Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010

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Contents 

Our Vision 4 

Our Partner 5 

Our Team 6 

Chairman and CEO Message 7 

ASC Message 9 

Business Services Report 10 

Membership Services Report 12 

Pacific Rim Chairman’s Message 16 

Men’s Gymnastics Report 18 

Women’s Gymnastics Report 20 

Rhythmic Gymnastics report 22 

Trampoline Sports Report 24 

Sport Aerobics Report 26 

Gymnastics For All Report 28 

Cheerleading Report 30 

Acrobatic Gymnastics Report 31 

Association Member Reports 34 

National Squad Members 38 

2010 Australian Champions 40 

National Commission Members 43 

2010 International Results 44 

2010 National Award Recipients 48 

Athlete Award of Distinctions 50 

Roll of Honour 52 

2010 Financial Report 54

OUR VISION 

Gymnastics is a lifestyle, 

not only a sport. 

MISSION 

To promote, develop and 

increase participation in 

gymnastics from grassroots 

to elite through the provision 

of best quality programmes, 

products and services. 

Strategic Priorities 

> Demonstrate the proven link 

between gymnastics, health and 

education, and secure government 

funds for implementation of 

projects and programmes. 

> Adopt a national model for 

the operations of cheerleading 

and aerobics. 

> Create a stronger presence in the 

12-16 year old market. 

> Implement a targeted national high 

performance plan to maximise 

Olympic medal opportunities. 

> Offer integrated education to 

strengthen the career pathways 

for coaches, officials and 

administrators. 

> Make more efficient the gymnastics 

systems and processes on a national 

wide basis. 

> Investigate the pros and cons of a 

non-federated model, and if proven 

beneficial, gain agreement for 

implementation. 

Patron The Hon Robert Ellicott Q.C. 

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Partners 

Life Members 

Gymnastics 

Harry Morris 

Bill Wilson 

Jack Carey 

Jim Brown 

Jim Thompson 

Lance Otto 

Val Beitzel 

Frances Crampton 

Jim Barry 

Ken Williamson 

Anne Bigham 

Bob Wherrett 

Jeff Cheales 

Margaret Lanz 

Murray Chessell 

VIC* 

NSW* 

VIC* 

NSW* 

SA 

SA 

VIC* 

NSW 

VIC 

VIC/ACT 

SA 

TAS 

QLD 

VIC 

VIC 

Trampoline Sports 

Mervin McKay 

Sydney Hurle 

Ian Irvine 

Ernest Blamires 

Len Ransom 

Fred Austine 

Kay Stevenson 

VIC* 

VIC* 

NSW* 

NSW 

QLD 

NSW 

SA 

*Deceased 

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Our 2010 Team 

Board of Directors 


George Tatai 

Grant Harrison 

Val Beddoe 

Michael Burnett 

Margot Foster 

Ian Bartlett 

Daren Wolfe 

Helen Colagiuri 

Teresa Evans 

Karon Williams 

Mike Kelso 

Andrew Saba 

George Tatai 

Kym Dowdell 

Ian Bartlett 

Naazmi Johnston 

Philippe Rizzo 

Damian Ryan 

Allana Slater 

President 

Vice President 

Elected Director 



Appointed Director 


Commission Chairpersons 

FIG Representatives 

Athletes’ Commission 

National Office Staff 

Men’s Gymnastics Technical Director 

Women’s Gymnastics Technical Director 

Rhythmic Gymnastics Technical Director 

Sport Aerobics Technical Director 

Trampoline Sports Technical Director 

Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Director 

FIG Council 

FIG Women’s Technical Committee 

Chairman 

Commission Member 




Jane Allen 

Chief Executive Officer (Jan – March) 

Catherine Clark Chief Executive Officer (June - ) 

Nerine Cooper Cheerleading Program Manager (Jan – Oct) 

Megan Currie Men’s & Women’s Gymnastics 

Program Manager 

Suimai Hare Membership Administrator 

Maris Haryadi Membership Database/IT Coordinator 

Petrina Hutchinson Gymnastics For All Program Manager 

Sue James 

Finance Administrator 

Martin Kurz G-Educate Project Officer 

Peggy Liddick Women’s National Coach 

Karen Myers High Performance Manager 

Rachel Millar Trampoline Sports & Acrobatic 

Gymnastics Program Administrator 

Karen Norden Business Manager 

Linda Pettit Education Manager/G-Educate 

Project Director 

Jo Richards 

Women’s National Junior 

Development Co-ordinator 

Geoff Rietschel Club Services/Membership Manager 

Tim Robertson G-Educate Project Officer 

Russell Smart Events Director 

Hannah Snow Office Administrator (Jan – Oct) 

Vladimir Vatkin Men’s National Coach 

Karon Williams Rhythmic Gymnastics & Sport Aerobics 


Nikolay Zhuravlev Trampoline National Coach 


President and 

CEO Report 

2010 heralded a 

significant new 

chapter in the story 

of Gymnastics 

in Australia 

Catherine Clark 

Chief Executive Officer 


President 

The key highlights in 2010 were 

the outstanding performances 

at the Delhi Commonwealth 

Games and Lauren Mitchell 

becoming our first Women’s 

Artistic World Champion. GA 

successfully secured a record 

increase of $1.2 million per 

annum in new funding. There 

was a farewell to our CEO of 

12 years, Jane Allen, and a 

welcoming of Catherine Clark 

as the new CEO. 

High Performance 

In 2010, there were two pinnacle 

benchmark events for our high 

performance gymnasts – the Delhi 

Commonwealth Games and the 

Rotterdam World Championships. 

The Men’s and Women’s Artistic 

and Rhythmic teams brought home 

a tremendous medal haul winning 

21 medals in total at the Delhi 

Games, including 12 Gold medals. 

This was also a special achievement 

as it is the first time Australia has 

won all three team gold medals. 

At World Championships, Lauren 

Mitchell took Gold on the Floor, 

Prashanth Sellathurai won bronze 

on Pommel and Naazmi Johnston 

achieved the highest ever placing 

for an Australian Rhythmic gymnast 

finishing 30th overall. Both Men’s 

and Women’s Artistic teams are 

successfully through to the next 

round of the Olympic qualification 

process. 

This year Kieran Gorman added 

another significant achievement 

to his record in Aerobics. He was 

ranked number one in the World 

as he continued to deliver excellent 

results throughout 2010. 

These fantastic high performance 

results would not be possible 

without the great work of our 

coaches and the partnerships 

between GA, the Australian 

Sports Commission, the Australian 

Institute of Sport, the Australian 

Olympic Committee, the Australian 

Commonwealth Games Association 

and the five State Institutes – 

Queensland Academy of Sport (Men 

& Women), NSW Institute of Sport 

(Men), Victorian Institute of Sport 

(Women), SA Institute of Sport 

(Men & Trampoline), WA Institute 

of Sport (Women). 

These partnerships have been 

reinforced through GA’s move to a 

fully decentralised high performance 

program and the investment boost 

to GA’s Institutes’ network. From 

2011, GA will double existing 

funding to State Institutes, in 

addition to providing a new stream 

of performance funding which 

recognises those State programs 

which are delivering the targeted 

results for the national program. 

Catherine 

Clark 

Chief 

Executive 

Officer 

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President and 

CEO Report 

continued 

Capability and Infrastructure 

GA has also invested in building closer working relationships within the organisation, specifically with 

our State Association Members. GA recognises the crucial role that alignment and integration between 

the state and national levels plays in most efficiently utilising government funding and delivering value 

to members at the grassroots. High Performance and Participation funding submissions and associated 

planning have involved heavy consultation. Additionally, in 2010, GA launched a review of Cheerleading; 

the review will analyse governance, delivery and growth challenges with a view to developing a revised 

model which best caters for the growth and development of cheerleading in Australia. This is a major 

project and will be completed in late 2011. 

Another major milestone was the completion of the first phase of the G-Educate project. The delivery 

of judging courses across the country represents a massive achievement in the redevelopment and 

repackaging of our education framework for judges. Thank you to everyone within the gymnastics 

community who has contributed to this major piece of work. Education and training are part of core 

business and GA continues to make a large commitment to developing attractive education pathways for 

the gymnastics community. Realistically, within resource levels, the road to a sustainable, high quality and 

modern education framework lies in taking a whole-of-sport approach. Such an approach will also let us 

gain full advantage from the sharing of knowledge across our gymsports. 

Events 

GA stepped up to a hefty event line up in 2010. GA delivered seven (7) National Championships in four 

States involving almost 3,000 athletes. GA also hosted the first Australian Gym for Life Challenge in 

Bendigo, whilst Melbourne hosted the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. The Pacific Rim event was a 

fantastic opportunity for the Australian community to see world class gymnasts in action. 

This year saw the introduction of a subsidy for national judges who officiated at national championship 

events. This subsidy is an acknowledgement of the time and commitment made by our volunteer judges. 

GA thanks all the volunteers, coaches and judges who together make gymnastics events possible for 

our gymnasts. 

Finances 

Alongside the delivery of a very full operational plan, GA worked hard to maintain diligence and discipline 

in relation to financial aspects of organisational performance. Throughout the year and with a new CEO 

on board, reviews of GA’s financial operations have been undertaken. A budgeted deficit of $56,000 was 

expected for 2010 however a strong performance in this area has seen GA finish the year with a modest 

$50,000 surplus. This is a pleasing result as 2010 would have been the fourth consecutive year of budget 

deficit. Over the years ahead GA will seek to maintain solid reserves, an accepted best practice business 

strategy which provides a safeguard for business continuity. 

Membership 

Currently GA has a membership of 126,700 athlete members, 3,900 technical members across 700 

sites Australia-wide. There has been incremental growth in membership over the years and by working 

together, GA is excited by the potential to further strengthen our clubs, increase our membership base 

and expose more Australians to the wonderful sport of gymnastics. 

Acknowledgements 

During the year, GA said a sad farewell to long serving CEO, Jane Allen. Jane made an outstanding 

contribution to GA in all areas of the business. One of her most valuable contributions was the successful 

running of the 2005 World Championships which showcased Australian gymnastics to the World, along 

with our ability to produce a class gymnastics event. 

The Board and CEO of Gymnastics Australia wish to acknowledge and thank the staff at GA and all the 

people involved in delivering gymnastics – clubs, technical commissions, coaches, judges and volunteers, 

at local, state and national levels. 


Message from the 

Australian Sports 

Commission 

A challenging and 

exciting period 

for our national 

sporting system. 

From the Hon. Warwick Smith AM 

It is an honour to serve as the new 

Chair of the Australian Sports 

Commission (ASC) Board at this 

challenging and exciting period for 

our national sporting system. 

The ASC and national sporting 

organisations (NSOs) have long 

spoken of a shared ambition to 

strengthen relationships between 

all system partners involved in 

Australian sport. 

Aligned with this ambition, the 

Australian Government is now 

encouraging a whole-of-sport reform 

agenda, aimed at establishing a 

more collaborative, efficient and 

integrated sports system. 

Through new direction for sport 

‘Australian Sport: the Pathway to 

Success’, the ASC will work closely 

with sport to achieve its main 

objectives; boost sports participation 

and strengthen sporting pathways 

while striving for international 

success. 

The reform agenda seeks for the 

ASC to assist to provide stability and 

support for all sporting organisations 

in their pursuit of a shared, common 

purpose; creating a better sporting 

pathway for all Australians, from 

the grassroots up. 

The ASC will implement the 

new direction, and this includes 

collaboration with all NSOs to 

allocate a record amount of new 

sports funding – committing an 

extra $195 million over the next 

four years. 

This funding is in addition to the 

current ongoing baseline funding 

for NSOs. Also, the ASC will assist 

sporting organisations with access 

to coaching and officiating 

programs, governance support, 

planning and education 

opportunities and assistance 

with becoming more inclusive 

– particularly in the areas of 

Indigenous sport, sport for people 

with a disability, sport for people 

from culturally and linguistically 

diverse backgrounds and women’s 

sport development programs. 

This is the first time key sport 

partners, such as state and territory 

institutes and academies of sport 

and state and territory departments 

of sport and recreation, have 

collaborated on a Commonwealth 

funding decision in the interests of 

Australia’s sporting future. 

This is an exciting time for all of us 

involved in Australian sport. With 

significant new funding from the 

Australian Government, sports 

will be better positioned than ever 

before to lead the drive for higher 

participation levels and strong 

success on the sporting field by 

promoting the unique nature of their 

sport, creating a legacy and a lasting 

impression for communities across 

the country. 

The ASC will continue to work 

with all NSOs, the state and 

territory institutes and academies 

of sport and state and territory 

departments of sport and recreation, 

reinvigorating access to, and 

participation in, sport across the 

community and driving Australia’s 

continued sporting success. 

The Hon. 

Warwick 

Smith AM 

Chairman 

Board of the 

Australian 

Sports 

Commission 

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Business 

Services Report 

GA is excited 

about the future 

and looks forward 

to embracing the 

opportunities, 

challenges and 

changes that lie 

ahead in 2011 

Karen Norden – Business Manager 

2010 was a challenging, but 

rewarding, year. The National Office 

staff farewelled long standing CEO 

Jane Allen, delivered an international 

event in the interim period without 

a CEO and in June welcomed new 

CEO, Catherine Clark. 

The Business Unit continued to 

address GA’s systems and processes 

on a national basis through the use 

of iMIS, the national database. In 

2010 work continued in preparing 

the national database to underpin an 

e-commerce platform. While it was 

anticipated that online purchasing 

would be trialled in 2010, the 

upgrade to the National database 

was a little more complicated than 

first thought. The complexity of the 

sport and the different requirements 

for each of the gymsports has 

resulted in extensive customisation 

of the national database. This delay 

pushed back the launching of the 

online GymShop until 2011. 

Gymnastics Australia implemented 

a new initiative for members who 

purchased a gymsports National 

Levels Program manual or CD during 

2010. The purchase of any gymsport 

National Levels resource also came 

with a subscription to any updates 

that may be released. This initiative 

now provides Affiliated Clubs and 

Technical Members online access 

to any of the updated manuals 

throughout the cycle of the resource. 

More of these online initiatives will 

be rolled out during 2011 and 2012. 

The upgrade to the national 

database was performed in-house, 

utilising the expertise of GA staff 

and contractors. This upgrade has 

placed Gymnastics Australia in a 

terrific position and will enable the 

organisation to roll out a range of 

online initiatives. 

Events 

In 2010 the two best female 

gymnasts on the planet, World 

all-around champion Bridget Sloan 

and silver medallist Rebecca Bross, 

headed down under for the Pacific 

Rim Gymnastics Championships. 

From the 28th April to 2nd May 

2010, Gymnastics Australia was host 

to the Pacific Rim Championships 

a major biennial gymnastics 

competition open to teams from 

member nations of the Pacific 

Alliance of National Gymnastics 

Federations, which included the 

U.S.A., China, Australia, Canada, 

Mexico, New Zealand, Russia. 

The Championships saw four days 

of exciting competition, providing 

Melbourne sports fans with a 

fantastic opportunity to see the 

world’s best in the lead up to the 

2010 Commonwealth Games. The 

four disciplines; Men’s & Women’s 

Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic 

Gymnastics and Trampolining were 

held at two different venues. The 

logistics of this event while at first 

a little daunting was ably managed 

by George Tatai, Chairman of the 

Organising Committee and Russell 

Smart, GA Event Manager. 

Once again dedicated volunteers 

were the backbone of this event. 

With the GA office on skeleton 

staff, volunteers and past staff 

rallied to ensure the 2010 Pacific 

Rim Championships was a well 

run event. 

Along with the International event 

the GA Event Team in partnership 

with the State Associations delivered 

seven National Championships, 

in four States across Australia, 

involving 2,820 competitors and 

208 accredited judges. These events 

were co-ordinated around the July 

and September school holiday 

periods with events either running 

concurrently or back to back. 

Karen 

Norden 

Business 

Manager 


Western Australia hosted, during 

the July school holiday period, both 

the Women’s and Rhythmic National 

Championships for the second year 

in a row. Once again the GWA staff 

and volunteers partnered with GA 

to showcase two of our Olympic 

gymsports. These two events were 

used as the lead into the 2010 

Commonwealth Games in Delhi for 

our international athletes. 

Straight after the two events in 

Western Australia the Event Team 

headed back across the Nullarbor 

to run the third of our Australian 

Championships. In partnership 

with Gymnastics ACT the Men’s 

Australian Championships were 

held in the AIS Arena in Canberra, 

moving from Queensland where it 

had been held the previous year. 

While the Men’s, Women’s and 

Rhythmic Australian teams were 

gearing up for the Commonwealth 

Games, in late September the 

Australian Trampoline Sports 

Championships was soaring to new 

heights. Being held at the ETSA Park 

in Adelaide for the second time the 

continued support from Gymnastics 

SA and the Trampoline community 

ensured the success of this event. 

There was no rest for the Event Team 

as October saw three Australian 

Championships go back to back. 

The Australian Grand Cheerleading 

Championship saw an amazing 

1,101 competitors (which was a 

25% increase from the previous 

year), cheer, dance, stunt and tumble 

through two days of high energy 

competition. The excitement from 

the cheerleading event continued 

into the Sport Aerobics Australian 

Championships and culminated 

in the Australian AEROSkools 

Championships. The Sport Aerobics 

championships also saw a healthy 

increase of 185 in competitor 

numbers. Both Australian 

Championships were held at the 

State Netball and Hockey Centre 

in Melbourne. 

The final event for the year was the 

Australian Acrobatics Gymnastics 

Championships. This event was 

held in the Marion Leisure Centre 

in Adelaide. While South Australia 

is not known for its Acrobatic 

Gymnastics, taking this event to 

Adelaide was a perfect way to 

promote this incredible gymsport. 

The gymnastics community of 

South Australia embraced this 

event and supported once again 

the Event team. 

