Last week, RGC had to say “goodbye for now” to Keiran Crouch, a highly accomplished gymnast and outstanding coach from Canada, with whom we had the pleasure to work alongside over the last 5 months. On behalf of us all in RGC, the Team and Gymnasts, thank you again Keiran! You will be missed, at least until we see you in Galway again! 
AGM and Board Level Opportunities
The club AGM will take place 8pm on Friday, Sept 29th, at The Connacht Hotel. The event is open to adult representatives of all club families. Click here to Register.
The annual accounts are available on the governance page.
Interested in getting more involved?
At Renmore Gymnastics we are seeking two new voluntary board members: A person with sports science experience and a person with deep knowledge of the fundraising sector.
Are you interested in playing a voluntary leadership role that will have an impact in families throughout Galway? Can you help us ensure that gymnastics remains a viable and positive sports option for your children and grandchildren?
Find out more by following the link below:
RGC Board Level Opportunities – 2017
Summer Camp Photos
Our recreational summer camps are packed with fun, games, arts, new friendships and of course, TONS of gymnastics!
Below are the pictures of our little ones having a great time and adding cuteness to every skill.
From our fast track (AKA the yellow trampoline) to our bars, all our apparatuses are very popular with the children. Our gymnasts love to have some challenging fun!
Learning a new skill is always more fun at camp. Floor skills are a huge hit!
We love team challenges 😀 What a great way to make new friendships and learn how to work in a team!
Thanks all who attended our recreational camp. The next one will happen in August. We can’t wait for it.
We hope you are all enjoying Race Week in Galway!
Development Camp Photos
We had our Development Camp this year on the week of July 11th.
The development camp was a dynamic, fun camp where all involved had a great opportunity to advance their gymnastics level through working with a variety of coaches across a few different disciplines here at RGC.
Aside from all their hard work the gymnasts also took part in some fun activities ranging from stamp challenges, new skill challenges, and many points were won for individual awards and team houses!
The boys also had a fantastic time!
Stretching, conditioning and fun games!
Few medals and group challenges
RGC is Hiring a Club Manager
That’s right folks, we announced it last year and now the time has come. To better serve our members and our amazing team of coaches and administrators, Renmore Gymnastics is hiring a full-time club manager.
Read the Job Ad Here. Tell your friends about it. This is a great opportunity to join our winning team.
Tumbling Nationals 2016
Last weekend the Renmore tumblers went to UL to compete in the national tumbling championships 2016 and did us proud yet again, taking home numerous national titles and silver medals too!!
In the regional two, 11/12yrs, Cillian O Donovan was crowned national champion, after performing his two runs as neatly as he could to beat his score from qualifiers!! Cillian works so hard and just keeps improving!! We can’t wait to see what he does at nationals next year!! He is one to watch!!!
In the NDP 2, 8,9,10yrs, Gavin Hartnett was crowned national champion with his very dynamic and neat runs, and Cillian Kelly took the silver medal! Both boys worked very hard over the last few months and are looking forward to upping their difficulty for next years competition season! These pocket rockets are two boys to watch in the future!!
In the 11/12yrs, Lillian Kavanagh took a truly deserved silver medal with her outstanding runs, and Cliona McLaughlin places 4th, just missing out on a medal minimally after a little step on landing a very dynamic tumble pass! Both girls were fantastic on the day in what proved to be a very tough competition with a very high standard!
Éanna performed a very impressive 5whjps flic straight back and 5whips flic full twist to take the 11/12yrs national age group title, and qualified for an open finals against gymnasts much older than him where he fought hard and pulled out his double twist on the end! He was superb and takes another national title home with him this year!
Hugo Kinahan performed a massive whips to flic double pike and whips to flic double tuck to take the national 15/16 age group title, followed closely by Cian Hayes who took silver with his new runs of whips to flic straight and whips to flic full.
Both boys qualified for finals where Hugo became national junior tumbling champion!!!
Cian wowed judges who realised he only started tumbling last year and already has placed himself amongst the best tumblers in the country!
Both boys were outstanding and their dedication of travelling from Limerick to Galway to train is really paying off!
Molly nightingale won the senior FIG title as well as winning the overall highest tumbling score in the final to become crowned as “Overall tumbling champion 2016”
Molly had to leave before presentations to study for a college exam the following morning but her dedication and travel from Tralee to train during the week is really paying off!!
All of our tumblers are doing amazing and Elaine is thrilled to work with such a fantastic bunch of children and young adults every day! Well done to everybody on a very successful national championships!
We also would like to congratulate and thank Elaine for all her hard work throughout the year. She does an amazing job and our tumbling team is certainly fabulous!
Many of our tumblers will compete in our club competition on June 5th for further competition experience!
