Directors of the Academy
Tina Marenghi
Marcel Marenghi
Mike Hackwood
Trudi Foster
The Coaching Team
Our coaches are fully qualified through British Gymnastics and continue to support our Academy.
Tina Marenghi
Tina brings an excellent standard of gymnastics coaching to the Academy – being a former Commonwealth Games gymnast herself and senior ladies Welsh Champion she is well aware of the requirements of the competitive girls to achieve the highest standards in competition. Tina has represented Wales at the highest level of the sport at numerous Internationals and has also been a member of the British Squad.
Marcel Marenghi
Marcel also brings an excellent standard of coaching experience to the club. Marcel started gymnastics in September 1970 at the age of 8 with Newport Youth Gymnastic Club. He represented Wales at junior level and started coaching in 1980. Marcel has coached and run 6 gymnastic clubs successfully in the UK and overseas . Marcel is a level 3 Mens Artistic coach, level 4 Womens Artistic coach and has attended the level 5 High Performance Coaching course. He is Gymnastics Tutor and Assessor and currently delivers women's artistic coaching courses for British & Welsh Gymnastics. Both Tina and Marcel bring a wealth of experience, dynamism and expertise to the Club.
Other Coaches
Our other coaches include: CTrudi Foster Level 2 Women’ Artistic coach Amanda Clark Level 2 Women’s Artistic- improver class lead coach Becky Westbury Level 2 Women’s Artistic Coach Jen Lapsins Level 1 Women’s Artistic Coach (assessment April 2017) Jen Taylor, Bev Moore, Claire Mogford, Jamie Day, Carlos Gonzalez – registered volunteers Poppy Jones Women’s Artistic Club Judge Abbie Moore – sports leader Tilly Gallagher – sports leader Katie Richardson – sports leader The volunteers and sports leaders assist in the gym working area and help coaches organise children into appropriate groups, coach basic level gymnastics under the guidance of a qualified coach and take the register. Volunteers and sports leaders are given the opportunity to become qualified coaches. The Academy works closely with the Regional Development Officer at Welsh gymnastics to ensure an effective coaching structure exists at the Academy. Anyone interested in gymnastic coaching should make an enquiry to the staff.
Welfare Officer
Trudi Foster
Positive Futures - The Aim
The aim of the Academy is to increase the varied programme of gymnastics, increase the membership and provide a welcoming gym centre for all to participate and enjoy the sport of gymnastics.
Timetable of Gymnastics Throughout the Week
Butterfly group – girls who are 5 in the year
Sparkle group – girls who are 6 in the year
Diamond group – girls who are 7 in the year
Monday |
Girls |
Girls |
Girls |
Boys |
Passport group |
Tuesday |
Boys & girls |
Passport group |
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Wednesday |
Girls |
Girls |
Girls |
Girls and Boys |
Passport group |
Thursday |
Boys & Girls |
Passport group |
Cheerleader group |
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Friday |
Girls |
Girls |
Girls and boys c |
Boys beginner group |
Passport group |
Saturday |
Newport Acro Club |
No lessons |
No lessons |
No lessons |
No lessons |
Sunday |
Cheerleader group |
No lessons |
No lessons |
No lessons |
No lessons |
*Occasionally competition squad gymnasts are trained on weekends leading up to competitions.
Latest News
FANTASTIC EFFORT AT WELSH FINALS
Five girls represented the South East Wales team and competed at the level 6 & 5 finals in Cardiff this weekend. In the level 6 competition Eva Lewis, Kaja Kajer and Mya Burrows all competed in their first finals. All three girls performed great routines on the floor, uneven bars, balance beam and vault. Eva [...]
