Supporting great Clubs and Coaches | 16th February 2012
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Kat Driscoll attends Laureus World Sports Awards British Champion and World number one trampoline gymnast Kat Driscoll took her place amongst sporting legends as she attended the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards in London. Dubbed the "Oscars" of the sporting world, the awards took place at the Central Hall, Westminster, where Kat sat along with the likes of tennis champion Novak Djokovic and gymnastNadia Comaneci. As part of the trip to London, Kat was also invited to a special VIP reception at 10 Downing Street, where she was greeted by Prime Minister David Cameron. There are photos of Kat's visit on the BG Facebook page, please click here to view. |
Academy gymnasts excel in Comaneci International Academy gymnasts recently travelled to America and have been celebrating after achieving some excellent results at the prestigious Comaneci International. Ruby Harrold won the senior all-around bronze in her first year in this category and 2008 Olympian Imogen Cairns impressed with her performances, winning the vault title and taking second on floor. Junior Imogen Chan finished 4th in the all-around and took the beam t itle with an impressive score of 14.300. The girls also met the legendary gymnast, Nadia Comaneci in person, as seen in the photo. Congratulations girls! For a full list of results, please click here. |
North West GymFusion 'Las Vegas' a huge success The North West GymFusion event was a huge success and was the largest of the GymFusion events so far involving 436 gymnasts, 78 coaches, 22 clubs and 25 leadership academy helpers. The event was a sell-out and a superb show put on by the teams for the audience. Thank you to all for taking part, we hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did! The next event is the London GymFusion on 25th February, then the Great British Nation al GymFusion on the 10th March at the Basildon Sporting Village in Essex. To book tickets to the National GymFusion, please click here. All tickets for the London GymFusion will be sold on the door. |
The show must go on The 3rd West Midlands Regional Coaching Workshop (Sunday 5th February 2012, GMAC, Birmingham) The attendance at the event was inspiring considering the previous night's snowfall. Sixty out of the registered ninety-eight candidates managed to safely brave the aftermath of the snow and arrive promptly for the 10.00am start. Men's & Women's Artistic; Acrobatic Gymnastics andGeneral Gymnastics were featured in the programme. Practical workshops were delivered by an expert line-up of tutors including Carol Angela Orchard, Lee Woolls, Jody Kime, Matei Todorov and Helene Cook. Plans are already in place to stage a 4th event next year and a preliminary date has been set for 3rd February 2013. Watch this space! |
Gyrus Olympic Gymnastics Club achieve GymMark Gyrus Olympic Gymnastics Club, from the east region have recently achieved the British Gymnastics Club accreditation, GymMark. GymMark shows that the club is, 'Safe, Effective and Child-Friendly'. Congratulations to everyone at the club. For more details about GymMark please click here. |
CONTRIBUTE Be involved with shaping Club support in the future Sport England in partnership with British Gymnastics and other national governing bodies is developing an exciting new programme of support and training for sports clubs.The aim of the programme is to help you develop your business skills so that you can help your club to realise its full potential. British Gymnastics urges you to help shape the design of the programme so that it will be of most benefit to you by completing a short survey which can be accessed by clicking here. For more information please click here. |
CONNECT Sport England Inspired Facilities - open again Round two of Sport England's Inspired Facilities is now open for business, giving local community sports groups the chance to upgrade their facilities or convert existing buildings into venues that are suitable for grassroots sport. There will be a final round in the summer. There is a range of useful tools on the website, including a video of a w orkshop about the fund and a dummy application form which allows applicants to work through and develop their proposal, highlighting areas where they may need additional advice or support before submitting it. The deadline is the 2nd of April. Gymnastics had a high success rate in the last round and lots of projects that applied were funded. For more information, please click here. |
Update on Level 3 Technical Modules From 1st April 2012 the sign off procedure for the Level 3 modules will change. This will no longer be offered on the module day for all disciplines except Tumbling (this will remain for Tumbling as there are disciplines that have overlap and can pick up the skills within a day at this level). This decision has been made following feedback from tutors and candidates from module days over the last two years. The level 3 modules are busy practical days and candidat es need time to go back into their clubs and work on the skills for a further period of time, before looking to sign off on the skills for each module. |
HP Trampoline course A Trampoline HPC course has been organised to run at Washington Leisure Centre and Pennywell Community Centre in the north region. Dates of this course are 7th & 8th April, 19th & 20th May and 9th & 10th June 2012. The cost of this course is £375 for BG members and application is made via the BG website by clicking here. Criteria needed for application on this course: Candidates must hold a SCC Trampoline coaching award and need to provide a performer (qualified at FIG B or A) to work with on the practical side. An exam fee of £80 is payable at the time of the exam. |
2012 Sydney International GymFest The Sydney International Gymnastics Festival on 26th - 30th September 2012 is a 4 day event designed to promote the benefits of gymnastics and offer an exciting opportunity for teams of all ages from around the world to demonstrate the diversity of the sport. The festival will include performance venues on the beach, teams entertaining the crowds in shopping malls, with workshops on offer for performers and spectators alike. To download the entry form and information pack, please click here. |
What's up and coming!... For the latest events including ticket information, please click here to visit the British Gymnastics event calendar.For more information contact the Events Dept on 0845 1297129 ext 2396. |
Supporting great Clubs and Coaches | 16th February 2012
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