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Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010

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“ In movement there is life, in change there is power ”

Alan Cohen

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Contents

Our Vision 4

Our Partner 5

Our Team 6

Chairman and CEO Message 7

ASC Message 9

Business Services Report 10

Membership Services Report 12

Pacific Rim Chairman’s Message 16

Men’s Gymnastics Report 18

Women’s Gymnastics Report 20

Rhythmic Gymnastics report 22

Trampoline Sports Report 24

Sport Aerobics Report 26

Gymnastics For All Report 28

Cheerleading Report 30

Acrobatic Gymnastics Report 31

Association Member Reports 34

National Squad Members 38

2010 Australian Champions 40

National Commission Members 43

2010 International Results 44

2010 National Award Recipients 48

Athlete Award of Distinctions 50

Roll of Honour 52

2010 Financial Report 54


Strategic Priorities

> Demonstrate the proven link between gymnastics, health and education, and secure government funds for implementation of projects and programmes.

> Adopt a national model for the operations of cheerleading and aerobics.

> Create a stronger presence in the 12-16 year old market.

> Implement a targeted national high performance plan to maximise Olympic medal opportunities.

> Offer integrated education to strengthen the career pathways for coaches, officials and administrators.

> Make more efficient the gymnastics systems and processes on a national wide basis.

> Investigate the pros and cons of a non-federated model, and if proven beneficial, gain agreement for implementation.

Patron The Hon Robert Ellicott Q.C.


OUR VISIONGymnastics is a lifestyle, not only a sport.

MISSIONTo promote, develop and increase participation in gymnastics from grassroots to elite through the provision of best quality programmes, products and services.

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Partners Life Members

Harry Morris VIC*

Bill Wilson NSW*

Jack Carey VIC*

Jim Brown NSW*

Jim Thompson SA

Lance Otto SA

Val Beitzel VIC*

Frances Crampton NSW

Jim Barry VIC

Ken Williamson VIC/ACT

Anne Bigham SA

Bob Wherrett TAS

Jeff Cheales QLD

Margaret Lanz VIC

Murray Chessell VIC

Mervin McKay VIC*

Sydney Hurle VIC*

Ian Irvine NSW*

Ernest Blamires NSW

Len Ransom QLD

Fred Austine NSW

Kay Stevenson SA

*Deceased

Gymnastics

Trampoline Sports

Ken Williamson President

George Tatai Vice President

Grant Harrison Elected Director

Val Beddoe Elected Director

Michael Burnett Elected Director

Margot Foster Appointed Director

Ian Bartlett Appointed Director

Daren Wolfe Men’s Gymnastics Technical Director

Helen Colagiuri Women’s Gymnastics Technical Director

Teresa Evans Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Director

Karon Williams Sport Aerobics Technical Director

Mike Kelso Trampoline Sports Technical Director

Andrew Saba Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Director

George Tatai FIG Council

Kym Dowdell FIG Women’s Technical Committee

Ian Bartlett Chairman

Naazmi Johnston Commission Member

Philippe Rizzo Commission Member

Damian Ryan Commission Member

Allana Slater Commission Member

Jane Allen Chief Executive Officer (Jan – March)

Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer (June - )

Nerine Cooper Cheerleading Program Manager (Jan – Oct)

Megan Currie Men’s & Women’s Gymnastics Program Manager

Suimai Hare Membership Administrator

Maris Haryadi Membership Database/IT Coordinator

Petrina Hutchinson Gymnastics For All Program Manager

Sue James Finance Administrator

Martin Kurz G-Educate Project Officer

Peggy Liddick Women’s National Coach

Karen Myers High Performance Manager

Rachel Millar Trampoline Sports & Acrobatic Gymnastics Program Administrator

Karen Norden Business Manager

Linda Pettit Education Manager/G-Educate Project Director

Jo Richards Women’s National Junior Development Co-ordinator

Geoff Rietschel Club Services/Membership Manager

Tim Robertson G-Educate Project Officer

Russell Smart Events Director

Hannah Snow Office Administrator (Jan – Oct)

Vladimir Vatkin Men’s National Coach

Karon Williams Rhythmic Gymnastics & Sport Aerobics Program Manager

Nikolay Zhuravlev Trampoline National Coach

FIG Representatives

Athletes’ Commission


Our 2010 Team

Board of Directors

Commission Chairpersons

National Office Staff

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CatherineClarkChiefExecutiveOfficer

President and CEO Report

2010 heralded a significant new chapter in the story of Gymnastics in Australia

The key highlights in 2010 were the outstanding performances at the Delhi Commonwealth Games and Lauren Mitchell becoming our first Women’s Artistic World Champion. GA successfully secured a record increase of $1.2 million per annum in new funding. There was a farewell to our CEO of 12 years, Jane Allen, and a welcoming of Catherine Clark as the new CEO.

High PerformanceIn 2010, there were two pinnacle benchmark events for our high performance gymnasts – the Delhi Commonwealth Games and the Rotterdam World Championships. The Men’s and Women’s Artistic and Rhythmic teams brought home a tremendous medal haul winning 21 medals in total at the Delhi Games, including 12 Gold medals. This was also a special achievement as it is the first time Australia has won all three team gold medals.

At World Championships, Lauren Mitchell took Gold on the Floor, Prashanth Sellathurai won bronze on Pommel and Naazmi Johnston achieved the highest ever placing for an Australian Rhythmic gymnast finishing 30th overall. Both Men’s and Women’s Artistic teams are successfully through to the next round of the Olympic qualification process.

This year Kieran Gorman added another significant achievement to his record in Aerobics. He was ranked number one in the World as he continued to deliver excellent results throughout 2010.

These fantastic high performance results would not be possible without the great work of our coaches and the partnerships between GA, the Australian Sports Commission, the Australian Institute of Sport, the Australian Olympic Committee, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association and the five State Institutes – Queensland Academy of Sport (Men & Women), NSW Institute of Sport (Men), Victorian Institute of Sport (Women), SA Institute of Sport (Men & Trampoline), WA Institute of Sport (Women).

These partnerships have been reinforced through GA’s move to a fully decentralised high performance program and the investment boost to GA’s Institutes’ network. From 2011, GA will double existing funding to State Institutes, in addition to providing a new stream of performance funding which recognises those State programs which are delivering the targeted results for the national program.

Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer

Ken Williamson President

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Capability and InfrastructureGA has also invested in building closer working relationships within the organisation, specifically with our State Association Members. GA recognises the crucial role that alignment and integration between the state and national levels plays in most efficiently utilising government funding and delivering value to members at the grassroots. High Performance and Participation funding submissions and associated planning have involved heavy consultation. Additionally, in 2010, GA launched a review of Cheerleading; the review will analyse governance, delivery and growth challenges with a view to developing a revised model which best caters for the growth and development of cheerleading in Australia. This is a major project and will be completed in late 2011.

Another major milestone was the completion of the first phase of the G-Educate project. The delivery of judging courses across the country represents a massive achievement in the redevelopment and repackaging of our education framework for judges. Thank you to everyone within the gymnastics community who has contributed to this major piece of work. Education and training are part of core business and GA continues to make a large commitment to developing attractive education pathways for the gymnastics community. Realistically, within resource levels, the road to a sustainable, high quality and modern education framework lies in taking a whole-of-sport approach. Such an approach will also let us gain full advantage from the sharing of knowledge across our gymsports.

EventsGA stepped up to a hefty event line up in 2010. GA delivered seven (7) National Championships in four States involving almost 3,000 athletes. GA also hosted the first Australian Gym for Life Challenge in Bendigo, whilst Melbourne hosted the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. The Pacific Rim event was a fantastic opportunity for the Australian community to see world class gymnasts in action.

This year saw the introduction of a subsidy for national judges who officiated at national championship events. This subsidy is an acknowledgement of the time and commitment made by our volunteer judges. GA thanks all the volunteers, coaches and judges who together make gymnastics events possible for our gymnasts.

FinancesAlongside the delivery of a very full operational plan, GA worked hard to maintain diligence and discipline in relation to financial aspects of organisational performance. Throughout the year and with a new CEO on board, reviews of GA’s financial operations have been undertaken. A budgeted deficit of $56,000 was expected for 2010 however a strong performance in this area has seen GA finish the year with a modest $50,000 surplus. This is a pleasing result as 2010 would have been the fourth consecutive year of budget deficit. Over the years ahead GA will seek to maintain solid reserves, an accepted best practice business strategy which provides a safeguard for business continuity.

MembershipCurrently GA has a membership of 126,700 athlete members, 3,900 technical members across 700 sites Australia-wide. There has been incremental growth in membership over the years and by working together, GA is excited by the potential to further strengthen our clubs, increase our membership base and expose more Australians to the wonderful sport of gymnastics.

AcknowledgementsDuring the year, GA said a sad farewell to long serving CEO, Jane Allen. Jane made an outstanding contribution to GA in all areas of the business. One of her most valuable contributions was the successful running of the 2005 World Championships which showcased Australian gymnastics to the World, along with our ability to produce a class gymnastics event.

The Board and CEO of Gymnastics Australia wish to acknowledge and thank the staff at GA and all the people involved in delivering gymnastics – clubs, technical commissions, coaches, judges and volunteers, at local, state and national levels.

President and CEO Report continued

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It is an honour to serve as the new Chair of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Board at this challenging and exciting period for our national sporting system.

The ASC and national sporting organisations (NSOs) have long spoken of a shared ambition to strengthen relationships between all system partners involved in Australian sport.

Aligned with this ambition, the Australian Government is now encouraging a whole-of-sport reform agenda, aimed at establishing a more collaborative, efficient and integrated sports system.

Through new direction for sport ‘Australian Sport: the Pathway to Success’, the ASC will work closely with sport to achieve its main objectives; boost sports participation and strengthen sporting pathways while striving for international success.

The reform agenda seeks for the ASC to assist to provide stability and support for all sporting organisations in their pursuit of a shared, common

purpose; creating a better sporting pathway for all Australians, from the grassroots up.

The ASC will implement the new direction, and this includes collaboration with all NSOs to allocate a record amount of new sports funding – committing an extra $195 million over the next four years.

This funding is in addition to the current ongoing baseline funding for NSOs. Also, the ASC will assist sporting organisations with access to coaching and officiating programs, governance support, planning and education opportunities and assistance with becoming more inclusive – particularly in the areas of Indigenous sport, sport for people with a disability, sport for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and women’s sport development programs.

This is the first time key sport partners, such as state and territory institutes and academies of sport and state and territory departments

of sport and recreation, have collaborated on a Commonwealth funding decision in the interests of Australia’s sporting future.

This is an exciting time for all of us involved in Australian sport. With significant new funding from the Australian Government, sports will be better positioned than ever before to lead the drive for higher participation levels and strong success on the sporting field by promoting the unique nature of their sport, creating a legacy and a lasting impression for communities across the country.

The ASC will continue to work with all NSOs, the state and territory institutes and academies of sport and state and territory departments of sport and recreation, reinvigorating access to, and participation in, sport across the community and driving Australia’s continued sporting success.

Message from the Australian Sports Commission

From the Hon. Warwick Smith AM

A challenging and exciting period for our national sporting system.

The Hon. Warwick Smith AM Chairman Board of the Australian Sports Commission


2010 was a challenging, but rewarding, year. The National Office staff farewelled long standing CEO Jane Allen, delivered an international event in the interim period without a CEO and in June welcomed new CEO, Catherine Clark.

The Business Unit continued to address GA’s systems and processes on a national basis through the use of iMIS, the national database. In 2010 work continued in preparing the national database to underpin an e-commerce platform. While it was anticipated that online purchasing would be trialled in 2010, the upgrade to the National database was a little more complicated than first thought. The complexity of the sport and the different requirements for each of the gymsports has resulted in extensive customisation of the national database. This delay pushed back the launching of the online GymShop until 2011.

Gymnastics Australia implemented a new initiative for members who purchased a gymsports National Levels Program manual or CD during 2010. The purchase of any gymsport National Levels resource also came with a subscription to any updates that may be released. This initiative

now provides Affiliated Clubs and Technical Members online access to any of the updated manuals throughout the cycle of the resource. More of these online initiatives will be rolled out during 2011 and 2012.

The upgrade to the national database was performed in-house, utilising the expertise of GA staff and contractors. This upgrade has placed Gymnastics Australia in a terrific position and will enable the organisation to roll out a range of online initiatives.

EventsIn 2010 the two best female gymnasts on the planet, World all-around champion Bridget Sloan and silver medallist Rebecca Bross, headed down under for the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.

From the 28th April to 2nd May 2010, Gymnastics Australia was host to the Pacific Rim Championships a major biennial gymnastics competition open to teams from member nations of the Pacific Alliance of National Gymnastics Federations, which included the U.S.A., China, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia.

The Championships saw four days of exciting competition, providing Melbourne sports fans with a fantastic opportunity to see the world’s best in the lead up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The four disciplines; Men’s & Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampolining were held at two different venues. The logistics of this event while at first a little daunting was ably managed by George Tatai, Chairman of the Organising Committee and Russell Smart, GA Event Manager.

Once again dedicated volunteers were the backbone of this event. With the GA office on skeleton staff, volunteers and past staff rallied to ensure the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships was a well run event.

Along with the International event the GA Event Team in partnership with the State Associations delivered seven National Championships, in four States across Australia, involving 2,820 competitors and 208 accredited judges. These events were co-ordinated around the July and September school holiday periods with events either running concurrently or back to back.

Business Services Report

KarenNordenBusiness Manager

GA is excited about the future and looks forward to embracing the opportunities, challenges and changes that lie ahead in 2011

Karen Norden – Business Manager

Western Australia hosted, during the July school holiday period, both the Women’s and Rhythmic National Championships for the second year in a row. Once again the GWA staff and volunteers partnered with GA to showcase two of our Olympic gymsports. These two events were used as the lead into the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi for our international athletes.

Straight after the two events in Western Australia the Event Team headed back across the Nullarbor to run the third of our Australian Championships. In partnership with Gymnastics ACT the Men’s Australian Championships were held in the AIS Arena in Canberra, moving from Queensland where it had been held the previous year.

While the Men’s, Women’s and Rhythmic Australian teams were gearing up for the Commonwealth Games, in late September the Australian Trampoline Sports Championships was soaring to new heights. Being held at the ETSA Park in Adelaide for the second time the continued support from Gymnastics SA and the Trampoline community ensured the success of this event.

There was no rest for the Event Team as October saw three Australian Championships go back to back. The Australian Grand Cheerleading Championship saw an amazing 1,101 competitors (which was a 25% increase from the previous year), cheer, dance, stunt and tumble through two days of high energy competition. The excitement from the cheerleading event continued into the Sport Aerobics Australian

Championships and culminated in the Australian AEROSkools Championships. The Sport Aerobics championships also saw a healthy increase of 185 in competitor numbers. Both Australian Championships were held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne.

The final event for the year was the Australian Acrobatics Gymnastics Championships. This event was held in the Marion Leisure Centre in Adelaide. While South Australia is not known for its Acrobatic Gymnastics, taking this event to Adelaide was a perfect way to promote this incredible gymsport. The gymnastics community of South Australia embraced this event and supported once again the Event team.

Successfully staging multiple National Championships in a hectic schedule could only happen with the support of the many valued volunteers and in particular the National Commission Members who are an integral part of the GA Event Team.

The running of seven National Championships is truly a team effort and thanks needs to be extended to the entire GA Event Team comprising of the National Gymsports Commissions, Association Members, clubs and volunteers, Dr Don McIntosh and Dr Kathy Yu as well as the GA staff. This dedicated team of people band together to deliver these national events under the competent direction of the GA Event Manager Russell Smart, a logistic whiz.

In 2011 the GA Event Team will be looking at further enhancing the event experience for competitors and spectators, so watch this space as you may see a few new initiatives!

ClosingGA is fortunate to have a team of dedicated and talented staff who continue to deliver high quality services to the members. There were a few changes in the National Office Staff throughout 2010. Hannah Snow has gone on to pursue her career in Early Childhood care and Nerine Cooper left GA to pursue her passion for Cheerleading. Nerine held many roles over the 11 years she was with GA, being instrumental in the implementation of the Club 10 program and in recent years, managed the sport of cheerleading. The team at GA thank Nerine for her commitment and energy over the years and wish her all the best in her future endeavours.

GA is excited about the future and looks forward to embracing the opportunities, challenges and changes that lie ahead in 2011. As always, we will continue strive to improve the support and services to our members.

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The sport continues its’ trend of participation growth with athlete and technical membership increasing in 2010. Athlete membership at clubs rose to its’ highest levels recorded with in excess of 126,700 athletes registered in affiliated clubs throughout 2010. Gymnastics also prepared for greater recognition of the positive impact clubs are having in the sporting landscape, with the ability to better recognise casual participants and participation of marginalised communities.

Technical Membership also continues to grow, with the number of individual members holding coaching, judging or dual accreditations reaching 3,900. Of these members, 1,398 capitalised on the considerable 60% discount by completing the latest online resource, Managing Inclusion in Gymnastics (MIG).

