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2013 Annual Report

Gymnastics Western Australia 2013 Annual Report 1 | P a g e

Presidents Report

2013 was once again a very successful year

for gymnastics in Western Australia.

Although not a major event year, Olympics

in 2012 and Commonwealth Games in

2014, our achievements were off the

competition floor.

Once again the Board has overseen a

surplus returned to members (full details in

the financials at the end of this report). The

Board has, through diligent financial

control and management, achieved a

balance between returning successive

surpluses and not over taxing our member

clubs and athletes. The clubs must be

applauded for their continued support of

GWA which has resulted in a new record of

11,506 registered members.

The Board has continued its work on our

Strategic Plan to 2016, this has been a work

in progress for a number of years and now

that Gymnastics Australia has released their

plan we look to the Board finalising our

Strategic Plan early in 2014.

As always GWA conducted many events in

an action packed calendar, with little time

off for our dedicated staff and numerous

volunteers. Our various State

Championships continue to grow in

numbers and quality. 2013 also saw GWA

successfully host the ACR National Club

Championships in October 2013. We were

pleased to have the participation of many

interstate clubs from the east coast who

made their way west and in their own

words “had a great and enjoyable

championships”. Although our ACR

community is small in number by working

closely with our staff we succeeded in

producing a very professional event.

National Championships were in Sydney

once again and WA maintained its high

level of success, especially our junior boys

(full details elsewhere). We will now travel

to Melbourne in 2014 for the next combined

National Championships.

During 2013 we lost a dedicated

gymnastics volunteer in Kon Mel, although

retired for many years Kon’s involvement

with gymnastic as a coach and a member

of the Men’s Technical Committee is sadly

missed.

As usual we kicked off the year with

another well attended Conference in

January 2013. The timing of the

Conference suits the clubs and attendees;

however it is a large strain on our staff who

must commence planning in October of

the previous year and continue through the

Christmas break. Following the

Conference we staged our Awards Night in

February 2013. This night continues to grow

in number and status as the night where the

Association can recognise the many

award winners from all of our disciplines

and those volunteers who have

contributed to the success of the

Association.

Nationally GWA participates in vigorous

and fruitful debate with our state

counterparts and GA, this occurs at

Executive Directors meetings, Presidents’

meetings and our Annual General Meeting.

The AGM of 2013 saw Vice President

George Tatai lose his position on the Board.

George had been on the Board since 1992

and was a stalwart ally of GWA in the

“great centralisation debate” of the 1990s

which helped to establish WAIS as the

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leading state institute in Australia. In later

years George was awarded Life

Membership of GA for his services to the

sport and he has represented Australia at

FIG level as our Council member. On a

personal level I thank George for his

dedication to all things gymnastics and his

friendship and counsel over the years,

The Board of GWA has maintained a stable

membership which leads to continuity and

consistency of decisions, however there

does need to be planned succession and

a balance between the “old guard” and

new members with fresh ideas and energy

for the continued development of the

Association.

As always we struggle to get a quorum at

the AGM and 2013 was no exception The

Board has spoken of this at the AGM and in

its own meetings and has flagged it will

introduce constitutional change to adjust

the number for a quorum and to

encourage new members to nominate for

Board positions.

At the 2013 AGM the members awarded

Life Membership to Desiree Jones for her

dedicated and extensive service to

gymnastics, especially on the judging area.

Ruth Gibbons our Executive Director has

again ably led her management team and

staff to guide GWA though another

packed year of events, education -

coaching, judging and volunteers , club

participation and development to position

gymnastics as the first choice of sport for

young children.

I take this opportunity to thank our

corporate and funding partners who help

the Association throughout the year.

Healthway with its Go for 2&5 message

continues to extend its support and

challenges the Association to continually

refocus our involvement with them to get

the message to our target audience in a

changing gymnastic landscape. The

Department of Sport and Recreation has

once again proved why it is the preeminent

sports department in Australia and has

increased its core funding as well as

funding other initiatives and pilot

programmes.

WAIS, as always has continued to develop

its Women’s programme and supported

selected athletes with individual

scholarships, we thank WAIS for their

continued and future support.

My thanks also go to the many volunteers

who contribute to maintain the

Association’s high level of service delivery.

Special thanks to the volunteers who serve

on our Technical Committees and Sub

Committees and judging panels. The

unsung heroes are the ancillary support

crews who make sure our competitions run

smoothly and hopefully on time.

I look forward to 2014 with a positive

outlook and am confident that gymnastics

in WA is in good hands and well placed to

reach its potential as a sport for all.

Steve Chetkovich

President

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Contents Page

Presidents Report ........................................................................................................................................ 1

2013 Management .................................................................................................................................... 4

Executive Directors Report ....................................................................................................................... 5

2013 GWA Awards ..................................................................................................................................... 7

2013 GWA Awards of Merit ...................................................................................................................... 8

2013 GWA Statistics .................................................................................................................................... 9

GWA Gymsports ....................................................................................................................................... 10

Men’s Gymnastics .................................................................................................................................... 13

Women’s Gymnastics .............................................................................................................................. 14

Rhythmic Gymnastics .............................................................................................................................. 16

Aerobic Gymnastics ................................................................................................................................ 18

Trampoline Sports Report ........................................................................................................................ 19

Acrobatic Gymnastics ............................................................................................................................ 20

GWA Services & Development.............................................................................................................. 21

Participation .............................................................................................................................................. 23

Coaching & Judging Education ........................................................................................................... 24

Club Development .................................................................................................................................. 26

Regional Associations .............................................................................................................................. 27

Regional Associations .............................................................................................................................. 30

High Performance Centres ..................................................................................................................... 31

High Performance Centres ..................................................................................................................... 33

2013 Australian Championship Results ................................................................................................. 36

Financial Statements

The independent audit report to the Members of Gymnastics Western Australia Incorporated

is included within the Annual Report documentation; please refer to those pages following the

Results section of the Annual Report. This information has been prepared for Gymnastics

Western Australia Incorporated by Hayes Knight WA.

Thank you for your support

Gymnastics Western Australia acknowledges and thanks the Department of Sport and

Recreation and Healthway (Go for 2&5) for their financial support in the form of

grants/sponsorship for 2013.

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2013 Management

Board

Steve Chetkovich (President)

Richard Bannerman

Stephen Clifton

Rick Elkington*

Ruth Gibbons

Robyn Kuhl

Derek May*

Ken Robinson*

Steve Turpin

Fiona Wood*

* Outgoing in 2013

Technical Committee Chairs

John Carroll (MAG)

Heidi Rose (WAG)

Karen Gilgallon (RG)

Kieran Gorman (AER)

Claire Rechichi /Susan Watts (TRP)

Deborah Van Hagen (ACR)

Life Members

Julie Biltoft Val Norris-Buffham

Connie Burch Trudi Nurse

Liz Chetkovich Marion Panizza

Steve Chetkovich Pam Pryce

Terry Delhanty Norm Reid (d)

Trish Fritz Dave Robertson (d)

Noel Hunt Dot Segon

Nelleck Jol-Jacoby Jos Simenson (d)

Desiree Jones Barbara Smith

Peter King (d) Maureen Strauss (d)

Akos Kovacs (d) Barry Thompson

Andrew McLaughlin (d)

Gail Melinger

Partnership Programs

Southern Regional Gymnastics Association

North West Regional Gymnastics

Association

WAIS – Women’s High Performance

Gymnastics WA Staff

Ruth Gibbons (Executive Director)

Danielle Atturo (Reception & Admin)

Jodie Behan (Education Officer)*

Nicole Colev (Youth Participation Officer)

Lisa Cooper (Club Development Officer)*

Tahnee Cowie (Events Officer)

Sally Cruttwell (Operations Manager)

Paula Dick (Youth Participation

Officer/Services & Development Manager)

Sharron Isard (Facility Officer)

Adelaide Jackson (Events Officer)

Matthew Jennings (Club Development

Officer)

Darlene Kural (Database)

Mark Kural (Facility, Reception & Admin)

Karyn Murray (Gymsports Manager)

Melissa Read (TC Liaison & State Teams)

Alida Scott (SM – MAGHPC)*

Samantha Williams (Services &

Development Manager)*

*Resigned in 2013

Gymnastics WA MAG HPC

Igor Bespalov Elena Bespalova

Oleg Tarkov Tristan Treeby

Gymnastics WA Presenters

Benjamin Barnard, Jodie Behan, Igor

Bespalov, Nick Bugeja, Tony Burton, Lisa

Cooper, Peta Costa, Tahnee Cowie, Holly

Denton, Paula Dick, Samantha Elkington,

Teresa Evans, Martine George, Kieran

Gorman, Fiona Harling, Tracy Holmes,

Ngaire Houghton, Lesley How, Adelaide

Jackson, Mark Kural, Matthew Lean,

Michelle Mason, Derek May, Gail Melinger,

Karyn Murray, Suzan Owen, Kit Poole,

Michelle Ranieri, Melissa Reid, Alida Scott,

Elliot Stratton, Zoe Tisdale, Anastasia Umeh,

Deborah Van Hagen, Aarron Wake,

Michael Williams, Samantha Williams,

Michelle Yardley & Laurie Zagari

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Executive Directors Report

Throughout 2013 Gymnastics Western

Australia continued to further develop and

build on initiatives for the members and the

clubs. Gymnastics WA embarked on the

new strategic plan for 2014-2016. The plan

will provide the direction and strategy for

gymnastics development over the next

three years. The strategic activities will be

underpinned by the organisation’s values

which will guide Gymnastics WA through

the plan, these values include; Integrity,

Leadership, Respect and Excellence.

