Stockport School of Gymnastics October 2017 News October is Membership Month This is a heavy month for fees and if you are new to gymnastics may have been a bit of an education. Gymnastic Memberships all fall at the same time, but once paid are done for 12 months. We have staggered the terms so that you are not due term fees at the same time as the annual fees are due. Coupled with this BG have changed the way they register gymnasts to comply SSoG Calendar 2017 with the new General Data Protection Regulations and as we publish this 7th/8th Oct 11th/12th Nov newsletter they are having some issues Paul Reay Team Challenge at English Gold Silver and with their website and hence your abil- Wigan Bronze Championships ity to register. 23rd to 27th October 19th Nov Membership of British Gymnastics Holiday Camps at the Newby SSoG Club Championship This varies from £11 for Pre-School Road Centre. and Presentation Events at through £17 for a Gymnast to £41 for a 28th/29th Oct Newby Rd. Competitive Gymnast. The membership is essentially an insurance policy, but North West Individual & Ap- 2nd/3rd Dec there are other benefits, all of which paratus Championships (Out English Gold Silver and are explained on the BG website of Age) at Wigan Bronze Championships www.british-gymnastics.org 11th/12th Nov 10th Dec Your membership level will have been GM 4 Piece at Wigan Inter-County teams shown on your invoice. SSoG Membership Recreational- Next Term Dates SSoG is a Community Interest Company run by the members and the parents Term dates for November 2017 – February 2018 and guardians of all enrolled gymnasts Term Starts Monday 13th November 2017 are members. As a member’s club we have a members fee and this will have Term Ends Saturday 3rd February 2018 been included on your invoice. We use There are no classes on Saturday 16th December as we are this money to pay for coaches, judges, running the Rec Christmas Competition at the Newby Rd. officials and Club BG membership Fees Centre on that day. North West Affiliation Fees This is an 11 week term but with just 10 weeks for Mondays Applicable to competing gymnasts only and Tuesdays gymnasts due to the New Year Bank Holidays. and is £5 to enter any NW competitions There will be more info on the invoices. Page 1 Stockport School of Gymnastics British Gymnastics Renewal You may remember that we told you about This will be shown as Bronze Membership on your in- the new registration process for BG member- voice and covers all Recreational Classes at Newby Rd ship in the last newsletter. The information is and Offerton, Teens Classes, Adult Classes, Home repeated below. British Gymnastics will open School Classes, Judges, Club Officials, Competition up their website for you to register directly Squad, some Coaches and some Club Gymnasts. with them from 8.00 on Sunday 1st October Competitive Gymnast and you must complete the process by 12th This will be shown as Silver Membership on your in- October. Remember you must settle your in- voice and covers some Club Gymnasts and some voice with SSoG before completing the BG Coaches. registration process. We understand there is a tick box selection for the Some information to help you complete the type of gymnastics you do. Select Men’s, Women’s, BG forms. Adults or Gymfit. Other options may be available, but The Club Name is Stockport School of Gym- to date we are not sure on the choices. nastics Ltd The last tick box is on payment and as you have al- The type of membership you require is one of ready paid SSoG the Already Paid Club box should be 3 available and you should refer to the SSoG selected. You cannot select the other box as only 1 op- invoice as to which one we have invoiced you tion is available for all members of the club and we for. BG have thrown us a curved ball by have selected for members to pay us. changing what they call them, so this may We will have help available at the club to walk you help through the process if you are having problems and Pre-School there are leaflets available at both the Newby Rd and This will be shown as Pre-School on your in- Offerton Centres voice and covers both Independent and Pre- Ready to start the process? Go to the BG Membership School with Parents. page and start clicking. Gymnast How are we doing? We are a members club and changeover between weekday there is a degree of repetition want to listen to the opinions on recreational and club sessions. and have set up a project to pro- how you want our club to run. We are trying to balance the duce a syllabus for the recrea- We get a lot of correspondence, requests for block booking of tional classes. mostly positive, but we recog- adult beginner classes with If you have any questions then nise that there are a number of those who want to book casual- the team can be contacted on areas that we can work on to im- ly. This is still work in progress. email at prove. We listened to your request for [email protected] We had a major problem with more opportunity to do BG Pro- and we will be putting feedback waiting times and so we doubled ficiency badges and we hope forms on the website in the near up on a number of sessions to the new system is working as future. create 150 additional places. The you expect. You can also talk to the duty waiting list has disappeared but We also recognise that despite office at any of the sessions. we are listening to your sugges- the addition of varied activities Please be positive with sugges- tions on how we can manage the in recreational classes that tions at this time of expansion. Page 2 Stockport School of Gymnastics Christmas Competition Exam Success This will be held on the 16th De- will not be accepted without Congratulations to Frankie Rossi cember at Newby Road, the en- payment. We encourage all and Vinnie Gill who have passed try forms have been handed out parent/guardians and grandpar- their Level 1 WA Coaching course to all recreational gymnasts, the ents to come along and watch last weekend. This, along with entry fee is £5 payable in cash at the competition and see the see the recent Judging Course qualifi- Newby Road or Offerton before the skills the have been working cations achieved by Suzanne 21st October 2017. Entry forms on this term. Winterbone, Nicki Havery, Clare The competition will be based on Hales, Sylvia Wilson, Cassie Car- Tuck Shop a floor routine comprising 6 rick, Bev Perkins, Jemma Naylor moves and a vault. Lots of prizes, and Jayne Owen puts the club in The tuck shop is now open eve- medals and a selection box for a great position for competitive ry weekday 4.15 – 6.15pm and each competing gymnast. success in the next season. Saturdays 9.00am – 1.30pm. If there are healthy option snacks you would like us to consider stocking please let the tuck shop team know. Some tuck shop items may change from time to time. We have tea, coffee and toast as well as the usual cold drinks and sweets. Use the facilities! New Rebound Cover We have had Gymnova manufacture a carpet covering for the rebound run up at Newby Rd. Looks great and is a big im- provement on the 3 agility mats that we had brought with us from Dialstone. Entry to Club We are often asked about how to become a club gymnast. The short answer is by transfer from another club or by invite or by trial. From time to time we run trials Entry to Competitions (Club) for the club and test the gymnasts against a number of strength and flexibility A reminder on the entry criteria for entry to GM and NW norms. The invite usually comes from be- competitions for club gymnasts. The gymnasts must have ing spotted in classes by the coaches and the CRs for the Level they are training for and must pay then trialled in the club. However we do the entry fee by the date requested. If coaches enter gym- miss gymnasts so do ask your coach for an nasts then the fee is at risk if the CRs are not secure when opinion on your child’s potential. competition rotations commence, as they will be pulled. Page 3 Stockport School of Gymnastics Halloween Competition Mike Lea leading SSoG new skills Wilmslow gymnastics club are repeating Mike Lea will be coaching at the club on a monthly basis their successful Halloween Competition on making sure that our top gymnasts are getting the advice 21st/22nd October at Wilmslow Leisure that they need to progress their programmes. Mike is Centre. We have entered 15 gymnasts form seen below focussing on multiple twisting moves. the Competition Squad and hopes are high that they will do well and enjoy them- selves. Remember that the coaches last year had to dress appropriately! Hannah Whelan The new Code of Points, introduced after the Rio Olympics, has tried to put the artis- tic back into Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. The judges have all been trained as to what they are looking for when they are marking floor and beam routines and coaches have picked up knowledge too.