Turn and Gymnastic Circle

💙❤️🤍 Auckland Championships | 15–16 August

What a way to finish the Junior & Senior competition season! Our gymnasts competed at Auckland Champs last weekend at Counties, wrapping up the season with some great routines.

We’ve seen so much progress across the season, with the girls building confidence and consistency in their routines, while many also added new skills along the way.

A huge thank you to Counties for hosting a great competition 👏 and to our coaching team, judges and supporters who have been there throughout the season 🙏. We appreciate you. ❤️

Competition Highlights:
Step 5
🥈 2nd Overall Unders – Ella Rorholt
🥉 3rd Overall Unders – Mioné Holtzhausen
🥈 2nd Team – Ella, Mioné, Charlotte & Scarlett

Step 6
🥉 3rd Overall Overs – Zoey Jackson

Step 7 Apparatus Finals
🥉 3rd= Bar – Clara Chie

Sportsmanship Award
Charlotte Runciman

Now we wait for the Waikato Team selection for the Nationals… 👀. Keep an eye out later this week for the team selection announcement.

Well done to all our gymnasts and coaches on a great season!

On Sunday we held our annual Spiralz @ T&GC Elementary Rhythmic Gymnastics competition! What an amazing day! Thank you to Howick Rhythmics, Future Gymnastics, North Harbour Xtreme and Counties Manukau for joining us 💛

A massive thank you to all of our incredible staff, coaches and volunteers who made this event possible. There is a huge amount of work that goes into holding an endorsed event of this size and we couldn’t do it without you!

Thank you to Pukete Neighbourhood House for allowing us to use the lounge space for prize giving and also the use of your eftpos machine, chairs and tressle tables. You are amazing and we appreciate the amazing relationship our two organisations have built over the years 🙌🏼

A massive congratulations to our level 1-4 gymnasts who shone out on the competition floor! For many of you this was your first time competing which is a massive accomplishment. We saw some wonderful performances, progression and results. We are so proud of all of you all! Bring on the next event 🤩

Check out the results below:
*level 1&2 are unranked with special awards available and ribbons to match with routine scores.

Level 1 overs:
Sadie - Miss Confidence 💪🏼
Sarah - Miss Artistry ✨

Level 2 overs:
Lucia - Miss Artistry ✨
Sethma - Miss Confidence 💪🏼

Level 3 unders:
Chloe - 3rd Hoop 🥉6th Overall + Midlands Champion 🏆

Level 3 overs:
Sun-Ah - 1st Rope 🥇, 1st Hoop 🥇, 1st overall 🥇+ Midlands Champion 🏆

Ruby - 4th Hoop, 3rd Rope 🥉, 5th Freehand, 4th overall

Level 4 unders:
Olivia - 1st ball 🥇, 1st Rope 🥇, 1st Freehand, 1st Overall 🥇 + Midlands Champion 🏆

Jaime - 6th Ball, 4th Rope, 4th Freehand, 6th overall

🤸‍♀️ MIGS Competition, Rotorua 8-9th August

A great weekend of gymnastics for our Step 1–4 gymnasts, with some fantastic results across all four steps.

Step 1
🥈 2nd Overall Overs – April Jones
🥉 3rd Overall Overs – Kora Paikea
🥉 3rd Overall Unders – Alia Whitehead
🥈 2nd & 🥉 3rd Team

Step 2
🥇 1st Overall Overs – Nienke Holtzhausen
🥈 2nd Overall Overs – Sophie Derrick
🥈 2nd Overall Unders – Isla Armstrong
🥇 1st Team

Step 3
🥇 1st Overall Overs – Libby Sutherland
🥇 1st Overall Unders – Madeline Tuck
🥉 3rd Overall Unders – Poppy Buttimore
🥇 1st Team

Step 4
🥇 1st Overall Overs – Leyola Magele
🥉 3rd Overall Overs – Gabriella Heperi
🥉 3rd Overall Unders – Camille Valentin
🥇 1st Team

It was also lovely to see some really positive sportsmanship from the girls throughout the weekend. Our stand-outs were:

⭐ Step 1 - Georgia Hodgson
⭐ Step 2 - Carter Matenga
⭐ Step 3 - Poppy Buttimore
⭐ Step 4 – Isabella Matheson

Well done to all! And a big thank you to MIGS for hosting another great competition! ❤️💙🤍

🤸‍♀️ Te Awamutu GFA & Tumble Competition 🤸‍♀️

What a fantastic weekend for Turn & Gymnastic Circle at the Te Awamutu GFA and Tumble Competition! 💙❤️

Our gymnasts showcased incredible determination, sportsmanship, and teamwork, with impressive results across all levels. Everyone represented the club with pride and supported one another throughout the weekend.

