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Women's Artistic Gymnastics Programme

The Christchurch School of Gymnastics is one of the largest competitive clubs in New Zealand for Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG).
We compete under the Gymnastics New Zealand STEPs programme.  STEP stands for Striving Towards Excellence in Performance.
We run STEPS 1 through 10, and Senior International. 
We run trials for WAG Junior team in Term 3 each year.  
We are very proud of our WAG team and their accomplishments.

What is Women's Artistic Gymnastics?

Women's Artistic Gymnastics is an Olympic sport.  It consists of 4 apparatus - The Vault (VT), the Balance Beam (BB), the Uneven Bars (UB), and the Floor Exercise (FX).
STEPs

• 1-4: Elementary. Compete compulsory routines and exercises.
• 5-6: Junior. Compete compulsory skills with optional routines. There is some flexibility at these levels to compete different variations of skills.
• 7-10: Senior. Compete optional routines and skills. The gymnasts compete routines based on the routine requirements and bonus skills.
• STEP 5+ gymnasts are eligible to represent Canterbury at the National Gymnastics Championships and must achieve set criteria to be selected for this.

CSG has had great success Provincially, Nationally, and Internationally.
Our gymnasts have formed the bulk of the Canterbury Gymnastics Teams since the club’s inception in the 1960’s. We have also had more than our share of representation in the NZ Teams.
Olympic Games
2016 - Rio, Brazil - Courtney McGregor
2024 - Paris, France - Isabella Brett (qualified as Oceania Champion, but not selected)
Commonwealth Games 
1974 - Christchurch, NZL - Avril Robinson (now Enslow), demonstration sport
1986 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Fiona Martin (Commonwealth Championships)
1994 - Victoria, Canada - Tina Anne Pooley (now Southgate), (represented Hong Kong)
2010 - Delhi, India - Holly Moon, (Lani Hohepa withdrawn due to injury)
2014 - Glasgow, Scotland - Charlotte Sullivan, Mackenzie Slee, Anna Tempero, Brittany Robertson, (Courtney McGregor, injured)
2018 - Gold Coast, Australia - Stella Ashcroft
World Championships
1991 - Indianapolis, USA - Jenny Tasker
2010 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Holly Moon 
2014 - Nanning, China - Courtney McGregor, Charlotte Sullivan, Mackenzie Slee, Anna Tempero
2015 - Glasgow, Scotland - Courtney McGregor, Charlotte Sullivan, Mackenzie Slee (injured)
2017 - Montreal, Canada - Courtney McGregor, Isabella Brett
2018 - Doha, Qatar - Isabella Brett
2019 - Stuttgart, Germany - Courtney McGregor, Isabella Brett (injured)
2021 - Kitakyushu, Japan - Isabella Brett (named)