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

Win a Waitoa Fundraising Pack for your Club

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

Our like-minded partners at Waitoa Free Range Chicken have $1,000 worth of fundraising meat packs to giveaway.  We are splitting these into 5 x $200 packs full of Waitoa Free Range Chicken product that your club can use as a fundraiser. Because we all love gymnastics and being outdoors, we want to see Instagram and Facebook photos and videos of you … Read More

XTND – A Success Story for Clubs

Anna RobertsonAuckland-Northland, Central-Wellington, e-News, Education, Midlands, Regional, South Island, XTND Youth Leadership Programme

The increasing number of gymsports clubs using the XTND Youth Leadership Programme are developing young people as coaches to support and grow their programmes. A record 245 young coaches were enrolled in the programme in 2016 with two new clusters in Central Otago and Dunedin starting. This number is expected to continue to rise over the coming years as more regions pick … Read More

The Lowdown on MAG Squad 360

Anna RobertsonAuckland-Northland, Central-Wellington, Competitive Gymnastics, e-News, Men's artistic gymnastics, Midlands, Regional, South Island

MAG Squad 360 had their first 2017 training camp last month where we caught up wth Head Coach David Phillips who provided a great overview of the Squad 360 Programme and what they’re up to. Squad 360 is the national men’s artistic gymnastics (MAG) programme designed to identify talented competitive athletes and coach them into the performance pathway. The original idea … 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

Jessica Rice Renamed Forward Foundation Ambassador

Anna RobertsonCentral-Wellington, e-News, Regional, Women's artistic gymnastics

For the third year running, Jessica Rice has been appointed as a Forward Foundation Ambassador. The Forward Foundation is all about “Empowering Girls through Sport” with the key values of leadership, education and participation. Through the project, Jess will be promoting gymsports – specifically Women’s Artistic Gymnastics with support from her mentor. Best of luck to Jess with the year … Read More

Teachers Learn Fundamentals Through KiwiSport

Anna RobertsonCentral-Wellington, e-News, Regional

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

Anna RobertsonCentral-Wellington, e-News, Regional

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.