7 Dorrington Drive (PO Box 971), Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia
T: +613 9887 9611 F: +613 9886 7724 E: [email protected]
www.waverley.gymnastics.org.au
ABN 94 746 343 352
NATIONAL STREAM GYMNASTICS AT WAVERLEY GYMNASTICS CENTRE
Goals:
WGC aims to produce gymnasts capable of performing at the highest
highest levels of excellence and to successfully
represent Victoria at the Australian National Championships and also to represent Australia at International
Level Challenges. WGC also aims to reward our National Stream senior gymnasts who achieve high levels of
o
success by offering opportunities for international and interstate competitions.
Australian Levels Program National Stream: Unlimited and Limited Levels
WGC has had many successes in National Stream throughout its history and continues to
strive for success in all State & National events. In 2012, Waverley gymnast Rachel Figgis was
crowned the Australian Champion at National Level 10. Taylah Laval was crowned Australian
Vault Champion at National Level 8
8. In Victorian Championships 2013 we had Nikita Bulach
take the National level 4 Title with team mate Emily Chinnock in second place.
place Taylah Laval
then took 2013 Victorian Championship title at level 9.
More recently we have had success at the Victorian Championships in 2014 with Emily Chinnock taking the
All around Title at National Level 6. Our Level 7 team holds the 2014 Championship title with Bailee
Hunsdale becoming the Victorian beam Champion and Arden Juricskay placing second all around.. At Level 9
Mikayla George was Vault Champion. Emily Wright competed in our State Stream Program (now the limited
hours stream of the new ALP system), after a successful competition career in the National Stream Program and became the
State 10 Victorian Champion All Around including Apparatus Champion on Vault Bars & Beam!
In previous years WGC National Stream
m gymnasts have competed successfully in Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Canada, New
Zealand and USA. WGC have had gymnasts selected to represent Australia on the National Levels Team in 2003, 2004 & 2008.
Success stories include Kristy Whiting winning international
international Gold on Vault in 2003 and Jamie Sanders winning international
Gold on Floor in 2008 as well as Bronze in the All Around.
WGC gymnasts have also had many successes at the Australian Championships, with between 3 and 14 WGC
gymnasts selected every year
ar to represent Victoria.
Victoria. Highlights have included three All around Australian
Titles and more than 14 Apparatus Australian Champions in the past 14
1 years. Many of our coaches have
been selected as State, National and Australian Team coaches and our gymnasts
gymnasts have achieved many State &
National awards and placings.
In 2014 we had seven out of a possible ten gymnasts gaining places on Victorian State Teams.
Bailee Hunsdale, Mikayla George, Logan Sharrock & Taylah Laval all represented Victoria at the Nation
National
Championships. Bailee, now Australian Bars Champion also placed second on Beam and was part of the third
placed Team at Level
evel 7. Mikayla and Logan both members of the first place team at Level 9 and Taylah was a
member of the first place team at Level 10.
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Emily Chinnock and Arden Juricskay represented Victoria at the 2014 Trans Bass Challenge.
WGC is recognised as a
‘5 Star’ gymnastics club
Proud home of Beijing Olympians - Georgia Bonora, Shona Morgan & Emma Dennis (selected reserve)
& 2012 London Olympians – Georgia Bonora & Larrissa Miller
7 Dorrington Drive (PO Box 971), Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia
T: +613 9887 9611 F: +613 9886 7724 E: [email protected]
www.waverley.gymnastics.org.au
ABN 94 746 343 352
Past Victorian & Australian National Stream Results and Rankings:
In 2012, WGC gymnast Rachel Figgis placed 1st All Around at the Australian Championships and wass also Australian Champion
on Bars, Beam and Floor at National 10. Taylah Laval was crowned Australian Champion on Vault at National 8. In 2011, WGC
gymnast Emily Wright placed 2nd on Bars at the Australian Championships, at National 7. In 2010, WGC gymn
gymnast Rachel Figgis
took out the Australian Bar title at National Level 10 by winning Gold at the 2010 Australian Championships and claiming
Bronze in the All Around.
