Aoibheann’s love for cheer has grown from strength to strength since starting Galaxy.

She works with all ages and abilities, from toddler groups to seniors, beginners to Worlds teams, and believes that good foundations at the early stages lead to greatness in the long term.

 

Qualifications: 

• ICU level 1-6 (cheer)

• BGU level 1-3 (Cheer)

• UKCA level 1-4 (Cheer)

• BG Senior Club Coach (trampoline)

• BG Advanced Club Coach (DMT)

• BG Artistic Gymnastics Level 1

• First Aid Qualified

• Squadsafe Child Protection training

• Coaching Trampoline since 1999 (NI & All Ireland Junior Squads 04-07)

• Coaching Cheer since 2007 –Team Ireland 2011 & 2014, Team NI 2020

• President SCNI and affiliate committee member SCUK (National Governing Bodies for Cheer and Dance)

Abbie is a longstanding athlete with Galaxy who has progressed over the years with the club. Her transition to coaching, as such, has been effortless and she has a great personal knowledge of cheer and tumble which she draw on in her coaching.

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Qualifications:

• BGU level 1&2

• Squadsafe Child Protection Trained

Karen has been cheering with Galaxy since the age of xx. Her greatest love is stunting!

Last year, Karen was successful in gaining a place on a Worlds Level 5 Team. Unfortunately, due to Covid this has yet to come to fruition, but she still has ambitions to attend the Worlds in the future!

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Qualifications:

• BGU level 1&2 (Cheer & Tumble)

• Squadsafe Child Protection Trained

• First Aid qualified

Andrea is one of those super-moms who stepped up to the plate to assist with coaching when times were tough. She is renowned through the club as being something of a ‘character’.

 

She brings a great energy and fun to the gym, and is much loved by parents and athletes alike.

 

Qualifications:

• BGU level 1&2

• Squadsafe Child Protection Trained

• First Aid qualified

Eireann is one of our longest-standing athletes, starting her cheer career as a Tiny level 1 and is now as a senior Level 5! She's had the kind of journey others wish to emulate, having been selected for National Worlds Teams in both Cheer and Hip hop.

 

Amongst her other achievements are:

Training with World-renowned program East Celebrity Elite in USA,

Competing in Switzerland,

Being a flyer - and now a base, having competed to Level 5 with great success. 

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As our point dancer in Cheer, Eireann was born to do all things Cheer and is super-excited to carry on and develop our Worlds level Hip-Hop program this year.

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Qualifications:

• BGU HIP HOP qualified

• BGU Assistant Coach (cheer & Tumble)

• Squadsafe Child Protection Trained

• First Aid qualified

Maria is our very own office gem!

 

She's your first point of contact for questions and queries relating to any financial elements of the program. She has responsibility for all of the athletes’ accounts and competition registrations.

 

You'll know Maria when you meet her - she's the smiliest of all our staff.

Don’t be afraid to introduce yourself and…. if in doubt, give Maria a shout!

With a background in dancing and music, Megan got into cheer in her mid teens and hasn't looked back. She is the most recent addition to our coaching team and currently coaches in our new location in Letterkenny.

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Qualifications:

• BGU level 1&2 (Cheer & Tumble)