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TERM 3 NEWSLETTER

As we all look forward to warmer weather, fun activities and lots of action, the club is heating up too!

During June we had a visit from Mrs Margie Abbott and the Mayor of Warringah Mr Michael Regan. It

was an honour for MWGC to be presented with an Australian flag for recognition of our contribution to

sport.

Australian Champions Tahnee Wickham and Darcy Ridhalgh proudly received the flag from Mrs Abbott.

The visit was in acknowledgment of the success of all the teams who attended National Championships

in Melbourne and California.

WHAT’S HOT AT MWGC?

ON THE FLOOR

Plans are underway for a few changes around the floor with some new equipment and some further

improvements.

The girls will be getting 2 new sets of uneven bars to replace the old acromat sets and the boys will

have a new set of parallel bars. The new apparatus will be supplied by Jansen Fritsen, the same brand

used at the larger competition venues.

Budgets have also been set for some new and much needed boxes and mats.

Another bit of fun that has come out of the Woodward trip is the warm up dance. On Saturday

mornings at around 10.30am you will see 10 minutes of fun for the entire gym, hopefully everyone will

get in on the action.

Check out the recent video on our Facebook page—a whisper has it that Xiaoqing can really move!

Our coaches are wearing some great new MWGC gear. We’re working on having the gear available to

the members soon too!

THE DRAWING BOARD

Plans are being finalised for the new MWGC Gymshop proposed for the Crèche’ area.

At this stage we have interest from GK, Sylvia P, Active Fitwear and a few other suppliers.

The shop will stock clothing, gym footwear and most gym supplies including grips and loops.

THE NEW BELL HAS ARRIVED!

This idea came back from the Woodward

trip.

All new skills will be celebrated with a

ringing of the bell!

Everyone in the gym can celebrate the

success with a cheer.

Huge thanks go out to Manly Gymnastics

Physiotherapy and Briggs Marine for the

donations to make it happen!

WOODWARD CALIFORNIA TOUR

The tour was incredible.

Special thanks go to Deb Jarrett and her crew at Woodward West for helping to make this trip a reality.

So many new friendships found and life long memories.

We interview Lilly Habel and here are her thoughts.

‘”I loved the trip to America, it was so fun. Woodward was the coolest place. It had skating,

cheerleading and gymnastics. The gymnastics facilities were amazing. There were great coaches and I

learned a lot and came home with lots of new skills. My favourite part of Woodward was making

friends and learning from new coaches.

After Woodward, we explored LA, which was so fun and a great experience. We went to Universal,

Hollywood, Santa Monica, Venice Beach and even saw the Hollywood sign.

I would really like to thank Sara and Donnie for doing a great job for taking care of us and also all the

coaches for making this amazing experience possible.”

To Corinne and Sara…A huge congratulations and thanks from all the Mums and Dads for your efforts

towards the fundraising.

Research is underway to try and organise a few of the US coaching teams at MWGC for summer clinics!

More info will be released soon.

MWGC wish to acknowledge and thank our tour sponsors,

Warringah Council, GK Leotards, Jedplumb, Vivid Property Services, Custom Finance, Yellow Brick Road

Dee Why and Ray White Real Estate Killarney Heights.

MEMBERSHIPS

At the half way mark of 2015 we had registered 2071 members. This is up from the same period last

year. Most of the growth has been through the under 5’s and new recreational opportunities which are

held outside the gyms busiest hours. We now have classes for most of Sunday and are looking at

continuing opportunities with extending for more under 5’s, schools and the disability program classes

to utilise all the available hours.

NEW CREW

A big welcome to our new coach Bogdan Nicolae Uruci.

“Bughy” will be working with the WAG team and also helping with a few other programs.

As a former Romanian elite gymnas and having coached recently in such locations as Dubai, he has lots

of experience to offer our club and the WAG girls.

Linda Jouault has also joined the administration team and already proving to be a great member of the

front desk team.

FAREWELLS

One of the true characters at MWGC has decided to leave for a new stage of her life.

Elsie Van der Saag has blessed us with her unique style for a few years and will be sadly missed.

From the entire team at MWGC we wish her all the best and hope to keep in touch.

