Reminder that the final Saturday of term 1 will be the 9th November.

Term 2 will begin and all fees will be payable on Saturday 16th November. 

This years Christmas club competitions will be held on the 14th & 15th December 2013.

Thanks!!

The gym will be closed on the following dates over Hallowe’en:

Saturday 26th October

Sunday 27th October

Monday 28th October

Thursday 31st October

We hope you all enjoy the small break and Halloween celebrations!!

TRICK OR TREAT!!!

Hi Everyone. For those who have been querying and are interested, the club waiting list has now reopened. Apply by sending an email with the child’s name, date of birth and a contact phone number to oldbawngymnastics@gmail.com

Hi everyone. We are delighted to announce that our club waiting list will re-open on Monday 30th September. We will be accepting applications through our club email address oldbawngymnastics@gmail.com. Details needed will be the child’s name, date of birth and a contact name and phone number. No applications will be accepted before 9am on Monday 30th Sept to allow everyone who is interested some advanced notice. Thanks!

On 11th May Old Bawn gymnast Shauna Kelly travelled to the Isle of Man with the Republic of Ireland delegation to compete at this years Celtic Cup competition.  The Celtic Cup is an annual event where gymnasts from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and Rep. of Ireland compete.

Shauna competed on the uneven bars and beam for team Ireland.  She had a fantastic competition and managed to achieve personal best scores on both apparatus.  A great achievement and brilliant job Shauna!!

Following on from the boys success a couple of weeks ago, we had 28 gymnasts compete in the Level 2-10 Teams and Apparatus competition.  The club had a great competition and came away with plenty of medals which included 2 team gold, 2 team silver and a team bronze, along with 28 individual apparatus medals.  As a result 17 of our gymnasts will travel to Limerick on the 18/19th May to compete in the National finals representing South Dublin.

Individual results as follows:

Level 7 – over 13
Aoife Murphy – Bronze Floor

Level 7 – under 13
Hannah Sullivan – Gold Bars

Level 6 – over 13
Shannon Quinn – Silver Vault, Bronze Beam

Level 6 – under 13
Hannah Molloy – Gold Vault
Amy Dunne – Bronze Vault
Lucy Gillmor – Bronze Bars

Level 6 – under 11
Niamh Boland – Gold Beam
Sarah Moran – Silver Floor, Bronze Vault
Aoibheann Bryson – Gold Bars, Silver Beam, Bronze Floor

Level 5 – over 13
Aine Murphy – Gold Beam, Silver Floor & Vault, Bronze Bars
Caoimhe NicSeain – Silver Beam, Bronze Floor & Vault

Level 4 – over 13
Emily Fitzpatrick – Silver Beam

Level 4 – under 11
Heather Morgan – Bronze Bars

Level 4 – under 9
Amy Thewlis – Bronze Bars

Level 3 – over 11
Leah O’Reilly – Bronze Vault

Level 3 – under 11
Leah Daly – Bronze Beam
Alannah Hunter – Bronze Vault

Level 2 – under 9
Saoirse Morgan – Silver Bars, Bronze Floor

Well, were coming close to the end of competition season now and so far the Old Bawn gymnasts have done extremely well.  On 20th April,  7 of our men’s squad took part in the Appenzeller Shield competition.  This is a South Dublin regional competition.  The boys performed fantastically and all of them came home with well earned medals.

Results as follows:

Sean Keane – Level 5 o12 – Gold
Matthew Donohoe – Level 4 o12 – Gold
Oisin Delaney – Level 4 u12 – Gold
Ciaran Fitzgerald – Level 4 u12 – Bronze
Jamie Greene – Level 3 u12 – Bronze
Alex Nugent – Level 2 u12 – Gold
Niall Moran – Level 2 u10 – Silver

Sean Keane also placed 5th in the competition for the Shield which is a combination of scores across all levels and age groups.  Brilliant achievemnt!

Huge congratulations to Katie O’Hara who has been named to the Irish National Squad for 2013.

Based on her scores from the National Teams competition Katie has been selected onto the minor squad for the year.  This is a fantastic achievement and we are all very proud of her, especially since the scores for this years squad increased significantly on previous years.

We look forward to attending National Squad sessions with Katie throughout the year!! Well done!!

Well done to the team from Old Bawn who placed 5th at yesterdays Irish National Team Championships.  The team had some ups and downs throughout the day, however, there were many positives to come away with.  On bars we had lots of new skills with Ciara performing a Shoot-over from high to low bar, Katie performing her giant and Julie getting her cast to handstand.  Similarly on beam Lauren performed a flip layout and Julie performed tuck back somersault and straight front somersault dismount.  On floor Katie performed straight front somersault and full twisting back somersault to achieve the 3rd highest score in the minor competition on floor. Other notable performances were Julie and Ciara’s stuck beam routines and Shauna’s fabulous and clean bar routine.

This competition is also a qualifier for the National All Around and National Apparatus finals.  We are delighted to say that the girls qualified to the following finals:

Shauna Kelly – Bars, Vault and All Around
Katie O’Hara – Floor, Vault and All Around
Lauren Reddy – Bars, All Around
Ciara Nixon – Vault and All Around
Julie Sadlier – Vault and All Around
Beth Gillmor – Floor

Well done girls, we’re very proud of you and the progress you are making!!

Last Sunday saw some of our youngest competitive gymnasts enter their first competition outside the club.  Old Bawn had two teams competing in the South Dublin Regional Level 1 competition.  We are thrilled to say that the girls did fantastic and both teams made it on to the podium.  Along with this 4 of our gymnasts also qualified to the National Finals in December. Brilliant work girls.

Level 1B – under 9: (Emily Mulhall, Anna Shortt, Holly McLoughlin, Hannah Fitzpatrick, Briana Ayana Utiu, Sarah Farrell)
Team GOLD
Emily Mulhall – individual Gold
Anna Shortt – individual Silver
Holly McLoughlin – 4th Place

Level 1C – under 9: (Chloe Regan, Leah Daly, Aoibhinn O’Hara, Saoirse Morgan, Sarah Brennan)
Team SILVER
Chloe Regan – 4th Place