Welcome, Megan! 

Please join us in welcoming Megan McDermott to GymBC! Megan started last week in the role of Administrative and Communications Coordinator. 

Megan is from Ireland and grew up in County Galway, which is situated in the West of Ireland. She graduated with a Media and Public Relations degree from the Institute of Technology, Carlow during the pandemic. After spending almost five years in her previous role, she found herself making the big move from Ireland to Vancouver this past May.

Megan has always wanted to work in sport, and looks forward to being part of the GymBC team. She can be reached at: info@gymbc.org, or mmcdermott@gymbc.org. 

CharityVillage Webinar 

On Thursday, Sept. 22, join CharityVillage for a free webinar to learn how to manage emotions in workplace conflict. 

Not all conflict is destructive, and emotions are an important information source to be incorporated into resolutions. And there’s one key ingredient that needs to be present in the workplace to make it easier to do so – which will be covered in the session.

Organizations will be walking away with actionable conflict management strategies to improve their work environment. The session will end with a live Q&A with the speaker. 

Register Here

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: TODAY 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! 

The sessions below are still open for registration: 

• 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. 

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! 

Stay tuned for an announcement on GymBC initiatives for the week. 

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.

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. 

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

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

2022 Paris World Challenge Cup

Best of luck to Zachary Clay and coach Richard Ikeda as they attend the 2022 Paris World Challenge Cup this weekend!

Information on the event can be found 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)

viaSport Coach Education Bursary

Since 1997, the Bob Bearpark Coaching Bursary Awards have been supporting coach education in B.C. 

Funding is available for high-performance coaches, female coaches, aboriginal coaches, coaches of athletes with a disability and coaches with a disability.

Application Deadline: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022

Apply Now

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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