Successfully staging multiple 

National Championships in a hectic 

schedule could only happen with 

the support of the many valued 

volunteers and in particular the 

National Commission Members 

who are an integral part of the 

GA Event Team. 

The running of seven National 

Championships is truly a team 

effort and thanks needs to 

be extended to the entire GA 

Event Team comprising of the 

National Gymsports Commissions, 

Association Members, clubs and 

volunteers, Dr Don McIntosh and 

Dr Kathy Yu as well as the GA staff. 

This dedicated team of people band 

together to deliver these national 

events under the competent 

direction of the GA Event Manager 

Russell Smart, a logistic whiz. 

In 2011 the GA Event Team will be 

looking at further enhancing the 

event experience for competitors 

and spectators, so watch this space 

as you may see a few new initiatives! 

Closing 

GA is fortunate to have a team of 

dedicated and talented staff who 

continue to deliver high quality 

services to the members. There were 

a few changes in the National Office 

Staff throughout 2010. Hannah 

Snow has gone on to pursue her 

career in Early Childhood care and 

Nerine Cooper left GA to pursue her 

passion for Cheerleading. Nerine 

held many roles over the 11 years 

she was with GA, being instrumental 

in the implementation of the Club 

10 program and in recent years, 

managed the sport of cheerleading. 

The team at GA thank Nerine for her 

commitment and energy over the 

years and wish her all the best in her 

future endeavours. 

GA is excited about the future 

and looks forward to embracing 

the opportunities, challenges and 

changes that lie ahead in 2011. As 

always, we will continue strive to 

improve the support and services to 

our members. 

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Membership 

Services Report 

In 2011 GA 

expects Athlete 

Membership to 

exceed 130,000 

and Technical 

Membership to 

exceed 4,000. 

Geoff Rietschel – Manager of Membership Services and Capability 

The sport continues its’ trend of 

participation growth with athlete 

and technical membership increasing 

in 2010. Athlete membership at 

clubs rose to its’ highest levels 

recorded with in excess of 126,700 

athletes registered in affiliated clubs 

throughout 2010. Gymnastics also 

prepared for greater recognition of 

the positive impact clubs are having 

in the sporting landscape, with the 

ability to better recognise casual 

participants and participation of 

marginalised communities. 

Technical Membership also 

continues to grow, with the 

number of individual members 

holding coaching, judging or dual 

accreditations reaching 3,900. Of 

these members, 1,398 capitalised 

on the considerable 60% discount 

by completing the latest online 

resource, Managing Inclusion in 

Gymnastics (MIG). 

Once again clubs continued to 

grow their programs, not only by 

participants, but by venues, with 

gymnastics being delivered in over 

700 sites. The net result being 

for every three clubs affiliated, 

four venues are utilised to provide 

gymnastics programs. In 2011 

GA expects Athlete Membership 

to exceed 130,000 and Technical 

Membership to exceed 4,000. 

Club 10 Quality 

Assurance Program 

2010 saw clubs participate in a 

pilot of online interaction for clubs 

submitting for audit and we look 

forward to rolling out further 

features in 2011 to the benefit of all 

clubs. GA and the State Association 

Members again committed to 

providing reward to clubs through 

their work in the Club 10 program, 

continuing the popular public liability 

rebate scheme. 

The Club 10 Program continues 

to be recognised by the Australian 

Sports Commission (ASC) as a key 

asset for gymnastics and the envy 

of other sports. GA has once again 

been involved in the development 

of national sporting resources based 

on our expertise with the Club 10 

program, this year participating in a 

working group to establish a Club 

Health Check applicable to all sports. 

Education 

Gymnastics Australia’s responsibility 

to govern multiple Gymsports 

has stretched resources but also 

strengthened a resolve to work 

smarter and streamline the business. 

Realistically (i.e. within resource 

levels), the road to a sustainable, 

high quality and modern education 

framework lies in taking a whole-ofsport 

approach. Such an approach 

involves all parts of the organisation 

and all Gymsports. 

It is rewarding to report that the 

redevelopment of the judges’ 

accreditation framework and content 

[National Officiating Accreditation 

Scheme (NOAS)] initiated in 2009 

and continued in 2010, has achieved 

many of the strategies outlined 

above for the G-Educate project. 

The project process is not just 

about the re-development of the 

Coaching & Officiating framework, 

it’s about making the best use of 

available resources, about engaging 

with members of the Gymnastics 

community for improved mutual 

benefit, improving and simplifying 

processes and reducing the time 

and effort required of volunteers to 

maintain the education systems. 

The number of judges trained 

and the increase of the Officiating 

Presenter network is exciting with 

a net result of 1,351 Technical 

Members who accessed new 

G-Educate accreditations as of 

December 2010. This effort was 

significant as trends were indicating 

a decline in the number of judges 

for the 2009-2012 Cycle and this 

has now been addressed with 

G-Educate. 


The highlight of the G-Educate 

Judging course re-development 

was the attainment of NOAS 

accreditation status from the 

Australian Sports Commission for: 

Beginner, Intermediate, Intermediate 

Bronze, Advanced and Advanced 

Silver courses within the respective 

Gymsport platforms. 

Working groups were established 

to begin the re-development of the 

coaching courses [National Coaching 

Accreditation Scheme (NCAS)] in 

particular initially focusing on a new 

entry level course, the Orientation 

course and the Skill Library that will 

support training at all accreditation 

tiers for judges and coaches. 

This vision would not be possible 

without the support from the 

technical community and State 

Association Members. GA 

acknowledges your outstanding 

contribution and partnership 

throughout the year. 

Acknowledgement and thanks must 

be extended to Linda Pettit and 

the Education team for their long 

hours, hard work and great results 

throughout this project. 

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Membership 

Statistics 

Athlete Membership 

STATE 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 

ACT 1,800 1,745 2,300 2,674 2,746 2,672 2,619 3,141 3,152 3,194 3,258 

NSW 19,735 22,793 25,393 27,647 28,269 29,526 29,613 32,371 35,044 34,260 36,834 

NT 1,164 1,197 1,175 1,142 1,089 1,088 1,285 1,438 1,463 1,426 1,189 

QLD 15,598 18,010 20,261 20,740 21,918 24,991 27,370 28,908 29,972 29,811 30,036 

SA 11,071 14,846 14,059 14,678 14,470 14,277 13,969 14,429 13,761 13,491 13,584 

TAS 1,385 1,762 2,555 2,421 2,365 2,588 2,666 2,677 2,874 3,236 3,238 

VIC 16,339 16,283 18,683 19,343 21,590 22,348 24,360 25,281 26,250 27,498 29,491 

WA 6,136 6,989 6,377 5,823 5,923 7,334 9,364 9,339 8,710 8,949 9,106 

TOTAL 73,228 83,625 90,803 94,468 98,370 104,824 111,246 117,584 121,226 121,865 126,736 

Technical Members (Coaches and Judges) 


ACT 39 38 32 43 44 50 54 61 84 88 96 

NSW 905 852 896 985 918 942 982 958 1,063 1,049 1,142 

NT 56 55 44 47 44 47 49 48 45 43 43 

QLD 484 606 579 625 644 681 711 780 786 753 747 

SA 234 238 278 265 282 273 319 314 334 336 352 

TAS 73 63 67 61 84 85 86 95 113 111 119 

VIC 636 612 633 698 733 748 786 841 848 861 942 

WA 232 221 214 203 224 229 247 292 390 432 420 

GA 8 8 19 20 11 

TOTAL 2,667 2,693 2,762 2,947 2,973 3,055 3,234 3,389 3,663 3,673 3,872 

Affiliated Clubs 


ACT 7 8 9 9 7 6 6 8 7 5 5 

NSW 179 185 196 166 173 176 173 177 177 181 182 

NT 10 11 11 8 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 

QLD 139 139 139 136 131 131 131 131 127 120 121 

SA 110 102 106 98 90 82 77 79 72 74 71 

TAS 18 18 14 13 13 15 16 14 14 13 15 

VIC 117 103 112 104 103 96 97 96 94 89 91 

WA 54 54 65 49 46 51 51 52 51 52 46 

TOTAL 634 620 652 583 571 564 559 564 549 540 537 


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Pacific Rim 

Championships 

Congratulations 

to all involved in 

the Pacific Rim 

Championships, 

it was a memorable 

and successfully 

staged event. 

Message from the Chairman of the 2010 

Pacific Rim Championships organising committee 

Dear Gymnastic Friends, 

On behalf of Gymnastics Australia 

and the Organising Committee, I 

wish to thank all who contributed to 

the successful running of this event 

in Melbourne in April 2010. 

This was a unique competition held 

simultaneously in 2 different venues, 

kilometres apart, and involved all 

of our Olympic disciplines. This 

presented the Committee with 

the unusual challenge of literally 

having to duplicate everything at 

each venue. Thanks to the quality of 

staff and volunteers, the challenge 

was met and both venues ran their 

events successfully. 

The Championships were attended 

by over 160 gymnasts from 11 

Federations including the “power 

house” nations of China, Japan, 

Russia and USA. The modified team 

format of juniors and seniors in a 

combined team provided spectators 

with the unique opportunity to see 

the current and future champions 

at the same time. The event also 

doubled up as the qualification to 

the Youth Olympic Games for the 

Oceania Region, and provided our 

gymnasts with invaluable experience 

and competition in preparation for 

the Commonwealth Games and 

the World Championships later in 

the year. 

As usual, the Championships could 

not have been run without the 

magnificent efforts of our many 

volunteers. I would like to especially 

thank these “gymnastic junkies” 

for the enormous amount of time 

they gave to this event. Many had 

volunteered previously for the 2005 

World Championships and 2006 

Commonwealth Games, and for 

this reason their experience ensured 

a smooth operation and a friendly 

environment for our overseas 

visitors. I received a number of 

compliments after the event, on how 

well the competitions ran and the 

friendliness and knowledge of our 

staff and volunteers. 

Without sponsors, major events 

just do not happen. I wish to 

convey my thanks to the sponsors 

whose contributions enabled us to 

run this event. Thank you to the 

Australian Sports Commission and 

Victorian Government for their cash 

contributions, to the Australian 

Commonwealth Games Association 

for its continued funding support 

of our athletes, to Toshiba for 

providing the TV Screens for scores 

to be displayed, and to Acromat for 

providing the equipment. 

Finally, thank you to the GA staff 

for their enormous efforts. All 

staff were involved in the event 

at some stage. Many had to deal 

with their daily duties as well as 

putting in extra time for this event, 

none more than Russell Smart, 

who due to the departure of Jane 

Allen had to step up and take on a 

greater role to ensure the success 

of the championships. Well done 

Russell. In addition, Karen Norden 

also deserves special mention as 

she was always one of the first to 

arrive and last to leave each day of 

the event. Both these staff were 

well supported by Rachel Millar and 

Justin Lampard prior to and during 

the championships. 

Once again, congratulations to 

all involved in the Pacific Rim 

Championships, it was a memorable 

and successfully staged event. 

George Tatai 

Chairman 2010 Pacific Rim 

Championships Organising 

Committee 

George Tatai 

Chairman 

2010 Pacific Rim 

Championships 

Organising 

Committee 


The Championships were attended by 

over 160 gymnasts from 11 Federations 

including the “power house” nations of 

China, Japan, Russia and USA 

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Men’s 


Historical First – 

winning gold in the 

Team competition 

at the 2010 

Commonwealth 

Games in Delhi 

Daren Wolfe – National Technical Director 

The highlight in 2010 was 

undoubtedly winning the gold medal 

in the Team competition at the 2010 

Commonwealth Games in Delhi, 

India; an historical first for Australian 

Men’s Gymnastics. The team of Josh 

Jefferis (QLD), Prashanth Sellathurai 

(NSW), Sam Offord (SA), Thomas 

Pichler (QLD), and Luke Wiwatowski 

(NSW), acquitted themselves well, 

winning 4 of the 6 apparatus gold 

medals on offer, and Josh backing up 

to win the bronze medal in the All 

Around competition. 

This was followed shortly thereafter 

by the World Championships 

in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 

Prashanth Sellathurai continued his 

successful campaign on Pommel 

Horse, winning a Bronze medal on 

this apparatus, making it two years 

in a row that he has ranked third 

in the world in this event at World 

Championships. The Australian 

men’s team placed 18th in the Team 

competition, keeping the pathway 

open for a possible team selection for 

the 2012 London Olympics. 

At the Australian Championships, 

Sam Offord retained his Senior 

National Champion title, while Tyson 

Bull (VIC) won his first Junior National 

Champion title. Queensland won 

the Cheales-Williamson Shield 

for the fifth time and Australia 

retained the Trans-Tasman Trophy. 

Based on results from Nationals, 

twelve of the country’s best Level 

7-9 Open gymnasts were selected 

for the Australian Open Levels Tour 

to compete at the Peter Vidmar 

International in Los Angeles, USA in 

March 2011. 

After a one year break, National 

Club Championships returned to the 

competitive calendar; being capably 

hosted by Gymnastics Victoria at the 

Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre. 

With revised rules and a change of 

timing from December to September, 

this event attracted more than 230 

competitors. Based on feedback from 

the NAC, the rules have been further 

revamped for this event for 2011 

and beyond. 

Implementation of the strategy 

to discontinue a handful of AIS 

residential scholarships to allow 

better utilisation of AIS facilities as 

the platform for a focused camps 

based program for up to 20 senior 

and junior gymnasts, coincided 

with the expiry of Vladimir Vatkin’s 

employment contract as AIS Head 

Coach and National Coach. Karen 

Myers and John Curtin (National High 

Performance Managers) worked with 

the 3 residential scholarship holders 

to assist them in making a smooth 

transition to their chosen training 

environment for 2011. These 

athletes are crucial to Australia’s 

future success on the international 

stage, and it is important that all 3 

gymnasts were, and continue to be, 

supported through this process. This 

strategy also involved the advertising 

and recruitment of the National 

Coach position which prompted 

strong interest both domestically 

and internationally. For the first time, 

this role will be independent of any 

individual high performance centre. 

John Curtin was successful in being 

appointed National Coach, and 

has already hit the ground running. 

On behalf of GA and the Men’s 

Gymnastics National Commission, 

sincere thanks are extended to 

Vladimir Vatkin for the significant 

contribution that he has made 

to men’s gymnastics in Australia 

over the past decade, including 

recognition as International Coach of 

the Year 5 times. Vlad is wished well 

for the future. 

Thanks are extended to all of the 

National Commission members – 

Paul Szyjko, John Curtin, Rohan 

Kennedy, Vladimir Vatkin, and Artistic 

Program Manager, Megan Currie, 

for their contributions and support 

throughout the year. 

Daren Wolfe 

National 

Technical 

Director 

Pictured right > 

Prashanth 

Sellathurai on 

Pommel Horse 


Prashanth Sellathurai continued his successful 

campaign on Pommel Horse, winning a Bronze 

medal on this apparatus, making it two years 

in a row that he has ranked third in the world in 

this event at World Championships. 

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Women’s 


2010 was Lauren 

Mitchell’s year - 

Commonwealth 

Champion, World 

Champion on Floor 

and numerous other 

medals at World 

Cup events. 

Helen Colagiuri – National Technical Director 

The first major event for 2010 was 

the Pacific Rim Championships 

in Melbourne in April. Although 

Australia’s top gymnasts could 

not compete at this event the 

Australian gymnastic community 

took advantage of the opportunity 

to see many world class gymnasts. 

This event, the pre-Olympic Youth 

Cup (Germany, in May) and the 

Youth Olympic Games (Singapore, 

in August) provided excellent 

opportunities for a number of 

the Australian junior girls to 

gain international experience. 

Angela Donald achieved her first 

international medal placing third on 

Beam at the Youth Olympic Games. 

The Australian senior girls’ results 

at Commonwealth Games were 

outstanding - 1st placed Team, 

1st, 2nd and 3rd All Around and 

numerous apparatus medals. This 

team, with the addition of two 

more seniors (Larrissa Miller, Georgia 

Simpson), then went on to the World 

Championships and maintained 

Australia’s sixth place ranking. These 

results are a direct outcome of 

the hard work of these girls, their 

personal coaches and the National 

Coach Peggy Liddick. 

The Australian Championships for 

international and national gymnasts 

were held in Perth in July. The event 

had fantastic support from the 

volunteers in the Western Australian 

gymnastics community. The 

Championships were followed by 

an international development camp 

which was attended by gymnasts 

from programs across the country. 

A second international development 

camp was held in December at 

the Australian Institute of Sport. 

The numbers and standard of the 

girls attending these camps is a 

direct reflection of the work done 

by Jo Richards, National Junior 

Development Coordinator in the 

WAG international development 

program. 

Judge education was a major focus 

in the first half of 2010. New judges’ 

courses in all levels were developed 

as part of the new G-educate 

program. Although the new 

content and structure of the courses 

necessitated many hours of training 

for presenters and candidates, all 

agreed that these new courses are a 

huge improvement on what existed 

previously. All States in Australia ran 

courses to update judges in both 

the National Levels Program and the 

National Development Program. 

Throughout the year the sport 

was led by the Sport Technical 

Commission with advice 

and assistance from the Elite 

Management Committee and 

the Advisory Committee. These 

committees must be acknowledged 

for the time and tireless effort they 

put into developing and maintaining 

the high standard of Australian 

Women’s Gymnastics. 

Thanks go to all the members of 

the National Commission – Jill 

Wright, Desiree Cassaine, Michelle 

De Highden and Peggy Liddick 

and the State Sport Management 

Committees. Thank you also to the 

staff at Gymnastics Australia, and 

especially to the Artistic Program 

Manager Megan Currie. 


National 

Technical 

Director 


Lauren Mitchell 

wins Gold 


Rhythmic 


What an exciting 

year RG has had 

culminating with 

the great success 

at the 2010 

Commonwealth 

Games in India. 

