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
2018 NZ Champs a Hit in Tauranga
The 2018 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships held at the ASB Baypark Arena in Tauranga provided a fantastic location to reunite all five codes together again under one roof. As our national pinnacle event, it’s always exciting to showcase the best gymnastics from around the country, this year including our World Championships and Commonwealth Games athletes. 15 provinces competed for National … Read More
2018 World Champs Wrap Up
This last term has seen teams from Rhythmic, Artistic and Trampoline Gymnastics represent New Zealand at their respective World Championships. A huge congratulations to all those athletes who were selected and competed. A special thanks to all the officials who travelled with the athletes for your help and support both pre tour and on tour. This year saw some really good … Read More
Awesome fun at the Gym for All Symposium
Over Labour weekend, whilst many people enjoyed the warm, dry weather, a bunch of enthusiastic coaches and presenters attended the Gym for All Symposium in Wellington. The Gym for All Symposium is a weekend of coaching workshops aimed at the recreation or Gym for All community. On day one we had a theme topic of group performance, introducing Gymnaestrada and … Read More
FIG Level 3 Academy
We were excited to have six coaches attend a FIG Level 3 Coaching Academy in Canberra last month. The Academy went for seven days and comprised of theory and practical lectures and exams. The coaches who attended were: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Mathew Rowley (North Harbour), Sarah Miller (North Harbour) Men’s Artistic Gymnastics: Dane Smuts (North Harbour MAG) Rhythmic Gymnastics: Isabel … Read More
Northland TeamGym & Tumbling – KiwiSport Project
At the end of 2017, Gymnastics NZ was granted Kiwisport funding from Sport Northland on behalf of Northland Clubs to assist with getting TeamGym and Tumbling programmes off the ground in Northland. As TeamGym was completely new to the region, the KiwiSport funding was vital to its successful introduction. It provided clubs with a financial buffer while the concept was … Read More
A New Home for Cambridge
Like many clubs around the country, Cambridge Gymnastics has had to face the problem of limited access to facilities and growing waitlists. For a long time, the club was situated out of a local primary school where they had to pack in and pack out every day. While they did have access to the school hall three days a week, … Read More
Win Win for Club and Coaches at Manawatu
In 2017 Manawatu Gymsports completed a Coach & Judge Education plan with Central RM Megan Russell. Combined with the new qualification requirements, this highlighted to them that they had a gap in formal coaching qualifications in the club. The club had already been working very hard on areas of growth, and an unplanned move of venues; consequently education had not … Read More
Two New Clubs join the Family
Over the last few months, two new clubs in the Canterbury region have affiliated to Gymnastics NZ – Affinity Gymnastics Academy (Rolleston) and Dynamic Gymnastic Sports (Ashburton). The establishment of Affinity Gymnastics Academy has been driven by Ryan Jones along with his wife Tracy and a team of enthusiastic and optimistic coaches and volunteers. After reading the Gymnastics NZ National … Read More
2019 NZ Gymnastics Championships – Save the Date
We are pleased to announce that the 2019 New Zealand Gymnastics Championships will be held at The Trusts Arena in Auckland. Once again, all five codes will be competing together under the one roof from 2 – 5 October 2019. We are excited to be returning to the first-class facility that is The Trusts Arena, a venue that offers a … Read More