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DECEMBER 2012 ATT NATIONAL FINALS Clondalkin Gymnastics Club recently had 17 Gymnasts who had qualified to represent South Dublin at the ATT National Finals in Carlow on December 9th. First to take to the floor was the Grade3 Womens Trio of Sophie Toomey, Fiona Taoley and Zoe Taylor followed by the Grade 3 mixed pair of Barry Gouldsbury and Beatrice Fagan, the combined score of the two routines earned them the team Bronze Medal. Next to take their place on the medal podium also winning a team Bronze Medal were the Grade1 Team of two Womens Pairs Grace Carey and Brianna Sheehan with Yasmin Kilduff and Laura Brophy. And late in the day the PrepB Team competing in their first National Finals Womens Pairs Laura Kiely and Aoife Smullen with Niamh McDonagh and Brianna Mangan also won the Team Bronze Medal. In total the Club brought home 13 medals. NOVEMBER 2012 NATIONAL TUMBLING FINALS Congratulations to all the Gymnasts that took part in National Tumbling Finals in Gormanstown, after a great competition we were delighted to return with 3 Gold Medals and 4 Bronze Medals, well done everyone and thank you to all our fantastic Parents who worked so hard on the day to make it run smoothly. Regional 2 - Age 8 to 10yrs - Katie White - 1st place NDP Level 1 - Age 15+ - Grace Collins - 3rd Place NDP Level 2 - Age 11+12yrs - Aine Sheehan - 1st place NDP Level 2 - Age 15+ - Emma O'Brien - 3rd place NDP Level 3 - Age 15+ - Sophie Toomey - 3rd place NDP Level 4 - Age 15+ - Beatrice Fagan - 1st place NDP Level 6 - Age 15+ David Lynham - 1st place Well done everyone! SEPTEMBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL NEWS The Display Squad have just returned from a very successful trip to Sapphire Gymnastics Club in Glasgow, Scotland who hosted a fantastic three day festival, the whole squad plus Coaches and Parents had a great time, Precision performed on each of the three days and were thrilled to win the Trophy for Best Overall Team Performance as well as the Trophy for Best Costume too! and to complete the hat-trick Emma O'Brien won the prize for the longest held Planche. AUGUST 2012 RDS - SHARE A DREAM CONCERT Precision Display Squad were delighted to take part in the Share A Dream Concert held in the RDS, it was a great day with Precison giving two different performances in each half. JULY 2012 SPORTS TEAM OF THE MONTH Congratulations to Sophie Toomey and Zoe Taylor who have won Sports Team of the Month with the Echo Newspaper group and are now in the running for Sports Team of the Year. Well done Girls! CLONDALKIN FESTIVAL Precision Display Squad were delighted to be asked to perform in this years Clondalkin Festival were they performed a combination of routines in their first street performance. Well done Girls the crowd were very impressed. JUNE 2012 END OF YEAR DISPLAY A big thank you to everyone who took part in this years End of Year Display. A great variety of routines showcasing the best of what the Club has on offer followed by a great party that night enjoyed by all. GYM FLEAGH - UCD Congratulations to Precision Display Squad who for the third year running took part in Gym Fleagh in UCD giving a great performance of their latest routine. MAY 2012 ALL-IRELAND FINALS Well done to all our Gymnasts who competed in the All-Ireland Finals held in Wexford a great weekend of Acro and congratulations to Sophie Toomey and Zoe Taylor who won the Bronze medal in the Women's Grade 2 Pairs. MARCH 2012 CELTIC CUP - GOLD MEDAL On the 17th March Sophie Toomey and Zoe Taylor who had been selected to represent Ireland as a Grade 2 Pair in the Celtic Cup Competition traveled to Belfast with Head Coach Emer Kavanagh and supporters, it was a fantastic days competition and the girls were thrilled to return with a GOLD Medal. Well done Girls, great achievement. SWITZERLAND ACRO COMPETITION At the beginning of March seven of the Clubs Gymnasts plus Head Coach Emer Kavanagh and accompanying Parents headed off to Geneva in Switzerland to take part in an International Acro Competition. The standard of competition was very high and our Gymnasts rose to the occasion bringing home five medals! Congratulations to Sophie Toomey, Fiona Tapley and Zoe Taylor who won the Silver Medal and also to Barry Gouldsbury and Beatrice Fagan who won Bronze. The Club would like to thank the Parents and local businesses who supported the fundraising which helped to make the trip possible.
