GymBC AGM Info and Proposed Membership Fee Changes

An e-mail regarding the upcoming AGM and Proposed Membership Fee Changes (2023-26) was circulated to all main club contacts last week. 

Please contact info@gymbc.org if your club did not receive this information. 

Questions about the AGM can be directed to Leanne James: events@gymbc.org

Questions on the membership fee proposal document and registration for the October 12 roundtable in advance of the AGM can be directed to Catherine Dubinsky: membership@gymbc.org

New Grant: Rally Together Fund

A $4M Rally Together Fund has been developed to provide one-time recovery funding for amateur sport organizations who have seen a decrease in membership or volunteerism through COVID-19. This fund will help to ensure that B.C.’s amateur sport system continues to provide opportunities for sport development and recovery as well as the significant community and economic benefits.

Funding is available for non-profit provincial sport organizations, disability sport organizations, multi-sport organizations and local sport organizations. Specifically, the grant is intended to support the development of programs focused on rebuilding sport participation ($2M) and the recruitment and retention of volunteers ($2M).

The grant is open from September 23 to November 4, 2022, to fund programs running between December 1, 2022 and January 15, 2024.  

viaSport Safe Sport Workshop: Introduction to Mediation Skills 

ViaSport is pleased to invite interested sport leaders to continue building their comfort-level with handling potential conflicts in sport. This upcoming training session will introduce mediation as part of your organization's toolkit for safer sport.

The workshop will take place on Thursday, Oct.13 at 1 p.m. 

Register Here

GymBC Job Postings

GymBC currently has two openings: 

1) Sport Safety Officer; and 

2) Recreation Program Coordinator (Fixed-Term Contract, 25 hrs/week)

Please visit our website for full details and to apply. 

Sport for Life: Webinar for Parents

Recognizing the critical role parents play in everyone's sport experience, Sport for Life is hosting a new webinar: Supporting Positive Sport Parenting for clubs, coaches and parents.

Join them on Sunday, Oct. 2 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. to learn more about how important parental support and behaviour-modeling can be to the sport environment and what you can do to contribute.
 
Register Here

Same Game Challenge: Apply Now

Canadian Women & Sport is pleased to extend an invitation to sport and recreation organizations across Canada to apply for the Same Game Challenge thanks to funding support from Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities (Jumpstart). This project will support organizations to advance gender equity and improve opportunities for women and girls as participants and leaders in sport. 

Applications for this first cohort are open from Thursday, Sept. 1 to Sun, Oct. 2 at 8:59pm. Same Game Challenge will officially begin January 2023 and will run through until July 2023. 

Detailed information and the application can be found HERE. 

National Coaches Week Recap

GymBC would like to thank our community for a successful 2022 National Coaches Week!

We enjoyed seeing and sharing all of your great photos and videos shared throughout the week, and appreciated the overwhelming engagement in our Coaches Week Contest. 

Make sure to check out our Instagram and Facebook pages this week for contest winner announcements! 

Canadian Gymnastics Week (Oct. 2-8)

Gym Week is right around the corner! Please find the event directives from GymCan here. Please note that the coupon code for the GymCan store is not yet available - we will circulate that information when it is made available. 

This year, GymCan will be celebrating Gym Week by showcasing the True Sport principles. The prize-winning club will receive a $1,000 gift card to Spieth America! 

GymBC Gym Week Initiatives

1) Pizza Party Draw - GymBC will be holding a parallel draw for Gym Week - all submissions that enter the GymCan contest throughout the event will be automatically entered to win one of three $125 gift cards to host a pizza party for the winning groups! Please ensure that we are tagged in your Instagram submissions to be eligible. 

2) Colouring and Drawing Contests - Our popular colouring/drawing contests are back! This year, two options (colouring or drawing) are available. Submissions can be sent in via the QR code on each template below, or by following this link.

• Colouring Contest (suggested age range 0-6 years)
• Drawing Contest (suggested age range 6+ years) 

Contest submissions are due by October 12, 2022. 

2022 GymBC Awards and AGM Weekend

Tickets are now available for the 2022 GymBC Awards & Scholarship Night! Tickets are going fast - visit the relevant link below to secure yours today! All are welcome to join us in celebrating the deserving individuals in our community. 

Information for both the Awards Night and AGM is available on the respective event pages below. 

Oct. 22, 2022: Awards and Scholarship Night 

Oct. 23, 2022: Annual General Meeting 

Call for Host: 2024 & 2025 Gymnastics BC Championships 

GymBC is seeking proposals from full member clubs interested in hosting the 2024 & 2025 WAG CCP Compulsory, and Artistic WAG Optional, MAG & Trampoline Gymnastics BC Championships. 

