A big thankyou to all of our Judges, Coaches, Volunteers, Gymnasts and their Parents for making our Invitational Competition such a great success!

    The event was held over Saturday 1st June, and Sunday 2nd June. We had 200 Gymnasts competing from 13 Clubs including:

• St John Bosco
• Buritz Academy
• Carmel & Co
• Club Gymnastics
• Gymtastic Kids
• KWK Gymnastics
• Moss Vale
• Peakhurst
• Rooty Hill
• Scallywaggs
• Shire Gymnastics
• South Coast
• Woonona Bulli

    It was great to see so many little ones in there first competition ever along with the more seasoned competitors on Sunday afternoon! Well done girls!

A complete list of results are available here.

    State Championships is over for another year, and the 2013 saw some great results for our club. Some of the Highlights in Men's Gymnastics include:

• In Level 7 Open, Robert Fassone finished 15th All Around
• Level 9 Open Gymnast Hugh Gabor finished 1st All around with Gold on Pommel, Vault & P-Bars, Silver on Floor & Rings, and Bronze on High Bar
• In Level 10 U/18, AJ Lovatt came in 3rd Place All around.

    In Women's IDP Gymnastics, our juniors achieved some great results also. Particularly for those who were competing in their first State Championships ever!

• IDP 1 Gymnasts Abby Scolamiero and Naomi Gibson finished in the Silver Division, with Charli Carriage, Hana Lee, Koffi Brookfield and Sienna Goodfellow coming in Bronze.

• IDP 2 Gymnasts Adel Ryall, Molly Jewiss, Olivia Falconer and Shiira De-Horta also had a great comp. Olivia and Adel finished in the Gold section, with Molly and Shiira in the silver section.

• IDP 3 Gymnast Emmy Withers finished in the Gold Division, while Miranda Blades finished in Silver.
• IDP 5 Gymnast Jemima Clarke came in 13th Place All Around, with a 6th placing on Vault.
• Kalila Stanley finished in 12th Place All Around.

Well done to all Gymnasts! A full list of results is available from the NSW Gymnastics 2013 State Championships Results Section.

Congratualtions to our Gymnasts who competed in NSW State Trials on Sunday 28/4/13.

In IDP Level 1, we had Koffi Brookfield, Naomi Gibson, Sienna Goodfellow, Hana Lee, Charli carriage and Abby Scolamiero represt with an outstanding effort in there 1st competition ever.

In IDP Level 2, Adel Ryall, Molly Jewiss, Shiira De Horta and Olivia Falconer perform very well indeed. Olivia was one of only 3 Gymnasts to finish in the top all around banding. Also competing at the same time ,IDP 3 Gymnasts Miranda Blades and Emmy Withers did well, with Emmy the only Gymnast finishing in the top band.

Our older Squad of Girls Jemima Clarke, Kalila Stanley, Kaitlin Lloyd and Kayleigh Falconer also competed well in a very tough field, and will all go on to NSW State Championships in three weeks time.

 Full results are available from Gymnastics NSW Website.

    Our IDP 1, 2 and 3 Gymnasts made the trip to Sydney Olympic Park Gymnastics on Sunday 7th April to undergo IDEAL Skills testing.

    IDEAL testing involves taking the gymnasts through a range of skills across Beam, Bars, Floor, Vault and Trampoline, where they are scored for each skill performed. The results are used in a long term database that will track the gymnasts progression over their Gymnastics career. Once the gymnast progresses past IDP3, the results are then handed over to, and monitored by, the junior National Development coach, Jo Richards.

    The 2013 NSW Bronze squad members were announced today, with five of our girls gaining selection. Molly Jewiss, Adel Ryall, Olivia Falconer, Miranda Blades and Koffi Brookfield will all participate in squad training clinics throughout the year with some of the best Elite coaches in the country. Congratulations Girls!

    Congratulations to Hugh Gabor who won the Berrima District Junior Sportsman of the year award for 2012. Hugh had a very successful year at the Australian National Championships, and also internationally as part of the Australian Team in the Trans Tasman Challenge.

    Hugh's sister Lucy, and younger brother Charlie also recieved awards at prestigious event. Nice work!

With the silly season behind us, it's time to get prepared for 2013!

The Cheer routines for our Dolphins and Infinity Cheer squads are being put together by International Cheer Choreographer Toni Wright. She'll be coming to our Gym on Friday 1st February until Sunday 3rd February to nut out the routines for 2013 competitive season!

Prior to then however, we'll be holding a Holiday training session on Wednesday 23rd January to get back into the swing of things!

More information about times, costs etc are available here.

    Congratulations to Kayleigh Falconer and Tricia O'Connell who have both been nominated for Awards at the 2012 NSW Gymnastics Association Awards Night.

    Kayleigh is nominated as NSW Elite Womens Gymnast of the year, while Tricia will be in the running for Mens Elite coach of the year. Good luck to both on Awards night!

    Well done to those Girls who tried out for the NSW Bronze Squad in 2013. The Girls participated in a series of physical tests on Sunday 25th November at Epping YMCA.

    Points were allocated for quality and quantity (or speed) of each exercise performed with the points being added up to determine who will be selected.

    The NSW Bronze Squad brings together the best 6 - 9 year old Gymnasts in the International Development Program, along with the best coaches, to participate in several clinics throughout 2013. The aim being to develop High Performance Women's gymnastics in NSW for the future.

From left to Right we have: Koffi Brookfield, Molly Jewiss, Miranda Blades, Adel Ryall and Olivia Falconer.

    Our WAG Athlete Clinic is on again in the Summer School Holidays!

    We are very excited to offer our WAG Clinic to Gymnasts who are IDP Level 1 - 10 or National Levels 3 - 10. As with the last few years, we have organised some outstanding coaches to help with the clinic. They include:

• Stacey Umeh - FIG Level 3 Coach & National Choreographer
• Xiaoqing Li - Former Chinese Team Coach, Sydney Olympics 2000
• Ming Lu - Former Chinese Team member, team coach, and AIS Coach
• Darren Webster - FIG Level 3 Coach, Epping Head Coach
• Carmel Blades - FIG Level 3 Coach, carmel & Co Gymnastics Head Coach

Each coach will be focussing on their area of expertise over the two day clinic, which will be on Saturday 12th January, and Sunday 13th January, 2013.

Club Registration forms are available here (one form per club please!).

Members of Carmel & Co Gymnastics can complete and return the Individual Registration form available here.

Spaces are strictly limited to 60 athletes, so first in, best dressed!