Athlone Gymnastics Club

We are hiring qualified gymnastics coaches to join our growing team, if you are interested …….. keep reading!

If you have a valid coaching qualification and experience coaching gymnastics to children, we would love to hear from you.

You should enjoy working with children to help them reach their potential as well as being able to work as part of a coaching team in a controlled environment. Other qualities we are looking for are : energy, enthusiasm, reliability and of course a love for gymnastics.

Hours are negotiable, salary based on experience and qualification.

Applicants must currently be able to work in Ireland

Please send your CV with a covering letter to administrator@athlonegymnasticsclub.ie.

!!! Exciting News!!!

We are delighted to now take bookings for a camp at the November Midterm break this year. Spaces are very limited so will be strictly on a first come basis, no holding of spaces!

Please ensure you read all the information before booking.

The Camp is as follows :-

• The Camp will run from Tuesday, 1st November to Friday, 4th November (inclusive)
• Suitable for Boys and Girls who were born before 1st January 2016 only
• Registration is open to Members and Non-Members
• No previous gymnastics experience is required to take part
• The Camp will run from Tuesday to Friday 9.30-1.00pm
• There is also the option of booking for just 2 days – Tuesday & Wednesday or Thursday & Friday from 9.30-1.00pm (no other options are available)
• Registrations and payments are only by through the link below

Please ensure that you select the correct options, as once booked, it cannot be changed.

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/midterm-camp—1st-to-4th-november-

Our Autumn Term is now underway and all our classes are full for this term. Thank you to all returning members and new members who registered, spaces were filled extremely quickly and as always, the demand far exceeded the availability.

As we receive so many enquiries about new spaces, it is not possible to reply to all the messages we receive. Can we suggest that you subscribe to our mailing list by hitting the ‘subscribe’ button on our home page so that you receive updates on spaces when available, there is no charge for doing so. We no longer keep a waiting list and available spaces are first posted on our website and are strictly on a first come basis.

Kindly note that we do not accept children under the age of 6 years for Camps or weekly classes. If there is any change to this in the future, it will be advertised on our website.

We are super excited to be starting off our new Autumn Term tomorrow (3rd September). We look forward to seeing all our members again and welcoming many new members to the Club, some for the very first time. We hope you all have lots of fun and make many new friends along the way.

Everyone should have received a text message with confirmation of the start time and date of their class, if you haven’t received this, please get in touch and we will be happy to confirm it for you so that your child doesn’t miss his/her class.

The Club contact details are :-

Email : administrator@athlonegymnasticsclub.ie

Tel : 083 8333171

We have a very limited number of spaces available for boys born between 2009 and 2015 only. We are not taking on any members born after 1st January 2016 at this time. Unfortunately, there are no alternative days or spaces available for our Autumn term.

If you do not receive a ‘Thank You’ and a green tick from Jotform, the form was not submitted successfully. Once the class is full, the link will automatically disable, there is nothing futher we can do as we cannot add any additional spaces.

We are aware that a number of parents are looking for spaces, however, we can only offer spaces where we have suitably qualified coaches available and unfortunately, we cannot possibly respond to all the requests being made on this. If you have not already done so, please subscribe to our mailing list by hitting the ‘subscribe’ button on our home page. This will ensure you receive up to date information on spaces, camps, etc. Please note : this is not a waiting list.

For boys born between 2009 and 2012, please register using the link below. The class time is Sunday 9.00-10.30am. ***FULL***

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—sun-900-1030am-new-members

For boys born between 2013 and 2015, please register using the link below. The class time is Saturday 5.15-6.15pm. ***FULL***

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-boys-sat-515-615-start

We had a massive uptake on the spaces we opened on Friday, thank you for supporting our Club. Since then, we have been inundated with enquiries and, unfortunately, it would be impossible to get back to everyone.

For any girls born between 2009 and 2012 who were unsuccessful in getting a place over the weekend, there is now an opportunity for you to register in our class which runs on a Saturday from 4.15-5.15pm, using the link below. All other classes advertised are now full.