Teresa Evans – National Technical Director 

Much work has been done again 

in the areas of the Rhythmic 

Gymnastics National Program 

Resource and the Judging Courses. 

The National Program Resource 

underwent a review in August and 

it is hoped that this review will assist 

coaches and judges in understanding 

and applying the rule requirements 

in training and competition. For the 

many volunteers who have worked 

on these projects I thank them for 

their time and effort. 

In 2010 there was a major 

change in preparing RG athletes 

for the World Championships in 

September, Moscow, Russia and 

the Commonwealth Games in 

October, Delhi, India. The Elite 

Management Committee agreed 

for the Commonwealth Games 

Shadow Squad gymnasts to remain 

in Australia and attend a number of 

training camps as well as competing 

at state events in Sydney and Perth 

to gain competition experience in 

the lead-up to the selection trials 

at the RG National Championships 

in July. This allowed the available 

funding to be used in a much more 

productive and effective way. This 

initiative was well supported by 

the Brevet Judges who were able 

to assist the coaches and gymnasts 

by providing them with valuable 

performance feedback. 

In July 2010, the National 

Championships were held in Perth. 

Once again this event ran smoothly 

thanks to the efforts of Gymnastics 

Australia staff and the many 

volunteers who worked day and 

night for the week. The continuation 

of the group competition at the 

National Championships was well 

supported by all states and it is 

hoped that this competition will 

continue to grow. Once again GA 

was fortunate to have gymnasts 

from New Zealand compete at the 

event and judges to help spread the 

judging work load. 

In September, for the third year, 

an RG Levels Tour travelled to 

Hamilton, New Zealand for the 2010 

Gymsports New Zealand RG National 

Championships. Australia’s gymnasts 

performed very well with the 

majority of them winning a medal to 

highlight their competition success. 

Many thanks go to Jo Edinger who 

took on the role of Team Manager 

again and to the team coaches 

for preparing the athletes for 

competition and caring for them 

while on tour. 

One of the biggest competitions 

for the year was the 2010 FIG 

World Championships held in 

Moscow, Russia. A very strong 

team consisting of Naazmi Johnston 

(NSW), Janine Murray (WA), Danielle 

Prince (QLD) and Enid Sung (NSW) 

improved Australia’s team ranking to 

19th position. Naazmi continued to 

excel achieving Australia’s best ever 

result in the All Around competition 

placing 30th, which is a testament to 

Naazmi’s hard work and experience. 

For the first time in many years 

an Australian group competed at 

the World Championships. The 

opportunity to test their skills 

and learn from others provided 

them with valuable international 

competition experience. It is hoped 

that coaches continue to focus on 

the group division to place Australia 

in a good position for the future. 

The culmination of four years’ 

hard work by RG athletes was 

realised in New Delhi at the 2010 

Commonwealth Games. Naazmi 

Johnston, Janine Murray and 

Danielle Prince made Australia 

proud for their outstanding 1st place 

in the Team Competition. More 

success was achieved by Naazmi 

Johnston in winning the All Around 

Competition and 3 more medals 

in the Apparatus Finals. Special 

thanks go the coaches who prepared 

the girls for competition – Danielle 

Le Ray, Krasi Yurukova and Edith 

Peluso. Their efforts helped make 

the 2010 Commonwealth Games 

a memorable experience for all 

involved in RG across Australia. 

Teresa Evans 

National 

Technical 

Director 


Ayiesha (Naazmi) 

Johnston 


Thanks go to the RG Program 

Manager, Karon Williams, who is 

always there to prod and remind the 

sport to keep working efficiently for 

the benefit of Rhythmic Gymnastics. 

To National Commission members – 

Gina Peluso, Jo Edinger and Virginia 

Elliott, thank you for your enthusiasm 

and great input into all projects and 

tasks. It is greatly appreciated. 

Thank you to the National Sub- 

Committees for their ongoing work 

and to the State SMCs who assist 

and keep the Commission informed 

of what is happening in their state. 

Thank you and welcome to the 

new CEO Catherine Clark and to all 

Gymnastics Australia staff for their 

support, assistance and guidance 

as always. 

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Trampoline 

Sports 

2010 has been the 

busiest international 

events schedule for 

many years. 

Mike Kelso – National Technical Director 

2010 was a year packed with 

selection competitions for what 

has been the busiest international 

events schedule for many years with 

the trampoline community electing 

to send teams and individuals to 

the Pacific Rim Championships in 

Melbourne in April, Indo-Pacific 

Championships in Japan in June, 

World Age Group Games and 

World Open Championships in Metz 

France and Youth Olympic Games 

in Singapore in August. Providing 

officials for these events proved to 

be a challenging task and thanks are 

extended to all coaches, judges and 

team management who volunteered 

their time and energy to ensure that 

the tours went ahead and gymnasts 

had the opportunity to represent 

their country at international level. 

The first major international event 

on the trampoline calendar for 2010 

was the Pacific Rim Championships. 

Hosted by Gymnastics Australia in 

Melbourne, this event saw New 

Zealand and Australian athletes 

competing against each other for 

the right to represent Oceania region 

in the inaugural Youth Olympic 

Games in Singapore in August. With 

strong representation from Canada, 

China, Russia, New Zealand and host 

country Australia, there were some 

exceptional performances. 

In team events, the Men’s trampoline 

team of Ben Wilden, Blake Gaudry, 

Patrick Cooper and Riley Glazebrook 

won silver medals behind the topplaced 

Chinese team, leaving Russia 

and Canada in the minor places. 

Ben Wilden finished the 

preliminary round of the Senior 

Men’s Trampoline sharing the top 

position with Chinese athlete Zan 

Jie. Blake Gaudry was placed in 

fourth position. However, neither 

athlete was able to capitalise on 

this great start and finished in sixth 

and seventh places respectively. 

The competition was won by 2008 

Olympic silver medallist Jason 

Burnett from Canada. 

In the Senior Women’s trampoline 

competition, Aslin Styles achieved 

sixth position, while Australia won 

a silver medal and 3 bronze medals 

in synchronized events. This was 

Australia’s best showing in the 

history of its participation in the 

Pacific Rim Championships. 

Special thanks must go to all who 

volunteered their services at this 

event, particularly Chuck Smith who 

is the Pacific Alliance of National 

Gymnastic Federations (PANGF) 

Trampoline Technical Coordinator 

and a driving force behind GA’s 

continued support of this event. 

The final trials for the Youth Olympic 

Games in Singapore in August were 

held in Brisbane at the State Age 

and Open Championships on the 

12th and 13th June. Contesting 

the two trial events were Madeleine 

Johnson (VIC), Natalie Skinner (SA), 

Eva Kierath (WA), Riley Glazebrook 

(QLD), Matthew Weal (NSW) and 

Patrick Cooper (QLD). 

Patrick Cooper and Madeleine 

Johnson were the highest scoring 

athletes from the two trial events 

and were recommended to the 

AOC for selection in the Youth 

Olympic Games team. At this 

inaugural event in Singapore, Patrick 

finished in tenth place after failing 

to complete his second voluntary 

routine. Madeleine competed well 

entering the final in seventh place 

and improving her position to finish 

in sixth place overall. 

An Australian team contested the 

Indo-Pacific Championships in 

Kakegawa, Japan from 29th June 

– 3rd July 2010. Australian athletes 

performed exceptionally well to win 

4 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals 

in Open events, while the Age 

competitors managed 6 gold, 10 

silver and 10 bronze medals. 

Damian Ryan announced his 

retirement from competition at the 

Indo-Pacific Championships. Damian 

has had a long and successful 

career as an athlete, coach and 

team official at State, National and 

International level and will continue 

to serve the sport through his role 

as a member of the GA Athletes’ 

Commission, coach and as an 

international judge. 

A much reduced team competed 

at the World Open Championships 

and World Age Group Games in 

Metz, France in November. Jack 

Penny (TAS) performed strongly in 

the Men’s Open DMT to qualify in 

second place for the finals. Jack 

finished the competition in fifth 

place, arguably the best performance 

by an Australian competitor at the 

2011 World Championships. 

Mike Kelso 

National 

Technical 

Director 


Blake Gaudry 


Age competitors Eva Kierath 

(Individual Trampoline), Georgia 

McMahon and Abbie Watts, 

Eva Kierath and Natalie Skinner 

(Synchronised Trampoline) produced 

the outstanding performances of the 

Age Group Championships to reach 

the finals of their events. 

On a domestic level, National Clubs 

Championships were held in Hobart 

on the 31 July and 1 August. These 

were attended by 25 clubs, which 

was a great attendance given 

the distance many were required 

to travel. Tumbling was wellrepresented 

with athletes contesting 

short-track events in both levels and 

age divisions. 

ETSA Park Adelaide was once 

again the venue for the National 

Championships in late September. 

While this event attracted fewer 

overall entries athlete performances 

reflected the standard expected 

at a National event. Refinements 

made to the previous year’s 

program, combined with a skilled 

and generous volunteer workforce, 

resulted in an event that ran 

smoothly and according to schedule. 

As a move to foster the junior 

athletes, Jarrod Heriot (Cheltenham) 

was appointed as Junior Coaching 

Development Coordinator by the 

Trampoline Sports Commission in 

early 2010. Jarrod assisted National 

Coach, Nikolay Zhuravlev at the 

2009 World Championship, was 

Head Trampoline Coach for the 

World Age Group Competition 

and a very popular appointment 

within the trampoline community. 

In what is hoped will become an 

annual event, Jarrod organised 

and hosted a highly successful 

junior development clinic for Junior 

National Squad members in early 

December. 

Towards the end of the 2010 year, 

appointments to the Trampoline 

Commission were renewed. For 

2011-2012, the Commission will 

consist of Technical Director – Mike 

Kelso, National Judging Coordinator 

– Darren Gillis, Commission 

Members – Belinda Cox and Ben 

Kelly and National Coach – Nikolay 

Zhuravlev. 

Trampoline and the Commission 

have been well-served in 2010 by 

the Sports Program Administrator, 

Rachel Millar and by the staff at 

Gymnastics Australia, without whose 

efforts the results in 2010 may not 

have been what they were. 

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Sport 

Aerobics 

The pathway for 

athletes to progress 

from levels through 

to the international 

stream is producing 

wonderful athletes. 

Karon Williams – National Technical Director 

2010 was a busy and rewarding 

year for Sport Aerobics. National 

and Development Squad athletes 

competed at international 

events including the FIG World 

Championships in June, Rodez, 

France, FIG World Series events in 

May in Conversano, Italy, ANAC 

International Aerobic Championships 

in July, Las Vegas, USA, Suzuki World 

Cup in April Tokyo Japan and the 

Gymsports New Zealand National 

Championships in September. 

The highlight of the year was Kieran 

Gorman achieving the number 1 

ranking in the world based on his 

2010 FIG achievements. Kieran is 

an outstanding athlete who typifies 

an elite world class athlete focused 

on achieving his international goals. 

In July Chelsea Carroll retained her 

Age Group 2 Individual Female title 

at the 2010 ANAC International 

Aerobic Championships in Las Vegas. 

Another notable achievement was 

Cairo Leicester winning the silver 

medal in the Age Group 1 division at 

the ANAC Championships. 

The pathway for athletes to 

progress from levels through to the 

international stream has provided 

athletes with a sound development 

framework that is producing 

wonderful athletes. This was evident 

by the success of the development 

squad athletes at the New Zealand 

National Championships in 

September. 

The Sport Aerobics AEROSkools 

participation program continues 

to attract school students into 

the sport by providing them with 

the opportunity to get involved 

in a fun and friendly program 

and the opportunity to test their 

aerobic performances at a state 

championship, and then pending 

qualification, to progress to compete 

at the national championships. In 

2010, 457 students from 42 schools 

participated in the AEROSkools 

National Championships. This 

represented a 20% increase in the 

number of entries compared to 2009 

figures. 

In October the Sport Aerobics 

National Championships were held 

at the State Netball and Hockey 

Centre in Melbourne. An exciting 

2 days and nights of competition 

provided spectators with the chance 

to view 573 athletes compete to win 

a national championship title. 

Trudi Nurse (WA) is a recognised 

FIG Expert Presenter for the FIG 

Coaching Academy Courses. Trudi 

traveled to Tampere, Finland in 

August to present the Level 1 course. 

She is a sought after workshop 

and course presenter. Her athletes’ 

international achievements reflect 

her coaching knowledge and her 

ability to get the best out of them on 

the training and competition floor. 

GA is very fortunate that she lives 

in Australia. 

In November a very successful 

Sport Aerobics Advisory Committee 

meeting was held at the Gymnastics 

Australia office. State representatives 

worked with the National 

Commission to develop and update 

the rules, technical regulations and 

planning for the sport in 2011 and 

beyond. 

Special thanks go to National 

Commission members – Liz Lyons, 

Carolyn Warren and Kerryn Cormick 

for their time and tireless effort they 

put into the sport. Thanks also to the 

Gymnastics Australia staff for their 

guidance and support throughout 

2010 and to the many volunteers 

who help make events happen. 


National 

Technical 

Director 


Kieran Gorman 

achieving the number 

1 ranking in the world 

based on his 2010 

FIG achievements 



for All 

Worldwide, the 

philosophy for 

Gymnastics for 

All is Fun, Fitness, 

Fundamentals 

and Friendship. 

Petrina Hutchinson – GFA Program Manager 

Worldwide, the philosophy for 

Gymnastics for All is: Fun; Fitness; 

Fundamentals and Friendship. 

While thousands of gymnasts 

across Australia are experiencing 

the philosophy first-hand in their 

gymnastic classes each week, the 

4Fs, as they are known, were well 

and truly evident in the performance 

events held in the first half of 2010. 

For the third year in a row, 

Gymnastics South Australia staged 

their Cirque de Gymnastique in 

conjunction with the Adelaide Fringe 

Festival in March. Performance teams 

from three states, SA, VIC and QLD 

joined together to make this another 

wonderful promotion for all forms 

of gymnastics in the entertainment 

arena. 

High quality display teams from 

Victoria and South Australia were 

honoured to create the Opening 

Ceremony for the 2010 Pacific 

Rim Championships, in April at the 

Victorian State Netball and Hockey 

Centre in front of an international 

audience. Performances were varied 

with a range of gymsports and ages 

represented. 

The first Australian Gym for Life 

Challenge was held in Bendigo, 

Victoria in June, with teams 

attending from Victoria, Tasmania, 

New South Wales and South 

Australia. The event was modelled 

on the FIG event of the same 

name and teams were involved in 

a weekend of excellent gymnastic 

experiences. The event included 

an Opening Ceremony which 

featured the local gym club, 

schools and dance groups. Teams 

attracted enraptured attention and 

impressed shoppers during outdoor 

performances in the Bendigo Mall. 

From there, the contest began with 

all teams performing for a panel 

of experts and receiving feedback 

on their performances. Teams were 

awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze after 

this initial performance. 

In the evening, a social was held 

for all participants and supporters. 

The final day saw two fun and 

challenging workshops: dance and 

gymnastic wheel, before the Gym for 

Life Gala. All teams performed again 

and a Champion Team was decided 

upon. The first Australian Gym for 

Life Challenge Champion Team 

title was awarded to Caringbah 

YMCA’s all male team from NSW. 

Congratulations to the team and 

their coach, Ben Cork on a fantastic 

performance. 

The second half of the year focussed 

on preparing the 130-strong team 

which will represent Australia at 

the 2011 World Gymnaestrada 

in Lausanne, Switzerland. Teams 

gained sanction at State events and 

completed registration. 

The 2009 National GFA Awards 

were presented during the year. 

Congratulations to the recipients for 

their outstanding contributions to 

Gymnastics for All: 

> National Gymnastics for All Coach 

of the Year – Rosemary Hartley, WA 

> National Kindergym Coach of the 

Year – Marilynn Rayner, SA 

> National GFA Volunteer Award – 

Gymnastics South Australia 

> Special Recognition Award – 

Raelene Osborn, SA 

Thank you to all volunteers, GA and 

State GFA staff for their ongoing 

assistance in promoting and 

developing Gymnastics for All in 

Australia. 

Petrina 

Hutchinson 

GFA Program 

Manager 


Flip 4 Fun 

at Australian 

Gym for Life 

Challenge 


Cheerleading 

AUS Cheer ran 

27 events across 

Australia as part of 

the Nation’s Cup 

Series and a lot of 

fun was had by all. 

Kelly Marshall – Cheerleading Program Manager 

AUS Cheer got off to a fantastic start 

this year utilising the momentum 

gained in 2009. The Annual National 

Touring Camp was held across 

Australia with teams from all across 

our country benefiting from the 

knowledge and experience of our 

USA JAM Camps instructors. The 

skills that were learnt added great 

value to the team’s routines for the 

competition season to follow. 

The Cheerleading and Dance Worlds 

were held in April in Orlando, 

Florida. Air Born Cheerleading and 

KLD X-treme entered using their 

bids gained at AUS Cheer Nationals 

2009 and competed extremely well 

with Air Born placing 8th at the ICU 

Worlds and 12th in the ISAF Worlds 

in Pom and making Finals for Hip 

Hop. KLD X-treme All Stars Level 5 

Junior All Girl placed 7th at the IASF 

Worlds. The IASF also awards the top 

5 countries in the IASF Nations Cup 

Championships. Congratulations 

to the KLD X-Treme Superstars 

for ranking 3rd, behind USA and 

Canada!!! Well done girls you did 

Australia proud! 

AUS Cheer ran 27 events across 

Australia as part of the Nation’s 

Cup Series and a lot of fun was 

had by all. These events included 

an International event on the Gold 

Coast which was attended by the 

Kansas State University Coach, Dani 

Ruoff, and her team. This event 

was followed by a camp featuring 

coaches Dani Ruoff (cheer) and 

Stacey Umeh (dance). 