TRIP TO UK Classes have now finished for 2011 and we will take a short break over the Festive Season. Senior classes will resume on Tuesday 3rd January 2012. Intermediate classes return Saturday 7th January 2012 Kinder and Junior classes re-start on Monday 9th January 2012. NEWS - NOVEMBER 2011 ATT SOUTH DUBLIN REGIONAL COMPETITION Congratulations to everyone who took part in the recent ATT South Dublin Regional Competition it was a very close competition and we are delighted to have 21 Gymnasts from PrepB through to Grade 3 going forward to National Finals in Carlow next month, a big thank you to Arabian Gymnastics Club who hosted the competition. Clondalkin Gymnastics Club recently hosted the annual South Dublin Acro Regional Competition. A total of 22 Gymnasts from the Club qualified to go forward to represent Dublin at the All-Ireland National Finals that will be held in Galway. First up at Novice Level PrepB the Boys Pair of Sasha Jackson and Jason Doyle Came 1st and in 2nd Place Alice Maguire And Vicky Gallagher. At Grade1 the Womens pair of Fiona Tapley and Grace Kavanagh took the Gold Medal followed by Maria Odouka and Niamh McDonagh winning Silver. Next up were the Grade1 Trios - 1st place went to Rebecca O’Neill, April Greene and Briana Sheehan and in 2nd Place Sarah Toomey, Fiona Tapley and Grace Kavanagh. The second half of the competition saw the Grade 2 partnerships take to the floor, in the Womens pairs Sophie Toomey and Zoe Taylor took the Gold medal followed by Rachel Kavanagh and Emma O’Brien in Silver position and Grace Collins and Lisa Hickey taking the Bronze. In the Grade 2 Trios Rachel Kavanagh, Grace Collins and Lisa Hickey came1st followed closely by Sophie Toomey, Grace Carey and Aine Sheehan in 2nd place. The Grade 3 mixed pair of Barry Gouldsbury and Beatrice Fagan finished off a successful day for the Club by qualifying in 1st place. All gymnasts are now looking forward to competing against the very best from all over the country at National Finals in Galway.
On behalf of the Management Committee we wish all our Members and their Families a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Classes have now finished for 2010 and we will take a short break over the Festive Season. Senior and Intermediate Classes will resume on Tuesday 4th January 2011. Kinder and Junior Classes re-start on Monday 10th January 2011.
NEW ADULT CLASS Have you always wanted to try Gymnastics? Now is your chance as Adult classes will be starting shortly on Saturday afternoons from 4.30pm - 6.00pm Suitable for both beginners wanting to try a new way to keep fit and former gymnasts who would like to return to the sport or dancers wishing to learn new skills. Gymnastics is a fun and friendly environment where you can not only get fit but also improve your strength and flexibility. To book your place or for more information contact julia.toomey1@gmail.com
END OF YEAR DISPLAYS Kinder Class Display :- Monday 14th June - Gymnasts should be in the hall at 4.00pm Spectators will be admitted for the display at 4.30pm. Junior Class Display :- Monday 14th June - Gymnasts should be in the hall at 4.30pm spectators will be admitted for the Display at 5.00pm. Intermediate + Senior Displays Saturday 19th June - All gymnasts should be in the hall at 1.00pm display will start at 2.00pm. MINI-MARATHON Your Coaches and some of the Mums + Gymnasts have kindly agreed to give up their June Bank Holiday to take part in the Women’s Mini-Marathon in order to raise funds for the Club. Please support them by filling your sponsorship cards as much as you can. All sponsorship cards and money must be returned no later than Monday 14th June 2010 INTERNATIONAL GYMFEST The Club’s Display Team have been invited to take part in an International Gymnastics Festival taking place in UCD. The display team will once again perform the routine which they were awarded a Bronze Medal for at last years World Championships in Austria. All are welcome to come and watch this event on Sunday 20th June 2010 in UCD. Tickets are not needed as you can pay at the door
ALL-IRELAND NATIONAL ACRO CHAMPIONSHIPS The All-Ireland National Acro Finals were held in Sligo on May 8th + 9th and we had a very strong team competing this year. It was the largest entry for many years from all over Ireland and all of our Team performed extremely well on both days. Special congratulations go to Grade1 mixed pair Stephen Kelly + Monika Nzgheum and Grade 3 mixed pair Barry Gouldsbury + Beatrice Fagan who all brought home Gold medals. Well done to all who performed brilliantly and did the Club proud.