Currently Gymnastics WA has a

membership of 11506 athlete members

and 468 technical members across 41

clubs. There has been increase in growth in

membership over the year and by working

together, GWA is excited by the potential

to further strengthen our clubs, increase our

membership base, upgrade the State

Gymnastic Centre and expose the

wonderful sport of gymnastics to the wider

community.

With continuous work by all, GWA sustained

an annual surplus. This allows GWA to

further maintain reserves which provides a

safeguard for business continuity, as well as

being able to implement strategic activities

in education and club workforce in 2014

and commence further upgrades in the

State Gymnastic Centre.

WA was well represented at Australian

Championships throughout all Gymsports in

2013 with some outstanding results. A huge

thank you must go to the many volunteers,

coaches and judges who have assisted to

make sure that WA can succeed and

achieve at Australian Championships.

Several athletes excelled at the

Championships, with national titles in their

respective Gymsports and many of the WA

athletes on the High Performance pathway

were selected for national squads and or

selected to represent Australia

internationally in 2013. WA coaches and

judges were also selected to represent

Australia at international events in 2013.

Congratulations to every one of you.

Gymnastic events commenced early in

2013 with the Dreamlight Perth International

Gymnastics Challenge and concluded the

event season in mid-November with the Go

for 2&5 Club Level State Championships.

The event season included 40 events, with

the major events including three state

championships, the Dreamlight Perth

International Gymnastics Challenge and

ACR National Clubs. Thanks must go to the

WAG and ACR Technical Committee with

the Dreamlight Perth International

Gymnastics Challenge and ACR National

Clubs as well as a thank you to each person

that supported these events in ensuring

they were successful. Many thanks must

also go to all the Technical Committees for

their technical direction for all events and

event organisation in allocated events

throughout 2013.

The Awards Night continues to be well

supported by the community. This event

celebrates the success of the Gymsports

athletes, coaches, judges and Clubs

throughout the previous year. This year

there were two Awards of Merit: Service

and two Awards of Merit: International.

Congratulations to all winners from the

GWA Awards Night. GWA also awarded

one Life Memberships to Desiree Jones,

congratulations and thank you. GWA

members continued to be successful in

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winning Gymnastics Australia awards,

members were recognised at the DSR

Coaching Award Night and Desiree Jones

was named the Slater and Gordon Official

of the Year at the WA ANZ Sports Star of the

Year Awards.

GWA received a grant from DSR which

gave the opportunity for GWA to upgrade

ICT equipment and software in late 2013,

allowing processes to become more

efficient. GWA continued to allocate funds

towards Workforce Development Grants

and High Performance Grants for the

gymnastics community with several

members taking the opportunity to further

progress their own skills or develop

personnel within their clubs. GWA also

developed an initiative for clubs to have

access to discounted coaching courses in

the first half of 2014.

2013 saw the continuation of the new

participation program LaunchPad to

further develop GWA’s schools program

and assist clubs with the school, community

and club links. GWA now has 7 certified

LaunchPad clubs.

The national membership survey was

completed and the results will assist GWA

with direction for club development,

workshops, and the gymnastics workforce.

GWA is fortunate to have a competent,

enthusiastic and energetic staff team. A

huge thank you to all the staff in 2013. In

2013 GWA said goodbye to Jodie Behan,

Lisa Cooper, Alida Scott and Sam Williams.

Thank you for your time at GWA and we

wish you luck for the future. GWA also

welcomed two new staff members; Nicole

Colev and Matthew Jennings and

appointed Danielle Atturo to the position of

the Education Coordinator late in 2013.

My sincere thanks go to the GWA Board for

their ongoing commitment, leadership and

support. GWA has an experienced and

competent Board to lead gymnastics in WA

well into the future.

Thank you to the volunteers, committees,

clubs, coaches, judges, event volunteers,

presenters, parents and athletes for your

contribution in 2013, without whom the

association would not operate effectively.

Lastly special acknowledgement to our

partners and sponsors, with special mention

to the Department of Sport and

Recreation, the City of Vincent, Healthway

(Go for 2&5) and WAIS.

Ruth Gibbons

Executive Director

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2013 GWA Awards

GWA Champion Club

Northern Districts Gymnastic Club

GWA Volunteer Club of the Year

Star-Mites Gym Sports

GWA Athlete of the Year

Amy Quinn

GWA Coach of the Year

Igor Bespalov

GWA Official of the Year

Tracy Holmes

MAG Champion Club of the Year


MAG Official of the Year

Michael Williams

MAG Official of the Year – Long Service

Ann Ranieri

MAG International Levels Coach of the Year

Igor Bespalov

MAG Coach of the Year – Delhanty Medal

Matthew Lean

MAG International Athlete of the Year

Elliott Cook

MAG National Levels Athlete of the Year

Jake Thompson

WAG Champion Club of the Year


Club Levels Club of the Year

Batavia Coast Gymnastics

WAG Official of the Year

Tracy Holmes

WAG Official of the Year – Long Service

Joanne Bulsing

WAG Coach of the Year – Achievement

Tarryn Isard

WAG Senior International Levels Athlete of the Year

Olivia Vivian

WAG Junior International Levels Athlete of the Year

Franceska Fusha

WAG Senior National Levels Gymnast of the Year

Eloise Valli

WAG Junior National Levels Gymnast of the Year

Georgia Thomas

RG Champion Club of the Year

Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy

RG Official of the Year

Karyn Murray

RG Official of the Year – Rookie

Amie Swan

RG International Levels Coach of the Year

Krasimira Yurukova

RG National Levels Coach of the Year

Nikki Gillam

RG Senior International Levels Gymnast of the Year

Amy Quinn

RG Junior International Gymnast of the Year

Shanelle Erpen

RG Senior National Gymnast of the Year

Taylah Silvestro

RG Junior National Gymnast of the Year

Nicole Phillips

AER Champion Club of the Year


AER Official of the Year

Deborah van Hagen

AER Special Recognition Award

Pat Tisdale

AER International Athlete of the Year

Senior Aerodance Team

AER National Athlete of the Year

Demyan Kostylev

AER Levels Athlete of the Year

Emerson Ridley

TRP Champion Club of the Year

High Flyers Trampoline & Gymnastics Academy

TRP Official of the Year

Laurie Zagari

TRP Official of the Year – Rookie

Carole Ding

TRP Male Athlete of the Year

Joshua Mobbs

TRP Female Athlete of the Year

Abbie Watts

DMT Male Athlete of the Year

Curtis Booth

DMT Female Athlete of the Year

Jayden Cooney

ACR Champion Club of the Year

Jednorog Gymnastics Academy

ACR Official of the Year

Fiona Harling

ACR Coach of the Year - Achievement

Irina Jednorog

ACR Elite Athlete of the Year - TRIO

Lia McEwan, Stefanie Bruder & Ava Delahunty

ACR Senior Athlete of the Year - TRIO

Saara Foo, Kate Ryan & Natalie Done

ACR Junior Athlete of the Year - TRIO

Carly Shott, Jennifer Sharples & Michelle Denver

CHL Coach of the Year

Elizabeth Gardiner

CHL Team of the Year

Star-Mites Starz

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2013 GWA Awards of Merit Service

Sharron Isard

(Nominated by WAG TC)

Ann Ranieri

(Nominated Star-Mites Gymsports)

International Representation

Desiree Jones

(Nominated by WAG TC)

World Championships

Aerodance Team

(Nominated by AER TC)

World Games

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2013 GWA Statistics Clubs & Associations 41 GWA Gymnastics Clubs

8 GWA Associations

Membership 11, 506 registered members

o 4024 General Gymnastics -

registered athletes

o 2835 Kindergym –registered

athletes

Technical Membership 468 registered technical members

o 278 Coaches

o 125 Coach / Judges

o 66 Judges

Events 4,782 Event Participants

40 Competition Events

2 State Championships

800 + Event Volunteers

11,818 Event Spectators

State Teams 6 State Teams

o 176 Athletes

o 32 Coaches

o 19 Team Management

o 3 Medical Personnel

o 17 Judges

Education Courses Includes Coaching and Judging

Education

Education attendees = 939

(Registered)

Education Courses = 295

(Participants)

Education Workshops = 643

(Participants)

GWA Website and Facebook Average of webpage views per month

– 103,720

Facebook likes – 1,620

Annual Facebook reach - 164,980

Participation School children (estimated in excess of

45,000)

GWA schools programs – 880

participants

Club School programs - 6858 students

LaunchPad Endorsed Clubs - 7

Aboriginal Youth Participation Aboriginal youth participants in clubs -

132

Disabled Participation 291 Registered Club Members

GymAbility Adult Program

o 7 organizations represented

o 26 participants

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GWA Gymsports Events

In 2013 the GWA competition calendar

offered a variety of events catering for

various divisions of competitive athletes

across seven gymsports. There were 40

Gymsport events delivered which included

the three different state championship

events, the Interscholastic Challenge and

Acrobatic National Clubs.

