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Local gymnast wins gold u by Ann van Engelen
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An Irish display
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Fun with pets
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Sixteen-year-old Rolleston artistic gymnast, Finlay Jones, won double gold in the recent Gymsports National Championships in Auckland and is now off to America to represent New Zealand. Finlay competed against the best gymnasts from around New Zealand winning a gold medal for his team and an individual gold medal on the pommel horse. He is the first male artistic gymnast from the newly established Affinity Gymnastics Academy in Rolleston to represent New Zealand at the 2020 Valeri Liukin Tour to be held in Texas, where he will join six other gymnasts from around the country. “I founded the club in Rolleston because there was no dedicated gymnastics facility in the Selwyn District. Finlay was first involved in gymnastics 10 years ago when we lived in the United Arab Emirates and then became competitive in the UK when we moved there,” says club president and father Ryan Jones. “The pommel horse is his favourite piece of equipment. He has won a few lower-level p Finlay Jones from Affinity Gymnastics Academy in Rolleston will be representing New Zealand at the 2020 competitions, and this was his Valeri Liukin Tour that will be held in Texas this coming January first huge achievement. The competition in America is high level, board. Things are getting better now, week and is keen to develop the younger and it will be interesting as his first and he has learnt a lot in the last two members in the gym. “I am thrilled to be given the weeks. Finlay has worked hard to get to international competition. “Finlay has coached himself for the where he is, and we are now starting to opportunity to represent New Zealand in America. I am very busy with my coach past 12 months, getting advice from fundraise for the Texas trip.” A year 12 student at Lincoln High Aaron working on skills development. other junior coaches making what he did at the Nationals more impressive,” School, Finlay is also on his professional Gymnastics is the best foundation coaching pathway through Gymnastics sport, and I am keen to see more boys Mr Jones added. “We now have a former NZ New Zealand. His commitment to training in the gym, the younger, the better as representative gymnast and is is juggled around his schoolwork, and it helps their development in so many international level coach Aaron on he currently trains around 20 hours a ways,” says Finlay.
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