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Posted on Sunday, 30th May 2010

The level 1c-10 All Around National Finals marked the end of the competition season for the Douglas girls.

The competition, which is one of the largest in Ireland in terms of competitors ran in 4 sessions over two days (29/30th May)  in Eccles Gymnastics Club in Dublin, which saw girls from all corners of Ireland take to Vault, Assymetric Bars, Beam & Floor.  The girls were representing their respective regions, and the girls from Douglas were wearing the Blue of the Southern Region having successfully qualified at the regional finals on 25th April.

Taking part were Caoilfhionn Collins, Bronwen Cruise O’Shea, Tasha Lyne, Meg Haugh, Fiona Buckley, Hannah Hayes, Eva Buckley Orla Kelly,  Keana Neirinck, Orla Kearney, Millie O’Sullivan, Clodagh O’Driscoll, Sinead McCarthy,  Ciara Walsh, Ciara Wilson, Grainne Ní Luasa, Meg Ryan and Aisling O’Flynn.

All levels were closely fought, with a very high standard of gymnastics. All our girls all had a great competition.  Well done to each and every one of them.

The Douglas Girls came home with 3 medals – In the level 1c category Meg Ryan took the bronze medal, at Level 2 Keana Nereinck took the silver medal and Orla Kelly took the bronze medal in level 3.   Congratulations girls!

Posted on Monday, 24th May 2010

Douglas had a busy weeked in Lisburn, when we visited Salto Gymnastics Centre to compete in the National Womens All Around Finals on Saturday 22nd, and the National Womens Apparatus Finals alongside the National Mens Championships for levels 5-8. Accompanying the gymnasts were coaches Olan Lotty, Sarah Wedel and Tim O’Donovan, and judges Sile Quinlan, Elaine Dilworth & Mairead Kavanagh


National Womens All-Around Championships
On Saturday 22nd, Niamh Rana and Sarah Buckley competed in the All Around finals, where their scores on Bars, Beam, Floor and Vault, were added together to determine the placings.  Aimee O’Driscoll was also due to compete but had to withdraw only last Thursday due to a last minute ankle injury!  Niamh was competing in the Senior category, and Sarah in Juniors. In a very warm gym hall, the girls did some great routines. Both were in the same group for rotations, and we started on Floor. Sarah did a solid routine hitting all her tumbles. Niamh’s last tumble was a little bit low, but still came out with a great score. Onward to vault, and two clean vaults from both girls. Bars likewise went clean, with Sarah recovering well from a small mistake on her dismount. Form there we went to Beam, and despite some uncharacteristic mistakes, both received decent scores. A few minutes later, all the score were in, and we were delighted to see that Niamh and Sarah had both placed 2nd in their respective categories! Silver medal in National Junior Championships, and National Senior Championships!

Mens National Championships
We had 6 boys compete on the Sunday. At level 5, Harry O’Byrne and Damien Feller competed at Under 12, while Liam McKenna took part at Over 12. At level 6 (Minor), Ryan Gettings took part, and at Level 7 (Juniors) Adam Dalton & Daniel Fox competed.

The level 5 competition is a development event with specific set routines on the apparatus, including the mushroom instead of the pommel horse, and the boys compete in loops&gloves on horizontal bar. The 3 lads at level 5 had competed at this level also last year, so were in their second time out at this level. Damien and Harry had improved lots since last year, upping last years scores significantly, with Damien placing 4th in the event. Harry, after many months of hard work on the mushroom, put in a perfect performance. Liam, did very well, fighting hard on all apparatus, and ended up with the Gold Medal!

At level 6 which sees the best boys in the country under 13, Ryan was competing on all apparatus. He shone specifically on Floor and Vault, finishing 1st on his stuck vault, and 2nd on a very clean floor routine. At level 7, which is out National Junior Championships, seeing the best boys under 18, Adam and Daniel took part. Adam was only performing on his expert apparatus of Floor and Vault. He performed a superb yurchenko on vault, miles high in the air, and the crowd went silent when he went to floor, to perform his routine from the European Championships, ending up in first place on that apparatus. Daniel Fox, also just home from Europeans, was competing on all apparatus. Daniel had a great event, placing first on Rings, Vault, P-Bars, and joint 1st on Horizontal Bar. By the end of the event, it was clear that he had won the all around, and the Level 7 National Championships.

