gymtopia north east gymnastics club
Newcastle
Gymtopia North East Gymnastics Club opened on the 18th November 2014 and first
began in both Kenton School sports hall and Wallbottle School sports hall with 3
gymnasts and 2 coaches; one of them being head coach and director Felicity
Brown. Felicity had always dreamed of opening her own club to cater for the
local community and beyond, giving the potential for participants from all
backgrounds to enjoy the sport of Gymnastics. Gymtopia quickly expanded to
include multiple classes and in April 2017 opened in its own premises in
Brunswick, Newcastle to accommodate the growing number of gymnasts in the club.
Gymtopia is fully affiliated with British Gymnastics. Gymtopia now houses over
500+ Gymnasts from Grassroots to national level and hopefully in the future
compulsory elite. Beyond this, Gymtopia has 12 recreational classes per week and
has developed a growing preschool section to encourage any future gymnasts and
increase participation levels from an earlier age. Gymtopia aims to provide
opportunities for all, including recreational, competitive and coaching
opportunities. Gymtopia believes that sporting participation has great value in
the lives of all, beyond the sport. Gymnastics teaches hard work, determination,
teamwork and discipline. It is with this work ethic that has enabled Gymtopia to
have gymnasts compete all over the country since its opening in 2014, including
representing the North of England region at National Finals multiple times. In
2018, Gymtopia also expanded to International competition, competing in Malta.
The gymnastics club offers a range of disciplines including recreation,
preschool, women’s artistic, women’s general, men’s general and Teamgym.
Gymtopia aims to give back to all its members and so Felicity has created the
club to be a non-profit community club, all proceeds are invested back into the
club for future expansions, increased participation and gymnast development.
Gymtopia is currently in the process of becoming a CASC (Community Amateur
Sports Club) in order to support our core values of being a non-profit club and
catering to the wider community.
