Island Dance & Gymnastics Celebrate Wins; Looking to 2023 expansion on Eleuthera

on Friday, December 16th, 2022.

The competition saw gymnasts competing from the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, United States and the United Kingdom, with eighty two (82) clubs participating and more than 1,100 gymnasts.

During the event, Island Dance and Gymnastics entered gymnasts in level 1, level 2 and Xcel bronze.

The young gymnasts entered in the level 1 competition were victorious, winning the first place team prize and also other first place medals, which included; first place on bars with a score or 9.8, first on floor with a score of 9.2, first on vault with a score or 9.1, and also first on beam with a score of 9.2.

Gymnasts entered in the Xcel bronze level finished in second place overall with a score of 36.6. and won first place on bars with a score of 9.8, second place on vault with a score of 9.2.

In December of 2021, the level 1 gymnasts attained the 1st place team position at the Atlantis Crown Invitational Bahamas and also earned the 1st place team prize in April of 2022 at the Florida Crown Invitational.

Key principal at Island Dance and Gymnastics, Ashley Knowles, shared that the gymnasts will have a full schedule in 2023, saying, “The team will be competing in four additional competitions this year in Florida and are excited and ready to bring the medals back to Eleuthera!”

She added that Island Dance and Gymnastics, which began in 2014 on Spanish Wells, plans to expand to the mainland of Eleuthera in February 2023.

They can be contacted on facebook at their Island Dance Academy page or at 425-7652/477-3706 for more information.