4 February 2026
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
GG Report for Sussex Gymnastics 2.2.26
GG Reps: Kim Mirceta Nash – Brighton GC, Beth Burchett- Wickers,
Progress report
Open to 1 hour, 2 hour and 4-hour gymnasts of ages above 7yrs
County champs for ABSG level will be again held at Hawth Gymnastics club K2 Leisure center on 14th June .
Online entries for both events will be via gymevent the same as Last
Budget sheets for both competitions will be sent 6 weeks prior to the event to the county chair/ secretary and treasurer.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP ON THE DAY TO COME FORWARD AND ALSO HELP WITH SET UP THE EVEING BEFORE.
This event will coincide with a county young development leaders/ coaches workshop and will give opportunity for all clubs across the county to be involved, possibly Morning for coaching development and afternoon for judging.
We are hoping to get BG regional coaching development team to attend this event, to give support and advise to the coaches/ clubs on the new foundation level qualifications.
budget sheet for this event will be sent in February when more details have been agreed
We would be looking to charge clubs a nominal fee to attend and secure places?
Action to be taken in the next 6 months.
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
The Sussex Gymnastics Committee Meeting was held on Wednesday 4th February 11am at the Alcampo Lounge, BN1 4JF.
Present
- Emily Knight
- Richard Keasley
- Lisa Jestico
- Beth Burchett
- Keith Walter
- Stella Jackson
- Sally-Anne Warner
- Dawn Hyland
- Nikki Huggins
- Heather Sampford
- Kim Mirceta
Apologies for Absence
- Mark Poore
- Charlotte Wynne-Pennels
- Emma Webber
- Sarah Dyson-Bottle
- Mike Gevaux
1. Minutes of the last meeting
The minutes from the last meeting were reviewed - no one had any questions regarding these.
2. Chair's Report
There was no chair’s report for this meeting.
3. Treasurer’s Report
Making lots of money from comps
Spending money on training and dev - coaches and gymnasts
In the position to do so
Importance of budget sheet - can work out profits loss etc
Instant pay? - takes money - how much will it take etc - stripe
Payment before participation
Stella to look - be able to pay on entrance
Make online entry form on Sussex gym etc or we won’t know who’s paid - see what we can come up with
Some people don’t have access to bank stuff etc
Still have to have BACS option
Is it worth it? - Stella to look
Acro and tumble to be joined together - Nikki to be on the ball with payment etc
Keith retiring at end of March - Stella taking over 1st April
HPF will be more this year as team gym do bi-annual
Could HPF amount go up? AGM proposal
4. Discipline Reports
General
Get welfare officer for Sussex Champs
Send out Stella’s email
More help for set up for ABSG on 14/6
Gym event entries
26th April - Young leaders/judging workshop - timings and venue tbc - certificate
Put an outline/budget sheet together first
Trampoline just done a judging course, fully funded
Active Sussex - welfare workshop etc - deliver to younger coaches
Still looking for a venue for 4 x 4 - pushed back - could split over two weekends
^ send out to clubs to see how many people in each level
Volunteering and shadowing at county events
Still need qualifications to judge at events - for regional you need to do the workshop before judging
Woking had sorted out things for comps - can join us next year and maybe a couple of other smaller Surrey clubs for lower levels - invitational for Sussex
Acrobatics
Tumble
Sussex Oct last year
1066 join for first time
Tumble at Hollington last weekend
Hollington and Be, just got new tumble coaches - need for judges
Happy for shadow judges before course
Encourage parents etc
Acro and tumble to join for Sussex comp this year - end of Sept/beginning of Oct
^ can put on Sussex web - list of comps?
Potential tumble/acro entries on gym event
Do we need more dates on comp calendar etc? - make it relevant
Hollington interested in general
Men's Artistic
Set of easier grades to be made - regional
More men’s participation
Women's Artistic
3 clubs at national finals - all SE medal
Grade books updated for excel pathway - Q and A section on BG
Ask Lisa questions
Other coaches can come to Sussex training for experience - 2 at Uck, 1 at 1066
5. Welfare Report
Coaches and parents to be aware of filming etc as well
Sign something on entry form or something?