🏆 Outstanding Overall Results:
🥇 Fleur - Level 2 Overall Champion
🥇 Abby - Level 3 Under 9 Overall Champion
🥇 Tian - Level 3 Over 9 Overall Champion

✨ We also celebrated numerous apparatus wins and podium finishes across Levels 2-6, with strong performances on vault, bars, beam and floor.

🤸 Tumble Highlights:
🥇 Molly - National Level 4 Champion
🥇 Lexi - National Level 5 Champion
🥇 Grace - Short Track Junior 2 Champion

Alongside many other podium and top-six finishes, these results are a testament to the hard work and commitment our athletes put into training each week.

One of the best parts of the weekend was seeing the friendships, encouragement, and team spirit on display. Whether wrapped in blankets waiting for their turn, cheering from the sidelines, competing on the floor, or celebrating on the podium, our gymnasts showed what being part of the T&GC whanau is all about. 💙

A huge thank you to our coaching team:
👏 Amanda
👏 Ashleigh
👏 Olivia
👏 Jessie
👏 Marina

Thank you also to our wonderful families, volunteers, judges, and everyone who helped make the competition such a success.

We are incredibly proud of every gymnast who stepped onto the competition floor. Congratulations to you all! 🎉🏅

Our Step 5–7 gymnasts competed at Midlands Championships in Tauranga over weekend.

Congratulations to all of the girls on their amazing performances! Some of the weekend’s highlights included:

Step 5
• Mioné Holtzhausen – 4th Overall Unders, 2nd Vault
• Scarlett Davies – 3rd Beam

Step 6
• 🥈 Zoey Jackson – 2nd Overall Overs, 3rd Vault, 2nd Beam, 1st Floor

Step 7
• 🥉 Clara Chie – 3rd All Around Overs
• Apparatus Finals: 3rd Vault 🥉, 3rd Bars 🥉, 3rd Floor🥉

Well done to Zoey and Clara on their overall podium finishes 🤩. It was also fantastic to see Scarlett back out on the competition floor after recovering from a broken ankle. We’re proud of the determination she has shown to return to competition 💪.

Thank you to Argos for hosting, and to our coaches, judges, parents for their support.

The girls have one competition remaining in a few weeks before the Waikato representative team is named. We wish them all the best as they finish off the season ❤️💙🤍

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🏅 North Harbour Gymnastics Competition Results 🏅

What an incredible weekend for our entire WAG squad! ❤️💙🤍

Our Step 1–7 gymnasts travelled to Auckland over the weekend to compete at the NHG Competition.

A special congratulations to our Step 3 and Step 4 teams, who claimed 1st place in both the Unders and Overs Overall divisions, as well as the Team titles in both steps 🥇. An outstanding achievement and a wonderful reflection of the dedication, hard work and commitment these gymnasts and coaches have shown throughout the season.

We’d also like to recognise some exceptional individual performances:
✨ Nienke Holtzhausen (Step 2) – 1st🥇Overall with an outstanding 57.183
✨ Madeline Tuck (Step 3) – 1st🥇 Overall with an impressive 57.366
✨ Libby Sutherland (Step 3) - 14.766 out of a 15 on Vault!
✨ Ella Derrick and Leyola Magele (Step 4) – Teammates who shared 1st 🥇 place overall in the overs division, both scoring an incredible 57.150

Congratulations to the Artistry Award winners:
🏆 Kora Paikea – Floor Artistry
🏆 Nienke Holtzhausen – Beam Artistry
🏆 Zoey Jackson – Beam Artistry

We’re equally proud of our Sportsmanship Award recipients, who continue to set the standard for the positive, supportive culture we value so highly:
⭐ Eliza Radley-Fyers
⭐ Nienke Holtzhausen
⭐ Tahlia King
⭐ Camille Valentin
⭐ Ella Rorholt

Congratulations to every one of our Step 1–7 gymnasts. Whether you celebrated a podium finish, achieved a personal best, earned a special award or simply gave your all, you represented our club with pride, resilience and fantastic sportsmanship.

We couldn’t be prouder of this amazing team! ❤️💙🤍 Thank-you to our coaches, judges and to NHG for a great competition.