Phoenix GC - Our Gym

Key Personnel

Club Committee
Tom Dillon	- Chairperson
Mary MacGrory	- Treasurer
Sarah Grimley	- Club Secretary
Karen Hauer	- Child Liaison Team / Supervision Roster
Dara Lyndon	- Child Liaison Team
Marian Lewis	- Fund Raising
Wayne Healy	- Coach
Andrew Healy	- Coach

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Coaches & Judges
Phoenix GC prides itself on ensuring that all our coaches and judges are qualified to the highest possible standards. We have five coaches who hold current Men's Artistic (MAG) Club Coach awards, the largest number in any club in Ireland. The MAG Club Coach award is the highest men's coaching award currently being accredited by Gymnastics Ireland & Coaching Ireland at this time. Additionally another coach holds a coaching diploma from The Ukraine. All our other coaches are working towards their Club Coaching Award. Many of our coaches have travelled as coaches with Irish teams. On the judging front we have four qualified judges, two at Club, one at Regional level and one National Judge. Three of our judges have judged internationals such as Celtic Cup, Huelva Cup and North Europeans. Full details of our coaches and judges are listed below:

Wayne Healy (coach)
Wayne is our elite squad coach and is also one of the national squad coaches. On the international front he has travelled as Irish coach to major internationals such as European Championships and North European Championships. He returned from the UK in 2007 where he studied Sports Science and did his gymnastics training in the Leeds Centre of Excellence. Our first club captain, he was the 'Number 1' ranked gymnasts in the Republic of Ireland over several years and represented Ireland at World Championships, European Championships, North European Championships, Celtic Cup and various other internationals.

Andrew Healy (coach and judge)
Andrew currently coaches our younger elute squad, many of whom have won medals at both regional and national level. Coaching since 2002 he is both a MAG Club Coach and MAG Club Judge. Andrew also looks after all our first-aid needs. On the international front he has judged at both Celtic Cup and North European Championships and is part of the Irish coaching team for Celtic Cup. He has had gymnasts compete on the Irish Under 13 team Celtic Cup team on several occasions.

Rory Caffrey (coach)
Rory Caffrey joined our coaching team in 2009 and coaches one of our up and coming minor squads who currently compete at Level 3. An accomplished gymnast, Rory is a veteran of several internationals including Junior Europeans, North Europeans and Celtic Cup and won several medals at national level. He was our club gymnast of the year for 2008. Rory is a MAG Club Coach.

German Kourevlev (coach and judge)
German joined the team in 2007. From Russia, he is a former gymnast and currently coaches our Intermediate squads who compete at levels 4&5 on the MTC competition structure. He also works with some of our recreational gymnasts in our 12:30 class. German is both a MAG Club Coach and MAG Club Judge.

Illya Babkin (coach)
Illya joined the team in early 2008. From The Ukraine, he is a former competitive tumbler. He has a physical education degree in gymnastics. Illya is currently working with some of our older intermediate and Parkour gymnasts. He also assists with tumbling throughout all of our groups.

Hugo Kieran (coach and judge)
Hugo first qualified as a Judge in 2009 and joined the coaching team in 2010. His first international as judge was the 2011 Celtic Cup. A former gymnast, he represented Ireland at Celtic Cup in 2007 & 2008 and won a number of national titles at underage level. Hugo works with our minor squads at level 2 and also runs our recreational classes. He is a regional judge and MAG assistant coach..

Conor Kennedy (coach)
Conor joined the Phoenix coaching team in 2010. Conor works alongside Hugo with our recreational classes. He was one of the first gymnasts to join the club when we opened in 2004. It is great to see gymnasts such as Conor starting to progress to the coaching ranks. Conor holds a MAG Assistant Coach award.

Fionn Malin (coach)
Fionn joined the Phoenix coaching team in 2012. Fionn, holds a MAG Assistant Coach qualification. Eoin runs our 1:30 and 12:30 recreational classes. Eoin, who is one of our senior gymnasts, is part of a growing team of enthuastic young coaches within the club.

Luke Coward (coach)
Luke joined the coaching team in 2012. A former international gymnast, Luke joined Phoenix back in 2005 and competed at several internationals included Celtic Cup & Huelva Cup in Spain.

Robert Farrington (coach)
Robert is a member of our senior group is a MAG Assistant coach and currently coaches in our 12:30 class on Saturdays. A gymnast of vast international experience and our club captain he is a current national squad member.

Ciaran McCormack (coach)
Ciaran also joined the Phoenix coaching team in 2012. He holds a MAG Assistant Coach qualification. A gymnast of several years experience, he is continuing to train he coaches in our 12:30 class on Saturdays.

Tom Dillon (coach and judge)
Tom is a Club Coach and a National Judge. An MTC member, he was a national squad coach and director for several years.

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