At Waverly Advanced Gymnastics Club, 10th August, 2003

Recreational Gymnasts Achieve Gold and Silver!
Box Hill Gymnastics Club entered 3 teams of gymnasts into the GFA invitation - each with great success! The gymnasts competed amazingly on floor, vault, bars, rings, beam, and a group dancing routine.

The team of monkeys won the gold medal in the team event. The bounders won the silver medal in thier session also for the team event, along with the older girls in the legends division also achieving a silver team medal!

Every Box Hill team also won the prize for the best team display in thier division - dancing to "Ghostbusters" and "Baby Give it Up".

Congratulations to all competiting gymnasts for doing Box Hill Gymnastics Club proud!

SLEEPOVER NIGHT TO REMEMBER!

At Box Hill Gymnastics Club, 11th and 12th May, 2003

Disco Dancing and Sleepover a Fantastic Night!
45 recreational gymnasts rolled up to the gym with thier pillows and sleeping bags - all set for an exciting and fun filled night!We started the night off with some gym and then got into some games and fun before the delicious pizza was brought out! YUM!
After much pizza eating, it was time to pump up the music and hit the dance floor infront of the REAL disco lights and smoke machine! Prizes were awarded for the best, most original and most silly dancers! The supervising coaches were pleasantly suprised at the fabulous dancing technique of the gymnasts.

After all this dancing, it was a relief to relax infront of a video and finally snuggle down on your favourite gym mat and doze off to sleep.

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The disco lights were great of fun as the gymnasts danced. We topped the event off the next morning with a crazy pillow fight! (see below). The result? The gym sleepover of 2003 was an exciting and crazy night - we hope that it is just as fun next year!

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CHEERY EXCURSION TO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Vodafone Arena, 31st May, 2003

Group Cheersquad Night Inspires Our Gymnasts
Box Hill Gymnasts enjoyed a fun-filled and exciting night at the Australian Womens Artistic Gymnastic Championships.

Our gymnasts were getting into the spirit of cheering and chanting on the side lines watching Australia's best gymnasts compete for the national title.
Our cheersquad consisted of 32 gymnasts from Junior, Intermediate and Senior Squads. Many of our gymnasts were even lucky enough to grab an autograph from Gymnasts such as Alana Slater, Lisa Skinner, and even Zeena McGlaughlin!

All our gymnasts had a ball and were hopefully inspired to one day be out on the floor competing for a national title.

INTERESTED IN A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT GYM???

At the Gym on Saturdays, Bookings Required

Box Hill Gymnastics Club is giving children at or outside the gymnastics club a chance to use the whole gym and equipment for their very own special birthday party! This is an excellent opportunity for the gymnasts to show their friends their gymnastic skills, whilst providing a fun and energetic environment for all the children to play!

The Package Includes:

Use of the Gym for 2 hours
2 qualified supervising coaches
Games, Fun and Excitement
for 25 children or less
Cost: $140
Food NOT provided

Call the gym for more information: 9899 8716

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GYM FOR KINDERS PROGRAM SUCCESS

At St Augustine's Kindergarten

Box Hill Gym Club coaches were pleased to run the first Gym for Kinders Program.
St Autustines Kinder were happy to see the Box Hill Gym Club coaches arrive with lots of exciting gym equipment for all children to use. It was also very exciting giving the 3 and 4 year olds in a chance to participate in their first gymnastics lesson.
The program was aimed at:
(1) Giving kindergarten children the chance to participate in an exciting extra-curricular activity at the kindergarten
(2) Putting the Box Hill Gymnastics Club name into the community
(3) Giving the Box Hill Gymnastics Coaches a chance to teach kinder aged children in their own environment.

The program was a huge success with much positive feedback from the kindergarten children and adults.

A special thank-you to the coaches Kym, Emily and Paula for giving these children the opportunity to participate in such a program, and for Fernanda Walton for the help in organising the event.

GYMNASTS DISPLAY SKILL AT THE FAIR

At Kerrimuir Primary School, 15th March, 2003

Box Hill Gymnasts put on a Show
The recent fair at Kerrimuir Primary School had various forms of entertainment, but nothing draws a crowd like a gymnastics display.

Box Hill Gymnastics Club had 25 skillfull and smiling gymnast perform at the display, with over 100 people gasping and cheering in amazement at the show.

Congratulations to the following girls who participated in this fantastic display:

Level 0 -3 Recreational Class

Development Squad

Junior Squad

Intermediate Squad

Senior Squad

With individual routines performed by:
Melissa Klepner
Emily Evans
Lauren Harris
Tarryn Cross

Above: Pyramid Feat! (From Left to right, top to bottom: Becky Close, Jacinta Walton, Naomi Knight centre, Emily Evans, Tarryn Cross, Melissa Klepner)
Every girl performed like a star, and, measuring from the audience's enjoyment and feedback coaches recieved, they were extremely impressive and enjoyable to watch! Judging from the overall success of the day, Box Hill Gymnastics will have many more displays to come!

