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Joyce Percey returns to help rebuild Powell River Gymnastics Club Powell River Gymnastics Club is leaning on familiar experience and a renewed focus on recreation as it works to rebuild programming and membership in the qathet region. Founder Joyce Percey is back in a leadership role after an 11-year break from dayto-day gym life. She returned after being approached to help with administrative duties, and the rebuild has become an unexpected draw. “I never had coming back to the gym on my radar,” says Percey, describing the chance to support the club’s transition as more exciting than she anticipated. She also pointed to what she missed most: the families, the fun, the moment a child lands a new skill, and the excitement that ripples through the gym. The club’s mission is to “inspire and empower individuals of all ages and abilities through the art and discipline of gymnastics,” with an emphasis on a safe, inclusive and supportive environment that helps athletes build confidence, resilience and physiLAND CABIN
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cal excellence. In the early stages of her return, Percey expects to work about 15 to 25 hours per week while she observes classes and identifies gaps in service delivery. She indicated that the club is also reaching out to members to better understand what families want from programming and what they hope the club can become. Her role includes marketing the club and its programs, building community partnerships, developing a strategic plan and growing membership. A major focus, explains Percey, is supporting the coaches. “My goal is to develop coaches in the club, to assist them wherever needed, in order to raise the level of coaching and therefore the skill level of all participants.” She also framed recreational programming as the club’s foundation, noting that young children often have an instinctive love of rolling, jumping, swinging and bouncing. “One lesson I still carry
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Powell River Gymnastics founder Joyce Percey [left] and head coach Trystinna Bailey.
with me is that a gymnastics club’s foundation is its recreational programs.” Those fundamentals can translate beyond the gym, she adds, including
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scribe a landscape that has leading certification courses changed significantly over for new coaches. the past decade. Percey Bailey says the managepointed to shifting expecta- ment team is aligned on tions around risk manage- growing the gym “in a posiment, the influence of Safe tive and inclusive manner,” Sport guidelines, impacts and describes Percey’s reof COVID-19 and provincial turn as a major boost and changes in coach certifica-Getsees her to asGo a mentor and the Peak app nowconnector. tion. She also notes finan-iPhone community in the is part of the cial pressures on families,available Feedback App Store or iTunes saying households are look- plan. Bailey says the club ing for quality programs and recently sent a survey to want their dollars to count. members, and that parents Bailey, who has been in and athletes are welcome to the head coach role since bring questions and input ESTATE CORPORATION February, connects the PERSONAL outside of REAL class time. changes to a broader culFor newcomers, Percey tural shift in youth sport. framed the message as an WARREN BEHAN Coaching certification has open invitation. Families PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION the Peak to Go been restructured and now Getcan try a drop-in class, book iPhone app now includes mandatory coursesavailable a birthday in the party or explore focused on athlete-directedAppoptions as adult dropStore orsuch iTunes WA development. ins. She also encourages forBailey was a competitive mer gymnasts to stop by and PERSONAL REAL ESTATE CORPORATION gymnast for 14 years and reconnect, including those PERS is certified in recreational who may be interested in gymnastics, trampoline, coaching. artistic men’s and women’s “We will try to ensure you competitive gymnastics have fun, get some exercise and parkour. Percey spent and learn a trick or two,” says 30 years coaching, teach- Percey. ing and evaluating. She was For more information, go recognized by Gymnastics to prgymnastics.ca, email ofBC in 2014 as a Member of fice@prgymnastics.ca or call REAL ESTATE CORPORATION Distinction and for years of PERSONAL 604.485.0520.
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