Summer competitions

Over the last three weekends we have held a beach party competition with the General class gymnasts, our annual summer-themed invitational competition for gymnasts from all over North Wales, and our gymnasts have travelled to Bangor Gymnastics Club for a north area competition.

We’ve loved seeing our gymnasts compete and for some it was their first experience in a gymnastics competition.

They did so well taking home numerous ribbons and medals, plus special award certificates and poster prizes.

As a community club it’s a great opportunity to see more of our gymnasts’ families and they can see what their gymnasts have been working towards in classes.

Well done to all our General gymnasts – we’re very proud of you all.

The beach party competition for General class gymnasts included classes 1-5 who train 1-1.5 hours per week at the Gwernaffield gym.

A special thank you to the coaches for helping and supporting the gymnasts in their training and competitions.

Saturday Sunday 29-30 June

We hosted 350 gymnasts for our annual invitational competition last weekend from clubs all around North Wales.

Well done to all the gymnasts who competed – we loved having you.

A big thank you to our parents for volunteering their time and donations of goodies for our refreshment stall.

Thanks to Adult gymnasts who volunteered over the weekends – you were such a great help.

Thank you Gym Central for spending the weekend with us, selling their leotards and kit.

A mention and thank you to Tesco for their donations of refreshments for both weekends.

Sunday 7 July

On Sunday 7 July our Competition Recreation gymnasts competed in the Annette Brown North 2024 national competition.

So many ribbons, medals, and trophies for our girls – well done to them all.

The club also won the Club of the Competition award too.

A final thanks to our judges for giving up their precious weekends to represent our club.

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International Women’s Day 2024

Today we celebrate International Women’s Day 2024.

The theme this year is Inspire Inclusion.

Our club captain Olivia tells us what it means to her.

” Today is International Women’s Day and this year’s theme is inspire inclusion, this means that women and girls feel inspired to be included and feel empowered in all aspects of society.

Gymnastics is a fantastic sport, and at Buckley Gymnastics Club we want to make sure everybody is included regardless of race, age, ability, faith, body image and how they identify.

Let’s celebrate everyone’s uniqueness together!”

Thank you Olivia, we will aim to inspire inclusion in our club.

There’s lots of inspiration of women in sport on the International Women’s Day  website.

#Inspireinclusion

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Girls club captain for 2024

Olivia has been chosen as this year’s girls club captain.

Olivia is in Comp Squad and trains numerous times a week, she’s also a sport leader.

Coach Shelley explains why she was chosen:

“Olivia has been with Buckley since she was in Preschool and she now helps coach in Preschool. She has proven herself as a role model for our gymnasts by helping in many different classes and camps.
Olivia has shown herself to be very reliable and committed, she is approachable to gymnasts if they need help or advice”

Olivia- girls club captain

Olivia says “I am really proud to have been selected as club captain and I’m looking forward to seeing what this year brings.

I would also like to say a big thank you to everyone who has helped me get to where I am now. I am exited to support all of the gymnasts in the club and help them enjoy gymnastics as much as I do”

Well done Olivia.

Olivia will keep the club captain shield for the next year.

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North Wales Awards 2023

Saturday 20 January was the North Wales annual awards night held at Venue Cymru, Llandudno.

A great night for the north area gymnastics community where gymnasts, coaches, volunteers and clubs receive awards for their achievements in the last year.

Our club nominees and winners are:

Coach of the year- Milly
Junior Coach of the Year-Zara
Young helper of the year – Maddie
Volunteer of the Year – Erin
Unsung Hero Award – Kelly
Most Improved Female Gymnast of the Year – Gwennan
Most Improved male gymnast of the year – Leo
Male Gymnast of the Year -Jordan
Female Gymnast of the Year -Liliana
Gymnast recognition award – Tyler

Well done to our nominees, all well deserved.

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