Tuesday 29 January 2008

News


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2OO9 saw Waveney Gymnastics Club host two international training camps prior to the World Gymnastics Championship in London during September and October.

Following intense international promotions, Waveney Gymnastics Club were delighted to host training camps prior to the World Championships for both the Canadian Men’s Artistic and British Men’s Artistic Teams in September and October 2009.

These teams included amongst their numbers the British gymnasts Louis Smith who won a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics and Daniel Keatings who took the silver medal in the All Round Competition at the World Championships in London, and gymnasts from Canada who had competed at the Beijing Olympics in 2008!

Centre Manager Vikki Rogers said ‘We are thrilled to welcome teams of such a high calibre to visit us and hope that they will provide an inspiration for everyone connected to the club and the local community’.

The camps were incredibly successful for the teams involved, all of those connected to the club and many members of the local community who came to watch their training sessions.

The Canadian coaches described the facility as one of the best in the world, at which they had trained, and praised the welcome and hospitality they had received from Waveney. A visit from the BBC to broadcast live from the club as they trained, proved to be one of the highlights of their stay.

This summer has also seen the return of the British Gymnastics Men’s Elite U-14 Squad to Waveney to hold their summer training camp, following the success of their first visit to the centre in 2008.

Visiting for the first time also in August was the Scottish National Women’s Team who enjoyed a week long training camp at Waveney. Sandy Richardson National Coach for the Scottish Squad said ‘An excellent venue and great support from the club made it easy for us to have a successful pre-season training camp‘.

A delegation from the Japanese Institute of Sports Science have also visited the club recently to view the facilities and assess their suitability as a training camp for the Japanese gymnastics and trampolining squads as a Pre London 2012 Training Camp.

The club are optimistic that following these successful visits the teams will be returning to Waveney in the not so distant future!


Bob Blizzard lends his support to our bid to attract an international team to Waveney!

Click here to view our page in the official London2012 Training Camp Guide.


View Suffolk Pre Games Training Camp Site here 


Look out for our official London2012 Pre-Games Camp Certificate which will on display at the club!

Friday 25 January 2008

News


Scottish Squads Come to Waveney!
 
The club are delighted to welcome the Scottish Commonwealth Gymnastics Teams to train at Waveney GC from 12th April to 16th April for their preparations for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
We look forward to their visit and will announce Open Training Session times, when you will be able to come along and watch them in action!
 
Changes to Early Years Timetable 12th to 16th April 2010 
 
Over the second week of the Easter Holidays we will be making some adjustments to our usual UNDER 5's timetable for 1 week only.
 
Pre school classes will be held as follows:
Tuesday 9.15am
Wednesday 1pm and 1.45pm
Thursday 1pm and 1.45pm
Please book in advance at the Front Desk for the                Pre -School session you would like to attend for this week only.
 
Parent&Me classes will take place as follows:
Monday 9am
Tuesday 1pm
Thursday 9am
Friday 9.30am
 
There will be a Music Group for babies and toddlers as usual on 13th April, in the conference room only.
 
Please note there will be no Fun4Toddler group during this week.
 
We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused, and thank you for your continued support.
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS !!
 Well done to Clark Gould who came 14th in the English Championship on Sunday 7th March.
Also big congratulations to all of our Tumblers who competed at Ipswich on 7th March, especially to Francesca Laurie who came 1st and qualified for National Finals, and Laura King who finished 2nd!! Well done to all of you!
 
Parent Meetings
Wednesday 10th March

5pm Pre School, Recreational Gymnastics/ Trampoline, Street Dance, Special Needs
 & Cheerleading

5.30pm Development Girls

6.00pm Development Boys

Please come along to ask any questions you may have about your club!


Easter Comps and Displays!
Come and support your children and our groups as they show off their skills and routines!

Taking place on Saturday 17th April from 1pm to 4pm we will be holding our Easter Festival for
Pre School
Special Needs
Recreational Gymnastics and Trampolining
Street Dance and Cheerleading

Entry slips will be given out soon, please get them back to us asap!

GIANT EASTER EGG DRAW!!

20p per square see Gordon or Tadhg on the front desk, choose your numbers and put your name and telephone number in your square!
The draw will take place at our Easter Festival on 17th April!!
Good luck!

WGC AWARDS!!!

Congratulations go to Giarnni Regini Moran who was announced as the ECGA Junior Male Gymnast of the Year and to our Chairman John Pawsey who was also received an award for service to Men's Artistic Gymnastics in the region.

Well done to both of you!

Click here to view photos!


Waveney Gymnastics Club was recently announ ced as Suffolk Sport Club of the Year, 2009! A real team effort well done to everyone!

Click here to read report!

