Gym Fest 2019, SUNDAY 3RD FEBRUARY, LEEDS FIRST DIRECT ARENA.

Join us THIS SATURDAY for a BAKE SALE fundraiser

On Saturday 4th February, some of our gymnasts will be running a bake sale to fundraise for the Women’s Artistic section 🧁

There will also be second hand leotards, t-shirts and some of our old competition kit for sale.

You’ll be able to find us upstairs at our Seacroft site from around 09:00. Cash and card payments accepted. ...

This weekend sees our first set of competitions of 2023.

Our Acro squad are back at the Scottish Invitational for the first time since before COVID. They compete in Edinburgh over Saturday and Sunday.

Our TeamGym gymnasts are competing out of region for the first time EVER! They compete at the Newcastle Open on Sunday.

Good luck to all the gymnasts and their coaches, enjoy every minute! 🍀🍀 ...

🤸🏽‍♂️ Bookings for 2023 pre school camps are now open!

🤸🏽‍♂️ We’re excited to announce that during the half terms, our half day camps will be returning! Our pre school camps are suitable for gymnasts aged 3-4 years, members and non-members, taking place at our Seacroft site. Gymnasts will have the chance to explore the gym using the bars, beams, trampoline, pits, and more.

🤸🏽‍♂️ February half term camp: Friday 17th February: Story themed! 📚

🤸🏽‍♂️ Follow the link below for more details and to book your space now!

https://leeds-gymnastics-club.class4kids.co.uk/camp/227 ...

*BOOKINGS FOR 2023 HOLIDAY CAMPS NOW OPEN*

We are delighted let you know that we have opened our bookings for all of our school holidays camps for the duration of 2023. You can now sort your holiday arrangements up to October half term this year! See below all of the amazing opportunities we have in the holidays....

*Full Day Camps*
If you are looking for 3 day wrap around child care, our Full Day Camps at our Hub venue are for you. Running on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday's gymnasts will have the chance to develop and progress their fundamental gymnastics skills further by creating routines and sequences with their friends. Lunch is not provided, but we do offer early drop-ff and late pick-up for a fee.

https://leeds-gymnastics-club.class4kids.co.uk/camp/219

*Half Day Camps*
Taking place at our Seacroft site, our half day camps offer the widest variety of gymnastics disciplines and activities. The sessions are 10am - 1pm and gymnasts will have a short snack break (no need for lunch!)

https://leeds-gymnastics-club.class4kids.co.uk/camp/221

*Family Fun Sessions*
Come and bring your parents, sisters and brothers to an open play session. A short session offering the whole family a chance to explore our equipment and enjoy time together.

https://leeds-gymnastics-club.class4kids.co.uk/camp/222

*Additional Needs Holiday Sessions*
An unstructured play session for children with additional needs. Parents can bring their child (and their siblings) to a session where their child's physical and emotional needs are understood.

https://leeds-gymnastics-club.class4kids.co.uk/camp/223

We also have member only offers that will be emailed to all of our gymnasts over the coming week. Make sure not to miss out on the fun and book now! ...

🎉HELLO 2023, WE ARE BACK🎉

Our final post of our 12 days of Christmas, welcomes all of our gymnasts back to the gym to begin a new year on their gymnastics journey. We can't put into words how much we look forward to the opportunities that a new year brings, and can't wait to see the incredible things all of our gymnasts get up to!

Onwards and upwards 💪🏼 ...

💥… AND A SPARKLY NEW SPRUNG FLOOR💥

Our final look back into 2022 is the installation of our brand new sprung floor. Our gymnasts at our Seacroft venue have already been benefitting from our latest equipment purchase, but we are delighted that our Hub gymnasts are also going to be starting the New Year with a sprung floor as well! We installed yet more equipment at John Smeaton Leisure Centre and now all of our gymnasts across both venues can benefit from a full competition floor!

We can’t wait to have all of our gymnasts back to our Hub venue tomorrow! ...

🎇 NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES🎇

As well as wishing Happy New Year to all of our members and their families, day ten of our countdown looks towards 2023. We have some brand new changes to our Gymnastics for All programme starting in 2023, including new class names and pathways that will contribute to a more open and progressive route through our classes. This is in addition to a new way of assessing and awarding our gymnasts, which will see us fully integrate the British Gymnastics RISE programme.

We can’t wait to get started, and it all starts with our first classes of the New Year tomorrow! ...

