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2016 Spring Cmpetitions Celtic Cup Trials in February saw Shane, Pierce and Connor all turn in excellent performances with Shane being selected for the Irish Junior team. Unfortunately, preparations for Leaving Cert took precedence and he was unable to travel. A busy weekend in March saw our younger boys take part in the first MAG
Grand Prix of the season with Comhghall, the youngest in the competition,
winning Silver at under 8 whilst Oscar won Gold at under 10. The Grand Prix is
the first rung on the competition ladder for the boys. Next up that same weekend
were our Girls in the WAG level 5-8 All-around Championships. The girls
all did very well with Tamara, Ruby, Caroline & Isabelle all winning regional
medals and narrowly missing out on national medals. All had moved up a level
since last year. The last National Competition of the season was the WAG 2-5 All-Around
Championships. Phoenix had 20 girls competing. For many of the girls it was
their very first competition. With 500+ girls competing across the weekend it
was a very tough field. All our girls performed well with Nela wining regional
bronze at Level 3 Under 9. Many of our other girls were also very close to
medals with Neva missing out on a national medal by just 0.8 at Level 4 Under 9.
Finally, competing for his locality, Tadhg won gold at the Dublin Community
Games. Back to Top2015
Annual Awards Our Main Award Winners Group Awards Back to Top2015 GymStart Back to Top2015 MAG
Grand Prix Finals
Team Phoenix Back to Top2015 WAG Level
2-5 national Apparatus Finals Our medal winners were Team Phoenix Back to Top2015 MAG
Grades & WAG Level 6-9 Apparatus Finals The Boys Grades event is NDP Set routine Championships and was a team, all-around and apparatus competition. The boys grades is based on Age only. Grade 0 = under 8; Grade 1 = under 9; Grade 2 = under 10 etc. and is the highest level of competition available to boys prior to the FIG Voluntary code. Indeed the FIG pre-minor boys all were expected to compete in their appropriate age-level Grade. The girls Level 6-9 event was both a national and regional voluntary apparatus competition. In the regional event only gold medals were awarded. etc. The Level 6-9 championships is the level before the full FIG voluntary codes. Our Medal Winners were: Additionally we were missed out on a number of other medals by 0.1 or less including Tamara on floor at national level; Oisin on pommels at Grade 3; Rian on Vault at Grade 0. Team Phoenix: Back to Top2015 London Open Back to Top
2015 Overseas Training camp After Leeds the boys and girls competition squads travelled to Pisa in Italy for a 6 day training camp in CONI, Tirrenia, the Italian National Training Centre. In all 26 gymnasts and coaches, including guest coach Ashling Williams travelled to Italy. Gymnasts trained hard and all came back with new skills. The twice a day training regime was interspersed with trips to the beech, a water park and of course a trip to the tower itself. Back to Top2015 Club
Novice Competitions Back to Top2015 FIG
National Championships,
Limerick Congrats to all our boys who competed and a big thanks to all our officials who travelled – Wayne, Rory and Fionn as coaches and Tom as judge. Back to Top2015 Celtic Cup,
Cardiff Back to Top2015 WAG Level 6-9
National Championships Back to Top2015 WAG Level 2-5
National Championships A big thanks to Caitriona and Claire who travelled as judge and to Rory who
travelled as coach. Back to Top
2015 MAG Grand Prix A big thanks to Hugo who travelled to the event as coach (although he did
have to judge in the first session) Back to Top2014 Christmas party &
Annual Awards Back to Top2014 Barbórka Cup,
Poland Enroute the boys had a short trip to Auswitch which was both an interesting
and sobering experience. The boys also had time to look at the Christmas markets
in Krakow. A big thanks to Rory who travelled as coach. Back to Top2014/2015 Season
Begins Back to Top2014
Overseas Training Camp in Largs Back to Top2014
Season in Numbers
A big thanks to all who made it happen Back to Top2014
Dev Level 2-4 National Championships Our medal winners were
Back to Top2014
Salto Open Thanks to Rory who travelled as coach. Back to Top2014
Appenzeller Shield The cap a great day Shane Lyndon, who had just returned from competing at Europeans and himself a former winner of the Appenzeller Shield presented the Appenzeller Shield to Toby Hammond. Toby won the shield with one of the highest scores achieved in the 9 years of the competition. Well Done Toby!!!! A big thanks to all our coaches, judges and senior gymnasts who helped prepare the boys for competition and for officiating at the competition Back to Top2014 Junior
European Championships
Back to Top2014 Celtic Cup
Success For the Irish Minor boys there were some excellent performances with the team winning bronze and just missing out on silver. Illya had a new personal best breaking 60 for the first time whilst Morgan in his first international capped a fine performance winning silver in the all around competition. In the Commonwealth Invitational competition held alongside Celtic Cup, Luke Carson, a good friend of many in Phoenix took Pommel silver and parallel bars gold in what was the final selection event for Commonwealth games. Back to Top2014 National
Championships Thirteen boys from Phoenix took part and we saw excellent performances from all our gymnasts with the club taking home 3 Gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals!!! Several others missed out on medals by very small margins. Our medal winners were :
A big thanks to all our coaches, judges and officials who travelled to the competition. Back to TopThe Big Move Back to Top2014 Northern Ireland
Championships Back to Top2014 Spring
Challenge Back to TopChristmas Party
and Annual Awards Back to Top |
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From
February to June 2016 we had over 50 gymnasts competing across four separate
weekends. A big thanks to all our coaches, judges and volunteers without whom we
would have not been able to partake in these events. During the full
2015/2016 season we competed in 12 separate competitions and won a total of
110 medals!! - 57 at National Level (22 Gold, 27 Silver & 8 bronze) and 53
at Regional Level (34 Gold, 14 silver & 5 Bronze). Well done to all who
competed!! 
