Many family and friends had the opportunity to watch their gymnasts at the end of year concerts with performances from each class and routines from our award winning pairs and trios. The highlight as always were the opening and closing routines from the International, National and state Squads. These performances created by the gymnasts and coaches showcase the fun, energy and skills of acrobatic gymnastics.
Continue reading End of Year display 2019
We are very pleased to introduce a new sponsor of the High Performance international squad – DLO family lawyers. De Saxe La Cava O’Neill is a local Northern Beaches family law firm who are here to help and support you.
Continue reading Our new sponsor DLO Family Lawyers
What an experience for our L4 – International Gymnasts competing at National Clubs on the Gold coast
Continue reading National Clubs Gold Coast 2019
Our International and National squads baked up a storm for our fundraising cake stall. Despite a few showers we successfully sold cakes and succulents in Chatswood Mall, raising awareness of acrobatics in our local community. Thank you to everyone who baked, propagated or came along to say hello and buy a cake
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We had an incredible 72 prize winners in the Play for Purpose raffle – were you one of them ? Check your tickets at http://bit.ly/SXL-winners
Thank you for all your support of our International gymnasts as they train to represent Australia in 2020
Following their performance at Nationals, we are excited to announce that all of our international groups have been selected onto the 2019-20 Acrobatic Gymnastics National squad!
Continue reading National Squad selection
The final session of the championship showcased the highest levels of the acrobatic competition and yet again SXL put it a strong and successful performance.
Continue reading Nationals Day 3 – International 12-18 & 13-19 age groups
This was always going to be a very hotly contested level with elite gymnasts from around Australia competing for a spot on the National squad. The SXL squad achieved remarkable results with lots personal best scores.
Continue reading Nationals Day 3 -International 11-16 age group
The level 7 trio of Zara, Kate and Annabelle made it an excellent start to the final day with silver in Balance, gold in Dynamic and gold overall. Congratulations to the new L7 women’s group Australian National champions
Continue reading Nationals Day 3 L7 trio triumph
Today the 12-18 and 13-19 groups competed the first two of their routines – Balance,which consists of static holds and pyramids, followed by Dynamic showing throws, catches, somersaults and twists.
Continue reading Nationals Day 2
It was podium training for the International Squad this morning. A chance to stretch out after the journey and get a feel of the competition floor.
Our Level 6 trio – Millie, Mia and Gabriella set the standard for the team with Gold in Balance (and an impressive score of 26.450) Gold in Dynamic and Gold overall. Congratulations to the new L6 Australian National Champions.
Continue reading Nationals Day 1 – L6 trio shine
Our NSW State representatives joined the rest of the NSW team for training today. They had the opportunity to practice their routines and get feedback from coaches and judges from around the state. They also participated in an ASADA workshop about their rights and responsibilities surrounding drug testing, Physio screening and Social media training.
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Great success for the SXL team from the International and National squads at Senior State with 7 gold, 11 silver, 6 bronze and 3 overall State champions. SXL will have 10 groups representing NSW at the Australian National Gymnastics championships in Melbourne – we wish them every success Continue reading NSW Senior State Championships 2019
The SXL team were delighted to take part in the 3rd Vegas Acro cup. For many teams, this was their first international competition together and all the groups performed strong routines and learnt a lot from the experience.
The competition featured over 1,000 gymnast from 18 countries and 4 continents. The gymnasts and parents appreciated the opportunity to watch the Acro World Cup, cheer on the Australian Women’s pair and our particular favourites the Chinese men’s four
The 2018 World Age Gymnastics Championships wrapped up today with Australia winning its first medal since 2002.
A bronze medal to the 12-18 Woman’s Pair – Daisy Puckeridge and Katie Rose – was a fantastic result, and while not from SXL, our girls where thrilled that the girls with whom they compete at State and National Championships showed what Australia is capable of on the world stage. Continue reading Australia on the medal dais
Day six was ‘bitter sweet’ for our SXL competitors with Antonia & Nicole unable to compete, but Katie, Francis and Alex finishing on a high in the 12-18 Woman’s Groups division.
Our SXL trio put together a stellar balance routine with the drama, passion and sass that we have come to expect!
Antonia’s ankle has not recovered and so she and Nicole are watching from the stands. Their voices were louder than most and they can be more than satisfied that the Australian pair they have challenged all season was able to finish in first place – a seriously big deal – and will compete in the finals today! Go Australia! Continue reading Bitter sweet
We Australian’s have become very popular here in Antwerp. The locals have credited us with bringing some magnificent Spring weather. And on this warm and sunny Sunday both SXL 12-18 teams performing in the Acrobatic World Age Championships made us very proud.
Continue reading Proud of our girls
On a beautiful Sunday in Belgium, 12-18 competition commences with our very own pair and trio competing.
Antonia and Nicole are up first with their celebrated balance routine followed by Katie, Francis and Alex with their dynamic extravaganza!
Go girls!
Our Women’s 11-16 women’s pair have completed the competition finishing at nail biting 19th place in the world. Shennei and Stella executed clean sharp balance and dynamic routines and did Australia proud. Continue reading Wrap up of SXL’s WP 11 – 16 (Shennei & Stella)
Our first team of 11-16’s has finally arrived in Antwerp after a long flight on Good Friday. There was much excitement to meet up with the rest of the Aussie contingent at Sydney and Dubai airports.
First on the itinerary was a very important meeting with the Easter Bunny and Easter egg hunt, and then it was straight into training.
We can’t for the rest of our team to arrive. Bring on the games!
Continue reading First SXL Team Arrives At World Championships