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!

A big congratulations to IDP level 8 Gymnast Kayleigh Falconer on finishing 3rd All Around after 2 days of competition in Geelong, Victoria.

Highlights for Kayleigh were 2nd place on Floor, and 3rd Place on Beam, with consistent performances on Bar and Vault to finish 3rd all around after combining the compulsory routine scores on day 1, with the optional scores of day 2.

Team mates Kaitlin Lloyd (IDP 6) and Kalila Stanley (IDP 5) commence there competition tomorrow. Good luck Girls!

Congratulations to Level 5 gymnast Lucy Gabor who competed in Sydney at the Combined Independent Schools Competition on the 7th November. Lucy finished 1st on beam, and 2nd on Vault with 2 beautifully stuck Vaults.