We were also thrilled that our Chairman Mr John Pawsey won the Lifetime Achievement Award, congratulations to him from all at WGC!


Yellow Moon Fund Raising Catalogue
Fun packed educational toys, games, crafts etc!

Great gifts and wonderful products from just £2.99 and you will be helping to raise funds for your club!

Please click here to visit their website or see one of the catalogues at the club, place your order, quote our unique reference number: WWA06297 and your products will be delivered direct to your door!

We will then receive up to 25% cash back on every purchase to help towards our fund raising efforts! 


Thank you to everyone who took part in our summer displays, and those who came along and supported us!

WGC Merchandise!

We now have some great WGC items such, keyrings, frisbees, drinks bottles and sports bags all with our club logo on. They are great value for money and would make ideal gifts!
Ask on the front desk for more details.



NEW COMPETITION TRAMPOLINE ARRIVES!!

The club took delivery of its new Competition Trampoline this week, which was bought with a generous grant from Awards For All. The trampoline will be used by our Competition Development trampoline group and our Special Needs groups as part of their sessions.



KICKBOXECISE
A fantastic, fun new exercise class to get fit and learn some self defence, with non contact kick boxing moves.
Every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm.
Only £3.50 per session!


STAMP COLLECTORS!
We are now collecting all used stamps, mobile phones, and many other unwanted items to raise funds. You can't miss the orange collection boxes in the entrance and cafeteria area, so please collect as many as you can and drop them to us, we can convert them into funds at no cost to us!
Full details on our home page and on collection boxes at the club!
Thank you.

Jewellery Policy Guidelines
Just a quick note to all parent/carers . In accordance with BG guidelines , we operate a zero tolerance policy for any jewellery or piercing. The taping up of earrings will not be allowed unfortunately.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter, which is to ensure your child's safety at all times.

STREET DANCE CLASSES!!

A great  funky class open to everyone! Learn hip hop, street dance and freestyle moves.
Every Friday 6pm to 7pm
First session FREE
Only £3.00 per session.



 
Display at the Lion's Fete - Nicholas Everitt Park
Monday 25th August 2008

Thank you very much to everyone who took part, and came along and supported us for both of our displays.
The gymnasts were fantastic, and we had a great day!

WGC AT LOWESTOFT AIRSHOW!

Thank you very much to everybody who took part and supported us in our display at the Airshow on 24th July, especially to Will King, 'King of Shaves' who gave us a brilliant location in front of his Azor Razor Campaign Bus on Royal Green, as well as Apex Scaffolding, and P.J. Spillings who supplied the transport for our equipment  to and from the event.
We had a fantastic day, with hundreds of spectators at each of the three displays throughout the day and earned a mention on Beach Radio as well!
Well done to all the coaches who took part and volunteered throughout the day. 
Check out the King of Shaves blog and photos here.

BG Men's Artistic Gymnastics Elite Performance Squad @ WGC 
Monday 4th August - Friday 8th August

Read the write up from the Lowestoft Journ al


Youth Group
Monday nights sees our  Youth Group start at 6pm - 7.30pm.

This class is already proving popular with local Parkour groups, places are limited so please book yours now!
Age restrictions apply, please contact  us for details.


Welfare Officer Appointments

We have two new Welfare Officers at the club.
Wendy Mc Manus and Vikki Rogers join David Chipperfield and Kim Simpson on our Welfare Team.
You can contact them on our dedicated welfare
telephone number:
07724 194198 or
by letter addressed to the Welfare Team, Private & Confidential, which you can leave at Reception or place in the green letter box on the office door in the entrance hall. 
We will shortly be arranging for a dedicated Welfare Notice Board to be on display.

How it works!

As you will all be aware, June has seen our annual increase in fees. This year our increase has also taken into account the fact that instead of being closed for 4 weeks over the course of a year, we will now only close for 2 weeks. That is 1 week at Christmas, and 1 week in July where we have our annual service and equipment checks.  Now the fees are for 46 weeks training in the year, instead of the 44 weeks previously charged. There are still 4 weeks training, free of charge each year.    So don’t forget we are still open in the school holidays, and on Bank Holidays (unless they fall within one of our 2 closedown weeks).      
                                           

Great sponsorship opportunities available at your club!

A great way to get your message across to hundreds of people!
Prime location in our training hall from as little as £1.29 per day!

Contact Vikki for more details



Conference Room Hire/Corporate Events

Don't forget that our Conference room is available for hire for meetings, lectures, courses etc.

The Deli Box can also provide corporate lunches, snacks, breakfasts, hot drinks as required.

If you need a venue then don't forget to contact us for full details and prices.

Corporate Events can also be catered for at the club, team building exercises and activities.

Contact us for more details on our Corporate packages.

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