On behalf of the Management Committee we wish all our Members and their Families a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Classes have now finished for 2009 and we will take a short break over the Festive Season. Senior and Intermediate Classes will resume on Saturday 2nd January 2010. Kinder and Junior Classes re-start on Monday 11th January 2010.
GFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - CONGRATULATIONS! July 19th - After five days in Austria at the GFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Our Team of 16 Gymnasts returned to a triumphant welcome at Dublin Airport. They marched out proudly wearing their BRONZE Medals to be greeted by Family and Friends waiting to congratulate them. This was the end to what had been an amazing five days in Austria, they did themselves the CLUB and IRELAND proud. The whole Team gave an amazing performance to win the admiration and respect of all of the other Countries competeing. In total 26 Countries from around the World took part and the standard of Gymnastics was excellent. We went up against the best in the World and held our heads high. Well done to all who helped in some way to make this possible it is an experience we will all never forget. Some pictures are already loaded on the photo page more to follow soon. TV3 July 13th - Congratulations to Team Austria who performed their GFA World Championship routine live on TV3 Morning AM today. They gave a great performance and looked very smart wearing their Irish tracksuits for the first time. Coach DENISE COUGHLAN was interviewed while the Team performed behind her well done everyone great show. International News July 14th - We are very proud to have 16 of our Gymnasts travelling to Austria for five days to represent IRELAND in the GFA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS they have trained extremely hard for this over the last year. It has taken a huge amount of effort from the Club, Gymnasts and Parents to get this far so a big thank you to all who have helped and supported the Team. Travelling with the Team are Coaches, Parents and supporters in total we have 32 people going to Austria we wish them success and will update you on their return. If you would like to watch the competition live on the Internet and follow our Teams progress log on to www.gymforlife09.org NEWS - JUNE 2009 End of Year Displays June 13th - was our End of Year Display for both our Kinder and Junior Classes they had all been practising very hard in the weeks coming up to the display and they all put in great performances well done everyone. June 21st - Our Senior and Intermediate Classes had a joint End of Year Display they performed a combination of Acro and Tumbling routines, including a display on the Tumbling air track. We also had some of the Senior Acro Pairs and Trios perform their All- Ireland Medal Winning routines. Well done and a big thank you to Coaches EMER and YVONNE who between them put together the display routines for all the Classes in the Club from Kinders right up to the Seniors which takes a huge amount of their time and effort. Have a great Summer and we hope to see you all in September for the start of another Gymnastics year. NEWS - MAY 2009 National Acro Finals May 9th + 10th - The All-Ireland National Acro Finals were held in Newry over two days with nearly 300 competitors from all over Ireland. Our Club had 13 Gymnasts representing Dublin in the Finals. All our Gymnasts performed extremely well on both days. On the Saturday STEPHEN KELLYand MONIKA NZGHEUM were placed 1st in Prep A Mixed Pairs, STEPHEN also competed in Prep A Mens Pairs with DENIS CAREY and came 2nd in that group. We had three pairs in the Womans Grade 1 level AMY BROWNE and APRIL GREENE just missed out on a medal by placing 4th. On the Sunday in the Womans Grade 1 Trio competition SARAH TOOMEY, FIONA TAPLEY and GRACE KAVANAGH placed 3rd to take the Bronze medal and the Clubs other Grade 1 Trio of SOPHIE TOOMEY, GRACE CAREY and AINE SHEEHAN came 5th in a very close competition. YVONNE KAVANAGH and EMMA O'BRIEN competed in Grade 3 Womans Pairs and were placed 5th over the two days and two routines. Well done to all the Gymnasts and Coaches who trained them. NEWS - APRIL 2009 National Tumbling Finals April 18th + 19th - The All-Ireland National Tumbling Finals were held in Wicklow and we were represented by 13 Gymnasts from our Club. They all performed to a very high standard and did the Club proud. We came home with 4 Gold medals, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. Novice Level - Stephen kelly 