Central Region – Upcoming Events

Anna RobertsonCentral-Wellington, e-News, Member Updates, Regional

  Central Region Clinic 19 – 23 April WAG STEPs 4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10 Entries close 31 March More information Entry form   Hawkes Bay/ Poverty Bay Junior Ribbon Competition 20 May WAG STEPs 1-6 and MAG Levels 1- 6 Entries close 15 April More information Judges form Entry Form   Wanganui Opens  27 May – WAG STEPs 1-6 28 May … Read More

XTND Central Otago Update

Anna Robertsone-News, Member Updates, Regional, South Island, XTND Youth Leadership Programme

Central Otago Regional News Upcoming Dates  21 April – registrations close for Group Management in Dunedin and Understanding Movement #1 in Dunedin.  Registrations must be made via the website. 29 April – Group Management – Dunedin 20 April – Understanding Movement #1 – Dunedin 12 May – registrations close for the 21 May Understanding Movement #2 in Wanaka. Registrations must … Read More

Incorporated Societies – What You Need to Know

Anna RobertsonAuckland-Northland, Central-Wellington, e-News, Member Updates, Midlands, Regional, South Island

Most Clubs have gone through the process of becoming an incorporated society. This is necessary to ensure that your Club can obtain benefits such as being able to lease or rent a property in its own name; to be able to apply for funding, and an incorporated society can continue to operate as a separate entity even though its membership … Read More

2017 Conference & AGM

GNZ Admine-News, Member Updates

This year’s one-day Conference and AGM will be held on Sunday 7th May at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. Following last year’s format, a one-day national conference will take place prior to the AGM on Sunday 7 May: Part one (morning session) will focus on finance including revenue generation – how to sharpen your approach; where to look; presenting to potential funders and creating a … Read More

New Regional Relationship Structure – February 2017

Anna RobertsonAuckland-Northland, Central-Wellington, e-News, Member Updates, Midlands, Regional, South Island

As the gymsports community will now all be aware, GymSports New Zealand (GymSports NZ) had a community sport funding reduction from Sport NZ last year amounting to $1.6 million through to 2019. This significant funding reduction has meant that GymSports NZ has had to make some changes to the Regional Relationship Manager (RRM) Team structure. Read here about what this … Read More

2017 WAG STEPs Update

Anna Robertsone-News, Education, Member Updates, Women's artistic gymnastics

The WAG coach/judge workshops will be rolling out across the country in March detailing the new WAG requirements. The aim of these workshops is to upskill Women’s Artistic Gymnastics coaches and judges involved with the WAG STEPs Programme at a lower and intermediate level. There will be two workshop sessions available; STEPs 1-3 and STEPs 4-6. The workshops will cover … Read More

Community Cabinet – 31 March 2017

Anna RobertsonCEO / Board Updates, e-News, Member Updates

In keeping with previous years, there will be two Community Cabinets held this year at two separate locations. The first Cabinet is scheduled to take place in the Midlands region, providing clubs with the opportunity to bring matters of importance to the GymSports NZ Board. The date for the Cabinet is Friday 31 March from 6pm – 7.30pm at Sport … Read More

2017 Education Courses and Workshops

Anna Robertsone-News, Education, Member Updates, Regional

The Education department is humming, organising 2017 education courses and workshops, as coaches and judges start requalifying for the new cycle. The new 2017 Education Handbook and Course Costs have been published and registrations are open for courses.  All registrations must be done online – simply click into the relevant course on the Education calendar (also found as a drop-down along the … Read More

Judges Requalify for New Cycle

Anna RobertsonCompetitive Gymnastics, e-News, Education, International, Member Updates

Over the past few months judges have been representing New Zealand at Intercontinental and International Judging courses around the world. All judges have to requalify due to changes which FIG makes at the end of each Olympic Cycle (four years). To undertake an international course, judges must have, at minimum, been at the highest level domestically for a number of … Read More

Top Tip: Finding What You Need on the Website

Anna RobertsonAuckland-Northland, Central-Wellington, e-News, Member Updates, Midlands, Regional, South Island

Last year the GymSports NZ website received a much-needed upgrade. The new website will continue to develop over the coming months but already provides a stable platform to share information with our community, sponsors and the wider public, in a much more appealing manner than its predecessor. Our top tip for February is for users who have had difficulty locating … Read More