National Tumbling Finals at UL – Truly Impressive Results RGC!!

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Tumbling Results

Last weekend twenty-seven tumblers from Renmore Gymnastics took part in the National Tumbling Finals in Universirty of Limerick and came home with twenty-one medals and a trophy, consisting of twelve gold, four silver, five bronze and the overall national female champion title.

In the Level 1, 8,9,10 girls category, Síofra Davis won silver followed closely by her team mate Grace Haugh in bronze, and in the boys, Tom Kidd took the gold. In the girls elite 8,9,10 category, Renmore took the three podium spots with Emma Slevin in 1st, Kate Molloy in 2nd and Jane Heffernan in 3rd and elite boys, Éanna ó hEannaigh took the gold.
In Level 1, 13+ Rosalie Hynes toom a well deserved gold medal in a very tough competition.

In Level 2, 11-12 girls category, Alex-Marie McDonagh performed beautifully to take gold medal position with her team mate Aisling Connaughton taking bronze!

The rest of Renmore’s competitors competed in the elite stream. In Elite Boys 11-12, Hugo Kinehan who travels an hour and a half each direction from Cratloe, Co.Clare to train took gold after a great performance and his team mate Carrigh Murphy fought through illness to secure the bronze for himself.

Elite girls 11-12 again took a clean sweep with Sarah Hynes and Grace Colleran (who also travels all the way from Co.Clare to train) took a joint gold and after watching these girls compete it would be near impossible to seperate the two fantastic performances!! Maya Banarjee then took the remaining bronze after performing more difficult passes than her team mates which were of a very high standard for her age!

Elite boys 13-14, Darragh Moane of Raheen, Co.Limerick who also travels long distance to train under his Renmore coach took gold and maintains his unbeaten record at Nationals from the age of 8. Patrick Flanagan took the silver after an outstanding performance. Elite girls 13-14, Nicole Shaw and Emer Shimizu took gold and silver respectively after fabulous tumble passes!!

Elite boys 15-15 Dean Murray took gold and in the 15-16 girls Emma Greene took gold. Both these tumblers are training towards international competitions over the next few months and did fantastic competing very difficult tumble passes of very high standard.

Some of our tumblers were unlucky not to medal and were in very tough categories with big competition but still performed excently and all competed new, more difficult tumble passes than their last competition. These were Síofra Molloy, Anna Kidd, Aoife Walsh, Nicola Lawless, Eimear Flanagan, and Kim-Li Loke.

Finally the judges announced the finalists which consisted of the top six girls and top six boys between all levels and all age-groups of the day who would go head to head in the final with one shot to win the overall title of National Tumbling Champion of Ireland!
Renmore took ten of the available twelve spots in the finals and whilst the boys were beaten by a strong and experienced 17+ boy from the south, the girls held strong and after a tough battle with everybody giving their very best, Renmore’s Sarah Hynes took the title of Female National Tumbling Champion!! This was a massive achievement and a first for the club!! The rest of the finalists did fantastic but throughout the day every Renmore tumbler shone, looking strong and happy on the tumble track!!

Hard work and persistance pays off!! Well Done Renmore Tumblers!!

Celtic Cup Results and Photos!

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Renmore Gymnastics made history this month when four of its members were selected for International competition to represent Ireland at the 2013 Celtic Cup Championships in The Isle of Man on the 11th of May.

All selected gymnasts represented Ireland in the Minors Category across both the women’s and men’s teams. The Irish WAG Minors competed with great focus and determination resulting in some of the strongest Irish women’s artistic performances to date for this event. PBs were achieved for many of the girls across all apparatus and despite their young age the team looked strong and showed much future promise. Renmore Gymnastic’s Ellen Hynes and Old Bawn’s Shauna Kelly returned this year to the team bringing both experience and determination. Joining them on the Irish team for excellent debut performances were Sugarloaf’s Niamh Hutchinson, and Renmore gymnasts Emmeline Anghileri and Amy O’Neill. All team members competed very well, Emmeline placed 5th overall also achieving the second highest floor score of the competition and collectively the team counted just one fall throughout the competition. In the Men’s event Renmore Gymnastics’ Patrick Flanagan had a fantastic debut into International competition, hitting PB’s on the parallel bars, rings and floor exercise.
Last year Renmore Gymastics qualified their first gymnast into this event and to return this year with four members was a very proud moment for the club and evidence that their sporting strategic plans for developing both a high performance programme and athletes to match is having huge success. Well done to all and keep up the good work!!!