IN THE COMMUNITY

Strong relationships have forged ahead within the local community. Warringah Council continue to

encourage and support our club with us receiving letters of congratulations from both the State and

Federal Governments.

As a part of our association with Dee Why RSL we are currently finalising a plan to provide a limited

number of complimentary passes to “adult gym” to support our returned soldiers who are battling with

Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. We are honoured to be a part of the new support strategy.

Huge thanks to Dee Why RSL for their continuing Sponsorship and the recent grant for the 2015-2016

year!

HIGH FIVES

Congrats go to Dominique Johnson, Kylie Massi and Sammy Wood for their outstanding results at the

World CrossFit Games in California.

Super Mum Kylie is now World Champion……..

COMPETITION RESULTS

2015 has been a great year, we are all really proud of the way all the gymnasts have performed. All squads have put in a huge effort and results are improving throughout the entire club. The coaches are really busy with the next run of competitions and we wish everyone good luck.

WAG Results

April 11th/12 April: NL 7-10 State Championships Rooty Hill

NL 7: Lucy Redfearn 2nd Bars

NL 8: Sophie Stuart 2nd Beam, Mali Garling 1st Bars

NL 9: Lina Van Hammond 2nd Vault

NL 10: Desnee Richter 1st AA, 2nd Vault, 2nd Bars, 2nd Floor, 1st Beam

18th/19th April: NL 6 State Championships Rooty Hill

NL 6: Amy Patrick 3rd Bars May 18th – 22nd May: NL 7-10 National Championships Melbourne, VIC

NL 8: Sophie Stuart 2nd Team

NL 10: Desnee Richter 2nd Team, 3rd Floor

Matilde Breth-Petersen

June 26th – 1st July: NL 7-10 Border Challenge Championships Sunshine Coast, QLD

NL 8: Jessica Villegas 1st Team

International Levels

IL 8:

Chloe Trisic, 1st AA, 2nd Vault, 2nd Bars, 2nd Beam

Alice Burton, 3rd AA, 1st Bars IL 7:

Lucy Stewart, 2nd AA, 2nd Beam

Lara McMicking, 1st Beam

Nichola Panos, 3rd Bars

Olivia Heckman, 3rd Floor

Lily Fitzgerald, 1st Bars

IL 6: o Aimee Faulkner, Gold o Liselotte Thelosen, Gold o Zaria Moujalli, Silver

MAG Results

Senior State Championships April 2015 Level 7 U/12

Thomas Mount Stephens 3rd in the All-round & MWGC Team 1st Place

(Thomas Mount Stephens, Lachlan Selleck, Daniel Kay, Lachlan Cameron & Jordan Wysman)

Level 7 Open

Nathan Drabbe 3rd in All-round event & MWGC Team 1st Place

(Nathan Drabbe, Warner Parsons, Austen Armstrong, Justin Takayasu & Ben Gerrans)

Level 8 Open MWGC Team 2nd Place

(Jonathan Harry, Ben Dempsey & Angus Laurie) Level 9 Under 17

Jae Nagel 1st Place in All-Round & Julien Horrocks 2nd Place in All-Round Level 9 Open

Rasmus Breth-Petersen 2nd in All-Round & MWGC Team 1st Place

(Rasmus Breth-Petersen, Joel Brown & Sam Crean) Level 10 Open

Cameron Malone 1st Place in All-Round & Jordan Papandrea 2nd place in All-Round

19 MWGC MAG gymnasts selected to compete at National Championships

Thomas Mount Stephens, Lachlan Selleck, Daniel Kay, Lachlan Cameron, Jordan Wysman, Nathan Drabbe, Warner Parsons, Austen Armstrong, Justin Takayasu, Jonathan Harry, Ben Dempsey, Angus Laurie, Jae Nagel, Julien Horrocks, Rasmus Breth-Petersen, Joel Brown, Sam Crean, Cameron Malone & Jordan Papandrea.

