It is with great pleasure that we announce a team of junior and senior athletes to represent New Zealand in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics at the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships, to be held in Colombia 24-30 April. The team selected is: Ariana Salaivao (junior) – Tri Star Gymnastics Jonti Matthewson (junior) – Tri Star Gymnastics Maia Fishwick (senior) – Tri Star … Read More
WAG Workshops and Performance Camps
Two WAG workshops were held on Sunday 21 January in Christchurch. The first workshop was a WAG STEP 1 – 4 beam and floor workshop on how the routines should be performed. The workshop was open to all coaches and judges working with STEPS 1-4 and was led by Hannah Prout, who also choreographed the routines. A Physical Abilities Testing (PAT) … Read More
Media Release: Two Further Gymnasts Selected for Gold Coast 2018
The New Zealand Olympic Committee and Gymnastics New Zealand have named a further two gymnastics athletes to the New Zealand Team for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. 15 year old women’s artistic athlete Stella Ashcroft from Christchurch School of Gymnastics has been selected to the team for her strengths in vault and beam. Though going into her first senior … Read More
WAG World Cup Doha Team
We are excited to announce the selection of athletes to represent New Zealand at the FIG World Cup event in Doha, to be held 21-25 March 2018. The athletes selected are: Charlotte Ryan – Tri Star Gymnastics Maia Fishwick – Tri Star Gymnastics Officials Coach: Josiah Geange (Tri Star Gymnastics) Judge: Tracy Sharp (Capital GymSports) Congratulations to Charlotte … Read More
WAG World Cup Melbourne Team
It is with pleasure that we can announce our first Women’s Artistic Gymnastics New Zealand team of 2018, to compete at the World Cup in Melbourne, 22-25 February. The athletes selected are: Stella Ashcroft (Christchurch School of Gymnastics) Estella Matthewson (Tri Star Gymnastics) Maia Fishwick (Tri Star Gymnastics) Charlotte Ryan (Tri Star Gymnastics) Isabella Brett (Christchurch School of Gymnastics) Officials … Read More
NZ Judges Invited to Commonwealth Games
We are super excited to announce that five of our New Zealand brevet judges have been invited by the Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) to officiate at the upcoming Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. These judges are: WAG – Avril Enslow (Christchurch School of Gymnastics) WAG – Michelle Woolf (Hutt Valley Gymsports) MAG – Gareth Brettell (Tri Star Gymnastics) MAG … Read More
2018 Women’s Artistic Gymnastics National Squad
The National Squad for 2018 is named using international, qualifying events and Nationals results from 2017 and the current year. Members of this Squad are eligible for consideration for selection to performance events in 2018 (namely World Cups and World Championships). Based on competition results and National Clinics, the following athletes have been selected to the 2018 National Squad: Courtney … Read More
10 Things Gymnasts Wish Their Coaches Knew
After spending 20+ hours a week with our coaches, they know us pretty well. However there are a few things that they possibly don’t know that we wish they did, or maybe they do and just don’t let on… 1. When you’re in a bad mood, we’re in a bad mood We know we can sometimes tick you off, we … Read More
Aucklanders Representing in Singapore
We were excited to send a New Zealand team to the 25th PRIME International Invitational competition in Singapore where they were up against more than 500 gymnasts representing 5 other countries; Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. The selected gymnasts from Auckland are: Lucy Packer – Tri Star Gymnastics. Lucy won All Around Gold in STEP 8 (Unders) at the … Read More
Nationals – Reflections from an Athlete
“The New Zealand Gymnastics Championships is the most anticipated event of the year for all eligible gymnasts. The best athletes from across the country work hard all year to prepare before coming together to represent their Province and show off their best routines. In order to be eligible for your provincial team, you must achieve the National qualifying score and … Read More