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

City of Newport Gymnastic Academy hosted the South East Classic Challenge competition last weekend for the ZINC and COPPER categories. The event also included a ‘warm up’ event for the Bronze, Silver, Gold, FIG 1, FIG 2 and Pre-Excel categories who will compete in Sport Wales National Centre on Saturday 27th September 2025.

A total of twenty nine gymnasts entered this competition from CNGA. Below are the details of each category and age group.

9 IN YEAR COMPETITION ZINC Category

Five gymnasts competed for CNGA at this level. All gymnasts did amazing and we are so proud of their effort at the competition. Well done to Arden in her first competition – great job!

We want to say a huge well done to Evie Traves picture below on her crutches – who did a fantastic floor routine only to land awkwardly on her leg at the end of her routine during an amazing forward somersault and injuring her knee. We all wish Evie a speedy recovery. The judges remarked on how lovely her interpretation to music was and Evie actually placed fifth on the floor exercise. Well done Evie!! Get Well soon from everyone at CNGA!

The rest of team carried on with the competition and below are the results:

FLOOR INDIVIDUAL GOLD – Ava Traves

FLOOR INDIVIDUAL FIFTH – Evie Traves

FLOOR INDIVIDUAL SILVER – Primrose Richards

VAULT INDIVIDUAL GOLD – Ava Traves

TEAM OVERALL – BRONZE MEDAL POSITION

A fantastic result for these amazing young gymnasts – well done!!

10 to 11 YEARS GYMNASTS – ZINC Category

Twelve gymnasts represented CNGA in the ZINC Category for this age group. Every gymnast did amazing and we are very proud of their team and individual performances at the competition. A huge congratulations to all the girls for taking part in this event. The results and photo are below

RESULTS

VAULT

Millie Rolfe – Silver medal

Avalyn Halford – fifth place

BARS

Avalyn Halford – Bronze medal

Gracie Wyatt – Silver medal

BEAM

Avalyn Halford – Bronze medal

FLOOR

Roksana Mikus – sixth place ribbon

Avalyn Halford & Anastazja Zmudowska – Joint Bronze medal

Lacie Blake – Silver medal

OVERALL INDIVIDUAL PLACE – Avalyn Halford third place and a place in the South East Wales Team for finals in October

TEAM CNGA PINK TEAM – Bronze medal position

TEAM CNGA LIGHTNING – Sixth place position

TEAM CNGA SPARKLE – Fifth place position

Congratulations to all our 10 to 11 year old gymnasts who did not manage to place this time – we are so proud of your competition routines – well done!

12 plus ZINC Gymnasts

Twelve gymnasts represented CNGA at this category on the weekend. Everyone gave their best at the competition and they can all be justly proud of themselves. The photo of the teams and results are below

RESULTS

VAULT: Ava Spiteri – fourth place, Sophia Matthew – third place, Jasmine Evans – Gold medal position

BARS – Jasmine Evans – 6th place, Paige Williams – Bronze medal position

BEAM – Leah Tremaine – fifth place, Sophia Matthews – Bronze medal position, Jasmine Evans – Silver medal position

FLOOR – Ayla Clothier – fifth place, Sophia Matthews – silver medal position

Overall Position: Jasmine Evans – Bronze medal position and finalist for South East Wales Team in October.

TEAMS

Team STORM – Silver medal position

Team THUNDER – Bronze medal place

Team HURRICANE – Fourth place

12 plus COPPER Category Gymnast

Keeley Williams represented the Academy in this competition. Her training colleague – Moridiat Olagunju is currently out with a knee injury and we hope to see her back at training soon.

Keeley did an amazing job and started with a brilliant gold winning floor routine to music. Keeley scored a huge 12.1 and the judges remarked on a fantastic performance. Her next apparatus was the uneven bars. Again Keeley performed the best routine she had ever done and placed gold on this apparatus with a fantastic upstart into handstand start to the routine.