The competition season commenced very

early with a new event included in the

event calendar, the “Dreamlight Perth

International Gymnastics Challenge”. This

international WAG Junior Team event

followed on from the Australian Youth

Olympic Festival in Sydney and was

successfully organized and delivered by

the WAG Technical Committee from 24 – 27

January.

The Go for 2&5 Interscholastic Challenge

incorporated five gymsports into a three

day event from 27 – 29 August. Whilst

Men’s, Rhythmic and Aerobic numbers in

this event are still very small, the event

continued to attract good numbers in

Women’s Gymnastics (WAG) and

Cheerleading. WAG in particular had a 25

percent increase in numbers at this event

with eight schools participating from

primary to senior divisions.

From 4 to 7 October, Acrobatic National

Clubs was held at the State Gymnastics

Centre. This event attracted 187 athlete

entries with 58 of these entries coming from

WA Clubs. The event was an overall success

and positive feedback was provided from

interstate clubs, competitors, spectators

and volunteers.

Facilitating different gymsport events is

always a challenge due to the different

apparatus set up requirements. During

2013 we developed an invaluable working

relationship with a fairly new volunteer

organization the Big Mob. They assisted us

with numerous set up and pack up missions

with helpful and enthusiastic volunteers

who made the facilitation of these larger

events so much easier.

Event volunteers, particularly Floor

Manager positions continued to be

challenging particularly at MAG and WAG

events. Review of the role of the Floor

Manager position has occurred and

adjustments have been made to the roles

and responsibilities in an attempt to

encourage volunteers to take on this

important role at 2014 GWA events.

2013 Events

MAG 6

WAG 11

RG 5

AER 3

TRP 5

ACR 3

CHL 0

Club Levels 2

Schools 1

State Championships 3

National Clubs 1

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With the support from our funding partner,

Healthway, we were once again most

fortunate to be able to not only deliver our

branded Go for 2&5 State Championships,

Club levels, GWA Interscholastic and

AUSCheer Challenge but a new pilot, the

Go for 2&5 Champion Club Leader board.

Annually the most prestigious Club Award is

undeniably the Go for 2&5 GWA Champion

Club of the Year and to engage a larger

member awareness in 2013, this leader

board was a new inclusion to the GWA

website. It was updated monthly with the

most recent club points accumulated from

targeted events across each gymsport

during the 2013 calendar year. This not only

increased rivalry amongst several clubs

vying to win either their respective

Gymsport award or the overall champion

club award but also created more

awareness across the gymnastics

community.

State Teams

Australian Championships for

MAG/WAG/RG/TRP and ACR were held

over a two week period from 6 – 21 July

2013 at Sydney Olympic Park, this being the

second year where this competition

occurred. Having two years in one city

certainly assisted with the planning and

logistics of facilitating this large team.

To ensure there is continued succession

planning linked with the management of

these state teams, an Assistant Head of

Delegation role was included. Helen Jones

was an outstanding choice as she provided

wonderful support to the Head of

Delegation Erica Morrissey.

One of our objectives for 2013 was the

encouragement and development of

state team volunteers. In line with this

objective was to identify ways in which to

retain volunteers. The biggest detraction

from reapplying for team management

positions was the amount of driving

required. In line with this feedback, a

shuttle bus service between the state team

accommodation and the venue was

implemented. Whilst it was identified from

a coaching point of view that there

needed to be more schedules included

into this type of ground transport if it is to be

used in the future. It certainly reduced the

stress team management staff have

incurred in the past.

The AER State Team travelled once again

to attend their National Championship

event in Brisbane from 18 – 22 September

2013. Melissa Read was appointed as the

Head of Delegation.

MAG State Team

Athletes 26

Coaches 5

Team Management 2

Judges 1

WAG State Team

Athletes 37

Coaches 10

Team Management 3

Medical Personnel 3

Judges 9

RG State Team

Athletes 39

Coaches 5

Team Management 5

Judges 4

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AER State Team

Athletes 34

Coaches 2

Team Management 4

Judges 2

TRP State Team

Athletes 25

Coaches 3

Team Management 3

ACR State Team

Athletes 15

Coaches 7

Team Management 2

Judges 1

Technical Committees

During 2013 all Technical Committees

delivered one Class 3 Event which for the

smaller Gymsports this still remains a

challenge. All of the events targeted as

these type of events were qualifying

competitions where numbers of

competitors are fairly small and not too

onerous to deliver.

Throughout most of the year some

committees were very active with planning

new initiatives and managing existing ones

together with working on existing projects.

The process for reviewing Technical

Regulations and Event Handbooks were

more effectively managed in 2013 allowing

for the completion to meet the timelines for

ratification and release to the clubs for the

commencement of the 2014 competition

season.

The support from the WAG Technical

Committee and the various volunteers who

assisted with the delivery of the WAG

International Challenge is sincerely

acknowledged and special recognition

should be given to Heidi Rose for the huge

amount of time and effort she gave to this

event. In addition, the dedication towards

delivering ACR National Clubs by the

volunteer members from the ACR Technical

Committee and community ensured that

this huge task for a small community was

not only met but was an overall success for

the sport.

Karyn Murray

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Men’s Gymnastics

2013 was a positive step forward from a

management perspective for MAG. The

technical committee was re-formed and

able to take positive steps towards the future

development of the sport within the State. I

took on the role as technical director for the

first time in 2013 and am grateful for the

commitment of all of the members of the

committee in 2013.

Events

In 2013, the Level 1 to senior competition

season was held in the first half of the year.

We saw a slight increase in numbers for

participation in levels 1 to 5, with MAG

Assessment day and the MAG Team

Pennants seeing a modest jump in numbers.

In 2013 the technical committee once again

ran the MAG Judges Invitational after being

unable to run the competition in the previous

year. The Judges Invitational saw a slight dip

in numbers from the equivalent competition

in 2012 the MAGHPC Friendship Challenge.

Following on from the first interschool

competition in 2012, we saw the second

running of that event for MAG in 2013, with a

large increase in numbers, from 12 gymnasts

in 2012 up to 29 gymnasts in 2013. This shows

a promising increase in the interest for the

competition within the schools arena, which

is encouraging for the future development of

the sport.

MAG was also well represented at the

Australian Championships in Sydney in 2013.

WA sent gymnasts from level 6 under 12 up to

Senior International. A particular highlight

was gold for our Level 7 under 14 team.

GA National Awards

5 Year Athlete Award

Matthew

Goonatillake

Steven Hamilton

Mitchell Nylander

William Sherwood

Matthew Hopkins

Martin Jozwiak

10 Year Athlete Award Elliott Cook

International representation

In 2013, Elliott Cook competed in both the

Doha World Cup and the Cottbus

Challenger Cup.

Retirements

2013 also saw the retirement from gymnastics

of one of our senior gymnasts, Elliott Cook

(MAGHPC/Vital). Elliott dedicated many

years to the sport and was a fine role model

for younger gymnasts. We wish Elliott all the

very best in his retirement from the sport.

Judging

At the beginning of 2013, both Michael

Williams and Peter Abbott both successfully

completed their judges FIG Brevet

qualification, the top level of judging

qualification in the sport. Congratulations to

them both on this achievement.

MAG Technical Committee

Igor Bespalov Huia McFarland

John Carroll Alida Scott

Darren Hicks Tristan Treeby

Michael Williams Matthew Lean

Chair – John Carroll

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Women’s Gymnastics

2013 started off with a bang, the WAG

Technical Committee in conjunction with

the WAG Judges Committee ran a very

successful Junior International competition

in January. Nationally, our State Teams

produced great results snagging numerous

Gold and Silver medals, and our

competitive numbers continue to show

positive growth at all Levels of our State

Competitions.

The year started with a full committee and

near full judging sub-committee being

elected at the WAG Forum. I would like to

take this opportunity to thank the

Committee(s) for all their time and effort

throughout the year and I look forward to

working with them again in 2014. Special

mention goes to outgoing Technical

committee members Peta Costa and

Amanda Clark, whose contributions to the

WAG Technical Committee over the last

couple of years have assisted the

Committee achieving its goals.

