Flairs Gymnastics was established in 2006 as an Aerobic Gymnastics high performance club by coach and owner Anne Vermaak. The club produced 16 South African representatives, most hailing from Mitchell’s Plain, Hanover Park and Ottery. In 2011 Flairs Gymnastics was expanded to include classes for all ages and abilities, with the focus of the club moving away from purely high performance. Sadicka Isaacs also joined in 2012, becoming co-owner in 2013, bringing her vision and Rope Skipping expertise to the club. The core value of the club is “fun, fitness and friendship” in the Flairs family. Flairs’ vision is “to see a generation of young people reaping the benefits of a disciplined and healthy lifestyle using gymnastics as a tool to improve strength, coordination, discipline, individual & team work, respect and self confidence”. Anne & Sadicka have strong community & school objectives for Flairs, wanting to contribute to the reintroduction of physical education to children and school from underprivileged backgrounds, as well as to provide employment opportunities to coaches from these areas through their Flairs program and values. Flairs also has classes for children with disabilities and believes that gymnastics is for everyone regardless of ability (taking the “dis” out of disabled).
