Gymnastics Club Catering for Preschool, Recreational & Artistic Gymnastics for Boys & Girls
Affiliated to KwaZulu Natal Gymnastics Union & the South African Gymnastics Federation.

End of Lello Road, Lahee Park, P
inetown, South Africa * P O Box 1615, Pinetown, 3600, South Africa
Tel : 031 702 9756 * Fax 086 510 5799

FIG JUNIOR AGE GROUP TRAINING COURSE

Over the period 20 – 22 January 2012 South Africa hosted the above course at the Matsport Centre in Pretoria with 2 international facilitators , Hardy Fink & Carol-Angela Orchard from Canada and Great Britain.

This is only the 3rd time that this training course has been presented and SA was privileged to host it on behalf of the Southern African Zone with Zimbabwe , Namibia and Mozambique in attendance.
The course is designed to give developing countries information with regards to the development of junior gymnasts by giving examples of an age group completion program and a set of testing within age group bands to check progress in relation to worldwide norms.Louise Bamber and Jesse Kitzen-Abelson were the 2 KZN high performance coaches selected to attend.

OUR BOYS AT THE AFRICAN GAMES TRIALS

Lindo Ngcongo, Siphesihle Biyase & Stix Ngcobo led the KZN force as Sthembiso Linda, Lindo Sithole, Nkululeko Masondo, Michael Robbertze followed in their footsteps as they are learning to step up to the plate.  
After 2 days of competition, Ptn Gym achieved several top 3 placings on each apparatus.  
Jnrs : Nkululeko placed 3rd on Parallel Bars.  Snrs : Siphesihle 1st FX & PH & 2nd PB & HB.  Stix Ngcobo 3rd PB.  Lindo Ngcongo placed 2nd on PH, 3rd SR, and 2nd on PB.

Congratulations to Lindo Ngcongo and Siphesihle Biyase for being selected to the All-Africa Championships team.  Five gymnasts in total will represent RSA for the event in Tunisia later on in April

PINETOWN GYM PRIZEGIVING 2011

Pinetown Gymnastics Club's annual prize giving boasted over 300 spectators and over 100 children participating.  

The show was comprised of different exhibitions from all levels training more than 1.5 hours/week.  

Contact the Gym Office about obtaining a DVD of the event.  Congratulations to all the award winners and thank you to all the gymnasts and coaches for the entertaining performances

END OF YEAR STAFF CHRISTMAS PARTY

The coaches of Pinetown Gymnastics Club had a end of year party with a difference this year.

A Paintball game was much very much enjoyed - as well as a braai and a few drinks to celebrate the end of a wonderful & fruitful year.

It was also a 'leaving party' for Stuart Moores who will be leaving us & working aboard a ship. Good Luck Stuart - we will miss you.

PTN GYM'S 20th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Pinetown Gymnastics Club's 20th Birthday Celebration was a roaring success and enjoyed by members from the present & yesteryear !

Photos courtesy of Dylan Liebenberg (have a look at his website www.dylanliebenberg.co.za) can be viewed by following the link to our photos page. Any other photos would be greatly appreciated too - please contact Claire or Allan if you have some to contribute (including vintage pics ! :)  )

Birthday Appeal Letter : HERE

LINDO, TYRONE & ALLAN TO UNIVERSITY GAMES

A big congratulations to Lindo Ngcongo & Tyrone Morris who were selected to represent USSA Gymnastics at the 26th Summer Universiade Games to be held in Shenzhen University, China from 12-23 August.

This event is the second largest International Sporting event in the world behind the Olympic Games !

Allan Chadwick will be accompanying them as coach. What a wonderful achievement from our own Pinetown Gymnasts !


Well done to all of you & Good luck with the rest of your preparation.
We are very proud of you !

PTN GYM BEING BUILT & ARCHIVE PICS !

We've just added a gallery of photos of when the gym was first built in Lahee Park around 1988.

The gym was originally situated in Mason Street across from the Girls High School (where the 'House of Paint' is now), before moving to a factory in Cherry Rd in New Germany

We would love to collect more archive photos - please contact us if you may have any to contribute.

Photos > HERE

THE GREAT PIT REPAIR WEEK 2004 PICS !

We've just added another gallery of pics of our pit repair week in 2004 when we needed to replace all the wood (pictured) at the bottom of the pit. This wood held the foam out of the water that seeped in due to the pit being deeper than the water table.

We now have hundreds of old car tyres lining the floor of the pit, as can be seen installing in the photos. The helpers in the photos will always be remembered as legends !

Please contact us if you may have any old photos to contribute to our site.

Photos > HERE

PMB ACADEMY LEVELS 1-3 INVITATIONAL

Louise, Anonie & Natalie took their gymnasts to compete at the Pietermaritzburg Academy's Level 1-3 Invitational'

The girls learnt a lot from the experience and have picked up pointers of what they need to work on to prepare for the forthcoming  competitions.

Many Thanks to Martin Kemsley for sharing his

photos > HERE

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO MOSES & WENDY

A special congratulations to Moses & Wendy on the birth of their son, David, on 15th July 2011.

May your lives be richly blessed with love and strength from the Lord.

We look forward to David joining in with classes at the Gym soon ! :)


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Last Updated  on : 22 January 2012