The newly elected President of the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), Mr Morinari Watanabe, paid a ‘flying’ visit to New Zealand just two weeks into his role. Mr Watanabe was elected as only the 9th FIG President in it’s over 135 year history, at the 81st Congress of the FIG members in Tokyo, in October of last year. “We are … Read More
News from Ollerup Scholarship Recipients
Ollerup is a school for Gymnastics based in Denmark and each year, they offer a scholarship to a NZ student (historically Wellington based). One of the school’s main focus areas is to provide knowledge and skills to become trainers and leaders in a voluntary organisation. Sports, especially gymnastics, are thus not considered as an aim in itself, but rather as … Read More
Mackenzie Off On US Scholarship
New Zealand Senior National Champion Mackenzie Slee flew out this month to start her four-year full ride scholarship with the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) women’s gymnastics team. Formally of Wellington, Mackenzie has been living in Christchurch and competing for Christchurch School of Gymnastics for the past three and a half years. In 2013 she competed in her first international competition in … Read More
New Uniform Supplier Announced
As a result of our existing team uniform product line ceasing, GymSports NZ has been provided the opportunity to review and identify how to best service our members in this space. In the drive to gain better service efficiencies for members, and the desire to drive a more direct relationship between supplier and purchaser, a number of uniform supply options … Read More
FIG Academy Kicks Off
The FIG Level 2 Academy for artistic gymnastics (WAG and MAG) kicked off last night. We are excited to host participants from Australia, Philippines and New Zealand and extend a huge welcome to our FIG international experts – Derick Scholtz (South Africa), Tim Lees (Australia), Stacey Umeh (Australia) and Mini Rodriguez (Chile). It is the mission of the FIG Coach … Read More
CSG Team Off to Texas
12 young gymnasts from Christchurch School of Gymnastics, with coaches Terry Walker and Amanda Johanson, will head off to Texas in February 2017 to compete in two competitions. First is the WOGA Classic on 17-19 February in Frisco. The World Olympic Gymnastic Academy (WOGA) is home to back-to-back Olympic Champions Nastia Liukin (2008) and Carly Patterson (2004). One of the … Read More
From World Champions Centre to GymSchool 2017
A gymnastics coach of 33 years, Terry Walker moved to New Zealand with his wife and four children in July to coach at Christchurch School of Gymnastics. For the past two years he has worked as Head Team Coach at the World Champions Centre in Texas, home of Simone Biles, where he assisted the gymnastics phenomenon on vault, bars … Read More
Holly Accepts Scholarship to Denmark
We are pleased to announce that Holly Davies from Hamilton City Gymsports has been selected for, and has accepted, the 2017/2018 Ollerup scholarship in Denmark – a Youth Leadership programme taught through gymnastics Holly is currently a lead coach at Hamilton City GymSports coaching a variety of classes including PlayGym (Under 5), Recreation classes, Women’s Artistic Step 2 and 3 … Read More
Volunteer in Rarotonga.
Planning a holiday in Rarotonga, Cook Islands? Would you like to give back to the sport of gymnastics and contribute to its development in Oceania? Expressions of interest are welcome from coaches planning a trip to Rarotonga, who may like to volunteer a few hours of their time towards gymnast and/or coach development. Depending on the level of qualification, this could … Read More
Media release: Indo Pacific Championships Wrap Up In Napier
An action packed five days wrapped up at the 2016 Indo Pacific Championships in Napier today, where 184 athletes from Australia (40), Canada (24), Japan (31), South Africa (8) and New Zealand (81) have been competing for Indo Pacific titles at the Pettigrew Green Arena. New Zealand took five out of six of the senior titles. Lachlan (Lachie) Smith from … Read More