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IRISH NATIONAL ALL AROUND CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bronze for Beth!!
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 3rd 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 4th while Julie Sadlier who was guesting at the competition would have come in overall 6th and Ciara Nixon in 7th. 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 4th 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 5th, Lauren Reddy 6th and Katie O’Hara 8th. 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!
National All Around & Apparatus Finalists
We have finally received official qualification lists for the Irish National All Around and Apparatus finals…. and the Old Bawn girls have done FANTASTIC!!! Each one of the 8 girls who entered National Teams in December has earned a place in at least one of the finals. This will be the biggest representation for the club at National finals to date. Brilliant Job girls.
Our finalists are:
Minor:
Katie O’Hara: Beam, Floor and All Around
Shauna Kelly: Beam and All Around
Lauren Reddy: All Around
Junior:
Elaine Hayden: Vault, Floor and All Around
Senior:
Ali Kavanagh: Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor and All around
Beth Gillmor: Vault, Bars, Floor and All Around
Ciara Nixon: All Around
Julie Sadlier: Vault
Christmas Club Competitions 2011
All recreational competitions will take place during gymnasts’ normal class time. Competitive Squad competition will take place from 11am to 2pm on Sunday 18th.
Venue for all competitions will be Old Bawn Community School Hall.
Best of luck to all, Cant wait to see your performances!!!!
National Teams Competition 2011
8 gymnasts from Old Bawn competed at last Sundays National Teams competition. Each year the top teams in Ireland compete for this title. Old Bawn performed great and only narrowly missed out on the bronze by just a mark, bettering the bronze medal team on three apparatus. Unfortunatly some uncharacteristic errors on beam kept them from the podium.
However this competition is also a qualifier for selection to the Irish National Squad and also for National All Around and Apparatus Finals. Due to the strong individual performances of our 8 gymnasts, we are very hopeful that the girls will be well represented at both. Watch this space!!
Gymnasts who represented Old Bawn:
Beth Gillmor
Ali Kavanagh
Ciara Nixon
Julie Sadlier
Elaine Hayden
Lauren Reddy
Shauna Kelly
Katie O’Hara
Beth Gillmor selected to Northern Euros team!
Following last months trials, we are delighted to announce that Beth Gillmor will travel as part of the Republic of Ireland team to the Northern European competition in Sweden on 11/12 November. She will compete on floor and vault for the team. Coach Evelyn Burke will also travel as one of the national team coaches for the competition. Congratulations Beth, we are all very proud of you!
Gym closed bank-hol Monday
Hi all,
Please note that there will be no classes this Monday 1st August due to the bank holiday.
Thanks!!
Old Bawn Gymnastics 