Seven gymnasts from CNGA will represent South East Wales at the Gymspire finals in Llanelli this weekend.

Milly Brown will represent the South East 8 in year Team at the finals on Saturday 1st November. Milly has been practicing her routines to the best of her ability at the gym up until yesterday. Good Luck Milly at the finals!

Melanie Dirwai will represent the South East 10 in year Team at the Finals on Sunday 2nd November. Melanie has also been practicing and perfecting her routines for the finals. Good luck Melanie!

Lena Serkowiak will represent the South East 11 to 12 years phase 2 team at the finals on Sunday 2nd November. Lena has been performing her routines in the gym to an excellent standard and we wish her all the best this Sunday.

Lowri Love and Charlotte Bolt will represent the South East Team in the 13 years plus phase 1 category. We wish them the best of luck at the finals on Sunday 2nd November.

Olivia Bonnici and Binta Chatty will both represent South East Wales in the 13 years plus phase 2 category on Sunday 2nd November. We wish them both the best of luck in the finals.

All seven girls have been practicing their routines well leading up to the finals this Sunday. This will be their first outing away from CNGA as competitors and we hope they thoroughly enjoy the experience of competing in a different gym. Good luck girls!!

There will be no gymnastics for the beginners or improver classes during half term week. Lessons will resume as normal on Monday 3rd November 2025.

Have a great half term break and a fun time with your trick or treat over Halloween

Three CNGA gymnasts – Avalyn Halford, Jasmine Evans and Keeley Williams represented South East Wales at the Zinc and Copper finals over the weekend held at our Academy.

Avalyn competed in the 10 to 11 years category Zinc level. Avalyn performed her routines in Olympic order (Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor). Her vault was excellent with a Yurchenko back handspring entry, achieving 4th position ribbon place in the competition. Her bars were excellent with upstarts on both bars and just a slight mishap on landing pushing her out of the top six placements on bars. Her beam was excellent, no falls or wobbles. An amazing split jump connection and back walkover. her back somersault dismount landing perfectly. Avalyn placed SILVER medal position on the beam – wow! Her floor routine was excellent and impressed the judges yet again with her beautiful artistry and tumbling. Avalyn achieved BRONZE medal position on the floor – an excellent achievement for her first Welsh Finals!! Avalyn was also one of the five gymnasts in the South East Team and their team finished in GOLD MEDAL POSITION!! Well done South East and well done Avalyn!

Avalyn will now move up to Copper level competition for 2026 and will also start preparing for National Grades which will be held in March 2026 at CNGA.

Jasmine Evans (pictured below) competed in the 12 plus category ZINC Finals and was also one of five team members representing the South East Team. Jasmine performed her routines in the following order: BEAM, FLOOR, VAULT, BARS. Jasmine had a great start and performed a clean beam routine on the beam with no falls or wobbles. Her back walkover and split leap were amazing and her artistry was flowing throughout. Jasmine finished with a high tuck back somersault to land perfectly and she can be justly proud of her routine and performance for the South East Team. Jasmine did her floor routine well and performed a personal best with improved artistry and precise tumbling skills. Her vault was next and she performed two amazing Yurchenko back handspring entry vaults with great dynamism. Jasmine completed her competition on the uneven bars and did an excellent routine with a clean dismount landing. Although Jasmine did not manage a top six position overall or on the individual apparatus, her combined scores and her team won GOLD MEDAL POSITION!!! Well done South East and Well Done Jasmine!! – we are so proud of you!!

Jasmine will now also move up to Copper level competitions for 2026 and will be working on a re-structured bar routine and enhanced floor and beam routine.

