05/09/2026
💙 YGA awards evening 2026💙
Our club manager Rick was shortlisted for 3 awards;
🥳 lifetime achievement award
🥳 volunteer of the year award
🥳 special recognition award
🏆 🙌🥳 Rick was the well deserved WINNER of the volunteer of the year award 🥳🙌🏆
Rick had dedicated his whole life to gymnastics, he started volunteering 40+ years ago along with his wife Gail at Brumby Gymnastics club. He volunteered every night of the week and all day Saturday’s whilst also being a full time electrician and site manager working 12+ hour days 5 days a week and then going straight to the gym, eating his tea there, having a quick body wash there and straight to coaching till 9pm. He started off as a parent helper and quickly progressed through all his coaching qualifications up to level 4 W/A.
Rick took over the club as Head coach for over 20 years and is now the clubs manager and trustee. Not only did he coach full time he did Pretty much every role in our small gymnastics club, admin, fundraising, grant writing, Social media, mentoring coaches, supporting BG apprentices, coaches courses, organising competitions, after school clubs, school PE Gymnatics Sessions the list can go on. As well as all that Rick has taken on multiple Voluntary roles within Yorkshire over the years, being Yorkshire’s squad director and recently the treasurer.
Still at over 70 Rick is attending the gym 5 days a week still Volunteering 25+ hours of his time, passing on his knowledge and guidance to our younger coaches and gymnasts. Without Rick and his wife Gail our club would not be what it is today, the hours they has given up and still continue to give up VOLUNTEERING is astonishing. The Children at the club absolutely adore Rick, from the tiny toddlers all the way to the adult gymnasts who he still coaches.
