Rich Halford completed the Bristol Half Marathon last Sunday and a personal best too! Here is an up to date statement from the marathon man himself
‘So, Bristol Half Marathon complete with a PB! What a day! Early alarm set for this morning to get over the bridge to Bristol for my first run outside of Wales, and what a day it was! Amazing atmosphere on a fantastic and well run event! Plenty of support all the way around Bristol City Centre and the long hog down the endless Portway straight was brutal, but the drums and music were definitely keeping me in the game! Hammys were twitching between mile 8 and 9, but smashed my last gel and kicked on! I had a game plan for my time, keep sub 8mins per mile, get a dozen fast and i could get a PB. Which I did, and I’m super happy with a time of 1:42:38s. Banging! Thanks for everyone’s support, means a lot! Xxxx So a little recap for everyone, I’m running three half marathons this year! Newport, Swansea and Bristol, fundraising for a fantastic gymnastics academy, CNGA. City of Newport Gymnastics Academy. Please help out and donate if you can, no matter how small a donation, as every penny counts. A Here’s my go fund me link https://gofund.me/07d027292
Many thanks,
Rich. X
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This Summer we are holding a variety of Summer Fun days at our amazing gym. Please see below the different days and times that you can bring and drop off your child for some fantastic gymnastic fun at CNGA!
You can book your child’s place from Monday 18th May at the gym reception desk. There will be a maximum of 20 spaces for each of the sessions advertised on a first come first served basis.
The cost is £20 per session per child.
It will be a ‘drop off and pick up later’ session
FUN SESSION INCLUDES NEW GYM SKILLS TIME, FUN GAMES WITH THE COACHES, COLOURING IN AND PRIZES !
Sedric ready for a feast of Summer Fun Activities
School Term ends FRIDAY 17th July. Let the Summer Fun Begin!!
SUMMER FUN DAYS FOR ALL BEGINNER GYMNASTS who attend MONDAY or WEDNESDAYS at CNGA – Reception, Year 1, Year 2
time: 9 am to 12 mid day on the dates shown below
MONDAY 20th July,
WEDNESDAY 22nd July
MONDAY 17th August,
WEDNESDAY 19th August,
FRIDAY 21st August
MONDAY 24th August.
WEDNESDAY 26th August,
FRIDAY 28th August
Sedric racing along the beach!
SUMMER FUN DAYS FOR ALL IMPROVER GYMNASTS who attend TUESDAY/THURSDAYS at CNGA – Year 3 upwards
TUESDAY 21st July,
THURSDAY 23rd July
TUESDAY 18th August,
THURSDAY 20th August,
SATURDAY 22nd August
TUESDAY 25th August,
THURSDAY 27th August,
SATURDAY 29th August
PARTICIPATE ! ENJOY ! ACHIEVE !
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Well done Rich for completing yet another half marathon in Bristol to raise funds for our gym! And a personal best to boot in 1 hour 42 minutes! Many congratulations! Some pictures below showing Rich en route and with his well-deserved marathon medal and proud daughter Avalyn.. and post drink celebration…. Well done Rich!
Anyone wishing to support Richard and CNGA, please go the GO FUND ME page and type in Richard Halford running for City of Newport Gymnastic Academy.
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Ten members of the Welsh Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Squad trained at CNGA this week due to their venue at Sport Wales being temporarily unavailable. It was a privilege to allow the squad to train at our amazing gym and it was a wonderful experience for some of our senior gymnasts to be training at the same time as our Welsh Squad girls. The National Coach Olivia, Amany and members of the National Coaching Team were impressed by our venue and were equally grateful to be able to continue their important training sessions leading up to the Commonwealth Games this year.
Members of the Welsh Squad included our very own Jemima Taylor and Olympian (Paris 2024) and current British Champion Ruby Evans. Both of their training sessions at CNGA went well and our gymnasts were in awe of the high standard of skills being performed. They were also able to have a fun discussion with the squad. What an amazing experience for our senior competitive gymnasts at CNGA! Pictured below all the gymnasts together
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This Sunday (10th May) one of our parents – Rich Halford will be donning his running vest and trainers again will be and running the Bristol half marathon to raise funds for our amazing gymnastic academy. It’s not too late to support Rich and give a small donation via his GOFUND ME page (link below).
