Appeal fund receives £360 boost from garage sale

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Web team
Steve Bailey (left) receives the cheque from Viv and Don Bennion

Steve Bailey (left) receives the cheque from Viv and Don Bennion

The new gym appeal for Buckley Girls’ Gymnastics Club has received a £363.60 boost from half of funds raised at a garage sale.

Long time club supporters Viv and Don Bennion hosted the sale at their home at Llanarmon-yn-Ial, near Mold, with the same amount also being donated to support facilities for children in their village.

The couple’s daughter, Kathy, is a former club gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain and competed in the Commonwealth Games after joining Buckley in 1981.

A bit about Kathy…

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Gymnast fact file

  • Katherine joined Buckley club in 1981 as a nine-year-old progressing from North Wales Squad to Welsh Junior Squad
  • Welsh Elite Squad
  • British Schools Champion
  • British Senior squad
  • Competed internationally for Wales and for Great Britain against Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, East Germany, Bulgaria and the former Czechoslovakia
  • BBC Wales/Western Mail Junior Sportswoman of the Year 1989
  • First girl from North Wales to qualify for the British Championships and finished 4th
  • First girl from North Wales to be selected for a Commonwealth Gymnastics event – Scotland 1986, and went on to captain the Welsh Ladies team to the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland
  • SOURCE: Viv Bennion

Club supporter Steve Bailey, who helped at the garage sale, is seen collecting the cheque on behalf of the club from Mr and Mrs Bennion.

Unsold items, some of which which were donated by parents of gymnasts, were sold at the Sunday car boot sale at Chirk, raising a further £280.

Over £10,000 has been raised this year towards a £25,000 target to allow Buckley Girls’ Gymnastics Club, which has trained at Buckley Leisure Centre for over 40 years, to buy its own facilities.

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What a weekend!

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Web team

Aged 10-11 categorySuch a great weekend for the club at the North Area Novice and Intermediate Championships at Deeside Leisure Centre, writes head coach Ceri Sass.

Very proud of all the gymnasts who competed and a massive thank you to all the coaches who have helped the girls prior to the competition and have given their time to judging this weekend.

Aged 12-13 categoryWe have had aged 10-11 & 12-13 overall champions, 7-year-old team championships, vault champion, bar champion, beam champions and floor champions.

And, to top it off, Lydia has qualified in the top five to represent north area in Cardiff next weekend.

Neve

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2015-16 registration time for current members

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Web team

Our 2015/16 registration day for current members is Saturday 26 September between 10am and 2pm Buckley Leisure Centre. [Important information in bold]

At registration people will be asked to sign a copy of the Parent and Gymnast Code of Conduct which will be placed on file with your daughter’s registration details.

Current members’ registration forms will be available on the day for you to check and make any amendments.

The times make it possible for you to pop in and complete this registration when you drop-off or pick-up your child.

We, therefore, ask you to please make every effort to attend as the registration is part of the insurance process for the next 12 months. And any gymnast whose registration is not completed will not be accepted for training as from 1 October 2015.

Registration fees for BG/WG Membership

  • Advanced Class £25
  • Pre-Advanced £17
  • Intermediate £17
  • Development £17
  • Under 5s £11

If you have not received your copy of the Parent & Gymnast Code Of Conduct via either email or post by 19 September, please contact Admin via email: buckleygymnastics@hotmail.co.uk or Tel. 0770 2620732

Thanks

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How many sleeps until Christmas?!

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Web team
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Visit your usual online retailers via our Easyfundraising page and we receive commission for the new gym appeal

So, the summer holidays are over and now it’s time to think about Christmas, writes coach and fundraiser Becca Bailey.

I’m sure you will all be buying lots online so please, please, please sign up to Easyfundraising if you haven’t already and use it when you buy. If you already do it please get friends and family to sign up too.

I’m sure we can raise an extra £1,000 just from this one source at no extra cost to any of us.

PS. It’s 109 days until Christmas

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