BANGOR GYMNASTICS CLUB
Welsh Gymnastics
Club of the Year 2017
IMPORTANT UPDATE
01.05.21
Thank you all for your support over the last year. It has been a challenging time for everyone. Here at Bangor Gymnastics Club we have restructured to ensure that our members continue to receive the best possible experience with us.
We have created a new recreational and competitive structure to give the wider community an opportunity to join our club and be a part of the sport. To read more about this, please visit our Pre-School and Recreational section on our website.
An online booking system will now be used for the Pre-School and Recreational gymnasts to book on for a term through Love Admin. Existing members will be given priority to select their desired class and time on return. We hope that this will support our members to give you a choice on what works best for your family. The online booking system will soon be live. Existing members will be notified so please keep an eye out on your emails and Facebook page.
Competitive Recreational gymnasts will be contacted over the next week by a member of staff with your new training day and time.
WA & MA gymnasts will also receive an email with your new training days and times in the next few days.
Further information on our Inclusive and Broga Bach sessions will be communicated through our Facebook page in due course.
We look forward to welcoming you all back soon💙
Bangor Gymnastics Club are committed to providing gymnastics and fitness classes to all, regardless of your ability and age. Our aim is to help you achieve your potential in a fun and safe environment.
DISCIPLINES
RECREATIONAL
PRE-SCHOOL
FREESTYLE
COMPETITIVE
INCLUSIVE
ADULT
OUR CLUB
Bangor Gymnastics Club was founded in 1981, and moved into it's new fully equipped facility in Llandygai Industrial Estate in March 2017. The club currently offers a wide range of gymnastic activities for infants, children, young people and adults of all abilities. The club is affiliated to British Gymnastics and Welsh Gymnastics.
We are proud of our prestigious recent achievements which include:
Welsh Gymnastics Club of the Year 2017
Welsh Gymnastics Insport Club of the Year 2017
Sport Wales Disability Club of the Year 2017
Disability Sport Wales Gold Accreditation Award
We also work under GymMark, which shows that our club provides the right environment ensuring the welfare of members and encouraging everyone to enjoy sport and stay involved in sport throughout their lives.
OUR TEAM
The club is ran by 3 voluntary directors - Andrew Hill, Mair Eluned and Einir Randall.
We have a range of coaches from Sport Leaders to Level 4.
Volunteers are such a central part of our club and we are lucky to have a great team of incredible people working together.
Sarah Austin
Business Mission Lead
Tamsey Steen
General Gymnastics
Lead
Jen Marquiss
Men's Artistic Gymnastics Lead
Sarah Austin
OUR
PROGRAM
We work to give everyone of every age and ability the opportunity to partake in gymnastics. It's our passion here at Bangor Gymnastics Club.
Pre-school
We welcome members from crawling to 4 years old in our Pre-School program. We have 3 classes - Broga Bach, Little Lions and Tumbling Tigers.
Broga Bach. Age from crawling to 5 years old.
Our Broga Bach session is a parent led free play session. Our fantastic facility will be set up to cater for babies to toddlers to ensure they have a safe environment to push their boundaries. We have sensory and soft play for babies as well as foam pits for your adventurous toddler.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-11am. A space must be pre-booked through Love Admin for each session.
Little Lions. Age 2-3.
This session the first steppingstone into a structured gymnastics session. As it is parent led it gives your little gymnast chance to get to know our pre-school coaching team as well as an understanding of a structured session before they join one of our independent sessions. The session will include coordination encouraging circuits, with an introduction to very basic skills while getting comfortable with the equipment. Followed by parent led free pay.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11:15-12:15pm. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space. Please note that these sessions run during term 1, 2 and 4 only (break during the summer holidays).
Tumbling Tigers. Age 3-4.
This is session is the progression from being a Little Lion or the first step in your child’s gymnastics journey. This session is an independent session meaning it will be fully led by our pre-school coaching team, you can wait in our waiting area where we have a TV set up so you can still observe the whole session. The class will include a range of activities on the equipment with the main aim of the session being a fun environment to develop key motor skills. These sessions run during term 1, 2 and 4 (break during the summer holidays).
