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Updated 25th November 2009

 

FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY - GO BOWLING ASHMORE

 

We are excited to take advantage of this great fundraising opportunity with Go Bowling Ashmore. You can collect as many coupons as you wish to use and take advantage of this discounted offer to Go Bowling. Every time a coupon with our club name on is used at Ashmore Go Bowling Gold Coast Gymnastics Club earns $1.

So for something to do over the school holidays or an afternoon out with your mates if you remember to take a coupon with you, you will be helping support our club fundraising efforts. This offer is available until 31st January 2010 with the opportunity for us to extend this into 2010 if we so wish. Coupons were inserted in all Gala goodie bags and are available on request at any time from the admin. Click here for pdf version for printing.

 

 

Updated 16th November 2009

 

SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN

 

Keep your kids entertained these school holidays with our fun Day Camps. For all information on what's on during these school holidays see our Day Camps page.

 

 

Updated 13th November 2009

 

WAG DEC/JAN HOLIDAY TRAINING TIMES

 

WAG Dec/Jan Holiday Training times are now available.

 

 

Updated 10th November 2009

 

FINAL PROGRAM FOR GALA 2009

 

Final program for Gala 2009 is now available.

 

 

Updated 2nd October 2009

 

WAG UPDATE

 

Congratulations to all our gymnasts on a fantastic competitive season for 2009. This year we have achieved so many outstanding results from both our novice through to our competitive WAG programs.

 

Our coaches have worked extremely hard throughout the year in producing these results; so a big congratulation’s to all our coaches on a job well done.

 

TEAM CHALLENGE 2009

Congratulations to all our girls on the fantastic results from Team Challenge this year. Over two weekends of competition our teams finished up with very competitive results:

Congratulations girls on a job well done!

 

Level 5/6 Girls
Level 4 Girls
L5/6 girls: Michelle, Wendy, Tegan, Kate & Tiarne
GCGC L4 girls

 

WAG STATE CLUBS 2009
For the first time in many years our WAG girl travelled as a team staying in Caloundra for 2 nights representing our club over 2 days of competition at the State Club Championships. Our WAG L3-6 girls achieved many outstanding results which include the following highlights:

A big thank you to our wonderful chaperones who did an amazing job with the girls throughout this event. Our 2009 State Clubs chaperones included: Angela Moore, Vanessa Togni, Sue Menyweather, Carol Cottle, Julie Jones & Jane Lee Joe.

 

Lunch stop on our bus trip up to Caloundra
Angela & Julie’s bus crew
Lunch stop on our bus trip up to Caloundra
Angela & Julie’s bus crew
Chaperones: Ange & Carol preparing lunch
Michelle & Shan helping to pack sandwiches
Chaperones: Ange & Carol preparing lunch

Michelle & Shan helping to pack sandwiches

Level 4 team & coaches on their way to compete
Level 4 team again!
Level 4 team & coaches on their way to compete
Level 4 team again!

Level 3 team and coaches
Level 5/6 team
Level 3 team and coaches
Level 5/6 team
Level 5/6 team
Carol one of our BBQ chiefs
Level 5/6 team
Carol one of our BBQ chiefs
Level 4 girls after presentation
Shannon having her 7am breakfast!
Level 4 girls after presentation
Shannon having her 7am breakfast!
Chaperones: Carol, Sue & Angela
Beach Party Celebration
Chaperones: Carol, Sue & Angela
Beach Party Celebration

 

 

WET N WILD 2009
Wet n wild competition was definitely our girl’s most relaxed yet exciting competition for term 3. Our teams did a remarkable job placing in all divisions. A big congratulation’s to all teams on a job well done. Also I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jane Wilson for her efforts and organization with Wet n Wild and all the organization for WAG competitions this year.

 

Please check the GCGC website for results from all competitions.

 

WAG L3 girls and coaches
WAG L1 team
WAG L3 girls and coaches
WAG L1 team
WAG L5/6 team
Tabitha & Heidi @ the Wet n Wild beach party Tabitha & Heidi @ the Wet n Wild beach party
WAG L5/6 team

Tabitha & Heidi @ the Wet n Wild beach party
Gymnasts: Chloe, Heidi & Sophie
GCGC parent beach babes?
Gymnasts: Chloe, Heidi & Sophie
GCGC parent beach babes?
GCGC coaches enjoying Wet n Wild
WAG gymnasts at Wet n Wild
GCGC coaches enjoying Wet n Wild
WAG gymnasts at Wet n Wild

 

THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TOO:

 

Gala 2009:
Once again we have our gym GALA approaching very quickly. All our WAG gymnasts will now start learning their group displays. This year we have themed our Gala to be a “Movie Theme”. Gala this year will be held November 22nd.