Last week’s Tumbling League at RGC

Last weekend fifteen gymnasts from the RGC tumble squad took part in the Gymnastics Ireland Tumble League hosted at home in Renmore. This is a team and individual event and team scores are carried from league to league with an overall winner at the end.
There are individual gold, silver and bronze medal winners in each level and a team gold ONLY given to the winning team at each league.

Renmore missed the first league so this was their first league. There were four teams from Renmore and all teams competed in the highest level category called national age groups which is based on the same rules as world age group championships.

The first team consisting of Emma Greene, Darragh Moane an Dean Murray won the team gold in their over 15 category and came 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in the individual placings. Darragh Moane bravely competing in an age group above his actual age group to fulfill our team score.

In the under 15 category, Renmore had two teams entered and unfortunately there was only one gold medal to contend for in the team competition so the two teams went head on head in a battle for the gold! The team consisting of Carraigh Murphy, Gracie Colleran, Sarah Hynes and Aisling Connaughton took the team gold. They were followed closely by only 0.1 less on the team score by the other Renmore team consisting of Hugo Kinehan, Patrick Flanagan, Nicole Shaw and Emer Shimizu who all competed new and difficult tumble passes!! In the under 15‘s individual placings Renmore took another clean sweep with Hugo Kinehan taking gold after his best performance to date, Gracie Colleran in 2nd and Aisling Connaughton in 3rd.

Finally our fourth team in the league were our very young and inexperienced under 12 team consisting of Tom Kidd, Maya Banarjee, Kim-li Loke and Eanna O Heanaigh. Eanna was also competing an age group above his actual age group to be part of a team. This team won the team gold. Individually Kim-li took the silver and Maya took the bronze. The two boys, after jumping four levels from their last competition, competed very difficult tumble passes and did very well in this national age group category!!

A huge thank you to all the parents who helped out on the day and to those who came to support!!

These tumblers are now in the middle of preparations for national finals on the 19th May and following that, their annual GYMFEST display!!!!!

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Regional 2-8 teams and apparatus qaulifier results

Well done to the 49 gymnasts that traveled up to Mayo on Sunday 21st April to compete in the regional 2-8 teams and apparatus qualifier.

Many gymnasts were competing new routines or skills and the competition was a great start in gaining some valuable experience. We are very proud of all our RGC gymnasts, it was a sucessful event and many teams and individuals returned to Galway triumphant with both podium spots and qualification into the National Finals that will be running in Limerick over the weekend of Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May.
Results are listed below, congratulations to all who took part.

