along with coaches Andrea, Evelyn and Rachel, travelled to the International Gymnastics Camp in Pennsylvania.
Through the course of the week, the gymnasts had the privilege of being coached by Svetlana Boguinskaia (former Olympic Champion), Jana Bieger (World Cup winner & USA national team), Andrea Bieger (former Olympian) and Abie Grossfeld (former Olympian & Olympic team coach). They also got to meet Paul Hamm (2004 Olympic Champion) who is currently training to try make the 2012 USA team.
Apart from the amazing gymnastics, the camp life experience, recreational activities and entertainment provided by the staff at IGC throughout the week was fantastic.
This was a very exciting trip for all involved and an experience that we won’t forget for a long time!!
No Training this Week
There will be no training this week – 18th July, as a number of our coaches and gymnasts will be attending an intensive summer training camp in Sports Scotland, Inverclyde.
The gym will also be closed the week of August 7th when we will travel to the INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS CAMP in Pennsylvania with 5 of our gymnasts.
Summer Club Competitions 2011
Well as our 2010-2011 gym year comes to a close, this weekend saw our annual summer club competitions take place. We would like to congratulate all the gymnasts who took part from recreational to senior level giving some great performances and making both days of competition a success. Special congratulations to our 2011 gymnasts of the year as follows:
Boys Squad- Oisin Delaney
Minor Girls Squad – Niamh Boland
Junior Girls Squad – Lauren Reddy
Senior Girls Squad – Beth Gillmor
Our competition squads will continue to have training over the summer months hopefully acquiring some new skills for next season.
Recreational classes will resume on the weekend of 4th September.
We would like to thank everyone for their continued support this year and hope you all have a lovely summer!!
Beth Gillmor – National Junior Vault Champion!
NATIONAL APPARATUS FINALS
- National Apparatus Finalists
Beth performed a tuck and a pike tsukarhara to win the vault title – Old Bawns first ever Irish National Champion!
LEVEL 8 APPARATUS FINALS
- Level 8 National Finalists
In the Level 8 competition Old Bawn also had success with Lauren Reddy (under 13) achieving silver on Bars and bronze on beam and Elaine Hayden (over 13) achieving the National Title on Vault and bronze on beam!
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