Yorkshire Gymnastics Association Ltd

Women’s Artistic Technical Committee

I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022

The AGM of the WTC is to be held on Tuesday 8th November 2022 via Zoom. It will commence at 8.00pm.

Nominations are invited for the following posts on the committee:

Nominations must be accompanied by

• the name of the Proposing Club
• the name of the Seconding Club

(The proposing and seconding club must be different to each other, and both must be fully affiliated clubs to YGA Ltd and the WA Discipline. The nominees own club can propose or second.)

• a short resume of relevant experience supplied by the nominated person, to enable an informed decision.

Emails will be sent to all nominees asking them to confirm that they accept the nomination, if the nomination is not accepted or no response received by the deadline the nomination will not be completed.

In the event that there is more than one candidate nominated for a post, a vote will take place at the AGM and all CLUBS attending the meeting will be entitled to one vote per position.

The Secretary must receive all nominations including the names of the Proposer and Seconder and resume no later than midnight on the 25^th October 2022

Nominations and resumes will then be circulated prior to the meeting.

Nominations can be made via the website using this link

https://yorkshirewagymnastics.org/resources/yorkshire-wa-online-forms/2022-agm-officer-nominations/

Nominations from the Floor

If no one is nominated for a post or a nomination is not fully completed with a proposer, seconder, and resume, prior to the meeting a nomination may be made from the floor with a proposer and a seconder. In this instance the nominee accepts the nomination at the meeting and provides a verbal resume. Nominations from the floor cannot be made for posts where nominations have been received by the deadline. As the nominee needs to accept the nomination it is only possible to nominate from the floor if the nominee is in attendance.

Notice of Motions

Requests for notice of motions for discussion at the AGM must be submitted via the online form/in writing/by email by midnight on 19^th October 2022,

Notices of motions can be made via the website using this link

https://yorkshirewagymnastics.org/resources/yorkshire-wa-online-forms/2022-wtc-agm-motion-submission-form/

Notice of Motions are circulated with nominations prior to the meeting to allow them to be considered on the agenda of the SGM or AGM.

Summary 2022

8^th October 2022 Notice of AGM circulated via email – Attached 2021 AGM minutes and 2022 AGM agenda.

19^th October 2022 Notice of Motions deadline closes at midnight

25^th October 2022 Nominations for Roles closes at midnight

28^th October 2022 Nominations and Notices of Motions circulated to all affiliated clubs and members

8^th November 2022 AGM

The secretary will be sending over a very important email on entries for the 9^th & 10^th July competitions. This will need attention from any club entering gymnasts for the FIG, Gold, Silver, Bronze Teams and Challenge Trophy & Qualifier.

Please read it carefully and if you don’t receive it please contact the Secretary.

The email received list will be updated when it is sent out

Thank you

WTC

We are looking forward to seeing everyone again at Catterick this weekend.

Just a practical reminder to coaches to always have a back up copy of their gymnast’s music and to check the music on arrival , that way we can make sure that every gymnast is able to get performing on floor as swiftly as possible to keep those pesky nerves at bay.

We wish all the gymnasts the best of luck.

The WTC

Dear Clubs,

Please find below some points which have arisen from the previous competitions, we would kindly ask that you would send out these reminders to coaches and parents.

Parents

Please remember that everyone at the competitions has volunteered their time to help the competition run smoothly and should be spoken to with respect including those manning the door.

In exceptional circumstances, we may not be able to accept card payments on the door and would therefore only be able to accept cash for spectator entry.

If you are buying a club leotard for your child to wear at the competition, please check the sizing is correct.

Remember that event tee shirt sales are online and should be purchased in advance and collected at the competition.

Coaches

When leotards are purchased or borrowed for competitions, please check that the sizing is correct to ensure that they are not big and baggy around certain parts of the body.

Please ensure parents are aware of the new purchasing options for event tee shirts so no one is disappointed on the day.

A brief reminder of what is acceptable coaching attire at competitions, please refer to the handbook for a more in-depth guidance. (Page 25)

·          Full length tracksuit bottoms or full-length leggings (plain and none see through)

·          A collared polo shirt or t-shirt, a tracksuit top but not a hoodie and appropriate gym training shoes.

Please ensure all artistry gestures in floor routines are age appropriate and respectful.

Thank you for your ongoing cooperation and we look forward to seeing you all at future competitions.

The Yorkshire WTC

Please find bellow a list of all emails to date sent to clubs by the WTC if you have not received any of these emails please contact the secretary.

2nd January – regarding national judging courses.