The AUS Cheer Australian Grand 

Championships was a big success 

with approximately 1200 athletes 

travelling to Melbourne to compete. 

On day two GA announced the 

winners of the Nations Cup. 

Congratulations to MLC All Stars, 

Level 3 Senior Team (VIC) for Cheer 

with 5280.00 points and Tea Tree 

Gully Gymsports, Gold Fever Open 

Pom Team (SA) for Dance with 

2980.00 points. Both teams worked 

hard all year to collect their points, 

competing at numerous AUS Cheer 

events and placing well at these 

events. 

Our Australian Grand Champs 

Guest Judge was Kelvin Lam from 

Red Pill Cheerleading. Kelvin also 

conducted Cheer workshops with 

teams after the event. Having won 

a National Title with the University 

of Hawaii in Partner Stunt previously, 

Kelvin shared his knowledge in this 

area with a lot of budding young 

partner stunting athletes. It was an 

extremely popular workshop and will 

no doubt help coaches and athletes 

in future competitions. 

The National Championships is also 

the stage for allocating bids for 

the 2011 Cheer & Dance Worlds. 

Congratulations to the following 

winners: 

> Starlets Cheerleading Australia 

(Cheer only) 

> Star-Mites Gymsports (Cheer only) 

> Air Born Cheerleading 

(Pom and Hip Hop) 

> Vision Dance Studios (Jazz) 

GA would like to make a special 

acknowledgement to Nerine 

Cooper who has spent a number 

of years developing the sport of 

Cheerleading in Australia. Nerine 

has been a passionate advocate for 

Cheerleading and there have been 

many occasions where she has gone 

above and beyond in order to make 

sure that athletes, clubs, coaches and 

spectators are satisfied and happy. 

AUS Cheer has enjoyed a great year 

which could not have happened 

without the ongoing support 

and dedication of the AUS Cheer 

Commission, State Staff and SMC’s, 

volunteers and all supporters of 

Cheer in Australia. Thank you 

for making 2010 a success. Your 

ongoing support and input is 

essential as we review progress to 

date and map out a pathway to a 

strong and sustainable future for 

Cheerleading in Australia. 

Kelly Marshall 


Starlets 

Cheerleading 

receiving their 2011 

Cheer & Dance 

Worlds bid 


Acrobatic 


The national ACR 

standard has lifted 

once again with 

many outstanding 

performances 

shining through. 

Andrew Saba – National Technical Director 

In early 2010 the National Acrobatic 

Gymnastics Commission (NACRC) 

welcomed Yuriy Stepchenkov (QLD) 

as the new Judging Coordinator and 

Amy Yeomans (NSW) as the general 

member. The commission, now 

complete, has worked throughout 

the year to support many aspects 

in the ongoing development and 

direction of Acrobatic Gymnastics 

(ACR). 

Continued advancement of judge 

education was strengthened with 

further development within the 

new G-educate structure. This 

project represented a big change 

for ACR however the community 

has benefited from the new judging 

courses being presented across the 

country. ACR now looks forward to 

re-developing the coach education 

program within the new G-educate 

structure to be strategically rolled 

out over the next few years. 

The 2010 Pacific Rim Championships 

hosted by GA was to have ACR as 

a demonstration sport and in turn, 

provide a massive promotional event 

for the gymsport to all Australians; 

however this was not to be. 

Limited numbers in the definitive 

entries resulted in the unfortunate 

withdrawal of ACR from this 

competition. This was a major blow 

to the community, as preparations 

had begun to compete Australian 

athletes against some of the world’s 

best elite pairs and groups and to 

promote our sport to the masses. 

The community is hopeful that this 

kind of opportunity arises again in 

the very near future and when it 

does, ACR will be ready, willing and 

able to fulfill all expectations. 

The International stream athletes 

turned their focus solely to 

preparation for the ACR World 

Championships and World Age 

Group Competitions. A precompetition 

training camp was 

arranged for these athletes in 

NSW in the lead up to the event 

and was kindly hosted by Gosford 

Gymnastics Club. The camp was 

fortunate to secure Tonya Case (FIG 

ACR Technical Committee President) 

as a presenter and lead advisor for 

artistic preparation and presentation. 

This proved to be invaluable for the 

team during their final competition 

preparation before departing to 

Wroclaw, Poland in July. 

The National Team faired very well 

at both of the above competitions, 

with strong performances across 

the board. The two Senior Women’s 

Groups in the World Championships 

achieved 12th & 16th placings. 

In the World Age Group Competition 

Australia had representation in 

Mixed Pairs, Women’s Groups and 

Women’s Pairs in the 12-19yrs 

category and Women’s Pairs and 

Women’s Groups in the 11-16yrs 

category. The strongest result at this 

competition was an 8th placing in 

the finals from one of the 11-16yrs 

Women’s Groups. It should be noted 

that the team represented Australia 

admirably! 

The 2010 ACR Australian 

Championships were held in South 

Australia at the Marion Centre, 

Adelaide. SA does not currently 

have any competitive ACR programs, 

therefore promotion of the gymsport 

was paramount to the state and 

what better way of introducing 

it to the SA community than a 

spectacular display of acrobatics at 

a National competition. The event 

was extremely well attended, with 

at times standing room only. On the 

final day, the SA political leader of 

the opposition party was witness 

to spectacular exercises from the 

athletes. 

The national ACR standard has lifted 

once again with many outstanding 

performances shining through. 

Andrew Saba 

National 

Technical 

Director 


Kate Ryan, 

Melissa Scott & 

Shani Meadows 

at 2010 World 

Championships, 

Wroclaw Poland 


Association 

Member 

Reports 


NSW 

WA 

Board of Management 

President 

Philip Western 

Board Members: 

John Mercieca 


Gloria Nicol 

Jane Cooke 

Bernard Hui 

Chief Executive Officer – Aaron Bloomfield 

Staff 

Chief Executive Officer 

Aaron Bloomfield 

Admin, Finance & Office Manager 

Sylvia Bartlett 

Manager Sports Programs & Events 

Amanda Judd 

Development Manager 

Felicity Colbourne 

Education Officer 

Sharyn Samels 

Sports Program Manager & Events 

Nicholas Carroll 


Amanda Sullivan appointed until 

March 2010. Allyse Taylor appointed 

from October 2010 


Pam Behan P/T 

Development Officer 

Natalie Jaques P/T 

Membership Officer 

Lyn Mercieca P/T 

Coaches 

Songliang Xiong 

Robert Hong 

Hongwei Du 

Nan Zhang 

Sponsors and Supporters 

Partners: 

NSW Department of Sport and Recreation 

NSW Institute of Sport 

Sponsors: 

ACROMAT 

Coast 2 Coast Sportswear 

GK Elite Sportswear 

Rebel Sport 

Winkipop Media 


President 

Steve Chetkovich 

Stephen Clifton 

Rick Elkington 

Kim Ellwood 

Amelia Foster 

Gail Melinger 

Steve Turpin 

Fiona Wood 

Executive Director 

Robyn Kuhl 

Staff 


Robyn Kuhl 

Gymsports Manager 

Ruth Gibbons 

Operations Manager 

Sam Williams 

Services & Development Manager 

Sam Williams 

Club 10 / Inclusivity Officer 

Helen Webb* 

GymAbility Officer 

Gabrielle Bell 

Education Officer 

Jodie Behan 

Events Officer 

Chris Behan* 

Events / State Teams Officer 

Darylyn Adams 

SMC Support Officer 

Melissa Read 

MG HPC 

Alida Scott 

Reception & Administration 

Kristina Dufour * 

Senior Reception & Administration 

Sharron Isard 

Database Officer 

Darlene Kural 

Facility, Reception 

& Administration Officer 

Mark Kural 

MG HPC Head Coach 

Igor Bespalov 

MG HPC Coaches 

Oleg Tarkov 

Elena Bespalova 

Sergei Hubski* 

Tristan Treeby 


Department of Sport & Recreation 

Healthway - Go for 2 & 5 

WAIS & WAIS Fliers 

GWA MG HPC 

High Performance Rhythmic Gymnastics 


AusCheer 

BHP Billiton 

E Fire & Safety 

Print Solutions Group 

North West Regional Gymnastic Association 

Southern Regional Gymnastics Association 

Town of Vincent 

WA Olympic Council 

Australian Commonwealth Games Assoc WA Div. 

WASF 

Ascend Physiotherapy 

Challenge Stadium (Venues West) 

Winning Sports Photography 

Gymbus 

*Resigned in 2010 

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Association 

Member 

Reports 

(Continued) 

SA 

TAS 


Chairman 

Roger Johnson 

Director 

Roger Johnson 

Director 

Russell D’ Costa 

Director 

Martyn Evans 

Director 

Chrisse Nightingale 

Director 

Nigel Jamieson 

Director 

Paul Murray 

Director 

Damian Young 

Staff 

State Director 

Haydn Bellamy 

Finance Officer 

Sasha Robjohns 

Development Officer (Edu/GFA) 

Lynn Martin 

Club Services Officer 

Samantha Freeman 

Sport Services Officer 

Darren Elliott 

Gym4Schools Officer 

Brenton Dicker 

Cheerleading Project Officer 

Graziella Candeloro 

Kindergym Project Officer 

Heather Mooney 

GymJETS Program Manager 

Anne Bigham 

GymJETS Head Coach 

Paul Szyjko 

RG - JETS Head Coach 

Kate Johnson 

T - JETS Head Coach 

Nataliya Zhikhareva 


Office for Recreation and Sport 

South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) 

ACROMAT 

Promotional Products International 

Jump and Bounce Jumping Castles 

Windmill Education Supplies 

Rebel Sport 


President 

Mark Moncur 

Directors 

Charles Minster 

Ludmila Vitesnikova 

Pauline Dittmann 

Peter Doody 

Lisa Burnett 

John Hargreaves 

Mick Ward 

Staff 

Administration 

Gaylene King 

Club 10 

Nicole Colev 


Department of Sport and Recreation 

ACT 


President 

Tony Davidson 


Lesley Dickens 

Board Members: 

Melissa Tracey-Patte 

TJ Rogers 

Mary Hewett 

Bob Morton 

Neville Rooney 

Staff 

All roles 

Nadine Weight 


Sport and Recreation Services ACT 

Amco Gymnastics 

Dreamlight 

Bing Lee - Belconnen 


VIC 

QLD 

NT 


President 

Julie Sarll 


Jill Wright 

Directors: 

Nick Thornton 

Geoff Moon 

Gordon Draper 

Skev Ioannou 

Tanya Johansen 

Staff 


Jane Farrance 

Business & Finance Manager 

Patricia Bahr 

Office Assistant 

Lylyfu Poh 

Sport Manager 

Tessa Storey 

Club Services Manager 

Kristian Brudenell 

Education Director 

Lee Whittaker 

Events Director 

Alistair Edgar 

Event Coordinator 

Laura Moylan 

Communications 

Carol Weiss 


Sport and Recreation Victoria 

Department of Planning and 

Community Development 

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation 

Victorian Institute of Sport 

Partners: 


VicSport 

SCOPE 

VICSRAPID & Special Olympics 

The Gymnastics Foundation 

ACHPER 

School Sport Victoria 

SUT 

Supporters: 

Amco 

GK Leotard 

Chalk 


President 

Anita Hobson-Powell 


Sherelle Graham 

Treasurer 

Jason Evans 

General Members: 

John Mitchell 

Vicki Flamsteed 

Tim Quinlivan 

Special Member 

Mac Stirling 

Staff 


Catherine Clark 

Mark Priestley 

State Administrator 

Teresa Muirhead 

Business Services & 

State Team Travel 

Denise Rookwood 

Events & Education Director & TRP Sport 


Kym Dowdell 

Events & Education Coordinator & ACR, 

RG Sport Program Manager 

Kim Richardson 

Events & Education Assistant 

Ben Williams 

Club Services Manager 

Kyron Williams 

GQ WG High Performance Administrator 

& WG, AER Sport Program Manager 

Lacie Jones 

GQ MG High Performance Manager 

& MG Sport Program Manager 

John Curtin 

GQ Project Officer (Marketing) 

Sam Simpson 

High Performance Coaches 

Head Coach MG 

Sergei Chinkar 

Senior Coach MG 

John Curtin 

MG Coaches 

Trent Lawrie 

Sean Wilson 

Head Coach WG 

Vladimir Joura 

WG Coaches: 

Irina Joura 

Vladimir Zhakarov 

Monique Cowan 


Sport and Recreation Queensland 

Queensland Academy of Sport 


Chairman 

John McCrystal 

Vice-Chair 

Brad Campbell 

Treasurer 

Vacant 

Board Member Business 

Linda Robertson 

Board Member Sport 

Janine Hayward 

Board Member Facilities 

Vacant 

Board Member Development 

Jenny Campbell 

Staff 

Finance Officer 

Alana Jamieson 

Admin Officer 

Maeve Marrone 


Department of Sport and Recreation NT 

37

National Squad 

Athletes 

Men’s Artistic 

Women’s Artistic 

Senior 

Joshua Jefferis (QLD/AIS) 

Sam Offord (SA/SASI/AIS) 

Thomas Pichler (QLD/QAS/AIS) 

Philippe Rizzo (NSW/AIS) 

Prashanth Sellathurai (NSW/NSWIS/AIS) 

Sam Simpson (QLD/QAS/AIS) 

Luke Wiwatowski (NSW/NSWIS/AIS) 

Junior 

Ben Astley (NSW) 

Michael Mercieca (NSW/NSWIS) 

Briece Newton (VIC/VIS) 

Callum Smith (VIC/VIS) 

Under 17 

Luke Anderson (NSW) 

Matthew Angel (NSW) 

Tyson Bull (VIC) 

Domonic Bedggood (QLD) 

Brody-Jai Hennessy (QLD) 

Kevin James (VIC) 

Mitchell Jones (QLD) 

Joel Lister (QLD) 

Mitchell Morgans (NSW) 

Jordan Read (ACT) 

Jack Rickards (NSW) 

Kristian Wan (QLD) 

Under 15 

Ben Congedi (SA) 

Robert Dongas (NSW) 

Alexander Lovatt (NSW) 

Aden Messori (QLD) 

Zachary Perillo (VIC) 

Kent Pieterse (VIC) 

Lachlan Savill (QLD) 

Matthew Seduikis (VIC) 

Robert Thornton (QLD) 

Jesse Wallace-White (VIC) 

Jayden Williams (QLD) 

Senior 

Georgia Bonora (VIC/VIS/AIS) 

Karina Brooks (QLD/QAS) 

Sophie Budack (QLD) 

Alex Byers-Armstrong (VIC) 

Fiona Coley (VIC/VIS/AIS) 

Emma Dennis (VIC/VIS) 

Britt Greeley (VIC/VIS/AIS) 

Emily Little (WA/WAIS/AIS) 

Zoe Lorenzin (VIC/VIS/AIS) 

Larrissa Miller (QLD/AIS) 

Lauren Mitchell (WA/WAIS/AIS) 

Mary-Anne Monckton (NSW/AIS) 

Shona Morgan (VIC/VIS/AIS) 

Clare O’Donnell (VIC) 

Georgia Simpson (WA/WAIS) 

Chloe Turko (VIC) 

Georgia Wheeler (VIC/VIS/AIS) 

Junior 

Georgia-Rose Brown (VIC/VIS) 

Nikola Chung (WA/WAIS) 

Grace Claringbold (VIC) 

Shar-Lee Clark (QLD) 

Emma Collister (VIC/VIS) 

Rachel Collister (VIC/VIS) 

Ashley Cooney (WA/WAIS) 

Angela Donald (VIC/VIS) 

Tierra Exum (VIC/VIS) 

Laura Hingston (VIC) 

Natalia Joura (QLD) 

Amaya King Koi (QLD) 

Naomi Lee (NSW) 

Amelia McGrath (VIC) 

Emma Nedov (NSW) 

Svetlana Sanders (VIC/VIS) 

Katie Wurth (QLD) 

Under 13 

Scott Brooks (VIC) 

Kieren Bucher (QLD) 

Adam Dahbache (NSW) 

Rourke Jenkins (QLD) 

Lawson Mills (WA) 

Gabriel Swan (NSW) 

Jake Thompson (WA) 

Alex Thomson (NSW) 

Michael Tone (QLD) 

Trenten Wan (QLD) 


Rhythmic Gymnastics 


Acrobatic Gymnastics 

Senior 

Chloe Hayes (WA) 

Naazmi Johnston (NSW) 

Janine Murray (WA) 

Junior 

Marian Barer (NSW) 

Alecia Creighton (WA) 

Marival D’Jamirze (NSW) 

Scarlett Hankins (QLD) 

Jessica Leonhardt (WA) 

Morgan Lewis (VIC) 

Samantha Lim (VIC) 

Tegan Lindsay (NSW) 

Emma Long (NSW) 

Fotini Panselinos (NSW) 

Neisha Rizzo (WA) 

Enid Sung (NSW) 

Taylor Tirahardjo (VIC) 

Summer Walker (NSW) 

Sport Aerobics 

Senior 

Nicole Courtie (QLD) 

Catriona Cowden (WA) 

Emma Davies (WA) 

Kieran Gorman (WA) 

Elizabeth Kane (WA) 

Eloise Kane (WA) 

Janelle Marsh (WA) 

Koby Moore (NSW) 

Sarah Salerno (WA) 

Zoe Tisdale (WA) 

Junior 

Amy Behan (NSW) 

Sophie Beucker (NSW) 

Chelsea Carroll (WA) 

Jazmin Crawford (WA) 

Chelsea Harris (NSW) 

Giveney How (WA) 

Robyn Kalkhoven (VIC) 

Stephanie Kiely (NSW) 

Cairo Leicester (WA) 

Senior 

Trampoline 

Bethany Bailey (NSW/SASI) 

Blake Gaudry (SA/SASI) 

Jaimi Meyer (VIC) 

Jack Penny (TAS) 

