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Douglas go from strength to strength at the National Team Championships
Sunday 9th March 2008 Douglas Gymnastics Club hit the road again at the weekend at the Womens National Team Championships in Dublin. The competition was very tight with teams from all over Ireland competing for the cup. Douglas was the sole munster team competiting at the competition. The team from Douglas included Sarah Wedel, Jenny Keating, Aimee O¹Driscoll, Niamh Rana, Alice Coleman, Sarah Buckley, Hollie Browne and Emma Rumley.
The girls performed fantastically, winning the silver medal, just missing out on 1st place which was one won by the Salto team from Belfast. In addition, Sarah Wedel was the highest scoring Senior gymnast, and Alice Coleman was the highest scoring Junior gymnast across all the competitors. The competition is also a qualifier for the National Squad, and for the National Apparatus, and All-Around finals which will be held on 3rd/4th May in Lisburn, where we will have a strong delegation competing once again.
Douglas Gymnastics Club which is celebrating it's 30th anniversary this year, continues to go from strength to strength. Three weeks ago, the club had great success at the annual Celtic Cup competition. The same weekend, Douglas hosted their annual club friendly competition with The Rock Gym Club, which saw over 200 gymnasts compete at the event. On 1st March, Douglas took part in the London Open junior boys competition.
Then, in April, Aimee O'Driscoll and Sarah Wedel will represent Ireland at the Womens European Championships in France. Also in April, Douglas will host the 2008 Munster Gymnastics Special Olympics Final, and then in May, Chris O'Connor will represent Ireland at the 2008 Mens European Championships.
results http://www.irishgymnastics.ie/irish_gymnastics_results.cfm
Douglas Gymnasts Shine at Celtic Cup
The 2008 Celtic Cup Gymnastics Championships took place on Saturday 23rd
February in Lisburn, Co. Antrim. This annual event between the Celtic
Nations was this year hosted by Irish Gymnastics in Salto Gymnastics Club.
Douglas had 4 girls, and 4 boys on the Irish Teams - more than any Irish
Club, and the results were impressive.
In the girls competition, Sarah Buckley, aged 11 made her international
debut for the Irish Minor Team, and performed exceptionally well scoring
30.5 for the event. Douglas Girls made up half the U16 (junior) team, with
Niamh Rana, Alice Coleman, and Aimee O'Driscoll performing solid routines on
Vault, Assymetric Bars, Beam, and Floor. Aimee was best of the Irish Team,
scoring 42.5. Both the minor, and junior girls teams finished just outside
the medals in 4th place.
In the boys competition, half the Irish Teams were made up with Douglas
gymnasts. In the U13 age category. Adam Dalton, Daniel Fox, and Sean Tyers
took part, while in the older age group, Chris O'Connor, a Douglas gymnast
who also trains with Tolworth Gymnastics Club in London took part. Both the
minor, and junor boys took the bronze team medals. In the individual
category, Chris was best of the Irish Team for the Junior level, and was
unfortunate to just miss out on an individual medal finishingin 4th place
overall.
The boys minor team did fantastically, with Sean Tyers making his
international debut, aged just 10. Adam Dalton got the highest score of the
minor competition, scoring 13.2 for his Floor Exercise routine, but the
highlight of the entire competition was Daniel Fox making history by
claiming Irelands first individual medal in the Celtic Cup. Daniel had a
superb competition, getting the silver medal in all-around competition.
Douglas Gymnastics Club is going from strength to strength. The club,
founded in 1978 is celebrating it's 30th anniversary this year. The next few
months are busy too! On 1st March, Daniel Fox travels to the UK to compete
in the London Open, and then on 9th March, the club is sending a strong team
to Dublin to battle it out for the National Womens Team championship. In
April, Sarah Wedel, and Aimee O'Driscoll will represent Ireland at the 2008
Womens European Gymnastics Finals in France, while May sees Chris O'Connor
compete at the Mens European Championships in Switzerland.
Results can be downloaded from
http://www.irishgymnastics.ie/irish_gymnastics_results.cfm
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