Have sanctions in parent code of conduct etc - e.g three strikes - BG will back you more easily
^ same for gymnasts - signature to say they’ve been received etc
Policy for website - standard procedure - BG/Active Sussex have them
^ put links on Sussex web - follow policies
^ codes of conduct which become below policies
Welfare to suggest a document to put in place in the clubs, regarding recent events - Dawn to look at
6. Any other business
6.1 Courses
Foundation course in county - venue supplies gymnasts. End of June - 3 days - passed/not passed by end of course
2 courses per region per month
Add on modules - up skill modules - more specific - 16+
Training for in club assessors for l2
6.2 Affiliation
Affiliate by 1st April - EK make spreadsheet - Affiliation form
6.3 Purchases
Sussex T-shirts - purchase another set for other end of county - talk to Kris from TAG - runs T-shirt printing business - add to comp budget sheet - Lisa to send Nikki contact
Car magnets - Dawn to purchase - put on group chat
Sussex pens/pins - for judges
6.4 Next Meeting
AGM - Jack and Jill Inn, Hassocks - Wednesday 6th May - 8:30pm
The meeting ended at 12:44pm.
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
GG Report for Sussex Gymnastics 2.2.26
GG Reps: Kim Mirceta Nash – Brighton GC, Beth Burchett- Wickers,
Progress report
Open to 1 hour, 2 hour and 4-hour gymnasts of ages above 7yrs
County champs for ABSG level will be again held at Hawth Gymnastics club K2 Leisure center on 14th June .
Online entries for both events will be via gymevent the same as Last
Budget sheets for both competitions will be sent 6 weeks prior to the event to the county chair/ secretary and treasurer.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP ON THE DAY TO COME FORWARD AND ALSO HELP WITH SET UP THE EVEING BEFORE.
This event will coincide with a county young development leaders/ coaches workshop and will give opportunity for all clubs across the county to be involved, possibly Morning for coaching development and afternoon for judging.
We are hoping to get BG regional coaching development team to attend this event, to give support and advise to the coaches/ clubs on the new foundation level qualifications.
budget sheet for this event will be sent in February when more details have been agreed
We would be looking to charge clubs a nominal fee to attend and secure places?
Action to be taken in the next 6 months.
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
Team Gym Report (4th Feb 2026)
Mid European Competition – Italy – November 2025
Hawth Junior Mix team represented GB and took 2ndplace in their category.
Clare Clarke from 1066 was selected to judge at this event
Hawth Open TeamGym
Saturday 23rd November 2025
Team from Dyson,1066 and Hawth competed on the day.
Hawth are hoping this event will return to its two-day format this year on 21st and 22nd of November.
European Championships – Italy - November 2026
Training days continue to take place across the country for the European Championship in 2026. Selection date May 9th and 10th.
Hawth have 14 in the prep squad who will enter the selection event.
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
The Sussex Gymnastics Committee Meeting was held on Wednesday 4th February 11am at the Alcampo Lounge, BN1 4JF.
Present
- Emily Knight
- Richard Keasley
- Lisa Jestico
- Beth Burchett
- Keith Walter
- Stella Jackson
- Sally-Anne Warner
- Dawn Hyland
- Nikki Huggins
- Heather Sampford
- Kim Mirceta
Apologies for Absence
- Mark Poore
- Charlotte Wynne-Pennels
- Emma Webber
- Sarah Dyson-Bottle
1. Minutes of the last meeting
The minutes from the last meeting were reviewed - no one had any questions regarding these.
2. Chair's Report
There was no chair’s report for this meeting.
