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News Update - 28th March 2026
Hi there Parents & Gymnasts,
Summer Term 2026
Our Summer term starts on 14th April. We currently have vacancies in all groups.
Please note there is no gym on Election Day Thursday 7th May - their class photos will be either the week before or the week after.
Please email any enquiries to the address on the links page.
Gym Collect
We are repeating our successful collection service to girls in Reception / Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 at St. Lawrence.
Every Wednesday we will be able to collect gymnasts from St. Lawrence at home-time and escort them to the
Village Centre next door. There they will be able to have their own snack / drink and prepare for their gymnastics class running from 4 to 5pm.
Parents or carers will then be able to collect their children as normal at 5pm.
Gym Collect fees are £5 a week.
Please email the Club for reservations or with any queries.
Class Photos 2026
Class photos will be taken in the first week of May and available the following week.
Art Competition, March 2026
Well done to all the participants and especially our new All Round Champions Eleanor Lipscombe and Emma Alcock. The eighty gymnasts
gave a thriling mornings activity to all spectators.
Annual Cha\mpionships, Saturday 4th July 2026
Entries will soon be open for our Annual Championships. There will be Floor Solos, Sports Acrobatic Pairs and Vaulting competitions.
Entries and spectating will be free.
So that children will be able to participate in St. Laawrence Fair procession, the competitiona and presentations will be completed before 12.20pm.
Emergency contacts
Please can you ensure that any changes of address have been given to us, together with any phone number changes or alterations in emergency contact information.
Funding Help
We are pleased to announce that we are currently being given assistance by Tescos, Mid Sussex District Council, Sussex Police & Clarion Futures.
Burgess Hill Town Council, Hassocks Parish Council and Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common Parish Council have now given us financial support.
This funding is enabling us to offer free competition entries and free British Gymnastics Awards.
Thank you to everyone involved.
Sayers Common 3 year-olds
We are particularly interested to hear from parents of 3 year-olds living in Sayers Common. The Sayers Common Community shop has offered to
fully fund their first term.
Leotards
All sizes are now available.
Leotards are now costing us from £40 to £69. Please note that leotard prices to you are now £30 (XXS, XS & S), £35 Medium & £40 large.
While ee accept leotard & shorts in gymnasts first term, we then need them to obtain our Club kit for following terms.
We welcome either donations or purchase of leotards no longer needed.
We usually have a few second-hand ones available.
Balls, Hoops, Ribbons & Ropes
All of these items are available now from the Club. Made to international competition standards the costs are :-
Balls £12, Hoops £9, Ribbons £7 & Ropes £4.
Awards
Over a hundred gymnasts passed their British Gymnastics awards last term. They were presented free in the last week of our term.
Fees
Fees for the Summer term 2026 are the same as last term, they are £50 for main club and £45 Pre-school. Awards, competition entries and a
subsidy on clothing are all included.
Website update
We now have all of our Club policies available on this website - look for the Policies section on the tabs below.
The links page now has direct email links to the Club and another link to our Welfare Officer.
If you have any queries about the Club please do not hesitate to contact us.
Our email is
contacthurstgym@gmail.com
(Available on our Links page.)
If you have any urgent queries, please phone 01273 - 832366 and we will try to answer you.
New Gymnasts
Parents of new gymnasts are advised that we meet in Hurstpierpoint Village Centre, Trinity Road, Hurstpierpoint BN6 9UY.
There is a free car park opposite, but on the right hand side you need to show one of the MSDC time clocks up to 6pm.
Gymnasts are reminded that they should not be wearing any jewellery, bracelets, friendship bands or ear-rings.
(If ears were pierced in the last six weeks you will need to tape over your studs.)
All work is done barefoot without shoes, socks, tights or leggings.
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