“It definitely feels different in real life than watching it on telly!” Those were the words of Wales’ rising star gymnast Ruby Evans after impressing on her major championship debut. The 16-year-old from Cardiff became the first Welsh  gymnast to compete at a senior Artistic World Championships for 17 years – since before she was born.

Ruby Evans’ debut senior appearance at gymnastics’ World Championships ended with a sixth place finish as part of the Great Britain squad. The 16-year-old Welsh star gave an impressive and mature all-round display, but some of her more experienced colleague were slightly under-par and GB were unable to get among the medals. Simone Biles led the United States to a record seventh consecutive title with Brazil taking the silver and France earning bronze.

Ruby Evans has become the first female Welsh artistic gymnast to be named in a Great Britain squad for a senior World Championship for 17 years. The 16-year-old has been named in the GB women’s artistic team for the upcoming World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

The Football Association of Wales have announced the appointment of three independent non-executive directors to the board, including a first female chair. The appointments – including that of Alys Carlton as the new chair, replacing outgoing chair, Steve Dalton – were confirmed at a meeting of the FAW shareholders on Monday.

Not many 16-year-old Welsh athletes have an eye on competing at next year’s Olympic Games – but then not many have had the kind of meteoric rise of Ruby Evans. When 2023 began, the then 15-year-old Cardiff schoolgirl had not even begun her senior career in the sport, but by the start of this month she was first reserve for the five-member Great Britain squad that won an historic women’s team gold at the European Championships.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gemma Frizelle and Deeside Gymnastics Academy were among the big winners on a night of celebration for Welsh Gymnastics. After a three-year hiatus, Welsh Gymnastics’ National Awards made their long-awaited return with a formal dinner at the Vale Resort, Hensol.

Welsh gymnasts Ruby Evans and Poppy-Grace Stickler proved they belong at the elite end of the sport at senior level with stunning performances at the British Championships. Evans is the new British senior women’s vault champion while Stickler became a double British medallist on floor on the final day of the 2023 Artistic British Championships in Liverpool.

The best women’s artistic gymnasts in Wales and Great Britain took centre stage in Cardiff at the weekend – with home favourites Poppy-Grace Stickler and Ruby Evans among the medals at the 2023 Welsh Open Artistic Championships. Stickler bagged a brilliant bronze in the Senior Open all-around competition; she scored 51.700 across her four pieces. World and European silver medallist Georgia-Mae Fenton, from South Essex, was victorious with a score of 55.100, ahead of fellow Great Britain star Ondine Achampong (55.050).

Ruby Evans got her senior career off to a sensational start as she bagged two medals for Great Britain at the FIG Artistic World Cup series event in Cottbus, Germany, over the weekend. The 15-year-old women’s artistic gymnast from Cardiff, who attends Ysgol Plasmawr, took silver on vault and bronze on the floor to cap a remarkable first competition as a senior gymnast. Evans’ average of 13.183 on vault secured silver behind Italian Manila Esposito (13.233).

Welsh gymnasts Poppy-Grace Stickler and Ruby Evans have both been selected to represent Great Britain at the first FIG Artistic World Cup series event of 2023 later this month. The event will take place in Cottbus, Germany, from 23-26 February. Clwb Cymru Caerdydd duo Poppy and Ruby will be accompanied on the trip by lead Welsh women’s artistic national coach, Tracey Skirton-Davies.

Welsh women’s artistic gymnasts Ruby Evans and Evie Flage-Donovan brought the curtain down on their junior careers in style with yet more medal success to cap a sensational year. The Clwb Cymru Caerdydd duo, who are both 15, travelled to Belgium last weekend to represent Great Britain at the 24th edition of prestigious junior women’s competition Top Gym – in what would be their final outing of 2022 and their last as junior gymnasts before they turn senior next year.

By Carl Field Welsh Gymnastics are reflecting on more success at the recent 2022 Northern European Championships in Jyväskylä, Finland. The Welsh Artistic gymnasts returned home with five medals, including a gold in the Women’s Team event. The women’s team of Mia Evans (Park Wrekin), Abigail Roper (Pipers Vale) along with Clwb Cymru quartet Jea […]