Desiree Jones was nominated and ratified

as Gymnastics WA’s newest Life Member

for her contribution to Women’s

Gymnastics. The WAG Technical

Committee would like to congratulate

Desiree on this recognition, and thank her

for her tireless dedication and contribution.

National Championships

WA fielded a quality team to National

Championships, with 4 Teams medalling.

The International Level 6, 10 and Junior

International Team’s taking Silver, and the

National Level 8 Team winning Bronze.

Individually, Olivia Vivian took the coveted

Senior National Bar Gold Medal from a high

quality field. Sarah Stacey (International

Level 6), Aya Meggs (International Level 10)

and Georgia Thomas (National Level 8)

performed outstandingly to take out the

Silver Medals in their respective All-Around

competitions.

The GA National Awards were also

presented during National Championships.

WA again was well represented receiving a

number of Annual awards:

GA National Awards

Senior Gymnast of the Year Lauren Mitchell

International Levels Coaching

Team of the Year WAIS


Darcy Norman

Olivia Brown

Franceska Fusha

Special Recognition– Olympic

Games Lauren Mitchell

Emily Little

National Squad

3 West Australian Senior and Junior athletes

were selected onto the GA National Squad

in 2013. Lauren Mitchell, Olivia Vivian and

Franceska Fusha were all named in the

Squad and attended National Squad

training camps throughout the year. This

continued representation in the National

Squad demonstrates how much the WAIS

program continues to lead the country,

providing a World Class program for WA

athletes.

ANZ Sport Star Awards

Desiree Jones was awarded the prestigious

Slater & Gordon Lawyers Official of the Year

for 2013. While Australia did not field a team

to World Championships in 2013, Desiree

was selected by the FIG as WA’s first D

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Panel judge at World Championships. This

followed on from Desiree becoming WA’s

first Category I judge after her outstanding

Exam results at the WAG Intercontinental

Judges Course (December 2012, Slovakia).

Desiree is the first WAG Judge to be

awarded the Slater & Gordon Lawyers

Official of the Year, and only the second

GWA Judge.

New & Developing Initiatives

The WAG Technical Committee proposed

a number of new initiatives in 2011, with

many of them initially actioned in 2012 and

2013. These initiatives all aim to encourage

Athletes to continue in WAG and increase

their skill and quality level; by giving them

additional opportunities and incentives.

These were:

Additional National Levels Tour (National

Levels 6-10). A supplementary team to our

State Team to Nationals was chosen to

compete in Queensland at the Border

Challenge competition against teams from

New South Wales, Australian Capital

Territory and Queensland.

National Levels 4-6 Talent Squad. A squad

of Athletes from Levels 4-6 was chosen from

State Championships, to train with our State

Team Coaches and WAIS expert coaches

at the WAIS Training gym at Challenge

Stadium.

Perth International Gymnastics Challenge.

A Junior International competition was

created and hosted in WA. The intention of

the competition is to provide upcoming

Australian athletes, coaches and judges an

opportunity to gain important international

competition experience, without having to

leave the country.

All of these initiatives were very well

received and will be again implemented in

2014/2015, along with other initiatives still in

planning.

May 2014 be another fantastic year for

Women’s Gymnastics in WA.

WAG Technical Committee

Colleen Ballantyne

Ben Barnard

Amanda Clark

Peta Costa

Lee-Myree DiConza

Tracy Holmes

Derek May (January - June)

Heidi Rose

Michelle Yardley / Regan Molyneaux

Chair – Heidi Rose

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Rhythmic Gymnastics Implementation of a new Code of Points

I would like to thank the RG community for

the support in what was a challenging year

with the implementation of the new code of

points for the international streams and

national program changes to National Level

7 to 10. There were large changes in the way

the sport is judged and I must thank all the

judges involved in judging these higher levels

for upgrading to the new code of points with

interim course in early 2013 while waiting for

the international judging course which was

delayed by FIG (Federation International

Gymnastic) until November 2013 in

Singapore.

Congratulations to Karyn Murray who has

successfully completed the FIG international

judging course in Singapore and retained her

Brevet III qualification. Unfortunately due to

limits on numbers allowed to sit the course

and the difficulty of the course, WA have only

one international judge accredited for this

cycle. Karyn has done very well as Australia

in total were only able to accredit 4

international judges.

Successful Achievements & Outcomes

RG had some good results at Australian

Championships with some medals. Senior

athletes, Amy Quinn and Neisha Rizzo were

awarded places within the Australian

National Squad. The RG Technical

Committee noted that the state team didn’t

repeat the success of previous years and

have developed strategies to further

improve the standard of performance

moving forward.

The accreditation of judges through the GA

G-Educate system was significant as many

judges were required to attend a bridging

course due to the change in code. Thanks

to Teresa Evans for traveling from South

Australia to present this bridging course for

the higher level judges and Barbara Smith,

and Karyn Murray for presenting other

courses during the year.

Numbers of gymnasts competing was fairly

consistent in relation to previous years. It was

encouraging to see a continued

improvement in participation in these lower

levels, particularly in National Level 1-3 and

International Level 5 competitors.

GA Annual Awards

The GA National Awards were presented at

2013 Australian Championships. This was the

first year where 5 and 10 Year Athlete Awards

were presented. In addition of note, the

recognition of 2012 Olympian Janine Murray

and coach Krasimira Yurukova occurred.

GA National Awards

Senior Gymnast of the Year Janine Murray

Junior International Gymnast

of the Year Amy Quinn

International Levels Coach of

the Year

Krasimira Yurukova

Special Recognition– Olympic

Games Janine Murray

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Alexandra Bak

Kelsey Brewer

Samara Cowie

Alecia Creighton

Sophie Creighton

Kate Darroch

Renee Griffin

Kelly Harrison

Chloe Hayes

Michaela Joannides

Jessica Leonhardt

Katelyn Morrissey

Nicole Phillips

Amy Quinn

Jessica Quinn

Neisha Rizzo

Pamela Rizzo

Cody-Sue Turco

Breanna Wegener

10 Year Athlete Award Tahnee Cowie

Kate Dolan

Janine Murray

Volunteers

I would like to acknowledge what an

important contribution volunteers make to

the RG community. We have many people

involved from the Technical Committee (TC)

and Judging committees to all of our

wonderful volunteers who give of their time

and efforts to support our gymnasts at events

and in the state teams. Every event relies on

a large amount of volunteers including floor

managers, marshals, judges and

announcers. Without these volunteers it

would not be possible to run state events.

RG Technical Committee

Conor Bush

Karen Gilgallon

Nikki Gillam

Janine Murray

Viktor Markov

Jessica Vati

Carol Worth

Krasi Yurukova

Chair – Karen Gilgallon

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Aerobic Gymnastics

GA National Awards

Senior Athlete of the

Year

Senior AeroDance

Team

Chelsea Carroll

Samantha Elkington

Zoe Tisdale Samantha

Kukura

Suzi Price

Emma Davies Catriona

Cowden

Youth Athlete of the

Year Cairo Lecester

Coach of the Year Trudi Nurse

5 Year Athlete Awards

Samantha Elkington

Kieran Gorman

Catriona Cowden

Samantha Kukura

Suzi Price

Vanessa Pink

Cairo Leicester

Giveney How

Jazmin Crawford

Eden Leicester

Michelle Godber

Kirsten Quain

Tamzen McAlpine

Alicia Salerno

Sarah Salerno

Emma Thompson

Asha Martin

Eloise Kane

Sarah Millar

Elizabeth Kane


Chelsea Carroll

Zoe Tisdale

Emma Davies

Janelle Marsh

Technical Committee

Emma Davies

Marie Davies

Kieran Gorman

Mitch Leicester

Tamzen McAlpine

Trudi Nurse

Debbs Van Hagen

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Trampoline Sports Report Overview

WA Trampoline Sports enjoyed a successful

2013. Two athletes from WA were selected

to represent Australia at the Youth Olympic

Festival in Sydney, Jayden Cooney and

Abbie Watts.

WA fielded a reasonably large team of 29

at Australian Championships and brought

home 13 medals. WA proudly showcased 4

athletes, Leilani Golding, Jayden Cooney,

Curtis Booth and Abbie Watts as they

represented Australia at the World Age

Group Competition in Bulgaria in

November. Tony Burton, WA’s only FIG

Judge, attended as a Double Mini Tramp

judge.

The implementation of an entirely new

Age/ Levels Competition Programme to

bring WA in line with the new National

Pathway took up much of the Technical

Committee’s time and resources in 2013.

Many hours were spent on this and we must

acknowledge Ken Robertson for his

commitment to this task. 2014 will have its

challenges as we implement the changes.

Judging

Judging shortages are an ongoing

problem. Laurie Zagari committed to

encouraging new judges into our sport and

upgrading existing judges. The Technical

Committee agreed that the role of judging

coordinator requires support with the

implementation of a subcommittee and

this will be reviewed in 2014.

