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We were very excited for  TeamGym Extravaganza as our first event of the decade to celebrating our 20th Birthday on 19th January. Special welcomed to Lisa Souter and Margaret Kerr, Brevet Judges for Great Britain!!! Thanks to Joe Ward, we tried out our new live scoreboards for the first time!!! MASSIVE THANK YOU to all […]

Abbey’s Aspire Valentine’s Challenge Day 1 Session 1! Level 3’s are rockin` it!!!

Gymnasts, it’s time to challenge your family! Take a photo of you doing your best gymnastics skill, and get your family to give it a go! Be creative with your location as the best photos! There will be a prize of a £15 Abbey GymShop voucher for the best family attempt and the most unique […]

Abbey hosted it’s annual In House Floor & Vault Championships on 17th April. This competition was open to all our Bright Sparks, Recreation, Advanced and Development members. Our gymnasts had been working hard on routines throughout Term 3 and competed against their peers. Medals were awarded for places 1st – 3rd on floor, vault and […]

The annual Christmas In-House competition was a great success with lots of super performances on Floor Exercise and Vault. Lots of medals and rosettes awarded for placings 1 – 4 with the additional Spirit Award presented to 6 gymnasts throughout the event for exceptional Team Spirit and progressing through individual challenges. Well done to all […]

In June the Abbey Team Gym Mini and Youth Squads travelled to Newcastle Upon Tyne to compete at the Annual Newcastle Team Gym Open. This was an exciting experience for the gymnasts and coaches as they were the first Northern Ireland/Irish Club to participate in such an event.  The competition was tough.  Although the girls […]

Regional 3 On 13th April 7 Abbey Gymnasts competed at the Trampoline Regional 3 held at De La Salle College in Belfast.  This competition was a huge success with Kendal Maguire, Alex McMullan and Caitlin Watts picking up Gold medals in their categories and Charlee wright picked up a Bronze medal in the 7 & […]

On 5 & 6 April our WAG Gymnasts travelled to Limerick for the Irish National All Around and Apparatus Finals.  This was the most successful Nationals for the Club to date.  We are delighted to report that 13 Abbey Gymnasts represented the Northern Region from Levels 2 through to F.I.G. (elite).  Kendal Maguire started the […]

Following on from our successful Christmas In House Competition, we have organised another event. Our next In House competition will run on Sunday 13th April 2014.  More information will follow in Term 3’s newsletter. Information on how to register for this event will be released mid March. We look forward to seeing lots of gymnasts […]

Congratulations to 13 year old Hannah Morrison who represented Northern Ireland at the Northern European Championships 2013.  This prestigious event was hosted by Lisburn City Council, the European City of Sport 2013.  The competition was attended by 11 Nations with both male and female teams.  Hannah qualified to represent her country on Floor and Vault. […]

On Sunday 17th November five Abbey Gymnasts took part in the Northern Ireland Schools Trampoline Championships in Ards Leisure Centre. This was the first ever trampoline competition for Abbey and Coach Shalana Adrain was extremely pleased with their performances. The girls competed brilliantly with Amy Parker and Breanna Courtney finishing in the top 10 in […]

We had a large number of entries into our Halloween Art Competition with many very scary and extremely creative pictures! Thank you all for taking the time to create such wonderful artwork, you also helped to raise £110!! Congratulations to our winners we hope you enjoy your art pack prizes!  Age 3-5 Lily Young […]

Abbey will hold their first Christmas In House Competition for all Recreational Gymnasts this Sunday, 8th December 2013.  Bright Sparks Competitors should arrive for registration at 9.00am.  Junior, Senior and Advanced Competitors should arrive for registration at 12.30pm.  Good Luck everyone!