Hi everyone, so yesterday (Saturday 17th) was National gymnastics day in the US where thousands of clubs across America attempted to break the World Record for the most people doing a handstand at the same time! Soooooo I was thinking we should start a campaign for a National Gymnastics day in Ireland. The idea is to raise the awareness of the sport Nationwide to celebrate the sport itself and to all have fun together for a day! During the US celebration they also selected a well deserved charity that they can raise money for at the same time. I think it sounds like a great idea!

http://www.insidegymnastics.com/content/show/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=1160&zoneid=1

NATIONAL GYMNASTICS DAY FOR IRELAND….. ANYONE KEEN… ANY IDEAS FOR A WORLD RECORD!?!

We are delighted to inform you that from October, RGC will provide professional Sports Physiotherapy for any members seeking sport injury advise. Under the guidance of Chartered Sports Physiotherapist Tricia Strelioff, 20 or 30 minute appointments can be made fortnightly on Tuesday evenings with a club rate fee.

Tricia Strelioff – Chartered Physiotherapist

Canadian trained – 1995 graduate – University of Saskatchewan. Worked in US, Australia in private practice before moving to Limerick in 2003. Extensive clinical experience in GAA, rugby sports medicine and team coverage. Post-graduate training in strength and conditioning, rehabilitation, manual therapy, dry needling, pilates and is a certified McKenzie therapist. Personal interests include cycling, running and travel. (source: http://www.galwayphysio.ie/index.php?p=16)

To finish off the summer training, three members of Renmore’s elite squad traveled to the UK with Ariel and Elaine to take part in summer camp run by one of the UK’s top clubs, Tolworth Gymnastics Club.

The camp was led by John Pirrie and was attended by several members of The Great Britain Squad. The girls and coaches learned so much from this trip and look forward to planning more in the future. Also, we were so inspired that we will be welcoming John Pirrie to Renmore from the 1st-5th of November!

Our main suppliers of gymnastics equipment until now have been Gymnova and Continental Sports, both well known international suppliers.

We were very interested to have a visit recently from Wesco Ireland and to discover their foam modules, which we are now trying out in our gym. We now have some Wesco’s pre-school and recreational products in use at the training centre with a view to assess them against other market leaders. So far, the range of soft foam gymnastics equipment has been a very positive discovery for us.

All the Wesco products we have used Renmore Gymnastics seem to be manufactured to a very high quality, with competitive prices and no International shipping costs!!! If you are looking into purchasing foam modules for schools or pre-school programmes, it’s worth checking out the Wesco Ireland gym modules. Arrange to visit our training centre if you want to see the modules in action.

The Wesco Ireland website doesn’t contain their full product range of their products. To request information or a catalogue to view the full Wesco range email: wescoireland1995@gmail.com

Renmore Gymnastics is not associated with Wesco Ireland. We find it exciting to see some of the equipment available from a local supplier and are happy to promote this development.

We ran a five day summer course for national school teachers earlier this month, focused on how to teach the gymnastics curriculum. The course was well attended and feedback was very positive. Here are the comments we received on the feedback forms:

• “Excellent run course. Would definitely recommend it.”
• “The instructor’s ability to break down skills into manageable skills and explain it to us was brilliant. She also had children of every level so we could see how she would teach it to every level.Her knowledge of what is available in schools and what ability children will have was also hugely helpful. Also the way she broke it down for every age group”
• “Excellent course. I now feel more confident about teaching gymnastics in school.”
• “Wonderful five days. Thanks to all involved”
• “Very interactive. Great methodologies.Demonstrations excellent.”
• “Very worthwhile”
• “An excellent course- skills broken down really well. An excellent controlled approach shown-very safe and manageable in the school setting. Will definitely enable me to confidently teach gymnastics”
• “Excellent course in a great place. Notes were clear and user friendly. Great tutor”
• “This course was very practical and informative. It has given me knowledge and confident to teach this content. Would love it to be available to whole staff training”
• “It was fantastic! As well as a gymnastics course, I felt it was great for boosting confidence. I think it is very important for primary schools whereas prior to this course I didn’t understand its significance”
• “Have a much better insight into the gymnastics curriculum now. Will definitely use a lot of the skills and techniques.Will be much more comfortable teaching it now.Thank you!”
• “The course was brilliant. Excellent layout Sally and the girls explained things in a very clear way and I feel I have a great understanding of how to teach gymnastics from now on.”
• “This was a great opportunity to understand the gymnastics curriculum. It was presented excellently and I now feel happy to implement gymnastics during P.E time.”
• “The progression from shapes to gymnastics move/shape changing is excellent and the content of this course is very versatile I would recommend this course to everyone.”
• “I would recommend this course to any one teaching P.E.”
• “Methodologies implemented by instructor when teaching both to the children and us teachers were clear, concise distinct and presented in a way that felt achievable. Content and knowledge were pitched at appropriate level for each child and correction given were deemed most beneficial.”
• “Very clear presentation, great ideas for developing gymnastics at school,can see skill development.Most enjoyable course”
• “It was impressive to see the children and the skills they have developed. I enjoyed the interaction and activities.”
• “Overall I thought this course was extremely well presented, delivered and involved.The perfect match of instruction and involvement.”
• “I found this course very interesting and learned a lot about gymnastics for beginners. Thank you.”