With
a much increased club size we have had to split our Christmas Party across a
number of training session. However we still had our annual awards evening with
awards been given to some of most improved gymnasts over the past 12 months.
Many had won medals at various national competitions over the last 12 months we
also marked the year by 'fixing' a ten year bug and are now awarding people for
the year they won the award.. Thus people received 2015 awards rather than the
expected 2016 trophies... A long story best consigned to history
In
December 2015 over 70 of our recreational and pre-squad gymnasts took part in
the Dublin GymStart event in Gormanston College. Phoenix was one of the biggest
participants at the Dublin event. Gymnasts enjoy a fun session with group
warm-up before demonstrating proficiency at the various skills they have learnt
over the last few months. We had gymnasts take part in levels 1-9 and all
received their GymStart medal and certificate. A big thanks to all our coaches
and senior gymnasts who accompanied the gymnasts to the event.
On
November 28, five of our boys travelled to the final of the MAG Grand
Prix. This is a floor, vault & PP competition based on the Boys Grades. For
three of our boys (Comhghall, Daniel & Jamie) it was their first ever
competition. All our boys performed well winning five medals including 4 Gold
and a bronze. Jake led the medal charge winning Level 3 U14 and encouraged
our younger boys throughout the day.. Tiernan won Gold at Level 1 U9 and
additionally took the over-all Grand-Prix title at this age group based on his
scores over the last two events. Jamie in winning his age-group also took bronze
in the PPP challenge. Well done boys!!
On
November 21&22 Twenty-five of our girls travelled to UL for the Level 2-5
National Apparatus Championships. This was one of Gymnastics Ireland biggest
ever competitions with 500 gymnasts taking part across the weekend. Our girls,
many of whom competing at a national event for the first time, performed very
well bring home a haul of 19 medals – 3 at National level 91 Gold, 1 Silver and
1 Bronze) and 16 at regional level (6 Gold, 6 Silver and 4 Bronze). Well done
Girls!!! 
In
October 2015 the National Competition season kicked off with The Boys Grades
Championships and the WAG Level 6-9 Apparatus finals. It was a successful
weekend with the club taking home 14 medals across national and regional
competitions - 7 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze. 
In
September 2015 Shane, Pierce, Illya, Oleg and max travelled to London along with
80,000 other Irish people. Whilst most were heading towards the Rugby World Cup
in Wembley, the boys were off to compete in the London Open - which is one of
the oldest and most prestigious gymnastics competitions. Wayne and Rory
travelled as coaches and Tom and judge. For Shane and Pierce it was a chance to
try some new routines with the boys performing well particularly on P. bars. For
the Illya, max and Oleg it was thier first time doing six pieces under the
junior code. Again some excellent performances in particular Illya on Floor, and
both Max and Oleg on Pommels. As an indication of the strength of field the
senior event had several Olympic, World and European medallists including Louis
Smith, Max Whitlock, Nile Wilson to name just three.
In
August 2015 the club travelled to two separate overseas training camps. First up
was the elite boys who travelled to Leeds GC with Wayne to train alongside Nile
Wilson (Junior European Champion and BG team member) and his coach Dave Murray.
A good week was had by the boys will new skills learnt and many more skills
prepped in readiness for our Italian trip. 
On
June 27/28 we held our annual in-club competition for our novice and
recreational gymnasts. Over 80 gymnasts competed across the two days cheered on
by parents and friends. Additionally some of our squad boys and girls showed off
some of the routines and skills they have been working. We saw some great
performances from the boys with Dan, Jamie, Comhghall, Johnny and Eoghan win the
boys competitions. Equally impressive were our girls with Alex, Lauren, Emma,
Onosa, Ismay, Kate, Grace, Niamh and Ciara winning their respective sections.
