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
Member Only Resources to Help Your 2017 Planning
Planning and Preparation – the Secret to a Successful Club The start of Term One has arrived and those relaxing sunny (if you were really lucky) holidays are already starting to feel like a distant memory. With a busy year stretching out in front of you, how do you make sure that this year is a year that you get … Read More
WAG STEPs Coach/Judge Workshops
The WAG Coach/Judge Workshops will be offered in March on the new STEPs routines. There will be two sessions available at each location: STEPs 1-3 STEPs 4-6. The workshops will go over in detail coaching and judging aspects of the new routines, with the aim of having a consistent message delivered throughout the country. Please note the following for all … Read More
GymSchool a Huge Hit
More than 110 coaches attended GymSchool on 14-15 January, which was a collection of coaching courses and workshops across all gymnastics disciplines. Sessions also included updates to the WAG and MAG competition programmes. Our inspirational presenters included Mary Wright, Terry Walker, Michele Hawke, Alexandra Koudinova, Mike Weinstock, Adrian Coman, Jarrod Herriot, Craig Carter, Erica Thorby, Flaminio Oliveira, Bronte Collucio and … Read More
Paula’s GymSchool Experience
Paula Croasdale from Fantastic Gymnastics was one of the 110 coaches who attended GymSchool. Â Here is what she had to say about her experience doing the WAG Junior Coach Course… “Annie Prout and I attended the WAG Junior Coach Course at GymSchool and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The courses and the workshops were well organised and the presenters were great … Read More
Wellington GFA Changes – Have Your Say
It was discussed at the Wellington Regional Meeting in December, the possibility of changing the Wellington Gym for All (GFA) routines.  There have been concerns that the current routines don’t accommodate all of our region’s children well enough, resulting in drop-out from GFA programmes. Those who attended the Wellington Regional Meeting raised the possibility of adopting Top of the South … Read More
Growing Performance – Breakfast with BG Expert
‘Growing Performance’ – Breakfast with Eddie Van Hoof (Technical Director of British Gymnastics) Sport Wellington and High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) are proud to be co-hosting this breakfast workshop, providing the opportunity to learn from one of Great Britain’s elite gymnastics coaches.  Eddie Van Hoof will share practices that he has learned and developed during his time in the sport. … Read More