 

Gym Disco:
Our parents fundraising group will be holding another Gym Disco on the 17th October. The up and coming disco will be a “Halloween theme”.
4.30pm-5.45pm will be the junior session (Under 7yrs)
6.15pm-8.15pm will be the senior session (Over 7yrs)
There will be prizes awarded for the “Best Dressed” so starting thinking of costumes!!!!

 

Year Book 2009:
Parents please remember that Brett is currently in the process of designing our 2009 Year Book. If you have any photos of your child that you wish to include in the year book please email Brett ASAP brett@goldcoastgymnastics.com or hand in a CD to Brett via administration.

 

If you have any questions regarding WAG please don’t hesitate to contact me: nadia@goldcoastgymnastics.com

Kind Regards,
Nadia Maddalena
WAG Coordinator

 

 

 

Updated 23rd August 2009

 

WAG UPDATE

 

WAG Level 1-6 Invitational
Congratulations to all gymnasts who recently competed at the Level 1-6 Invitational over the weekend. All gymnasts did an outstanding job achieving many great results.
A special mention to our overall winners on the day:

 

KIRSTY WADDELL

MADISON PRICE

BHODI JONES

Kirsty Waddell

Madison Price

Bhodi Jones

WAG Level 1 Open 

  

WAG Level 2 Open

 

WAG Level 3 Under

 

MORGAN TREVETHAN

HANNAH COTTLE

KEILY DAVIS

Morgan Trevethan

Hannah Cottle

Keily Davis

WAG Level 4 Open

 

WAG Level 4 Under

 

WAG Level 5

 

TIARNE HOLLOWAY

 

 

Tiarne Holloway

 

 

WAG Level 6

 

 

 

For the Invitational results please visit the Gold Coast Gymnastics Club website under results 2009:

 

http://www.goldcoastgymnastics.com/2009_results.htm

 

Team Challenge Rounds 1 & 2:
Over the next few weekends our WAG Level 4-6 gymnasts will be competing at the Team Challenge competitions.
I wish all our gymnasts the best of luck for this competition!

 

State Club Championships 2009
This is a very exciting competition for all our gymnasts especially our WAG Level 3’s & 4’s being their first travelling away event.
Our girls will be traveling as a team to represent our Club in Caloundra between September 18th-20th.
Final team selections have been announced. Congratulations to the following gymnasts on their selection:
LEVEL 3 TEAM:

LEVEL 4 TEAM:

LEVEL 5/6 TEAM

Selected team Chaperones include: Sue Menyweather, Carol Cottle, Melinda Trevethan, Angela Moore & Vanessa Togni.

A FEW REMINDERS REGARDING STATE CLUBS:

Term 3 is definitely a very busy term for all our competitive gymnasts. I wish all gymnasts the best of luck for their competitions this term and look forward to hearing some outstanding achievements.

If any parents do have questions regarding WAG please don’t hesistate to email me: nadia@goldcoastgymnastics.com

 

Kind regards,
Nadia Maddalena
WAG Coordinator

 

Updated 18th August 2009

 

UNDER 5's AND PRE LEVELS CARNIVAL FINAL PROGRAM

 

 

The final programs for the Under 5's and the Pre Levels carnival are now available.

 

 

Updated 18th August 2009

 

GCGC INVITATIONAL WAG L1-6 RESULTS

 

The results for the GCGC Invitational held on the weekend are now available.

 

Updated 15th August 2009

 

MG UPDATE

 

It's almost time to get started back into routine mode for the boys as we start our preparations for the team events for 2009. The boys will begin working towards Queensland State Clubs, our own MG Wet n Wild and our big trip to Sydney for the GCA Cup.

 

Queensland State Clubs
Our next event is State Clubs up in Caloundra. A draft schedule has been released with the boys competing the following -
Division B - Angus, Chris, Cory, Taylor & Troy - Sunday 20th September - 6.00 PM (1 Team)
Division C - Thomas, Indigo, Cooper, Declan, Kiarn, Jesse, Reece, Rylee & Cale  - Monday 21st September - 9.30 AM or 12.00 PM (TBA) (2 Teams)
Final schedule will be confirmed when Gymnastics Queensland release final schedule. Gymnasts in Division B may wish to book accommodation for Sunday evening after the event.

