As part of the Hutt City Council KiwiSport Fundamental project, teachers from across the region are taking part in gymsports specific Professional Development sessions. In these sessions teachers learn about GymSports New Zealand and our codes, learn what the seven fundamental movement skills are and how these can be put into practice in the classroom. Recently Russell School took part … Read More
Omni Link Into Local Warehouse Funding
Congratulations to Omni Gymnastics for linking with their local Warehouse store to create a community involved fundraising project. If you happen to be in The Warehouse in Napier, please pick up a little token and pop it in Omni Gymnastics Clubs box. More information and application forms.
Community Funding Opportunity – Z’s Good in the Hood
Z Petrol (similar to the Warehouse) have opportunities for community projects to gain funding through their Good in the Hood programme. Petrol stations have voting boxes available for the public to vote on how funding is spent. Check out the Z website for more information and to see if you are eligible to apply. If you’ve already had a successful … Read More
Central Updates and Reminders
Do you have a new Athletes moved to your club? Do you have any new competitive athletes who have moved from another gymsports club? Please ensure that an athlete transfer form has been completed and submitted. Help needed for Teacher sessions. We are looking for some support in delivering teacher development sessions as part of the moveMprove programme in the Wellington … Read More
New Head Coach for South Canterbury
South Canterbury GymSports have appointed Sally Hart as their first full-time Head Coach / Programme Manager. Sally isn’t new to the gymnastics scene as she comes with 25 years of coaching experience, on top of national and international judging experience. David Fridd, president of South Canterbury GymSports said they were excited to finally have appointed someone in this position as … Read More
XTND Update Christchurch – February 2017
It was a busy year in 2016 for XTND with numbers of young coaches in the programme reaching 250 across the country. We welcomed two new clusters in 2016 – Central Otago and Dunedin and in 2017 we add XTND clusters from the Hawkes Bay and Invercargill. As XTND continues to grow we endeavor to improve our systems to make … Read More
New Rhythmic Coach for Nelson
Nelson Rhythmic Club has secured a new head coach in Sonja Oesch. Sonja has moved to Nelson from Auckland to take on this role after long time coach and founder of the club Yvonne Bradley retired at the end of 2016. Sonja was a gymnast herself before coaching, and moved from Switzerland to New Zealand in March 2015. She has … Read More
Resilience in Action – Cancer and Coast to Coast
Amelia Smith is an ex-gymnast from Christchurch School of Gymnastics (CSG) who shows that in life you can do anything if you just put your mind to it! Amelia is battling terminal kidney cancer but didn’t let that stop her from completing the 243km Coast to Coast course across the South Island recently. Amelia was a competitive gymnast at CSG … Read More
Re-brand Survey – Get Involved and Have Your Say
Updated Tuesday 28 February REMINDER: the Re-brand Survey closes on Tuesday 7th March at 5pm – don’t miss the opportunity to have your say. Thank you to those who have taken the time to complete the survey. The survey is designed to receive feedback from all GymSports NZ members including volunteers, coaches and judges. Please use the ‘Adult Participant’ option and … Read More
Media Release: NZ’s Best Gymnasts to Perform Across the Country
GymSports New Zealand has announced that the best gymnasts in the country will compete for national titles in three different cities this year. Nelson will play host to the NZ Artistic Gymnastics Championships, at the recently renovated Trafalgar Centre, from 4 – 8 October. GymSports NZ will work alongside Gymnastics Nelson and the wider Top of the South community … Read More