This brought down the curtain on our 2014/2015 season
The
2015 FIG national Championships were held in Limerick in May. This is the
highest level competition and is based on age rather than ability – namely
senior (18+), Junior (under 18), Minor (Under 14) Pre-Minor (Under 12). Overall
total of 140 boys competed (80 in the FIG section and 60 in a new 7 piece set
competition). In total 17 boys from Phoenix GC travelled to Limerick (13 at FIG
levels and 4 in the set routine competition) with three others being unable to
attend owing to first communion season.. A very successful weekend with the
club winning 9 medals (2 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze). 
In
April Shane, Illya and Morgan travelled to Wales for the 2015 Celtic Cup
international. The boys were selected following a trial trial process in
February. This was both Shane’s and Illya’s fourth outing at Celtic Cup and
Morgan’s second. All boys performed very well with Illya finishing 8th
overall in the Minor competition. Ireland took team bronze in the minor
competition. In the Junior event Shane and Morgan were significant contributors
to Ireland taking the team title. Shane finished 6th on floor with
Morgan finishing 11th all-around. Congratulations to all 3 boys..
In
April 2015 Tamara, Katie and Mia travelled to Limerick for the WAG Level 6-9+
National Championships. Levels 6-9+ are the levels just below the Elite FIG
levels. It was another successful day for our girls with the club winning three
medals - Tamara (National Silver and regional silver at Level 7 Over 13) & Mia
(Regional Bronze at Level 6 over 13). Tamara missed out on gold by 0.07.
Congratulations girls!!
In
March 2015 Phoenix GC took part in a girls competition for the very first time.
Twenty-three girls travelled to Limerick to compete in the Level 2-5 National
Championships where there were over 500 competitors competing across a very busy
weekend. It was a very successful weekend for Phoenix GC with the club winning 7
medals. Ruby Muldoon has the honour of being our first WAG National title holder
whilst Iris, Freya, Neva, Phobe and Maisy all won regional medals.
Congratulations to all our medal winners and to all our girls who competed so
well across the weekend.
In
February 2015 Tiarnan, Gavin and Daniel travelled to Limerick for the Inaugural
MAG Grand Prix. All three were very successful with Tiarnan and Daniel
both taking regional medals and Gavin winning both a regional medal and National
level medal at Level 2. This is the first of the new competition series and we
hope to have several boys taking parts at future events. 
In
December 2014 we held our first Christmas Party in our new home. Equipments had
to be moved to make way for the now traditional bouncy castle. We also had our
annual awards with Brother and sister winning awards for the first time... Oleg
Glingeanu won the Mike Talbot Award for Male Gymnast of the year with Katie
Hynes becoming our first female gymnast of the year. Other winners were Elite
Squads - Pierece Lowe and Shane Lyndon; Junior squads - Toby Hammond and
Chloe Ward; Minor squads - Rian Robertson, Neva Orlovic and Nela Kanclerz; Best beginers Francesco Stori & Maria Glingeanu. Congrats to all.
In
December 2014 Illya, Pierce and Oleg travelled to Poland to take part in the
Barbórka Cup. Gymnasts from Poland, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia
amongst others took part. For all boys it was their first Junior Competition.
All competed on 5 pieces with some excellent performances on all pieces in
particular Illya on Floor, Oleg on ommel horse and Pierce on Rings
September
2014 represents the start to our first full season in our fulltime centre. An
exciting season lies ahead with the competition season kicking off in early
2015. We welcome all our new members in particular the girls from Olympian GC
who transitioned to Phoenix GC this September. With an expanded membership and
program we have grown our coaching team. A big welcome to Caitriona,Clare, Anna
& Olivia. who will work to further develop our girls program. 
In
early July twenty gymnasts and five coaches headed to Largs for our tenth annual
overseas training camp. With glorious sunshine all week many evenings were spent
outside with Nardinis ice-cream. Inside the gym all the boys worked hard
and learnt many new skills having done the preparation work in our new gym at
home. At one stage it felt we were on a fire engine as the 'skill bell'
was rang so many times in quick succession as boys all announced new skills they
had done for the first time - Well done All!!! As in past years Pat McGrath
attended as guest coach and was hand to work with everyone. A big thanks to
Rory, German, Ciarán and Pat for ensuring the camp was very successful.
In
the Final competition of the season Phoenix won TWO of THREE national titles on
offer!!! The Development level 2-4 national Championships in June 2014 in
Portlaoise brought the end to a very a successful competition season and ain
particular a busy three week period which saw gymnasts from the club do so well
at European Championships, Appenzeller Shield and Salto Open our Dev. Level 2-4
boys kept the momentum going. The club took 2 of the 3 nationals titles on offer
and our 17 gymnasts brought home a haul of 9 medals (4 gold, 2 silver and 3
bronze medals). Several others just missed out on medals. Rian Robertson won the
Dev level 2 National Champion - a great success for the youngest competitor in
the competition. At level 4 Gavin Herlihy took the National title with strong
performances on all six apparatus.
