Exciting times for Gymnastics NZ when a partnership agreement was reached with Waitoa Free Range Chicken in December 2016. One of the most important aspects of the partnership agreement was its direct value at club level, this has been evident from the following contributions that have been seen across the country so far: · 15,000 âWaitoa Star of the Weekâ … Read More
Insights
During 2016 Gymnastics NZ was very focused on gathering insights to support the development of a Programme Framework that will be a guiding document for future programme direction. Insights are gathered from a range of data and information. The term membership data that clubs supply is uploaded to our central database and allows the analysis of membership to identify trends … Read More
The Sport NZ insights approach
Maintaining and increasing participation rates in sport is a key part of Sport NZâs Strategic Plan and Community Sport Strategy. The Sport NZ Insights Team have developed a range of initiatives to support the delivery of their strategy including the development of an interactive online insights tool. (Link to the Insights article in the last regional e-news on how to … Read More
PM Scholarships
High Performance Sport New Zealand Prime Minister’s Scholarships support athletes, coaches, support team members and officials to gain educational or professional qualifications while continuing in sport. Prime Ministerâs Officialsâ Scholarships helps judges gain the skills to officiate at pinnacle events. With the revalidation required across all gymnastics codes, Gymnastics NZ was able to successfully apply for a group application to assist … Read More
Regional Action Plans
Club capability development is a crucial part of the Regional Relationship Manager (RRM) role. However, the needs of Clubs vary from Club to Club and region to region. With a small team working across the entire country, Regional Action Plans (RAPs) were developed in 2015 to capture the key National and Regional priorities and to ensure that these sit at … Read More
Sport NZ Reporting
Every year Gymnastics New Zealand reports back to Sport New Zealand on what we have achieved against their investment. This is one of the reasons why the submission of your membership and participation data is so important to us. Here are some of the other important factors: It shows the size of our regional, and national, membership which is a … Read More
Health and Safety Wellington Leaders’ Forum
Earlier this year Belinda Randall attended the Schools Sport Health and Safety Sector Reference Group in Wellington. This meeting brought together key people within school sport as well as health and safety leads from 20 different sporting codes. Discussion at the meeting focused firstly on how sports need to be engaging with schools to ensure that they are meeting both … Read More
CEO Update – August 2017
âHow are you?â she asked, âBusyâ was the reply, âWhen are we not?â was the rhetorical response. I overheard this conversation in one of my visits to a nationals qualifying competition recently. It could have been repeated hundreds of times all over the country as our community volunteers, juggling family and work commitments, indulge their (or more often their childrenâs) … Read More
NZ Teams on the World Stage
August saw a more NZ teams on the world stage across aerobics, trampoline and menâs artistic gymnastics⊠2017 International Aerobics Championships (ANAC) â 29 July â 2 August, Phoenix, Arizona. Senior International Laura Furse (Triple A Aerobics) qualified 4th (20.200) to finals where she finished 5th (20.200) Kate Harvey (Invercargill Gymnastics Club) placed 21st (18.000) in prelims and finished 20th … Read More
2017 Championships Counting Down
Merchandise There will be limited stock available for purchase at the event, so get online to get geared up in time to cheer your team on at the event. Merchandise is available to everyone, not just those competing. Link to the website. Join the team Are you interested in getting in on the action and being part of the team … Read More