1st, Novice Level - Emma O'Brien - 2nd, National Level 1 - Dennis Carey 1st, National Level 2 - Beatrice Fagan 1st, National Level 4 - Niamh Farrelly 1st, National Level 5 - Fiona Tapley 3rd. Fiona also qualified for the Champion of Champions Final placing 4th. Well done to everyone a great days tumbling. April 17th - Two of the Clubs Coaches Emer Kavanagh and Yvonne Kavanagh attended an all day coaching course in Carlow. The instructor was Tosho Polov a former Bulgarian and International Gymnast. Tosho was a highly respected Gymnast on the International circuit winning many European and World Championship medals in Tumbling and Acrobatics. The Coaches found the course very informative and look forward to passing on their knowledge to our own Gymnasts. APRIL 4th - Was the date of the South Dublin Acro Regional Competition, 16 gymnasts from our Club qualified to represent South dublin in the National Finals which will be held in Newry in May. Well done to everyone who qualified and good luck in the Finals. NEWS - FEBRUARY 2009 FEBRUARY 1st - We had three gymnasts competing in the Tumbling ATT Finals in DCU and all three brought home GOLD medals. First up was SOPHIE TOOMEY who won a Gold Medal at National level 2. Next was FIONA TAPLEY who won Gold at National level 3. To complete the Hat-trick NIAMH FARRELLY also won Gold at National level 3. To Finish off a great day South Dublin were also awarded the overall Tumbling ATT Trophy. Well done Girls a great achievement by you all.
NEWS - DECEMBER - 2008 DECEMBER 22nd - Classes have now finished for 2008 Senior Classes will re-start Thursday 8th January 2009 4.00pm – 5.00pm Intermediate Classes will re-start Saturday 10th January 2009 2.00pm – 4.00pm Team Austria training will re-start Sunday 1ATTth January 2009 3.00pm – 4.00pm Kinder Classes will re-start Monday 12th January 2009 4.00pm – 5.00pm Junior Classes will re-start Monday 12th January 2009 4.30pm – 5.45pm On behalf of the Coaching Team and the Management Committee we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year. DECEMBER 13TH - We had Great success at the National Acro finals in Sligo the PrepB Team of Women's Pairs - Amy Browne, April Greene, Grace Carey and Aine Sheehan all came home with Silver medals. The Grade1 Team of Sarah Toomey, Grace Kavanagh (Woman's Pairs) and Rachel Kavanagh, Grace Collins and Lisa Hickey (Woman's Trio) were just edged out of the medals by the last score of the day. The Prep A Pair of Stephen Kelly and Monika Njeuka and the Grade 2 Woman's pair of Yvonne Kavanagh and Emma O'Brien all gave excellent performances but did not have full teams at their levels. NEWS - NOVEMBER - 2008 NOVEMBER 23rd - The South Dublin Acro Regional Competition for the ATT Trophy was held in Clondalkin and we are pleased to announce that 13 of our Acro Gymnasts have qualified for the National Finals which will be held in Sligo on 13th December. NOVEMBER 9TH - Fiona Tapley along with coach Alan Dolan travelled to Shannon for a days training with the National Tumbling Squad, Fiona now has goals to achieve in order for her to trial for International selection in early 2009. NOVEMBER 8th - Congratulations to the Trio who competed in Prague, In a huge group of 20 the Trio were placed 12th. The fact this was the first International Competition was a great result for them. NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2008 SEPTEMBER 20th - The Trio of NIAMH O'REILLY, NIAMH FARRELLY and BEATRICE FAGAN travelled with coach Emer Kavannagh to Carlow to take part in Acro trials for an International competition. The Trio were successful in their trials and will now travel to Prague to compete on November 9th. Well done girls its a great achievement and we will all be rooting for you when you go to Prague. SEPTEMBER 14th - trials were held for gymnasts who wish to gain a place on the National Tumbling Squad, we are delighted to announce that our very own FIONA TAPLEY had a very successful trial and has since been invited to join the National Squad. This is huge achievement for a gymnast who works very hard. Well done Fiona we are all very proud of you! SEPTEMBER 14TH - A new training class began today for a group of sixteen gymnasts who will travel to a world competition next year in Austria. we will be tracking there progress on this page in the coming months. SEPTEMBER 8th - was enrolment day for our Kinder and Junior Classes. As usual there was a huge turn out and we would like to welcome all the new members who enrolled and say welcome back to existing members. |
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