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Double delight for Finesse Gymnastics Club

written by Chris McNulty October 21, 2019
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For Finesse Gymnastics Club, 2019 will be a year that will live long in their memory.

The club is used to winning trophies but this year has been exceptional, from winning 5 trophies at Gymnastics Ireland national competition ‘The Floor’ and the senior team being selected to represent Ireland at the World Gymnaestrada in Austria.

Picture: Finesse gymnasts Cara and Orla receive their award from Irish gymnastics star Rhys McClenaghan. 

This weekend was a double celebration for the club.

The junior squad travelled to London to the biggest gymnastics display event in the UK, “The London Festival of Gymnastics”, where they were joined by over 1500 gymnasts from all over the UK and Ireland. 

They performed their routine ‘In the Game’ to a packed-out arena.

Finesse ladies all smiles after picking up trophies at the Gymnastics Ireland National Awards

Whilst the junior squad were away in London two of the senior team gymnasts, Cara Nulty and Orla Lonergan, along with two committee members, Karen Beecroft and Andrea McGettigan, were in Dublin at the Gymnastics Ireland national awards to receive trophies.

The club had been voted the best gymnastics display club in Ireland.For a small club from Donegal to win this award is a huge honour and credit to everyone involved at the club. 

The second award was for the unsung hero which was won by Faye King for her commitment to everything that she does behind the scenes. 

Ironically Faye was unable to collect her award because she was in London as a club chaperone with the junior squad.

Finesse Gymnasts 

Junior Squad: Jon Antonio Gallagher, Rhianna Friel, Neasa Coyle, Reelan McHugh, Sinead Byrne, Yevis Bella Gallagher, Emma Nestor, Shauna McFadden, Olivia Plumb, Lucy Boyle, Ella Dunne, Jodie Rogers, Doris Maria Gallagher, Orlagh Friel, Angelina McHugh

Senior Squad: Amber Beecroft, Ellie King, Cara Nulty, Orla Lonergan, Adele King, Molly Nulty, Sequoya McGettigan, Ellen O’Connell, Ella McBride, Aisling Nulty, Amy Russell, Ruby McBride, Ita McGee

Coaches

Amber Beecroft and Ellie King

Double delight for Finesse Gymnastics Club was last modified: October 21st, 2019 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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