Damian Ryan (NSW) 

Ty Swadling (NSW) 

Ben Wilden (SA/SASI) 

Double-Mini Trampoline 

Christine Hall (NSW) 

Kelsie Henry (QLD) 

Christie Jenkins (VIC) 

Jaimi Meyer (VIC) 


Andrew Ronacher (VIC) 

Damian Ryan (NSW) 

Nicholas Smith (VIC) 

Ty Swadling (NSW) 

Hayley Tagell (VIC) 

Reece Thompson (QLD) 

Katrina Yeoman (VIC) 

Junior 

Trampoline 

Patrick Cooper (QLD) 

Owen Gilbert (NSW) 

Riley Glazebrook (QLD) 

Madeleine Johnson (VIC) 

Emily O’Connor (VIC) 

Michelle Riederich (VIC) 

Luke Seal (QLD) 

Shaun Swadling (NSW) 

Aiden Thomas (NSW) 

Bryce Wareham (VIC) 

Matthew Weal (NSW) 

Double-Mini Trampoline 

Damien Axelsen (TAS) 

Christie Baumgartner (VIC) 

Oliver Booth (WA) 

Patrick Cooper (QLD) 

Matthew Gifkins (QLD) 

Owen Gilbert (NSW) 

Riley Glazebrook (QLD) 

Tarryn Hurst (VIC) 

Madeleine Johnson (VIC) 


Michelle Riederich (VIC) 

Hannah Sallows (VIC) 


Aiden Thomas (NSW) 

Aaron Turner (NSW) 

Tumbling 

Jaclyn McAliece (VIC) 

Moriana McLean (NSW) 

Haylee Wellard (VIC) 

Senior 

Emma Briggs (NSW) 

Ingrid Dunkerley (NSW) 

Rebecca Gilmore (NSW) 

Shani Meadows (QLD) 

Annelise Olsson (NSW) 

Ashleigh Ryan (NSW) 

Kate Ryan (QLD) 

Melissa Scott (QLD) 

Keryn Swadling (NSW) 

Junior 

Madelyn Bennett (NSW) 

Renee Blake (NSW) 

Melanie Byrne (NSW) 

Emily Caunt (NSW) 

Sarah Coningham (NSW) 

Rachel Cook (NSW) 

Eloise Dwyer (NSW) 

Grace Fairall (NSW) 

Jacob Faour (NSW) 

Molly-Louise Hanrahan (NSW) 

Laura Hespe (NSW) 

Mei Hubnik (NSW) 

Eliza Hui (NSW) 

Katrina Kissock (NSW) 

Shelby Lacey (NSW) 

Samantha Murphy (NSW) 

Andie O’Brien (NSW) 

Elyse Powell (NSW) 

Paige Stevens (NSW) 

39


Champions 



Senior International 

All Around Champion 

Sam Offord (SA) 

Level 10 Under 18 



Winning Team 

(Senior and Level 10 U18) 

Victoria 



Kent Pieterse (VIC) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 

Level 9 Open 


Benjamin Latta (VIC) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 

Level 8 Open 


James Bacueti (ACT) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 



Trent Wan (QLD) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 

Level 7 Open 


Hugh Gabor (NSW) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 



Etienne Rousseau-Forwood (QLD) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 



Georgia Bonora (VIC) 

Winning Team 

Victoria 

Junior International 


Angela Donald (VIC) 

Winning Team 

Victoria 

IDP 10 


Alexandra Eade (VIC) 

Winning Team 

Victoria 

IDP 8 


Jazmine Casis (NSW) 

Winning Team 

New South Wales 

IDP 6 


Eliza Freeman (VIC) 

Winning Team 

Victoria 

National Level 10 


Olivia Vivian (WA) 

Winning Team 

Victoria 



Taylor Ryan (QLD) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 



Jessica Wigglesworth (QLD) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 



Ella Kenafake (QLD) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 


Cheerleading 

Hip Hop 

Open 

Air Born Cheerleading - Power Squad 

Senior 

Starlets Cheerleading - I like that 

Youth 

Air Born Cheerleading - Spirit Squad 

Junior 

Air Born Cheerleading - Magic Squad 

Jazz 

Open Large 

Vision Dance Studio - Vision Dance team 

Open Small 

KLD X-Treme - Open Age Dance team 

Senior Secondary 

Starlets Cheerleading - Masked & Mysterious 

Youth 

KLD X-Treme - Divas 

Junior 

KLD X-Treme - Junior Dance team 

Pom 

Primary 

Tara Anglican School for Girls 

Secondary 

Balwyn High School - Skyraiders 

Open 

Air Born Cheerleading - Power Squad 

Senior Small 

Refine Cheer & Dance - Refine 

Senior Large 

Vision Dance Studio - Vision Vipers Black 

Squad 

Junior Small 

Steps 201 - Purple Stars 

Junior Large 

Western Cheersports - Western Tigers 

Youth 

Star-Mites Gymsports - Rocketz 

Mini 

Air Born Cheerleading - Sparkle Squad 

Cheer 

Primary Level 2 

Tara Anglican School for Girls 

Secondary/University Level 2 

Victoria University - Vipers 

Secondary Level 3 

The Hills Sports High School 

Mini Small Level 1 

Star-Mites Gymsports - Lightning 

Junior Small Level 1 

Academy of Cheerleading - Lightning 

Junior Large Level 1 

MLC - Superstars 


Air Born Cheerleading - Magic Squad 

Junior Large Level 2 

KLD X-Treme - Divas 

Junior/Senior Large Level 3 

Western Cheersports - Western Tigers 


Star-Mites Gymsports - Cometz 

Youth Small/Large Level 1 

Star-Mites Gymsports - Rocketz 

Senior Small Level 2 

Steps 201 - Silver Stars 

Senior Large Level 2 – 

Star-Mites Gymsports - Storm 

Senior Small Level 3 – 

MLC - All Stars 

Senior Small/Large Level 4 – 

KLD X-Treme - Megastars 

Senior Small Level 4.2 – 

Academy of Cheerleading - Thunder 

Senior/Open Small Level 1 – 

Diamond Dance & Cheerleading - Senior Stars 

Senior/Open Level 5 – 

KLD X-Treme - Stuperstars 

Open Small Level 2 – 

Splitz Gym - Ninjas 

Open Small Level 3 – 

Adrenalin Cheer & Dance - Dreamers 

Open Small/Large Level 4 – 

Starlets Cheerleading - Black Squad 

Open Small/Large Level 5 – 

Starlets Cheerleading - Black Elite 

Group Stunt 

Secondary Level 3 – 

The Hills Sports High School 

University Level 2 – UniSA Sabres - Insanity 

Junior All Girl Level 2 – Air Born 

Cheerleading - Glitter Squads 

Junior All Girl Level 3 – Star-Mites 

Gymsports - Zodiacz 

Junior All Girl Level 4 – Star-Mites 

Gymsports - Sparkz 

Senior All Girl/Mixed Level 2 – Star-Mites 

Gymsports - Electricz 

Senior All Girl Level 3 – 

Air Born Cheerleading - White Squad 

Senior Mixed Level 3 – 

NRG Cheersports - Inferno 

Senior All Girl Level 4 – 

KLD X-Treme Stunt Group 

Senior Mixed Level 4 – 

NRG Cheersports - SuperNova 

Open All Girl Level 2 – 

Visual Energy Studio Cheer & Dance - 

Silver Bullets 

Open Mixed Level 2 – 

Splitz Gym - Stealth 


Adrenalin Cheer & Dance - Dreamers Elite 

Open Mixed Level 3 

– Splitz - Nunchucka-Luckas 


Air Born Cheerleading - Blue Squad 


Starlets Cheerleading - Wild Stars 

Open All Girl/Mixed Level 5 – 

Starlets Cheerleading - Bul’up 


Star-Mites Gymsports - Cosmic 

Partner Stunt 

Senior Level 3 – 

NRG Cheersports - Ceilidh & Casey 

Open Level 2 – 

Hobart Gymnastics Academy - 

Leigh & Nichola 


Splitz Gym - Stacey & Simon 


BTYC - Danelle & Nick 


Star-Mites Gymsports - Theresa & Joe 





Winning Team 


Junior International 



Winning Team 


Level 8 International 


Shanelle Erpen (WA) 

Winning Team 


Level 7 International 


Regina Wang (NSW 

Winning Team 


Level 10 


Nikita Naidu (NSW) 

Winning Team 


Level 9 


Georgia Pase (QLD) 

Winning Team 

Queensland 

Level 8 


Tatiana Joannides (WA) 

Winning Team 

Victoria 

Level 7 


Sasha Lian (NSW) 

Winning Team 


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Champions 

(Continued) 


National Development 

Jazmin Crawford (WA) 

Age Group 1 Female 

Cairo Leicester (WA) 

Age Group 2 Female 


Age Group 2 Male 

Kenji Fujihara (VIC) 

Senior Female 

Zoe Tisdale (WA) 

Senior Male 


Senior Pair 

Emma Davies & Samantha Rowney (WA) 

Senior Trio 

Emma Davies, Catriona Cowden & 

Janelle Marsh (WA) 


Trampoline 

Senior Male 

Blake Gaudry (SA) 

Senior Female 

Aslin Styles (SA) 

Junior Male 


Junior Female 

Eva Kierath (WA) 

17+ Male 

Matthew Delforce (QLD) 

17+ Female 

Katrina Yeoman (VIC) 

Under 17 Male 


Under 17 Female 


Under 15 Male 

Blake Rutherford (QLD) 


Claire Arthur (SA) 

Under 13 Male 

Cameron Scott (VIC) 


Olivia Davies (VIC) 

Under 11 Male 

William McGrath (VIC) 


Megan Adams (NSW) 

Synchronised Trampoline 

Senior Male 

Blake Guadry & Ben Wilden (SA) 

Senior Female 

Hayley Tagell & Madeleine Johnson (VIC) 

Junior Male 

Blake Rutherford & Bastian Tinney (QLD) 

Junior Female 

Natalie Skinner & Eva Kierath (SA/WA) 

17+ Male 

Patrick Cooper & Matthew Delforce (QLD) 

17+ Female 

Jessica Mackay & Nikki Tilley (NSW) 

Under 17 Male 

Matthew Weal & Michael Burke (NSW) 


Natalie Skinner & Eva Kierath (SA/WA) 

Under 15 Male 

Dominic Clarke & Wesley Needham (NSW) 


Georgia McMahon & Tarryn Hurst (VIC) 

Under 13 Male 

Cooper McClymont & James Cleary (QLD) 


Tiarnay Callil & Emma Thomas (QLD) 

Under 11 Male 

Jordan Fletcher & Michael Heffernan (NSW) 


Imogen Florian & Georgia Rayment (NSW) 

Double Mini-Trampoline 

Senior Male 


Senior Female 

Christie Jenkins (VIC) 

Junior Male 


Junior Female 

Emily O’Connow (VIC) 

17+ Male 


17+ Female 

Hayley Mellon (QLD) 

Under 17 Male 



Korri Loader (QLD) 

Under 15 Male 

Aidan Collins (TAS) 


Taylor Ellison (NSW) 

Under 13 Male 

Cameron Scott (VIC) 


Calista Theron (QLD) 

Under 11 Male 

Jordan Fletcher (NSW) 


Megan Adams (NSW) 


Senior 

Mixed Pair 

Felicity Munton & Glen Wimberley (QLD) 

Junior 12 – 19 

Women’s Pair 

Shelby Lacey & Molly Hanrahan (NSW) 

Women’s Trio 

Melanie Byrne, Laura Hespe & Eliza Hui (NSW) 

Junior 11 – 18 


Mariya Stepchenkov, Tiffany Sciasci & 

Gabriella Ahlatis (QLD) 

Junior 11-16 


Elyse Powell & Sarah Coningham (NSW) 


Katrina Kissock, Rachel Cook 

& Madelyn Bennett (NSW) 

Level 10 


Elizabeth Jacobs, Amy Lang & Morgan 

Moroney (QLD) 

Level 9 

Mixed Pair 

Joanne Curry & Aaron Mavro (VIC) 

Men’s Pair 

Blake Treble & Anthony Dorrington (VIC) 


Amber Kaldor & Madison Chan (NSW) 


Kirsten Maloney, Charmaine Ridge & Jaime 

Cottrell-Dormer (NSW) 

Level 8 

Mixed Pair 

David Hamer & Nicola Salter (QLD) 

Men’s Pair 

Adrian Buck & Jake Sergeant (QLD) 


Lisa Petersen & Holly Weyman-Jones (QLD) 


Chloe Blattmann, Ella Chambers & 

Lana Borisova (NSW) 

Level 7 

Mixed Pair 

Cassidy Merlin & Lachlan Nighingale (QLD) 


National 

Commissions 

Men’s Pair 

Aaron Janes & Nicholas Carroll (NSW) 


Emily Gale & Mackenzie Sivyer (NSW) 


Hayley Rankin, Lauren Shiel & Georgia 

Efthimiou (VIC) 

Men’s Four 

James Dunn, Liam DeJong, Paris Volpe & 

Daniel Zenkis (VIC) 

Level 6 

Mixed Pair 

Perry Drakopoulos & Tara Sahagian 

(NSW) 


Olivia Millard & Emma Slattery (QLD) 


Danielle Marchini, Heather Jeffries & 

Saara Foo (WA) 

Level 5 

Mixed Pair 

Aiden Lerch & Chloe Wood (NSW) 


Leah Jenkins & Kaylah Leeson (NSW) 


Kirsty Faulkner, Elizabeth Hedding 

& Naomi Hudspeth (VIC) 

Level 4 

Mixed Pair 

Mitchell Faulkner & Shyanne Hicks (NSW) 


Shauna Mulligan & Kristianne Hay (NSW) 

Women’s Trio – 

Casey Brown, Stacey Davis & Mikaela 

Smith (QLD) 

Men’s Four – 

Reuben Bokaba, Ethan Darrow, Sullivan 

Gravatt & Nicholas Major (ACT) 