National championships results for MWGC Gymnasts:

Level 7 Under 12 boys Team 3rd place

Level 7 Open Team 2nd Place

Level 8 Open Jonathan Harry, Bronze Medal on High Bar, Team 2nd Place

Level 9 Open Rasmus Breth-Petersen 2nd in All-Round, Rasmus National Champion on Pommel & Parallel Bars. Sam Crean bronze medallist on Floor. Team 2nd Place

Level 10

Cameron Malone, 1st place in All-round, also National Champion on Floor & Vault, Bronze medallist on Pommel & High Bar.

Jordan Papandrea, 3rd place in All-round, also National Champion on Parallel bars & High Bar, silver medallist on rings.

Gymnasts and coaches selected onto the Australian National team as a result of National Championships.

Rasmus Breth-Petersen, Jordan Papandrea & Jae Nagel

Coaches Martin Shields & Ming Lu

MAG grand prix results so far:

GP one at MWGC, 20- 21st June

Level 2 Open

2nd place over-all Joshua Galang

3rd place over-all Sebastian Galang Level 3

1st place over-all Cai Evans Level 4

2nd place over-all Maximillian Hall Level 4 Open

2nd place over-all Level 5 Open

1st Place over-all Nicholas Hawkins Level 6

1st place over-all Saxon Glendinning

3rd Place over-all Minato Thomas Level 6 Open

2nd Place over-all Ethan Carlile MAG Grand prix2, Glendale 15th June Level 2 Open

1st Place over-all Nicholas Diefes Level 3

1st Place over-all Cai Evans Level 4 Open

1st place over-all Will Munro

3rd place over-all Nathan Roche Level 5 Open

2nd place over-all Nicholas Hawkins Level 6

2nd place over-all Saxon Glendinning Level 6 Open

2nd place over-all Ethan Carlile At the completion of Grand Prix 2 MWGC is currently lying in 1st place over-all with a total of 694 point,

second place team is 275 points behind with a score of 419. The boys are looking good at this stage to win this event for the 3rd year running.

TUMBLING

State age Championship, 28 March – SGAC Rooty Hill

Isabella Stein 1st in U13

Darcey Ridhalgh 2nd in U15

Jade McDonald 4th in U15

Alisha Brown 1st in U17

Madeline Wilson 2nd in U17

Tahnee Wickham 1st in 17+

Australian National Championships 27th May – Hisense Arena Melbourne

Isabella Stein 4th in U13

Darcey Ridhalgh 1st in U15

Tahnee Wickham 1st In 17+

FROM UPSTAIRS

THE BOARD

New members were elected to the MWGC Board at the AGM in April including Huey Hwang, Soren

Breth, Melinda Stewart and Lisiane Klein Vieira. Unfortunately Huey and Lisi have tendered their

resignations from the Board and several Board positions have been reallocated.

It is the aim of the board to seek nominations soon for a new member. This will result in a 7 member

board and ensure a 5 member independent majority.

The MWGC Board consists of:

Chairperson – Melinda Stewart

• Fellow of the Australian Human Resources Institute

• Member, Women in Banking & Finance Inc.

• Human Resources, payroll, HR systems, operations, people management experience

• Significant large-scale corporate senior leadership experience

• Global Head of HR Shared Services, ASX100 listed company in the construction industry

• Parent of WAG national levels and elite international level gymnasts

• Dedicated to the ongoing growth and success of MWGC

Treasurer – Soren Breth

Key account Senior Director with Oracle

10+ years in GM and Account executive positions

Strategic Planning and Business Development experience

B.Sc Business Admin & IT. Aarhus School of Business

B.Sc Business management, Information and Technology. Aarhus University

Parent of MAG and WAG national levels and international level gymnasts

Dedicated to the ongoing growth and success of MWGC

Secretary – Donalda Brown

Retired Competitive Gymnast

Accredited and practising coach for MWGC

Nationally accredited Gymnastics Judge

Parent of Current National level gymnasts-has 3 children currently at MWGC

Chaperone for multiple International Tours and National Competitions

Vice Chairperson—Martin Shields

General Manager & Head Men’s Coach

Level 2 Coaching Accreditation

2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 Men’s NSW Development Coach of the Year

2001, 2002, 2003 Australia Men’s Levels Coach of the Year.

