2025 Marsh Gymnastics Ireland National Awards - Winners Announced!

Gymnastics Ireland is proud to announce the winners for the 2025 National Awards with the continuing support of Marsh Ireland as our headline sponsor. The awards evening will take place on Saturday 6th December in the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 2. Full information regarding the event schedule and tickets will be circulated shortly.

Speaking about today’s announcement, Gymnastics Ireland CEO Ciaran Gallagher, welcomed the sponsorship deal in its ninth consecutive year, for an event that celebrates and rewards all those stand out performers and contributors to the sport of gymnastics throughout the year 2025:

"On the 6^th December we will again celebrate a great year for our sport from local club through to national, participation through to performance and including the performances of our top international stars. Special thanks to our headline sponsor Marsh for their continued support of a night that allows us to reflect on all that has been achieved each year. Finally huge congratulations to all the winners announced today - we look forward to seeing you all on awards night!"

Awards made by selection from nominations submitted by membership

GymSTART:

• Coach of the Year: Ruby Grier (Citadel)
• Gymnast of the Year: Anna O'Shea (RGC)
• Club of the Year: Gorey GC

JumpSTART:

• Coach of the Year: Tricia Sheahan (Cobra)
• Gymnast of the Year: Elliot Fagan (RGC)
• Club of the Year: Bliss GC

GymABLE:

• Coach of the Year: Alison Hawkins (Coolmine)
• Gymnast of the Year: Patrick Cunniffe (RGC)
• Club of the Year: Nadia GC

National Series:

• Coach of the Year: Scott Shearon (Phoenix)
• Gymnast of the Year: Max Pytel (Douglas)
• Club of the Year: Gorey gymnastics club

The Floor:

• Display Club of the Year: Cobra Gymnastics Club
• Display Coach of the Year: Emma Finnegan (Rotate)

Inclusive Club of the Year:

• Rotate Gymnastics Club

Unsung Hero:

• Julie O’Donnell (Trojan)
• Marie Baker (Wexford)

Awards made by direct appointment

Club Social & Digital: DP Gymnastics

Club Governance: Vortex Gymnastics Club

Special Recognition:

• Education
  • Chloe O'Toole (Carrigaline) - Judge Education & GymSTART programme support
  • Gavin Dillon (RGC) - Judge education programme support
  • Aoife Lusted (RGC) - Participation programme support
• Events
  • Rachel Brennan (Old Bawn) - National Series score system support
  • Angélica Kvieczynski (Excel) - Contribution to the development of JumpSTART Rhythmic programme
  • Sheenagh O'Callaghan (Arabian) - Contribution to the development of the Floor Display Event
• Coaches
  • Josie Hayes - Coach to Halle Hilton who made Beam final at 2025 Paris World Cup
  • Chris Muras - Coach to Emma Slevin who made Beam final at 2025 Paris World Cup
  • Sergey Sizhanov - Men's National coaches for success at World Cup level
  • Sandra Stevenson - Women's National coach for success at World Cup level
  • Wayne Healy (Phoenix) - Coach to James Hickey who made Pommel final at 2025 World Cup & Robert Ward who represented Ireland at the 2025 European Youth Olympics
  • Marisa Peters (DP) - Coach to Estella Volkoff who represented Ireland at 2025 European Youth Olympics
  • Nicole Cassidy (Excel) - Coach to Roisin Hickey who represented Ireland at 2025 European Youth Olympics
  • Dean Loughnane (Wexford) - Coach to Trampoline Loule Cup semi finalist Liam Talbot
  • Nicole Shaw (RGC) - Coach to multiple finalists and medallists at the 2025 Coimbra GymFest
  • Rachel Baird (Flight) - Coach to multiple finalists and medallists at the 2025 Coimbra GymFest
  • Jake Seager - coach to European Youth Olympic Finalist Finlay Hazleton

• Judges
  • Sarah Murray (Olympia) - Rhythmic National Series programme support
  • Darragh Moane (RGC) - JumpSTART & National Series programme support
  • Mark Sheahan (Cobra) - JumpSTART & National Series programme support
  • Colm O Toole (Carrigaline) - Men's National Series & performance programme support
  • Eileen Murphy (Nadia) - Women's National Series programme support
• Development Gymnasts:
  • Rhythmic
    • Plamena Ryadkova (Excel)
    • Nina Caren (Excel)

• Performance Gymnasts - To recognise gymnasts who hit our High Performance strategy benchmark of final/podium potential throughout the year
  • Acrobatics
    • Sara Adamowicz & Kate O’Leary (Ballincollig)
    • Natalia Adamowicz, Keelen Swinburne & Maisie Murphy (Ballincollig)
  • Trampoline
    • Fionnuala Mulholland (Flight GA)
    • Laoise Cox (Supersonic)
    • Fiadh Rodgers (Flight GA)
  • Tumbling
    • Lily Clesham (RGC)
    • Stevie Oliver (Flight GA)
  • Men's Artistic
    • James Hickey (Phoenix)
    • Robert Ward (Phoenix)
    • Finlay Hazleton (Origin)
  • Women's Artistic
    • Halle Hilton
    • Roisin Hickey (Excel)
    • Estella Volkoff (DP)
• Retiring gymnasts
  
  • Ryan Devine (Flight)
  • Chloe Kelly (Ballincollig)
  • Katie Nolan (Aspire)

• Coach of the Year - National
  • Jillian Kearns (Ballincollig) & Sarah Rennick (Carlow) - Both coaches excelling at national level through the National Series & National Squad programmes leading a new generation of Acro coaches

• Rising Star
  • Chester Enriquez (Origin GC) - 2025 European Youth Olympic Gold & Bronze Medallist

• Coach of the Year - International
  • Conor McGovern (Origin GC) - Coach to European Youth Olympic Festival double medallist Chester Enriquez

• Gymnast of the Year
  • Emma Slevin (RGC) - 4th place in Beam final at 2025 Paris World Cup

Again huge congratulations to all our 2025 National Award winners!

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