At the 2009 Australian Championships, WGC gymnasts, Jamie Sanders & Rachel Figgis took out 4 of the 5 Australian Titles at
National Level 9, by claiming Gold in the All Around, Bars, Beam & Floor, as well as having 4 gymnasts out of 6 in the Victor
Victorian
National 9 State Team that won Gold!
In 2012 at the Junior and & Senior Victorian Championsh
Championships,
ips, WGC won gold in the team events at National 6 & 7 as well as the
Victorian All Around Title at National 6. In 2011
1 at the Junior & Senior Victorian Championships, WGC took out the Victorian
All around Titles at National 6 & 7, plus winning gold in the Team events at National 4, 6 & 7. In 2010, at the Senior Victorian
Championships, WGC took out the Victorian All around Titles in National Level 6, National 7 & National 10 after winning Gold
in all three divisions and winning every team title at the State
State Championships that we had a team entered in. In 2009, at the
Victorian Championships, WGC gymnasts took out Gold, Silver & Bronze in the All Around at National 4A and National 5A and
Gold & Silver in the All Around at National 4B & National 9, and accumulated
accumulated a total of 18 Individual Apparatus & Team Titles
and 20 All Around, Apparatus & Team placings.
2014 Victorian Championships Highlights
State Level 8 –
State Level 9 –
State Level 10National Level 4A –
National Level 6National Level 7 –
2nd Individual floor
3rd Individual bars & vault
1st AA, 1ST Vault, Bars Beam Individual
4th Team & 2nd Individual bars
1st AA, 1st Bars Individual
1st Team, 2ND AA, 1st & 3RD Beam Individuals
National Level 9National Level 10 –
International 5 –
3RD Place Team, 3rd Individual AA, 1st Vault, 2nd Beam & Floor
3rd AA, 3RD Vault, 2ND Bars, 3rd Floor Individuals
1st Team, 1ST 2ND & 3RD AA 1st& 2ND Vault, 1st, 2nd Bars,
1ST 2ND Beam 1st 3rd Floor
1ST Team, 1st AA, 2ND 3RD Vault, 1ST 2ND 3RD Beam & Floor and 1st Bars
1st Team, 1st, 2ND 3RD AA, 1ST & 2ND Vault, 1ST 2ND & 3RD Bars, 1ST & 3RD
Beam and 1ST Floor
1st Team1st, 2ND 3RD AA & Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor
1st Team, 1st 2nd AA, 1ST & 2ND Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor
1ST Bars & 1st Floor Individual
International 6 –
International 8 –
International 10 –
Jnr International –
Snr International –
2014 Women’s National Club Championships Highlights
1st Place 2014- IDP Champion Club
International 5 – 2nd AA
International 8 – 1st AA
International 10-1ST & 3RD AA
National Level 7 – 6th Team, 3rd Team Bars, 6th Team Vault
WGC is recognised as a
‘5 Star’ gymnastics club
Proud home of Beijing Olympians - Georgia Bonora, Shona Morgan & Emma Dennis (selected reserve)
& 2012 London Olympians – Georgia Bonora & Larrissa Miller
7 Dorrington Drive (PO Box 971), Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia
T: +613 9887 9611 F: +613 9886 7724 E: [email protected]
www.waverley.gymnastics.org.au
ABN 94 746 343 352
2014 Women’s Australian Championships Highlights
National Level 7 – 3rd Team
National Level 9 – 1st Team
National Level 10 -1st Team
International 6 – 1st Team
International 8 – 1st Team
International 10 – 1st Team
Junior International- 1st Team
Senior International – 1st Team
Below are some of the awards won by WGC:
Australian National Stream Gymnast of the
t Year 2012
Victorian State Stream Gymnast of the Year 2012
Victorian National Stream Gymnast of the Year 2012 and finalist 2013.
‘Victorian Coach of the Year’ in 2010 and 2013
Victorian Official of the year 2013
‘Victorian Gymnast of the Year’
ar’ in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012.
Australian ‘Jnr Gymnast of the Year’ 2007
VicSport ‘Athlete of the Year’ finalist in 2008, 2009 and nominated again in 2010.
