End of Year Event! 8 Man Freestyle Tournament, Weighted Calisthenics Records, And Level 1,2,3 Competitions For Everyone To Get Involved In!!!
Hi Guys,
We are delighted to announce before our return to classes in September, we will be running a parent’s information evening. This will aim to provide information on each class within the club and the development pathway we have within the club.
This will also act as an official homecoming for the Bar Monkey Athletes that represented Ireland at the World Calisthenics Championships!
As an overview for the event, we aim to cover the following:
We will start off the evening by welcoming our athlete’s home from the World Championships! We will then provide some footage of the event and their performance, aiming to give everyone a feel of what went on over the week for the athletes. Afterwards we will ask the athlete’s questions on the event, and get an idea of their perceptions of the overall experience.
This will be a really informative experience, and for parent’s and our young members within the club this is a great opportunity to hear more about the sport and what international competitions look like, what the sport looks like, and will give all our young members aspirations to want to do the same, and replicate our current athlete’s. Of the four from the club to have qualified, three of them are only 14 years old. Will and Dan are the two youngest ever athletes to compete in the World Championship - while Leah is the FIRST Female from Ireland to compete in the event! Aaron is one of our lead coaches in the club and he will be competing in the power category this year. Each one will have their own take and experience of the World Championship, and it promises to be a really intriguing and enjoyable discussion with all of them!
The second part of the evening will see us discuss the development pathway within the club, aiming to expand upon the aims within each class category and how they are structured, and why. We will also show the movements they work on ( no demonstrations will be required! ). This can hopefully help to expand the understanding among parents and coaches around what our development plan is and where your child may fit into that.
At the end we will leave the floor open to any questions you may have, either for coaches or the athletes.
We hope to see you all there for what promises to be a great evening full of discussion and insight into the sport!
Entry is free but for seating purposes we ask you complete a registration form below:
Ireland’s National Calisthenics Championship takes place July 15th in Tymon Park! Come see everything great about the sport and witness amazing feats of skill and strength!
We are delighted to announce our Bar Monkey Summer Exhibition!
This will be a TWO DAY event organized for all our members and is an opportunity for our young athletes to demonstrate the skills they have learned as part of Bar Monkey this year!
Location: Scoil Cholmcille Ballybrack
Time: 12:00-3:00pm
Date: Saturday June 17th & Saturday July 8th
Both days will consist of a variety of competitions/exhibitions for all of our groups, and is a great opportunity to showcase the sport to parents and family members.
There will also be a MASSIVE Family Fun Day element - with a variety of fun challenges for people to take part in, as well as food and beverages available!
The challenges will include:
Hanging Challenge
Water Ballon Challenge
Hit the Coach Sponge Challenge
*All challenges can be attempted for a small fee, with all funds going towards the club’s fundraising committee.
FREESTYLE JUNE 17th - Level 2 And Competition Groups
A variety of our Level 2 and Competition Groups will be competing in a freestyle competition, showcasing the routines they have been working on.
There will be separate boys and girls categories, and the groups will be split by age.
RECREATION - July 8th 7-10 and 11-14 Groups
There will also be a recreational competition for 7-10 and 11-14 groups.
This competition will include a variety of movements, and each group will work together in order to acquire points for their team (i.e. one pull-up = one point) and the team with the most points accumulated will be crowned Bar Monkey Team of the Year!
We hope that all members can attend! This is a great opportunity for the entire club to come together and celebrate all things Bar Monkey! Both days gives our young kids the opportunity to display what they have learned, while also getting to meet other members and see new skills and have fresh enthusiasm for the sport by seeing new levels they can aspire to get to.
We hope to see you all there!
We are delighted to announce we will be running a one hour discussion workshop focused on highlighting how the built environment we live in impacts our opportunities for physical activity.
The aim from the workshop will be to provide further information and discussion on the built environment, and potential ways in which we can help young people increase their physical activity levels.
This workshop will be hosted by our Head Coach, Jamie Geraghty, currently an MSc student in Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology, with the overall aim to show how the built environment our young people grow up in influences their ability to be physically active.
‘‘If we can create an awareness of potential barriers and facilitators to physical activity then we are in a better position to help young people increase their activity levels and improve their overall health’’
Throughout the discussion, Jamie aims to provide further insight, particularly for parents of young people, on what opportunities we may have that can help us incorporate incidental activity throughout the day, allowing physical activity to become part of a young person’s lifestyle.
We hope to see you there!
Registration is free, however, due to limited spaces we ask everyone completes a form below to confirm their place.
Bar Monkey - End of Year Championship is here!
Sunday December 4th we are inviting all our members to Cherrywood ETS for what promises to be an amazing day full of skills and all things calisthenics! The event runs from 12-14 to and we have events lined up for ALL MEMBERS to take part in! We want to see you there!..
We are delighted to announce a series of workshops in association with South Dublin County Sports Partnership!
These will take place across a variety of different Calisthenics parks in South Dublin and give all participants to opportunity to learn how to use the equipment safely and effectively! These are FREE workshops so they are the ideal opportunity for anyone looking to start the sport! Provided by South Dublin County Sports Partnership this is an amazing opportunity to learn from the leading Calisthenics coaches in the country!
Across two weeks we will be running these workshops in FOUR different locations:
August 3rd - Tymon Park
August 8th - Knockmitten
August 10th - Ballycragh
August 15th - Collinstown
These are free events, if you are unsure of the location of any of these parks send us a message and we can let you know where they are!
While the workshopes are free, there is limited space in each one, so if you are interested in getting involved and finding out what calisthenics is all about - sign up now!