🥇GYMNASTICS FOR ALL COMPETITION🥇

Day nine of our 2023 countdown revisits our Gymnastics for All competition in May, where all of our beginner and intermediate gymnasts had the opportunity to compete. We absolutely love seeing so many gymnasts across so many different age groups enjoying their chance to shine, every single one of you were super stars 🌟

We can't wait to relive this event again in 2023, see you there! ...

🤸🏼‍♀️ Bookings for our popular parents and tots sessions for the January term are now open! Classes are unstructured and run 9-9:50am on Monday, Tuesday’s, and Thursday’s. These sessions are suitable for children who are beginning the walking stages through to age 4. Children are given the opportunity to explore the equipment in our fantastic facility with accompanying adults. Please note that these classes are not coach-led and children must be supervised by their adult. Follow the link below to secure your space now!

🤸🏼‍♀️ https://leeds-gymnastics-club.class4kids.co.uk/camp/213 ...

🏆ACRO COMPETITION SUCCESS🏆

Day eight of our 12 days of LGC looks back at our incredibly successful year of competitions for our Acro Squad. There has been a lot of change for our Acro section over the past year, but we are so proud of the commitment and hard work of all of our gymnasts and their partnerships. 2022 was a great year, but our Acro section are already back in the gym working towards their next competition in Scotland at the end of January!

P.S. We know we have missed a few of our 12 days as we've given ourselves chance to rest, so we will be posting multiple posts over a few days. Just enough time to fit everything in before 2023 begins! ...

🚨 An exciting opportunity to come join our team! Find out more on our website! ...

🏫 LOTS OF INCREDIBLE SCHOOLS FESTIVALS 🏫

Day seven of our 12 days of LGC looks back at a year of incredible work with Schools across Leeds. We are so proud of all the work we have done and we finished off the year with 4 weeks of schools festivals. This gave over 200 children the opportunity to try out gymnastics for the very first time.

Thank you so much to Well Schools and Active Schools for their collaborative work with us over the past year! ...

🔵TWO INCREDIBLE HUB SHOWS 🔵

Day six of our Christmas Countdown looks back at the last year of incredible Hub Shows. Our Summer Show, “Shine”, allowed our gymnasts to show off their skills and express themselves. Our Winter Show, “9 to 5”, told the story of the working life and the joy it can bring!

We’ve had more gymnasts involved in our Hub Shows this year than ever before, making them our biggest and most successful shows yet 🎉 ...

🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Day five of 12 days of LGC looks back on another year of international representations. This year saw some of our men’s and women’s gymnasts represent England, Wales and Great Britain on multiple occasions, and we couldn’t be prouder! We also had our Display Team representing Great Britain once again at EuroGym in Switzerland, yet another international representation for them. ...

👻🎃 HALLOWEEN ADVANCED COMPETITION 🎃👻

Day 4 of our Christmas Countdown looks back to our Halloween Advanced Gymnastics for All Competition in October. We held this event at our second venue at The Hub for the first time ever, it was a great success!

Huge well done to everyone who participated and congratulations to our medal winners 🥇 ...

🏆🥇MENS YORKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS🥇🏆

Day three of our 12 days of Leeds Gymnastics reflects on yet another year of hosting the Men’s Artistic Yorkshire Set Work Championships back in September. We host this event every year, and our boys always come away with outstanding results.

These amazing results were reflected in the amount of boys who qualified to represent Yorkshire at the National Championships just last weekend! 🏆 ...

🥇WOMENS BRITISH TEAM CHAMPIONS🥇

Day two of our 12 days of LGC celebrates our Women’s National Team Champions. Our Senior girls performed beautifully to clinch the title in the non-squad category. They also finished in an incredible 3rd place across all categories!

This result will go down in history as the first Women’s Team from Leeds to win a national title 🏆 ...

🎉MINISTRADA VARIETY & TECHNIQUE WINNERS🎉

Day one of our 12 days of Leeds Gymnastics Club celebrates our Senior Display Team who won the Variety & Technique Award at this years Ministrada Festival. This award is given to the team with highest quality and the most variety of gymnastics and dance, something that we pride ourselves on here at Leeds. Well done to everyone involved, and to top it off, a lovely comment from the event organisers, “very well deserved” 🏆

This year saw both of our Display Teams perform at national and international events, with our senior team winning a silver medal at the European Gym for Life Challenge in Switzerland 🥈 Next year brings yet another World Gymnaestrada in Amsterdam, and preparations have already started... ...