Term 1, 2024 Newsletter

What a great start we’ve had to the year! Our classes are filling up fast and we’re working to bring you even more classes to keep up with demand. See our latest recreational schedule here.  

We were privileged to receive new equipment this term from past fundraising effors. This included:  

• Uneven bars over pit  

• New pit edging  

• New trampoline  

• New platforms  

• Vault table  

• 2 x beams Spotting boxes  

• Mini tramp Crash mat 

Our new uneven bars and pit edging will be installed over and around the foam pit very soon. While this is in progress, we will take the opportunity to clean the foam pit and replace springs on the trampoline underneath. We will keep our members updated on our plans for a pit clean as the more helpers we have at the time the better! 

Our Easter raffle fundraiser will contribute to purchasing a cooling solution for the club as well as investing in coach and gymnasts workshops and additional training from external suppliers.

Senior competition season 

Our seniors have started their competition season with a bang.  

On the weekend of 9-10 March our senior gymnasts competed at the 2024 SEQ Regional Championships: It was a great first competition for the year with some amazing places.  

• Level 7 - Anika 5th Vault, Sophia 6th Beam Rose 6th place Beam, 5th place Floor and 6th place overall.  

• Level 8 - Rio 6th Floor, Alana 2nd Floor and 4th place Bars 

Great work to:  

• Level 7 U12 - Elise and Zahli  

• Level 7 U13 - Ava 

• Level 7 U15 - Anika and Sophia  

• Level 7 Opens - Rose 

• Level 8 U14 - Rio 

• Level 8 Opens - Diana, Alana and Amber  

On the weekend of the 23-24 March 2024, our Senior Gymnasts competed at the 360 Gymnastics Invitational. Special mention to the following gymnasts who placed: 

• Level 8 Open: Alana - 3rd Vault, 2nd Beam, 1st Floor, 3rd Overall. 

• Level 7 Open: Rose - 3rd Vault, 6th Bars, 4th Beam, 4th Floor, 4th Overall.  

Great work to:  

• Level 7 U13 - Zahli and Elise  

• Level 7 U15 - Anika and Sophia  

• Level 7 Open - Rose 

• Level 8 U14 - Rio  

• Level 8 Open - Amber and Alana 

A huge Congratulations to our Senior Gymnasts that took part in the 2024 State Championships from 4-8 April.

Our Level 7 and 8 gymnasts competed over 2 days against the rest of Queensland.

Level 7:

• U12 - Elise Williams and Zahli Harrison

• U14 - Anika Reid and Sophia Kun

• Opens - Rose Howard

Level 8:

• U14 - Diana Shtengelova and Rio Emmerson

• Opens - Alana Williams and Amber Menardo

A special mention to the following gymnasts who placed over the 2 days of competition.

• L7 U14 - Sophia Kun - 4th place Overall, 1st place Floor, 5th place Beam

• L7 Opens - Rose Howard - 5th place floor, 6th place Beam

• L8 Opens - Alana Williams - 2nd place Overall, 1st place Floor, 1st place Beam

With Alana Williams being selected to represent Queensland in the 2024 Level 8 Border Challenge.

A great weekend of achievements for all of the gymnasts. Thank you to our coaches for all the work you put in. And thank you to our parents for the support you give your gymnasts and the club. We can’t wait for the Junior Competition to start.

Easter raffle winners

Our annual Easter raffle was a huge success! We raised more than $1700. Thank you to everyone who supported our fundraiser. Please see the list of winners below: 

Congratulations to our best sellers: 

• Rio 

• Gracie 

• Kylah 

• Shaylah  

Congratulations to the following prize winners: 

• white framed picture - Samantha Warren  

• Black framed picture - Kris Gardoll  

• Michael Hill earrings/pamper kit - Malcom Hildebrand  

• Champagne Hamper - Francesca Stirling  

• Rum Hamper - Amy Goddard  

• Outdoor Games Hamper - Nichola Sinclair  

• Tommy girl perfume - Cathy Flower • Gymnast Hamper - Neil Emmerson  

• $20 Zarraffas Voucher - Ann Taylor  

• $50 Bunnings Voucher - Ann Taylor  

• Snap fitness 1 month - Gazza  

• Scentsy Basket - Havi Rogers  

• Ifly voucher - Kristin Cheong  

• Sheraton Accomodation - Kylah  

• $50 GMD Voucher - Tara Hart  

• GH Mumm Champagne bottle - Szilvia Szilaggi  

• Dendy Vouchers - Na Zhuo  

• Easter Basket 1 - Julie Sands  

• Easter Basket 2 - Ann Taylor  

• Easter Basket 3 - Alana Fitzpatrick  

• Easter Basket 4 - Maria Phillips  

• Easter Basket 5 - Kylah Bell 

Join our Committee

Did you know that Southport Gymnastics Club is run by a volunteer committee as it operates as a not-for-profit organisations?

We have three openings to join the committee as a general committee member, beginning ASAP.

Are you passionate about our club? Do you have an energic mindset to drive fundraising initiatives for the benefit of our members? We'd love to hear from you. The time you can donate is up to you, we appreciate that everyone has other commitments. The Committee meets every six weeks as a group.

Please send an expression of interest to committee@southportgymnastics.com.au.