Rich is aiming to raise £600 to purchase much needed replacement blocks for our pit area. Help Rich to help us by giving what you can – either through the Go Fund Me page or in the bucket on the Reception desk at the gym.
Participate – Enjoy – Achieve
GOOD LUCK AGAIN RICH – GO SMASH IT!!! LOOKS LIKE SEDRIC HAS PAID RICH A VISIT AT HOME!
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Well done to all 38 Gymnasts who represented CNGA at last weekend’s South East Wales Prelims competition. The competition was a huge success and we are immensely proud of all the children who took part.
The photos below say it all! Lots of happy gymnasts receiving their participation certificate, with some receiving ribbons, medals and trophies and with a chance to have a photo with the new Welsh Gymnastics mascot FLEUR! congratulations to everyone who took part.
A special huge good luck to all the gymnasts from CNGA taking part in this year’s South East Wales Preliminary Championships being held at our Academy on Saturday 11th April and Sunday 12th April 2026. Go CNGA! Participate, Enjoy, Achieve!
Here are the names of the gymnasts
Annabelle Beer, Amelia Wagner, Esme Way, Lili Wixcey, Tellili Haddouche, Isla Connolly, Alba Davies, Charlotte McCool, Millie Moore, Freya Haviland, Bonnie Bridge, Daisy Clayden, Isla Flynn, Madison Meredith Riyanshi Rane Karin Leung Maisey Hall Bianca Zara Aria Bridge Isabelle Herring Sophie O’Hara Lola Hiscox Isla Moore Olivia Rotariu Angelica Tormen Ava Gibbs Lili-Ann Bedding Rhianwen Lewis Summer Logan Ava-Leigh Reynolds Lowri Love Charlotte Bolt Lena Serkowiak Olivia Bonnici Binta Chatty Daisy Ward Eve Elliott
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The Academy hosted a marathon weekend of Grades from both the South Central and South East Wales Regions last weekend. 9 gymnasts represented City of Newport and every gymnast passed their grading.
Preparation Grade 1 – Rebeca Mucenic competed in her first artistic competition and did some amazing routines on the Floor, Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, Vault and Ranges. Rebeca achieved a Working Above result in her grade of which she can be justly proud. Rebeca placed 3rd on vault and 5th on ranges.
Preparation Grade 2 – Isla Bastow, Arden Williams, Primrose Richards, Evie Traves and Lettie Daw-Evans all represented CNGA at this grade and all five gymnasts achieved a ‘Working Above’ result with their amazing individual routines. Evie Traves placed 5th on ranges, 3rd on floor and GOLD….YES GOLD on Bars. Primrose achieved 4th place on vault, 6th place on Bars and 5th place on floor – well done to all the girls who competed at this level in the competition !!
Development Grade 1 – Evie Thorpe represented CNGA at this grade and achieved an excellent ‘Working Above’ result. Evie placed 2nd on vault, 3rd on Floor, 4th on Ranges and GOLD….YES GOLD on the Balance Beam – well done Evie Thorpe. OVERALL RESULT – Silver medal position !!
Development Grade 2 – Avalyn Halford represented CNGA at this grade and achieved an excellent ‘Working Beyond’ result. Avalyn secured 3rd on Floor, 6th on vault, GOLD…YES GOLD on balance beam and OVERALL RESULT – silver medal position !!
Development Grade 4 – Keeley Williams represented CNGA at this high level grade competition and secured 2nd on vault, 3rd on bars and 3rd on ranges. Well done Keeley !!
Pictured below are the girls with their medals, ribbons, certificates achieved from the competition. WELL DONE GYMNASTS WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!
: back row left to right: Lettie Daw-Evans, Avalyn Halford, Keeley Williams, Evie Thorpe, Arden Williams Front Row left to right Evie Traves, Rebeca Mucenic, Primrose Richards
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A huge good luck to the following gymnasts who will represent CNGA at the Preparation and Development grades being held at our Academy on 20th, 21st and 22nd March 2026.
