Author: Julia Rees

Recreational Tumble & Vault Competition 2024

On Saturday 26th October we hosted our annual Tumble & Vault competition for all our recreational gymnasts.

We had nearly 100 entries for the competition which made it an excellent show for gymnasts and specators!

As you’ll see from the photos below, there were many happy gymnasts with a huge amount of medals, certificates and trophies received!

A huge thank you to all our coaches, judges and volunteers for making it happen!

Round 1 – Age 4, 5 & 6 year olds

Age 4

Age 5

Age 6

Round 2 – Age 7 and 8 year olds

Age 7

Age 8

Round 3 – Age 9, 10 and 11+

Age 9

Age 10

Age 11+

SUMMER SHOWCASE – 2024

This year saw our first ever Summer Showcase, and it was a blast!!

It gave all of our squad gymnasts the opportunity to strut their stuff in a fun, relaxed environment. They put together their own routines with the bonus of no rules and no judges! They were able show off the skills they love in front of all their families and friends.

Thank you to all our families for making it such a lovely atmosphere for the gymnasts, it was an absolute pleasure having you all in the gym with us.

Annual A-Z Competition – 2024

On Sunday 7th July, our recreational gymnasts performed at our annual A-Z Competition infront of families and friends. They did so well in the competition environment and made our coaches and parents proud! The top 5 gymnasts in each catagory will now go through to the regional competition in Kington in a couple of weeks to represent Maldwyn Dragons Gymnastics Club! Well done everyone!

North Area Prelims 2024

On the 20th and 21st April 2024, our development squad competed at Deeside Gymnastics Academy in the North Prelims tumble and vault competition. There were 450 gymnasts competing! For some gymnasts this was their first time competing in a competition and we had some fantastic results:

Phase 1 age 7 yrs: Erin 1st on floor and Vault and 1st overall.

Phase 1 in age 8yrs: Macie 5th on Vault, 4th on Floor and 4th overall. Team 5th out of 12 teams.

Phase 2 in age 8yrs: Bella 5th on Vault, Jess 4th on Vault, Millie 2nd on Vault. Jess 4th on Floor, Millie 3rd on Floor, Jess 4th and Millie 1st Overall. Team 1st overall.

Phase 1 9 in year: Olivia 2nd on tumble.

Phase 2 10 in the year: Tess 4th Esme 2nd on Vault. Mari 6th and Tess 4th Overall, Team 2nd.

Phase 3 age 11-12yrs: Logan 1st on Vault, 3rd on Floor and 2nd overall.

Phase 1 age 11-12: Bella 6th on Floor.

Well done everyone, super proud of all your hard work!

Deeside Sets 2024

In March, 20 of our squad gymnasts competed in a fun 4 piece competition up at Deeside Gymnastics Academy, it was a fantastic weekend with super results and lots of medals and many happy faces! Well done to all who competed.

Preparation and Development Grades – February 2024

This year we had 9 gymnasts complete their Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Grades up in Deeside. They all worked so hard in the lead up to this competiton and all walked away with smiles on their faces after passing their grades with flying colours! We are so proud of you girls, you all deserved it!

Preparation 1

Macie Kenyon-Mills, Ellie James and Beca Jones

Preparation 2

Willow Roach, Darcey Bellis and Mia Pugh

Development 1

Megan Brown, Lois Lawrence and Elizabeth Wilkey

And a special mention for Megan Brown for coming 3rd overall in her Grade and being selected to represent North Wales in the Welsh finals in Llaneli on the 10th March. Fantastic Job!!

North Wales Awards 2023

On Saturday 20th January, the Maldwyn Dragons team put their glad rags on to attend the annual North Wales Gymnastics Awards. We had a fantastic evening celebrating the achievements and hardwork of some of our members. Awards were presented based on nominations from the club. Congratulations to all our nominees!

Coach of the year – Hollie Roach
Junior coach of the year – Francesca Humphreys
Young helper award – Lexie Vickers
Gymnast of the year – Betsi Howells
Most improved Male gymnast – Logan Woodsford
Most improved female gymnast – Evie Blower
Gymnast recognition award – Mia Pugh
Volunteer of the year – Hope Allport

Gymspire National Finals 2023

The last weekend in November saw some of our girls travel down to Newport in South Wales for the National Gymspire Finals. The girls qualified to represent the North area at the National finals against the rest of Wales.

We’re so proud of you all! You represented the club very well and worked together with gymnasts from other North Wales clubs to achieve some fantastic results. Well done girls!

Age 9 – Phase 2 – Darcey Bellis and Mia Pugh

Darcey came 6th overall and their team came 1st

Age 10 – Phase 2 – Betsi Howells and Evie Blower

Betsi came 2nd overall and their team came 1st

Age 11-12 – Phase 2 – Lexi Francis-Jones and Bella Sunderland

Lexi came 3rd overall and their team came 3rd

Age 13+ – Phase 2 – Libby Loxam and Lexie Vickers

Their team came 2nd overall

Deeside Sets 2023

On the 15th and 16th of July our squad gymnasts travelled up to Deeside Gyumnastics Club to compete in the annual Deeside Sets competition. The girls performed extremely well and looked amazing in their new club leotards!

Here are all the results…