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Six Months hard work by Haverhill Gymnastics Club has paid off with the award of GymMark accreditation from British Gymnastics

This has been earned in recognition of their newly-implemented management framework. Their efforts paid off in the form of a visit from double bronze Olympic medallist Max Whitlock, who attended on behalf of British Gymnastics to present them with their plaque.
 
Covered by local papers and Anglia News, this is timely exposure for the club who are pushing hard to raise funds for a stand-alone facility, desperately required to accommodate a waiting list of around 300 children.

They have an application submitted to Sport England's "Inspired Facilities" match funding program for £150,000.
If approved, they have other fund-raisers lined up to match the grant. Combined all funding will take them halfway to their £600,000 target.

More than 200 members currently use the club, which practices at Haverhill Leisure Centre on Mondays and Saturdays, but it desperately wants its own facility to accommodate growing demand. 

Haverhill Gymnastics is trying to raise £600,000 for the project and has an application submitted to Sport England's inspired facilities match-funding programme for £150,000.

he club said if it's bid is approved, other funders are lined up to match the grant, which will take it halfway to its target. 

To find out the latest information about the clubs fundraising efforts, log on to www.haverhillgymnastics.org/blog 

That's what it said in the paper and if you're reading this here, you probably already followed that link ;-) Thanks for taking an interest.

Big thanks go out to Max Whitlock and Lynsey from British Gymnastics for giving up part of their weekend to come along and present our wonderful club with the GymMark accreditation, awarded by British Gymnastics for our recently implemented club management framework. We would also like to thank Kate from Anglia News for coming along and covering the event for us "on the telly."

This is all fantastic stuff and helps us get closer to raising the profile and the funds required for our new stand alone facility. (See our donations page for more details).

Kate Prout from Anglia news attended and the article was broadcast at 17:40 on Saturday 3rd November. (See above or click http://vimeo.com/52753199 ). The Club Vice Chair David Bovis highlights the visit was not to 'Open the Club' as the text accompanying the news report, but to present the GymMark accreditation alongside British Gymnastics Area manager Lynsey Paframan. He goes on to say, "the club hopes this kind of media coverage and recognition will show potential sponsors that the club can and will lead to significant exposure ..." this is of course excellent coverage for a fantastic forward looking club in the run up to the decision about their application for the 'Inspired Facilities' funding required to build a dedicated & full-time facility.

 now for the Big Day ... Max Whitlock on site to present our GyMark Plaque today!!!! If you miss it, you'll be able to see it on Anglia news tonight (if all goes to plan) - further updates later ....

In October 2010 he was part of the team which won the silver medal for England in the gymnastics in the men's artistic all-around team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[1] He also won the silver medal in the men's pommel horse and a bronze medal in the men's horizontal bar at the same games.[2][3]

He was an alternate for the British men's team at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2012, he helped the British men's team qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics in second place at the London Prepares Olympic test event giving clean routines on all six events, and scoring the highest on pommel horse beating his teammate Louis Smith.[4]He went on to win a bronze medal in the Pommel Horse final behind Louis Smith[5] beating world silver medallist Cyril Tommasone.

In May, he was part of the team that won Gold in the European Championships in Montpelier. This was the first time the British men's team had won a Team Gold, beating both Russia and Romania[6]. He also qualified for the Pommel Horse final, where he finished in 6th place[7].

[edit]2012 Summer OlympicsWhitlock was a member of Britain's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he helped the team claim a bronze medal at the team final on 30th July 2012 at the North Greenwich Arena. This was the first time the men's team had won a medal since 1912. He also claimed the bronze medal in the pommel event final, once again beating the 2011 world silver medallist,Cyril Tommasone.[8]

Even with only a brief window of good weather, Haverhill gymnastics club had a successful 'Fun Day' - the 1st we've hosted (but definitely not the last).
Our Next event will be a 'Disco'. Keep checking on here regularly for further details.