Daren Wolfe 

Technical Director 

Paul Szyjko 

Judging Coordinator 

Rohan Kennedy 


John Curtin 


Vladimir Vatkin 

National Coach 




Jill Wright 


Desiree Jones 


Michelle De Highden Commission Member 

Peggy Liddick 

National Coach 


Teresa Evans 


Gina Peluso 


Joanne Edinger 


Virginia Elliott 





Liz Lyons 


Kerryn Cormick 


Carolyn Warren 



Mike Kelso 


Darren Gillis 


Belinda Cox 


Ben Kelly 


Nikolay Zhuravlev National Coach 


Andrew Saba 


Yuriy Stepchenkov Judging Coordinator 

Bruce Treble 


Amy Yeomans 


Cheerleading 

Ann Ranieri 

Briony Keenan 

Tina Burger 

Kerryn Brimmer 

Thomasine Warmington 






43

International 

Event Results 

29th - 31st January 

RG Montreal World Cup - Montreal, Canada 

Athletes Marian Barer Marival D’Jamirze 

Naazmi Johnston Taylor Tirahardjo 

Results Marian Barer - 

AA 12th, Rope 14th, Hoop 10th, Ball 6th, Clubs 11th 

Marival D’Jamirze - 


Naazmi Johnston - 

AA 11th, Rope 11th, Hoop 11th, Ball 7th, Ribbon 12th 

Taylor Tirahardjo - 


9th - 10th April 

CHL Aloha International Spirit Championships - Honolulu, 

USA 

Teams 

Results 

Cheer 

Dance 

Adrenalin Cheer & Dance 

Fit 2 Cheer 

Star-Mites Gymsports 

Visual Energy Studio Cheer & Dance 

Level 2 Junior - Star-Mites Gymsport Cometz - 1st 

Level 2 Senior - Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse - 1st 

Level 3 International Open Co-ed - Visual Energy Studio Cheer & 

Dance Silver Stars - 1st 

Level 4 Senior - Fit 2 Cheer Royals - 2nd 

Level 5 International Open Co-ed - Star-Mites Gymports Starz - 2nd 

Junior Pom - Star-Mites Gymsports Cometz - 1st 

Senior Pom - Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse - 1st 

Open Dance - Visual Energy Studio Cheer & Dance Silver Stars - 1st 

Open Dance - Star-Mites Gymsports Starz - 2nd 

Individual Cheer 

Junior - Brittany (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 2nd 

Junior - Shannon (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 4th 

Senior - Finnese (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 5th 

Senior - Laura (Adrenalin Cheer & Dance Powerhouse) - 8th 

Group Stunt 

Level 4 Junior - Star-Mites Gymsports Cometz - 2nd 

Level 5 Open - Star-Mites Gymsports Cosmic - 1st 


WAG Paris World Cup - Paris, France 

Athletes 

Results 

Emily Little 

Larrissa Miller 

Georgia Wheeler 

Emily Little - VT 5th, BB 13th, FX 11th 

Larrissa Miller - UB 15th 

Georgia Wheeler - VT 14th, UB 9th, BB 30th, FX 22nd 


AER Suzuki World Cup - Tokyo, Japan 

Athletes Amy Behan Sophie Beucker 

Chelsea Carroll 

Kieran Gorman 

Elizabeth Kane 

Cairo Leicester 

Zoe Tisdale 

Results Amy Behan - Age Gp 2 13th 

Sophie Beucker - Age Gp 1 10th 

Chelsea Carroll - Age Gp 2 4th 

Kieran Gorman - SNR IM 3rd 

Elizabeth Kane - SNR IF 20th 

Cairo Leicester - Age Gp 1 6th 

Zoe Tisdale - SNR IF 13th 

22nd - 23rd April 

CHL IASF Worlds - Orlando, USA 

Teams Air Born Cheerleading 

KLD X-Treme 

Results International Open Co-ed Level 5 - 

Air Born Cheerleading Power Squad - 9th 

International Junior All Girl Level 5 - KLD X-Treme Superstars - 7th 


CHL ICU World Cup - Orlando, USA 

Teams Air Born Cheerleading 

KLD X-Treme 

Results - 

28th April - 2nd May 

MAG, WAG, RG, TRP 

Pacific Rim Championships - 

Melbourne, Australia 

Athletes 

MAG Tyson Bull Brody-Jai Hennessy 

Sam Offord 

Jack Rickards 

Luke Wadsworth 

Luke Wiwatowski 

WAG Georgia-Rose Brown Emma Collister 

Emily Little 

Amelia McGrath 



RG Marian Barer Naazmi Johnston 

Samantha Lim 

Janine Murray 

Enid Sung 

Taylor Tirahardjo 

TRP Bethany Bailey Patrick Cooper 

Blake Gaudry 

Riley Glazebrook 

Madeleine Johnson 

Natalie Skinner 

Aslin Styles 

Ben Wilden 

Nikita Wilson-Beddoe 

Results 

MAG Team - 4th 

Tyson Bull - AA 13th, PB 6th, HB 2nd 

Brody-Jai Hennessy - AA 11th, FX 4th, RR 7th, HB 4th 

Sam Offord - AA 2nd, PH 5th, RR 1st, PB 8th 

Jack Rickards - AA 15th, PH 3rd 

Luke Wadsworth - AA 11th 

Luke Wiwatowski - AA 8th, FX 7th, HB 3rd 

WAG Team - 3rd 

Georgia-Rose Brown - AA 8th, UB 4th 

Emma Collister - AA 6th, VT=7th, UB 6th, FX 6th 

Emily Little - AA 5th, VT 2nd, UB 6th, BB 5th, FX 8th 

Amelia McGrath - BB 5th, FX 3rd 

Larrissa Miller - UB 8th 

Georgia Wheeler - AA 10th, VT 8th 

RG Team - 3rd 

Marian Barer - AA 11th, Rope 8th, Hoop 6th 

Naazmi Johnston - AA 2nd, Rope 2nd, Hoop 1st, Ball 2nd, Ribbon 

3rd 

Samantha Lim - AA 20th 

Janine Murray - AA 8th, Rope 8th, Hoop 4th, Ball 6th 

Enid Sung - AA 9th, Ribbon 8th 

Taylor Tirahardjo - AA 14th 

TRP Team - Men 2nd, Women 4th 

Bethany Bailey - 7th 

Patrick Cooper - 7th 

Blake Gaudry - 7th 

Riley Glazebrook - 8th 

Madeleine Johnson - 6th 

Aslin Styles - 6th 

Ben Wilden - 6th 

Nikita Wilson-Beddoe - 10th 

Bethany Bailey & Aslin Styles - SYN 3rd 

Blake Gaudry & Ben Wilden - SYN 3rd 

Patrick Cooper & Riley Glazebrook - SYN 2nd 

Madeleine Johnson & Natalie Skinner - SYN 3rd 

14th - 15th May 

MAG Moscow World Stars World Cup - Moscow, Russia 

Athletes 

Results 

Elliott Cook 

Prashanth Sellathurai 


Elliott Cook - PH 19th 

Prashanth Sellathurai - PH 6th, RR 26th 

Luke Wiwatowski - FX 11th, RR 21st, PB 22nd, HB 5th 

22nd - 23rd May 

AER Conversano World Series - Conversano, Italy 

Athletes 

Results 

Kieran Gorman 

Eloise Kane 

Kieran Gorman - IM 1st 

Eloise Kane - IF 25th 


29th May 

WAG Pre Olympic Youth Cup - Bergisch Gladbach, 

Germany 

Athletes 

Results 

Gerogia-Rose Brown 

Angela Donald 

Amelia McGrath 

Emma Nedov 

Gerogia-Rose Brown - AA 1st 

Angela Donald - AA 2nd 

Amelia McGrath - AA 4th 

Emma Nedov - AA 3rd 

3rd - 6th June 

RG Pesaro World Cup & Junior International - Pesaro, 

Italy 

Athletes Marian Barer Jaelle Cohen 


Tegan Lindsay 

Anna Lorigan 

Claudia Pillay 

Samantha Richardson 

Enid Sung 

Kate Western 

Results Junior Team - 10th 

Marian Barer - Rope 6th, Ball 10th 

Jaelle Cohen - AA 66th, Rope 58th, Hoop 64th, Ball 67th, Ribbon 

70th, GRP 19th 

Naazmi Johnston - AA 39th, Rope 49th, Hoop 47th, Ball 34th, 

Ribbon 33rd 

Tegan Lindsay - Hoop 10th, Clubs 11th 

Anna Lorigan - GRP 19th 

Claudia Pillay - GRP 19th 

Samantha Richardson - GRP 19th 

Enid Sung - AA 57th, Rope 64th, Hoop 60th, Ball 64th, Ribbon 

47th, GRP 19th 

Kate Western - GRP 19th 

18th - 20th June 

AER World Championships - 

Rodez, France 

Athletes Amy Behan Sophie Beucker 

Chelsea Carroll 

Catriona Cowden 

Emma Davies 

Keiran Gorman 


Janelle Marsh 

Sarah Salerno 

Zoe Tisdale 

Results Amy Behan - Age Gp 2 48th 

Sophie Beucker - Age Gp 1 31st 

Chelsea Carroll - Age Gp 2 19th 

Keiran Gorman - IM 3rd 

Cairo Leicester - Age Gp 1 14th 

Sarah Salerno - IF 39th 

Zoe Tisdale - IF 33rd 

Catriona Cowden, Emma Davies, Janelle Marsh - Trio 25th 

27th June - 3rd July 

TRP Indo Pacific Championships - Kakegawa, Japan 

Athletes Jennifer Allison Jared Archer 

Claire Arthur 

Paul Bagot 

Curtis Booth 

Bronte Boyles 

Dominic Clarke 

Aidan Collins 

Kaleb Collins 

Patrick Cooper 

Olivia Davies 

Matthew Delforce 

Kaitlyn Duignan 

Blake Gaudry 

Matthew Gifkins 

Billie-Lee Goodman 

Kurt Hacking-Gadsby 

Kelsie Henry 

Matthew Henry 

Christine Jenkins 

Eva Kierath 

Korri Loader 

Cooper McClymont 

Hugh McConnell 

Oliver McGrath 

Moriana McLean 

Joshua Mobbs 

Olivia Morris 

William Morris 

Emily O’Connor 

Kililipi O’Donoghue-Scarce Jack Penny 

Hayley Pierce 

Katelyn Reyne 

Hugh Ross 

Blake Rutherford 

Damian Ryan 

Lauren Sampson 

Danniielle Sanders 

Luke Seal 


Jarrod Spear 

Rebecca Stacey 

Aslin Styles 

Shaun Swadling 

Ty Swadling 

Calista Theron 

Braida Thomas 

Bastian Tinney 

Jessie Tulett 

Leanne Van Rensburg 

Bryce Wareham 

Matthew Warner 

Abbie Watts 

Matthew Weal 

Haylee Wellard 

Nikita Wilson-Beddoe 

Hayden Woodfall 

Results 

Open 

Blake Gaudry - TRP 2nd 

Kelsie Henry - DMT 4th 

Christine Jenkins - DMT 1st 

Jack Penny - TRP 4th, DMT 1st 

Damian Ryan - DMT 2nd 

Jarrod Spear - DMT 4th 

Aslin Styles - TRP 3rd 

Ty Swadling - TRP 1st, DMT 3rd 

Jessie Tulett - DMT 3rd 

Jack Penny & Jarrod Spear - SYN 3rd 

Blake Gaudry & William Morris - SYN 4th 

Aslin Styles & Christine Jenkins - SYN 1st 

17+ Jennifer Allison - DMT 7th 

Paul Bagot - TRP12th 

Kaleb Collins - DMT 2nd 

Patrick Cooper - TRP 5th 

Matthew Delforce - TRP 7th 

Kaitlyn Duignan - TRP 6th 

Matthew Gifkins - DMT 5th 

Christine Jenkins - TRP 8th 

William Morris - TRP 2nd 

Katelyn Reyne - DMT 9th 

Hugh Ross - DMT 4th 

Jarrod Spear - TRP 8th (P) 

Shaun Swadling - TRP 11th, DMT 3rd 

Jessie Tulett - TRP 23rd 

Matthew Warner - DMT 6th 

Haylee Wellard - TUM 1st, DMT 8th 

Shaun Swadling & Ty Swadling - SYN 1st 

Matthew Delforce & Patrick Cooper - SYN 9th 

Jessie Tulett & Kaitlyn Duignan - SYN 3rd 

Katelyn Reyne & Kelsie Henry - SYN 4th 

15-16 Matthew Henry - DMT 3rd 

Korri Loader - TRP 7th 

Eva Kierath - TRP 6th (P) 

Joshua Mobbs - TRP 5th 

Emily O’Connor - TRP 3rd, DMT 10th 

Hayley Pierce - TRP 18th 

Lauren Sampson - DMT 16th 

Luke Seal - TRP 20th, DMT 5th 

Natalie Skinner - TRP 9th 

Rebecca Stacey - DMT 4th 

Bastian Tinney - TRP 17th, DMT 7th 

Leanne Van Rensburg - TRP 4th, DMT 1st 

Bryce Wareham - TRP 9th 

Matthew Weal - TRP 8th, DMT 1st 

Hayden Woodfall - DMT 2nd 

Luke Seal & Matthew Henry - SYN 2nd 

Matthew Weal & Bryce Wareham - SYN 9th 

Bastian Tinney & Joshua Mobbs - SYN 10th 

Natalie Skinner & Eva Kierath - SYN 3rd 

Leanne Van Rensburg & Hayley Pierce - SYN 8th 

Emily O’Connor & Korri Loader - SYN 10th 

13-14 Claire Arthur - TRP 5th 

Curtis Booth - TRP 7th, DMT 1st 

Dominic Clarke - TRP 5th 

Aidan Collins - TRP 22nd, DMT 3rd 

Kurt Hacking-Gadsby - TUM 1st 

Hugh McConnell - TRP 11th, DMT 7th 

Oliver McGrath - TRP 15th, DMT 5th 

Moriana McLean - TUM 1st 

Olivia Morris - DMT 2nd 

Kililipi O’Donoghue-Scarce - TRP 14th, DMT 5th 

Blake Rutherford - TRP 3rd 

Danniielle Sanders - TRP 17th 

Braida Thomas - TRP 18th, DMT 3rd 

Abbie Watts - TRP 7th 

Nikita Wilson-Beddoe - TRP 4th 

Aidan Collins & Hugh McConnell - SYN 2nd 

Dominic Clarke & Oliver McGrath - SYN 3rd 

Blake Rutherford & Curtis Booth - SYN 10th 

Abbie Watts & Nikita Wilson-Beddoe - SYN 3rd 

Claire Arthur & Olivia Morris - SNY 4th 

Kililipi O’Donoghue-Scarce & Danniielle Sanders - SYN 9th 

10-12 Jared Archer - TRP 10th, DMT 2nd 

Bronte Boyles - TUM 2nd 

Olivia Davies - TRP 9th, DMT 9th 

Billie-Lee Goodman - TRP 8th 

Cooper McClymont - TRP 9th 

Calista Theron - TRP 7th, DMT 2nd 

Cooper McClymont & Jared Archer - SYN 6th 

Calista Theron & Billie-Lee Goodman - SYN 7th 

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International 

Event Results 

6th - 12th July 

ACR World Age Championships - Wroclaw, Poland 

Athletes Andie O’Brien Eliza Hui 

Eloise Dwyer 

Elyse Powell 

Jacob Faour 

Katrina Kissock 

Laura Hespe 

Madelyn Bennett 

Mei Hubnik 

Melanie Byrne 

Molly Hanrahan 

Paige Stevens 

Rachel Cook 

Renee Blake 

Samantha Murphy 

Sarah Coningham 

Shelby Lacey 

Results 

12 - 19 Molly Hanrahan & Shelby Lacey - 15th 

Renee Blake & Jacob Faour - 18th 

Melanie Byrne, Laura Hespe & Eliza Hui - 18th 

11 - 16 Madelyn Bennett, Rachel Cook & Katrina Kissock - 8th 

Mei Hubnik, Samantha Murphy & Paige Stevens - 17th 

Eloise Dwyer & Andie O’Brien - 13th 

Sarah Coningham & Elyse Powell - 18th 

13th - 19th July 

ACR World Championships - Wroclaw, Poland 

Athletes Annelise Olsson Emma Briggs 

Ingrid Dunkerley Kate Ryan 

Melissa Scott Shani Meadows 

Results Shani Meadows, Kate Ryan & Melissa Scott - 12th 

Emma Briggs, Ingrid Dunkerley & Annelise Olsson - 16th 

23rd - 24th July 

AER ANAC International Championships - Las Vegas, 

USA 

Athletes Chelsea Carroll Jazmin Crawford 

Carissa Curia 

Kieran Gorman 

Chelsea Harris 

Giveney How 

Eloise Kane 

Stephanie Keily 


Koby Moore 

Sarah Salerno 

Results Chelsea Carroll - Age Gp 2 1st 

Jazmin Crawford - IF Junior Showcase 6th 

Carissa Curia - IF Junior Showcase 18th 

Kieran Gorman - IM 1st 

Chelsea Harris - Age Gp 2 11th 

Giveney How - IF Junior Showcase 8th 

Eloise Kane - IF 4th 

Stephanie Keily - Age Gp 1 36th 

Cairo Leicester - Age Gp 1 2nd 

Koby Moore - IF 5th 


Jazmin Crawford, Carissa Curia & Giveney How - Junior Showcase 

Trio 3rd 

23rd - 24th July 

AER USA World Series Event - Las Vegas, USA 

Athletes Kieran Gorman Koby Moore 

Sarah Salerno 

Results Kieran Gorman - IM 1st 

Koby Moore - IF 6th 


14th - 26th August 

MAG, WAG, 

RG, TRP Youth Olympic Games - Singapore 

Athletes 

MAG Brody-Jai Hennessy 

WAG Angela Donald 

RG Soriah Maclean 

Fotini Panselinos 

Taylor Tirahardjo 

Morgan Turner 

Summer Walker 

TRP Patrick Cooper 

Madeleine Johnson 

Results 

MAG Brody-Jai Hennessy - 

AA 27th, FX 37th, PH 33rd, RR 14th, VT 23rd, PB 19th, HB 8th 

WAG Angela Donald - 

AA 7th, VT 19th, UB 4th, BB 3rd, FX 10th 

RG Taylor Tirahardjo - 

AA 16th, Rope 15th, Hoop 16th, Ball 14th, Club 15th 

Soriah Maclean, Fotini Panselinos, Morgan Turner & Summer 

Walker - Group 6th 

TRP Patrick Cooper - 10th 

Madeleine Johnson - 6th 

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19th - 26th September 

RG World Championships - Moscow, Russia 

Athletes Jaelle Cohen Naazmi Johnston 

Anna Lorigan 

Janine Murray 

Claudia Pillay 

Danielle Prince 

Samantha Richardson 

Enid Sung 

Kate Western 

Results Team - 19th 

Naazmi Johnston - AA 30th, Rope 29th, Hoop 30th, Ball 40th, 

Ribbon 24th 

Janine Murray - Hoop 61st, Ball 73rd, Ribbon 62nd 

Danielle Prince - Rope 72nd, Ball 89th, Ribbon 65th 

Enid Sung - Rope 114th, Hoop 78th 

Jaelle Cohen, Anna Lorigan, Claudia Pillay, Samantha Richardson, 

Kate Western - Group 27th 

24th - 28th September 

RG, AER New Zealand National Championships - 

Hamilton, New Zealand 

Athletes 

RG Kalyna Becker Kelly Harrison 

Lee-Ann Kalell 

Elyse Kneller 

Sasha Lian 

Alberta Nader 

Georgia Pase 

Leisel Rogan 

Ashleigh Roper 

Bianca Strugnell 

Anya Tabolkina 

Charlotte Wood 

AER Eliza Fairlie Krichelle Gilmour 

Robyn Kalkhoven 

Tamzen McAlpine 

Suzie Price 

Charlotte Roe 

Megan Shroff 

Results 

RG Kalyna Becker - AA 4th, Hoop 10th, Ball 3rd, Clubs 13th, Ribbon 1st 

Kelly Harrison - AA 2nd, Rope 1st, Hoop 2nd, Ball 2nd, Clubs 2nd 

Lee-Ann Kalell - AA 3rd, Hoop 1st, Ball 2nd, Clubs =7th, Ribbon 5th 

Elyse Kneller - AA 2nd, Hoop 5th, Ball 9th, Clubs 1st, Ribbon 2nd 

Sasha Lian - AA 1st, Hoop 3rd, Ball 4th, Clubs 3rd, Ribbon 2nd 

Alberta Nader - AA 3rd, Rope 3rd, Hoop 3rd, Ball 1st, Clubs 1st 

Georgia Pase - AA 1st, Rope 2nd, Hoop 1st, Ball 3rd, Clubs 3rd 

Leisel Rogan - AA 4th, Rope 2nd, Hoop 5th, Ball 5th, Ribbon 6th 

Ashleigh Roper - AA 1st, Hoop 1st, Ball 1st, Clubs 3rd, Ribbon 1st 

Bianca Strugnell - AA 2nd, Rope 5th, Hoop =2nd, Ball 3rd, Ribbon 

2nd Anya Tabolkina - AA 1st, Rope 1st, Hoop 1st, Ball 1st, Ribbon 1st 

Charlotte Wood - AA 3rd, Hoop 2nd, Ball 2nd, Clubs 2nd, Ribbon 10th 

AER Eliza Fairlie - JNR A 4th 

Krichelle Gilmour - JNR A 1st 

Robyn Kalkhoven - Sub JNR 2nd 

Tamzen McAlpine - SNR 1st 

Suzie Price - SNR 2nd 

Charlotte Roe - Sub JNR 3rd 

Megan Shroff - JNR B 2nd 

3rd - 14th October 

MAG, WAG, 

RG Commonwealth Games - Delhi, India 

Athletes 

MAG Joshua Jefferis Sam Offord 

Thomas Pichler 



WAG Georgia Bonora Ashleigh Brennan 

Emily Little 



RG Naazmi Johnston Janine Murray 

Danielle Prince 

Results 

MAG Team - 1st 

Joshua Jefferis - AA 3rd, PB 1st 

Sam Offord - AA 5th, RR 1st, HB 4th 

Thomas Pichler - AA 7th, FX 1st, VT 8th 

Prashanth Sellathurai - PH 1st, RR 6th, PB 3rd 

Luke Wiwatowski - FX 7th, HB 7th 

WAG Team - 1st 

Georgia Bonora - AA 3rd, UB 2nd 

Ashleigh Brennan - FX 3rd 

Emily Little - AA 2nd 

Lauren Mitchell - AA 1st, UB 1st, BB 1st, FX 2nd 

RG Team - 1st 

Naazmi Johnston - AA 1st, Rope 2nd, Hoop 4th, Ball 1st, Ribbon 2nd 

Janine Murray - AA 7th, Rope 6th, Ball 6th, Ribbon 5th

17th - 24th October 

MAG, WAG 

World Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands 

Athletes 

MAG Joshua Jefferis Sam Offord 

Thomas Pichler 


Aaron Thanas - Reserve 

Luke Wadsworth 


WAG Georgia Bonora Ashleigh Brennan 

Emily Little 



Georgia Simpson - Reserve 


Results 

MAG Team - 18th 

Joshua Jefferis - AA 34th, FX 75th, PH 139th, RR 28th, PB 35th, 

HB 81st 

Sam Offord - AA 63rd, FX 93rd, PH 181st, RR 29th, PB 87th, 

HB 91st 

Thomas Pichler - FX 11th, RR 231st, PB 104th, HB 66th 

Prashanth Sellathurai - RR 40th, PH 3rd 

Luke Wadsworth - FX 143rd, PH 127th, PB 125th, HB 134th 

Luke Wiwatowski - AA 73rd, FX 151st, PH 119th, RR 224th, PB 

83rd, HB 45th 

WAG Team - 6th 

Georgia Bonora - AA 14th, VT 53rd, UB 34th, BB 22nd, FX 48th 

Ashleigh Brennan - VT 64th, BB 19th, FX 24th 

Emily Little - AA 23rd, VT 21st, UB 32nd, BB 41st, FX 67th 

Larrissa Miller - UB 15th, FX 33rd 

Lauren Mitchell - AA 6th, VT 10th, UB 36th, BB 4th, FX 1st 

Georgia Wheeler - VT 139th, UB 140th, BB 49th 

5th - 6th November 

WAG Combs la Ville - Combs la Ville, France 

Athletes 

Results 

Georgia-Rose Brown 

Nikola Chung 

Natalia Joura 

Team - 1st 

Georgia-Rose Brown - AA 2nd, VT 6th, UB 2nd, BB 1st, FX 1st 

Nikola Chung - AA 7th, VT 3rd, UB 1st 

Natalia Joura - AA 6th, FX 6th 


TRP World Championships - Metz, France 

Athletes Bethany Bailey Blake Gaudry 

Christine Jenkins 

Jack Penny 

Jarrod Spear 

Aslin Styles 

Ty Swadling 

Ben Wilden 

Results Bethany Bailey - TRP 43rd 

Blake Gaudry - TRP 18th 

Christine Jenkins - DMT 9th 

Jack Penny - DMT 5th 

Jarrod Spear - DMT 24th 

Aslin Styles - TRP 38th 

Ty Swadling - TRP 43rd 

Ben Wilden - TRP 23rd 

Blake Gaudry & Ben Wilden - SYN 12th 

Aslin Styles & Bethany Bailey - SYN 16th 


WAG DTB Pokal World Cup - Stuttgart, Germany 

Athletes 

Results 


Lauren Mitchell - UB 1st, BB 1st, FX 1st 


WAG Master Massilia - Marseille, France 

Athletes 

Results 

Georgia-Rose Brown 

Nikola Chung 

Natalia Joura 

Team - 3rd 

Georgia-Rose Brown - AA 10th, VT 9th, UB 5th, BB 20th, FX 14th 

Nikola Chung - AA 9th, VT 10th, UB 3rd, BB 5th, FX 23rd 

Natalia Joura - AA 6th, VT 8th, UB 7th, BB 7th, FX 13th 


TRP World Age Championships - Metz, France 

Athletes Curtis Booth Olivia Davies 

Matthew Gough 

Tarryn Hurst 

Eva Kierath 

Oliver McGrath 

Georgia McMahon 

Joshua Mobbs 

Trent Potter 

Blake Rutherford 


Shaun Swadling 

Braida Thomas 

Abbie Watts 

Results Curtis Booth - TRP 11th, DMT 18th 

Olivia Davies - TRP 41st 

Matthew Gough - DMT 16th 

Tarryn Hurst - DMT 15th 

Eva Kierath - TRP 8th 

Oliver McGrath - DMT 20th 

Georgia McMahon - TRP 31st 

Joshua Mobbs - TRP 46th 

Trent Potter - TRP 25th 

Blake Rutherford - TRP 22nd 

Natalie Skinner - TRP 21st 

Shaun Swadling - TRP 28th, DMT 17th 

Braida Thomas - DMT 18th 

Abbie Watts - TRP 24th 

Blake Rutherford & Curtis Booth - SYN 18th 

Georgia McMahon & Abbie Watts - SYN 8th 

Eva Kierath & Natalie Skinner - SYN 5th 

Shaun Swadling & Trent Potter - SYN 21st 

18th - 21st November 

WAG Glasgow Grand Prix World Cup - Glasgow, Scotland 

Athletes 

Results 


Lauren Mitchell - UB 3rd, BB 1st, FX 1st 

4th December 

MAG Austrian Future Stars Cup - Linz, Austria 

Athletes Domonic Bedggood Tyson Bull 

Aden Messori 

Kent Pieterse 

Results Team - 9th 

Domonic Bedggood - PH 16th, RR 3rd, PB 4th, HB 16th 

Tyson Bull - RR 1st, VT =2nd, PB 3rd, HB 3rd 

Aden Messori - FX 11th, RR 12th, VT 3rd, PB 29th, HB 25th 

Kent Pieterse - AA 4th, FX 3rd, PH 11th, RR 7th, VT 2nd, PB 6th, 

HB 6th 

11th December 

MAG Valeri Liukin Invitational - Texas, USA 

Athletes 

Results 

Sam Offord 

Sean O’Hara 


Sam Offord - AA 9th, FX =11th, PH 22nd, RR 5th, VT 8th, PB 9th, 

HB =10th 

Sean O’Hara - AA 21st, FX =21st, PH 23rd, RR 17th, VT 21st, 

PB =11th, HB 24th 

Luke Wiwatowski - AA 6th, FX 10th, PH 13th, RR 4th, VT 7th, 

PB =10th, HB =7th 

11th - 12th December 

MAG, WAG Toyota International - Aichi, Japan 

Athletes 

MAG Thomas Pichler Prashanth Sellathurai 

WAG Larrissa Miller Lauren Mitchell 

Results 

MAG Thomas Pichler - FX 7th 

Prashanth Sellathurai - PH 6th 

WAG Larrissa Miller - UB 6th, FX 7th 

Lauren Mitchell - UB 4th, BB 1st 

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National Award 

Recipients 


Men’s Gymnastics 


General Gymnastics 

Senior International Gymnast of the Year 

Sam Offord (SA) 

Junior International Gymnast of the Year 


Coaching Team of the Year 

QAS Gymnastics (QLD) 

Open Levels Gymnast of the Year 

Benjamin Latta (VIC) 

Open Levels Coach of the Year 

Zou Li Min (ACT) 

Coach Encouragement Award 

Martin Shields (NSW) 

Judging Official of the Year 

TBA 

Senior Athlete of the Year 


Youth Athlete of the Year 


Coach of the Year 

Trudi Nurse (WA) 

Levels Coach of the Year 

Jodi Sleaford (QLD) 

Official of the Year 

Elizabeth Lyons (QLD) 


GFA Coach of the Year 

Mandy Barras (ACT) 

KG Coach of the Year 

Sharon Rohrlach (SA) 

Volunteer Award 

GNSW Gym For All SMC 

Special Recognition Award 

GNSW State Performance Team 

Lance Otto Award 

Nerine Cooper (QLD) 

Cheerleading 

Women’s Gymnastics 


Lauren Mitchell (WA) 


Angela Donald (VIC) 

International Coaching Team 

WAIS 

National Levels Gymnast of the Year 

Alicia Brown (VIC) 

National Levels Coach of the Year 

John Mitchell (QLD) 






International Coach of the Year 

Danielle Le Ray (NSW) 

National Levels Gymnast of the Year 

Nikita Naidu (NSW) 

National Levels Coach of the Year 

Michaela Pendleton (NSW) 


Stephanie Schahinger (SA) 

Senior Athlete of the Year 

Christine Jenkins (VIC) 


Jarrod Heriot (VIC) 

Junior Athlete of the Year 

Natalie Skinner (SA) 

National Athlete of the Year 


National Coach of the Year 

Belinda Cox (NSW) 

NOP Official of the Year 

Leigh Oswin (TAS) 


Senior International Group of the Year 

Kate Ryan, Melissa Scott & 

Shani Meadows (QLD) 

Junior International Group of the Year 

Katrina Kissock, Rachel Cook 

& Madelyn Bennett (NSW) 

National Group of the Year 

Elizabeth Jacobs, Amy Lang 

& Morgan Moroney (QLD) 


Agnes Sajgal (NSW) 

National Coach of the Year 

Xi Lin Shen (NSW) 

NOP Official of the Year 

Catherine Buck (QLD) 


Ken Caraher (WA) 

Coach of the Year 

Natalie Commons (VIC) 


Ann Ranieri (WA) 

Volunteer of the Year 

Emma Holder (NSW) 


Nicole Colev (TAS) 

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Athlete Award 

of Distinction 

Men’s Gymnastics 

Women’s Gymnastics 

Graham Bond QLD 

David Gourlay VIC 

John Lees 

VIC 

Bruce Sharp 

NSW 

Brian Blackburn NSW 

Noel Punton 

VIC 

Benny De Roo NSW 

Ted Trainer 

NSW 

Marc Faulks 

NSW 

Doug MacLennan NSW 

Barry Cheales VIC 

Murray Chessell VIC 

Ian Clarke 

VIC 

Peter Lloyd 

VIC 

Lambert Ariens SA 

Phil Cheetham NSW 

Rudi Starosta VIC 

Lindsay Nyland WA 

Warick Forbes WA / NSW 

M. Stirling QLD 

Shaw Byng 

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Ena Duffield 

Nelleck Jol 

Jane Schmid 

Maureen Strauss 

Phil Teare 

Chris Timpson 

John Wilby 

Dexter Lorbach 

Anne Bigham 

Jeff Cheales 

Margaret Lanz 

Alistair Low 

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Keith Russell 

Yoshiteru Matsuzaki 

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Ju Ping 

Dr Peter Fricker 

Dr Don McIntosh 

Lee Caelli 

Gene Schembri 

Jonathan Hooper 

David Zuker 

Kym Dowdell 

Steve Chetkovich 

Jacky Wood 

George Tatai 

Tony Davis 


Tim Quinlivan 

Kathleen Graham 

Elizabeth Chetkovich 

Laurie Farrow 

Neil Brodie 

Margaret-Mary Obstelten 

Allen Cullen 

Peter Read 


Pamela Ryan 

Danica Mladenovic 

Jillian Wright 

Jean Lang 

Paul Szyjko 

Peggy Browne 

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Ade Foster 

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Directors’ 

Report 

The Directors 

of Gymnastics 

Australia Limited 

submit herewith 

the financial report 

for the financial 

year ended 

31 December 2010. 

In accordance with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001, the Directors report as follows: 

Directors and Company Secretary 

The names and particulars of the directors of the company during or since the end of the previous financial period 

and the number of directors meetings attended during the financial year are set out below: 

Name 

Qualifications Representation Board Committees / 

Special Responsibilities 

Director 

meetings 

held 

Director 

meetings 

attended 

Ken Williamson Telstra Nat. Business Mgr President Finance and High 

Performance 

George Tatai Licensed Custom Broker Vice President Finance and High 

Performance 

7 7 

7 6 

Michael Burnett 

Chartered Accountant Partner, 

Accru Hobart 

B.Com., F.C.A 

Elected Director Finance - Chairman 7 6 

Grant Harrison 

State Gen Mgr SATAB| 

BBus, Ass Dip Mgmnt 

Elected Director Awards - Chairman 7 7 

Val Beddoe 

Dip Arts – Sports Studies 

B Education - PE 

Elected Director High Performance - 

Chairman 

7 6 

Ian Bartlett 

Senior Systems Engineer 

B Engineering, BSc 


Awards and Athletes’ 

Commission 

7 6 

Margot Foster Lawyer BA LLB Appointed Director Awards 7 6 


The Company Secretary during the financial year was Ms Jane Allen, Mr Michael Burnett & 

Ms Catherine Clark. 

Meetings of the company’s principal board committees were held during the financial year and details 

of the directors attendance is set out below: 

Committee and members 

No of Committee 

meeting held 

No of Committee 

meetings attended 

FINANCE, AUDIT 

AND RISK MANAGEMENT 

M Burnett – Chair 7 7 

K Williamson 7 7 

G Tatai 7 7 

HIGH PERFORMANCE 

V Beddoe - Chair 5 5 

K Williamson 5 5 

G Tatai 5 5 

Principal activities 

The company’s principal activities were to promote and develop gymnastics from grassroots to 

the elite level. 

Result 

The operating surplus for the year ended 31 December 2010 was $50,118 (2009 loss $30,880). 

No income tax was payable. 

Dividends 

In accordance with its constitution, the company is precluded from making any dividend distributions to its 

members. 

Changes in the state of affairs 

There have been no significant changes in the state of affairs of the company during the financial year 

ended 31 December 2010. 

Future developments 

The company does not anticipate any significant change in the operations and activities of the company 

during the 2011 financial year. 

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Directors’ Report 

(continued) 

Moving forward; 

The operating surplus 

for the year ended 

31 december 2010 

was $50,118 

Subsequent events 

No matters or circumstances have 

arisen since the end of the financial 

year which have significantly 

affected or may significantly affect 

the operations of the company, the 

results of those operations or the 

state of affairs of the company in 

financial periods subsequent to the 

financial year ended 31 December 

2010. 

Environmental issues 

The company’s operations are 

not believed to be regulated by 

any significant environmental 

regulations under a law of the 

commonwealth or of a state or 

territory. 

Proceedings on behalf 

of company 

No person has applied to the 

Court under Section 237 of the 

Corporations Act for leave to 

bring proceedings on behalf of 

the company or intervene in any 

proceedings to which the company 

is a party for the purpose of taking 

responsibility on behalf of the 

company for all or any part of those 

proceedings. The company was not 

a party to any such proceedings 

during the period. 

Non audit services 

The board of directors is satisfied 

that the provision of non-audit 

services during the period is 

compatible with the general 

standard of independence 

for auditors imposed by the 

corporations act 2001. The 

directors are satisfied that the 

services disclosed below did not 

compromise the external auditor’s 

independence for the following 

reasons: 

All non-audit services are 

reviewed and approved prior to 

commencement to ensure they do 

not adversely affect the integrity 

and objectivity of the auditor; and 

The nature of the services 

provided do not compromise 

the general principles relating to 

auditor independence as set out 

in APES110: Code of Ethics for 

Professional Accountants set by the 

Accounting Professional and Ethical 

Statistics Board. 

No fees for non-audit services 

were paid/ payable to the external 

auditors during the year ended 31 

December 2010. 

Indemnification of officers 

and auditors 

During the financial year, the 

company paid premiums in respect 

of a contract insuring the Directors 

of the company against liabilities 

incurred as a director to the extent 

permitted by the Corporations Act. 

The company has not otherwise, 

during or since the end of the 

financial year, indemnified or agreed 

to indemnify an officer or auditor of 

the company or of any related body 

corporate against a liability incurred 

as such an officer or auditor. 

Signed in accordance with a 

resolution of the Directors made 

pursuant to the Corporations Act. 