Australian Team coach 2013

On the board of advisors for gymnastics in both NSW and Australia

Holder of a cert IV degree in business management

CEO – Ian Hardy

• Recipient of the 2013 Ian Stewart Award from Rotary Australia for services to the community

• Has held the roles of Vice President, President and CEO for over seven years

• Currently coaching and working in developing sports, active in multiple disability programs

• Accredited in Community Coaching by the AIS

• Business, development, project and facilities management experience

• Successfully overseen and driven the progressive growth of MWGC to where it is today

• Continues to campaign for better sports facilities throughout NSW

• Dedicated to the development of our youth and the entire community

Board Member- Neville Marsh

Founder and Life Member

Responsible for 37 years of service to gymnastics in the Warringah

Successfully managed and drove MWGC from 6 members to over 600.

Lifetime of background in business management, IT and financial management.

Honoured member and active assistant to MWGC

Compliance officer for Working with Children compliance, First aid and GA Accreditation

The Board has been meeting monthly since the AGM to review the financial, operational and strategic

direction of MWGC.

FROM LISI’S TEAM

Lisi is working tirelessly on new plans to modify our phone system. We are conducting a review and

proposed changes will assist staff with incoming call management. Lisi wants to thank her team for all

the hard work and support.

FROM MARTINS DESK

Well we are already half way through the year and our squad gymnasts so far in 2015 have excelled

once again.

This year we have produced national champions in Tumbling and Men’s artistic gymnastics, as well as

having 4 gymnasts selected onto the National Squad to represent Australia later this year in New

Zealand. Congratulations Desnee Richter, who has carried a few injuries for a long time to make it onto

the team,

Our junior competitive gymnasts are currently working hard and preparing for their state

championships later this year. There have been some good results along the way, but still a lot of focus

required leading up to competition.

The club has just returned from an overseas training camp in L.A. Both the girls and the boys got to

work with some great coaches and learned so much. This trip will be on the calendar again in the

future.

A NOTE FROM IAN

As you are all aware our plan is to hopefully move to a new purpose built facility at the Aquatic Centre

site within the next couple of years. This is an extremely exciting time for MWGC.

Support for the project has been received from Local, State and Federal government departments.

More info on the project is available through the link on our website but right now we are waiting for

the Council to complete the Environmental assessment. We’ve been advised that this should be

completed by the beginning of August. As soon as this is done we will be preparing and submitting our

formal proposal. Hopefully by November we will be able to present our final proposal.

9000m2 of land has been set aside and approved for the use of a new indoor gymnastics and multi

sports facility and also indoor courts and associated uses. Our aim is to finalise MWGC’s application for

the use of a large part of the site!

We’ve also had confirmation from the owners of the building that we will be staying at Cromer until we

move. Final amendments to the existing lease are being presented for signing.

Special thanks to Melinda and Soren.

The new Board is working through some new structures and ideas that I’m sure the benefits of all their

knowledge and experience will follow through to the entire club.

We have gone from strength to strength over the past few years and none of it is possible without a

great team. My thanks go out to entire crew at MWGC.

I look forward to the new facility project challenge ahead & know that the team effort, not just

internally but from the community support, will be greatly appreciated & proudly embraced by all our

members & their families.

OUR SPONSORS

We thank the following sponsors and supporters for their ongoing commitment to MWGC

Dee Why RSL

Carroll O’Dea Lawyers

The Beam Shop

Hobbs Technology

Amazon Power

Juliana Lisboa Nutritionist

SKILLS and TIPS

Clear hip circle to hand stand (Boys and Girls)

A good hollow cast is essential to develop a good back hip circle.

The most common mistake is to throw the head back to initiate the hip circle.

Head should be kept neutral. Shoulders should be dropped back aggressively to initiate the hip circle.

To learn this skill, work on backward rolls to handstand on the floor with arms straight.

If this is not done correctly it will make it difficult to perform on bars.

Also,

Use a wedge in the early stages and always focus on the correct shape.

GOOD LUCK and WORK HARD!

MWGC always values and invites member input. If you’d like to lets us know what you’re thinking

please email us at [email protected] and visit us at www.mwgymclub.com