Hello!

My name is Jessica, originally from Canada (with an Irish dad).  You may have seen me around the gym over the past couple of weeks.  I am delighted to be joining the Renmore Gymnastics team.  It is inspiring to work with such dedicated people.  My role will be to answer any questions (from behind the sliding window) parents may have, set up meetings with coaches, take in leotards/payment – anything at all that I can do to help.

My background is in Fine Art having studied at Limerick School of Art and Design and Central Saint Martins, London.  So the second part of my job will be to document all the brilliant progress that the gymnasts are making both in photos and video that will then be available to view here on the website and also on our facebook page.

I look forward to meeting everyone!!

We are delighted to have coach mentor Rick McCharles from www.GymnasticsCoaching.com back with us for a few days. This is his second (of many, we hope!) visit to Galway. Rick is just returning from the London Olympic Test Meet where he met with Irish Gymnastics Olympian Kieran Behan. (Come to visit us in Galway, Kieran!)

Rick has a great vibrant energy that he brings with him wherever he goes. He is full of enthusiasm, optimism, encouragement – he inspires coaches, and with over thirty years hands-on coaching experience, he comes in quite useful in a gymnasium full of kids. He’s a strong believer that gymnastics should always be safe and fun!

This time around Rick is traveling not only as a coach mentor, but also as an ambassador for Tumble Trak, an American equipment supplier. Our 2012 budget is already toast with plans for some pits in our gym, but a couple of those Air Floor Pro inflatable track sections would sure be handy to have for public displays and events.

Welcome, Rick! We hope you enjoy your time in Galway this week. We will!

Well what can I say except that every gym needs a Brian McDonagh and a Rob Fuller! Thanks to them our gym has even more wonderful improvements! They have spent the first week of January building a wooden edging to our sprung floor, giving us an even larger working space, and have also been decorating our changing rooms and toilets, Many hours were spent on this and we are very grateful for their generous giving of time and energy!!!

Thanks Guys!

With this development, all gymnasts will now enter the gym through the left hand door and proceed to the changing rooms where all of the cubby holes have been more conveniently relocated. There is to be no entering the gym through the right hand door as the bar set up has now occupied this space and a corridor here is now posing danger issues. Thank you for your co-operation with this matter.