Athlone Gymnastics Club

To all the mothers out there, hope you have the best Mother’s Day today and thank you for all you do for our gymnasts, our coaches and our club. We hope you enjoy your special day and are getting totally spoiled. We missed out on wishing everyone Happy International Women’s Day last Friday so we can combine the two and enjoy the double celebration for women everywhere.

It’s time for the first National Series Competition of 2024.

Best of luck to gymnasts Alannah, Blathín, Caoimhe, Éabha, Lucy and Saoirse who are taking part in their first National competition over the weekend. We hope they enjoy it and it lives up to all their expectations and more!

Also competing over the weekend are Eva, Laoise, Sarah and Mya, we wish them every success and hope they have a fabulous time. They have all been working incredibly hard over the past few months to prepare for this competition and now is the time to showcase all the efforts they have put into it. We are so proud of everything they have achieved to date.

Thanks to coaches Saoirse, Tara and Gráinne for their ongoing commitment and putting the gymnasts through their paces week after week and helping them to overcome whatever obstacles they encounter along the way.

Thanks as always to the parents for their support, encouragement and car journeys getting the girls to and from training and competitions, none of this would be possible otherwise!

Safe travels and enjoy the competition.

2 CANCELLATIONS HAVE COME IN FOR THE CAMP – PLEASE USE THE LINK BELOW TO BOOK

*** UPDATE – THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE RESPONSE TO OUR CAMP AND ALL PLACES ARE NOW SOLD OUT ***

This year, we are running just one week of Easter Camp. Please read the information below and on the form itself before registering.

• The Camp will run from Monday, 25th to Thursday, 28th March
• Camp time is 9.30am-1.00pm
• Suitable for children born between 1/1/2012 to 31/12/2016 only
• Open to boys and girls, members and non members
• As camp numbers are limited, places are strictly on a first come basis
• Ensure that you complete all questions on the form, in particular entering a correct date of birth
• Please include all information relating to additional medical or behavioural needs, this enables us to plan activities appropriately
• If you are registering more than one family member, you need to complete a separate form for each one
• When all the spaces have been filled, the link will automatically disable and we cannot open additional spaces as we have to operate within our coach:gymnast ratios
• If there are any cancellations, the link will be reactivated so you may want to check back from time to time if you don’t get a space on the camp initially
• Once completed, you should receive an automated email from Jotform and a receipt from PayPal, they may go into your Spam folder. If you do not receive these, the place is not confirmed and you should check with us through email

If you need to check any details with us please email administrator@athlonegymnasticsclub.ie

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/easter-recreational-camp-25th-28th-

All classes are running as normal over the St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday weekend.

We are closed for classes from 12th to 18th February, inclusive, for the Midterm break.

As we say goodbye to 2023 and welcome in 2024, we wish all our gymnasts, coaches and families the very best of everything in 2024. Thanks to everyone who supported us during the year and we wish you a safe and prosperous year ahead. Enjoy the celebrations!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members, parents, families and coaches a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas. Hope everyone gets time to unwind and relax with family and friends over the festive season – stay safe and enjoy the break.

Congratulations to all the winners in our raffle on Sunday which were as follows :-

Jessica O’Brien – PS 5 – sponsored by Athlone Gymnastics Club

Aisling McNulty – Kreative Hair Hamper – donated by Kreative Salon Services

Davina Dempsey – Festive Hamper – sponsored by Athlone Gymnastics Club

Noah Gill – 3 course meal for 2 – donated by Athlone Springs Hotel

Niamh O’Brien – €100 Athlone Town Centre Shopping Centre Voucher – sponsored by Athlone & Castlerea Credit Union

Carmel Quinn – €100 Athlone Town Centre Shopping Centre Voucher – sponsored by Town Centre Surgery

Gerry Fallon – €50 One 4 All Voucher – sponsored by Hutchinson Davidson, Solicitors

Margaret Lynch – €50 Il Colosseo Voucher donated by Il Colosseo Restaurant

Barbara Quinn – €50 One 4 All Voucher – sponsored by Eaton Neary, Accountants

Feidhlim Quinn – €50 Ganly’s Voucher – sponsored by G. Seery Construction

Aoibhinn Naughton – €50 Voucher donated by Cunninghams Pharmacy, Monksland

Ciaran Woods – Gift Set donated by Mother Míach Herbs

Carmel Quinn – Bottle Jameson – donated by the Larkin Family

Annette Moran – Bottle Jameson – donated by Darrell Kelly

Sellers’ Prizes

The following sellers all had their name picked out at random and prizes were selected from a Lucky Dip, which consisted of Selection boxes, Heroes, 5 x Jimmy’s Superstore Vouchers, Custom Cuts voucher, Shower/Bath products and a Miss So gift set. The winners were :-

