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Examiners Advisory Board
In 2013, 2278 candidates at all levels from Test to Gold Medal presented to qualified Examiners in all states and territories. For
the first time in approximately 15 years Gold Medal Honours candidates performed at the ACF National Championships. This was
well received and will continue to be a high priority in future planning.
Gold Medal Honours
Congratulations
Amy Bickford (VIC)
Gold Medal Honours 2013
Amy commenced Calisthenics at the age of 4 and is now
completing her 21st year as a performer – at the Robynmore
Calisthenics College. Amy completed her skill levels to
Grade 4 and has represented Victoria at a national level on
6 occasions. Throughout her Calisthenics journey Amy has
enjoyed solo and team success at the ACF National
Competitions and achieved her dream of winning the ‘Royal
South Street Most Graceful Girl Competition’ in 2009.
Achieving Gold Medal Honours celebrates 16 years of
collaboration with her coach Jenny Godber.
Amy writes:
“I have been extremely lucky to have an exceptionally talented
and dedicated coach in Jenny for the past 16 years. Aspiring
to achieve the Calisthenics Gold Medal with Honours was a
goal that we were eager to challenge ourselves with. It gave
me the opportunity to further my Calisthenics knowledge as
well as create and perfect challenging combinations and
movements. I was proud to have achieved honours in the Gold
Medal parts 1 and 2 and then the opportunity to strive for the
Gold Medal with Honours. It was an achievement that I would
recommend fellow participants to aspire to. I immensely
enjoyed being given the freedom and opportunity to showcase
my talents.”
EAB newsletter No.14
Congratulations
Natasha Parkhurst (VIC)
Gold Medal Honours 2013
Natasha started calisthenics at the age of three at Leawarra
Calisthenics Club and moved to Jeaden Calisthenics College
in 2002 for an opportunity to compete in the championship
division. Over the past twelve years at Jeaden she feels
privileged to have been part of some very successful teams.
On 9 occasions she has also had the honour of representing
Victoria as part of the State Team from Sub-Juniors through
to Seniors.
Natasha writes :
During my 22 years of being involved with calisthenics I have
had the chance to work with many dedicated and talented
coaches who have shared their love of the sport with me.
Being a calisthenics girl has also taught me valuable life
lessons and along the way I have made many close friends.
The highlights of my calisthenics career include being placed as
a national soloist four times, fifth at the RSSS Graceful Girl in
2007, and being awarded the Jeaden CC award for
excellence in 2011.
Well done, Amy and Natasha Gold Medal Honours is a
huge achievement.
March 2014
Gold Medal
While Gold Medal Honours is the pinnacle, achieving a
Gold Medal is a huge accomplishment and the EAB are
delighted to acknowledge the following successful
candidates.
Congratulations to Laura and Rebeca
Laura Brummell, Victorian Gold Medalist 2013
Laura commenced Calisthenics at the age of five (5) at
Heathergene Calisthenics Club. Following the closure of this
club when she was 15 years Laura transferred to Ceres
Calisthenics Club where she has been a competitor for the
past 7 years. In 2013 Laura’s team were the CVI and RSSS
champions for the Senior Championship division.
Laura has also been a member of the Victorian State Team
Senior team for the past 6 years and has enjoyed being
coached by a range of Victoria’s top coaches, and being
National Champions in 2008, 2010 and 2013.
She has also competed in both Calisthenics and Graceful
solos for many years and has achieved success in both solos
at many competitions including CVI and VCCA.
Laura was coached by Roberta Dwyer-Smith for the Medal
Program and achieved the Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals
in three consecutive years – 2011 to 2013. Her interest in
the Skills program began at an early age, when she aspired
to not just complete Grade 4, but to work through and
achieve her Gold Medal. Laura would like to thank Roberta
for all of her support and encouragement throughout her
Medals experience.
Achieving this honour was ‘a dream come true’ for a little girl
who fell in love with Calisthenics at an early age and has
never looked back.
