South Durham Gymnastics Club is based at Spennymoor Leisure Centre – Co. Durham - Uk and is led by Nicola Preston, Rachael Wright and a great team of coaches who have progressively led the club through the ranks to become one of the most successful in Great Britain.

The club has produced many gymnasts with international honors. Rachel Collinson (ex Olympic Squad member), Amy Fossheim (Senior National Squad and British Champion), Hala Alali (member of the Jordanian National Team) , Hayley Robson (GB International, Junior British Champion 2005) and Leonni Jennison (GB International). In April 2005, Amy Fossheim represented Great Britain in the Junior Europeans in Amsterdam . The Club took Silver Medal in The British Teams Championships in April 2004 and has won the Alpha Factor Invitational Championships for three years.

Hayley Robson takes the Junior British Title
Pictured with Amy Fossheim (top right)
and coaches Rachael Wright and Nicola Preston

The club currently has gymnasts on the Great Britain Start Squad (Lauren Anderson), Welsh
National Squad (Allisia Kusz) and English Squad (Stacey Thompson).

After a successful bid to Sport England and with the support and the additional funding from Sedgefield Borough Council and the private sector, a new facility has been built. The Club is proud to have one of the best training facilities in the country. The club has been training in their new facility since April 2006 and has gone from strength to strength. With over 1000 members and a unique ‘pink’ gym (see photos) the club caters from babies to adults including all levels and abilities and for those with special needs.

The club was voted North club of the year 2005 and was voted WTC club of the year 2006. The club has strong links through the PDM with all local schools in the area. Working in conjunction with the Sedgefield Sport Coordinators Programme, all Year 1 pupils in 30 Primary Schools are assessed annually to identify their natural aptitude for gymnastics. Support is offered to teachers with gymnastics delivery and top gymnasts from the club will also visit school assemblies to motivate and enthuse the youngsters.

South Durham Gymnastics Club is one of the first in the country to achieve GymMark Status. GymMark promotes an environment of safe, effective and child friendly clubs and embraces the ethos of clubs working in partnership with the local community – schools, leisure centre’s and other clubs .

 

For further details on the club's activities please contact the us on 01388 811877