3. Treasurer’s Report
Making lots of money from comps
Spending money on training and dev - coaches and gymnasts
In the position to do so
Importance of budget sheet - can work out profits loss etc
Instant pay? - takes money - how much will it take etc - stripe
Payment before participation
Stella to look - be able to pay on entrance
Make online entry form on Sussex gym etc or we won’t know who’s paid - see what we can come up with
Some people don’t have access to bank stuff etc
Still have to have BACS option
Is it worth it? - Stella to look
Acro and tumble to be joined together - Nikki to be on the ball with payment etc
Keith retiring at end of March - Stella taking over 1st April
HPF will be more this year as team gym do bi-annual
Could HPF amount go up? AGM proposal
4. Discipline Reports
General
Get welfare officer for Sussex Champs
Send out Stella’s email
More help for set up for ABSG on 14/6
Gym event entries
26th April - Young leaders/judging workshop - timings and venue tbc - certificate
Put an outline/budget sheet together first
Trampoline just done a judging course, fully funded
Active Sussex - welfare workshop etc - deliver to younger coaches
Still looking for a venue for 4 x 4 - pushed back - could split over two weekends
^ send out to clubs to see how many people in each level
Volunteering and shadowing at county events
Still need qualifications to judge at events - for regional you need to do the workshop before judging
Woking had sorted out things for comps - can join us next year and maybe a couple of other smaller Surrey clubs for lower levels - invitational for Sussex
Acrobatics
Tumble
Sussex Oct last year
1066 join for first time
Tumble at Hollington last weekend
Hollington and Be, just got new tumble coaches - need for judges
Happy for shadow judges before course
Encourage parents etc
Acro and tumble to join for Sussex comp this year - end of Sept/beginning of Oct
^ can put on Sussex web - list of comps?
Potential tumble/acro entries on gym event
Do we need more dates on comp calendar etc? - make it relevant
Hollington interested in general
Men's Artistic
Set of easier grades to be made - regional
More men’s participation
Women's Artistic
3 clubs at national finals - all SE medal
Grade books updated for excel pathway - Q and A section on BG
Ask Lisa questions
Other coaches can come to Sussex training for experience - 2 at Uck, 1 at 1066
5. Welfare Report
Coaches and parents to be aware of filming etc as well
Sign something on entry form or something?
Have sanctions in parent code of conduct etc - e.g three strikes - BG will back you more easily
^ same for gymnasts - signature to say they’ve been received etc
Policy for website - standard procedure - BG/Active Sussex have them
^ put links on Sussex web - follow policies
^ codes of conduct which become below policies
Welfare to suggest a document to put in place in the clubs, regarding recent events - Dawn to look at
6. Any other business
6.1 Courses
Foundation course in county - venue supplies gymnasts. End of June - 3 days - passed/not passed by end of course
2 courses per region per month
Add on modules - up skill modules - more specific - 16+
Training for in club assessors for l2
6.2 Affiliation
Affiliate by 1st April - EK make spreadsheet - Affiliation form
6.3 Purchases
Sussex T-shirts - purchase another set for other end of county - talk to Kris from TAG - runs T-shirt printing business - add to comp budget sheet - Lisa to send Nikki contact
Car magnets - Dawn to purchase - put on group chat
Sussex pens/pins - for judges
6.4 Next Meeting
AGM - Jack and Jill Inn, Hassocks - Wednesday 6th May - 8:30pm
The meeting ended at 12:44pm.
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
Sussex Welfare Report
We are still finding awful lot of parents are taking videos and photos of children that aren’t their own as they feel it is good to take it back to club and analyse it to see if it can help their child to improve and beat those they are against whilst we can understand this please can we send a message to clubs to state that this isn’t allowed and they must only video/photograph their own child.
We’ve had several calls recently from clubs within Sussex asking for help with the behaviour of parents within their clubs. Could we please reiterate that
Then this can really help no end to give you back the rights of owning a business .
