Ollerup 2020 Gymnastics NZ once again has two scholarships to offer to students: Full Year Scholarship: August 2020 – July 2021 – Applications Close 31 October 2019 23 Week Scholarship: January 2020 – July 2020 – Applications Close 12 August 2019 Club Portal Club Portal is up and running and most clubs have now registered and are able to access … Read More
Industry Updates – June 2019
Employment Law ChangesIn the last issue of Clubland we talked about the changes to employment law. These have now all taken effect. They are covered well in this article by Buddle Findlay. So what now?Employers should check employment offer letters, employment agreements, policies and processes to ensure they are consistent with the law changes set out above. More generally, staff … Read More
Development Opportunities – June 2019
Dare to Lead™ in Sport Workshop1-2 July 2019Molesworth Street, WellingtonThis is a 2-day courage skill-building workshop specifically for people in sport. The workshop is based on the research of Dr Brene Brown and is aimed at athletes, coaches and administrators, managers and committee members who are looking to learn how and why courage builds better leaders and teams.See the Dare … Read More
2019-20 Aerobic Gymnastics National Squads
We are super excited to announce the 2019 Aerobics Gymnastics National Squad. The athletes who have been selected into the Squad are: Hannah Wilton – Aspire Aerobix Catrin Pearce – Bay Aerobics Kaylee Goodyer – Aspire Aerobix Jennifer Groom – Aspire Aerobix Kate Harvey – Invercargill Gymnastics Club  Congratulations to all athletes. We wish you every success in your … Read More
Dylan’s back and the Girls medal
Eleven months after having knee surgery, Rio Olympian Dylan Schmidt (Icon Trampoline) returns to the trampoline world stage at the World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he finished 5th. Two months later at the World Cup in Minsk, Belarus, he bettered that by one with a 4th place finish. A mere 0.225 off podium and only 0.81 from gold. A … Read More
Judges awarded PM Scholarships
High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) each year, award Prime Minister’s Scholarships to officials to help with their professional development. This year, five of our international brevet judges are recipients of the Scholarships: • Gareth Brettell – Men’s Artistic Gymnastics• Ken Bow – Men’s Artistic Gymnastics• Michelle Woolf – Women’s Artistic Gymnastics• Janine Glover – Trampoline• Lance Henry – Trampoline … Read More
FIG Level 2 Academy
From 9 – 16 January, 19 Men’s and Women’s Artistic coaches attended the FIG Level 2 Academy which we hosted in Auckland. A FIG Academy is a week-long coaching course which includes comprehensive theory and practical lectures across all apparatus. The week also finished with theory and practical exams. For coaches in New Zealand, the course also served as the … Read More
Students in Denmark
We have a wonderful opportunity through our partnership with Ollerup to offer members a year-long scholarship to attend the school and study in TeamGym, Tumbling or Parkour. The Academy of Physical Education in Ollerup is the oldest academy of physical education in Denmark. Alanah Goldingham received the 2018-2019 scholarship and is halfway through her scholarship. Alanah’s, originally from Hutt Valley … Read More
Independent Athlete’s Complaints Service
Following the publication of the Heron Report, which claimed that Cycling New Zealand was responsible for the toxic culture within their track team, High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) and Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ) have launched an interim complaints service. From 1 May 2019, the service is available to HPSNZ Programmes that have carded athletes. For Gymnastics, this means … Read More
TRA – 2019 Trans-Tasman Team
Every two years at alternating National Championships, we take on Australia in a separate Trans-Tasman Challenge. The following athletes have been selected to compete against Australia in this year’s challenge at the 2019 Australian Gymnastics Championships: Men’s Trampoline Dylan Schmidt (Icon Trampoline) Sean Wilson (Icon Trampoline) Lachlan Smith (North Shore Trampoline Club) Jakarta Klebert (Olympia Gymnastic Sports) Nathan Monkton (North … Read More