Please review both the Bid to Host Information Package and BC Championships Event Hosting Guide for more information on host club requirements and responsibilities for these events.

Should your club wish to submit a bid to host, please apply using the form linked here. 

Application Deadline: Friday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m.

TG Mini Retreat – Save the Date! 

Mark your calendars - the TG mini retreat is coming up early next month! Preliminary details are as follows: 

DATE:  Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022

TIME:   9:00am – 2:00pm 

PLACE:  Langley (TBC) 

More information will be circulated as it becomes available. Questions can be directed to: dmcboyle@gymbc.org 
 

2022 GFA Program Assembly 

The GFA Program Assembly will take place virtually on Friday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. PST. 

All registered GymBC members in good standing are welcome to attend. Please ensure the following documents are completed (as appropriate): 

• Registration Link
  • Registered attendees will receive an e-mail with the meeting agenda and other details closer to the date. 
• Voting Delegate Form 
  • All attending clubs must indicate who the designated voting delegate from their organization will be. The form must be completed by the main club representative/chair/owner. Your designated representative must be confirmed by Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. 
  • Each member club may name a maximum of one voting delegate. No votes by proxy are permitted.
• 2022-23 GFA Committee Nomination Form 
  • Please find the GFA Committee (GFAC) terms of reference here. 
  • All member-at-large positions are up for election. The Chair position will not be up for re-election until 2023. 
  • Nominations will be accepted until end of day on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. 

2022 Paris World Challenge Cup

Congratulations to Zachary Clay for a 4^th place finish on Pommel Horse at the 2022 World Challenge Cup! 

Zach scored 14.300, missing the podium by just 0.050 points. 

Full results available here. 

Szombathely ART World Challenge Cup 

Good luck to Sydney Turner and Barb Fraser who are off to represent Canada at the Szombathely ART World Challenge Cup in Hungary this weekend!

More information on the event can be found here.

Let's go, Team Canada! 

New! GymBC Provincial Mentorship Program

Gymnastics BC is excited to be launching the pilot of our mentorship program next week! 

For details on the Coach Mentorship Pilot Program, please click here. 

For details on the Judge Mentorship Pilot Program, please click here. 

GymBC Webinar: Introducing Weight Training

GymBC is running a series of Coach Education Webinars in October. 

The first in our series, 'Introducing Weight Training' will be presented by Tiz Clive on Oct. 2, 2022. This is a great opportunity if you missed you chance to get PD points during coaches week! 

Check out other upcoming sessions on the Education Calendar. 

Register Here

GymBC Webinar: USAG Congress Technical Takeaways

This USAG Congress Technical Takeaways webinar will take place on Oct. 5, 2022.

In relation to the USAG Congress, Jared Goad has compiled lots of technical takeaways after the event. A variety of topics will be covered, but please note that this webinar will be uneven bars heavy which will be specific to WAG. 

Aboriginal Coaching Module - Victoria 

Inspire Sports Victoria is  pleased to announce that an Aboriginal Coaching Module will be hosted at their facility on Sun, Oct 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

This course is open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous coaches, judges, administrators, board members, and all those who care about moving sport forwards in a good way. Thanks to our partners at ISPARC and Inspire Sports, this course is being offered FREE of charge with food and beverages provided throughout the day (including lunch). 

Please share the attached poster throughout your network and encourage interested individuals to register early as space is limited to 20 participants. 

Questions can be directed to Julie Levasseur (j.levasseur@sasktel.net)

Upcoming Learning Facilitator (LF) Training

GymBC is happy to announce that we have scheduled LF Training from December 27 – 31 on Vancouver Island. 

We are offering LF Training for Competition Introduction (C1) MAG and WAG, and Competition Introduction Development (C2) MAG and WAG. 

Interested applicants are encouraged to be certified at one level higher than the level they intend to facilitate; however if you have extensive experience at the same level exceptions can be made on an individual basis. 

The application form can be found by clicking on the button below. Please ensure to sure to sign up for Core Training if you are not already an LF. 

Please note: This training will remain exclusively open to BC coaches until October 15, 2022, after which time it will be open for registration to LFs across Canada.

Questions can be directed to: coaching@gymbc.org

Tentative: Foundations Introduction and Foundations Artistic LF training

GymBC will schedule a Foundations Introduction and Foundations Artistic LF training should there be sufficient demand for one. Schedule and location TBD based on interest. 

Please click on the button below to express interest! 

For a full list of upcoming events and courses, visit the event calendar:

To receive notifications when courses are added to our calendar: 

For a full list of career postings, visit the GymBC classified ads: