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5 facts about gymnastics in Ireland
1. There are 9 different disciplines in Irish Gymnastics (IG)
- Womens Artistic (WAG)
- Mens Artistic (MAG)
- Tumbling
- Acrobatics
- Special Needs
- All Disciplines
- Aerobics
- Trampolining
- Rhythmic
2. There are eight different regions throughout the country in IG. In these eight regions, there are currently 92 clubs registered with IG, the governing body.
3. While Ireland is not renowned for producing gymnasts to the standard required for Olympic competition, Barry MacDonald became the first and only Irish Gymnast to compete in the Olympic Games when he performed at the 1996 Atlanta Games
4. In Ireland, Salto Gymnastics Club in Lisburn, Co Antrim is the country’s only dedicated gymnastics academy, one of only two full time gymnastics facilities. Every other club must hire time in a sports hall and put their equipment in and out every time they use it.
5. Earlier this year, IG received a core grant from the Irish Sports Council of €169,545 ($220,610.87 ) with an additional €89,000 ($115,806.23) under the Women In Sport grant scheme. Gymnastics is considered a minority sport compared to our national sports, Gaelic Football and Hurling, and other sports such as football, rugby and boxing. These sports gain substantial grants from the Irish Sports Council.
How does this compare to your country?
Note that these facts may have changed since publishing this post as the interest in sport is becoming more popular.
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Gymnastics & Funding
about 1 day ago - No comments
Over the last few years, the interest in gymnastics seems to have increased. There are many possible reasons for this, obviously Spelbound winning Britains Got Talent has caused a surge in interest in gymnastics among children in the UK and Ireland. I think another major factor that has added to this interest is the new More >
Nastia not to return to gymnastics?
about 2 weeks ago - 1 comment
According to gossip website Hollywood Life, Nastia has “exclusively revealed” that she hasn’t yet made a decision on whether she will return to gymnastics. You can see the short article here.
According to the article Nastia wants to move on to bigger and better things since achieving such a big goal at a young age. More >
Watch Spelbound’s final performance on BGT
about 1 month ago - No comments
So do you think they did enough to win the competition?
Embedding is disabled – View the performance here on YouTube
I certainly think so!! The performance was much stronger than Monday nights, it was a lot more concentrated so that we could actually see everything that was going on rather than looking as chaotic as More >
Shawn Johnson spreads a positive message about body image
about 2 months ago - 1 comment
In the last few months there’s been chitter chatter and comments on forums and blogs relating to gymnastics physique and look. One gymnast who has been commented on a lot, mainly in regards to her legs, is Shawn Johnson. This week KCCI reports on how Shawn Johnson has been helping to spread a positive message More >
Spellbound
about 3 months ago - 10 comments
Spellbound – the Gymnastics display group from Episode 2, Season 4 of Britain’s Got Talent.
Watch it below or on YouTube.
Live Blogging from the French International
about 3 months ago - No comments
Click here to read the regular live updates on the Gymnastics Examiner from Podium Training at the French International in Paris this weekend.
Little Links 8/4/10
about 3 months ago - No comments
NY Times on Sports Injuries – When to tough it out.
Balance training effective at reducing falls and improving function
How much water is enough? Nutritionist Amanda Carlson explains what to drink and when in this video
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European Mens Artistic Team Championships
about 3 months ago - No comments
The UEG have announced nominative entries for the 29th European Championships in mens artistic gymnastics. The competition is to be held from April 21st to 25th in Birmingham, UK.
A total of 151 senior and 149 junior gymnasts will compete in the different competitions of these championships. In the senior category, 28 teams are entered plus More >
Shannon Miller: Keep dreaming and cheering
about 4 months ago - No comments
This article from February was posted on Shannon Miller’s new Facebook fan page. It’s short and sweet, I enjoyed it.
Conditioning
about 4 months ago - 2 comments
I am a strong believer that as coaches, we should spend a lot of time in class on conditioning and basics. With my current group of gymnasts, I have spent a huge amount of time on handstands and the all important core conditioning rather than trying to learn new moves. The latest competition has just proved how far More >
about 1 year ago
New Zealand used to be like that – school hall hire with moving equipment in and out being the warm up!
It’s much better now with full time facilities with full time coaches across the country. Still no where near Australia for success though. Like Ireland, very hard to compete for funding against the great god RUGBY.
about 1 year ago
Hi there,
Thanks for your comment. That’s very interesting, I would’ve thought that gym would have been quite big in New Zealand, maybe that’s in thinking that the Australian team have been to a lot of big international competitions.
We don’t have very long training hours, our competitive class train for 5 and a half hours a week, compared to other clubs who might train most days and at least double the amount our girls do. We waste time because of having to take out and put all of the equipment back in so we lose about 30 – 40 mins of a 3 hour class which is a lot.
I heard yesterday, about another full time gym open in Northern Ireland but I am not sure if they are listed under IG or British Gymnastics.
Bloody rugby!
about 1 year ago
Are you Irish? I’d love to find out more about other systems and not so well-known gymnasts from around the world. Great blog, keep going!
about 1 year ago
I am indeed, thanks a million for your comment. Hope you’ll keep reading!
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about 1 year ago
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about 5 months ago
Hi thanks for this info, really interesting to know about gym in other countries outside the ones that gymnastics is so big in like United States and Australia!