Once again clubs continued to grow their programs, not only by participants, but by venues, with gymnastics being delivered in over 700 sites. The net result being for every three clubs affiliated, four venues are utilised to provide gymnastics programs. In 2011 GA expects Athlete Membership to exceed 130,000 and Technical Membership to exceed 4,000.

Club 10 Quality Assurance Program2010 saw clubs participate in a pilot of online interaction for clubs submitting for audit and we look forward to rolling out further features in 2011 to the benefit of all clubs. GA and the State Association Members again committed to providing reward to clubs through their work in the Club 10 program, continuing the popular public liability rebate scheme.

The Club 10 Program continues to be recognised by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) as a key asset for gymnastics and the envy of other sports. GA has once again been involved in the development of national sporting resources based on our expertise with the Club 10 program, this year participating in a working group to establish a Club Health Check applicable to all sports.

EducationGymnastics Australia’s responsibility to govern multiple Gymsports has stretched resources but also strengthened a resolve to work smarter and streamline the business. Realistically (i.e. within resource levels), the road to a sustainable, high quality and modern education

framework lies in taking a whole-of-sport approach. Such an approach involves all parts of the organisation and all Gymsports.

It is rewarding to report that the redevelopment of the judges’ accreditation framework and content [National Officiating Accreditation Scheme (NOAS)] initiated in 2009 and continued in 2010, has achieved many of the strategies outlined above for the G-Educate project.

The project process is not just about the re-development of the Coaching & Officiating framework, it’s about making the best use of available resources, about engaging with members of the Gymnastics community for improved mutual benefit, improving and simplifying processes and reducing the time and effort required of volunteers to maintain the education systems.

The number of judges trained and the increase of the Officiating Presenter network is exciting with a net result of 1,351 Technical Members who accessed new G-Educate accreditations as of December 2010. This effort was significant as trends were indicating a decline in the number of judges for the 2009-2012 Cycle and this has now been addressed with G-Educate.

Membership Services Report

In 2011 GA expects Athlete Membership to exceed 130,000 and Technical Membership to exceed 4,000.

Geoff Rietschel – Manager of Membership Services and Capability

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The highlight of the G-Educate Judging course re-development was the attainment of NOAS accreditation status from the Australian Sports Commission for: Beginner, Intermediate, Intermediate Bronze, Advanced and Advanced Silver courses within the respective Gymsport platforms.

Working groups were established to begin the re-development of the coaching courses [National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)] in particular initially focusing on a new entry level course, the Orientation course and the Skill Library that will support training at all accreditation tiers for judges and coaches.

This vision would not be possible without the support from the technical community and State Association Members. GA acknowledges your outstanding contribution and partnership throughout the year.

Acknowledgement and thanks must be extended to Linda Pettit and the Education team for their long hours, hard work and great results throughout this project.


STATE 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

ACT 1,800 1,745 2,300 2,674 2,746 2,672 2,619 3,141 3,152 3,194 3,258

NSW 19,735 22,793 25,393 27,647 28,269 29,526 29,613 32,371 35,044 34,260 36,834

NT 1,164 1,197 1,175 1,142 1,089 1,088 1,285 1,438 1,463 1,426 1,189

QLD 15,598 18,010 20,261 20,740 21,918 24,991 27,370 28,908 29,972 29,811 30,036

SA 11,071 14,846 14,059 14,678 14,470 14,277 13,969 14,429 13,761 13,491 13,584

TAS 1,385 1,762 2,555 2,421 2,365 2,588 2,666 2,677 2,874 3,236 3,238

VIC 16,339 16,283 18,683 19,343 21,590 22,348 24,360 25,281 26,250 27,498 29,491

WA 6,136 6,989 6,377 5,823 5,923 7,334 9,364 9,339 8,710 8,949 9,106

TOTAL 73,228 83,625 90,803 94,468 98,370 104,824 111,246 117,584 121,226 121,865 126,736

STATE 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

ACT 7 8 9 9 7 6 6 8 7 5 5

NSW 179 185 196 166 173 176 173 177 177 181 182

NT 10 11 11 8 8 7 8 7 7 6 6

QLD 139 139 139 136 131 131 131 131 127 120 121

SA 110 102 106 98 90 82 77 79 72 74 71

TAS 18 18 14 13 13 15 16 14 14 13 15

VIC 117 103 112 104 103 96 97 96 94 89 91

WA 54 54 65 49 46 51 51 52 51 52 46

TOTAL 634 620 652 583 571 564 559 564 549 540 537

STATE 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

ACT 39 38 32 43 44 50 54 61 84 88 96

NSW 905 852 896 985 918 942 982 958 1,063 1,049 1,142

NT 56 55 44 47 44 47 49 48 45 43 43

QLD 484 606 579 625 644 681 711 780 786 753 747

SA 234 238 278 265 282 273 319 314 334 336 352

TAS 73 63 67 61 84 85 86 95 113 111 119

VIC 636 612 633 698 733 748 786 841 848 861 942

WA 232 221 214 203 224 229 247 292 390 432 420

GA 8 8 19 20 11

TOTAL 2,667 2,693 2,762 2,947 2,973 3,055 3,234 3,389 3,663 3,673 3,872

Membership Statistics

Technical Members (Coaches and Judges)

Athlete Membership

Affiliated Clubs

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200

100

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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4000

3500

3000

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010


Dear Gymnastic Friends,

On behalf of Gymnastics Australia and the Organising Committee, I wish to thank all who contributed to the successful running of this event in Melbourne in April 2010.

This was a unique competition held simultaneously in 2 different venues, kilometres apart, and involved all of our Olympic disciplines. This presented the Committee with the unusual challenge of literally having to duplicate everything at each venue. Thanks to the quality of staff and volunteers, the challenge was met and both venues ran their events successfully.

The Championships were attended by over 160 gymnasts from 11 Federations including the “power house” nations of China, Japan, Russia and USA. The modified team format of juniors and seniors in a combined team provided spectators with the unique opportunity to see the current and future champions at the same time. The event also doubled up as the qualification to the Youth Olympic Games for the Oceania Region, and provided our gymnasts with invaluable experience and competition in preparation for the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships later in the year.

As usual, the Championships could not have been run without the magnificent efforts of our many volunteers. I would like to especially thank these “gymnastic junkies” for the enormous amount of time they gave to this event. Many had volunteered previously for the 2005 World Championships and 2006 Commonwealth Games, and for this reason their experience ensured a smooth operation and a friendly environment for our overseas visitors. I received a number of compliments after the event, on how well the competitions ran and the friendliness and knowledge of our staff and volunteers.

Without sponsors, major events just do not happen. I wish to convey my thanks to the sponsors whose contributions enabled us to run this event. Thank you to the Australian Sports Commission and Victorian Government for their cash contributions, to the Australian Commonwealth Games Association for its continued funding support of our athletes, to Toshiba for providing the TV Screens for scores to be displayed, and to Acromat for providing the equipment.

Finally, thank you to the GA staff for their enormous efforts. All staff were involved in the event at some stage. Many had to deal with their daily duties as well as putting in extra time for this event, none more than Russell Smart, who due to the departure of Jane Allen had to step up and take on a greater role to ensure the success of the championships. Well done Russell. In addition, Karen Norden also deserves special mention as she was always one of the first to arrive and last to leave each day of the event. Both these staff were well supported by Rachel Millar and Justin Lampard prior to and during the championships.

Once again, congratulations to all involved in the Pacific Rim Championships, it was a memorable and successfully staged event.

George Tatai Chairman 2010 Pacific Rim Championships Organising Committee

Pacific Rim Championships

Message from the Chairman of the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships organising committee

George TataiChairman2010 Pacific Rim Championships Organising Committee

Congratulations to all involved in the Pacific Rim Championships, it was a memorable and successfully staged event.

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The Championships were attended by over 160 gymnasts from 11 Federations including the “power house” nations of China, Japan, Russia and USA

The highlight in 2010 was undoubtedly winning the gold medal in the Team competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India; an historical first for Australian Men’s Gymnastics. The team of Josh Jefferis (QLD), Prashanth Sellathurai (NSW), Sam Offord (SA), Thomas Pichler (QLD), and Luke Wiwatowski (NSW), acquitted themselves well, winning 4 of the 6 apparatus gold medals on offer, and Josh backing up to win the bronze medal in the All Around competition.

This was followed shortly thereafter by the World Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Prashanth Sellathurai continued his successful campaign on Pommel Horse, winning a Bronze medal on this apparatus, making it two years in a row that he has ranked third in the world in this event at World Championships. The Australian men’s team placed 18th in the Team competition, keeping the pathway open for a possible team selection for the 2012 London Olympics.

At the Australian Championships, Sam Offord retained his Senior National Champion title, while Tyson Bull (VIC) won his first Junior National Champion title. Queensland won the Cheales-Williamson Shield

for the fifth time and Australia retained the Trans-Tasman Trophy. Based on results from Nationals, twelve of the country’s best Level 7-9 Open gymnasts were selected for the Australian Open Levels Tour to compete at the Peter Vidmar International in Los Angeles, USA in March 2011.

After a one year break, National Club Championships returned to the competitive calendar; being capably hosted by Gymnastics Victoria at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre. With revised rules and a change of timing from December to September, this event attracted more than 230 competitors. Based on feedback from the NAC, the rules have been further revamped for this event for 2011 and beyond.

Implementation of the strategy to discontinue a handful of AIS residential scholarships to allow better utilisation of AIS facilities as the platform for a focused camps based program for up to 20 senior and junior gymnasts, coincided with the expiry of Vladimir Vatkin’s employment contract as AIS Head Coach and National Coach. Karen Myers and John Curtin (National High Performance Managers) worked with the 3 residential scholarship holders

to assist them in making a smooth transition to their chosen training environment for 2011. These athletes are crucial to Australia’s future success on the international stage, and it is important that all 3 gymnasts were, and continue to be, supported through this process. This strategy also involved the advertising and recruitment of the National Coach position which prompted strong interest both domestically and internationally. For the first time, this role will be independent of any individual high performance centre. John Curtin was successful in being appointed National Coach, and has already hit the ground running. On behalf of GA and the Men’s Gymnastics National Commission, sincere thanks are extended to Vladimir Vatkin for the significant contribution that he has made to men’s gymnastics in Australia over the past decade, including recognition as International Coach of the Year 5 times. Vlad is wished well for the future.

Thanks are extended to all of the National Commission members – Paul Szyjko, John Curtin, Rohan Kennedy, Vladimir Vatkin, and Artistic Program Manager, Megan Currie, for their contributions and support throughout the year.

Men’s Gymnastics

Pictured right > PrashanthSellathurai on Pommel Horse

Daren Wolfe – National Technical Director

Historical First – winning gold in the Team competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi


Daren WolfeNational Technical Director

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Prashanth Sellathurai continued his successful campaign on Pommel Horse, winning a Bronze medal on this apparatus, making it two years in a row that he has ranked third in the world in this event at World Championships.

The first major event for 2010 was the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne in April. Although Australia’s top gymnasts could not compete at this event the Australian gymnastic community took advantage of the opportunity to see many world class gymnasts. This event, the pre-Olympic Youth Cup (Germany, in May) and the Youth Olympic Games (Singapore, in August) provided excellent opportunities for a number of the Australian junior girls to gain international experience. Angela Donald achieved her first international medal placing third on Beam at the Youth Olympic Games.

The Australian senior girls’ results at Commonwealth Games were outstanding - 1st placed Team, 1st, 2nd and 3rd All Around and numerous apparatus medals. This team, with the addition of two more seniors (Larrissa Miller, Georgia Simpson), then went on to the World Championships and maintained Australia’s sixth place ranking. These results are a direct outcome of the hard work of these girls, their personal coaches and the National Coach Peggy Liddick.

The Australian Championships for international and national gymnasts were held in Perth in July. The event had fantastic support from the volunteers in the Western Australian gymnastics community. The Championships were followed by an international development camp which was attended by gymnasts from programs across the country. A second international development camp was held in December at the Australian Institute of Sport. The numbers and standard of the girls attending these camps is a direct reflection of the work done by Jo Richards, National Junior Development Coordinator in the WAG international development program.

Judge education was a major focus in the first half of 2010. New judges’ courses in all levels were developed as part of the new G-educate program. Although the new content and structure of the courses necessitated many hours of training for presenters and candidates, all agreed that these new courses are a huge improvement on what existed previously. All States in Australia ran courses to update judges in both

the National Levels Program and the National Development Program.

Throughout the year the sport was led by the Sport Technical Commission with advice and assistance from the Elite Management Committee and the Advisory Committee. These committees must be acknowledged for the time and tireless effort they put into developing and maintaining the high standard of Australian Women’s Gymnastics.

Thanks go to all the members of the National Commission – Jill Wright, Desiree Cassaine, Michelle De Highden and Peggy Liddick and the State Sport Management Committees. Thank you also to the staff at Gymnastics Australia, and especially to the Artistic Program Manager Megan Currie.

Women’s Gymnastics

Helen ColagiuriNational Technical Director

Pictured right > Lauren Mitchell wins Gold

2010 was Lauren Mitchell’s year - Commonwealth Champion, World Champion on Floor and numerous other medals at World Cup events.


Helen Colagiuri – National Technical Director

Much work has been done again in the areas of the Rhythmic Gymnastics National Program Resource and the Judging Courses. The National Program Resource underwent a review in August and it is hoped that this review will assist coaches and judges in understanding and applying the rule requirements in training and competition. For the many volunteers who have worked on these projects I thank them for their time and effort.

In 2010 there was a major change in preparing RG athletes for the World Championships in September, Moscow, Russia and the Commonwealth Games in October, Delhi, India. The Elite Management Committee agreed for the Commonwealth Games Shadow Squad gymnasts to remain in Australia and attend a number of training camps as well as competing at state events in Sydney and Perth to gain competition experience in the lead-up to the selection trials at the RG National Championships in July. This allowed the available funding to be used in a much more productive and effective way. This initiative was well supported by the Brevet Judges who were able to assist the coaches and gymnasts by providing them with valuable performance feedback.

In July 2010, the National Championships were held in Perth. Once again this event ran smoothly thanks to the efforts of Gymnastics Australia staff and the many volunteers who worked day and night for the week. The continuation of the group competition at the National Championships was well supported by all states and it is hoped that this competition will continue to grow. Once again GA was fortunate to have gymnasts from New Zealand compete at the event and judges to help spread the judging work load.

In September, for the third year, an RG Levels Tour travelled to Hamilton, New Zealand for the 2010 Gymsports New Zealand RG National Championships. Australia’s gymnasts performed very well with the majority of them winning a medal to highlight their competition success. Many thanks go to Jo Edinger who took on the role of Team Manager again and to the team coaches for preparing the athletes for competition and caring for them while on tour.

One of the biggest competitions for the year was the 2010 FIG World Championships held in Moscow, Russia. A very strong team consisting of Naazmi Johnston (NSW), Janine Murray (WA), Danielle

Prince (QLD) and Enid Sung (NSW) improved Australia’s team ranking to 19th position. Naazmi continued to excel achieving Australia’s best ever result in the All Around competition placing 30th, which is a testament to Naazmi’s hard work and experience. For the first time in many years an Australian group competed at the World Championships. The opportunity to test their skills and learn from others provided them with valuable international competition experience. It is hoped that coaches continue to focus on the group division to place Australia in a good position for the future.

The culmination of four years’ hard work by RG athletes was realised in New Delhi at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Naazmi Johnston, Janine Murray and Danielle Prince made Australia proud for their outstanding 1st place in the Team Competition. More success was achieved by Naazmi Johnston in winning the All Around Competition and 3 more medals in the Apparatus Finals. Special thanks go the coaches who prepared the girls for competition – Danielle Le Ray, Krasi Yurukova and Edith Peluso. Their efforts helped make the 2010 Commonwealth Games a memorable experience for all involved in RG across Australia.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Teresa EvansNational Technical Director

Pictured right > Ayiesha (Naazmi) Johnston

What an exciting year RG has had culminating with the great success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India.


Teresa Evans – National Technical Director

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Thanks go to the RG Program Manager, Karon Williams, who is always there to prod and remind the sport to keep working efficiently for the benefit of Rhythmic Gymnastics. To National Commission members – Gina Peluso, Jo Edinger and Virginia Elliott, thank you for your enthusiasm and great input into all projects and tasks. It is greatly appreciated.

Thank you to the National Sub-Committees for their ongoing work and to the State SMCs who assist and keep the Commission informed of what is happening in their state. Thank you and welcome to the new CEO Catherine Clark and to all Gymnastics Australia staff for their support, assistance and guidance as always.


2010 was a year packed with selection competitions for what has been the busiest international events schedule for many years with the trampoline community electing to send teams and individuals to the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne in April, Indo-Pacific Championships in Japan in June, World Age Group Games and World Open Championships in Metz France and Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August. Providing officials for these events proved to be a challenging task and thanks are extended to all coaches, judges and team management who volunteered their time and energy to ensure that the tours went ahead and gymnasts had the opportunity to represent their country at international level.

