Irish Student Trampoline Open 3.18

The Irish Student Trampoline Open has been very successfully running since 2002 and is now the biggest trampoline competition in Ireland!
At the tenth anniversary of ISTO we celebrated a record of over 600 competitors not including the numerous volunteer judges, score keepers, marshals & competition organisers involved in the competition. Traditionally ISTO has been attended by 40 different Irish, Northern Irish, Welsh, Scottish & English clubs, however in recent years it has attracted interest internationally from French, Dutch & German trampoline clubs. Competitors at ISTO 2013 will potentially compete in disciplines of individual trampolining, synchronised trampolining, DMT & tumbling gymnastics. The competition aims to include all ability-level, from beginners who compete at novice level to our outstanding Elite competitors.
After 11 years of competition this year ISTO is aiming to be bigger than ever. Some of the changes to this year’s competition include the introduction of Double Mini Trampoline for the first time. ISTO will again work alongside a charity both fundraising & making a large donation to the charity.
Trampolining, an Olympic sport since 2000 in Sydney, does not yet have widespread recognition in Ireland. The competition provides a means for promoting competitive trampolining & gymnastics amongst students. Competitors prepare & train hard year round for this event in hopes of proving themselves on the international arena at a competition with such a high reputation. The competition is also vital as these students make up a large proportion of the country’s judges & coaches & have a huge influence on the future of the sport. Also, in this period of recession, events like ISTO attract huge numbers of tourists whose business is a welcome injection of money to the local economies of cities like Cork.