We were excited to send a New Zealand team to the 25th PRIME International Invitational competition in Singapore where they were up against more than 500 gymnasts representing 5 other countries; Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. The selected gymnasts from Auckland are: Lucy Packer – Tri Star Gymnastics. Lucy won All Around Gold in STEP 8 (Unders) at the … Read More
Auckland Athletes Competing at Trampoline World Championships
Congratulations to the Auckland trampoline athletes who were selected to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships and the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions in Sofia, Bulgaria in November. 2017 Trampoline World Championships, 9-12 November Dylan Schmidt from Extreme Trampoline. Dylan became our first trampoline Olympian when he represented New Zealand last year in Rio. … Read More
Trampoline World Championships Results
The Gymnastics NZ team have again done us proud at the Trampoline World Championships, held in Sofia Bulgaria the last 5 days. The team have produced the following results: Trampoline Dylan Schmidt (Extreme Trampoline) – 20th place Rachel Schmidt (Extreme Trampoline) – 36th place Alexa Kennedy (Icon Trampoline) – 35th place Synchro Rachel Schmidt and Alexa Kennedy – 9th place … Read More
Schmidt Takes Silver in Spain
NZ’s first trampoline Olympian continues to make his mark on the world stage with a silver medal overnight in Spain. Dylan Schmidt has followed up his 7th place in Rio with three World Cup finals finishing 6th in Belarus in August and 4th in Portugal last week, before his podium finish in Valladolid last night. He qualified through to finals … Read More
Ethan and Sam Bring Home Results
We are very proud of brothers Sam and Ethan Dick (Tri Star Gymnastics), who produced great results at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Yokohama, Japan recently. Ethan finished 8th equal All Around, 6th on pommel and 8th on high bar Sam finished 5th on vault. Those are superb results guys! Not only was New Zealand represented amongst the athletes, … Read More
NZ Teams on the World Stage
August saw a more NZ teams on the world stage across aerobics, trampoline and men’s artistic gymnastics… 2017 International Aerobics Championships (ANAC) – 29 July – 2 August, Phoenix, Arizona. Senior International Laura Furse (Triple A Aerobics) qualified 4th (20.200) to finals where she finished 5th (20.200) Kate Harvey (Invercargill Gymnastics Club) placed 21st (18.000) in prelims and finished 20th … Read More
Ollerup Student Updates
2016-2017 Ollerup Student Update – Brianna McKenzie Just over 12 months ago Brianna McKenzie (Porirua GymSports) took off for her 1-year Ollerup Scholarship in Denmark. Brianna returned at the beginning of August and sat down with local Relationship Manager Megan Russell to talk about how the year went. “The roller-coaster they call the year at Ollerup – when you leave … Read More
Harvey Shares Berlin
Harvey Humber from Counties Manukau Gymnastics was one of six selected to represent New Zealand at the International Junior Team Cup in Berlin in April. In Harvey’s own words, here is an insight into his experience… On the 2nd of April I set off to Berlin, on a journey that would total 30 hours of travelling by airplane. Attending the … Read More
Ollerup Scholarships – Applications Open for 2018-19
The International Academy (INTAC) is an integrated part of Gymnastikhojskolen I Ollerup (commonly referred to as Ollerup) – a Danish Academy offering non-formal education with a special focus on Gymnastics. Each year Scholarships are offered to students aged between 18-30 years and Gymnastics New Zealand is excited to announce that there are now three scholarships up for grabs for students … Read More
Taylor’s Journey to ANAC
Last month 10 athletes and three officials donned the New Zealand tracksuit and travelled to the Association of National Aerobics Championships (ANAC) in Phoenix Arizona. One of the athletes shares her thoughts with us on the tour below… Hi, my name is Taylor McCaughan and I am a member of the Christchurch School of Gymnastics Aerobics Team. 2017 has been … Read More