The first major international event on the trampoline calendar for 2010 was the Pacific Rim Championships. Hosted by Gymnastics Australia in Melbourne, this event saw New Zealand and Australian athletes competing against each other for the right to represent Oceania region in the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August. With strong representation from Canada, China, Russia, New Zealand and host country Australia, there were some exceptional performances.

In team events, the Men’s trampoline team of Ben Wilden, Blake Gaudry, Patrick Cooper and Riley Glazebrook won silver medals behind the top-placed Chinese team, leaving Russia and Canada in the minor places.

Ben Wilden finished the preliminary round of the Senior Men’s Trampoline sharing the top position with Chinese athlete Zan Jie. Blake Gaudry was placed in fourth position. However, neither athlete was able to capitalise on this great start and finished in sixth and seventh places respectively. The competition was won by 2008 Olympic silver medallist Jason Burnett from Canada.

In the Senior Women’s trampoline competition, Aslin Styles achieved sixth position, while Australia won a silver medal and 3 bronze medals in synchronized events. This was Australia’s best showing in the history of its participation in the Pacific Rim Championships.

Special thanks must go to all who volunteered their services at this event, particularly Chuck Smith who is the Pacific Alliance of National Gymnastic Federations (PANGF) Trampoline Technical Coordinator and a driving force behind GA’s continued support of this event.

The final trials for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August were held in Brisbane at the State Age and Open Championships on the 12th and 13th June. Contesting the two trial events were Madeleine Johnson (VIC), Natalie Skinner (SA), Eva Kierath (WA), Riley Glazebrook (QLD), Matthew Weal (NSW) and Patrick Cooper (QLD).

Patrick Cooper and Madeleine Johnson were the highest scoring

athletes from the two trial events and were recommended to the AOC for selection in the Youth Olympic Games team. At this inaugural event in Singapore, Patrick finished in tenth place after failing to complete his second voluntary routine. Madeleine competed well entering the final in seventh place and improving her position to finish in sixth place overall.

An Australian team contested the Indo-Pacific Championships in Kakegawa, Japan from 29th June – 3rd July 2010. Australian athletes performed exceptionally well to win 4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals in Open events, while the Age competitors managed 6 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals.

Damian Ryan announced his retirement from competition at the Indo-Pacific Championships. Damian has had a long and successful career as an athlete, coach and team official at State, National and International level and will continue to serve the sport through his role as a member of the GA Athletes’ Commission, coach and as an international judge.

A much reduced team competed at the World Open Championships and World Age Group Games in Metz, France in November. Jack Penny (TAS) performed strongly in the Men’s Open DMT to qualify in second place for the finals. Jack finished the competition in fifth place, arguably the best performance by an Australian competitor at the 2011 World Championships.

Trampoline Sports

2010 has been the busiest international events schedule for many years.

Mike Kelso – National Technical Director

Pictured right > Blake Gaudry

Mike Kelso National Technical Director

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overall entries athlete performances reflected the standard expected at a National event. Refinements made to the previous year’s program, combined with a skilled and generous volunteer workforce, resulted in an event that ran smoothly and according to schedule.

As a move to foster the junior athletes, Jarrod Heriot (Cheltenham) was appointed as Junior Coaching Development Coordinator by the Trampoline Sports Commission in early 2010. Jarrod assisted National Coach, Nikolay Zhuravlev at the 2009 World Championship, was Head Trampoline Coach for the World Age Group Competition and a very popular appointment within the trampoline community. In what is hoped will become an annual event, Jarrod organised

and hosted a highly successful junior development clinic for Junior National Squad members in early December.

Towards the end of the 2010 year, appointments to the Trampoline Commission were renewed. For 2011-2012, the Commission will consist of Technical Director – Mike Kelso, National Judging Coordinator – Darren Gillis, Commission Members – Belinda Cox and Ben Kelly and National Coach – Nikolay Zhuravlev.

Trampoline and the Commission have been well-served in 2010 by the Sports Program Administrator, Rachel Millar and by the staff at Gymnastics Australia, without whose efforts the results in 2010 may not have been what they were.

Age competitors Eva Kierath (Individual Trampoline), Georgia McMahon and Abbie Watts, Eva Kierath and Natalie Skinner (Synchronised Trampoline) produced the outstanding performances of the Age Group Championships to reach the finals of their events.

On a domestic level, National Clubs Championships were held in Hobart on the 31 July and 1 August. These were attended by 25 clubs, which was a great attendance given the distance many were required to travel. Tumbling was well-represented with athletes contesting short-track events in both levels and age divisions.

ETSA Park Adelaide was once again the venue for the National Championships in late September. While this event attracted fewer

2010 was a busy and rewarding year for Sport Aerobics. National and Development Squad athletes competed at international events including the FIG World Championships in June, Rodez, France, FIG World Series events in May in Conversano, Italy, ANAC International Aerobic Championships in July, Las Vegas, USA, Suzuki World Cup in April Tokyo Japan and the Gymsports New Zealand National Championships in September.

The highlight of the year was Kieran Gorman achieving the number 1 ranking in the world based on his 2010 FIG achievements. Kieran is an outstanding athlete who typifies an elite world class athlete focused on achieving his international goals. In July Chelsea Carroll retained her Age Group 2 Individual Female title at the 2010 ANAC International Aerobic Championships in Las Vegas. Another notable achievement was Cairo Leicester winning the silver medal in the Age Group 1 division at the ANAC Championships.

The pathway for athletes to progress from levels through to the international stream has provided athletes with a sound development framework that is producing

wonderful athletes. This was evident by the success of the development squad athletes at the New Zealand National Championships in September.

The Sport Aerobics AEROSkools participation program continues to attract school students into the sport by providing them with the opportunity to get involved in a fun and friendly program and the opportunity to test their aerobic performances at a state championship, and then pending qualification, to progress to compete at the national championships. In 2010, 457 students from 42 schools participated in the AEROSkools National Championships. This represented a 20% increase in the number of entries compared to 2009 figures.

In October the Sport Aerobics National Championships were held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne. An exciting 2 days and nights of competition provided spectators with the chance to view 573 athletes compete to win a national championship title.

Trudi Nurse (WA) is a recognised FIG Expert Presenter for the FIG Coaching Academy Courses. Trudi traveled to Tampere, Finland in

August to present the Level 1 course. She is a sought after workshop and course presenter. Her athletes’ international achievements reflect her coaching knowledge and her ability to get the best out of them on the training and competition floor. GA is very fortunate that she lives in Australia.

In November a very successful Sport Aerobics Advisory Committee meeting was held at the Gymnastics Australia office. State representatives worked with the National Commission to develop and update the rules, technical regulations and planning for the sport in 2011 and beyond.

Special thanks go to National Commission members – Liz Lyons, Carolyn Warren and Kerryn Cormick for their time and tireless effort they put into the sport. Thanks also to the Gymnastics Australia staff for their guidance and support throughout 2010 and to the many volunteers who help make events happen.

Sport Aerobics

The pathway for athletes to progress from levels through to the international stream is producing wonderful athletes.


Karon Williams – National Technical Director

Pictured right > Kieran Gorman achieving the number 1 ranking in the world based on his 2010 FIG achievements

Karon Williams National Technical Director

Worldwide, the philosophy for Gymnastics for All is: Fun; Fitness; Fundamentals and Friendship. While thousands of gymnasts across Australia are experiencing the philosophy first-hand in their gymnastic classes each week, the 4Fs, as they are known, were well and truly evident in the performance events held in the first half of 2010.

For the third year in a row, Gymnastics South Australia staged their Cirque de Gymnastique in conjunction with the Adelaide Fringe Festival in March. Performance teams from three states, SA, VIC and QLD joined together to make this another wonderful promotion for all forms of gymnastics in the entertainment arena.

High quality display teams from Victoria and South Australia were honoured to create the Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships, in April at the Victorian State Netball and Hockey Centre in front of an international audience. Performances were varied with a range of gymsports and ages represented.

The first Australian Gym for Life Challenge was held in Bendigo, Victoria in June, with teams

attending from Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and South Australia. The event was modelled on the FIG event of the same name and teams were involved in a weekend of excellent gymnastic experiences. The event included an Opening Ceremony which featured the local gym club, schools and dance groups. Teams attracted enraptured attention and impressed shoppers during outdoor performances in the Bendigo Mall. From there, the contest began with all teams performing for a panel of experts and receiving feedback on their performances. Teams were awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze after this initial performance.

In the evening, a social was held for all participants and supporters. The final day saw two fun and challenging workshops: dance and gymnastic wheel, before the Gym for Life Gala. All teams performed again and a Champion Team was decided upon. The first Australian Gym for Life Challenge Champion Team title was awarded to Caringbah YMCA’s all male team from NSW. Congratulations to the team and their coach, Ben Cork on a fantastic performance.

The second half of the year focussed on preparing the 130-strong team which will represent Australia at the 2011 World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne, Switzerland. Teams gained sanction at State events and completed registration.

The 2009 National GFA Awards were presented during the year. Congratulations to the recipients for their outstanding contributions to Gymnastics for All:

> National Gymnastics for All Coach of the Year – Rosemary Hartley, WA

> National Kindergym Coach of the Year – Marilynn Rayner, SA

> National GFA Volunteer Award – Gymnastics South Australia

> Special Recognition Award – Raelene Osborn, SA

Thank you to all volunteers, GA and State GFA staff for their ongoing assistance in promoting and developing Gymnastics for All in Australia.

Gymnastics for All

Worldwide, the philosophy for Gymnastics for All is Fun, Fitness, Fundamentals and Friendship.


Petrina Hutchinson – GFA Program Manager

PetrinaHutchinsonGFA Program Manager

Pictured right > Flip 4 Fun at Australian Gym for Life Challenge

AUS Cheer got off to a fantastic start this year utilising the momentum gained in 2009. The Annual National Touring Camp was held across Australia with teams from all across our country benefiting from the knowledge and experience of our USA JAM Camps instructors. The skills that were learnt added great value to the team’s routines for the competition season to follow.

The Cheerleading and Dance Worlds were held in April in Orlando, Florida. Air Born Cheerleading and KLD X-treme entered using their bids gained at AUS Cheer Nationals 2009 and competed extremely well with Air Born placing 8th at the ICU Worlds and 12th in the ISAF Worlds in Pom and making Finals for Hip Hop. KLD X-treme All Stars Level 5 Junior All Girl placed 7th at the IASF Worlds. The IASF also awards the top 5 countries in the IASF Nations Cup Championships. Congratulations to the KLD X-Treme Superstars for ranking 3rd, behind USA and Canada!!! Well done girls you did Australia proud!

AUS Cheer ran 27 events across Australia as part of the Nation’s Cup Series and a lot of fun was had by all. These events included an International event on the Gold Coast which was attended by the

Kansas State University Coach, Dani Ruoff, and her team. This event was followed by a camp featuring coaches Dani Ruoff (cheer) and Stacey Umeh (dance).

The AUS Cheer Australian Grand Championships was a big success with approximately 1200 athletes travelling to Melbourne to compete. On day two GA announced the winners of the Nations Cup. Congratulations to MLC All Stars, Level 3 Senior Team (VIC) for Cheer with 5280.00 points and Tea Tree Gully Gymsports, Gold Fever Open Pom Team (SA) for Dance with 2980.00 points. Both teams worked hard all year to collect their points, competing at numerous AUS Cheer events and placing well at these events.

Our Australian Grand Champs Guest Judge was Kelvin Lam from Red Pill Cheerleading. Kelvin also conducted Cheer workshops with teams after the event. Having won a National Title with the University of Hawaii in Partner Stunt previously, Kelvin shared his knowledge in this area with a lot of budding young partner stunting athletes. It was an extremely popular workshop and will no doubt help coaches and athletes in future competitions.

The National Championships is also the stage for allocating bids for the 2011 Cheer & Dance Worlds. Congratulations to the following winners:

> Starlets Cheerleading Australia (Cheer only)

> Star-Mites Gymsports (Cheer only)

> Air Born Cheerleading (Pom and Hip Hop)

> Vision Dance Studios (Jazz)

GA would like to make a special acknowledgement to Nerine Cooper who has spent a number of years developing the sport of Cheerleading in Australia. Nerine has been a passionate advocate for Cheerleading and there have been many occasions where she has gone above and beyond in order to make sure that athletes, clubs, coaches and spectators are satisfied and happy.

AUS Cheer has enjoyed a great year which could not have happened without the ongoing support and dedication of the AUS Cheer Commission, State Staff and SMC’s, volunteers and all supporters of Cheer in Australia. Thank you for making 2010 a success. Your ongoing support and input is essential as we review progress to date and map out a pathway to a strong and sustainable future for Cheerleading in Australia.

Cheerleading

Pictured right > StarletsCheerleadingreceiving their 2011 Cheer & Dance Worlds bid

AUS Cheer ran 27 events across Australia as part of the Nation’s Cup Series and a lot of fun was had by all.


Kelly Marshall – Cheerleading Program Manager

Kelly Marshall

In early 2010 the National Acrobatic Gymnastics Commission (NACRC) welcomed Yuriy Stepchenkov (QLD) as the new Judging Coordinator and Amy Yeomans (NSW) as the general member. The commission, now complete, has worked throughout the year to support many aspects in the ongoing development and direction of Acrobatic Gymnastics (ACR).

Continued advancement of judge education was strengthened with further development within the new G-educate structure. This project represented a big change for ACR however the community has benefited from the new judging courses being presented across the country. ACR now looks forward to re-developing the coach education program within the new G-educate structure to be strategically rolled out over the next few years.

The 2010 Pacific Rim Championships hosted by GA was to have ACR as a demonstration sport and in turn, provide a massive promotional event for the gymsport to all Australians; however this was not to be. Limited numbers in the definitive entries resulted in the unfortunate withdrawal of ACR from this competition. This was a major blow

to the community, as preparations had begun to compete Australian athletes against some of the world’s best elite pairs and groups and to promote our sport to the masses. The community is hopeful that this kind of opportunity arises again in the very near future and when it does, ACR will be ready, willing and able to fulfill all expectations.

The International stream athletes turned their focus solely to preparation for the ACR World Championships and World Age Group Competitions. A pre-competition training camp was arranged for these athletes in NSW in the lead up to the event and was kindly hosted by Gosford Gymnastics Club. The camp was fortunate to secure Tonya Case (FIG ACR Technical Committee President) as a presenter and lead advisor for artistic preparation and presentation. This proved to be invaluable for the team during their final competition preparation before departing to Wroclaw, Poland in July.

The National Team faired very well at both of the above competitions, with strong performances across the board. The two Senior Women’s Groups in the World Championships achieved 12th & 16th placings.

In the World Age Group Competition Australia had representation in Mixed Pairs, Women’s Groups and Women’s Pairs in the 12-19yrs category and Women’s Pairs and Women’s Groups in the 11-16yrs category. The strongest result at this competition was an 8th placing in the finals from one of the 11-16yrs Women’s Groups. It should be noted that the team represented Australia admirably!

The 2010 ACR Australian Championships were held in South Australia at the Marion Centre, Adelaide. SA does not currently have any competitive ACR programs, therefore promotion of the gymsport was paramount to the state and what better way of introducing it to the SA community than a spectacular display of acrobatics at a National competition. The event was extremely well attended, with at times standing room only. On the final day, the SA political leader of the opposition party was witness to spectacular exercises from the athletes.

The national ACR standard has lifted once again with many outstanding performances shining through.

Acrobatic Gymnastics

The national ACR standard has lifted once again with many outstanding performances shining through.


