Central region clinic – Save the date When: Wednesday 19 April – Sunday 23 April Who: WAG STEP 4’s – STEP 10 Please keep an eye on future e-news for more details. Please note: The Junior WAG and MAG Judging Course is the same weekend in Wellington. Wellington Regional Calendar Please note that the Wellington Regional calendar has been updated.  Levin’s competition has now … Read More
Crusaders Pre-Season Training at CSG
The BNZ Crusaders Rugby Team have now completed a five-week in-house training at Christchurch School of Gymnastics (CSG). Inside the gym coaches Amanda Johanson, Terry Walker and Toby Levine worked alongside the teams own coaches to put the team through a programme integrating gymnastics with strength and wrestling work. We were fortunate enough to have a quick chat with the Crusaders … 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
Look Here for Funding for 2017
The start of a new year and not far away will be the start of a new season… Is your club ready? With grant funding under increasing demand and grant pots shrinking it’s more important than ever that you don’t leave your applications to chance. In December GymSports NZ released a Grant Funding Guide designed to help you maximise your … Read More
Work Finally Underway In Waitara
On 12 December, after a blessing by local Iwi, work finally began on the Clifton Park Sports and Community Hub in Waitara. This facility will be the culmination of 10 years of hard work which started with Waitara Gymsport’s need for a new facility.  The result will not only be a top class gymnastics facility but also a home for … Read More
Midlands Event Calendar and Provincial Change
2017 is shaping up to be another busy year. In order to help you keep track of everything going on, we have put together a Midlands Event Calendar which includes all events going on in the Midlands region and key National events. Please note – this calendar is in final draft form. If you have a recreation event you would … Read More
Starting 2017 Off With A Bang
We hope 2017 has started off really well for you after some relaxing time off over the Christmas and New Year break before returning back to “gym mode” for the upcoming season. We look forward to working closely with your club again in 2017. Things to look out for in e-news this year include an article on the strategic planning … Read More
2016 Membership Growth – Northland-Auckland
2016 was another year of growth for the Greater Auckland and Northland regions. Â Combined there were over 2,000 new memberships equating to an 8% growth on 2015 – more than 10% in Northland and nearly 8% in Auckland. The largest growth was once again in the recreation space with over 11% growth. These figures once again reflect the great work … Read More
Coach & Judge Education – Planning and Funding
With the new four-year cycle just started, Clubs need to identify the education needs of coaches and judges, especially where new qualifications are needed. Your Relationship Manager is available to help you develop a Coach and Judge Education Plan. Â Using information from the Education Framework (including XTND), this will enable you to plan which courses your team need to attend … Read More
Tri Star Artistic Gymnastics Summer Camps
The third week of January saw athletes from around the North Island converge on Tri Star Gymnastics for their annual Summer Camps.  Not only another huge success with both seniors and juniors, but also the coaches who were able to put fresh learnings from the previous week’s FIG Academy and GymSchool straight into practice. The change over from Senior camp to … Read More