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September 2017!

Welcome back to all our gymnasts and a special welcome into the club to all our new entrants.

Please check your club page for term dates.

Bounce Team.

 We have teamed up with Hot Shot Sport to offer all Bounce Gymnastics Members a 10% discount on gymnastics equipment. Members who wish to avail of the discount asked to contact Fiona on (01) 5547202 to process the order through a special payment schedule.

Click here to view the range of products available

Note - the discount does not apply to special prices or clearance items.

 

 

Our Coaches

 

 


Owner and Senior Coach: Eleanor McArdle

Bounce Mullingar and Bounce Navan
Eleanor is a qualified physical education teacher with years of experience in coaching all sports. Her passion and enthusiasm for gymnastics have been infectious on the many children that have come through the club over the years.

Eleanor’s focus has always been to promote confidence and self esteem in the children through their participation in gymnastics and their social interaction with one another. Communication skills are enhanced through their group work and friendship and fun are hugely encouraged in a learning non-competitive environment.

She feels that gymnastics should offer fun, challenge, enjoyment and good physical development. It will also be extremely beneficial to children in later life, in terms of posture, co-ordination, strength and flexibility.

 

 

 

Owner and Senior Coach: Louise McArdle, M.A., BBSL, HDip.(primary)

Bounce Blackrock, Bounce Mount Anville and Bounce Navan

Louise has been involved in recreational gymnastics from the early age of 3 years old. She began assisting in Olympus Gymnastic Club with Eleanor, learning the management skills necessary to run a successful gymnastic club. This, coupled with now numerous years of running summer camps and coaching sailing to children has prepared her well in setting up Bounce Gymnastics Club in 2009.

She completed the General Gymnastics Intro course and the Level 1 Woman’s Artistic Gymnastics qualification while living in Sydney in 2006. She has since completed the Level 2 Senior Coach IG training in Salto Arena. She has participated in numerous coaching courses and clinics in the past few years and has completed recent First Aid and Child Protection Policy courses. Louise is passionate about passing on her long life love of the sport to children and ensuring they have fun in the learning process.

 

Owner and Senior Coach: Aoife Orton

Bounce Trim and Bounce Mullingar

Aoife started gymnastics at the age of 5 with Olympus Gymnastics Club and participated as a recreational gymnast. She started coaching at multi sport summer camps from the age of 16 and then assisting in Mullingar gymnastics classes. She studied science in University and then worked in management consultancy for 6 years before joining Eleanor in Bounce Mullingar and later setting up Bounce Trim. 

Aoife has completed Gymstart Level 1 and Level 2, as well First Aid and Child Protection courses. Aoife currently lives in Singapore with her young family and is working and training with Gym With Me/The Yard. She runs all the administrative aspects of Bounce Mullingar and Bounce Trim. 

 

Club Manager and Head Coach: Lauren Sweeney

Bounce Mount Anville and Bounce Blackrock

Lauren has been involved in gymnastics since the age of 4. She trained as a competitive gymnast till the age of 17 competing at a national level.
Having always had a love of sports growing up Lauren went on to study Health and Performance Science in UCD and is a qualified personal trainer and fitness instructor.
Lauren has a level 1 & 2 Womens Artistic Gymnastic Qualification alongside First Aid courses and the Safeguarding 1 Child Welfare and Protection Course.
Lauren loves coaching all levels and abilities and specialises in advamced tumbling on track and bars. 

 

 

Head Coach: Áine French

Aine coaches in all of our clubs

Áine is one of our head coaches and has been participating in gymnastics since she was 8 years old and still loves it! She started as an assistant coach 6 years ago and developed into a full time coach for Bounce in 2011 coaching in all of our clubs. She is studied Arts in UCD and was actively involved in the trampoline, ninjutsu and gymnastic clubs there. Aine took a year out of coaching to study for a Masters in Psychology in the UK.


Her enthusiasm for gymnastics has been a huge asset to Bounce Gymnastic Club. Aine is a level 1 and level 2 Irish womens gymnastics qualified coach. She believes that a good basis in the elements of gymnastics leads to overall body awareness, greater strength and flexibility, which in turn assist with other sports too. Aine specialises in floor, partner work, ribbon and hoop and choreographs all club routines.

 

Coach: Clodagh Finnegan

Bounce Navan


Clodagh has been coaching in Bounce Gymnastics for the past 5 years and has recently completed her Club Coach Level. She found the ethos of physical exercise while having fun so attractive, she felt privileged to become part of the coaching team. Being a gymnast she knows the positive effect that gymnastics has on strengthening and conditioning the body.

She is currently undertaking her diploma in Drama with LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts) and has a huge performance background. She has danced in the Olympia pantomime for the past seven years and has performed alongside people such as Rebecca Storm, June Rogers, Linda Martin, Noel V Ginnity, Susan McFadden and Jedward. She feels that her performance background allows her to teach the students confidence, showmanship and brings in a dance element to gymnastics.

 

 Mike Nikandrovs

Blackrock Club

Mike is originally from Latvia. He has been interested in parkour and freerunning since the age of 12 when he moved to Ireland and that's what got him into gymnastics. Mike has been coaching gymnastics for the past 4 years. He has worked and is workong in a variety of clubs such as UCD, Supersonic, Olympian, Kilkenny gymmastics club and of course Bounce. At the moment Mike has a Mens Artistic Gymnastics level 2 coaching qualification and is planning on doing a MAG judging course in the near future.

Mike is our trampoline and track specialist coach. Helping us support and progress the girls in harder tumbling skills.

 

 

 Liadan Long

 Blackrock Club

Liadan is 20 years of age and is currently studying Architecture in UCD. She was a competitive gymnast up until completing the Leaving Cert in 2015. Sports has always been a big part of her life, having also been a competitive swimmer and hockey player in school. She coached for many years while competing and has completed the Gymnastics Ireland Gymstart Level 1 Coaching course, alongside First Aid courses and the Safeguarding 1 Child Welfare and Protection Course. 
She’s been involved in Acrobatics, Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics, specialising in vault, as well as beam, on which she was national champion. Gymnastics has equipped her for life in so many ways and she wishes to pass on her experience and skills to the gymnasts at Bounce.

 

 

Diane Jennings

Blackrock and Mount Anville Club

Having practiced gymnastics in her youth, Diane has an extensive background working with children. A coach of rugbytots, singing, Pilates and drama Diane also runs her own children's talent agency submitting young people for work in tv, films and commercials.

She is invloved with our younger pe school classes and our after school classes in Mount Anville. She is First Aid qualified and has also completed her Safeguarding 1 Child Welfare and Protection Course.