Andrew Saba – National Technical Director

Andrew SabaNational Technical Director

Pictured right > Kate Ryan, Melissa Scott & Shani Meadows at 2010 World Championships, Wroclaw Poland


Association Member Reports

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Board of ManagementPresident Philip Western

Board Members: John Mercieca Helen Colagiuri Gloria Nicol Jane Cooke Bernard Hui Chief Executive Officer – Aaron Bloomfield

StaffChief Executive Officer Aaron Bloomfield

Admin, Finance & Office Manager Sylvia Bartlett

Manager Sports Programs & Events Amanda Judd

Development Manager Felicity Colbourne

Education Officer Sharyn Samels

Sports Program Manager & Events Nicholas Carroll

Sports Program Manager & Events Amanda Sullivan appointed until March 2010. Allyse Taylor appointed from October 2010

Sports Program Manager & Events Pam Behan P/T

Development Officer Natalie Jaques P/T

Membership Officer Lyn Mercieca P/T

CoachesSongliang Xiong Robert Hong Hongwei Du Nan Zhang

Sponsors and SupportersPartners: NSW Department of Sport and Recreation NSW Institute of Sport

Sponsors: ACROMAT Coast 2 Coast Sportswear GK Elite Sportswear Rebel Sport Winkipop Media

Board of ManagementPresident Steve Chetkovich

Stephen Clifton Rick Elkington Kim Ellwood Amelia Foster Gail Melinger Steve Turpin Fiona Wood

Executive Director Robyn Kuhl

StaffExecutive Director Robyn Kuhl

Gymsports Manager Ruth Gibbons

Operations Manager Sam Williams

Services & Development Manager Sam Williams

Club 10 / Inclusivity Officer Helen Webb*

GymAbility Officer Gabrielle Bell

Education Officer Jodie Behan

Events Officer Chris Behan*

Events / State Teams Officer Darylyn Adams

SMC Support Officer Melissa Read

MG HPC Alida Scott

Reception & Administration Kristina Dufour *

Senior Reception & Administration Sharron Isard

Database Officer Darlene Kural

Facility, Reception & Administration Officer Mark Kural

MG HPC Head Coach Igor Bespalov

MG HPC Coaches Oleg Tarkov Elena Bespalova Sergei Hubski* Tristan Treeby

Sponsors and SupportersDepartment of Sport & Recreation Healthway - Go for 2 & 5 WAIS & WAIS Fliers GWA MG HPC High Performance Rhythmic Gymnastics Gymnastics Australia AusCheer BHP Billiton E Fire & Safety Print Solutions Group North West Regional Gymnastic Association Southern Regional Gymnastics Association Town of Vincent WA Olympic Council Australian Commonwealth Games Assoc WA Div. WASF Ascend Physiotherapy Challenge Stadium (Venues West) Winning Sports Photography Gymbus

*Resigned in 2010

NSW WA


Board of Management Chairman Roger Johnson

Director Roger Johnson

Director Russell D’ Costa

Director Martyn Evans

Director Chrisse Nightingale

Director Nigel Jamieson

Director Paul Murray

Director Damian Young

StaffState Director Haydn Bellamy

Finance Officer Sasha Robjohns

Development Officer (Edu/GFA) Lynn Martin

Club Services Officer Samantha Freeman

Sport Services Officer Darren Elliott

Gym4Schools Officer Brenton Dicker

Cheerleading Project Officer Graziella Candeloro

Kindergym Project Officer Heather Mooney

GymJETS Program Manager Anne Bigham

GymJETS Head Coach Paul Szyjko

RG - JETS Head Coach Kate Johnson

T - JETS Head Coach Nataliya Zhikhareva

Sponsors and SupportersOffice for Recreation and Sport South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) ACROMAT Promotional Products International Jump and Bounce Jumping Castles Windmill Education Supplies Rebel Sport

Board of ManagementPresident Mark Moncur

Directors Charles Minster Ludmila Vitesnikova Pauline Dittmann Peter Doody Lisa Burnett John Hargreaves Mick Ward

StaffAdministration Gaylene King

Club 10 Nicole Colev

Sponsors and Supporters

Department of Sport and Recreation

SA TAS

ACT

Board of ManagementPresident Tony Davidson

Vice President Lesley Dickens

Board Members: Melissa Tracey-Patte TJ Rogers Mary Hewett Bob Morton Neville Rooney

StaffAll roles Nadine Weight

Sponsors and SupportersSport and Recreation Services ACT Amco Gymnastics Dreamlight Bing Lee - Belconnen

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Board of ManagementPresident Anita Hobson-Powell

Vice President Sherelle Graham

Treasurer Jason Evans

General Members: John Mitchell Vicki Flamsteed Tim Quinlivan

Special Member Mac Stirling

StaffExecutive Director Catherine Clark Mark Priestley

State Administrator Teresa Muirhead

Business Services & State Team Travel Denise Rookwood

Events & Education Director & TRP Sport Program Manager Kym Dowdell

Events & Education Coordinator & ACR, RG Sport Program Manager Kim Richardson

Events & Education Assistant Ben Williams

Club Services Manager Kyron Williams

GQ WG High Performance Administrator & WG, AER Sport Program Manager Lacie Jones

GQ MG High Performance Manager & MG Sport Program Manager John Curtin

GQ Project Officer (Marketing) Sam Simpson

High Performance CoachesHead Coach MG Sergei Chinkar

Senior Coach MG John Curtin

MG Coaches Trent Lawrie Sean Wilson

Head Coach WG Vladimir Joura

WG Coaches: Irina Joura Vladimir Zhakarov Monique Cowan

Sponsors and SupportersSport and Recreation Queensland Queensland Academy of Sport

Board of ManagementPresident Julie Sarll

Vice President Jill Wright

Directors: Nick Thornton Geoff Moon Gordon Draper Skev Ioannou Tanya Johansen

StaffExecutive Director Jane Farrance

Business & Finance Manager Patricia Bahr

Office Assistant Lylyfu Poh

Sport Manager Tessa Storey

Club Services Manager Kristian Brudenell

Education Director Lee Whittaker

Events Director Alistair Edgar

Event Coordinator Laura Moylan

Communications Carol Weiss

Sponsors and SupportersSport and Recreation Victoria Department of Planning and Community Development Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Victorian Institute of Sport

Partners: Gymnastics Australia VicSport SCOPE VICSRAPID & Special Olympics The Gymnastics Foundation ACHPER School Sport Victoria SUT

Supporters: Amco GK Leotard Chalk

VIC QLD

Board of ManagementChairman John McCrystal

Vice-Chair Brad Campbell

Treasurer Vacant

Board Member Business Linda Robertson

Board Member Sport Janine Hayward

Board Member Facilities Vacant

Board Member Development Jenny Campbell

StaffFinance Officer Alana Jamieson

Admin Officer Maeve Marrone

Sponsors and SupportersDepartment of Sport and Recreation NT

NT


SeniorJoshua Jefferis (QLD/AIS)Sam Offord (SA/SASI/AIS)Thomas Pichler (QLD/QAS/AIS)Philippe Rizzo (NSW/AIS)Prashanth Sellathurai (NSW/NSWIS/AIS)Sam Simpson (QLD/QAS/AIS)Luke Wiwatowski (NSW/NSWIS/AIS)

JuniorBen Astley (NSW)Michael Mercieca (NSW/NSWIS)Briece Newton (VIC/VIS)Callum Smith (VIC/VIS)

Under 17Luke Anderson (NSW)Matthew Angel (NSW)Tyson Bull (VIC)Domonic Bedggood (QLD)Brody-Jai Hennessy (QLD)Kevin James (VIC)Mitchell Jones (QLD)Joel Lister (QLD)Mitchell Morgans (NSW)Jordan Read (ACT)Jack Rickards (NSW)Kristian Wan (QLD)

Under 15Ben Congedi (SA)Robert Dongas (NSW)Alexander Lovatt (NSW)Aden Messori (QLD)Zachary Perillo (VIC)Kent Pieterse (VIC)Lachlan Savill (QLD)Matthew Seduikis (VIC)Robert Thornton (QLD)Jesse Wallace-White (VIC)Jayden Williams (QLD)

Under 13Scott Brooks (VIC)Kieren Bucher (QLD)Adam Dahbache (NSW)Rourke Jenkins (QLD)Lawson Mills (WA)Gabriel Swan (NSW)Jake Thompson (WA)Alex Thomson (NSW)Michael Tone (QLD)Trenten Wan (QLD)

SeniorGeorgia Bonora (VIC/VIS/AIS)Karina Brooks (QLD/QAS)Sophie Budack (QLD)Alex Byers-Armstrong (VIC)Fiona Coley (VIC/VIS/AIS)Emma Dennis (VIC/VIS)Britt Greeley (VIC/VIS/AIS)Emily Little (WA/WAIS/AIS)Zoe Lorenzin (VIC/VIS/AIS)Larrissa Miller (QLD/AIS)Lauren Mitchell (WA/WAIS/AIS)Mary-Anne Monckton (NSW/AIS)Shona Morgan (VIC/VIS/AIS)Clare O’Donnell (VIC)Georgia Simpson (WA/WAIS)Chloe Turko (VIC)Georgia Wheeler (VIC/VIS/AIS)

JuniorGeorgia-Rose Brown (VIC/VIS)Nikola Chung (WA/WAIS)Grace Claringbold (VIC)Shar-Lee Clark (QLD)Emma Collister (VIC/VIS)Rachel Collister (VIC/VIS)Ashley Cooney (WA/WAIS)Angela Donald (VIC/VIS)Tierra Exum (VIC/VIS)Laura Hingston (VIC)Natalia Joura (QLD)Amaya King Koi (QLD)Naomi Lee (NSW)Amelia McGrath (VIC)Emma Nedov (NSW)Svetlana Sanders (VIC/VIS)Katie Wurth (QLD)

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SeniorChloe Hayes (WA)Naazmi Johnston (NSW)Janine Murray (WA)

JuniorMarian Barer (NSW)Alecia Creighton (WA)Marival D’Jamirze (NSW)Scarlett Hankins (QLD)Jessica Leonhardt (WA)Morgan Lewis (VIC)Samantha Lim (VIC)Tegan Lindsay (NSW)Emma Long (NSW)Fotini Panselinos (NSW)Neisha Rizzo (WA)Enid Sung (NSW)Taylor Tirahardjo (VIC)

Summer Walker (NSW)

SeniorNicole Courtie (QLD)Catriona Cowden (WA)Emma Davies (WA)Kieran Gorman (WA)Elizabeth Kane (WA)Eloise Kane (WA)Janelle Marsh (WA)Koby Moore (NSW)Sarah Salerno (WA)Zoe Tisdale (WA)

JuniorAmy Behan (NSW)Sophie Beucker (NSW)Chelsea Carroll (WA)Jazmin Crawford (WA)Chelsea Harris (NSW)Giveney How (WA)Robyn Kalkhoven (VIC)Stephanie Kiely (NSW)

Cairo Leicester (WA)

SeniorTrampolineBethany Bailey (NSW/SASI)Blake Gaudry (SA/SASI)Jaimi Meyer (VIC)Jack Penny (TAS)Damian Ryan (NSW)Ty Swadling (NSW)Ben Wilden (SA/SASI)

Double-Mini TrampolineChristine Hall (NSW)Kelsie Henry (QLD)Christie Jenkins (VIC)Jaimi Meyer (VIC)Jack Penny (TAS)Andrew Ronacher (VIC)Damian Ryan (NSW)Nicholas Smith (VIC)Ty Swadling (NSW)Hayley Tagell (VIC)Reece Thompson (QLD)Katrina Yeoman (VIC)

JuniorTrampolinePatrick Cooper (QLD)Owen Gilbert (NSW)Riley Glazebrook (QLD)Madeleine Johnson (VIC)Emily O’Connor (VIC)Michelle Riederich (VIC)Luke Seal (QLD)Shaun Swadling (NSW)Aiden Thomas (NSW)Bryce Wareham (VIC)Matthew Weal (NSW)

Double-Mini TrampolineDamien Axelsen (TAS)Christie Baumgartner (VIC)Oliver Booth (WA)Patrick Cooper (QLD)Matthew Gifkins (QLD)Owen Gilbert (NSW)Riley Glazebrook (QLD)Tarryn Hurst (VIC)Madeleine Johnson (VIC)Emily O’Connor (VIC)Michelle Riederich (VIC)Hannah Sallows (VIC)Shaun Swadling (NSW)Aiden Thomas (NSW)Aaron Turner (NSW)

TumblingJaclyn McAliece (VIC)Moriana McLean (NSW)

Haylee Wellard (VIC)

SeniorEmma Briggs (NSW)Ingrid Dunkerley (NSW)Rebecca Gilmore (NSW)Shani Meadows (QLD)Annelise Olsson (NSW)Ashleigh Ryan (NSW)Kate Ryan (QLD)Melissa Scott (QLD)Keryn Swadling (NSW)

JuniorMadelyn Bennett (NSW)Renee Blake (NSW)Melanie Byrne (NSW)Emily Caunt (NSW)Sarah Coningham (NSW)Rachel Cook (NSW)Eloise Dwyer (NSW)Grace Fairall (NSW)Jacob Faour (NSW)Molly-Louise Hanrahan (NSW)Laura Hespe (NSW)Mei Hubnik (NSW)Eliza Hui (NSW)Katrina Kissock (NSW)Shelby Lacey (NSW)Samantha Murphy (NSW)Andie O’Brien (NSW)Elyse Powell (NSW)

Paige Stevens (NSW)

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Sport Aerobics

Trampoline Sports Acrobatic Gymnastics


Senior International All Around Champion Sam Offord (SA)

Level 10 Under 18 All Around Champion Tyson Bull (VIC)

Winning Team (Senior and Level 10 U18) Victoria

Level 9 Under 16All Around Champion Kent Pieterse (VIC)

Winning Team Queensland

Level 9 Open All Around Champion Benjamin Latta (VIC)


Level 8 Open All Around Champion James Bacueti (ACT)


Level 7 Under 14 All Around Champion Trent Wan (QLD)


Level 7 OpenAll Around Champion Hugh Gabor (NSW)


Level 6 Under 12All Around Champion Etienne Rousseau-Forwood (QLD)


Senior International All Around Champion Georgia Bonora (VIC)

Winning Team Victoria

Junior International All Around Champion Angela Donald (VIC)


IDP 10 All Around Champion Alexandra Eade (VIC)


IDP 8All Around Champion Jazmine Casis (NSW)

Winning Team New South Wales

IDP 6All Around Champion Eliza Freeman (VIC)


National Level 10 All Around Champion Olivia Vivian (WA)


National Level 9 All Around Champion Taylor Ryan (QLD)


National Level 8 All Around Champion Jessica Wigglesworth (QLD)


National Level 7 All Around Champion Ella Kenafake (QLD)


Australian Champions

Men’s Artistic Women’s Artistic

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Hip HopOpen Air Born Cheerleading - Power Squad

Senior Starlets Cheerleading - I like that

Youth Air Born Cheerleading - Spirit Squad

Junior Air Born Cheerleading - Magic Squad

JazzOpen Large Vision Dance Studio - Vision Dance team

Open Small KLD X-Treme - Open Age Dance team

Senior Secondary Starlets Cheerleading - Masked & Mysterious

Youth KLD X-Treme - Divas

Junior KLD X-Treme - Junior Dance team

PomPrimary Tara Anglican School for Girls

Secondary Balwyn High School - Skyraiders

Open Air Born Cheerleading - Power Squad

Senior Small Refine Cheer & Dance - Refine

Senior Large Vision Dance Studio - Vision Vipers Black Squad

Junior Small Steps 201 - Purple Stars

Junior Large Western Cheersports - Western Tigers

Youth Star-Mites Gymsports - Rocketz

Mini Air Born Cheerleading - Sparkle Squad

CheerPrimary Level 2 Tara Anglican School for Girls

Secondary/University Level 2 Victoria University - Vipers

Secondary Level 3 The Hills Sports High School

Mini Small Level 1 Star-Mites Gymsports - Lightning

Junior Small Level 1 Academy of Cheerleading - Lightning

Junior Large Level 1 MLC - Superstars

Junior Small Level 2 Air Born Cheerleading - Magic Squad

Junior Large Level 2 KLD X-Treme - Divas

Senior International All Around Champion Naazmi Johnston (NSW)


Junior International All Around Champion Marian Barer (NSW)


Level 8 International All Around Champion Shanelle Erpen (WA)


Level 7 InternationalAll Around Champion Regina Wang (NSW


Level 10All Around Champion Nikita Naidu (NSW)


Level 9All Around Champion Georgia Pase (QLD)


Level 8All Around Champion Tatiana Joannides (WA)


Level 7All Around Champion Sasha Lian (NSW)


CheerleadingJunior/Senior Large Level 3 Western Cheersports - Western Tigers

Junior Small Level 5 Star-Mites Gymsports - Cometz

Youth Small/Large Level 1 Star-Mites Gymsports - Rocketz

Senior Small Level 2 Steps 201 - Silver Stars

Senior Large Level 2 – Star-Mites Gymsports - Storm

Senior Small Level 3 – MLC - All Stars

Senior Small/Large Level 4 – KLD X-Treme - Megastars

Senior Small Level 4.2 – Academy of Cheerleading - Thunder

Senior/Open Small Level 1 – Diamond Dance & Cheerleading - Senior Stars

Senior/Open Level 5 – KLD X-Treme - Stuperstars

Open Small Level 2 – Splitz Gym - Ninjas

Open Small Level 3 – Adrenalin Cheer & Dance - Dreamers

Open Small/Large Level 4 – Starlets Cheerleading - Black Squad

Open Small/Large Level 5 – Starlets Cheerleading - Black Elite

Group StuntSecondary Level 3 – The Hills Sports High School

University Level 2 – UniSA Sabres - Insanity

Junior All Girl Level 2 – Air Born Cheerleading - Glitter Squads

Junior All Girl Level 3 – Star-Mites Gymsports - Zodiacz

Junior All Girl Level 4 – Star-Mites Gymsports - Sparkz

Senior All Girl/Mixed Level 2 – Star-Mites Gymsports - Electricz

Senior All Girl Level 3 – Air Born Cheerleading - White Squad

Senior Mixed Level 3 – NRG Cheersports - Inferno

Senior All Girl Level 4 – KLD X-Treme Stunt Group

Senior Mixed Level 4 – NRG Cheersports - SuperNova

Open All Girl Level 2 – Visual Energy Studio Cheer & Dance - Silver Bullets

Open Mixed Level 2 – Splitz Gym - Stealth

Open All Girl Level 3 – Adrenalin Cheer & Dance - Dreamers Elite

Open Mixed Level 3 – Splitz - Nunchucka-Luckas

Open All Girl Level 4 – Air Born Cheerleading - Blue Squad

Open Mixed Level 4 – Starlets Cheerleading - Wild Stars

Open All Girl/Mixed Level 5 – Starlets Cheerleading - Bul’up

Open Mixed Level 6 – Star-Mites Gymsports - Cosmic

Partner StuntSenior Level 3 – NRG Cheersports - Ceilidh & Casey

Open Level 2 – Hobart Gymnastics Academy - Leigh & Nichola

Open Level 3 – Splitz Gym - Stacey & Simon

Open Level 4 – BTYC - Danelle & Nick

Open Level 5 – Star-Mites Gymsports - Theresa & Joe

Rhythmic Gymnastics


Australian Champions(Continued)