Keeley then moved to the vault which she did well scoring a 10.75 for her half on full twist off. The vault landed safely the score reflected her attempt. Keeley finished her competition on the beam, which did not quite go to plan on the day. However, Keeley finished with two gold medals and an overall sixth place. she did not quite make finals this year by 0.2. We were so proud of Keeley for her amazing effort at the Copper competition.

WELL DONE GIRLS! It is business as usual back at the gym now with an active rest period before the grading selections for 2026.

Well done to volunteer Mike and his daughter – senior gymnast Evie Thorpe who both did a 5km walk and raised £85 as part of our big fund raising campaign – wow! this is amazing!! We are so grateful for Mike’s fantastic support at CNGA. He has done a tremendous amount of ‘behind the scenes’ work at the club not to mention the volunteer support with the children at the beginner and improver classes. Evie is also one of our CNGA leaders helping the coaches with the beginner classes. Thank you both for your incredible fund raising and support of the Academy !!!

All gymnasts, parents/carers are reminded that jewellery is not to be worn for gymnastic classes. This includes all forms of jewellery (bracelets, necklaces, earrings, piercings – anything).

All items of jewellery should be removed before participation. As a temporary measure, newly pierced ears can have stud earrings – but these need to be covered with tape from home prior to arriving at the gymnastic lesson. Stud earrings must also be removed for lessons, as soon as the newly pierced ears have healed.

Thank you for your continued co-operation with regards to Health and Safety in the Gymnastic lesson.

A huge good luck to all 30 gymnasts taking part in this year’s GYMSTARS Competition at CNGA. Saturday 5th July starts with our 10 to 11 years gymnasts

Round 1

Georgina Salijeni, Anastazja Zmudowska, Gracie Wyatt, Freya Edelman all start on the balance beam whilst Millie Rolfe, Avalyn Halford, Penny Clayden start their competition on the floor exercise

Round 2

A mix of our 10 to 11 age gymnasts and our 12 plus gymnasts all start on the Vault

10 to 11 – Roselyn Dyer, Skye Hooper, Roksana Mikus, Pearl Edwards, Lacie Blake

12 plus – Isla Phillips, Lydia Porter

Round 3

Round 3 is a mix of our 10 to 11 years and the majority of our 12 plus gymnasts

10 to 11 years Livvy Darling Wyatt starts her competition on the vault

12 plus – Leah Tremaine, Brooke Arnold, Evie Thorpe all start their competition on the floor exercise

12 plus – SOPHIA MATTHEWS PAIGE WILLIAMS JASMINE EVANS AVA SPITERI NIA WILLIAMS AYLA CLOTHIER all start their competition on the Vault

Sunday 6th July

ROUND 1

12 plus COPPER level gymnast KEELEY WILLIAMS starts her competition on the floor exercise

ROUND 2

12 plus COPPER level gymnast MORIDIAT OLAGUNJU starts her competition on the balance beam

ROUND 3

4 of our 9 in the year gymnasts take to the stage and start their competition on the Vault

PRIMROSE RICHARDS, ISLA BASTOW, EVIE TRAVES, AVA TRAVES

GOOD LUCK GYMNASTS FROM EVERYONE AT CNGA AND HAVE AN AMAZING COMPETITION! Results will show on this page on Monday!

GYMNASTICS LESSON WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING – 5PM TO 7PM FOR OUR THURSDAY IMPROVER GIRLS GROUP. THE LESSON WILL BE APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE WEATHER. GYMNASTS ARE TO BRING A COLD DRINK OR MONEY TO BUY A COLD DRINK (BOTTLE WATER £1 AND CANS OF SOFT DRINKS £1.20) FROM THE CAFE. WE ALSO SELL A RANGE OF ICE CREAMS (£2) AND ICE POPS (50P)

WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO COME THIS EVENING. WE ARE AWARE THAT MANY SCHOOLS HAVE CANCELLED TODAY’S SPORTS DAY AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS, BUT AS WE ARE INSIDE, OUR LESSON IS NOT CANCELLED AS THE GYMNASTS WILL NOT BE EXPOSED TO THE SUN. AS SAID, THE LESSON WILL BE MODIFIED APPROPRIATELY, WITH PLENTY OF HYDRATION BREAKS.