On behalf of the Directors 

Director – Ken Williamson 

Director – Michael Burnett 

Dated at Melbourne this 10th day 

of April 2011 


Income Statement for the year 

ended 31 December 2010 

2010 

$ 

2009 

$ 

INCOME 

Merchandise 

Merchandise sales 306,516 

340,581 

Less cost of merchandise sold (258,963) 

(242,934) 

Gross Profit (Loss) from Merchandise Trading 47,553 

97,647 

Membership 

Project participant and fee income 1,907,999 1,329,020 

Membership and fee revenue - affiliation 934,743 

802,107 

Less direct membership expenses (18,417) 

(28,685) 

Net Income from Membership 2,824,325 2,102,442 

Government Grant Income 

Projects 909,036 

786,630 

Administration 572,700 

566,200 

Total Government Grant Income 1,481,736 1,352,830 

Other Income 

Sponsorship and royalties 174,752 

125,150 

Other income 206,713 

124,845 

Total Other Income 381,465 

249,995 

Total Income 4,735,079 3,802,914 

EXPENSES 

Operating & Administration Expenses 1,735,131 1,651,014 

Project Expenses 2,949,830 2,182,780 

Total Expenses 4,684,961 3,833,794 

Net Operating Profit(Loss) For The Year 50,118 

(30,880) 

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Statement of Financial Position 

at 31 December 2010 


$ 

2009 

$ 

CURRENT ASSETS 

Cash and cash assets 1,190,077 

706,746 

Short term investments at cost 234,500 

234,500 

Trade debtors 255,034 

184,174 

Stock 240,143 

267,835 

Other current assets 207,946 

201,176 

Total Current Assets 2,127,700 

1,594,431 

NON-CURRENT ASSETS 

Land and building (written down value) 983,321 

991,696 

Plant and equipment (written down value) 156,107 

170,379 

Total Non-Current Assets 1,139,428 

1,162,075 

Total Assets 3,267,128 

2,756,506 

CURRENT LIABILITIES 

Trade creditors and accrued expenses 552,689 

244,577 

Other current liabilities 980,071 

631,387 

Employee entitlements 135,428 

199,654 

Total Current Liabilities 1,668,188 

1,075,618 

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 

Bank loan (secured) 435,514 

567,580 

Total Non-Current Liabilities 435,514 

567,580 

Total Liabilities 2,103,702 

1,643,198 

Net Assets 1,163,426 

1,113,308 

EQUITY 

Retained Income 1,073,739 

1,023,621 

Club Development Reserve 89,687 

89,687 

Total Equity 1,163,426 

1,113,308 


Cash Flow Statement for the 

year ended 31 December 2010 


$ 

2009 

$ 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities 

Receipts from members and customers 1,480,242 

1,663,230 

Receipts from Government grants for administration support 572,700 

566,200 

Receipts from Government grants for projects 1,388,224 

858,670 

Receipts from project participants and fees 2,153,701 

1,263,206 

Interest received 50,361 

23,461 

Cash paid for projects (2,863,793) 

(2,301,502) 

Payments to suppliers and employees (2,127,236) 

(1,912,590) 

Net Cash Inflow From Operating Activities 654,199 

160,675 

Cash Flows From Investing Activities 

Capital equipment purchases (38,802) 

(84,645) 

Net Cash Inflow/(Outflow) From Investing Activities (38,802) 

(84,645) 

Cash Flows From Financing Activities 

Bank loan repayments (132,066) 

(39,646) 

Net Cash Inflow From Financing Activities (132,066) 

(39,646) 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash Held 483,331 

36,384 

Opening Cash Held 706,746 

670,362 

Closing Cash Held 1,190,077 

706,746 

Statement of Changes in Equity 

for the year ended 31 December 2010 

Retained Profits Club Development Total 

Reserve (a) 

$ $ $ 

Balance at 31 December 2008 1,054,501 89,687 1,144,188 

Loss for the year attributable to members (30,880) - (30,880) 

Balance at 31 December 2009 1,023,621 89,687 1,113,308 

Surplus for year attributable to members 50,118 - 50,118 

Balance at 31 December 2010 1,073,739 89,687 1,163,426 

(a) 

The Club Development Reserve is a reserve held to fund future club development. 

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Notes to and 

forming part of the 

Financial Report for 

the year ended 31 

December 2010 

1. Summary Of Accounting Policies 

The financial report is a special purpose financial report 

prepared to satisfy the financial preparation requirements of 

the Corporations Act 2001. The Directors have determined 

that the company is not a reporting entity. 

Gymnastics Australia Ltd is a company limited by guarantee, 

incorporated and domiciled in Australia. 

Basis of Preparation 

The report has been prepared in accordance with the 

requirements of the Corporations Act 2001, and the 

following applicable Australian Accounting Standards and 

Accounting Interpretations: 

AASB 108: Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting 

Estimates and Errors; 

AASB 110: Events after the Balance Sheet Date; 

AASB 1031: Materiality; 

AASB 1048: Interpretation and Applicable Standards 

No other Accounting Standards, Accounting Interpretations 

or other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian 

Accounting Standards Board have been applied. 

Reporting Basis and Conventions 

The financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis 

and is based on historical costs modified by the revaluation of 

selected non-current assets, and financial assets and financial 

liabilities for which the fair value basis of accounting has 

been applied. 

Accounting policies are selected and applied in a manner 

which ensures that the resultant financial information satisfies 

the concepts of relevance and reliability, thereby ensuring 

that the substance of the underlying transactions and other 

events is reported. 

The following is a summary of the material policies adopted 

by the company in the preparation of the financial report. 

The accounting policies have been consistently applied, 

unless otherwise stated. 

a) Taxation 

The company is believed to be exempt from income tax. 

b) Plant and Equipment 

Each class of plant and equipment is carried at cost 

or fair value less, where applicable, any accumulated 

depreciation and impairment losses. 

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable 

assets are:– 

Class of Fixed Asset Depreciation Rate 

Plant and equipment 7.5% - 40.0% (Diminishing Value) 

Building 2.5% (Diminishing Value) 

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by 

comparing proceeds with the carrying amount. These 

gains and losses are included in the income statement. 

c) Land and Building 

The land and building has been included in the accounts at cost 

less accumulated depreciation in regard to the building. 

d) Short Term Investments 

These investments are variable rate preference shares listed on 

the Australian Securities Exchange the market value of which 

was $219,140 at 31st December 2010 (2009 $217,147). The 

investments are reported at cost ($234,500) 

e) Cash and Cash Equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at 

call with banks, other short term highly liquid investments with 

original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. 

f) Revenue 

Revenue from services and sale of merchandise rendered is 

recognised upon the delivery of service to customers. 

Interest revenue is recognised on a proportional basis taking into 

account the interest rates applicable to the financial assets. 

Sponsorship and government grant monies received during the 

financial period that will be expended in the subsequent financial 

year are shown as current liabilities on the basis that these funds 

would be refundable if not expended as prescribed. 

g) Goods and Services Tax (GST) 

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount 

of GST. Receivables and payables in the balance sheet are shown 

inclusive of GST. Cash flows are presented in the cash flow 

statement on a net of GST basis. 

h) Employee Entitlements 

Provision is made in respect of the company’s liability for annual 

leave and long service leave at balance date. Long service leave 

is accrued in respect of all employees with more than 7 years 

service with the company which it is believed approximates the 

provisions of all Australian Accounting Pronouncements. 

Contributions are made by the company to an employee 

superannuation fund and are charged as expenses when 

incurred. The company has no legal obligation to provide 

benefits to employees on retirement. 

i) Critical Accounting Estimates 

The directors evaluate estimates and judgements incorporated 

into the financial report based on historical knowledge and best 

available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable 

expectation of future events and are based on current trends and 

economic data. 

j) Club Development Fund 

A cash management account has been created on formation of 

the Club Development Fund. These funds have been set aside to 

fund the annual Club 10 Development Grant Scheme. 


k) Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss 

A financial asset is classified in this category if acquired principally 

for the purpose of settling in the short term or if so designated 

by management and within the requirements of AASB 139: 

Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments. 

l) Loans and receivables 

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with 

fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active 

market and are stated at amortised cost using the effective 

interest rate method. 

m) Held to maturity investments 

These investments have fixed maturities, and it is the company’s 

intention to hold these investments to maturity. Any held 

to maturity investments held by the company are stated at 

amortised cost using the effective interest rate method. 

n) Available for sale financial assets 

Available for sale financial assets include any financial assets not 

included in the above categories. Available for sale financial 

assets are reflected at fair value. Unrealised gains and losses 

arising from changes in fair value are taken directly to equity. 

o) Financial liabilities 

Non derivative financial liabilities are recognised at amortised 

cost, comprising original debt less principal payments and 

amortisation. 

Derivative instruments are measured at fair value. Gains and 

losses arising from changes in fair value are taken to the income 

statement unless they are designated as hedges. 

p) Fair Value 

Fair value is determined based on current bid prices for all quoted 

investments. Valuation techniques are applied to determine the 

fair value for all unlisted securities, including recent arm’s length 

transactions, reference to similar instruments and option pricing 

models. 

q) Impairment 

At each reporting date, the company assesses whether there is 

objective evidence that a financial instrument has been impaired. 

In the case of available for sale financial instruments, a prolonged 

decline in the value of the instrument is considered to determine 

whether impairment has arisen. Impairment losses are recognised 

in the income statement. 

r) Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss 

A financial asset is classified in this category if acquired principally 

for the purpose of settling in the short term or if so designated 

by management and within the requirements of AASB 139: 

Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments. 

Derivatives are also categorised as held for trading unless they are 

designated as hedges. Realised and unrealised gains and losses 

arising from changes in the fair value of these assets are included 

in the income statement in the period in which they arise. 

AASB 101: Presentation of Financial Statements 

In September 2007, the Australian Accounting Standards Board 

revised AASB 101, and as a result there have been changes to 

the presentation and disclosure of certain information with the 

financial statements. Below is an overview of the key changes and 

the impact of the company’s financial statements. 

Disclosure impact 

Terminology changes – The revised version of AASB 101 contains a 

number of terminology changes, including the amendment of the 

names of the primary financial statements. These changes are not 

expected to impact the financial performance or financial position 

of the company. 

Adoption of new and revised accounting standards 

Reporting changes in equity – The revised AASB 101 requires all 

changes in equity arising from transaction with owners in their 

capacity as owners to be presented separately from non-owner 

changes in equity. Owner changes in equity are to be presented 

in the statement of changes in equity, with non-owner changes 

in equity presented in the statement of comprehensive income. 

The previous version of AASB 101 required that owner changes in 

equity be presented in the income statement. 

Statement of comprehensive income – The revised AASB 101 

requires all income and expenses to be presented in either one 

statement – the statement of comprehensive income, or two 

statements – a separate income statement and a statement 

of comprehensive income. The previous version of AASB 101 

required only the presentation of a single income statement. 

The company’s financial statements now contain a statement of 

comprehensive income. 

Other comprehensive income – The revised version of AASB 101 

introduces the concept of ‘other comprehensive income’ which 

comprises of income and expense that are not recognised in profit 

and loss as required by other Australian Accounting Standards. 

Items of other comprehensive income are to be disclosure in the 

statement of comprehensive income. The previous version of 

AASB 101 did not contain an equivalent concept. 

New Accounting Standards for Application in Future Periods 

The AASB has issued new and amended Accounting Standards and 

Interpretations that have mandatory application dates for future 

reporting periods and which the company has decided not to early 

adopt. A discussion of those future requirements and their impact 

on the company is as follows: 

AASB 9: Financial Instruments and AASB 2009-11: Amendments 

to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB 9 [AASB 1, 

3, 4, 5, 7, 101, 102, 108, 112, 118, 121, 127, 128, 131, 132, 136, 

139, 1023 & 1038 and Interpretations 10 & 12] (applicable for 

annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2013). 

These Standards are applicable retrospectively and amend the 

classification and measurement of financial assets. The company 

has not yet determined any potential impact on the financial 

statements. 

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1. Summary Of Accounting Policies 

continued 

The changes made to accounting requirements include: 

> simplifying the classifications of financial assets into those 

carried at amortised cost and those carried at fair value; 

> simplifying the requirements for embedded derivatives; 

> removing the tainting rules associated with held-to-maturity 

assets; 

> removing the requirements to separate and fair value 

embedded derivatives for financial assets carried at amortised 

cost; 

> allowing an irrevocable election on initial recognition to 

present gains and losses on investments in equity instruments 

that are not held for trading in other comprehensive income. 

Dividends in respect of these investments that are a return 

on investment can be recognised in profit and loss and there 

is no impairment or recycling on disposal of the instrument; 

and 

> requiring financial assets to be reclassified where there is 

a change in an entity’s business model as they are initially 

classified based on: (a) the objective of the entity’s business 

model for managing the financial assets; and (b) the 

characteristics of the contractual cash flows. 

> AASB124: Related Party Disclosures (applicable for annual 

reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2011). 

This standard removes the requirement for governmentrelated 

entities to disclose details of all transactions with the 

government and other government-related entities and clarifies 

the definition of a ‘related party’ to remove inconsistencies and 

simplify the structure of the Standard. No changes are expected 

to materially affect the company. 

AASB 2009-4: Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards 

arising from the Annual Improvements Project [AASB 2 and 

AASB 138 and AASB Interpretations 9 & 16] (applicable for the 

annual reporting periods commencing from 1 July 2009) and 

AASB 2009-5: Further Amendments to Australian Accounting 

Standards arising from the Annual Improvements Project [AASB 

5, 8, 101, 107, 117, 118, 136 & 139] (applicable for annual 

reporting periods commencing 1 January 2010). 

These Standards detail numerous non-urgent but necessary 

changes to Accounting Standards arising from the IASB’s annual 

improvements project. No changes are expected to materially 

affect the company. 


– Group Cash-settled Share-based Payment Transactions [AASB 

2] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or 

after 1 January 2010). 

This Standard clarifies the accounting for group cash-settled 

share-based payment transactions in the separate or individual 

financial statements of the entity receiving the goods or 

services when the entity has no obligation to settle the sharebased 

payment transaction. The amendments incorporate 

the requirements previously included in Interpretation 8 

and Interpretation 11 and as a consequence, these two 

Interpretations are superseded by the amendments. These 

amendments are not expected to impact the company. 


– Classification of Rights Issues [AASB 132] (applicable for annual 

reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010). 

This Standard clarifies that rights, options or warrants to acquire a 

fixed number of an entity’s own equity instruments for a fixed amount 

in any currency are equity instruments if the entity offers the rights, 

options or warrants pro rata to all existing owners of the same class of 

its own non-derivative equity instruments. The amendments are not 

expected to impact the company. 


[AASBs 5, 8, 108, 110, 112, 119, 133, 137, 139, 1023 & 1031 and 

Interpretations 2, 4, 16, 1039 & 1052] (applicable for annual reporting 

periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010). 

This Standard makes a number of editorial amendments to a range 

of Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations, including 

amendments to reflect changes made to the text of IFRSs by the 

IASB. The Standard also amends AASB 8 to require entities to exercise 

judgement in assessing whether a government and entities known 

to be under the control of that government are considered a single 

customer for the purposes of certain operating segment disclosures. 

The amendments are not expected to impact the company. 


arising from Interpretation 19 [AASB 1] (applicable for annual 

reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2010). 

This Standard makes amendments to AASB 1 arising from the issue 

of Interpretation 19. The amendments allow a first- time adopter to 

apply the transitional provisions in Interpretation 19. This Standard is 

not expected to impact the company. 

AASB 2009-14: Amendments to Australian Interpretation – 

Prepayments of a Minimum Funding Requirement [AASB Interpretation 

14] (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 

January 2010). 

This Standard amends Interpretation 14 to address unintended 

consequences that can arise from the previous accounting 

requirements when an entity prepays future contributions into a 

defined benefit pension plan. 

AASB Interpretation 19: Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity 

Instruments (applicable for annual reporting periods commencing on 

or after 1 January 2010). 

This Interpretation deals with how a debtor would account for the 

extinguishment of a liability through the issue of equity instruments. 

The Interpretation states that the issue of equity should be treated 

as the consideration paid to extinguish the liability, and the equity 

instruments issued should be recognised at their fair value unless 

fair value cannot be measured reliably, in which case they shall 

be measured at the fair value of the liability extinguished. The 

Interpretation deals with situations where either partial or full 

settlement of the liability has occurred. This Interpretation is not 

expected to impact the company. 


2. Operating Profit 

Operating Profit includes the 

following items of expense: 


$ 

2009 

$ 

INCOME 

Other Income 

Interest income 50,361 

23,461 

Sales online Subscriptions 49,274 

42,540 

State IMIS fees 8,000 

8,000 

Online resources 71,876 

22,526 

Sundry Income 27,202 

28,318 

EXPENSES 

Interest paid 42,646 

45,066 

Depreciation of Building 8,375 

- 

Depreciation of plant and equipment 45,747 

37,117 

Transfer to/(from) provisions for employee entitlements 64,226 

15,822 

Audit fees – audit services 5,000 

4,900 

3. Members Guarantee 

The company is limited by guarantee. If the company is wound 

up, the Constitution states that each member is required to 

contribute a maximum of $20 each towards meeting any 

outstanding obligations of the company. 

The total number of members at 31 December 2010 was 7. 

Each member has a vote at a general meeting on a show 

of hands. 

4. Segment Information 

The company operates in predominantly one industry segment 

and in one geographic segment. 

5. Dividends 

In accordance with its Constitution, the company is precluded 

from making any distributions to its members. 

As the company is exempt from income tax the balance of the 

franking account is $Nil. 

Directors’ Declaration 

The directors declare that:– 

a) the company is a non-reporting entity; 

b) the attached financial statements and notes thereto comply 

with accounting standards, as set out in note 1 to the 

financial statements; 

c) the attached financial statements and notes thereto, give a 

true and fair view of the financial position and performance 

of the company; 

d) in the directors’ opinion, the attached financial statements 

and notes thereto are in accordance with the Corporations 

Regulations 2001; and 

e) in the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to 

believe that the company will be able to pay its debts as and 

when they become due and payable. 

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made 

pursuant to the Corporations Act. 

On behalf of the Directors 

6. Company Details 

The registered office and main business address of the company 

is 32 Cleeland Road, Oakleigh South, Victoria 3167. 

Director – Ken Williamson 

Director – Michael Burnett 

Dated at Melbourne this 10th day of April 2011. 

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She has an ‘I can’ attitude 

even when her initial feelings 

might be that things are 

going to get difficult. 

Martine George – Coach 

Lauren’s Gymnastics Journey 

Lauren fell in love with gymnastics at the age 

of six when she had a ‘Gymbus’ birthday party 

on a double-decker fitted with gym equipment 

and balloons. Joining her local PCYC in Perth, 

she was quickly snapped up by the WAIS high 

performance program shortly after. 

No-one could have guessed the ending to 

the 2010 story, winning gold medals in the 

Team, All Around, Uneven Bars and Beam 

competitions, and took a silver on Floor, at 

the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. 2010 

was Lauren’s year, culminating in World 

Championships GOLD!

Gymnastics Australia Annual Report 2010

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