National Awards

The GA Annual Awards were presented at

Australian Championships where 5 and 10

year athlete awards were presented.

GA National Awards


Abbie Watts

Amy Thomson

Joshua Mobbs,

Megan Davies

Jayden Cooney

Alexander Zagari

Equipment

We have a time of flight machine ordered

(from Russia) and we are looking forward to

taking delivery in early 2014. The Technical

Committee has also addressed concerns

regarding appropriate equipment for

competitions, particularly qualifiers. This is

ongoing and requires further discussion.

Future Direction

The WA Technical Committee has been

working towards multi Club representation

in the Technical Committee and in the

overall development of Trampoline Sports

in WA moving forward. We have many

talented athletes, coaches and supporters

and look forward to showcasing their

achievements in 2014 and beyond.

TRP Technical Committee

Tony Burton

Lindy Jenkins

Ken Robertson

Elliott Stratton

Pam Walker

Susan Watts

Laurie Zagari

Claire Reichichi (Jan – Jul)

Chair – Susan Watts

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Acrobatic Gymnastics

GA National Awards


Alika Woollons

Janaya Doyle

Natalie Done

Erin Joyce

Breanna Skinner

Nicole Tolhurst

ACR Technical Committee

Katherine Arendt

Fiona Harling

Alyse Kendall

Deirdre MacDonald

James Robertson

Jaclyn Rhodes

Kate Ryan

Debbs Van Hagen

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GWA Services & Development

The Services & Development section went

through many changes in 2013; almost a

complete change of staff; with the

resignation of Sam Williams as Manager,

Lisa Cooper as Club Development Officer

and Jodie Behan as Education Officer and

also the start of the roll out of the new

coaching framework. A very busy and

exciting time!

GWA continued to offer the GymAbility

Adult classes, coached by Oleg Tarkov.

The average weekly attendance for this

was 10, from a range of service providers

and individuals. Nicole Colev joined the

Services & Development team in July as the

YPC & Inclusion officer and quickly gave

the program a new facelift. Each

participant now works to an individualised

training plan with assistance from Oleg,

Nicole and their carer (if they have one).

The participants have set goals and work

each week towards these. It is hoped that

word will spread about the enjoyment and

achievements that are occurring at the

SGC each week, and that more service

providers will access the program to allow

the program to two sessions per week. It is

also hoped to get coaches from the

gymnastics community interested in

getting involved in the program. A number

of one off Come ’n Try sessions for disability

groups were also held. The work done in

GymAbility over the last few years was

recognised as a very successful pilot by the

Department of Sport and Recreation.

GfA was a strong focus for the Services &

Development team during 2013. This will

continue in 2014. Two GfA Education days

were held with Fun, Friendship &

Fundamentals the theme. Michelle Ranieri

presented the first of these covering

aspects of ‘Funtastic Gymnastics’. The

weekend involved 2 workshops covering

creative, physical and fun games to play as

part of warm ups; ideas for implementing

circuits to utilise small spaces and

incorporating hand held apparatus, music

and other gymsports into your recreational

programs. Kit Poole was the guest

presenter for the next Go for 2&5 GfA

Education day. GWA received a

WorkForce Development grant to facilitate

this workshop. Kit Poole, who has her own

gym in NSW, was a physical education

teacher and is referred to as a guru in the

field presented multiple workshops that

covered the broad areas of KinderGym,

GfA and Recreational gymnastics.

GWA tried a new approach to the

Challenge Cup in 2013. In true GfA style,

clubs were encouraged to enter groups of

all ages and abilities in any or all of the

categories; with apparatus, without

apparatus, on or with large apparatus or

with innovative apparatus. Promotion for

the November event occurred each week

in the GWA bulletin along with direct club

emails sharing ideas for their club routines.

Unfortunately, the event had only one club

enter. We will try again in 2014 with a

GymFest!

Communication to the gymnastics

community and the wider community via

the website and Facebook page continues

to be a work in progress. 2014 will see a

new look website and customer

management system, and as such the work

continues! The weekly bulletin was sent to

675 addresses. Facebook continued to be

used as an information avenue at events,

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workshops and courses and the ‘likes’ at

the conclusion of the year were close to

1600 a growth of about 400 over the

previous year. As social media is an area of

great opportunity the use of Facebook and

similar sites will continue to be explored in

2014.

Paula Dick

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Participation

The participation funding awarded to GA

continued to be acquitted through the

LaunchPad initiative in 2013. A Youth

Participation Coordinator (YPC) was

appointed to oversee the implementation of

the initiative in each state and a support

network was formed. A series of

teleconferences was held and a face to

face meeting conducted in November. This

was scheduled to coincide with the

International ACHPER Conference to allow a

series of LaunchPad workshops to be

presented to teachers from across Australia.

A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU)

regarding the implementation of this national

initiative remained in place for each of the

states.

LaunchPad is a joint initiative to increase

participation in the 0-12 membership. It is a

national program that is designed to be

implemented consistently across all

Gymnastics Australia affiliated clubs.

The Blast Off! Checklist has been further

refined and developed with clubs across the

nation working through the process to

receive LaunchPad certification and a

personalized Stamp of Approval. A process

for reviewing each clubs implementation

and embracement of the LaunchPad

philosophy of the initiative was developed

called Orbit! Each of the four clubs (Spirit

Gym Sports, Southern Star Trampoline

Academy, Rainbow Gym and Northern

Districts Gymnastic Club) that received their

Stamp of Approval in 2012 was reviewed and

action plans to support each clubs

continued involvement in the initiative were

developed. A further four clubs (Active

Gymnastics, Star-Mites Gym Sports and West

Coast Gymnasts Inc and Peel Dynamic

Gymsports Inc) received their Stamp of

Approval in 2013. As part of a North West

regional visit, a Zoom! Workshop was

conducted and the inspiration provided to

start the clubs in the area on their LaunchPad

journey. In total, 26 clubs are working

through the initiative in WA and are in varying

stages of completion.

Three Zoom! Workshops were conducted in

2013 with a total of 33 coaches attending.

This achieved the target set by GA in this

area. The membership target of 10 089

members in the 0-12 year old age group was

exceeded with membership in this area

totalling 10 291 for 2013.

LaunchPad lessons were conducted in three

schools programs during 2013. Mt Hawthorn

PS & Education Support Centre, South Perth

Primary & Presbyterian Ladies College.

Promotion of the availability of this valuable

resource has been the focus of the marketing

and communications plan due to be

released by GA and it is envisaged that the

number of school programs accessing the

initiative will increase as the market is

targeted more specifically.

GWA also facilitated programs at Scotch

College, Presbyterian Ladies College Senior

School and Christ Church Grammar Peter

Moyes Centre.

Nicole Colev

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Coaching & Judging Education

2013 was a busy year in Education.

The year commenced with a Presenter and

Assessor bridging course delivered by Nick

Bugeja from GA. The intense 2 day course

was attended by 9 candidates, who at the

conclusion of the course, when deemed

competent, had completed four units of a

Cert IV in Presenting & Assessment and had

them ready to present the courses in the

new coaching framework when ready for

release.

The next two days of the same week were

the Go for 2&5 GWA Conference. Over 50

workshops were attended by 134

attendees and 20 plus presenters. The

Conference was conducted at the State

Gymnastics Centre as well as in the

conference and training rooms at the

Department of Sport and Recreation. The

two facilities allowed for a diverse range of

workshops, both theoretical and practical,

to be facilitated. Special thanks to our

interstate presenters Stacey Umeh and

Michelle Mason.

The week didn’t finish there; next came the

WAG Athlete Camp held at Northern

Districts Gymnastic Club. Coaches and

athletes were treated to two jam packed

days of specialty coaching from guest

coaches Stacey Umeh & Michelle Mason,

along with 9 of WA’s experts. Over 180

athletes from level 1 -10 and from 20 clubs

both regional and metropolitan

participated. It was great to have 7

regional clubs represented at the camp.

The G-Ed4U blockbuster education

weekends were calendared to contain a

combination of judging and coaching

courses as well as workshops. These were

designed so clubs could make plans for

those weekends. Six weekends were

planned for the year. Of the 32 courses that

were scheduled 72% were held, only one

coaching course didn’t go ahead and 8

judging courses. This was due to insufficient

numbers.

July 2013 saw the beginning of the roll out

of the new Coaching framework. Coaches

now starting from the younger age of 14

having the opportunity to become

Beginner Coaches. The framework now

involves eight levels of accreditation. These

accreditations now also being RTO

recognized with coaches receiving

certification in sports coaching as well as

their accreditation. The introduction of the

new framework also saw the change to on

line learning, doing away with the

coaching accreditation assessment books.

Candidates now complete the course as

competent or not yet competent. GWA

conducted three Beginner Coaching

courses, two in the metro area and one in

Broome following their Invitational event.

The next level of accreditation,

intermediate, will be released in 2014.

