MGCE

Gymnastics Club Catering for Preschool, Recreational & Artistic Gymnastics for Boys & Girls
Affiliated to British Gymnastics & the Isle of Man Gymnastics Association
Glencrutchery Road, Douglas, Isle of Man * Tel : 01624 - 625636

CELTIC CUP 2012

Congratulations to the IOM Minor Boys Team who took the team Bronze medal recently at the annual Celtic Cup in Dublin. The team of Oliver Scott, Cedric Lucas, Nicholas Harvey, Robert Jones, pictured above, all performed
well on the day.

Tony Duchars achieved the overall Silver medal in the Boys Junior Competition.

Rebecca Johnson & Tara Donnelly from our club, competed in the Junior WAG section as individuals, and delivered some personal bests - Rebecca 7th overall with a 42.40 total and Tara 13th overall (her first competition back after her injury.) Well done to you both !

See results and article on the IOMGA website for more details.

BRITISH CLUB GRADES FINALS 2012

Congratulations to the Grade 5 team at the recent British Club Grades Finals who took to the podium to proudly receive the overall Team Bronze medal.
Well done to Emily Dale-Beeton for her overall individual Silver Medal for Grade 5 after finishing 1st on Beam, 2nd on Floor & 7th on Vault and to Ciara Goddard for 2nd Beam , Holly Black finishing 4th on Beam and 10th on Floor, and Nicole Burns 8th Overall & 6th on Beam.

Other individual achievements : Radha Patel : 11th UB (Gr 6) & Chloe Donnelly 9th FX(Gr 7)

Well done to the Gr 8 gymnasts, Eve Wiltcher, & Lauren Kerruish who represented the island for their first time at National Finals.

ISLE OF MAN NDP 2012

Sunday 18th March saw 15 boys compete in the Isle of Man National Development Plan (NDP)
Champs.

All the boys competed well and with only 1.8 separating the top 3 in level 2 and only 0.5 separating
the top 2 places in level 3. Congratulations to the IOM NDP champions.- Pre-level 1 - Oshin
Kaighin (EV) Level 1 - Simon Tibitanzl (MG). Level 2 - Aaron Dougherty. Level3 Callum Kewley
and Jack Ussher Level 4. Selected to represent the Isle of Man at the NDP finals in Birmingham in
their respective levels are :- Adam Palmer (EV),Jack Collister (MG), Simon Tibitanzl (MG), Aaron
Dougherty (MG), Joshua Morrison (MG) Glen Quayle (EV) Connor Esp , Alex Warrilow and Callum
Kewley.

ISLE OF MAN GRADES TRIALS 2012

Congratulations to all of our gymnasts who competed at the National Grades Trials last weekend.
Special Congratulations to the various section winners from our club ! We are proud of you.
Grade 14 : Jenna Kenyon
Grade 13 : Emma Sutton
Grade 8 : Eve Wiltcher
Grade 7 : Chloe Donnelly
Grade 6 : Radha Patel
Grade 5 : Nicole Burns

Results HERE.

Photos are available courtesy of VJD. : HERE

ISLE OF MAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011

Congratulations to all of our gymnasts who competed at the National Championships last weekend.
Special Congratulations to the various section winners from our club :-

Jnr Novice : India Trimble (MG)

Snr Novice : Hannah Darnill (MG)

u11 : Chloe Donnelly (MG)

u15 : Rebecca Johnson (MG)

o15 : Grace Harrison (MG)

u10 : Callum Kewley (MG)

u16 : Lawrence Godsell (sorry for previous omission)

16&o : Adam Hedges (MG)

Photos HERE * Results HERE * Report HERE

WELL DONE REBECCA, ANAND & BRANDON

Well done to Rebecca Johnson, Anand Patel & Brandon Garrett who represented the Isle of Man at the prestigious Commonwealth Youth Games 2011.

This event was well attended by most Commonwealth Countries who are registered with the Federation of International Gymnastics.
Against a field of some of the best up and coming gymnasts in the world - some we might see at World Championships and perhaps even the Olympic Games one day, we can feel very proud of our gymnasts.

Complete results & details can be seen on the IOMAGA website : www.iomgymnastics.org

WELL DONE TO GRACE & ADAM IN JERSEY

Well done to Grace Harrison & Adam Hedges who both won Overall Medals for the Women's & Men's FIG Competitions in Jersey (Inter Island Games 2011) Adam also won the Set competition, with Grace placing second in her equivalent event.

Complete results have been added to the Results page - For further information and photos please visit www.iomgymnastics.org

(Note : we would love some photos from the event, please contact the gym if you may have any to contribute.)

MGC GYMNASTS NAMED FOR IOM CYG TEAM

We are proud to announce that three of our gymnasts have been selected to represent the Isle of Man in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games to be held on the island during September.

Very special congratulations to REBECCA JOHNSON, ANAND PATEL & BRANDON GARRETT for being selected to represent their country at such a prestigious event.

These gymnasts were named tonight, at a team announcement function for all IOM team members across the seven sports being contested at the Games.

Well done also to HOLLY BLACK, who is the women's reserve gymnast, and GENNADY TSYGANOV who is the Men's coach.

BRANDON WINS RINGS AT PEGASUS OPEN

Congratulations to Brandon Garrett who travelled to Kent and competed in the 'Junior' section at the Pegasus Open Competition on the 18th June.

He scored very well on Rings with a score of 11.70 winning him a gold medal on this apparatus. He placed 3rd on floor with a 12.30, ending the competition placed 5th overall with a total of 58.550.

Results : here :

MCGE AT GREATER MANCHESTER OPEN

Congratulations to the following Manx Gymnasts who won medals at the Greater Manchester Open:

Chloe Donnelly won vaulting in the Regional Level 4 Junior section with a score of 11.60 out of a field of 30 gymnasts. She placed 17th overall.
Nicole Burns also did herself and the club proud by placing 2nd overall in the Modified FIG section. She also won Vault, placed 2nd on Beam & 3rd on Floor. Well done Nicole !!
Holly Black & Aoife Donnelly competed in the Junior FIG competition and performed very well. Well done to you all.

Results : part of the Zip File on the Results Page or else will appear : http://www.gmga.co.uk/
Photos : HERE

MGCE GYMNASTS AT SETWORK FINALS

A special congratulations to Callum Kewley who competed at the Boys National Set Work Finals in Birmingham recently. He placed 10th overall in Level 2 !! He has been invited to a training camp at the Lilleshall Centre of Gymnastics in late June.
This is a fantastic achievement - well done Callum, as well as his coaches Gennady and Tatiana !

Joshua Morrison (Level 1) & placed top of the Manx boys with a 57.05 total, and Aaron Dougherty close behind with 56.80. Connor Esp (Level 2) finished with a very good total of 60.4. Alex Warrilow scored 52.95.

Well done to all 5 of our boys !
Detailed results and a press report can be found on the IOMGA website

SHIMMIN WILSON 2011

Congratualations to the following Manx Gymnastics Gymnasts who won their sections overall today :

Sonja Shaw & Fraser Clarke L10 u7 * Ryan Coates L10 o7 * Katie Roberts & Max Yates L9 u7 * Scarlette Clague & James Meggitt L9 u9 * LilyMay Halsall & Simon Tibitanzl L8 u9 * Oweena Thomas L8 u13 * Ben Longden L7 u9 * Megan Marsh L7 u11 * Cameron Scott L7 o9 * Amy Main L7 o11 * Holly Usher L6 o13 * Gabriella Hay L5

Full Results can be found on the IOMGA website
Photos HERE courtesy of Manoj Patel

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Last Updated on : 03 May 2012