Central Galaxy Trampoline Club

Irene Thompson - High Performance Coach &  International Judge.  Unsung hero!

Catherine Tappin - Senior Club Coach & Club Judge.  Catherine competes at Grade 4 and says her routines are always 'Rubbish'!

Caroline Hamill - Club Coach, DMT Club Coach.  Still waiting to take her Senior Club Coach Exam!

Lauren Draper - Club Coach, DMT Club Coach, Disabilities Coach & Club Judge, Grade 2 competitor.

 Wendy Harvey - Coach & Club Judge, also long suffering parent!

 Donna Harvey - Coach & Club Judge, Grade 2 competitor

Lynne Porter - Coach, Club Judge

Keeley Dann - Coach

Helen McAleese - Coach, Club Judge, Grade 2 competitor

Our Assistant Coaches are: Emma Armitage, Jade O'Shea, Ellie Clark, Matthew Cardinal

Jayne Armitage - County Judge

Tanya Draper - Club Judge

Helen Pindar - Club Judge

Emma Armitage - Club Judge

Matthew Cardinal - Club Judge

The committee would like to welcome Collette Ryan who fills the Volunteer Co-ordinator position

Chairperson - Bernard Porter

Vice Chair - Trevor Robinson

Secretary - Jayne Armitage

Treasurer - Caroline Hamill

Child Protection/Welfare - Debbie Clark

Web Editor/Newsletter - Tanya Draper

Volunteer Co-ordinator - Collette Ryan

Health & Safety - Connie Cliff

Club Kit Co-ordinator - Sally Gordon

And coaches!

Date of next committee meeting:  Wednesday 25th June, 7.30pm @ Bernard's

Club Secretary Jayne Armitage kindly provided the following information.

"May 2005 saw the club awarded with the BG Gym Mark.  To achieve this we as a club had to provide evidence to BG that the club met certain standards.  We had to show that the Committee had clearly defined roles,  were committed to child protection, and that we had nominated Welfare Officers.

The club had to have met training needs and  provide minimum training times for all members.

Coaches and officals had to dig deep into their files to find all certificates relevant to their training and any courses tha they had completed.  The folder was expanding rapidly!

The Regional Development Officer made frequent visits to advise, and to check that the information we were providing was being put into practice.  Fortunately everything met the requirements.

Central Galaxy now joined a small list of trampoline and gymnastic clubs that have the coveted Gym Mark.  However, we cannot afford to rest on our laurels, as we have to continue on a yearly basis to prove that we are meeting the required standards and that our development plan continues to benefit the club.

We stand proud that all the hard work put in by the coaches, volunteers and trampolinists has been recognised!  We also realise that BG will recommend clubs with Gym Mark over others to potential members."

Everyone at the club thanks Jayne for all the hard work she has put in to enable the club to achieve this recognition.

JUST A NOTE: We have been awarded the Gym Mark again for this year.  The hard work is ongoing, we have to re-apply each year to British Gymnastics.