Total Education Attendees = 939

Coaching Course = 232

Judging Courses = 64

Workshops = 643

Leadership Academy has become a very

successful event on the education

calendar. This year the two day program

has 14 attendees from 5 clubs. 3 were from

Pearl Coast and one from Hedland. Again

it is great to see the regional clubs

embracing the opportunities provided for

their club leaders of the future.

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Coaching Courses – Number of

participants

Level 1 Metro NW SRGA

All

Gymsports

39 6 10

MAG 9 3 9

WAG 30 5 20

RG

GFA

KGYM 8 3 9

TRP 18

CHEER

ACR

14

AER

Beginner 52 12 5

Judging Courses – Number of participants

Beginner Int Adv

MAG 12 5 0

WAG 20 0 0

RG

TRP 21 6 0

ACR

0 0 0

AER 0 0 0

Workshops – Number of participants

Workshops Metro NW SRGA

Conference

/Congress

133 17

Club/Regional

Workshops 35 18

GWA 310

MAG 14

WAG 36

RG 34

GFA 40

AER 16

TRP 33

ACRO 19

Paula Dick

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Club DevelopmentClub Affiliation

The club affiliation process was well

received by clubs with the majority

returning their deposit and forms prior to the

Conference. This ensures club information is

up-to-date from the beginning of the year

and that any issues can be resolved prior to

classes starting.

GWA Conference and Forums

The Club 10 Forum at Conference was well

attended with information provided for

2013. Clubs received their Club Affiliation

Benefit Packs and were updated on new

initiatives for the year. There was an

additional Club Forum held in 2013. This

forum offered clubs the opportunity to

discuss any issues and concerns and

provide feedback, and presented clubs

with updates from GA/GWA, on Club

Development, Education, Events,

LaunchPad and State Teams.

Number of Clubs and Associations

Year Number

of Clubs

Number of

Associations

2003 50 4

2004 45 4

2005 51 4

2006 50 4

2007 52 5

2008 51 6

2009 52 10

2010 46 10

2011 44 40

2012 38 8

2013 41 8

New Clubs and Closing Clubs

There were three new clubs in 2013 and five

clubs that chose not to renew their

affiliation.

Club & Regional Visits

During 2013 staff visited the following clubs;

Active Gymnastics, Contemporary

Gymnastics Academy, Exmouth Gymnastic

Club Inc, Gascoyne Gymnastics Club Inc,

Hedland Gymnastic Club Inc, Jednorog

Gymnastics Academy, Karratha Gymnastic

Club Inc, Northern Districts Gymnastic Club

Inc, Peak Trampoline Inc, Pearl Coast

Gymnastics Club Broome Inc Peel Dynamic

Gymsports Inc, Rainbow Gym, Roleystone

Gymnastics Club Inc, Star- Mites Gym

Sports, Vital Gymnastics P/L, West Coast

Gymnasts Inc.

Club 10

Throughout 2013, clubs were encouraged

to ensure they were meeting all National

Affiliation Standards as the new Club 10

program continues to be developed.

Club 10 Star Rating for WA Clubs

Year Star 1 Star 2 Star 3 Star 4 Star 5

2003 24 18 6 2 0

2004 14 23 5 3 0

2005 13 30 4 4 0

2006 17 25 4 4 0

2007 21 23 4 4 0

2008 18 25 5 3 0

2009 24 18 7 3 0

2010 23 11 9 3 0

2011 21 10 10 3 0

2012 22 8 5 3 0

2013 24 9 5 3 0

Member Protection Information Officer

In 2013, 1 staff member attended the MPIO

course conducted by DSR. GWA currently

have 3 Member Protection officers at GWA.

Matthew Jennings

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Regional Associations

North West Regional Gymnastics Association

2013 saw a number of changes within the

structure of the NWRGA. The NWRGA

introduced a new form of management and

with the support of GWA and DSR has

undertaken the rewriting of the associations

constitution. It was identified that these

changes were required to ensure the

association remained progressive whilst

having direction, purpose and stability.

A most significant change occurred in July

when, after so many years of holding the

NWRGA together and planning on stepping

down, Rose Clark finally was able to step

down as President of the NWRGA. Rose

worked tirelessly for the NWRGA and its

members, holding together an association

that its members wanted and needed but

lacked personnel. Her dedication and

support to the sport of gymnastics is

remarkable having become involved when

her daughter commenced at Karratha

Gymnastic Club over 20 years ago. All

members of the NWRGA and beyond

acknowledge Rose’s commitment and are

thankful for the dedication and drive she

showed, inspiring all. Thank you Rose.

A marked increase in growth in competitor

numbers at the two major NW events was

seen in 2013. This growth is testament to the

NW clubs committees and their coaches

dedication, as well as the parental support of

athletes. The distance travelled twice a year

by many members to either Karratha or

Broome is remarkable. Competitions not only

provide our athletes an arena to display their

skill, but also provide opportunities for

education and networking for all NW clubs,

whether they are competitive or not.

The NWRGA would like to thank all members

of Exmouth Gymnastic Club, Gascoyne

Gymnastic Club, Karratha Gymnastic Club,

Hedland Gymnastic Club, Pearl Coast

Gymnastic Club and Kununurra Gymnastic

Club for their support.

Membership

Gymnastics membership within the North

West of WA is showing an overall steady

growth however some clubs have seen a

decline in membership. Membership is often

limited due to lack of and inability to retain

coaches in North West towns. It is hoped the

new coaching structure may assist in

resolving this issue

CLUB 2012 2013

Exmouth GC 64 106

Gascoyne GC 91 109

Karratha GC 296 387

Wickham GC 38 17

Hedland GC 74 133

Pearl Coast GC

155 197

Kununurra 105 75

TOTAL 955 1093

Education

Coach, club committee and athlete

education is highly regarded by the NWRGA,

which aims to provide this education within

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the North West community whenever

possible.

Following the Go for 2&5 NWRGA Regional

Gymnastics Championships Matt Lean,

James Keatley and Krystal Cilia presented

athlete / coach clinics which were well

attended and highly received. Paula Dick

provided a LaunchPad presentation to club

coaches and officials.

The annual Broome clinics were also very well

attended. As well as athlete and coach

clinics, the Beginner Face to Face course

and Zoom was presented. All clinics and

courses were well attended with great

response from those that attended. Thank

you to James Keatley, Heidi Rose, Paula Dick,

Tracey Holmes and North West presenter and

coach Krystal Cilia for enabling the

education programming to be facilitated.

Events

North West Badge Testing

Badge Testing was held in Carnarvon,

Karratha, Hedland, Broome and Kununurra.

The event was somewhat difficult to organise

logistically but the event was undertaken

and highly successful.

The recording of WAG athletes and having

routines assessed in Perth did alleviate some

of the logistical problems being faced. The

feedback given by the Perth judges on these

routines was said to be highly beneficial and

well detailed.

Clinics were also offered over this weekend

by coach/judges who attended clubs, with

the NWRGA recognizing the importance of

mentoring and education of the coaching

teams. The clinics offered MAG specific as

well as generic skills and drills.

North West Regional Gymnastics Association

Go for 2&5 NWRGA Regional Championships

155 athletes attended this competition, with

Exmouth Gymnastic Club competing for the

first time at a NWRGA event. It was a great

weekend of competition and a celebratory

atmosphere was noted with the NWRGA

celebrating 20 years of Regional Gymnastic

Championships and the event being the first

major competition held in the newly opened

Karratha Leisureplex.

NWRGA NW Invitational

The increase in competitors seen at the Go

for 2&5 NWRGA Regional Gymnastic

Championships continued at the NWRGA

NW Invitational with 160 competitors

registering for this event. West Coast

Gymnastic Club ventured north for this event

and it was great to have them attend and to

experience a North West event.

Pearl Coast Gymnastic celebrated their 10

year anniversary and provided many

opportunities for all to socialize and

celebrate the competition and their

anniversary.

The NWRGA would like to thank Heidi Rose,

Michael William, Matt Lean, Jo Bulsing,

Sharron Isard, Colleen Ballantyne, Penny

James, Tracey Holmes, James Keatley,

Michelle Yardley and Jordan West for their

continued support and for attending the

NWRGA events in 2013.

NWRGA Attendance at State Events

Karratha, Pearl Coast Gymnastics Clubs

attended the Go for 2&5 Winter State

championships, Go for 2&5 Spring State

Championships, Go for 2&5 Club Levels State

Championships and Gascoyne Gymnastics

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Club attended the WAG Judges Invitational.