Maisy O’Regan, Zoe Mulvihill Wilkins, Tara McLoughlin, Vivienne Kennedy, Laoise Fynes, Robyn Donovan, Méabh Mannion, Andrea Fallon, Caoimhe Lyons, Evelyn Kelly and Emily Clogher

Special Prize for the person who sold the most tickets – The prize winner was Laoise Fynes who sold a whopping 37 tickets in total and she received a €20 voucher donated by Savoury Fare along with €50 off her training fees for all her hard work, well done Laoise.

We realise this can be an expensive time of year for families and so we really appreciate your generosity, whether it was buying tickets or donating a prize and in some cases, doing both, thank you sincerely. Thanks to all the gymnasts and their parents who sold tickets and supported the Club all year. To all the families and businesses who very generously donated a prize – your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you a prosperous New Year.

We would like to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy Christmas and every good wish for 2024. The gym will be closed on Friday, 22nd December (no classes on Friday) and will reopen again on 6th January 2024.

A few more people and businesses that we need to thank who have very kindly donated to our raffle.

Town Centre Surgery have once again been very generous and donated a lovely voucher to spend in Athlone Town Centre Shopping Centre – who wouldn’t want to win that! Thank you so much.

The fabulous, Il Colosseo Restaurant in Athlone, have donated a voucher to be used in the Restaurant and we thank them sincerely for this lovely gift.

Thank you to Savoury Fare for donating a voucher to spend in any of their restaurants with lots of delicious options to choose from.

Thanks to Azra and Janet for their lovely gift box, we don’t know what is inside so the mystery remains!!

Thanks also to the Larkin Family, Darrell Kelly & Family and the McNeill Family for their very kind donations, we are so appreciative of all the generosity.

We’re going to have a busy evening ahead getting all the tickets ready for tomorrow, we can’t wait to see who will win all these lovely prizes, if only we had one for everyone! The draw will take place live on Facebook between 12.30 and 1.00pm so stay tuned, fingers crossed there won’t be any glitches. We will contact all the winners by phone afterwards to arrange collection of the prizes.

Thank you for supporting our Club.

Good luck everyone!

Our Christmas Raffle is getting ever closer and we are delighted to have so many fantastic prizes to be won – starting off with the Big Prize of a PlayStation 5, followed by many other prizes, including a Hair Styling Hamper, a Festive Hamper full of delicious items, to include a freshly cooked ham, numerous vouchers – Athlone Springs Hotel, Il Colesseo, Cunninghams Pharmacy, Custom Cuts Hair Salon, Athlone Town Shopping Centre, One 4 All, Jimmy’s Superstore, Ganly’s hardware and lots more exciting prizes.

Thanks to our gymnasts and parents who have been busy selling raffle tickets. For anyone who hasn’t yet returned the ticket stubs and money, please make sure you get them back to us tomorrow to be included in the draw on Sunday, 17th December. Thank you to everyone who has already bought a ticket and supported our club.

If you would like to support the raffle and be in with a chance of winning one of our many prizes, you can now do so using the link below – online sales will close at midnight on Saturday, 16th December so please make sure you get your tickets to be in the draw, tickets are €5 each or 5 tickets for €20.

https://form.jotform.com/Gymnasticsathlone/christmas-raffle-2023-

A very sincere ‘Thank You’ to all those who sponsored/donated a prize to our raffle, we genuinely appreciate it. A full list of all our sponsors will be published after the draw.

A big ‘Thank You’ to Elaine from Hutchinson Davidson & Son., Solicitors in Ballinasloe who very kindly donated a One 4 All Gift Voucher to our Christmas Raffle, Elaine very generously also donated a prize to us last year and we sincerely appreciate the donations.

Another of our donors from last year who has been very generous to us again this year, Eaton Neary, Accountants in Athlone, also very kindly donating a One 4 All Gift Voucher to our raffle. Many thanks Dermot, truly appreciate the gift.