Old Bawn Gymnastics

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT OLD BAWN GYMNASTICS…..

NOTICE:

There will be no gymnastics classes on 25th, 26th or 27th of Oct due to the bank holiday.

We are very excited to welcome back everyone for the new season this weekend!!  All classes will resume on Saturday 6th September for Term 1.

All children wishing to retain their place from last term will need to re-register on this date. Unless you have otherwise been advised, all class times remain the same.  Fees will be payable for term 1 on the first day back.  The recreational fee for term 1 (6th Sept to 13th Dec – 14 weeks) will be €100 plus the Gymnastics Ireland annual recreational licence fee of €20.

Please let us know if your child does not wish to take back up their place in the gym so we can offer it to the next child on our waiting list. oldbawngymnastics@gmail.com

We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone back and ready to go!!

Just to update you all on a few things that have been happened with the club over the summer.

First of all we need to congratulate the gymnasts who received our annual awards at the club summer competitions.

Gymnasts of the Year 2014:
Senior – Lauren Reddy
Junior – Katie O’Hara & Shauna Kelly
Minor – Saoirse Morgan
Male – Ciaran Fitzgerald

Group Awards:
Niamh Boland
Liadh Cruise
Ellen Hoey
Anna Shortt
Shannon Quinn
Ciara Boland
Kayleigh Fox
Alannah Giles
Alex Nugent
Giorgia Kirwan

Summer Training Camps:
On July 13th a group of 18 gymnasts and 7 coaches travelled to Largs in Scotland for our annual training camp.  As always the girls gained valuable training experience with all of them achieving some new skills and improving on their existing ones.  The coaches also benefitted greatly from this experience getting to interact with other coaches from UK clubs to share ideas and coaching methods.  It was a nice bonus that we got to also spend the week with the Commonwealth Team from the Turks and Caicos Islands who were preparing for the games at the Largs training centre.

On 22nd August our Elite group travelled to Galway with coaches Evelyn and Rachel to take part in the Gymnastics Ireland camp.  The visiting coach was Rochelle Douglas from Europa Gymnastics, UK.  Rochelle coaches one of the top British junior gymnasts Catherine Lyons and she was on hand throughout the camp to offer her coaching expertise and knowledge along with plenty of new suggestions for training to take home with us.  The girls choreography sessions were led by guest choreographer Abigail Leonard who has a wealth of experience and works with a number of clubs in the UK.

Now we are ready to begin our new season which starts on 6th September.  We cant wait to see everyone back and ready to keep improving and enjoying the gym!!

The gym will be closed on Monday 4th August for the bank holiday.

Unfortunately due to the very large number of requests to join our waiting list we are in a position where we have to close our list for a while.  Currently the demand for entry into the club far exceeds the number of places we can offer under the present class structure.  We are not in a position at the moment to increase our number of classes and therefore we see no option but to close the waiting list until such a time as we can offer more classes and reduce the waiting time for children on the list.  We do apologise to anyone who hoped to join the list.

Well done to the Old Bawn boys who competed at the Appenzeller Competition on 25th May.  They all performed excellently and did themselves proud.  Results for the club as follows:

 Level 4 o12 Ciaran Fitzgerald – Gold, Matthew Donohoe – Silver
Level 4 u12 Oisin Delaney – Gold
Level 3 u12 Alex Nugent – Gold
Level 2 u10 Niall Moran – Bronze
Level 2 u8 Conor Ward – Bronze, Matthew Shortt – 5th
Level 2 u6 Max Mulcahy – Silver

There is also a 2nd competition involved in this particular event for the Appenzeller Shield (combined total for floor, vault, parallel bar and high bar across all levels from level 3 up).  The boys also came out with great results in this as follows:
Alex Nugent – 2nd
Matthew Donohoe – 4th
Oisin Delaney, Ciaran Fitzgerald – Joint 6th
(Not bad going from 19 competitors!)

Well done to all the lads!!

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