 

MG Wet n Wild
This will be a small teams event in its first year but one all boys in our CT programs should get behind. Entry forms will have already been given put, so please get these back ASAP. Schedule TBA shortly.

 

GCA Competition - Sydney
We are pleased to announce our team to contend the GCA (Gymnastics Clubs of Australia) competition in Sydney.

 

Level 5 Team
Cory, Angus, Chris, Troy & Taylor

 

Level 3/4 Team
Kiarn, David, Indigo, Declan, Jack G, Jesse, Rylee, Reece & Cale

 

Level 1/2 Team
Leo, Robin, Jack H*, Jaydn* & Jake*

* Denotes not travelling/staying with team

 

Head of Delegation - Brett Wood, Coach - Myles Cronin, Coach/Judge - Andrew Biggs
Head Chaperone - Karin Jackson, Chaperone - Krista Barry

 

NB : The boys not travelling to Sydney will not have training on the following dates. Thursday 8th, Friday 9th & Saturday 10th October. (you will receive a credit for this)

 

Holiday Training
Training for the upcoming September/October QLD School holidays will be out next week. The boys will train through these holidays due to our team events.

 

Term 4 scheduled time off
The scheduled time off for boys in MAG CT was set for the week of 5th -11th October. This date has now been revised due to the majority of boys in Sydney for the GCA Competition. The new scheduled week off is now the week of 12th - 18th October, there will be no training for anybody in MAG CT for this week and is a compulsory week off.
The boys last training session for 2009 will be Saturday 19th December and we will return on Monday 4th January 2010.

 

2009 Gala - 22nd November
After the hit the boys were in last years Gala we will be looking at making an even bigger impact this year. Keep this date in your diary.

 

2009 Yearbook
As you are possibly aware, we are publishing the yearbook again this year. We need as many pictures as possible, so if you have ordered pictures from competitions or have good pictures you took yourself, please put them on a disk and hand them to the office. The more pictures you send in the more chance you have of them being published. We cannot publish low resolution images or dark images as they do not reproduce well.

 

Term 4 Program change
Don't forget the new CT changes take full effect in term 4. All gymnasts (except new gymnasts) will have received the revised training offer last term. If you are unsure please ask your son's coach or email myself brett@goldcoastgymnastics.com . We are pleased that as of term 4 we will have 5 CT programs and 2 pre CT programs running which gives us potentially 50 + competitive boys. Programs for term 4 are MAG CT 1, MAG CT 2, MAG CT 3, MAG CT 4, MAG CT 5 and MAG Development & MAG Jnr Development.

A lot of information to take in, but if you have any questions please contact me.

 

Brett A Wood
MG Co Ordinator

 

 

Updated 2nd August 2009

 

UNDER 5's AND PRE LEVELS CARNIVAL DRAFT PROGRAM

 

 

The draft program is now available.

 

 

Updated 17th July 2009

 

MAG UPDATE

 

2009 MAG State Championships
Congratulations to all the boys that competed at the recent Queensalnd State Championships. Out of all the clubs Gold Coast was very well represented in the overall standings and dominated the Regional Challenge competition. Well done to the following boys on their top three finishes.

Cory Hitchens - Level 5 Age State Champion
Jesse Softley - Level 4 Open 2nd Overall
Reece Jackson - Level 4 Age 2nd Overall
Indigo Dragon - Level 3 Age 2nd Overall
Declan Hargreaves - Level 3 Open 2nd Overall
Taylor Moss - Level 5 Age 3rd Overall
Jack Glendenning - Level 3 Open 3rd Overall

We are very proud of our boys results and all the individual appartus medalists. This will go down as one of the most successful MAG States in the clubs history.

 

Upcoming Dates

MAG State Clubs - 21st & 22nd September - Caloundra (Levels 3-6)
MAG Wet n Wild - 30th September - 2nd October (Levels 2-6) (TBC) - Gold Coast
GCA Cup - 8th - 13th October - Levels 2-6 - Sydney
Club Gala - 22nd November - Everyone - Gold Coast

 

Coach of the Year
Well done to Myles Cronin on his well deserved award for The Quensland Levels Coach of the Year for the year of 2008. This award was presented at the Queensland State Championships.