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Level 2 
Under 9 – Team GOLD
Isobel Haugh
Ruth Mahon
Olivia Cannon
Holly Clerkin
Beatrice Devitt
Apparatus awards and National finalists 
Isobel – Vault – Gold / Bars – Silver / Beam – Silver
Ruth –  Vault – Silver / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Gold
Under 11 – Team SILVER
Sophie Walsh
Teagan Stanley
Mia Fox
Ellen Glynn
Rachel Kavanagh
Brianna Pfeiffer
Kate Skelly
Apparatus awards and National finalists
Brianna Pfeiffer – Vault – Silver
Rachel Kavanagh – Vault – Bronze
Over 11 – Team GOLD
Roisin Delaney
Sarah Phelan
Hannah-Kate Silke
Hazel Kirby
Orna Hennessy
Apparatus awards and National finalists
Hannah-Kate Silke – Vault – Bronze / Bars – Bronze / Floor – Silver
Hazel Kirby – Floor – Bronze
Level 3
Under 9 – Apparatus awards and National finalists 
Emma Moore – Vault / Bars / Beam / Floor
Kate Kidd –  Vault – Gold / Bars – Silver / Beam – Silver / Floor – Silver
Under 11 – Team GOLD
Katie Phelan
Elizabeth Heskin
Carrie Joyce
Apparatus awards and National finalists
Carrie Joyce – Vault – Gold / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Gold
Over 11 – Team SILVER
Megan Griffin
Ciara Mulgannon
Angelika Kolodziej
Apparatus awards and National finalists 
Angelika Kolodziej – Beam – Bronze / Floor – Gold
Level 4
Under 9 – Team – GOLD – Apparatus awards and National finalists 
Miriam Fuller – Vault – Gold / Bars – Gold / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Siofra Davis – Vault – Silver / Bars – Silver / Beam – Silver / Floor – Silver
Sofia Magnetti – Vault – Bronze / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Bronze / Floor – Bronze
Under 11 – Apparatus awards and National finalists 
Grace Haugh – Vault – Gold / Bars – Silver / Beam – Silver / Floor – Silver
Siochain Fahy – Beam – Bronze
Over 11 – Team – GOLD
Anna Kidd
Natasha Johnson
Nicola Lawless
Apparatus awards and National finalists 
Anna Kidd – Vault – Silver / Bars – Gold / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Natasha Johnson – Floor – Silver
Nicola Lawless – Vault – Bronze / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Bronze
Level 5
Under 11- Apparatus awards and National finalists
Maya Banerjee – Bars – Gold / Beam – Gold / Floor – Bronze
Under 13 – Apparatus awards and National finalists
Siofra Molloy – Vault – Bronze / Bars – Gold / Beam – Gold / Floor – Bronze
Helen McCarthy – Vault Silver / Beam – Silver / Beam – Bronze / Floor – Silver
Level 6
Under 11 – Team GOLD
Kim Li Loke
Aoife Walsh
Emma Slevin
Apparatus awards and National finalists
Emma Slevin – Vault – Silver / Bars – Silver / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Under 13 – Apparatus awards and National finalists
Eimear Flanagan – Vault – Bronze / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Level 7
Under 11 – Team GOLD
Daniela Goluba
Kate Molloy
Jane Heffernan
Apparatus awards and National finalists
Daniela Goluba – Vault / Bars – Gold / Beam – Bronze / Floor – Bronze
Kate Molloy – Vault / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Silver / Floor – Silver
Jane Heffernan – Vault / Bars – Silver / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Under 13 – Apparatus awards and National finalists
Sarah Hynes – Vault / Bars – Gold / Beam – Silver / Floor – Gold
Over 13 – Apparatus awards and National finalists
Rosalie Hynes – Vault – Gold / Bars – Gold / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Maeve Hannon – Vault – Silver / Bars – Silver / Beam – Silver / Floor
Level 8
Under 11 – Apparatus awards and National finalists
Aisling Fuller – Vault / Bars – Gold / Beam – Silver / Floor – Silver
Alex-Marie McDonagh – Vault / Bars – Silver / Beam – Gold / Floor – Gold
Under 13 – Apparatus awards and National finalists
Emer Shimizu – Vault – Bronze / Bars – Bronze / Beam – Gold
Level 9
Under/Over 13 National finalists
Roisin Curran
Amy O’Neill
Nicole Shaw
Level 10
FIG National finalists
Erin Shimizu
Ellen Hynes

Movie Night – Another Fundraising Success!!

The fundraising committee would like to thank all contributors to Saturday’s successful RGC Movie Night.  Great fun was had by all.  We are making some progress on filling the pot for our pits and very much appreciate all the efforts being made by parents, gymnasts and volunteers alike.  We are always looking for new ideas and of course new faces to help out so please don’t feel shy about approaching anybody within the club with ideas or offers of help – they are always ready to point you in the right direction of what forum these ideas can be raised at.

Looking forward already to our next event and seeing you all there again.

Sylvia McDonagh

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Gymfest 2013!

Gymfest is an annual show where parents get a chance to see the progress their children and the club have made. It’s an enjoyable event lasting under two hours. There will be a raffle on the day for which prizes are welcome.

This year’s RGC Gymfest is going to be bigger and better than any before it!

Where: Kingfisher Club NUIG

When: June 2nd, 2013

What time: Two shows: 2:00-3:30 pm and 6:00-7:30 pm (coaches will let you know which one your gymnast will be performing in)

Cost: €7.50 or two for €15 (limited to two per family as spaces are limited)

Buy tickets: Allocated tickets must be collected and paid for at the gym between May 6th-18th

Parking: Free

* Term fees must be paid in advance of purchasing gymfest tickets

See you then!

Kid’s Table Quiz a Success!

We would like to sincerely thank all of the RGC members and their siblings and friends who helped to make the Table Quiz held on the 23rd of March such a success.  We would also like to thank the parents who brought them to the event and those who helped out so generously on the day.  We had many sponsors of great prizes and for those we are extremely grateful!

It is important to keep up our efforts in our fundraising and with this in mind we will host another Gymnast event in the coming weeks……watch this space.

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