Synchronised TrampolineSenior Male Blake Guadry & Ben Wilden (SA)

Senior Female Hayley Tagell & Madeleine Johnson (VIC)

Junior Male Blake Rutherford & Bastian Tinney (QLD)

Junior Female Natalie Skinner & Eva Kierath (SA/WA)

17+ Male Patrick Cooper & Matthew Delforce (QLD)

17+ Female Jessica Mackay & Nikki Tilley (NSW)

Under 17 Male Matthew Weal & Michael Burke (NSW)

Under 17 Female Natalie Skinner & Eva Kierath (SA/WA)

Under 15 Male Dominic Clarke & Wesley Needham (NSW)

Under 15 Female Georgia McMahon & Tarryn Hurst (VIC)

Under 13 Male Cooper McClymont & James Cleary (QLD)

Under 13 Female Tiarnay Callil & Emma Thomas (QLD)

Under 11 Male Jordan Fletcher & Michael Heffernan (NSW)

Under 11 Female Imogen Florian & Georgia Rayment (NSW)

Double Mini-TrampolineSenior Male Jack Penny (TAS)

Senior Female Christie Jenkins (VIC)

Junior Male Matthew Weal (NSW)

Junior Female Emily O’Connow (VIC)

17+ Male Shaun Swadling (NSW)

17+ Female Hayley Mellon (QLD)

Under 17 Male Matthew Weal (NSW)

Under 17 Female Korri Loader (QLD)

Under 15 Male Aidan Collins (TAS)

Under 15 Female Taylor Ellison (NSW)

Under 13 Male Cameron Scott (VIC)

Under 13 Female Calista Theron (QLD)

Under 11 Male Jordan Fletcher (NSW)

Under 11 Female Megan Adams (NSW)

National Development Jazmin Crawford (WA)

Age Group 1 Female Cairo Leicester (WA)

Age Group 2 Female Chelsea Carroll (WA)

Age Group 2 Male Kenji Fujihara (VIC)

Senior Female Zoe Tisdale (WA)

Senior Male Kieran Gorman (WA)

Senior Pair Emma Davies & Samantha Rowney (WA)

Senior Trio Emma Davies, Catriona Cowden & Janelle Marsh (WA)

TrampolineSenior Male Blake Gaudry (SA)

Senior Female Aslin Styles (SA)

Junior Male Matthew Weal (NSW)

Junior Female Eva Kierath (WA)

17+ Male Matthew Delforce (QLD)

17+ Female Katrina Yeoman (VIC)

Under 17 Male Matthew Weal (NSW)

Under 17 Female Emily O’Connor (VIC)

Under 15 Male Blake Rutherford (QLD)

Under 15 Female Claire Arthur (SA)

Under 13 Male Cameron Scott (VIC)

Under 13 Female Olivia Davies (VIC)

Under 11 Male William McGrath (VIC)

Under 11 Female Megan Adams (NSW)

SeniorMixed Pair Felicity Munton & Glen Wimberley (QLD)

Junior 12 – 19 Women’s Pair Shelby Lacey & Molly Hanrahan (NSW)

Women’s Trio Melanie Byrne, Laura Hespe & Eliza Hui (NSW)

Junior 11 – 18 Women’s Trio Mariya Stepchenkov, Tiffany Sciasci & Gabriella Ahlatis (QLD)

Junior 11-16Women’s Pair Elyse Powell & Sarah Coningham (NSW)

Women’s Trio Katrina Kissock, Rachel Cook & Madelyn Bennett (NSW)

Level 10Women’s Trio Elizabeth Jacobs, Amy Lang & Morgan Moroney (QLD)

Level 9Mixed Pair Joanne Curry & Aaron Mavro (VIC)

Men’s Pair Blake Treble & Anthony Dorrington (VIC)

Women’s Pair Amber Kaldor & Madison Chan (NSW)

Women’s Trio Kirsten Maloney, Charmaine Ridge & Jaime Cottrell-Dormer (NSW)

Level 8Mixed Pair David Hamer & Nicola Salter (QLD)

Men’s Pair Adrian Buck & Jake Sergeant (QLD)

Women’s Pair Lisa Petersen & Holly Weyman-Jones (QLD)

Women’s Trio Chloe Blattmann, Ella Chambers & Lana Borisova (NSW)

Level 7Mixed Pair Cassidy Merlin & Lachlan Nighingale (QLD)

Sport Aerobics

Trampoline Sports


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National Commissions

Men’s Pair Aaron Janes & Nicholas Carroll (NSW)

Women’s Pair Emily Gale & Mackenzie Sivyer (NSW)

Women’s Trio Hayley Rankin, Lauren Shiel & Georgia Efthimiou (VIC)Men’s Four James Dunn, Liam DeJong, Paris Volpe & Daniel Zenkis (VIC)

Level 6Mixed Pair Perry Drakopoulos & Tara Sahagian (NSW)Women’s Pair Olivia Millard & Emma Slattery (QLD)Women’s Trio Danielle Marchini, Heather Jeffries & Saara Foo (WA)

Level 5Mixed Pair Aiden Lerch & Chloe Wood (NSW)Women’s Pair Leah Jenkins & Kaylah Leeson (NSW)Women’s Trio Kirsty Faulkner, Elizabeth Hedding & Naomi Hudspeth (VIC)

Level 4Mixed Pair Mitchell Faulkner & Shyanne Hicks (NSW)Women’s Pair Shauna Mulligan & Kristianne Hay (NSW)Women’s Trio – Casey Brown, Stacey Davis & Mikaela Smith (QLD)Men’s Four – Reuben Bokaba, Ethan Darrow, Sullivan Gravatt & Nicholas Major (ACT)

Men’s Artistic Daren Wolfe Technical Director

Paul Szyjko Judging Coordinator

Rohan Kennedy Commission Member

John Curtin Commission Member

Vladimir Vatkin National Coach

Women’s Artistic Helen Colagiuri Technical Director

Jill Wright Judging Coordinator

Desiree Jones Commission Member

Michelle De Highden Commission Member

Peggy Liddick National Coach

Rhythmic Gymnastics Teresa Evans Technical Director

Gina Peluso Judging Coordinator

Joanne Edinger Commission Member

Virginia Elliott Commission Member

Sport Aerobics Karon Williams Technical Director

Liz Lyons Judging Coordinator

Kerryn Cormick Commission Member

Carolyn Warren Commission Member

Trampoline Sports Mike Kelso Technical Director

Darren Gillis Judging Coordinator

Belinda Cox Commission Member

Ben Kelly Commission Member

Nikolay Zhuravlev National Coach

Acrobatic Gymnastics Andrew Saba Technical Director

Yuriy Stepchenkov Judging Coordinator

Bruce Treble Commission Member

Amy Yeomans Commission Member

Cheerleading Ann Ranieri Judging Coordinator

Briony Keenan Commission Member

Tina Burger Commission Member

Kerryn Brimmer Commission Member

Thomasine Warmington Commission Member


29th - 31st January RG Montreal World Cup - Montreal, CanadaAthletes Marian Barer Marival D’Jamirze Naazmi Johnston Taylor TirahardjoResults Marian Barer -

AA 12th, Rope 14th, Hoop 10th, Ball 6th, Clubs 11th Marival D’Jamirze -

AA 13th, Rope 13th, Hoop 12th, Ball 13th, Clubs 10th Naazmi Johnston -

AA 11th, Rope 11th, Hoop 11th, Ball 7th, Ribbon 12th Taylor Tirahardjo -

AA 10th, Rope 10th, Hoop 8th, Ball 7th, Clubs 13th

9th - 10th April CHL Aloha International Spirit Championships - Honolulu,

USATeams Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Fit 2 Cheer Star-Mites Gymsports Visual Energy Studio Cheer & DanceResults Cheer Level 2 Junior - Star-Mites Gymsport Cometz - 1st Level 2 Senior - Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse - 1st Level 3 International Open Co-ed - Visual Energy Studio Cheer &

Dance Silver Stars - 1st Level 4 Senior - Fit 2 Cheer Royals - 2nd Level 5 International Open Co-ed - Star-Mites Gymports Starz - 2ndDance Junior Pom - Star-Mites Gymsports Cometz - 1st Senior Pom - Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse - 1st Open Dance - Visual Energy Studio Cheer & Dance Silver Stars - 1st Open Dance - Star-Mites Gymsports Starz - 2nd Individual Cheer Junior - Brittany (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 2nd Junior - Shannon (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 4th Senior - Finnese (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 5th Senior - Laura (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 8thGroup Stunt Level 4 Junior - Star-Mites Gymsports Cometz - 2nd Level 5 Open - Star-Mites Gymsports Cosmic - 1st 10th - 11th April WAG Paris World Cup - Paris, FranceAthletes Emily Little Larrissa Miller Georgia WheelerResults Emily Little - VT 5th, BB 13th, FX 11th Larrissa Miller - UB 15th Georgia Wheeler - VT 14th, UB 9th, BB 30th, FX 22nd

17th - 18th April AER Suzuki World Cup - Tokyo, JapanAthletes Amy Behan Sophie Beucker Chelsea Carroll Kieran Gorman Elizabeth Kane Cairo Leicester Zoe TisdaleResults Amy Behan - Age Gp 2 13th Sophie Beucker - Age Gp 1 10th Chelsea Carroll - Age Gp 2 4th Kieran Gorman - SNR IM 3rd Elizabeth Kane - SNR IF 20th Cairo Leicester - Age Gp 1 6th Zoe Tisdale - SNR IF 13th

22nd - 23rd April CHL IASF Worlds - Orlando, USATeams Air Born Cheerleading KLD X-TremeResults International Open Co-ed Level 5 -

Air Born Cheerleading Power Squad - 9th International Junior All Girl Level 5 - KLD X-Treme Superstars - 7th

24th - 25th April CHL ICU World Cup - Orlando, USATeams Air Born Cheerleading KLD X-TremeResults -

28th April - 2nd MayMAG, WAG, RG, TRP Pacific Rim Championships -

Melbourne, AustraliaAthletes MAG Tyson Bull Brody-Jai Hennessy Sam Offord Jack Rickards Luke Wadsworth Luke WiwatowskiWAG Georgia-Rose Brown Emma Collister Emily Little Amelia McGrath Larrissa Miller Georgia WheelerRG Marian Barer Naazmi Johnston Samantha Lim Janine Murray Enid Sung Taylor TirahardjoTRP Bethany Bailey Patrick Cooper Blake Gaudry Riley Glazebrook Madeleine Johnson Natalie Skinner Aslin Styles Ben Wilden Nikita Wilson-BeddoeResults MAG Team - 4th Tyson Bull - AA 13th, PB 6th, HB 2nd Brody-Jai Hennessy - AA 11th, FX 4th, RR 7th, HB 4th Sam Offord - AA 2nd, PH 5th, RR 1st, PB 8th Jack Rickards - AA 15th, PH 3rd Luke Wadsworth - AA 11th Luke Wiwatowski - AA 8th, FX 7th, HB 3rdWAG Team - 3rd Georgia-Rose Brown - AA 8th, UB 4th Emma Collister - AA 6th, VT=7th, UB 6th, FX 6th Emily Little - AA 5th, VT 2nd, UB 6th, BB 5th, FX 8th Amelia McGrath - BB 5th, FX 3rd Larrissa Miller - UB 8th Georgia Wheeler - AA 10th, VT 8thRG Team - 3rd Marian Barer - AA 11th, Rope 8th, Hoop 6th Naazmi Johnston - AA 2nd, Rope 2nd, Hoop 1st, Ball 2nd, Ribbon

3rd Samantha Lim - AA 20th Janine Murray - AA 8th, Rope 8th, Hoop 4th, Ball 6th Enid Sung - AA 9th, Ribbon 8th Taylor Tirahardjo - AA 14thTRP Team - Men 2nd, Women 4th Bethany Bailey - 7th Patrick Cooper - 7th Blake Gaudry - 7th Riley Glazebrook - 8th Madeleine Johnson - 6th Aslin Styles - 6th Ben Wilden - 6th Nikita Wilson-Beddoe - 10th Bethany Bailey & Aslin Styles - SYN 3rd Blake Gaudry & Ben Wilden - SYN 3rd Patrick Cooper & Riley Glazebrook - SYN 2nd Madeleine Johnson & Natalie Skinner - SYN 3rd

14th - 15th May MAG Moscow World Stars World Cup - Moscow, RussiaAthletes Elliott Cook Prashanth Sellathurai Luke WiwatowskiResults Elliott Cook - PH 19th Prashanth Sellathurai - PH 6th, RR 26th Luke Wiwatowski - FX 11th, RR 21st, PB 22nd, HB 5th

22nd - 23rd May AER Conversano World Series - Conversano, ItalyAthletes Kieran Gorman Eloise KaneResults Kieran Gorman - IM 1st Eloise Kane - IF 25th

International Event Results

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29th May WAG Pre Olympic Youth Cup - Bergisch Gladbach,

GermanyAthletes Gerogia-Rose Brown Angela Donald Amelia McGrath Emma NedovResults Gerogia-Rose Brown - AA 1st Angela Donald - AA 2nd Amelia McGrath - AA 4th Emma Nedov - AA 3rd

3rd - 6th June RG Pesaro World Cup & Junior International - Pesaro,

ItalyAthletes Marian Barer Jaelle Cohen Naazmi Johnston Tegan Lindsay Anna Lorigan Claudia Pillay Samantha Richardson Enid Sung Kate WesternResults Junior Team - 10th Marian Barer - Rope 6th, Ball 10th Jaelle Cohen - AA 66th, Rope 58th, Hoop 64th, Ball 67th, Ribbon

70th, GRP 19th Naazmi Johnston - AA 39th, Rope 49th, Hoop 47th, Ball 34th,

Ribbon 33rd Tegan Lindsay - Hoop 10th, Clubs 11th Anna Lorigan - GRP 19th Claudia Pillay - GRP 19th Samantha Richardson - GRP 19th Enid Sung - AA 57th, Rope 64th, Hoop 60th, Ball 64th, Ribbon

47th, GRP 19th Kate Western - GRP 19th

18th - 20th June AER World Championships -

Rodez, FranceAthletes Amy Behan Sophie Beucker Chelsea Carroll Catriona Cowden Emma Davies Keiran Gorman Cairo Leicester Janelle Marsh Sarah Salerno Zoe TisdaleResults Amy Behan - Age Gp 2 48th Sophie Beucker - Age Gp 1 31st Chelsea Carroll - Age Gp 2 19th Keiran Gorman - IM 3rd Cairo Leicester - Age Gp 1 14th Sarah Salerno - IF 39th Zoe Tisdale - IF 33rd Catriona Cowden, Emma Davies, Janelle Marsh - Trio 25th

27th June - 3rd July TRP Indo Pacific Championships - Kakegawa, JapanAthletes Jennifer Allison Jared Archer Claire Arthur Paul Bagot Curtis Booth Bronte Boyles Dominic Clarke Aidan Collins Kaleb Collins Patrick Cooper Olivia Davies Matthew Delforce Kaitlyn Duignan Blake Gaudry Matthew Gifkins Billie-Lee Goodman Kurt Hacking-Gadsby Kelsie Henry Matthew Henry Christine Jenkins Eva Kierath Korri Loader Cooper McClymont Hugh McConnell Oliver McGrath Moriana McLean Joshua Mobbs Olivia Morris William Morris Emily O’Connor Kililipi O’Donoghue-Scarce Jack Penny Hayley Pierce Katelyn Reyne Hugh Ross Blake Rutherford Damian Ryan Lauren Sampson Danniielle Sanders Luke Seal Natalie Skinner Jarrod Spear Rebecca Stacey Aslin Styles Shaun Swadling Ty Swadling Calista Theron Braida Thomas Bastian Tinney Jessie Tulett Leanne Van Rensburg Bryce Wareham Matthew Warner Abbie Watts Matthew Weal Haylee Wellard Nikita Wilson-Beddoe Hayden Woodfall