 

Parent Interviews
Thank you to the parents that took the opportunity to meet with the MAG coaches over this week. It has a great iopportunity for both coaches and parents to communicate on the progress of their son. Interviews will conclude this Saturday.

 

Results
If you haven't already done so, make sure you farward some information on your sons results at State Championships to their schools. Most schools like to hear how their students are doing in external pursuits and more often than not they normally do a write up in the schools newsletter.

 

CT Changes
Don't forget that the full CT changes will take effect for term 4. All parents will have received a letter with new sessions and days their son is to train. Gymnasts just starting this term will not have received one of these. MAG CT 1 has already commenced their changes as they start preparation for the senior divisions next year. At this point Gold Coast will have 5 gymnatsts in level 6 and 4 boys in level 7 contesting State next year and hopefully represent Queensland at Nationals. This is great and shows how much our MAG program has grwn and developed.

 

Training Attire
Some gymnasts are still turning up without some of their training attire/equipment. All MAG CT gymnasts must have their own chalk, it is not fair that some boys continually need to borrow from other gymnasts. All boys in MAG CT 1 & 2 must always have loops & gloves (gloves optional). Running shoes are also compulsory for MAG CT 1, 2 & 4.

 

Ankle Weights
All boys in MAG CT 1 must now have ankle weights. A couple of boys still don't have these. Maximum weight is 1kg on each but we would prefer the 0.5 kilogram ankle weights. Boys in MAG CT 2 may also purchase 0.5 kilogram ankle weights if they want to as well but please check with your coach before doing so.

 

Club Championships Photographs
Don't forget to check out the photographs of the boys at Club Championships. These photos are of a very high standard and are a great keepsake for the boys. Go to http://sportingimages.com.au/gallery2008/2009gcgym/ you will need the password to access the images which you can email me for or contact the office.

 

Brett A Wood
MAG Co Ordinator
Gold Coast Gymnastics inc.

 

 

Updated 15th July 2009

 

WAG UPDATE

 

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 3, 2009
Welcome back to Term 3, 2009. I hope you all enjoyed your time off and are ready to get back into training.
Ahead this term our gymnasts will be competing in the following competitions:

Parents please keep an eye out for closing dates for these events. I hope to see all our gymnasts competing and representing our club.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO PHIL
Congratulations to Phil and his wife Cathie on the safe arrival of their twin girls “Lexi & Nisha”. Girls were born Tuesday 7th July at Pindara Hospital.

 

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 – 26th June
CONGRATULATIONS to all our WAG gymnasts on a fantastic job this year at State Championships.
Our girls competed over 3 days of competition achieving some outstanding personal bests.

 

LEVEL 4
All our level 4 gymnasts did an outstanding job this year. We had seen some outstanding results along with many personal bests.
A special mention to the overall place getters and apparatus medalists:
Taleea is our 2009 STATE CHAMPION in the WAG Level 4 Open division. Taleea also places 1st on Vault, Bars & Beam. Congratulations Taleea on fantastic job!
Morgan placed 3rd on Beam and 1st on Floor in the Level 4 Open Division.
Hannah placed 3rd overall in the Level 4 Under division. Hannah also placed 1st on Bars.

 

Taleea Menyweather Morgan Trevethan Hannah Cottle

 

 

Level 4 Under Girls
Level 4 Over Girls
WAG LEVEL 4 UNDERS GIRLS
WAG LEVEL 4 OPEN GIRLS

 

LEVEL 5 / 6
Congratulations to all our WAG Level 5 gymnasts after great results this year at States.
A special mention must go to Tegan Heskins who placed 3rd overall on Beam in the WAG Level 5 under division and Taylor Mckinley who placed 2nd on Floor in the WAG Level 6 under division.

 

Morgan Heskins Taylor McKinley

 

 

FUNDRAISING SUPPORT:
Our fundraising group is currently in the process of organizing a Gym Disco which will be held 1st August here at the gym. I ask all family and friends to get behind this event to help raise money for all our gymnasts. Further information on times and cost will be going out shortly.

 

NEW MEMBERS:
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome any new WAG gymnasts who have decided to join our club. Our coaches look forward in working together with every individual.

 

If any parents do have any questions regarding WAG gymnastics please don’t hesitate to email me at: nadia@goldcoastgymnastics.com

 

Kind Regards,
NADIA MADDALENA

 

 

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