Following a tough trial process, two of Old Bawn’s top gymnasts, Katie O’Hara and Shauna Kelly were selected to represent the Republic of Ireland for this years Celtic Cup International Competition.  Katie formed part of the Junior team (under 15) and Shauna part of the Minor team (under 13).

The competition took place in Perth, Scotland on  25th and 26th April.  Both girls had a fantastic competition with Katie achieving personal best scores on bars, vault and All Around, and Shauna achieving personal best scores on floor and vault.

Along with the fantastic personal achievements, the minor team also claimed the bronze medal for team Rep. of Ireland.  We are very proud of both of the girls!!!

The weekend of 5th/6th April saw one of the largest events of the Gymnastics Ireland calendar take place in Limerick University.  The Irish National Finals for the levels regional teams and apparatus competition took place along with the Women’s and Men’s Artistic FIG all around and apparatus finals.

Old Bawn was represented by a total of 35 gymnasts who had some really great performances.

Results for the club as follows:

Lauren Reddy – level 8+ o13 – silver vault, bronze floor, beam
Katie O’Hara – level 8+ o13 – gold vault silver floor, beam
Shauna Kelly – FIG Minor All Around – bronze, level 8+ u13 – gold beam, bar
Shannon Quinn – level 7 o13 – gold vault, bronze bar
Julia Corp-Heffernan – level 7 u13 – gold vault
Ellen Hoey – level 4 o11 – bronze bar
Kayleigh Fox – level 3 o11 – silver bar
Saoirse Morgan – level 3 u11 – silver bar
Aoibhin O’Hara – level 3 u9 – bronze beam

Liadh Cruise – Level 5 u13 – Team Gold

Heather Morgan, Amy Thewlis – Level 5 u11 – Team silver

Kayleigh Fox, Tara Delaney, Diana Nechiti – Level 3 o11 – Team Bronze

Sarah Brennan, Emily Mulhall, Aoibhin O’Hara – Level 3 u9 – Team Silver

EVERYONE PLEASE JOIN US THIS EVENING FOR OUR FUNDRAISING QUIZ NIGHT

THERE WILL BE SPOT PRIZES THROUGH THE EVENING

8pm – Scholar’s Pub, Firhouse, March 29th

WE WILL ALSO HAVE AN AUCTION FOR THIS FANTASTIC PERSONAL TRAINING JERSEY DONATED TO US BY NONE OTHER THAN IRISH RUGBY STAR

Brian O’Driscoll

NOTICE:

Please note there will be no gymnastics this coming Saturday 15th or Monday 17th March.

We wish you all a very Happy St. Patrick’s day!!

– Old Bawn Gymnastics

The South Dublin regional Level 2-9 & plus levels Teams and Apparatus competition took place on the weekend of 1st and 2nd March in Shoreline Leisure Centre.  Old Bawn had a total number of 53 competitors take part in the event.  The club had a fantastic weekend bringing home a total of 7 team medals (3 Gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) and over 50 individual apparatus medals. All of the individual medalists will compete at the National Finals in Limerick on 5th/

Level 2 under 9 – team silver (Ava Brennan, Anna Abom, Ciara Boland, Aisling Weafer, Rebecca Morgan)
Ava Brennan – silver bars
Deirdre Hennessy – bronze beam

Level 2 under 11 – team silver (Hannah Fitzpatrick, Holly McLoughlin, Ellen Sweeney)
Hannah Fitzpatrick – silver bar, bronze beam
Holly McLoughlin – bronze bar & floor

Level 3 under 9 – team gold (Emily Mulhall, Sarah Brennan, Aoibhin O’Hara)
Emily Mulhall – silver vault, beam, floor, bronze bar
Sarah Brennan – gold vault, silver bar
Aoibhin O’Hara – silver vault, bronze beam & floor

Level 3 under 11 – team gold (Saoirse Morgan, Anna Shortt, Elllen Ward, Aisling O’Donnell, Jennifer Foley)
Saoirse Morgan – gold vault & bar,  silver beam & floor
Aisling O’Donnell – bronze bar