VIS ‘Youth Athlete of the Year’ finalist in 2009
Victorian ‘WG Club of the Year’ in 2009
National Stream Coaches:
Heading up the National Stream coaching team is Arlene Hunsdale.. Arlene joined Waverley in 2013 from
Northern Ireland, where she was employed for the last six and a half years as the Facilities Manager and
Head of Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. She brings with her almost 20 years of coaching experience and
expertise. Arlene has a passion for the development of talented gymnastics to achieving their best at a
National level. She is particularly experienced in creating strategies and plans to progr
progress gymnasts on an
individual and group level, encompassing conditioning, skill development and flexibility. She also has a
strong background in choreography, specialising in beam and floor. Some recent highlights of Arlene’s
career include: being selected as the Gymnastics Ireland Olympic Start Squad Choreography Coach, having
her gymnasts selected to represent Northern Ireland at the Celtic Cup, having her gymnasts selected for the Northern Ireland
minor squad, and having her gymnasts selected for the Irish 2020 Olympic Start squad. Since arriving in Australia Arlene has
been selected as a personal coach (2014) and team coach (2015) for Austrlian Championships and as tteam coach for the 2014
Border Challenge. Arlene has now joined the presenting team for the new ALP choreography for Gy
Gymnastics Australia and
Gymnastics Victoria.
Grace Yang is WGC’s Head of Ballet, she works weekly with every gymnast in our National stream
program from NDP 1 to National 10 and conducts all of their annual ballet examinations. Grace
danced professionally for the Beijing Institute of Dance and has held leading roles in the renowned
Herbei Province Opera and Ballet theatre. She has twice won the Province dance gold medal and a
bronze in China’s National Dance Championships. Grace has been teaching ballet to gymnasts at
Waverley for nearly 15 years and is a major contributor to our gymnasts continuing competitive
success.
WGC is recognised as a
‘5 Star’ gymnastics club
Proud home of Beijing Olympians - Georgia Bonora, Shona Morgan & Emma Dennis (selected reserve)
& 2012 London Olympians – Georgia Bonora & Larrissa Miller
7 Dorrington Drive (PO Box 971), Mount Waverley, Victoria 3149, Australia
T: +613 9887 9611 F: +613 9886 7724 E: [email protected]
www.waverley.gymnastics.org.au
ABN 94 746 343 352
Katrina Knight
Katrina has been coaching at Waverley Gymnastics Centre for 15 years now and previously a gymnast at
WGC since the age of 5. NDP level 1-3
3 Squad Coach, with a number of great results including 2nd All
around team at NDP 3 and 1st on Vault NDP 3. Katrina has also worked at the International Gymnastics
Camp in America over two years assisting and developing number of gymnasts achieve their goals and
develop as well rounded athletes. Katrina will be coaching our Level 4-10
4
Limited hours teams.
Shona Morgan has joined our program in 2015 and currently coaches the Level 1-3
1 3 gymnasts. Shona brings
with her a wealth of experience as
as a high level gymnast. She has competed in eight Australian
Championships, three World Championships and her highlight being the 2008 Beijing Olympics in China.
Shona then moved on to study and train in Stanford University in California. She is currently an intermediate
coach and developing her career working in both the National and International streams.
WGC are also proud to have the experience of Maria Kuksa on our coaching team. Maria began her
coaching career in 1961 in Kiev after completing her Diploma of Physical Training at the Kishinev State
University. Maria, along with her husband quickly became one of the most respected husband/wife
coaching teams in the Soviet Union. Her coaching career highlight was their prodigy gymnast Stella
Zakharova, who won both the 1979 and 1980 all around World Championships title and was a member
of the Soviet Union gold medal winning Olympic team in 1980. Maria came to Waverley at the end of
2001 and coached John’s senior squad whilst he was in Russia for 3 months.
months. She then took over the
accelerated level 4/5 squad and now works closely with our National & State Stream programs and she
has achieved some remarkable State and National results.
WGC is recognised as a
‘5 Star’ gymnastics club
Proud home of Beijing Olympians - Georgia Bonora, Shona Morgan & Emma Dennis (selected reserve)
& 2012 London Olympians – Georgia Bonora & Larrissa Miller