Rebecca Reber ACT Gold Medalist 2013
I started calisthenics at the age of 4 and the rest is, as they
say, history. Since then, I have been heavily involved at both
club and national level, competing both as a team member
and as a soloist, representing the ACT at 8 National
Championships. Besides performing and the many firm
friendships which I have formed over my 17 years of
calisthenics, my favourite thing about this sport is striving to
improve - challenging myself to become the best I can be,
testing my limits and forging new pathways for the ACT girls
of the future.
Throughout my journey towards Gold I have learnt so many
new things that have contributed to improving my skills and
calisthenic technique. I had the opportunity to work with
several different coaches, both local and interstate and I
would especially like to thank Jenny Godber for her
encouragement and expertise. I would also like to thank
three special ACT coaches for all their time and effort –
Elizabeth Arnold, Rose Booth and Rachel Holdway. I am
very proud to be the ACT’s first Gold Medallist. This has
been such a rewarding experience and I would encourage
all calisthenic participants to aspire to this achievement.
Medals
As always congratulations to our medal achievers for your
commitment and dedication to calisthenics over many years
in order to be successful at this level.
EAB newsletter No.14
Well done to our successful medal recipients in 2013…….
Bronze: Stephanie Always (VIC), Jessica Broughan, (VIC)
Amy Smith (VIC) , Carly White (SA), Carrie
Altinger(ACT),Laura Rose (ACT), Taryn Kluge (WA)
Silver: Tara Douglas (SA), Alex Kenner (VIC), Sarah
Mulraney (SA), Molly Nugent (VIC), Carly White (SA)
Gold: Laura Brummel (VIC), Rebecca Reber(ACT), Haylee
Benedetti (WA), Leah Cleary (WA)
Gold Medal Honours: Amy Bickford (VIC), Natasha Parkhurst
(VIC)
Syllabus
The updating of the medal syllabus is well underway with a
review of the marking system and march routines and new
music to accompany the physical sections. Thanks to Lucinda
Williams for sourcing the updated music.
Grade 4 Honour Board
The 2013 Honour Board recognises:
ACT : Katherine Reber
Northern Territory : Kyra-Lee Foreman* , Nakisha Wrenn
Queensland: Georgia Broadhead, Callie Dickson*, Jannah
Klein
South Australia: Naomi Boyle*,Caitlin Carroll, Alex Cocks,
Brittiny Emes*, Rachel Lee , Tahlia Lord, Crystal Maxwell*,
Emma Mulraney, Leah Smolarek, Ashleigh Sutherland
Victoria: Skye Allen *, Samantha Baisas, Gabrielle Bennet,
Tayla Bolzon, Olivia Bouloukis *, Kate Conway, D’Arcy
Curtis, Rachel Dowling, Olivia Feaver *, Monique Federico,
Sophie Fraser, Jessica Harding *, Joanne Harfield, MarleeShae Holden*, Lucy Houghton, Cadi MacInnes*, Laura
Maltaric *, Victoria Marquardt, Georgia McKay *, Hannah
McKenna, Amber McLean, Penelope Stark-Wolff, Honoria
Roffey, Mikayla Toy*, Courtenay Whale, Brianna White,
Eliza Whitford*, Lisa Woods
Western Australia: Emily Coles, Lisa King, Jade Shepherd
*Indicates those candidates who received the recently
introduced Honours with Distinction achieving a mark of 95+
Examiner accreditation and Training
Congratulations to Michelle Symons (SA) who successfully
completed her upgrading to Grade 4 and Karen Quinn
(WA) now qualified to examine to Grade 2.
Welcome to our new examiners: Carmen Muensch (ACT),
Stephanie Horton (ACT), Lisa Beecken (SA), Michelle
Gaffney (SA), Shari Rankine (SA), Iolanda Marinov (VIC)
Administrators
Thank you to all our Administrators who work so hard behind
the scene to ensure the exam process is so successful for
candidates, coaches and examiners. Liz Hickey (VIC) and her
committee, Diane Winterling (SA), Tarna- Lee Lynch (QLD),
Jacqueline Reber (ACT), Karen Mellor (NT), Jenny Buchanan
(NSW) and Stephanie Humphreys (WA). A warm welcome is
extended to Chris Mulraney who has taken on the
administrator role in SA.
Good luck to all coaches and candidates as you embark on
your training and preparation for 2014.
The Examiners Advisory Board
March 2014