Excel Gymnastics Club

⛳ LAST CALL FOR GOLFERS! ⛳
There’s still time to enter your FOUR BALL for our Golf Day on 4 June! Join us for a fantastic day on the course while supporting our gymnasts and helping us make this fundraiser a huge success. 💙
We are also looking for any prize items or sponsorships for the day — every contribution, big or small, is truly appreciated!
📅 Date: 4 June
📧 Contact: [email protected]
Great golf. Great company. Great cause. 🏌️

Good Luck to our Level 1-3's for District Trials!!💕 You have already done the hard work and you are already going to be GREAT — now it’s time to go out there, enjoy every moment and shine! 🌟
Believe in yourselves, support each other, and most importantly… HAVE FUN! We are so proud of each and every one of you! 🤸‍♀️💪

Good Luck to all The City of Cape Town District WAG level 1-3 gymnasts competing this weekend.
Have fun.

⛳️ Support our Golf Day on 4 June and help us drive success for our gymnasts!
Whether you enter a fourball, sponsor a hole, donate prizes, or simply spread the word — every bit of support makes a difference. 💙
Join us for a great day of golf, networking, laughter, and giving back. Let’s make this event one to remember!
📅 4 June
📍 Bellville Golf Club
📧 Contact us to get involved! [email protected]

We’re wrapping up the term in the BEST way possible – with a fun-filled movie night and sleepover! 🍿🌙

Bring your comfy blankets, PJs, and all the excitement – we can’t wait to see you there! 🤩💫

🎬

⛳ TEE OFF FOR A GREAT CAUSE!
Join us on Friday, 8 May for our Golf Day Fundraiser.
Grab your friends and enter a 4-ball for a fun day on the course while supporting our amazing gymnasts.
🏌️‍♂️ Great golf
🎁 Fantastic prizes
🍻 Good vibes
Contact [email protected] for more info and entry!

You ever watch your kid compete the same routine…
Same skills.
No falls.
Looks solid.

Meet #1: 9.2
Meet #2: 8.6

And you’re thinking…

“Wait. What?? It looked the SAME.”

Let’s talk about it.

Routines can look identical to the untrained eye — but gymnastics isn’t judged on skills completed. It’s judged on details.

• Were the legs glued together the entire time?
• Were the toes pointed every second?
• Did the handstand actually hit vertical — or was it 10° short?
• Was the leap really 180°… or 165°?
• Did the landing absorb smoothly… or shift the heels?

Tiny things.
Blink-and-you-miss-it things.
But they add up.

And here’s the other truth no one likes to say out loud:

Judges are human.

Different panels.
Different angles.
Different interpretations within the same rule book.

One judge might take .05.
Another might take .10.
Multiply that across 8–12 skills… and now you’ve got a completely different score.

The routine didn’t change much.

The evaluation did.

And that’s why we don’t chase scores in this gym.

We chase:
✔️ cleaner shapes
✔️ tighter form
✔️ stronger landings
✔️ confidence under pressure

Because if you focus on the scoreboard, you’ll go crazy.

If you focus on mastery, the numbers take care of themselves.

Parents — this is your reminder:

A lower score doesn’t always mean a worse routine.
A higher score doesn’t always mean perfection.

Progress isn’t always reflected perfectly in numbers.

Sometimes growth is happening in places the score sheet doesn’t show.

And that’s the stuff that actually lasts.