Results Open Blake Gaudry - TRP 2nd Kelsie Henry - DMT 4th Christine Jenkins - DMT 1st Jack Penny - TRP 4th, DMT 1st Damian Ryan - DMT 2nd Jarrod Spear - DMT 4th Aslin Styles - TRP 3rd Ty Swadling - TRP 1st, DMT 3rd Jessie Tulett - DMT 3rd Jack Penny & Jarrod Spear - SYN 3rd Blake Gaudry & William Morris - SYN 4th Aslin Styles & Christine Jenkins - SYN 1st17+ Jennifer Allison - DMT 7th Paul Bagot - TRP12th Kaleb Collins - DMT 2nd Patrick Cooper - TRP 5th Matthew Delforce - TRP 7th Kaitlyn Duignan - TRP 6th Matthew Gifkins - DMT 5th Christine Jenkins - TRP 8th William Morris - TRP 2nd Katelyn Reyne - DMT 9th Hugh Ross - DMT 4th Jarrod Spear - TRP 8th (P) Shaun Swadling - TRP 11th, DMT 3rd Jessie Tulett - TRP 23rd Matthew Warner - DMT 6th Haylee Wellard - TUM 1st, DMT 8th Shaun Swadling & Ty Swadling - SYN 1st Matthew Delforce & Patrick Cooper - SYN 9th Jessie Tulett & Kaitlyn Duignan - SYN 3rd Katelyn Reyne & Kelsie Henry - SYN 4th15-16 Matthew Henry - DMT 3rd Korri Loader - TRP 7th Eva Kierath - TRP 6th (P) Joshua Mobbs - TRP 5th Emily O’Connor - TRP 3rd, DMT 10th Hayley Pierce - TRP 18th Lauren Sampson - DMT 16th Luke Seal - TRP 20th, DMT 5th Natalie Skinner - TRP 9th Rebecca Stacey - DMT 4th Bastian Tinney - TRP 17th, DMT 7th Leanne Van Rensburg - TRP 4th, DMT 1st Bryce Wareham - TRP 9th Matthew Weal - TRP 8th, DMT 1st Hayden Woodfall - DMT 2nd Luke Seal & Matthew Henry - SYN 2nd Matthew Weal & Bryce Wareham - SYN 9th Bastian Tinney & Joshua Mobbs - SYN 10th Natalie Skinner & Eva Kierath - SYN 3rd Leanne Van Rensburg & Hayley Pierce - SYN 8th Emily O’Connor & Korri Loader - SYN 10th13-14 Claire Arthur - TRP 5th Curtis Booth - TRP 7th, DMT 1st Dominic Clarke - TRP 5th Aidan Collins - TRP 22nd, DMT 3rd Kurt Hacking-Gadsby - TUM 1st Hugh McConnell - TRP 11th, DMT 7th Oliver McGrath - TRP 15th, DMT 5th Moriana McLean - TUM 1st Olivia Morris - DMT 2nd Kililipi O’Donoghue-Scarce - TRP 14th, DMT 5th Blake Rutherford - TRP 3rd Danniielle Sanders - TRP 17th Braida Thomas - TRP 18th, DMT 3rd Abbie Watts - TRP 7th Nikita Wilson-Beddoe - TRP 4th Aidan Collins & Hugh McConnell - SYN 2nd Dominic Clarke & Oliver McGrath - SYN 3rd Blake Rutherford & Curtis Booth - SYN 10th Abbie Watts & Nikita Wilson-Beddoe - SYN 3rd Claire Arthur & Olivia Morris - SNY 4th Kililipi O’Donoghue-Scarce & Danniielle Sanders - SYN 9th10-12 Jared Archer - TRP 10th, DMT 2nd Bronte Boyles - TUM 2nd Olivia Davies - TRP 9th, DMT 9th Billie-Lee Goodman - TRP 8th Cooper McClymont - TRP 9th Calista Theron - TRP 7th, DMT 2nd Cooper McClymont & Jared Archer - SYN 6th Calista Theron & Billie-Lee Goodman - SYN 7th


6th - 12th July ACR World Age Championships - Wroclaw, PolandAthletes Andie O’Brien Eliza Hui Eloise Dwyer Elyse Powell Jacob Faour Katrina Kissock Laura Hespe Madelyn Bennett Mei Hubnik Melanie Byrne Molly Hanrahan Paige Stevens Rachel Cook Renee Blake Samantha Murphy Sarah Coningham Shelby LaceyResults 12 - 19 Molly Hanrahan & Shelby Lacey - 15th Renee Blake & Jacob Faour - 18th Melanie Byrne, Laura Hespe & Eliza Hui - 18th11 - 16 Madelyn Bennett, Rachel Cook & Katrina Kissock - 8th Mei Hubnik, Samantha Murphy & Paige Stevens - 17th Eloise Dwyer & Andie O’Brien - 13th Sarah Coningham & Elyse Powell - 18th 13th - 19th July ACR World Championships - Wroclaw, PolandAthletes Annelise Olsson Emma Briggs Ingrid Dunkerley Kate Ryan Melissa Scott Shani MeadowsResults Shani Meadows, Kate Ryan & Melissa Scott - 12th Emma Briggs, Ingrid Dunkerley & Annelise Olsson - 16th

23rd - 24th July AER ANAC International Championships - Las Vegas, USAAthletes Chelsea Carroll Jazmin Crawford Carissa Curia Kieran Gorman Chelsea Harris Giveney How Eloise Kane Stephanie Keily Cairo Leicester Koby Moore Sarah SalernoResults Chelsea Carroll - Age Gp 2 1st Jazmin Crawford - IF Junior Showcase 6th Carissa Curia - IF Junior Showcase 18th Kieran Gorman - IM 1st Chelsea Harris - Age Gp 2 11th Giveney How - IF Junior Showcase 8th Eloise Kane - IF 4th Stephanie Keily - Age Gp 1 36th Cairo Leicester - Age Gp 1 2nd Koby Moore - IF 5th Sarah Salerno - IF 6th Jazmin Crawford, Carissa Curia & Giveney How - Junior Showcase

Trio 3rd

23rd - 24th July AER USA World Series Event - Las Vegas, USAAthletes Kieran Gorman Koby Moore Sarah SalernoResults Kieran Gorman - IM 1st Koby Moore - IF 6th Sarah Salerno - IF 5th

14th - 26th August MAG, WAG, RG, TRP Youth Olympic Games - SingaporeAthletes MAG Brody-Jai HennessyWAG Angela DonaldRG Soriah Maclean Fotini Panselinos Taylor Tirahardjo Morgan Turner Summer WalkerTRP Patrick Cooper Madeleine JohnsonResults MAG Brody-Jai Hennessy -

AA 27th, FX 37th, PH 33rd, RR 14th, VT 23rd, PB 19th, HB 8thWAG Angela Donald -

AA 7th, VT 19th, UB 4th, BB 3rd, FX 10thRG Taylor Tirahardjo -

AA 16th, Rope 15th, Hoop 16th, Ball 14th, Club 15th Soriah Maclean, Fotini Panselinos, Morgan Turner & Summer

Walker - Group 6thTRP Patrick Cooper - 10th Madeleine Johnson - 6th

19th - 26th September RG World Championships - Moscow, RussiaAthletes Jaelle Cohen Naazmi Johnston Anna Lorigan Janine Murray Claudia Pillay Danielle Prince Samantha Richardson Enid Sung Kate WesternResults Team - 19th Naazmi Johnston - AA 30th, Rope 29th, Hoop 30th, Ball 40th,

Ribbon 24th Janine Murray - Hoop 61st, Ball 73rd, Ribbon 62nd Danielle Prince - Rope 72nd, Ball 89th, Ribbon 65th Enid Sung - Rope 114th, Hoop 78th Jaelle Cohen, Anna Lorigan, Claudia Pillay, Samantha Richardson,

Kate Western - Group 27th

24th - 28th September RG, AER New Zealand National Championships -

Hamilton, New ZealandAthletes RG Kalyna Becker Kelly Harrison Lee-Ann Kalell Elyse Kneller Sasha Lian Alberta Nader Georgia Pase Leisel Rogan Ashleigh Roper Bianca Strugnell Anya Tabolkina Charlotte WoodAER Eliza Fairlie Krichelle Gilmour Robyn Kalkhoven Tamzen McAlpine Suzie Price Charlotte Roe Megan ShroffResults RG Kalyna Becker - AA 4th, Hoop 10th, Ball 3rd, Clubs 13th, Ribbon 1st Kelly Harrison - AA 2nd, Rope 1st, Hoop 2nd, Ball 2nd, Clubs 2nd Lee-Ann Kalell - AA 3rd, Hoop 1st, Ball 2nd, Clubs =7th, Ribbon 5th Elyse Kneller - AA 2nd, Hoop 5th, Ball 9th, Clubs 1st, Ribbon 2nd Sasha Lian - AA 1st, Hoop 3rd, Ball 4th, Clubs 3rd, Ribbon 2nd Alberta Nader - AA 3rd, Rope 3rd, Hoop 3rd, Ball 1st, Clubs 1st Georgia Pase - AA 1st, Rope 2nd, Hoop 1st, Ball 3rd, Clubs 3rd Leisel Rogan - AA 4th, Rope 2nd, Hoop 5th, Ball 5th, Ribbon 6th Ashleigh Roper - AA 1st, Hoop 1st, Ball 1st, Clubs 3rd, Ribbon 1st Bianca Strugnell - AA 2nd, Rope 5th, Hoop =2nd, Ball 3rd, Ribbon 2nd Anya Tabolkina - AA 1st, Rope 1st, Hoop 1st, Ball 1st, Ribbon 1st Charlotte Wood - AA 3rd, Hoop 2nd, Ball 2nd, Clubs 2nd, Ribbon 10thAER Eliza Fairlie - JNR A 4th Krichelle Gilmour - JNR A 1st Robyn Kalkhoven - Sub JNR 2nd Tamzen McAlpine - SNR 1st Suzie Price - SNR 2nd Charlotte Roe - Sub JNR 3rd Megan Shroff - JNR B 2nd

3rd - 14th October MAG, WAG, RG Commonwealth Games - Delhi, IndiaAthletes MAG Joshua Jefferis Sam Offord Thomas Pichler Prashanth Sellathurai Luke WiwatowskiWAG Georgia Bonora Ashleigh Brennan Emily Little Lauren Mitchell Georgia WheelerRG Naazmi Johnston Janine Murray Danielle PrinceResults MAG Team - 1st Joshua Jefferis - AA 3rd, PB 1st Sam Offord - AA 5th, RR 1st, HB 4th Thomas Pichler - AA 7th, FX 1st, VT 8th Prashanth Sellathurai - PH 1st, RR 6th, PB 3rd Luke Wiwatowski - FX 7th, HB 7thWAG Team - 1st Georgia Bonora - AA 3rd, UB 2nd Ashleigh Brennan - FX 3rd Emily Little - AA 2nd Lauren Mitchell - AA 1st, UB 1st, BB 1st, FX 2ndRG Team - 1st Naazmi Johnston - AA 1st, Rope 2nd, Hoop 4th, Ball 1st, Ribbon 2nd Janine Murray - AA 7th, Rope 6th, Ball 6th, Ribbon 5th

International Event Results

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17th - 24th October MAG, WAG World Championships - Rotterdam, NetherlandsAthletes MAG Joshua Jefferis Sam Offord Thomas Pichler Prashanth Sellathurai Aaron Thanas - Reserve Luke Wadsworth Luke WiwatowskiWAG Georgia Bonora Ashleigh Brennan Emily Little Larrissa Miller Lauren Mitchell Georgia Simpson - Reserve Georgia WheelerResults MAG Team - 18th Joshua Jefferis - AA 34th, FX 75th, PH 139th, RR 28th, PB 35th,

HB 81st Sam Offord - AA 63rd, FX 93rd, PH 181st, RR 29th, PB 87th,

HB 91st Thomas Pichler - FX 11th, RR 231st, PB 104th, HB 66th Prashanth Sellathurai - RR 40th, PH 3rd Luke Wadsworth - FX 143rd, PH 127th, PB 125th, HB 134th Luke Wiwatowski - AA 73rd, FX 151st, PH 119th, RR 224th, PB

83rd, HB 45thWAG Team - 6th Georgia Bonora - AA 14th, VT 53rd, UB 34th, BB 22nd, FX 48th Ashleigh Brennan - VT 64th, BB 19th, FX 24th Emily Little - AA 23rd, VT 21st, UB 32nd, BB 41st, FX 67th Larrissa Miller - UB 15th, FX 33rd Lauren Mitchell - AA 6th, VT 10th, UB 36th, BB 4th, FX 1st Georgia Wheeler - VT 139th, UB 140th, BB 49th

5th - 6th November WAG Combs la Ville - Combs la Ville, FranceAthletes Georgia-Rose Brown Nikola Chung Natalia JouraResults Team - 1st Georgia-Rose Brown - AA 2nd, VT 6th, UB 2nd, BB 1st, FX 1st Nikola Chung - AA 7th, VT 3rd, UB 1st Natalia Joura - AA 6th, FX 6th

7th - 14th November TRP World Championships - Metz, FranceAthletes Bethany Bailey Blake Gaudry Christine Jenkins Jack Penny Jarrod Spear Aslin Styles Ty Swadling Ben WildenResults Bethany Bailey - TRP 43rd Blake Gaudry - TRP 18th Christine Jenkins - DMT 9th Jack Penny - DMT 5th Jarrod Spear - DMT 24th Aslin Styles - TRP 38th Ty Swadling - TRP 43rd Ben Wilden - TRP 23rd Blake Gaudry & Ben Wilden - SYN 12th Aslin Styles & Bethany Bailey - SYN 16th

12th - 14th November WAG DTB Pokal World Cup - Stuttgart, GermanyAthletes Lauren MitchellResults Lauren Mitchell - UB 1st, BB 1st, FX 1st

12th - 14th November WAG Master Massilia - Marseille, FranceAthletes Georgia-Rose Brown Nikola Chung Natalia JouraResults Team - 3rd Georgia-Rose Brown - AA 10th, VT 9th, UB 5th, BB 20th, FX 14th Nikola Chung - AA 9th, VT 10th, UB 3rd, BB 5th, FX 23rd Natalia Joura - AA 6th, VT 8th, UB 7th, BB 7th, FX 13th

14th - 20th November TRP World Age Championships - Metz, FranceAthletes Curtis Booth Olivia Davies Matthew Gough Tarryn Hurst Eva Kierath Oliver McGrath Georgia McMahon Joshua Mobbs Trent Potter Blake Rutherford Natalie Skinner Shaun Swadling Braida Thomas Abbie WattsResults Curtis Booth - TRP 11th, DMT 18th Olivia Davies - TRP 41st Matthew Gough - DMT 16th Tarryn Hurst - DMT 15th Eva Kierath - TRP 8th Oliver McGrath - DMT 20th Georgia McMahon - TRP 31st Joshua Mobbs - TRP 46th Trent Potter - TRP 25th Blake Rutherford - TRP 22nd Natalie Skinner - TRP 21st Shaun Swadling - TRP 28th, DMT 17th Braida Thomas - DMT 18th Abbie Watts - TRP 24th Blake Rutherford & Curtis Booth - SYN 18th Georgia McMahon & Abbie Watts - SYN 8th Eva Kierath & Natalie Skinner - SYN 5th Shaun Swadling & Trent Potter - SYN 21st

18th - 21st November WAG Glasgow Grand Prix World Cup - Glasgow, ScotlandAthletes Lauren MitchellResults Lauren Mitchell - UB 3rd, BB 1st, FX 1st 4th December MAG Austrian Future Stars Cup - Linz, AustriaAthletes Domonic Bedggood Tyson Bull Aden Messori Kent PieterseResults Team - 9th Domonic Bedggood - PH 16th, RR 3rd, PB 4th, HB 16th Tyson Bull - RR 1st, VT =2nd, PB 3rd, HB 3rd Aden Messori - FX 11th, RR 12th, VT 3rd, PB 29th, HB 25th Kent Pieterse - AA 4th, FX 3rd, PH 11th, RR 7th, VT 2nd, PB 6th,

HB 6th

11th December MAG Valeri Liukin Invitational - Texas, USAAthletes Sam Offord Sean O’Hara Luke WiwatowskiResults Sam Offord - AA 9th, FX =11th, PH 22nd, RR 5th, VT 8th, PB 9th,

HB =10th Sean O’Hara - AA 21st, FX =21st, PH 23rd, RR 17th, VT 21st,

PB =11th, HB 24th Luke Wiwatowski - AA 6th, FX 10th, PH 13th, RR 4th, VT 7th,

PB =10th, HB =7th

11th - 12th December MAG, WAG Toyota International - Aichi, JapanAthletes MAG Thomas Pichler Prashanth SellathuraiWAG Larrissa Miller Lauren MitchellResults MAG Thomas Pichler - FX 7th Prashanth Sellathurai - PH 6thWAG Larrissa Miller - UB 6th, FX 7th Lauren Mitchell - UB 4th, BB 1st


National Award Recipients

Senior International Gymnast of the Year Sam Offord (SA)

Junior International Gymnast of the Year Tyson Bull (VIC)

Coaching Team of the Year QAS Gymnastics (QLD)

Open Levels Gymnast of the Year Benjamin Latta (VIC)

Open Levels Coach of the Year Zou Li Min (ACT)