The tumbling team has a very exciting summer ahead with a trip to one of the world’s best tumbling clubs in the UK planned as well as a visit from one of the world’s top tumbling coaches all the way from Russia!
Watch this space for more from our tumbling team!!
Good bye to Eoin!
Eoin Shimizu was only 9 years young when he started at Renmore Gymnastics. He went from playing around the gym to winning medals, until he ended up in our coaching team. He brought with him a unique style and endless energy! Our MAG and Recreational groups will all miss him dearly.
The club has been a second home to Eoin and for us he has became part of the furniture. A fine mobile furniture that can go on forever explaining all about the technical moves on the parallel bars and other apparatuses.
Eoin is also well known within the theatrical scene of Galway, having played parts in several musicals performing dance and impressive tumbling moves on the stage. But, his dream was always to be up in the air (no wonder he loves tumbling and the rings). Eleven years later from the very beginning with RGC, he is leaving the gym to follow a career with an airline company.
We will miss him, his energy and big laugh, but we also would like to wish him the best of luck and much success in his new career path.
Thanks for all the years you dedicated to the club while growing with us!
Tumbling Competition Results
Tumbling national qualifiers
23rd April 2016
Huge congratulations to eleven of our tumblers who competed in UL today in the qualifiers for national tumbling finals!
In the regional two, 8-10 years, Mia Rodgers showed off all her hard work to take a well deserved gold medal, followed by her team mate Aisling Carey who also did fantastic and took the silver medal!
Cillian O Donovan was outstanding in regional two 11/12 years and took gold for the second year running!
Taking a big jump from last year, both Cillian Kelly and Gavin Hartnett took gold and silver respectively in the 8-10years NDP2, both with very strong performances!!
In the NDP 11/12 years, Cliona Mc Laughlin somersaulted herself to a silver medal and Lillian Kavanagh had the highest score in her first run but was unlucky with a little error in her second. Both girls have jumped two levels since last year and were absolutely fantastic!
In the national age groups, 11/12 years, Éanna ó hÉannaigh took another gold for his collection with the highest difficulty in his age group.
Hugo Kinahan wowed the audience with his speed and style taking gold in the 15/16 followed in silver position by Cian Hayes who has only been tumbling for little over a year!
Molly nightingale finished the day and took the senior gold medal of the competition!
Elaine is extremely proud of the whole team and they return to their tumble tracks for training on Monday to continue the hard work that never stops!!
And the RGC is very grateful and proud for having such a wonderful tumbling coach, dedicated athletes and supportive parents who often drive a long distance and make time for the tumbling training. Thanks all for being such a fabulous team!
“Ad Altiora”!!!!!
Pre-school Display and Club Competition
We are all very excited to have our first Pre-School Display!
WHO: Current members enrolled in either our Tumble Tots or Jumping Juniors classes
WHEN: Sunday April 17th
Parents will have the opportunity to see the types of activities we would do during the weekly lessons. And the little ones are very keen to show their families all their gymnastics skills!
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We are getting ready for our RGC Club Competition!
WHO: Current members enrolled in our:
Recreational Classes (Senior Infants and Older)
Discipline Specific Squads
WHEN: Sunday June 5th
Have you registered your child yet? The children are all training hard to perform their best. Don`t forget to register them!
**Entry Deadline Extended to April 22nd with no extra charge**
***Late entries will not be accepted after 6th of May***
For more details please refer to the email sent to parents about the event.
Huge congratulations to our Rhythmic Gymnasts who got selected for the National Rhythmic Squad:
Holly Treacy
Aoibhin McDonnell
Aoife NiChiobhain
Ellen Brennan
Sienna Joyce
Breffni O’Reilly (featured on the picture)
And Good Luck at the first training session on the Sunday the 20th of March.
Rhythmic Novice Competition
Our Rhythmic gymnasts had an exciting weekend at the University of Limerick Sports Arena.
It was the first competition of the year for these lovely ladies and despite the tough competition level, our gymnasts performed very well!
Most of the girls improved their scores from the last competition proving they are just getting better and better. We can’t wait to see their routines next time!
A big congratulations to Emma Kelly who participated in her first rhythmic competition and got on very well. And another big congratulations to Aoibhin McDonnell (Novice 2 Bronze Medal) and Rose Maeve Gaughan (Novice 1 Junior Silver Medal). Excellent work ladies!
Aoibhin McDonnell
Rose Maeve Gaughan
Many thanks to our wonderful rhythmic coaches who are so dedicated to our gymnasts and the programme. Anastasia, Ilaria and Ceire – Thanks again for all your hard work!
The lovely photos are credit to Anastasia and Hello Deer Media
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