As
May drew to a close June 2014 kicked off with yet another competition. This time
the Salto Open. This competition is used to select the Northern Ireland team for
the BG Set Grade championships. Oisín Noonan hot on his performance in
Appenzeller Shield took part. In what was a magnificent performance, Oisín not
only took gold at Grade 2 (equivalent to the Irish Intermediate Level 2), he
placed first on all 7 pieces of apparatus. Well Done Oisín!!!
The
2014 Appenzeller Shield was hosted by Janz gymnastics in May 2014. Of the 50
gymnasts taking part exactly half (25) were from Phoenix GC. This was the
9th running of this competition which is now a firm staple of the
South Dublin Gymnastics Calendar. This year the Intermediate Levels were
added to the competition for the first time. A great day for Phoenix with
the club winning 14 medals - 7 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. Our Gold
medallists were Oisín Noonan (Inter 2), James Potter, Toby Hammond,
Tiarnan Finn (Dev Level 2 Over 12, Under 10, Under 8 respectively); Sebastian
Crotty- Elder, Rian Robertson & Johnny Woods (Dev level 2 Under 12, Under 7 &
Under 6 respectively).
Congratulations
to Shane Lyndon on his performance at Junior European Championships in Bulgaria.
This was Shane's second time to compete at Junior Europeans which is held every
two years. He was part of a four strong Irish Junior team who were selected
following a very rigorous selection process. Up against Europe's best Under 18
gymnasts Shane turned in an excellent performance on both floor and vault
scoring 12.866 and 12.466 respectively making a significant contribution to the
Irish
team score. Well done Shane, all that hard work paid off.!!!
After
a three trial selection process both Illya and Morgan were selected for the
Irish 2014 Minor Celtic Cup team was held in Perth, Scotland.
Unfortunately despite making target scores on their chosen pieces Ciarán, Shane
and David did not travel as there was no Irish junior team this year. 
In April 2014
the National Championships returned
to Limerick University. The boys program catered for Development Level 5,
Intermediate and voluntary grades - Senior, Junior (under 18), Minor (Under 14)
and Junior B . The Competition also doubled as the final trials for both European
Championships and Celtic Cup. 
After
years in the planning and several months of hard work Phoenix GC moved into a
brand new training centre over St. Patricks Weekend in 2014. No more equipment
moving in the rain. With a new centre and much new equipment we now have
one of the best facilities in Ireland. This will allow us to further develop our
competitive section and expand our recreational program. n adults class and a
girls program was also introduced.
In
February 2014 the Northern Ireland championships were held in Belfast. Shane
Lyndon participated as a guest competing on floor where he achieved a new
personal best of 13.15. This is a significant milestone marking his first time
exceeding 13 on floor. Well Done!
In
February 2014 Phoenix hosted the Spring Challenge. This national event saw
almost 100 boys take part across development levels 2-4. Twenty Phoenix boys
took part in what, for many, was their first big competition. The boys
performed very well taking 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. Our young guns
at level 2 started the medal haul with Rian and Jack taking Gold and Silver
medals respectively at under 7. Next up Aran took silver at under 8 with Olver
taking silver under 10. Sebastian wrapped up the morning session with Gold at
under 12 scoring over 9 in both routines. The afternoon session saw our level 3
and 4 boys compete. At level 3 Toby took gold at under 10 in the largest and
tightest competition of the day. James took bronze at over 12. In the level 4
event Cathal and Harry won silver and bronze respectively at Level 4 over 12. In
addition to our medallists several boys narrowly missed out on medals.
Well done all. A big thanks to our coaches, judges and club committee for al the
work organising and running the event.
Our
2013 Christmas Party and annual awards took place in December.
Illya Babkin and Ciarán McCormack were jointly named our Gymnast of the year.
Ciarán made his international debut competing at both Celtic Cup and North
Europeans in 2013, Whilst Illya marked a year with
a fine performances in Celtic Cup and a medal at Nationals. Both boys have been superb examples to the other
boys in the club. Oisín Noonan was named Junior gymnast of
the year – he won Appenzeller Shield earlier this year and has performed
very strongly in competitions all year. Toby Hammond took
the Minor award – Toby won medals at several events this year including
level 2 nationals. Our best beginner went to Rian
Robertson. With Robert Farrington now focusing on coaching
Shane Lyndon was named our new club captain. Shane
has competed at several internationals most recently North Europeans and is a
previous gymnast of the year. There was a quick update on our new facility which
we hope to be in early in the new year. Also 2014 will mark the club’s 10th
birthday. A big thanks to our parents committee in particular Sarah and Carolyn
who organised all our goodies.