A special thankyou to the following parents for assistance with transportation of equipment:

Our president Bob Testro, Mr. Hyne, Mr. Mentik and Mr. Romig.

BOX HILL GYMNASTS ACHIEVE NEW LEVELS

At Frankston Gymnastics Club, 12th and 13th December, 2002

Gymnasts amaze the judges at levels 4, 5, and 7!
Box Hill Gymnasts achieved great new heights at the recent level test at Frankston Gymnastics Club.

All girls preformed wonderful routines and made the gymnastics club proud during the tests over the two days.
We are proud to announce 5 new level four girls, 5 new level 5 girls, and a new state level 7 gymnast at the club.

There were many memorable moments from the gymnasts, some of which consisted of:

Rebecca Merrigan's beautiful vault after having us on the edge of our seats

Niki Liew's fantastic floor routine which had the judges incredibly impressed by the beauty of her dance.

Melissa Klepner's star performance on beam where she obtained a personal best score.

Naomi Knight's heroic bar routine which she performed whilst braving her blistered hand.

RIGHT: Our level 5 team are all smiles after their test.

All girls perfomed wonderfully, and Box Hill Gymnastics Club wishes to congratulate all who entered for a brilliant representation of the club.

GYMSTARS STAR AT JETS GYMNASTIC COMPETITION

At Jets Gymnastics Club, 10th November, 2002

Box Hill Gymnastics Scoops the pool!
Fantastic results were achieved at the Jets Gymnastics Club Gymstar level 4, 5 and 6 invitational competition!

All 3 teams entered did exceptionally well, all with personal bests in individal overall scores!
Notable performances (only some of the many medallists):

Level 4- Junior Squad 1 Team taking the bronze for the overall team result.

Level 4 gymnast Becky Close winning a silver medal for floor and a bronze medal for vault.

Level 5 team winning gold in the teams event - congratulations Erin, Claire and Lauren!

Level 5 gymnast Erin Marsicovetere achieving 1st place on rings, and 3rd place on floor

Level 6 gymnast Naomi Knight joining a mixed team to win a bronze medal.

Level 6 gymnast, Naomi, also winning a gold medal on beam.

Well Done Girls! Box Hill Gymnastics Club is proud of your fantastic representation of the club!

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TRIVIA NIGHT!

At Kerrimuir Primary School, 15th June, 2002

$2,800 raised!
The night consisted of tricky trivia questions, with a great organisation and variety of subjects (complete with audio visual effects!).

The hundreds of prizes and giveaways made the night hugely enjoyable and entertaining - with the 140 + attendants appearing to have a great time (and none appear to be leaving empty handed!).

Highlights of the auctioned items were brand new golf clubs which were auctioned off, as well as signed Olympic gymnastics Posters, gym memberships, and many movie and comedy club tickets, other goods and vouchers.
I big thankyou to the committe - especially Rob and Fernanda Walton, Deidre Cross, Greg Longden, and our beloved president Rob Testro.

Thankyou also the great number of parents and friends who participated in this event - a great night, and a HUGE success!

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RECREATIONAL SLEEPOVER 2002

At Box Hill Gymnastics Club, 11th of May, 2002

What a night!
After 2 hours of gym in the evening, it was time for the fun and games!
Parachute games were lots of fun, and there were some doing very cool gym drawings done(now displayed in the gym for everyone's enjoyment). It was time for a pizza dinner!
YUM!
After dinner it was more chaos of cubby building, and a 5 star pyjama fashion parade with some defininte models in the making.
The night continued until late and it was fun after all the excitement to finnaly snuggle down and make a cumfy bed on the gym mats.

"It was fun!" - Jessica S. Saturday Rec

"I liked the pizza" - James T. Saturday Rec.

"We made the longest cubby and got to sleep on the mats" - Rhiannon, Wednesday Rec.

"I liked having the secret midnight feast" - Britney T. Wedneday Rec.

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GYM WEAR FOR SALE

At the Gym everyday

Leotards, crop tops, bikes shorts and training leotards are now on sale at the gym.

All items are made especially for doing gymnastics.

PRICE LIST:

crop tops: $8
bike shorts: $8
club leotards: $35-
training leotards: $15 (with a matching hair tie)
club t-shirts: $10
club tracksuits: $70
please note that there are also second hand leotards and tracksuits available, at a discounted price.