The NW was well represented and the

experience gained by the athletes and

coaches was invaluable. All attended,

coaches and athletes, had a great time,

NWRGA Awards

NWRGA Go for 2&5 Regional Gymnastics

Championships

MAG Champion: Charlie Pascoe

MAG Highest Apparatus: Charlie Pascoe

WAG Club Level Champion: Nikkita Smith

WAG Club Level Highest Apparatus: Indyana

Lloyd

WAG National Level Champion: Sophie

Wakka

WAG National level Highest Apparatus:

Jordan White

NWRGA NW Invitational

Andrew McLaughlin Volunteer of the Year

Award: Krystal Cilia

Champion Club: Pearl Coast Gymnastic

Club

The NWRGA would like to thank BHP Billiton

Iron Ore, Department of Sport and

Recreation, Healthway, GWA and the WAG

and MAG technical Committees for their

continued support of gymnastics in the North

West of WA.

Chair - Beth Hudson

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Regional Associations

Southern Regional Gymnastics Association

Our 2013 Regional Congress welcomed

Lake Grace back as a club. They were kind

enough to host congress and took the

opportunity to have several coaches

attend the course. Congratulations Lake

Grace Gymnastics Club, and on the return.

We would like to thank the Department of

Sport and Recreation for their sponsorship

of our event, and Alida Scott and Matt

Lean for coming down and doing the

coaching courses and presentations.

We welcomed Denmark Gymnastics Club

to our Go for 2&5 Southern Regional

Gymnastics Championships at the

Katanning Leisure Centre in 2013. It was

their first year as a club and they all

performed beautifully. The competition

was a lively event with athletes competing

over two days. The SRGA would like to

thank Heidi Rose, Colleen Ballantyne,

Sharron Isard and Donna Grocott for

coming down and judging our event and

helping to make it a success. The athletes

welcomed a return to event shirts, with

thanks to Co-operative Bulk Handling for

their grant to help make this possible.

The SRGA had over 20 athletes attend the

Go for 2&5 Club Level State

Championships. It is always exciting to see

the regions athletes working together as a

team, with big congratulations to the Level

3 boys who won the team event. All the

athletes looked fantastic in their Regional

Uniforms. Congratulations to all the

Athletes, Coaches and their Parents.

Gymnastics is definitely growing within the

Southern Region, with both Denmark

Gymnastics Club and Flipzone from Albany

affiliating with Gymnastics WA in 2013.

There is talk of 3 more clubs accrediting in

2014.

2014 is my last year as Chairperson of the

SRGA. I would like to thank Amanda Nenke

of Dumbleyung Gymnastics Club, and

Sharon Randell of Twilight Aerials

Gymnastics, Esperance for being on the

Committee, and Helen Westley for sticking

with us through another year.

Chair - Serena Sandwell

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High Performance Centres

MAG HPC Men’s High Performance Centre

National Coach John Curtin visited the

program several times during the year,

continuing his positive interaction with both

coaches and athletes. His continued

support for the program and the athletes is

highly valued, with boys striving to ‘raise the

bar’ whilst John is in the gym.

National Clinics

Several athletes from the MAGHPC

represented the program at the MAG

Senior & Junior Camps in January:

Junior - Joshua Di Nucci, Harrison Jones,

Elija Meegan, Matthew Richardson &

Joseph Spellacy with coach Oleg Tarkov.

Senior - Elliott Cook, Mitchell Nylander &

Max Woloszyn with coach Igor Bespalov.

International Representation

Elliott Cook was selected to represent

Australia on pommel horse at two World

Cup events in 2013. Elliott attended the

Doha World Cup and Cottbus Challenger

World Cup in Germany.

Australian Championships

The MAG HPC program shone once again

at the 2013 Australian Championships, with

HPC athletes winning 12 gold medals.

Stand out performances came from Level

7/U14 athlete Joseph Spellacy (NDGC) and

Level 9 U/16 athlete Gabriel O’Sullivan

(NDGC) who both dominated their

respective divisions, as well as the Level 7

U/14 team. Congratulations to all MAGHPC

athletes who were members of the MAG

State Team for 2013.

Individual Medalists:

Elliott Cook – 2nd Pommel (SNR)

Harrison Jones – 3rd Vault (U14)

Elija Meegan – 3rd P Bars (U14)

Mitchell Nylander – 3rd Pommel (SNR)

Gabriel O’Sullivan – 1st AA, 1st Pommel, 1st

Rings, 2nd Vault, 1st P Bars, 2nd High Bar (U16)

Matthew Richardson – 3rd AA, 3rd Rings

(U14)

Joseph Spellacy – 1st AA, 1st Floor, 1st

Pommel, 1st Rings, 1st Vault, 1st P Bars, 2nd

High Bar (U14)

National Clubs

In September, Coach Tristan Treeby and

Manager Philippa Brown accompanied 5

young MAGHPC athletes in Level 4 & 5 to

the 2013 MAG National Clubs Competition

in Caloundra, QLD. For most of the

athletes, it was their first time competing

interstate and their results were very

commendable.

Retirees

After 15 years with the MAGHPC Program,

Senior International athlete Elliott Cook

(Vital) retired from the program.

Throughout his career, Elliott was a WAIS

Scholarship Holder, National Squad

Member and Australian representative.

Elliott won numerous medals on pommel

horse at Australian Championships

culminating in a Bronze Medal at the

Dityatin Cup in 2010. Elliott has been an

excellent role model for the younger

MAGHPC athletes over the past 15 years

and I would like to thank Elliott for his

commitment to Men’s Gymnastics and the

MAGHPC throughout his career. Best

wishes for the future Elliott!

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Coaches

Our coaching team in 2013 consisted of

Igor Bespalov (HC), Oleg Tarkov, Elena

Bespalova & Tristan Treeby. The coaches

continue to work to the best of their abilities

and constantly strive for results and

opportunities for the boys.

Many thanks to everyone who plays a role

in the MAGHPC, from Coaches, Parents,

Athletes, Medical Staff and GWA. Without

your continued support, commitment and

passion, this program could not carry on

from one year to the next.

Looking forward to all the new

developments and possibilities which lay

ahead in 2014.

Melissa Read

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High Performance Centres

Western Australian Institute of Sport - WAG

Summary

2013 was a rebuilding year for Women’s

Gymnastics in Australia, following the 2012

London Olympics. The national focus was

on D score development, with athletes

minimizing travel to international events in

order to stay at home and develop their

repertoire of skills.

WAIS saw National Coach, Peggy Liddick,

visit 3 times for Daily Training Environment

(DTE) camps where the girls had a chance

to show off their skill development.

National Championships and National Club

Championships saw a new crop of WAIS

Juniors stamp their mark on the National

scene. These up and coming gymnasts are

surging ahead; the improvements between

the 2 major National events showing their

skill development pathways are well in

hand.

The strong talent base within the WAIS

Potential and Developing International

Class gymnasts, and the GWA TID and

Development Squad girls was evident from

the excellent results once again achieved

in the IDEAL testing program. The high

number of WAIS gymnasts ranked in the top

25% in the country, as well as the spread of

these girls across all age groups in the

testing pool, shows that WAIS is strongly

situated to continue to be a leading

contributor to Australian Gymnastics. WAIS

also continues to excel in the physical

preparation areas in National testing.

Australian Representation

JANUARY:

Australia Youth Olympic Festival, Sydney,

Australia

Brooke Callcott, Gillian Chan, Franceska

Fusha, Paige James, Darcy Norman

(Australian Team)

Team – 4th; Balance Beam – Franceska

Fusha 5th

Dreamlight Perth International, Perth,

Australia

Brooke Callcott, Gillian Chan, Franceska

Fusha, Paige James, Darcy Norman

(Australian Team)

Yasmin Collier, Nikita Hains, Aya Meggs

(WAIS Team)

Team – Australia 2nd, WAIS 3rd

All-Around

Paige James 2nd, Franceska Fusha 4th,

Darcy Norman 5th, Aya Meggs 6th

Vault

Aya Meggs 3rd, Gillian Chan 4th, Darcy

Norman =5th, Nikita Hains =5th

Uneven Bars

Darcy Norman 2nd, Paige James 6th

Balance Beam

Franceska Fusha 2nd, Gillian Chan 3rd, Paige

James 5th, Aya Meggs 6th

Floor

Paige James 2nd, Nikita Hains 5th, Franceska

Fusha 6th

International day of Child Protection

Invitational Competition, Lenisk-Kuznetsky,

Russia

Brooke Callcott, Yasmin Collier Paige

James, Aya Meggs, Darcy Norman (WAIS

Team)

Vault – Aya Meggs 3rd, Darcy Norman 6th

Uneven Bars – Darcy Norman 1st, Aya

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Meggs 2nd, Paige James 3rd, Yasmin Collier

5th

Balance Beam – Aya Meggs 2nd, Darcy

Norman 3rd, Yasmin Collier 6th

Floor – Paige James 1st, Yasmin Collier 4th,

Aya Meggs 5th

Australian Championships

Cementing her place as the queen of

swing Olivia Vivian backed up her 2012

Senior National Uneven Bars title, again

taking out 1st place on this apparatus. Molly

McKenzie placed 6th on this apparatus.

At the Junior International level WAIS

gymnasts Gillian Chan, Franceska Fusha

and Darcy Norman put in a strong showing

to take out the silver team medal.