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
Acrobatic Sussex Report- Feb 2026
Our acrobatic Sussex championships took place on October 26th. This year our championships was definitely the best year we have run it. The outcome of gymnasts had risen by 59 gymnasts/ entries. Last year we had 129, this year we managed to get 188 entries, this is due to having 2 more clubs in Sussex enter. Financially the competition was a great success, for example, we tripled the entrance money that was expected, and total expenses were lower than expected. Bringing a great overall income into the Sussex bank.
Overall, the competition had a great atmosphere and judges, and other officials were happy. A special mention to Mike from welfare for coming down and being our welfare officer for the day. Mike's feedback after the competition was really positive and we had no welfare issues.
The acrobatic clubs in Sussex are due to take place in national qualifiers in march. Hopefully Sussex will have be successful in qualification, for national finals this year. I will let everybody know how we do at the next meeting.
- Details
- Written by: Emily Knight
Sussex Tumble Report
Lots of Sussex clubs attended the 1st regional qualifier at the end of December and gained good scores to hopefully secure themselves a place in the finals later this year. The 2nd qualifier took place at the weekend, again with good scores being achieved throughout all levels. The 3rd qualifier in March will then decide who is representing South East in the IRCC finals being held in Birmingham and also who has qualified for English Championships this year being held in Telford.
Sky High have gained a new tumble coach – Kerry who was based at Dyson’s Gymnastics club, has moved and so is now helping Sky High to increase and move forward with their tumble squad. Sky High has also recently purchased a fast track to help with training.
Dyson have stepped down from high level tumble and are concentrating more on Team Gym and festivals. They will still compete club level tumble but will not be participating in any regional competitions, due to not having a qualified tumble coach within the club now.
Hollington have recently purchased a new track topper for their main tumble track. Feedback from gymnasts on this is positive as the impact on joints is less due to the carpet being softer.
Hollington recently held their annual tumble invitational - Dyson, Sky High, Be Gymnastics, Bevendean CACL all attended and had great results from over the weekend. 1066 were not able to take part in this competition due to having coaches on courses.
This years Sussex Championships will be held at Hollington, date TBC. Tumble will be joining Acrobatic and having 1 event rather than being separate this year.
Hollington and Be Gymnastics have recently gained new level 1 tumble coach’s as well as new club judges.
Judges always needed, so please can all clubs encourage parents to take part in these courses.
- Details
- Written by: Keith Walter
Sussex Gymnastics County Treasurers Report
1 April to 31 December 2025
At the end of the year there is no activity all competitions have finished and agreed financially with the respective organisers.
This year has again been very successful adding funds to the county account, while at the same time recognising and rewarding the effort put in by those organisers and judges as without their commitment competitions would not take place.
This has enabled us to continue are efforts to make “Sussex Great” by using those funds to invest in our training grants and high-performance grants to gymnasts at all levels within Sussex.
To date 11 Clubs have received our 50% grants towards their training costs as well as 6 gymnasts who have been selected to attend their country development squads
Other activities to raise our profile include purchasing kit for the team that entered the International Rushmoor competition, the balloon arch at the Acro comp, and supporting our Welfare officer to attend the national conference.
If you have a training event you want support for then please look at the training page on the county web site to find out what is available.
Finally, a further £5000 has been transferred to the savings account, this will enable us to get interest on our money which in turn helps to invest for the future.
Keith Walter
County Treasurer
- Details
- Written by: Richard Keasley
Competition and events
31 October - Set-work finals, Telford
Hawth had 6 gymnasts in the BG set-work finals.
Currier 2: team 1st. Jaxon Duplock (Haw) was part of this team.
Currier 3: team 2nd. Magnus Reynolds (Haw) was part of this team.
Currier 4: (no team). Aidan Skelton (Haw) competed as an individual.
Currier 6: team 1st, Alfie Morgan (Haw) was 3rd, James Hill (Haw) 6th and Edward Glazier (Haw) 11th.
Calendar
- 19 April 2026 - Regional Championships, Pegasus GC
The set-work qualifiers will be held in early September. We have yet to fix a date and venue. We hope to include events for lower levels this year.