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30-1:15pm and Saturday's. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space. Please note that these sessions run during term 1, 2 and 4 only (break during the summer holidays).
FREEsTYLE
Why not try out exciting Freestyle classes? For children 8+
Starting back soon.
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RECREATIONAL
Our recreational program caters for all gymnasts aged 4 - 17. All gymnasts within the recreational program will develop important physical literacy skills and participating in badges and in-house competitions.
Bangor Bears. Age 4-9.
This fun focused session is there to teach gymnasts the foundation skills to start their gymnastics journey. This session is for the children who are starting their gymnastics journey, have moved up from our pre-school program or gymnasts who have participated in our recreational program previously. Gymnasts will be grouped with other gymnasts their age and use a range of equipment within our fantastic purpose-built facility. Gymnasts in this session will work towards completing the BGC Badge Program as well as getting an opportunity to compete in our Club Championships. These groups will be mixed boys and girls.
These sessions are all 45mins and we have numerous sessions running throughout the week. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space.
Powerful Pumas. Age 10-12.
This session is the next step for gymnasts who are current members of Bangor Bears or just starting out on their journey! Gymnasts within this session will be grouped by age but also by ability to ensure they are getting the most out of their session. Gymnasts will spend more time developing each skill as well as focusing on specific apparatus. Gymnasts in this session will work towards completing the BGC Badge Program as well as getting an opportunity to compete in our Club Championships.
These sessions are all 1 hour 30 mins and we have numerous sessions running throughout the week. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space.
Teen Gym. Age 13+
This session is the final step within our recreational gymnastics program and aims to keep gymnasts in the sport by being more gymnast lead than our other sessions. Meaning gymnasts will have more of a say is specific skills they want to develop on each apparatus. Gymnasts will still have the opportunity to work through the Club Badge system and compete in the Club Championships.
These sessions are all 1 hour 30 mins and we have numerous sessions running throughout the week. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space.
inclusive
At Bangor Gymnastics Club, we aim to include and accommodate everyone. We offer a range of Inclusive classes which focus on aiding children with disabilities so that they can enjoy the sport we love just as much as everyone else. We provide Inclusive sessions with a lower coach to gymnast ratio than our recreational sessions, in order to give the participants all the support they need in an environment which is comfortable for them.
We also provide Rebound Therapy classes, in which we utilise out trampoline and our state of the art hoist system. We believe we are the only gymnastics club this side of the Atlantic Ocean to offer a hoist system.
Our inclusive sessions are Pay As You Go, and cost £4.00 at the door, and our Rebound Therapy sessions are price on application. For more information please get in touch with the club.
Competitive Recreational
The competitive recreational program is for gymnasts who have been selected by our coaches to compete for the club at various compeitions.
Emerald. Age 4-10.
This session is by selection only. Coaches are constantly keeping an eye out for gymnasts within our recreational sessions and if a gymnast is showing attributes suited to this session they will be invited for a trial. Once part of this session gymnasts will be expected to compete in a number of competitions throughout the year as well as working towards completing the BGC Jewel program and competing in the Club Championships.
These sessions are all 1 hour 30 mins and we have numerous sessions running throughout the week. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space.
Saphire. Age 11-17.
This session is by selection only. Coaches are constantly keeping an eye out for gymnasts within our recreational sessions and if a gymnast is showing attributes suited to this session they will be invited for a trial. Once part of this session gymnasts will be expected to compete in a number of competitions throughout the year as well as working towards completing the BGC Jewel program and competing in the Club Championships.
These sessions are all 2 hours and we have numerous sessions running throughout the week. Termly booking is required through Love Admin and payment is required for the term in advanced to secure your space.
WAG & MAG
By selection from our coaching team, some gymnasts will be invited to attend our squad groups starting from Mighty Monkeys which are our younger gymnasts to our coloured groups - Yellow, Blue, Purple, Pink and Teal (WAG) Orange, Green (MAG). The gymnasts within these groups will be representing the club at local, regional and national competitions.
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Come and give gymnastics a go! It's never too late...
Starting soon on Thursday's 8-9pm. Please book on via Love Admin due to government guidelines.
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