Q. How many Waitoa Free Range Chicken goodies can you fit in a Toyota Highlander?…. A. 20,000 Star of the Week certificates, 28,000 recipe cards, 74 recipe card holders and 2,500 balloonies. And what were they doing in a Toyota Highlander? Â It was the first part of their journies out to Clubland. These goodies come as part of our new … Read More
New Head Coach for South Canterbury
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
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
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