Level 3 over 11 – team silver (Kayleigh Fox, Tara Delaney, Sophie Cunningham, Ella Kernan, Diana Nechiti)
Kayleigh Fox – silver bar
Tara Delaney – bronze bar
Diana Nechiti – bronze beam

Level 4 under 11 – team bronze (Leah Daly, Alannah Hunter, Chloe Regan, Kerry Delaney)

Level 4 over 11 – team gold (Emily Fitzpatrick, Leah O’Reilly, Sarah O’Reilly, Amber Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ellen Hoey)
Emily Fitzpatrick – gold bar, beam, silver floor
Leah O’Reilly – silver vault
Ellen Hoey – gold vault, silver bar

Level 5 under 11 – (no team)
Heather Morgan – silver floor
Amy Thewlis – bronze floor

Level 5 under 13 – (no team)
Liadh Cruise – silver beam

Level 7 under 13 (no team)
Julia Corp-Heffernan, Hannah Molloy – joint gold vault

Level 7 over 13 – (no team)
Lucy Gillmor – silver vault & beam
Amy Dunne – bronze floor
Shannon Quinn – bronze vault, silver bar & floor

PLUS LEVELS
Level 6 plus under 13
Aoibheann Bryson – gold beam, silver bar, bronze vault
Maeve Kalusche – Gold bar
Sarah Moran – bronze beam
Niamh Boland – bronze Range & Conditioning

Level 7 plus over 13
Hannah Sullivan – silver beam, bronze vault, bar, floor, Range& conditioning

Level 8 plus under 13
Shauna Kelly – gold bar & beam

Level 8 plus 0ver 13
Lauren Reddy – gold vault & beam, silver range,  bronze floor
Katie O’Hara – gold range, silver vault, floor & beam

QUIZ NIGHT

The club will be holding a fundraising quiz night on SATURDAY 29th MARCH in Scholars Pub, Firhouse at 8pm.

We would love to see as many of you there as possible to support it!!!

Tables of 4 – €40

There will be a raffle and spot prizes on the night

Well done to the 8 gymnasts who represented Old Bawn at the Irish National All Around level 2-9 finals last weekend.  The girls performed excellently and made us very proud.  We are also delighted to have taken home two medals at level 7.

Shannon Quinn – BRONZE, Level 7 over 13

Julia Corp-Heffernan – BRONZE, Level 7 under 13

Our next big competition will be the Regional Individual Apparatus and Teams Competition on 1st and 2nd March.

7 gymnasts from our boys squad competed at the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) Spring Challenge on 2nd February.

The boys had a great competition and we are delighted to announce the following results for the club:

Niall Moran – level 2 under 10 – GOLD

Oisin Delaney – level 4 under 12 – BRONZE

Ciaran Fitzgerald – level 4 over 12 – GOLD

Great work lads!!

On 25th and 26th January we had 18 of our gymnasts take part in the South Dublin Regional Level 2-9 All Around Competition.  The girls did great and we came away with a number of medals as follows.

Level 3 under 9 – Sarah Brennan SILVER, Emily Mulhall BRONZE
Level 3 under 11 – Saoirse Morgan GOLD
Level 5 under 11 – Amy Thewlis BRONZE
Level 5 under 13 – Liadh Cruise SILVER
Level 7 over 13 – Shannon Quinn SILVER, Lucy Gillmor BRONZE

The above gymnasts will go on to represent South Dublin at the finals on 15th and 16th February.

Also competing at the final will be the following gymnasts who competed in the new “plus” levels and achieved the qualifying scores for the final:
Hannah Sullivan – level 7+
Maeve Kalusche – level 6+
Aoibheann Bryson – level 6+
Niamh Boland – level 6+

Hi everyone, due to the fire over the weekend in the Oxigen plant in Ballymount, there are some road closures in the area. Gym classes will continue as normal in Ballymount but you will need to come via the Walkinstown roundabout end of Ballymount road. Thanks!!