Keeley Williams, who was brought into the 12 plus COPPER team only 4 days before the event had an amazing competition. Keeley also competed her apparatus in the following order: BEAM, FLOOR, VAULT, BARS. Keeley started with a much improved competition beam routine (no falls), albeit with some minor wobbles. However, her round off landed clean, her mixed series cat leap into cartwheel was amazing, as was her split jump combination, before finishing with a perfect landing from her somersault dismount. Next was her floor routine and Keeley performed this to a fantastic level as she did in the regional competition. Her final tumble was just slightly out, but the rest was to perfection – an amazing floor routine, and a well deserved BRONZE Medal position It was the vault next and Keeley performed this much better than in the regional competition – a half on full twist off to land. Her final apparatus was the uneven bars and Keeley performed this with great precision and flowing throughout. Her body tension was excellent and she executed her cast to handstand with great energy and control. Keeley had a great competition with BRONZE medals on the Floor and Bars, and a BRONZE TEAM. Keeley also placed FIFTH individual ribbon place overall – Well done South East and Well done Keeley – a fantastic competition!!! Keeley will now change some of her tumbling skills for the next competition and a new higher valued vault. Keeley is looking forward to the Gradings next March and will also compete for CNGA at the Regional competitions in 2026 and the GYMSTARS event in July next year.

Three gymnasts from CNGA will now represent South East Wales at the Zinc and Copper Finals this weekend (18th & 19th October 2025) which are being held at CNGA.

Good luck to:

Avalyn Halford – 10 to 11 years ZINC Finalist

Jasmine Evans – 12 plus ZINC Finalist

Keeley Williams – 12 plus COPPER Finalist

A huge well done to all 47 children who took part in some crazy fund raising ideas to help raise an incredible amount of money for the Academy to help with running costs throughout the winter months. All the money raised will help towards heating and utility costs throughout November, December, January and February next year – thank you so much everyone!!!

The Prize Winners are shown below

3RD PRIZE – ANASTAZJA ZMUDOWSKA

2ND PRIZE – DAKOTA BENNETTS

1ST PRIZE – OLIVIA CONNOLLY

Congratulations to these children and of course, well done to all the children and families who made a special effort in raising funds to help keep our amazing gymnastic centre running.

Well done to Avalyn Halford and Jasmine Evans who will represent South East Wales at the Zinc and Copper Classic Challenge finals on 18th/19th October 2025 at CNGA.

The Academy will host this competition finals for the first time and we are so proud that two of our gymnasts have gained places in the South East Team – good luck girls!!!

NEWS AND RESULTS

A total of thirty four gymnasts represented City of Newport Gymnastic Academy at this year’s GYMSPIRE competition – hosted by CNGA. The gym has hosted eight events so far this year with another 3 events yet to occur before the end of the year.

All thirty four gymnasts performed their very best. For many, it was their first gymnastic competition and we are so proud of them. These gymnasts only train a few hours a week and they all impressed the coaching team with their magnificent effort on the floor, trampette and vault – well done gymnasts!!

6 in the year gymnasts

Aria Bridge and Bianca Zara took part in the 6 year old competition and both girls did amazing work. We are so proud of these very young girls and how much they have both improved over the past few months. Bianca managed to achieve 3rd place on the vault, 4th place on the floor routine and 6th place overall – well done Bianca – an excellent individual achievement!! We are super proud of both Aria and Bianca for competing at this event. Bianca also received a ribbon for her amazing trampette skill.

7 year old gymnasts

Rebeca Mucenic and Sophie O’Hara both competed in this category. Both girls enjoyed the event and gave their best. Rebeca managed to achieve 2nd place on the trampette, 2nd place on the floor and 2nd place individual overall position – well done Rebeca!! We are so proud of both girls for their amazing gymnastics at the competition. Sophie, in her first competition for the club, worked really good routines but didn’t manage to achieve a position this time. Her participation was fantastic at the competition – well done Sophie!

8 in the year gymnasts

Eight gymnasts represented the Academy in this age group. All gymnasts worked really well as individuals and as a team. they competed in two teams four – Team Storm and Team Sparkle.

POSITIONS

Milly Brown – 4th on vault

Freya Haviland – 2nd on vault, 4th on trampette

TEAM STORM – Angelica, Lili, Charlotte and Isla Edwards – team placed 6th

TEAM SPARKLE – Milly, Isla, Alba, Freya – team placed 3rd

Well done to all the gymnasts entering this event for the first time !! Great job !!

