Momentum Gymnastics from Atherton Tablelands expands into Townsville
Australia’s most successful female gymnast to open new gymnastics centre in Townsville as business expands to Townsville.
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Australia’s foremost and most successful female gymnast Georgia Godwin will be in Townsville on Saturday at the opening of a new gymnastics centre in Mount Louisa.
Momentum Gymnastics is opening a branch in the city after successfully operating in Atherton for the past 15 years.
Goodwin competed in Birmingham at the 2022 Commonwealth Games winning five medals for Australia including Gold in the Individual All – Around Final.
She now has eight Commonwealth Games career medals, equalling Australia’s best and is also six time Australian National Champion.
Momentum Gymnastics is a partnership between founder and director Dianne Stephens and general manager Cherie Mills and they having been searching for the perfect location in Townsville for the past two years.
“Momentum Gymnastics is about gymnastics for everybody, we are here to support kids through growing through sport and activity in particular using gymnastics to help them learn those skills for both physical skills and also skills of confidence, resilience and team work,” Ms Stephens said.
The business caters for students from age two right up to adults.
“We have got trampoline, gymnastics, dance recreational which is called gym skills and we have also got performance which is for our competitive programs,” she said.
“Momentum Gymnastics coaches kids through regional, state and national championships and many kids go through those programs to that high level.
“Georgia coming up is fabulous because she is a big supporter of Momentum Gymnastics and we are very lucky because she (Goodwin) is not only an incredible gymnast, the number one ranked in the country at the moment, but she is also a wonderful role model and really good mentor.
“It is going to be a great opportunity for the kids to meet her and ask her some questions about what her journey has been like.
“She will inspire anybody whether it will be someone who will follow her pathway which is the elite stream and international or if it is just doing gymnastics as something they have as a long term goal.”
Ms Stephens said they had been operating for the past 12 weeks in Townsville the response form the community had been fantastic.
“Townsville is really attractive because of the type of community it is and it is the gateway to the north and we feel that there are families down her that really embrace that sporting type of life.”
She said there was definitely room for another gymnastics school in Townsville.
“I look forward to working with the other clubs in the region, together we can make North Queensland Gymnastics really really strong through the state,” Ms Stephens said.
“We embrace our sister clubs and have always had a good working relationship with them.”
She said they wanted to thank the community for embracing Momentum Gymnastics.
“We are a brand new business and we are putting our best foot forward and doing everything we can to become the best that we can with the different programs that we are offering,” Ms Stephens said
“We also want to thank Adrian Gabrielli from Gabrielli Constructions he is landlord here and he has been 100 per cent supportive.”
The opening is on from 9am to 11am is at 547 Industry Park at 11/547 Woolcock Street, Mount Louisa and for more information go to www.momentumgymnastics.com.au/ or contact 0427079703.
Originally published as Momentum Gymnastics from Atherton Tablelands expands into Townsville
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