23rd Jan – WAG updates revised version

28th Jan – Minutes from 2021

28th Jan – Minutes 2022

15th Feb – BG planner

17th Feb – compulsory grades venue

21st Feb – email to relevant clubs regarding regional grade 4s

6th March – Competition program for club grade 6/5 and 4

7th March – Email from chair regarding compulsory grades

11th March – Tee shirt orders for grades

17th March – 2nd / 3rd April grades schedule

18th March – Grade tee – shirt troubleshooting

26th March – Yorkshire Handbook 2022

26th March – Grade 6 / 5 / 4 volunteers

26th March – Programme revised grade  6/5/4

4th April – BG updates

4th April – WTC meeting wed 13th April

4th April – latest FIG update including Artistry help 

5th April – positive covid case

6th April – Grades May

7th April – Minutes 2022

8th April – T Shirt email

8th April – Grades – May preview running order

21st April – Tee-Shirt deadline

21st April – Yorkshire Kit

21st April – FIG Gymnasts

21st April – Yorkshire update

25th April – Reminders to coaches and partners

27th April – NTC update

5th May – grades may

9th May – compulsory 2 training opportunity

12th May – April Minutes

12th May – Zinc and copper teams list

16th May – Important comp entry information

16th May – Tee shirt teams

17th May – Tee shirt Green

23rd May – revised schedule URGENT teams

26th May – Tee shirt deadline looming

30th May – Catterick 11-12 June schedule

5th June – Competition pack away

5th June – YGA ltd professional standards officer

14th June – Team tee shirt – online shop

14th June – selection criteria for Yorkshire WA

19th June – Pewter, Bronze, Silver, FIG teams provisional schedule.

22nd June – extended tee shirt sales

24th June – Pewter / Bronze / Silver and FIG teams final schedule and timings

27th June – FIG Nominations for Yorkshire

4th July – Skill recognition (backwards roll to handstand on beam)

27th July – BG Update and important request for information

17th August – Updates from the chair

20th August – Administration Update

26th August – New guidance weight management

26th August – Yorkshire Affiliation

7th Sept – Yorkshire kit

16th Sept – Concord 8th / 9th

21st Sept – Request for feedback

21st Sept – T shirts – October event

26th Sept – Schedule and Rounds 8th/9th

26th Sept – T shirt reminder

30th Sept – WTC meeting October

1st Oct – Important competition reminders

2nd Oct – Volunteers October 8th/9th

3rd Oct – National finals team training

7th Oct – Notice of YGA WA AGM

13th Oct – Zinc and Pewter membership

14th Oct – Tee shirts Zinc and Pewter

17th Oct – Meeting details

24th Oct – Zinc and Pewter running order

28th Oct – NTC Technical update

28th Oct – WTC Introductory course to judging

29th Oct – Latest WTC updates

30th Oct – WTC – AGM

31st Oct – Zinc and Pewter schedule and timings

4th Nov – Tee Shirt reminder

4th Nov – Zinc / Pewter enquiry

4th Nov – Zinc / Pewter set up

4th Nov – Intro to judging / regional

Yorkshire WA Gymnastics are please to include on the calendar this year their much anticipated Pewter programme.

Specifically and carefully designed using the huge WA experience, not just on the WTC committee but within the wider Yorkshire WA community, to give gymnasts logical, safe and appropriate steps forward on bringing together the 4 pieces of WA gymnastics.
Using this experience Yorkshire WA have built a criteria that works for the gymnasts and gives a rewarding level in itself, whilst also a natural progression towards the WA Classic Challenge.

Pewter participation allows younger gymnasts and those new to the 4 pieces of WA a chance to experience performing in a friendly participation event.

The Pewter competition is the perfect competition for gymnasts to make that first step into 4 piece gymnastics competitions or to consolidate the progress they have been doing.

As a natural complement to the BG WA Classic Challenge both Pewter criteria provide lots of choices of moves to allow gymnasts to work to their strengths, whilst balancing this with the appropriate and safe moves for this level and for each individual gymnast.

The full criteria can be found in our new 2022 handbook here and the dates are on our event calendar here and here.

Yorkshire Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Pewter ^©2022

The 2022 Yorkshire WA Handbook is now on the handbook page along with a link to the new FIG WA Code of Points, the BG WA Classic Challenge Rules and other WA technical information.

Click Here to access easily these resources

The Yorkshire Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Committee are pleased to announce that in collaboration with GDB Manufacturing, we have an online shop for ordering tee-shirts for gymnasts competing at our Yorkshire competitions.

The tee-shirts are ordered using the link below:

https://gdbclothing.co.uk/product-category/yorkshire-womens-artistic-gymnastics/

Please follow the link and order the correct size and pay via PayPal to GDB for the tee-shirt. Your tee-shirt when manufactured will be individually bagged and labelled with the payee’s name and gymnast’s name. This tee- shirt can then be collected at the competition when proof is shown of payee and gymnast at the competition. Please note we will not be selling tee-shirts at the competition. 

The deadline for ordering T shirts for the May grades is 25th April 2022. 

Over the weekend of the 6th and 7th of November. Yorkshire fielded two teams in the first ever British Classic Challenge Championships, held at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. Yorkshire’s Bronze team performed on Saturday to finish a credible 6th with a score of 185.700. Gymnasts in the team gave some notable performances with team member Ella Rose Johnson – Whitehead taking the Silver medal on the bars.

Congratulations to all involved.

Hopefully 2022 will see us all be able to properly resume our fantastic sport starting with grades in the spring. The new handbook will be with you shortly and the website will gradually move back to regular updates.