9 in the year gymnasts

Daisy Clayden, Bonnie Bridge, Riyanshi Rane, Madison Meredith, Connie Tunnacliffe all represented CNGA in this category as Team PINK. Some of the girls competed for the first time and everyone tried their hardest to complete the routines to the best of their ability in front of a large audience and two external judges. Well done girls – you did yourselves and the Academy proud!!

POSITIONS FOR THIS GROUP

Daisy Clayden – 6th place on Floor

Bonnie Bridge – 6th place on Vault

TEAM PINK – placed 5th overall

well done girls – a great effort!!

10 in the year gymnasts

Two teams of three gymnasts represented CNGA in this category

Sunnie Crowley, Melanie Dirwai, Marley Howting – TEAM GOLD

Rhianwen Lewis, Lili-Ann Bedding, Katherine Robinson – TEAM LIGHTNING

All these amazing girls did great routines. It was a tough field in this category with over 35 girls entering this age group and phase.

POSITIONS

Sunnie Crowley achieved joint 5th on floor with Melanie Dirwai

Melanie Dirwai achieved 1st place on vault, 2nd place on the trampette, joint 5th on floor and 2nd overall in the competition – well done Melanie !! fantastic individual result..

TEAM Gold – achieved 3rd place overall

All the girls can be justly proud of their performance at the competition. Well done to newcomers Lili-Ann Bedding and Marley Howting for competing so well in their first competition for the Academy – a great experience and a super effort !!!

11 & 12 years Phase 2

The Academy entered three gymnasts into this category – Maizie Davies-Willetts, Lena Serkowiak, Lottie Watkins

All three girls performed amazing routines on the floor, vault and trampette. They were also a team – TEAM Sunshine and placed 4th overall.

POSITIONS

Lena Serkowiak achieved 2nd Vault, 5th Trampette and 3rd place overall in the competition.

A huge well done to her team colleagues Lottie and Maizie who gave their absolute best at the competition, with Lottie narrowly missing out on a ribbon position on floor. Well done to all three girls for an amazing job!! The gymnasts are pictured below with the 13 plus phase 2 gymnasts.

13 Plus age group Phase 1

Two gymnasts represented the Academy in this category – Lowri Love and Charlotte Bolt

These girls were just fantastic – well done!!!

POSITIONS

Lowri Love – 2nd Vault, 4th Trampette, 3rd Floor, 4th overall – amazing!!!

Charlotte Bolt -4th Vault, 1st Trampette, 4th Floor, 3rd overall – amazing!!!

We are so proud of these two gymnasts who have worked so hard in the gym prior to this competition.

13 plus age group Phase 2

Six gymnasts represented the Academy in two teams of three

Annabelle Thomas, Olivia Bonnici, Binta Chatty – TEAM DIAMOND

Daisy Ward, Nissi Tape, Amelie Paul – TEAM SILVER

POSITIONS

Daisy Ward – 6th on Vault

Nissi Tape – 5th on Vault

Olivia Bonnici – 1st on Floor

Binta Chatty – 1st on Vault, 5th overall

TEAM SILVER – 4th place

TEAM DIAMOND – 3rd place

Fantastic result – well done to all the gymnasts who represented CNGA at this year’s South East Wales GYMSPIRE competition.

GYMSPIRE NATIONAL FINALS

Congratulations to the following gymnasts who achieved an overall position within the TOP 5, who will now represent South East Wales at the GYMSPIRE Finals on 1st and 2nd November in Llanelli Gymnastic Club. This will include gymnasts from all over Wales.

There is no National Finals for gymnasts in the 6 and 7 year old category.

Binta Chatty – 13 plus Phase 2

Melanie Dirwai – 10 in the year gymnast phase 1

Lena Serkowiak – 11 to 12 Phase 2

Charlotte Bolt – 13 plus Phase 1

Lowri Love – 13 plus Phase 1