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-sat-415-515-gr

*** Some new spaces are now available to book for our September term***

Please ensure you click on the class link according to the year your daughter was born, otherwise you may miss the chance to register as spaces are limited. Once you book, we cannot change the class time as other classes are full at this time. If you don’t receive a ‘Thank You’ and a green tick at the end, your submission may be unsuccessful. If you get a message to say the class is full, you may try a different class for the same age group. However, once classes are full, we cannot add any further spaces.

For girls born in 2014 and 2015 only

Sunday 9.00-10.00am **FULL**

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-sun-900-1000am

Sunday 11.00-12.00pm **FULL**

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-sun-1100-1200p

Saturday 5.15-6.16pm **FULL**

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-sat-515-615-st

For girls born in 2012 and 2013 only

Saturday 3.15-4.15pm **FULL**

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-sat-315-415-gr

Thursday 5.45-6.45pm **FULL**

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-thurs-545-645p

Thursday 6.45-7.45pm **FULL**

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-thurs-645-745p

For girls born between 2009 and 2011 only

Saturday 4.15-5.15pm *** FULL***

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-sat-415-515-gr

Tuesday 6.30-7.30pm ***FULL***

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-tues-630-730

Friday 5.00-6.00pm *** FULL***

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/term-1—new-members-fri-500-600pm-

Below is a short video which you may find useful on what you get when you register your child with a Gymnastics Ireland affiliated club. You can see from the video what is required from a club, which includes some key factors such as insurance, Garda Vetting and Child Safeguarding of all coaches along with specific training the coaches must undertake to coach in a safe way. It’s a very short video, so please take a few minutes to check it out.

ATHLONE GYMNASTICS CLUB – proud Gymnastics Ireland member club! 

#GymnasticsIreland #GIMemberClub #SafeClub 

On Saturday last, we welcomed parents back into the club for the first time in 3 years to watch gymnasts taking part in the end of year club competition. It was a fantastic day with amazing performances from every gymnast.

The standard of gymnastics from these young gymnasts was superb and something, that we, as a club, are extremely proud of, with many gymnasts tied for places. We hope parents were very proud of the way they performed in front of a crowd, not an easy thing to do! For some of these children, they have only been with us for a few months and have never taken part in a competition before.

Thanks to the coaches, judges, helpers and committee who did trojan work in bringing about such an enjoyable and successful event.

The results of the competition are as below :-

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTTW_32uoH0tJfoPmL_qXRdSEyV4a9rsa8LfxXheQZcJHWMceVvecmHs4FTepmkTw/pub

The prizewinners of our raffle were :- Muireann Kenneally, Sadhbh Murray, Niamh McEvilly, Katie Mannerings, Damien Loughnane, Daniel Lamar, Fiona Walshe, Kelly Marie Neary, Isobel Kelly, Ruby Kelly, Bláthnaid Macken, Emily Sullivan, Cara Warby, Ella Sweeney and Ann McEnroe. Congratulations to everyone!

Sincere thanks to our donors/sponsors, who were very generous and we greatly appreciate their contributions :- Chica Skincare & Beauty, Cunninghams Pharmacy, DBC Physiotheraphy, Eaton Neary Accountants, GymGym, Jump For Joy, Meares Dental Surgery, Monksland Pharmacy, Savoury Fare, Seerys Cash & Carry, Stodgeface, Supersavers, SuperValu and Vienna Hair Salon. Your support is much appreciated in difficult times.

Thank you to all the parents, children, relatives and friends who very kindly supported our raffle.

The Club AGM will be held on Thursday, 30th June 2022 at 7.30pm in the Athlone Springs Hotel. All parents/guardians of children who are currently attending the gym are invited to come along. We look forward to seeing you there and getting some new parents involved in the club. New ideas and fresh thinking is invaluable to community organisations such as ours, to help keep everything relevant and progressive and we welcome your involvement and support. Refreshments will be provided.