Coach Encouragement Award Martin Shields (NSW)

Judging Official of the Year TBA

Senior International Gymnast of the Year Lauren Mitchell (WA)

Junior International Gymnast of the Year Angela Donald (VIC)

International Coaching Team WAIS

National Levels Gymnast of the Year Alicia Brown (VIC)

National Levels Coach of the Year John Mitchell (QLD)

Senior International Gymnast of the Year Naazmi Johnston (NSW)

Junior International Gymnast of the Year Marian Barer (NSW)

International Coach of the Year Danielle Le Ray (NSW)

National Levels Gymnast of the Year Nikita Naidu (NSW)

National Levels Coach of the Year Michaela Pendleton (NSW)

Official of the Year Stephanie Schahinger (SA)

Senior Athlete of the Year Kieran Gorman (WA)

Youth Athlete of the Year Chelsea Carroll (WA)

Coach of the Year Trudi Nurse (WA)

Levels Coach of the Year Jodi Sleaford (QLD)

Official of the Year Elizabeth Lyons (QLD)

Senior Athlete of the Year Christine Jenkins (VIC)

International Coach of the Year Jarrod Heriot (VIC)

Junior Athlete of the Year Natalie Skinner (SA)

National Athlete of the Year Matthew Weal (NSW)

National Coach of the Year Belinda Cox (NSW)

NOP Official of the Year Leigh Oswin (TAS)

Senior International Group of the Year Kate Ryan, Melissa Scott & Shani Meadows (QLD)

Junior International Group of the Year Katrina Kissock, Rachel Cook & Madelyn Bennett (NSW)

National Group of the Year Elizabeth Jacobs, Amy Lang & Morgan Moroney (QLD)

International Coach of the Year Agnes Sajgal (NSW)

National Coach of the Year Xi Lin Shen (NSW)

NOP Official of the Year Catherine Buck (QLD)

Special Recognition Award Ken Caraher (WA)

GFA Coach of the Year Mandy Barras (ACT)

KG Coach of the Year Sharon Rohrlach (SA)

Volunteer Award GNSW Gym For All SMC

Special Recognition Award GNSW State Performance Team

Lance Otto Award Nerine Cooper (QLD)

Coach of the Year Natalie Commons (VIC)

Official of the Year Ann Ranieri (WA)

Volunteer of the Year Emma Holder (NSW)

Special Recognition Award Nicole Colev (TAS)

Men’s Gymnastics

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Women’s Gymnastics

Trampoline Sports

Acrobatic GymnasticsRhythmic Gymnastics

Sport Aerobics General Gymnastics

Cheerleading


Athlete Award of Distinction

Graham Bond QLDDavid Gourlay VICJohn Lees VICBruce Sharp NSWBrian Blackburn NSWNoel Punton VICBenny De Roo NSWTed Trainer NSWMarc Faulks NSWDoug MacLennan NSWBarry Cheales VICMurray Chessell VICIan Clarke VICPeter Lloyd VICLambert Ariens SAPhil Cheetham NSWRudi Starosta VICLindsay Nyland WAWarick Forbes WA / NSWM. Stirling QLD Shaw Byng NSWWerner Birnbaum NSWGennady Gleyberman VICRob Edmonds QLDKen Meredith ACTT. Wakamatsu WAMinoru Yamasaki NTBlaise Rizzo NSWGrant Carlyon QLD / WATim Lees VICM. Mommsen ACTBrennon Dowrick ACTPeter Hogan NSWBret Hudson NSWL. Montanyi NSWNathan Kingston QLDDamien Crozier ACTBrendon Mand WAAndrei Kravtsov QLDDaniel Grigson WAPavel Mamine QLDPhilippe Rizzo NSWDamian Istria QLDAdrian Looney QLDIan Bartlett NSWJustin Ng NSWDane Smith QLDJohn Carroll WAJoshua Jefferis QLDJoel Moss ACTPrashanth Sellathurai NSWSamuel Offord SAThomas Pichler QLDSamuel Simpson QLDMatthew Curtis NSWLuke Wadsworth VICLuke Wiwatowski NSW

Jenny Clack WAMichelle Telfer WAJane Warrilow WAJodie Rogers NSWJoanna Hughes VICJulie-Anne Monico ACTBrooke Gysen WASalli Wills WACathy Keyser WARebecca Stoyel SARuth Moniz NSWKirsty-Leigh Brown ACTLisa Moro VICLisa Skinner QLDGenevieve Preston ACTNicole Kantek NSWJenny Smith WARebecca Wilson QLDZeena McLaughlin VICRebekah Armbruster QLDAllana Slater WATrudy McIntosh VICKatarina Frketic NSWBrooke Walker VICJacqui Dunn SAAlexandra Croak NSWMelinda Cleland VICAllison Johnston SAKylie Tanner QLDJessica Zarnay QLDSarah Lauren WAStephanie Moorhouse VICMonette Russo VICBelinda Archer ACTDanielle Kelly QLDMelissa Munro NSWKaren Nguyen VICOlivia Vivian WAMonique Blount ACTChloe Sims QLDHollie Dykes QLDAshleigh Brennan VICNaomi Russell QLDDaria Joura WAMelody Hernandez NSWGeorgia Bonora VICLauren Mitchell WAShona Morgan VICEmily Little WALarrissa Miller QLDGeorgia Wheeler VIC

Inga Fraser QLDBarbara Cunningham VICWendy Nicholls VICKaye Breadsell WAVal Roberts VICBarbara Fletcher VICVal Buffham / Norris WAJanice Bedford WABarbara Gage Lyn Hancock WAC. Hill VICSuzette Cork WAPam Evans SAJenny Sunderland WAA. Doig SASharman Cook VICLynne Patten VICJulie Harvie VICSharon Gilligan NSWWanita Lynch WAPamela Mikl NSWMarina Sulicich SACaroline Marsh NSWKaren Edelsten QLDKerry Bayliss SASandra Jones NSWMargaret Jack QLDKym McMaster SAJanice Edelstone QLDLeanne Stevens SAKerry Bailey SAKellie Wilson QLDHeidi Amundsen VICJulia Roberts WAPhillipa Ray VICJoanne McCallum WAKeri Battersby VICTracey Johnson WAJenny Curtin NSWElana Sharp ACTSue Miller NSWSusan Turnball VICMichelle White NSWDebbie Graham NSWLeanne Rycroft SACarolyn Stewart NSWMichelle Saliba WAKellie Larter TASMonique Allen NSWKatie Watts VICLisa Read NSWKylie Shadbolt QLD

Men’s Gymnastics Women’s Gymnastics

Karen Ho WACarmel Kinsella WALorraine Whitecombe WARobyne Levit WAFiona Wallace VICAnn-Maree Kerr VICGail Duquemin VICLinda Douglas VICA. Guidam WANicole Higham WANicole Mozes NSWHeather Obremski WAAmanda Douglas NSWStacey Wild NSWVanessa Ebb NSWNikoletta Inokai NSWPauline Wilson NSWKasumi Takahashi VICLeigh Marning NSWKatie Mitchell NSWKristy Darrah WAShaneez Johnston NSWDanielle Leray NSWBree Robertson NSWEliza Gower QLDKate Riley NSWTanya Vahala WAPenelope Blackmore VICKimberly Mason NSWNaazmi Johnston QLDAmy Khera VICAmelia McVeigh NSWAmanda Lee See QLDAnna Lorigan NSWJanine Murray WAClaudia Pillay NSWDanielle Prince QLDSamantha Richardson NSWEnid Sung NSWKate Western NSWJaelle Cohen NSW

Patsy Tierney NSWEddie Walton WASonya Shepard WAJuanita Little NSWDean Wright VICMichael Betts QLDTodd Butland NSW Lisa Osborne VICJason Stayt NSWJustin Graham NSWJeff Lim NSWTeresa Anderson VICDale Beaumont NSWAnthony Ikin QLDStuart Fisher WACarmen Hayward WALauren Farry NSWLeah Henville WAChris Behan WALaShae Pentony VICMelissa Read WAMelissa Davies WAHannah Davies WABriony Tung WAElizabeth Kane WAKate Rebiero WAKatherine Aquino WAEmily Sharp SASandi Carmichael SAKieran Gorman WAEloise Kane WASarah Salerno WAJanelle Marsh WAEmma Davies WACatriona Cowden WAZoe Tisdale WA

Ji Wallace QLDAdrian Wareham VICJonathon Dore NSWPaul Hadfield NSWSteven Davey NSWKarl Shore NSWRobyn Forbes QLD / VICJacky Cully NSWElizabeth Cox QLDJacinta Harford VICKhali Ridge NSWKirsti Hann SANeesha Lethbridge VICLiselle Paris VICNikki Ahrens QLDJoda Trevena NSWScott Brown NSW / SADamien Kelso QLDDamian Ryan VIC / NSWLisa Ross VICJesse South QLDMark McClaughlin QLDLesley Daley QLDVictor Zhuravlev VIC / NSW / SABree Ferrari VICCarla Dellwo VICBen Wilden SAGrant Lee NSWLauren Gillett VICDaniel Warner VICLeigh Howlett VICChristie Jenkins VICTy Swadling NSWNick Smith VICJaimi Meyer VICBethany Bailey NSWGregory Clune NSWBlake Gaudry NSW / SAJack Penny TASAndrew Ronacher VICReece Thompson QLDHayley Tagell VICKelsie Henry QLDChristine Hall QLDJarrod Spear QLDAslin Styles SA

Rhythmic Gymnastics Sport Aerobics Trampoline Sports


Chantelle Blackburn NSWMegan Bolton NSWJessica Stamenovic QLDTara Busbridge QLDElana Armenis QLDVeronica Gravolin QLDRebecca Buffrey NSWBianca Ilacqua NSWLisa Jones NSWSarah Gilbey NSWAlice Kesby NSWEliza Hui NSWAnnelise Olsson NSWEmma Briggs NSWIngrid Dunkerley NSWKate Ryan QLDMelissa Scott QLDShani Meadows QLD

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Roll of Honour

Wanita Lynch WATrudy McIntosh VICZeena McLaughlin VICLauren Mitchell WAJulie-Anne Monico ACTStephanie Moorhouse VICShona Morgan VICVal Norris-Buffham WALisa Read NSWVal Roberts VICMonette Russo VICLeanne Rycroft SAKylie Shadbolt QLDChloe Sims QLDLisa Skinner QLDAllana Slater WAJenny Smith WARebecca Stoyel SAMarina Sulicich SAJenny Sunderland WAMichelle Telfer WASalli Wills WAKellie Wilson QLD

Roll of Honour - RG

Penny Blackmore VICKaren Ho WANaazmi Johnston NSWDanielle LeRay NSWKimberley Mason NSWKasumi Takahashi VIC

Roll of Honour - AER

Chris Behan WAMichael Betts QLDCatriona Cowden WAEmma Davies WAMelissa Davies WALauren Farry NSWKieran Gorman WALeah Henville QWAAnthony Ikin QLDJuanita Little NSWJanelle Marsh WALisa Osborne VICMelissa Read WASarah Salerno WAPatsy Tierney SADean Wright VIC

Roll of Honour - TRP

Scott Brown SAJi Wallace QLDBen Wilden SA

Roll of Honour - ACR Tara Busbridge QLDVeronica Gravolin QLD

Jessica Stamenovic QLD

Award of MeritGraham Bond QLDJoan Caelli VIC*Barry Cheales QLDStan Davies VICEna Duffield QLDNelleck Jol WAJane Schmid NSWMaureen Strauss WA*Phil Teare VICChris Timpson ACTJohn Wilby QLDDexter Lorbach VICAnne Bigham SAJeff Cheales QLDMargaret Lanz VICAlistair Low VIC*Frank Vig QLDKen Williamson VIC/ACTPeter Chen NZLKeith Russell CANYoshiteru Matsuzaki JPNJohn Atkinson GBRBob Wherrett TASWarwick Forbes ACTJu Ping ACTDr Peter Fricker ACTDr Don McIntosh VICLee Caelli VIC*Gene Schembri ACTJonathan Hooper VICDavid Zuker VICKym Dowdell QLDSteve Chetkovich WAJacky Wood ACTGeorge Tatai VICTony Davis VICHelen Colagiuri NSWTim Quinlivan QLDKathleen Graham ACTElizabeth Chetkovich WALaurie Farrow WANeil Brodie WAMargaret-Mary Obstelten QLDAllen Cullen NSWPeter Read NSWKaron Williams WAPamela Ryan NSWDanica Mladenovic ACTJillian Wright VICJean Lang NSWPaul Szyjko SAPeggy Browne VICDaren Wolfe QLDAde Foster VICMichelle De Highden VICMargot Foster VICPeter Ruttledge WASue Synnot VIC

Roll of Honour - MAGLambert Ariens SABrian Blackburn NSWWerner Birnbaum QLDGraham Bond QLDShaw Byng NSWGrant Carlyon WABarry J Cheales, OAM JP QLDPhillip Cheetham NSWMurray Chessell VICIan Clarke VICStan Davies VICBennie De Roo NSWBlair Dixon VICBrennon Dowrick ACTRobert Edmunds Marcus Faulks NSWWarwick Forbes WAKennady Gleyberman David Gourlay VICPeter Hogan NSWBret Hudson NSWDamian Istria QLDJoshua Jefferis QLDAndrei Kravtsov QLDJohn Lees VICTimothy Lees VICPeter Lloyd VICDoug McLennan NSWKen Meredith QLDMark Mommsen Lindsay Nylund WASamuel Offord SANoel Punton VICBlaise Rizzo NSWPhilippe Rizzo NSWPrashanth Sellathurai NSWBruce Sharp NSWTed Trainer NSWMinoru Yamasaki QLD

Roll of Honour - WAGMonique Allen NSWKerry Bayliss S AJan Bedford WAGeorgia Bonora VICKaye Breadsell WASharman Cook VICBarbara Cunningham VICJacqui Dunn SAHollie Dykes QLDKaren Edelsten QLDBarbara Fletcher VICInge Fraser QLDBarbara Gage WAWendy Grant VICLyn Hancock WAJoanna Hughes VICDaria Joura WAEmily Little WA


The Directors of Gymnastics Australia Limited submit herewith the financial report for the financialyear ended 31 December 2010.

In accordance with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001, the Directors report as follows:

Directors and Company SecretaryThe names and particulars of the directors of the company during or since the end of the previous financial period and the number of directors meetings attended during the financial year are set out below:

Name Qualifications Representation Board Committees / Special Responsibilities

Directormeetings held

Directormeetings attended

Ken Williamson Telstra Nat. Business Mgr President Finance and High Performance

7 7

George Tatai Licensed Custom Broker Vice President Finance and High Performance

7 6

Michael Burnett Chartered Accountant Partner, Accru Hobart B.Com., F.C.A

Elected Director Finance - Chairman 7 6

Grant Harrison State Gen Mgr SATAB| BBus, Ass Dip Mgmnt

Elected Director Awards - Chairman 7 7

Val Beddoe Dip Arts – Sports Studies B Education - PE

Elected Director High Performance - Chairman

7 6

Ian Bartlett Senior Systems Engineer B Engineering, BSc

Appointed Director Awards and Athletes’ Commission

7 6

Margot Foster Lawyer BA LLB Appointed Director Awards 7 6

Directors’ Report

Name

Ken Williamson

George Tatai

Michael Burnett

Grant Harrison

Val Beddoe

Ian Bartlett

Margot Foster

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The Company Secretary during the financial year was Ms Jane Allen, Mr Michael Burnett & Ms Catherine Clark.

Meetings of the company’s principal board committees were held during the financial year and details of the directors attendance is set out below:

Committee and members No of Committee meeting held

No of Committee meetings attended

FINANCE, AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT

M Burnett – Chair 7 7

K Williamson 7 7

G Tatai 7 7

HIGH PERFORMANCE

V Beddoe - Chair 5 5

K Williamson 5 5

G Tatai 5 5

Principal activitiesThe company’s principal activities were to promote and develop gymnastics from grassroots to the elite level.

ResultThe operating surplus for the year ended 31 December 2010 was $50,118 (2009 loss $30,880). No income tax was payable.

DividendsIn accordance with its constitution, the company is precluded from making any dividend distributions to its members.

Changes in the state of affairsThere have been no significant changes in the state of affairs of the company during the financial year ended 31 December 2010.

Future developmentsThe company does not anticipate any significant change in the operations and activities of the company during the 2011 financial year.


Moving forward;The operating surplus for the year ended 31 december 2010 was $50,118

Subsequent eventsNo matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which have significantly affected or may significantly affect the operations of the company, the results of those operations or the state of affairs of the company in financial periods subsequent to the financial year ended 31 December 2010.

Environmental issuesThe company’s operations are not believed to be regulated by any significant environmental regulations under a law of the commonwealth or of a state or territory.

Proceedings on behalf of companyNo person has applied to the Court under Section 237 of the Corporations Act for leave to bring proceedings on behalf of the company or intervene in any proceedings to which the company is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the company for all or any part of those proceedings. The company was not a party to any such proceedings during the period.

