June 1, 2023

Summer 2023 GymBC Weekly Schedule

As we head into the summer months, the GymBC Weekly will be issued every second week, following the Weekly issued next week, June 9, 2023. 

A reminder that you can access archived Weekly's on our website, here. 

Spieth America Chalk Program

Spieth America is providing GymBC clubs 10% off cases of chalk, ordered through spiethamerica.com! 

Purchase as much as you need, using promo code "BCChalk2023" at checkout!

Continue Your Support of the PlaySafe BC Campaign ­­

The PlaySafe BC social media awareness and education campaign continues to be in full swing for the next month with online advertising and boosted social media posts until early July. As a reminder, the PlaySafe BC Flag Tool is available online. Check out this PlaySafeBC.ca page for more information! 

Awareness and education are key to advancing a positive culture in sport and we need your help! Feel free to post both the Flag Tool link and PlaySafeBC link on your websites. Participate easily with the campaign tool kit, located here.

Grant Opportunities

The Northern BC Coaching and Officiating Development Fund, a localized initiative supported in part by the Northern Sport Strategy, created to provide support for coaching and officiating development, is open for application June 1 – 30. Funding from this grant can be used to reduce the cost of their training and/or certification courses. View this, and all of our grants on our grants page.

Learning Facilitator Training Opportunities

There will be multiple LF training opportunities over the summer including a C3 Artistic, C1 Trampoline, and GF Intro/Artistic. Please complete this form to apply to become an LF!

2023 BC Gymnaestrada Recap!

Gymnastics BC and White Rock Gymnastics Athletic Society had a busy weekend at the 2023 BC Gymnaestrada Event at Trinity Western University!

The event was filled with joy, happiness, and community as clubs from across the province came together to celebrate our passion for movement and physical activity, while capturing the true essence of the ‘Gymnastics for All’ and ‘Active for Life’ philosophies of sport and recreation. To read more about this wonderful weekend, check out our latest news post, here. 

Thank you to everyone who supported and participated!

2023 Gymnastics BC Awards and Scholarships Reminder

Gymnastics BC Awards and Scholarships Applications are open! Check out our latest website post, here!

The forms for the GFA and GymBC Awards Nominations as well as the Scholarship Application can be found on the events page here. The deadline for completing and submitting applications is July 14, 2023. 

Questions can be directed to events@gymbc.org

Team BC TG Heads to Western Canada Cup!

Gymnastics BC would like to wish the very best of luck to Team BC TG as they head to Calgary this weekend for the 2023 TG Western Canada Cup! We hope the weekend is filled with positive memories and many successes. 

Results, provided by SportzSoft will be consistently posted here. 

Go Team BC! 

BC Athletes Shine at the 2023 Pan American Championships!

Congratulations to WAG athlete, Sydney Turner and coach Barb Fraser (TAG), as well as MAG athlete, Zachary Clay and coach Richard Ikeda (Twisters), who competed at the 2023 Pan American Championships in Medellin, Colombia last week. Some highlights include:

WAG (Sydney Turner) Results

  • 9th All Around
  • 6th on Uneven Bars
  • 28th on Balance Beam
  • 11th on Floor
  • 3rd as a Team

MAG (Zachary Clay) Results

  • 12th on Pommel Horse
  • 2nd as a Team

Congratulations to you all!

2023 GFA Retreat Registration Now Open!

GymBC and the Gymnastics For All Committee (GFAC) would like to invite to you the 2023 GFA Retreat!

The 2023 GFA Retreat event will be held in Nanaimo, BC at VIP Gymsports over the weekend of August 25-27, 2023, and is our keynote GFA Education and Networking opportunity. Join us as we host a weekend of technical and administrative workshops, social events, and fun activities to get your GFA Coaches and Program Managers recharged and excited for the Fall Session! 

The first event bulletin can be found here. Click here to register!

Questions can be directed to GFA Program Coordinator, Bobby Kriangkum, at bkriangkum@gymbc.org.

Coach & Judge Education Calendar

For a full list of upcoming Coaching & Judging courses, visit the Coach & Judge Education Calendar:

Coach & Judge Education Calendar
Event Calendar

For a full list of upcoming Events, visit the Events Calendar:

Event Calendar
Classified Ads

Click the link below to the Classified ADs page on our website:

4 jobs postings have been added to the GymBC website in the last two weeks. 

Classified Ads

GYMBC STAFF LIST

Nigel Loring, CEO, ceo@gymbc.org 
Catherine Dubinsky, Member Services Manager/Bookkeeper, cdubinsky@gymbc.org
Justin Schubert, Sport Safety Officer, safety@gymbc.org
Aidan Muth, Administrative & Events Coordinator, amuth@gymbc.org
Bobbie Worrall, Coach and Judge Development Coordinator, bworrall@gymbc.org
Momona Komagata, WAG Program Coordinator, mkomagata@gymbc.org
Thorstein Fischer, MAG Program Coordinator tfischer@gymbc.org
Debbie McBoyle, TG Program Coordinator, dmcboyle@gymbc.org  
Bobby Kriangkum, Recreation Program Coordinator, bkriangkum@gymbc.org 

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