Congratulations to all the gymnasts who took part in the Annual Academy Championships last weekend. The beginners girls in Reception and Year 1 were celebrated for their amazing effort at the competition.

YEAR 1 HIGHEST ACHIEVERS: 3rd Aadhya Mhatre, 2nd Betsy Forbes, 1st Evie Link

WELL DONE TO ALL THE RECEPTION AND YEAR 1 GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 2 RESULTS

6th place: Emily Wootton, 5th place: Ava Marshall, 4th place: Lacey-Rae Wilkins-Maloney 3rd place: Amelia Wagner, 2nd place: Lili Wixcey, 1st place: Denisa Zara

Advanced Year 2 group 2nd place: Angelica Tormen, 1st place; Rebecca Mucenic

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 3 RESULTS

6th place: Madison Meredith, 5th place: Isla Connolly, 4th place: Freya Haviland, 3rd place: Alba Davies, 2nd place: Isla-Mae Chatterton, 1st place: Milly Brown

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 4 RESULTS

6th place: Daisy Clayden, 5th place: Bonnie Bridge, 4th place: Aurora Martins, 3rd place: Connie Tunnacliffe, 2nd place: Lettie Daw-Evans, 1st place: Melanie Dirwai

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 5 RESULTS

5th place: Emma Swart, 4th place: Summer Logan, 3rd place: Rhianwen Lewis, 2nd place: Ava-Leigh Reynolds, 1st place: Ffion Johnston

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 6 RESULTS

4th place: Kyra-Rose Edmonds, 3rd place: Maizie Davies-Willetts, 2nd place: Ava Gibbs, 1st place: Lena Serkowiak

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

YEAR 7 to 10 RESULTS

5th place: Kezia Naylon, 4th place: Lowri Love, 3rd place: Daisy Ward, joint first position: Binta Chatty and Olivia Bonnici

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

9 IN YEAR GYMNASTS

5th place Arden Williams, 4th place: Evie Traves, 3rd place: Primrose Richards, 2nd place: Isla Bastow, 1st place: Ava Traves

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

10 to 11 YEARS

6th place: Georgina and Livvy, 5th place: Roksana M, 4th place: Penny, 3rd place: Gracie, joint 2nd place: Anastajza Zmudowska and Millie Rolfe, 1st place: Avalyn Halford

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

12 Plus Zinc

6th place: Poppy Price, 5th place: Isla Phillips, 4th place: Sophia Matthews, 3rd place: Ayla Clothier, 2nd place: Roksana Tkaczynska, 1st place: Jasmine Evans

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

12 plus COPPER

2nd place: Moridiat Olagunju, 1st place: Keeley Williams

WELL DONE GYMNASTS!!

The competition squad also competed for the top 3 placings on each apparatus: the results are below

top 3 positions on each apparatus

top 3 positions on each apparatus	VAULT	BARS	BEAM	FLOOR
9 IN THE YEAR
3	AVA T	ISLA B	EVIE T	AVA T
2		PRIMROSE	AVA T	PRIMROSE
1	EVIE AND ARDEN	EVIE T	ARDEN W	ISLA B
10 TO 11 YEARS
3		MILLIE AND ANASTAZJA		FREYA E
2	GRACIE& AVALYN	LIVVY	ANASTAZJA AND ROKSANA	GEORGINA
1	LIVVY	AVALYN	AVLAYN	AVALYN
12 + ZINC
3		AYLA & SOPHIA	JASMINE	ISLA
2	BROOKE AND ISLA P	ROKSANA T	AYLA	NIA
1	AVA SPITERI	JASMINE	ROKSANA T	SOPHIA
12 PLUS COPPER
2		MORIDIAT	MORIDIAT	KEELEY
1	MORIDIAT & KEELEY	KEELEY	KEELEY	MORIDIAT

The competition squad gymnasts will now be working on their routines for the upcoming GYMSTARS competition in July.