Non audit servicesThe board of directors is satisfied that the provision of non-audit services during the period is compatible with the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the corporations act 2001. The directors are satisfied that the services disclosed below did not compromise the external auditor’s independence for the following reasons:

All non-audit services are reviewed and approved prior to commencement to ensure they do not adversely affect the integrity and objectivity of the auditor; and

The nature of the services provided do not compromise the general principles relating to auditor independence as set out in APES110: Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants set by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Statistics Board.

No fees for non-audit services were paid/ payable to the external auditors during the year ended 31 December 2010.

Indemnification of officers and auditorsDuring the financial year, the company paid premiums in respect of a contract insuring the Directors of the company against liabilities incurred as a director to the extent permitted by the Corporations Act.

The company has not otherwise, during or since the end of the financial year, indemnified or agreed to indemnify an officer or auditor of the company or of any related body corporate against a liability incurred as such an officer or auditor.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made pursuant to the Corporations Act.

On behalf of the Directors

Director – Ken Williamson

Director – Michael Burnett

Dated at Melbourne this 10th day of April 2011

Directors’ Report (continued)

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Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2010

2010 $

2009 $

INCOMEMerchandise

Merchandise sales 306,516 340,581

Less cost of merchandise sold (258,963) (242,934)

Gross Profit (Loss) from Merchandise Trading 47,553 97,647

Membership

Project participant and fee income 1,907,999 1,329,020

Membership and fee revenue - affiliation 934,743 802,107

Less direct membership expenses (18,417) (28,685)

Net Income from Membership 2,824,325 2,102,442

Government Grant Income

Projects 909,036 786,630

Administration 572,700 566,200

Total Government Grant Income 1,481,736 1,352,830

Other Income

Sponsorship and royalties 174,752 125,150

Other income 206,713 124,845

Total Other Income 381,465 249,995

Total Income 4,735,079 3,802,914

EXPENSESOperating & Administration Expenses 1,735,131 1,651,014

Project Expenses 2,949,830 2,182,780

Total Expenses 4,684,961 3,833,794

Net Operating Profit(Loss) For The Year 50,118 (30,880)

2010$

306,516

(258,963)

47,553

1,907,999

934,743

(18,417)

2,824,325

909,036

572,700

1,481,736

174,752

206,713

381,465

4,735,079

1,735,131

2,949,830

4,684,961

50,118


2010 $

2009 $

CURRENT ASSETSCash and cash assets 1,190,077 706,746

Short term investments at cost 234,500 234,500

Trade debtors 255,034 184,174

Stock 240,143 267,835

Other current assets 207,946 201,176

Total Current Assets 2,127,700 1,594,431

NON-CURRENT ASSETSLand and building (written down value) 983,321 991,696

Plant and equipment (written down value) 156,107 170,379

Total Non-Current Assets 1,139,428 1,162,075

Total Assets 3,267,128 2,756,506

CURRENT LIABILITIESTrade creditors and accrued expenses 552,689 244,577

Other current liabilities 980,071 631,387

Employee entitlements 135,428 199,654

Total Current Liabilities 1,668,188 1,075,618

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIESBank loan (secured) 435,514 567,580

Total Non-Current Liabilities 435,514 567,580

Total Liabilities 2,103,702 1,643,198

Net Assets 1,163,426 1,113,308

EQUITYRetained Income 1,073,739 1,023,621

Club Development Reserve 89,687 89,687

Total Equity 1,163,426 1,113,308

Statement of Financial Position at 31 December 2010

2010$

1,190,077

234,500

255,034

240,143

207,946

2,127,700

983,321

156,107

1,139,428

3,267,128

552,689

980,071

135,428

1,668,188

435,514

435,514

2,103,702

1,073,739

89,687

1,113,308Net Assets 1,163,426

1,113,308Total Equity 1,163,426

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2010 $

2009 $

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

Receipts from members and customers 1,480,242 1,663,230

Receipts from Government grants for administration support 572,700 566,200

Receipts from Government grants for projects 1,388,224 858,670

Receipts from project participants and fees 2,153,701 1,263,206

Interest received 50,361 23,461

Cash paid for projects (2,863,793) (2,301,502)

Payments to suppliers and employees (2,127,236) (1,912,590)

Net Cash Inflow From Operating Activities 654,199 160,675

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

Capital equipment purchases (38,802) (84,645)

Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) From Investing Activities (38,802) (84,645)

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

Bank loan repayments (132,066) (39,646)

Net Cash Inflow From Financing Activities (132,066) (39,646)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash Held 483,331 36,384

Opening Cash Held 706,746 670,362

Closing Cash Held 1,190,077 706,746

2010$

1,480,242

572,700

1,388,224

2,153,701

50,361

(2,863,793)

(2,127,236)

654,199

(38,802)

(38,802)

(132,066)

(132,066)

706,746Closing Cash Held 1,190,077

670,362Opening Cash Held 706,746

36,384Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash Held 483,331

Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 December 2010

Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended 31 December 2010

Retained Profits Club Development Reserve (a)

Total

$ $ $

Balance at 31 December 2008 1,054,501 89,687 1,144,188

Loss for the year attributable to members (30,880) - (30,880)


Surplus for year attributable to members 50,118 - 50,118


(a) The Club Development Reserve is a reserve held to fund future club development.


Notes to and forming part of the Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2010

1. Summary Of Accounting Policies

The financial report is a special purpose financial report prepared to satisfy the financial preparation requirements of the Corporations Act 2001. The Directors have determined that the company is not a reporting entity.

Gymnastics Australia Ltd is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in Australia.

Basis of Preparation The report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001, and the following applicable Australian Accounting Standards and Accounting Interpretations:

AASB 108: Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors; AASB 110: Events after the Balance Sheet Date; AASB 1031: Materiality; AASB 1048: Interpretation and Applicable Standards

No other Accounting Standards, Accounting Interpretations or other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board have been applied.

Reporting Basis and Conventions The financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs modified by the revaluation of selected non-current assets, and financial assets and financial liabilities for which the fair value basis of accounting has been applied.

Accounting policies are selected and applied in a manner which ensures that the resultant financial information satisfies the concepts of relevance and reliability, thereby ensuring that the substance of the underlying transactions and other events is reported.

The following is a summary of the material policies adopted by the company in the preparation of the financial report. The accounting policies have been consistently applied, unless otherwise stated.

a) Taxation The company is believed to be exempt from income tax.

b) Plant and Equipment Each class of plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are:–

Class of Fixed Asset Depreciation RatePlant and equipment 7.5% - 40.0% (Diminishing Value)Building 2.5% (Diminishing Value)

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. These gains and losses are included in the income statement.

c) Land and Building The land and building has been included in the accounts at cost less accumulated depreciation in regard to the building.

d) Short Term Investments These investments are variable rate preference shares listed on the Australian Securities Exchange the market value of which was $219,140 at 31st December 2010 (2009 $217,147). The investments are reported at cost ($234,500)

e) Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts.

f) Revenue Revenue from services and sale of merchandise rendered is recognised upon the delivery of service to customers.

Interest revenue is recognised on a proportional basis taking into account the interest rates applicable to the financial assets.

Sponsorship and government grant monies received during the financial period that will be expended in the subsequent financial year are shown as current liabilities on the basis that these funds would be refundable if not expended as prescribed.

g) Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST. Receivables and payables in the balance sheet are shown inclusive of GST. Cash flows are presented in the cash flow statement on a net of GST basis.

h) Employee Entitlements Provision is made in respect of the company’s liability for annual leave and long service leave at balance date. Long service leave is accrued in respect of all employees with more than 7 years service with the company which it is believed approximates the provisions of all Australian Accounting Pronouncements.

Contributions are made by the company to an employee superannuation fund and are charged as expenses when incurred. The company has no legal obligation to provide benefits to employees on retirement.

i) Critical Accounting Estimates The directors evaluate estimates and judgements incorporated into the financial report based on historical knowledge and best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data.

j) Club Development Fund A cash management account has been created on formation of the Club Development Fund. These funds have been set aside to fund the annual Club 10 Development Grant Scheme.

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k) Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss A financial asset is classified in this category if acquired principally for the purpose of settling in the short term or if so designated by management and within the requirements of AASB 139: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments.

l) Loans and receivables Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market and are stated at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

m) Held to maturity investments These investments have fixed maturities, and it is the company’s intention to hold these investments to maturity. Any held to maturity investments held by the company are stated at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

n) Available for sale financial assets Available for sale financial assets include any financial assets not included in the above categories. Available for sale financial assets are reflected at fair value. Unrealised gains and losses arising from changes in fair value are taken directly to equity.

o) Financial liabilities Non derivative financial liabilities are recognised at amortised cost, comprising original debt less principal payments and amortisation.

Derivative instruments are measured at fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in fair value are taken to the income statement unless they are designated as hedges.

p) Fair Value Fair value is determined based on current bid prices for all quoted investments. Valuation techniques are applied to determine the fair value for all unlisted securities, including recent arm’s length transactions, reference to similar instruments and option pricing models.

q) Impairment At each reporting date, the company assesses whether there is objective evidence that a financial instrument has been impaired. In the case of available for sale financial instruments, a prolonged decline in the value of the instrument is considered to determine whether impairment has arisen. Impairment losses are recognised in the income statement.

r) Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss A financial asset is classified in this category if acquired principally for the purpose of settling in the short term or if so designated by management and within the requirements of AASB 139: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments. Derivatives are also categorised as held for trading unless they are designated as hedges. Realised and unrealised gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of these assets are included in the income statement in the period in which they arise.

AASB 101: Presentation of Financial Statements In September 2007, the Australian Accounting Standards Board revised AASB 101, and as a result there have been changes to the presentation and disclosure of certain information with the financial statements. Below is an overview of the key changes and the impact of the company’s financial statements.

Disclosure impact Terminology changes – The revised version of AASB 101 contains a number of terminology changes, including the amendment of the names of the primary financial statements. These changes are not expected to impact the financial performance or financial position of the company.

Adoption of new and revised accounting standards Reporting changes in equity – The revised AASB 101 requires all changes in equity arising from transaction with owners in their capacity as owners to be presented separately from non-owner changes in equity. Owner changes in equity are to be presented in the statement of changes in equity, with non-owner changes in equity presented in the statement of comprehensive income. The previous version of AASB 101 required that owner changes in equity be presented in the income statement.

Statement of comprehensive income – The revised AASB 101 requires all income and expenses to be presented in either one statement – the statement of comprehensive income, or two statements – a separate income statement and a statement of comprehensive income. The previous version of AASB 101 required only the presentation of a single income statement.

The company’s financial statements now contain a statement of comprehensive income.

Other comprehensive income – The revised version of AASB 101 introduces the concept of ‘other comprehensive income’ which comprises of income and expense that are not recognised in profit and loss as required by other Australian Accounting Standards. Items of other comprehensive income are to be disclosure in the statement of comprehensive income. The previous version of AASB 101 did not contain an equivalent concept.

New Accounting Standards for Application in Future Periods

The AASB has issued new and amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations that have mandatory application dates for future reporting periods and which the company has decided not to early adopt. A discussion of those future requirements and their impact on the company is as follows:

AASB 9: Financial Instruments and AASB 2009-11: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB 9 [AASB 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 101, 102, 108, 112, 118, 121, 127, 128, 131, 132, 136, 139, 1023 & 1038 and Interpretations 10 & 12] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2013).

These Standards are applicable retrospectively and amend the classification and measurement of financial assets. The company has not yet determined any potential impact on the financial statements.


1. Summary Of Accounting Policies

The changes made to accounting requirements include:

> simplifying the classifications of financial assets into those carried at amortised cost and those carried at fair value;

> simplifying the requirements for embedded derivatives;

> removing the tainting rules associated with held-to-maturity assets;

> removing the requirements to separate and fair value embedded derivatives for financial assets carried at amortised cost;

> allowing an irrevocable election on initial recognition to present gains and losses on investments in equity instruments that are not held for trading in other comprehensive income. Dividends in respect of these investments that are a return on investment can be recognised in profit and loss and there is no impairment or recycling on disposal of the instrument; and

> requiring financial assets to be reclassified where there is a change in an entity’s business model as they are initially classified based on: (a) the objective of the entity’s business model for managing the financial assets; and (b) the characteristics of the contractual cash flows.

> AASB124: Related Party Disclosures (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2011).

This standard removes the requirement for government-related entities to disclose details of all transactions with the government and other government-related entities and clarifies the definition of a ‘related party’ to remove inconsistencies and simplify the structure of the Standard. No changes are expected to materially affect the company.

AASB 2009-4: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from the Annual Improvements Project [AASB 2 and AASB 138 and AASB Interpretations 9 & 16] (applicable for the annual reporting periods commencing from 1 July 2009) and AASB 2009-5: Further Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from the Annual Improvements Project [AASB 5, 8, 101, 107, 117, 118, 136 & 139] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing 1 January 2010).

These Standards detail numerous non-urgent but necessary changes to Accounting Standards arising from the IASB’s annual improvements project. No changes are expected to materially affect the company.

AASB 2009-8: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Transactions [AASB 2] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010).

This Standard clarifies the accounting for group cash-settled share-based payment transactions in the separate or individual financial statements of the entity receiving the goods or services when the entity has no obligation to settle the share-based payment transaction. The amendments incorporate the requirements previously included in Interpretation 8 and Interpretation 11 and as a consequence, these two Interpretations are superseded by the amendments. These amendments are not expected to impact the company.

AASB 2009-10: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Classification of Rights Issues [AASB 132] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010).

This Standard clarifies that rights, options or warrants to acquire a fixed number of an entity’s own equity instruments for a fixed amount in any currency are equity instruments if the entity offers the rights, options or warrants pro rata to all existing owners of the same class of its own non-derivative equity instruments. The amendments are not expected to impact the company.

AASB 2009-12: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards [AASBs 5, 8, 108, 110, 112, 119, 133, 137, 139, 1023 & 1031 and Interpretations 2, 4, 16, 1039 & 1052] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010).

This Standard makes a number of editorial amendments to a range of Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations, including amendments to reflect changes made to the text of IFRSs by the IASB. The Standard also amends AASB 8 to require entities to exercise judgement in assessing whether a government and entities known to be under the control of that government are considered a single customer for the purposes of certain operating segment disclosures. The amendments are not expected to impact the company.

AASB 2009-13: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from Interpretation 19 [AASB 1] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010).

This Standard makes amendments to AASB 1 arising from the issue of Interpretation 19. The amendments allow a first- time adopter to apply the transitional provisions in Interpretation 19. This Standard is not expected to impact the company.

AASB 2009-14: Amendments to Australian Interpretation – Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement [AASB Interpretation 14] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010).

This Standard amends Interpretation 14 to address unintended consequences that can arise from the previous accounting requirements when an entity prepays future contributions into a defined benefit pension plan.

AASB Interpretation 19: Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010).

This Interpretation deals with how a debtor would account for the extinguishment of a liability through the issue of equity instruments. The Interpretation states that the issue of equity should be treated as the consideration paid to extinguish the liability, and the equity instruments issued should be recognised at their fair value unless fair value cannot be measured reliably, in which case they shall be measured at the fair value of the liability extinguished. The Interpretation deals with situations where either partial or full settlement of the liability has occurred. This Interpretation is not expected to impact the company.

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2. Operating Profit

2010 $

2009 $

INCOMEOther Income

Interest income 50,361 23,461

Sales online Subscriptions 49,274 42,540

State IMIS fees 8,000 8,000

Online resources 71,876 22,526

Sundry Income 27,202 28,318

EXPENSESInterest paid 42,646 45,066

Depreciation of Building 8,375 -

Depreciation of plant and equipment 45,747 37,117

Transfer to/(from) provisions for employee entitlements 64,226 15,822

Audit fees – audit services 5,000 4,900

Operating Profit includes the following items of expense:

2010$

50,361

49,274

8,000

71,876

27,202

42,646

8,375

45,747

64,226

5,000

3. Members Guarantee

The company is limited by guarantee. If the company is wound up, the Constitution states that each member is required to contribute a maximum of $20 each towards meeting any outstanding obligations of the company.

The total number of members at 31 December 2010 was 7. Each member has a vote at a general meeting on a show of hands.

4. Segment Information

The company operates in predominantly one industry segment and in one geographic segment.

5. Dividends

In accordance with its Constitution, the company is precluded from making any distributions to its members.

As the company is exempt from income tax the balance of the franking account is $Nil.

6. Company Details

The registered office and main business address of the company is 32 Cleeland Road, Oakleigh South, Victoria 3167.

Directors’ Declaration

The directors declare that:–

a) the company is a non-reporting entity;

b) the attached financial statements and notes thereto comply with accounting standards, as set out in note 1 to the financial statements;

c) the attached financial statements and notes thereto, give a true and fair view of the financial position and performance of the company;

d) in the directors’ opinion, the attached financial statements and notes thereto are in accordance with the Corporations Regulations 2001; and

e) in the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made pursuant to the Corporations Act.

On behalf of the Directors

Director – Ken Williamson

Director – Michael Burnett

Dated at Melbourne this 10th day of April 2011.


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