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About The Club

Newport Olympic Gymnastics Club from Newport in Shropshire is a gymnastics club which is steadily growing in numbers with about one hundred and seventy members. The Club is a registered charity and a member of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association (British Gymnastics) and operates within their rules, and is affiliated to the West Midlands Amateur Gymnastics Association.

In 2008, the club was awarded GymMark accreditation for excellent work in development, training.and events programmes, duty of care and child protection, sports equity, ethics and administration. Accreditation is British Gymnastics’ endorsement of a quality run gymnastics club. Parents/Carers of children who are members of a GymMark club can feel confident that their children are enjoying gymnastics in a “safe, effective and child-friendly” environment.

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The Club caters for both girls and boys, ranging in age from three years up to seventeen. For the younger members there is a Pre-School group who have lots of fun in activity sessions on a Saturday afternoon. New members usually come in at beginner level (fitness and fun) where there are training sessions for both girls and boys aged between five and ten. If they show or gain the required skills, new members move up to the improver, development, floor & vault, pre-squad and squad groups. These groups learn a higher level of skills as artistic gymnasts as defined by the National Development Plan (NDP) within gymnastics.

At all levels, members are trained end encouraged to work for awards. At beginner and improver levels these are the British Gymnastics badges, and at higher level the National Development Plan grades. Gymnasts also participate in local, regional and national competitions. Selected squad gymnasts take part in TeamGym competitions. The club has a number of gymnasts (both girls and boys) who have been accepted into the County Squad.

The Club has a number of qualified coaching staff many of whom work on a voluntary basis. The boys Head Coach, Jason Tucker has much experience in gymnastics and represented Wales in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The coaches are helped by a Management Committee comprising mainly of parents who wish to become more involved in their children’s’ activity. Each coaching session is attended by a committee member co-ordinator to assist in the administration of the club and to answer your questions.

Being a member of Newport Gym Club provides young people with an opportunity to become involved in an active sport at grass roots level, which requires discipline and dedication. Those members who take their gymnastics seriously and get into the Club Squad not only have to come to club at least four times a week, but also have to undergo basic training and conditioning in their own time.

Each year the club holds an awards night. Sponsored cups and medals are awarded for achievement and effort over the year at beginner, recreational, junior and senior squad levels in both the girls and boys sections. The gymnasts also give demonstrations at a number of local shows and fetes in the area during the summer. The club also likes to get together on social occasions, such as summer barbeques which both the gymnasts and their parents enjoy.

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