Individually, Franceska placed 3rd All-

Around, 2nd on Uneven Bars, 1st on Beam

and 3rd on Floor. Darcy placed 5th All-

Around, 1st on Uneven Bars, 5th on Beam

and 6th on Floor, while Gillian placed 4th on

Vault, 5th on Bars and 6th on Beam.

The IDP 10 competition rounded out the

remaining up and coming gymnasts

eligible for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

Aya Meggs proved her contender status,

placing 2nd All-Around, as well as 1st on

Vault, 4th on Uneven Bars and 5th on both

Beam and Floor. Paige James finished 5th

All-Around, 4th on Vault, 1st on Uneven Bars

and 4th on Floor. Brooke Callcott placed 6th

All-Around, as well as 6th on Vault, Uneven

Bars and Beam.

At IDP Level 8 Anna Mackay finished in 6th

place on Uneven Bars, while Lily Gresele

placed 2nd on Beam.

The WA IDP Level 6 team consisting of

Makayla Felix, Sophie Mahoney, Sarah

Stacey and Dayna Sulaiman (along with

Niamh Collins and Bridget Meade of Star-

Mites) won the silver team medal.

Individually, Sarah placed 2nd All-Around,

6th on Bars, 5th on Beam and 3rd on Floor.

Sophie placed 6th All-Around, 3rd on Bars

and 6th on Beam.

National Clubs Championships

Girls who achieved results in the top 6 AA or

Apparatus in their division were:

Junior International –

Yasmin Collier (4th AA, 4th Vault, 5th Bars, 5th

Beam, 4th Floor)

Franceska Fusha (3rd AA, 5th Vault, 3rd Bars,

6th Beam, 2nd Floor)

Aya Meggs (1st AA, 2nd Vault, 4th Bars, 1st

Beam, 1st Floor)

Darcy Norman (2nd AA, 3rd Vault, 1st Bars, 2nd

Beam, 3rd Floor)

IDP 8 –

Amy Mackay (5th AA, 1st Vault, 6th Floor)

Anna Mackay (6th AA, 4th Bars)

IDP 6 -

Niamh Collins (5th AA, 3rd Bars, 4th Beam)

Sophie Mahoney (4th AA, 2nd Beam, 4th

Floor)

Sophie Prince (2nd Bars)

Sidney Stephens (6th AA, 1st Bars)

IDP 5-

Clara Kolm (6th AA)

Marisa Reiss (3rd AA, 4th Bars, 2nd Beam, 6th

Floor)

Taylor Spicer (1st AA, 3rd Bars, 1st Beam, 3rd

Floor)

Coaching & Administration

The Fliers Gymnastics Program, which is the

combination of the WAIS Gymnastics

Program and the GWA Development and

TID Programs, remains one of the strongest

in Australia.

Led by Martine George, the coaching and

administrative staff comprised:

WAIS Head Coach: Martine George

WAIS Senior Coach: Nikolai Lapchine

WAIS Specialist Coach: Tatiana Lapchina

WAIS Coaches: Regan Molyneaux, Joshua

Fabian, Anastasia Umeh

WAIS Development Coach: Emma DiCarlo

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GWA Development Coaches: Michelle

Yardley, Prue Bowman, Caroline Wright,

Heidi Rose

WAIS Gymnastics Program Administrator:

Michelle Yardley

GWA Program Administrator: Dhana

Antulov

2013 National Squads and Camps

GA/AIS Olympic Squad (2012-2013):

Nikki Chung, Emily Little, Lauren Mitchell,

Georgia Simpson, Olivia Vivian

Senior National Squad:

Nikki Chung (2012-2013), Emily Little (2012-

2013), Lauren Mitchell (2012-2013, 2013-

2014), Georgia Simpson (2012-2013), Olivia

Vivian (2012-2013, 2013-2014)

Junior National Squad:

Gillian Chan (2012-2013), Franceska Fusha

(2012-2013, 2013-2014)

USA Development Camp Participants:

Yasmin Collier, Paige James, Aya Meggs,

Darcy Norman; Olivia Vivian (Mentor)

Junior Camp Participants: Brooke Callcott,

Gillian Chan, Franceska Fusha, Paige

James, Darcy Norman

International Development Clinic

Participants:

Niamh Collins, Monica Costa, Makayla

Felix, Lily Gresele, Eleanor Griffith, Sage

Harrison, Clara Kolm, Amy Mackay, Anna

Mackay, Sophie Mahoney, Livia McKeon,

Isabelle McQueen, Sophie Prince, Marisa

Reiss, Taylor Spicer, Sarah Stacey, Sidney

Stephens, Dayna Sulaiman, Zoe Thair,

Madeleine Verdon

GA Team Future High Achievers:

Paige James, Clara Kolm, Sophie

Mahoney, Aya Meggs, Sophie Prince,

Sarah Stacey

Awards

Once again WA/WAIS was very well

represented in the annual GA awards (for

performances in 2012) which were

presented at the National Championships.

Lauren Mitchell won the 2012 Senior

International Gymnast of the Year, and

WAIS won the 2012 Coaching Team of the

Year. This makes 10 years in a row that WAIS

have been named Coaching Team of the

year. A fabulous achievement!

Martine George, Head Coach

Michelle Yardley, Program Administrator

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2013 Australian Championship Results

MAG Australian Championships

Level 7 / U14

WA – 1st Team

Joseph Spellacy – 1st AA, 1st Floor, 1st

Pommel, 1st Rings, 1st Vault, 1st P Bars, 2nd

High Bar

Matthew Richardson – 3rd AA, 3rd Rings

Harrison Jones – 3rd Vault

Elija Meegan – 3rd P Bars

Level 9 / U16

Gabriel O’Sullivan – 1st AA, 1st Pommel, 1st

Rings, 2nd Vault, 1st P Bars, 2nd High Bar

Level 9 Open

Jake Thompson – 2nd AA, 1st Floor, 2nd Vault

Senior International

Elliott Cook – 2nd Pommel

Mitchell Nylander – 3rd Pommel

WAG Australian Championships

National Levels:

Level 8

WA – 3rd Team

Georgia Thomas – 2nd AA, 2nd Uneven Bars,

3rd Beam, 1st Floor

Level 9

Rachal Camilleri – 1st Beam

Level 10

Eloise Valli – 3rd Uneven Bars

International Levels:

IDP Level 6

WA – 2nd Team

Sarah Stacey – 2nd AA, 3rd Floor

Sophie Mahoney – 3rd Uneven Bars

IDP Level 8

Lily Gresele – 2nd Beam

IDP Level 10

WA – 2nd Team

Aya Meggs – 2nd AA, 1st Vault

Paige James – 1st Uneven Bars

Junior International

WA – 2nd Team

Franceska Fusha – 3rd AA, 2nd Uneven Bars,

1st Beam

Darcy Norman – 1st Uneven Bars


Olivia Vivian – 1st Uneven Bars

RG Australian Championships

National Levels:

Level 8

WA – 3rd Team

Nicole Phillips – 3rd Rope

International Levels:

Level 7 Junior

Kosara Yovcheva – 3rd Rope

Level 9 Junior

WA – 3rd Team

Mia Rimpas – 1st Ball


Amy Quinn – 3rd Hoop

AER Australian Championships

Level 3

Emma Louer – 2nd (Sub Junior Female)

Kaitlyn Holden – 3rd (Sub Junior)

Kaitlyn Holden & Isabella Turei – 3rd (Sub

Junior Pair)

Level 4

Emerson Ridley & Phoebe Murray – 3rd

(Senior)

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Level 5

Ricki Joyce – 2nd (Senior)

Level 7

Demyan Kostylev – 1st (Intermediate Male)

Melissa Plonski – 3rd (Adult Female)

International Age Group 1 Female

Thoma O’Sullivan – 2nd

International Age Group 2 Female

Giveney How – 1st

International 18+ Female

Zoe Tisdale – 1st

Chelsea Carroll – 3rd

Karissa Marshall – 3rd

Senior Aerodance

WA – 1st

TRP Australian Championships

Under 11 Male

Liam Jeans – 2nd DMT

Under 17 Male

Curtis Booth – 3rd TRP

Keanu Snyman – 3rd SYN

Under 17 Female

Abbie Watts – 1st TRP

Tamara Nicolson – 3rd TRP

Leilani Golding & Abbie Watts – 1st SYN

Junior Male

Curtis Booth – 2nd DMT

Junior Female

Abbie Watts – 2nd TRP

Leilani Golding & Abbie Watts – 3rd SYN

ACR Australian Championships

Level 9

Natalie Done, Saara Foo & Kate Ryan – 1st

(Trio)

Level 10

Chloe Bormolini, Heather Jeffries &

Danielle Marchini – 1st (Trio)

International 12 – 18

Stefanie Bruder, Ava Delhunty & Lia

McEwan – 3rd (Trio)


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