GymBC Office Closure 

The federal government announced that September 19, 2022 will be a National Day of Mourning in Canada. This follows the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, 2022 and coincides with the State Funeral being held in London.

The GymBC physical office will be closed in observance of the event. However, as this is not an official stat holiday in BC, staff may be working remotely. 

If you require immediate assistance during this time, please direct your inquiries to: info@gymbc.org. 

Nathan Kindrachuk Departing GymBC

Following two and a half successful years with Gymnastics BC, Nathan Kindrachuk is moving on from Gymnastics BC to pursue a new career opportunity. His last day will be on September 29. 

Nathan has strengthened our community on so many levels through his expert insight, compassion and unwavering dedication to support those he has connected and built trusted relationships since he started with GymBC in 2020. Additionally, his influence and energies have greatly and positively affected the SafeSport conversation beyond the province and across Canada. He has helped establish GymBC as a national leader in advancing this important mission. 

GymBC would like to assure our members that our commitment to good governance, safe sport and risk management role will continue. We will be posting for a new Safety Officer to continue positive growth and development in this area. 

Please join us in thanking Nathan for his good service and wishing him all the best in his new endeavour. Thank you, Nathan! 

Coaches Week: Call for Media! 

Clubs, athletes, staff coaches and parents - we need your help! 

GymBC would like to put together a short reel at the conclusion to National Coaches Week. This will only be possible if we receive enough good quality media submissions of coaches in action across all disciplines. 

Help us make this happen by submitting media HERE, or by emailing content to: communications@gymbc.org. If choosing to email content, please clarify what discipline the individuals are involved in (if it's not clear). 

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

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 (Sept. 17-25) 

National Coaches Week is a time to celebrate the positive impact coaches have on athletes and communities across Canada. This annual campaign is an opportunity to recognize coaches for the integral role they play, and to take time to say #ThanksCoach.

All you need to know about National Coaches Week in BC can be found below: 

1) CAC Contest and Participation Guide

Visit the coach.ca National Coaches Week event page to download the Participation Guide, and learn how using the hashtag #thankscoach on social media could earn you a pair of $100 Petro-Canada gift cards! 

Specific eLearning modules are also available for free throughout the week - log into the Locker to find out what's available! 

2) GymBC Coach Recognition Contest 

GymBC is excited to announce a special contest to celebrate the amazing coaches in our community! 

We are inviting athletes, participants and parents to recognize the marvelous coach(es) in your life by completing a short recognition form HERE. 

All submissions will be entered into a draw to win one of four gift cards. Those with a media attachment (ie. photo or video) will receive extra entries! 

To make entering the contest as easy as possible, member clubs will be emailed a copy of the featured poster with QR code link to put up in their facilities. 

Submission Deadline: Wed, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m.

Contest Draw: Fri, Sept. 30

3) GymBC FREE Virtual Education Series  

Join us next week for four free educational webinars to celebrate Coaches Week! 

Register to save your spot for any (or all!) of the sessions below: 

• Tues, Sept. 20: Provincial Mentorship Pilot Program with Bobbie Worrall
• Wed, Sept. 21: Coaching as a Career with Jared Goad
• Thurs, Sept.22: Conditioning can be Fun! with Ali Stoffels
• Fri, Sept.23: Annual Planning for All Levels with Jesse Jakins

4) viaSport Free or Discounted NCCP Modules 

viaSport is also offering several complimentary or discounted NCCP modules throughout Coaches Week! 

Please see their event calendar for more information. 

2022 GymBC Awards and AGM Weekend

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

General information on the GymBC AGM is available on the event page below. Further details, including registration, will be circulated shortly. 

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.

2022 TG Assembly

The 2022 TG Program Assembly will take place on Thurs, Sept. 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Club Aviva in Coquitlam. 

For more information and to register, please click on the button below. 

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 
 

TG Canada Winter Games Trials #1

Information on Trials #1 for the CWG was circulated to all BC TG clubs earlier this week. 

For more information on the event, please contact dmcboyle@gymbc.org. 

BC Winter Games - Coach Mentorship Application 

BC Games is offering a coach development opportunity in alignment with the Greater Vernon 2022 BC Winter Games (in 2023). 

The BC Games Coach Mentorship program is an excellent opportunity to support a coach development initiative in your sport, to build coaching capacity through a BC Winter Games, and has the programming ability to customize it to your coaches’ needs.

Program Guidelines and more information are available HERE. 

Interested individuals are invited to contact their respective technical coordinator as soon as possible, as the application deadline for PSOs to put names forward is Sept. 25, 2022. Any coaches from the 2022 intake of the Coach Mentorship program are welcome back for the 2023 version of this program with preferential selection. 

GymBC Contacts: 

WAG Competitive Program Coordinator: Momona Komagata (mkomagata@gymbc.org)

MAG Competitive Program Coordinator: Thorstein Fischer (tfischer@gymbc.org)

2022-23 Season MAG and WAG Documents

The following updated technical documents are now available on the GymBC website: 

• Fall Info Package (WAG - revised Sept. 14, 2022)
• WAG Qualification Criteria 
• Canada Winter Games Selection Process (MAG and WAG) 

Gymnastics Canada Women's Program Committee Election Update

Please join us in congratulating Andrée Montreuil for her re-election on another three-year term as Chair on the Gymnastics Canada Women's Program Committee. 

Félicitations, Andrée! 

WAG Worlds Selection Camp 

We wish the best of luck to BC athletes Sydney Turner (TAG) and Shallon Olsen (Flicka) as they attend a selection camp for the World Championships this week. 

The camp runs from Sept. 14 to 18 at INS in Montreal. Let's go, BC! 

2022 GFA Assembly

Please save the date - the 2022 GFA Assembly will be held virtually on Friday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m.

For more information and the registration link, please visit the GymBC event calendar HERE. 

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)

NCCP Gymnastics Foundations Active Start Pilot Course Online Delivery

Interested coaches are invited to apply to participate in the pilot delivery of the Online Active Start module. Coaches who are GF Trained in at least one other discipline may apply to complete their Active Start training virtually. 

Application Deadline: Monday, Sept. 26, 2022

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. 

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! 

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