National Womens Apparatus Championships
The girls were back in the gym on Sunday also. This time it was the National Apparatus finals, where the girls are rewarded for their performance on the individual apparatus. The girls had both qualified to all 4 apparatus. They both stepped up from their performances from the previous day, and the judges duly rewarded them. Sarah did a super floor routines, narrowly missing out on a medal, but on bars, she nailed everything, and placed 2nd. Niamh was on a roll, and ended the day with medals of every colour! Bronze on Vault, Silver on Floor and Beam, and a Gold medal, and National Senior Champion on Bars!

Well done to all the gymnasts!

Posted on Sunday, 16th May 2010

Congratulations to all the Douglas Boys who competed today in Dublin at the National Level 2-4 Finals. Douglas had 16 taking part.

Luke Walsh, Maitiú McCarthy & Vivien Blervacque took part in Level 3 whilst Rory Barry, Eoin O’Flynn, Finian O’ Neil, Seán Sweeney, Tanguy Blervacque, Blake O’Connor, Killian O’Driscoll, Cian Egan, Tom Dilloughery, Daniel Conroy, Lee O’Callaghan, Jamie Barry, Daniel McCarthy, & Oscar Humpreys all competed in Level 2

Douglas came away with 5 medals! Gold: Finian O’Neill, Silver: Killian O’Driscoll, Rory Barry, Bronze: Eoin O’Flynn, Vivien Blervacque.

Well done guys!

Posted on Tuesday, 11th May 2010

DGC is seeking a highly qualified full-time coach to join our team as a Senior Gymnastics Coach.

For more information about this opportunity, please see here: DGC-CoachAdvert

Posted on Monday, 10th May 2010

Our 2010 Annual Display takes place on Friday 14th May & Saturday 15th May, and as always, it promised to be a great event, as the gymnasts show off the skills they’ve been learning with us.

19:30 on Friday & 10:00 on Saturday. Parents – Please take note of when your child is scheduled to perform.

All welcome! Entry is free, but do consider leaving a donation to help with the continued development of the club.

Posted on Monday, 10th May 2010

Douglas Gymnastics Club is proud to be actively involved with the Special Olympics movement.  This year sees the National Special Olympics Games take place in Limerick from 9th – 13th June with over 2000 athletes and 2500 volunteers.  The gymnastics event takes place in the University of Limerick.

Douglas Gymnastics Club is donating all our equipment, and around 10 of our coaches are travelling to Limerick to help run the event.  As a consequence of this, there will be no training from June 6th to June 14th inclusive.  There is training on 4th/5th June (Bank Holiday Weekend)

Posted on Monday, 10th May 2010

On 22nd May, our senior girls travel to Antrim to compete in the National All around Championships. Aimee O’Driscoll, Niamh Rana and Sarah Buckley will compete for the All Around titles where the scores of all apparatus are added together to determine the placings. The following day, on the 23rd, is the apparatus competition, where the girls compete for individual apparatus placings. Best of Luck girls!

The Boys are also heading to Lisburn that weekend, with Damien Feller, Harry O’Byrne, Liam McKenna competing in the National Level 5 event. Ryan Gettings competes in Level 6, and Adam Dalton & Daniel Fox compete in the Level 7 event. Best of luck guys!

Posted on Monday, 10th May 2010

Following on from a hugely successful open day in 2008, Douglas Gymnastics Club will once again open its doors for free to the local primary schools on Friday 14th May. We’ll have class after class of school children come into the gym from 9am until 3pm to get a taste of gymnastics!

Posted on Monday, 10th May 2010

Reports from the European Championships, Celtic Cup, National Team Finals, as well as lots of other events, joined with reviews of some forthcoming events in this months packed newsletter.

Download it now:DGCnewsletterMay10

Posted on Tuesday, 4th May 2010

Douglas continues to compete at the highest levels of international competition – the 2010 European Championships took place in Birmingham from 17th April until 2nd May.

It got off to a shaky start with a Volcano in Iceland interrupting our travel plans!!   However, 36 hours later than planned via the ferry, the mens team arrived in Birmingham.

From Douglas, we had 3 boys competing – all in the Junior Age Group, along with Tim O’Donovan as coach.  Adam Dalton was on Floor and Vault, while Daniel Fox & Chris O’Connor competed on all 6 mens apparatus.

It was both Adam and Daniels first major international tournament, and they both performed very well.  Chris was on his second time out at this level.  The boys did very well, confirming that Ireland has a solid team for many years to come.

These events are very expensive to attend, and we did a number of fundraisers for our gymnasts, such as the coffee shops we run at competitions as well as a ‘Name the Teddy’competition, (won by Sarah Buckley, who correctly guessed “Milkshake” as the name!).  Many thanks to all who supported us.

Congratulations to all our gymnasts, we’re proud of you!

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