Gymnastics South Africa

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT! Here are team SA's 🇿🇦 junior trampoline and tumbling gymnasts who will be taking part in the 2nd Junior World Championships and the 32nd World Age Group Championships in Nanjing, China from 12-15 November!

Good luck to all our gymnasts, coaches and judges that will be representing SA proudly.

This week we're shining the spotlight on Parkour, a dynamic discipline that combines strength, agility, speed and creativity to overcome obstacles.

Did you know that more than 50 clubs across South Africa now offer Parkour programmes?!

From its French roots to becoming an official FIG discipline in 2017, Parkour has grown rapidly both locally and internationally. South African athletes have also competed on the world stage, putting SA Parkour on the map.

Are you a Parkour athlete or interested in trying parkour? Drop a comment and tell us what you love most about the sport!

Team announcement! Here are the team SA 🇿🇦 senior trampoline and tumbling gymnasts taking part in the 39th World Championships in Nanjing, China from 4-8 November!

All the best to our gymnasts, coaches and judges.

Well done to the contestants from Kopanong Primary School in Limpopo under the leadership of teacher and rope skipping judge Jackson Kgoale.

Scholars competed in Basic Jump, Speed Run and Double Under and there was even a simple routine demo at school showing that rope skipping can be done in the classroom 😊

All smiles from the contestants (even some parents) at Shalom Primary School in Soshanguwe who took part in this year's Skipnation event. Congratulations to the winners in the in Basic Jump, Speed Run and Double Under categories!

Speed 😤! Congratulations to the contestants from the TPS Rope Academy in the North West Province led by David Mpofu and his team!

Scholars went head-to-head in Basic Jump, Speed Run and Double Under, with medals presented to the winners.

Well done to everyone who took part in the event in Khayelitsha 🙌🏼. Masixole Felani, Head Coach of Jump It Rope Skipping Academy organized a speed challenge followed by fun games at the Andilemsizi Community Club.

Read more about Skipnation 2026 here https://gymnasticssa.co.za/news-article/free-state-sets-the-pace-as-skipnation-2026-goes-live

Gymnastics took centre stage today at the opening of the Arise Women of Africa Symposium at the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town today!

Hosted by the Sport for Social Change Network Africa under the theme “Together We Rise,” the symposium focused on advancing gender equality (SDG 5) through sport, leadership and community action.

A highlight of the opening was a Gymnastics for All (GFA) performance by the senior ladies team from Bemur Gymnastics, demonstrating that gymnastics truly is a sport for everyone. The team’s youngest participant is 56 years old, while the oldest is 72.
Following the performance, Marti Heri, GSA Development Manager, and Barbara Murphy, GFA Chairperson, invited more than 300 symposium participants to take part in a GFA sequence known as Taiso.

Taiso is a short movement sequence performed to music, designed by Prof. Tatsuo Araki, Chairperson of the Asian Gymnastics for All Continental Union. The sequence is featured at Gymnastics for All and Sports for All events around the world.

It embodies the GFA philosophy of fitness, fundamentals, friendship — for all, forever.

Today’s event was a wonderful demonstration of how gymnastics can bring people together, promote active and healthy communities, and contribute to gender equality and social change.
Together we rise — through sport, friendship and inclusion! 🤸‍♀️🌍