About Us
Bunnerong's History...
Bunnerong Gymnastics Association Inc was opened by Kim Morris in 1980 with 8 gymnasts.
It now caters for over
700 boys
and girls from the age of 18 months to 21 years old
The club is fully
self-supporting and receives no government grants
The club has developed in giant
leaps from its humble beginning in a primary school hall, then to a small
factory and finally to its current large permanent facility
The gym is now permanently set
up with pits sprung floors, Olympic apparatus, trampolines and a vast array
of supplementary apparatus
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Bunnerong's Achievements
NSW club of the year in 1987
National Clubs Champion Club in 1990
Olympic Expert Judge in
Barcelona 1992
Regional Champion Club in 1995
and 1996
Elite Club of the Year 2002
About Gymnastics
History of
Gymnastics
The sport of gymnastics
began with the ancient Greeks, Mesopotamians and Egyptians.
Exercises were designed
by these people to keep fit and train for warfare.
In the early part of
the 19th century J.F. Jahn, a German and P.H. Ling, a Swede, developed
separate German and Swedish styles of gymnastics.
Gymnastics was one of the seven sports included in the first modern Olympics
in 1948.
Gymnastics for men was
included in the Olympics from 1896, while the first women gymnasts was
included from 1928.
Did you know?
The Australian Women's
Gymnastics team came 7th at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, the first time
an Australian team has competed at the Olympics.
Monique Allen,
Australian dual Olympian and highest ranked international gymnast, retired
after the Barcelona Olympics.