On 15-16 October, GymSports New Zealand hosted the GFA Symposium. Over 110 Coaches attended, with 8 coming from Wellington. Here is some feedback from some of the local coach’s experiences below: “I had the most fantastic and memorable time. The presenters were awesome and very well prepared. My favourite activities were the Tumbling for pre-school, Display and the Skills session. … Read More
Putting Research Into Practice
Rimutaka Gymsports recently took up the opportunity to host 132 children at the Under 5’s Festival held at Walter Nash Stadium in Lower Hutt. Prior research into their member demographics showed that a lot of their pre-school members came from down the Valley. Having learned this, they jumped at the chance to be part of the Under 5’s Festival. Some … Read More
Central Region Nationals Results
A big congratulations to all those who competed at the 2016 NZ Gymsports Championships. Â We hope that you all enjoyed Invercargill and ILT Stadium as much as we did. Â Please find below provincial results for the Central region: Hawkes Bay / Poverty Bay Wanganui / Manawatu Wellington
New Comms Tool For Your Club
If you were a Manager at the 2016 NZ Championships down in Invercargill, you would have been on the Awards Text Group.  This is a fantastic communications tool which could be used in your own Club. For just $5 you can buy an app called “Text2Group”. This allows you to set up your own Groups and text some of the … Read More
New Facility for Bigair
Bigair Gymsports have opened a second facility at 14 Landfill Road, Owhiro Bay, Wellington – grab a sneak peak in the pics below…
Central Region Date Reminders
Be sure to have any of the relevant following dates on your calendars: November 11 Nov – Applications close for Senior WAG and MAG FIG Level 2 Courses 14 Nov – Memberships for Term 4 due 21 Nov – Registrations close for XTND Competent Coach – Year 1 and 2 23 Nov – Forms due for Sanctioned Competitions 30 Nov – … Read More
TRA Southland Age Champs
The combined Trampoline clubs of Southland invite you to join them for a recreational competition to be held on 29 October 2016 at the Te Anau Events Centre. Events will include: Trampoline DMT Tumbling Synchro Entries close Wednesday 19 October.  More information.
50 Years Service to Gymnastics
This year marked a special anniversary, with Tina Colijn from Canterbury marking 50 years’ service to the Woman’s Artistic Gymnastics community. We chatted with Tina about this milestone and this is what she had to share… How were you first introduced to gymnastics? I was first introduced to gymnastics as a young eight-year-old girl. I competed in interclub recreation competitions … Read More
Programme Planning for the New Year
The end of term 3 and the beginning of term 4 is the perfect time to re-evaluate your club’s programmes. Maybe it’s time for something new? Maybe you have seen over the past 9 months and influx of boys age 7-10? Check out a few of the programmes that your club can get involved with today… moveMprove® moveMprove® is a … Read More
Ollerup Nominations
2017 Ollerup nominations are now open. What is Ollerup? Ollerup is a school for Gymnastics based in Denmark. NZ students normally do tumbling or TeamGym, but Rhythmic is also an option. One of the school’s main focus areas is to provide knowledge and skills to become trainers and leaders in a voluntary organisation. Sports, especially gymnastics, are thus not … Read More