A new gymnastics centre opened its doors to the public in Grande Pointe, southeast of Winnipeg, in August\u00a02020. It offers many programs. Corie\u00a0McCormick\u00a0Colliou, Amanda\u00a0McCormick and Andrea\u00a0Conquergood, the centre\u2019s three\u00a0owners, took possession of the premises in March.<\/p>\n
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For the two\u00a0sisters, Corie and Amanda, gymnastics is a passion. \u201cMy sister, Corie, used to work in a gymnastics club before, but they discontinued the competitive gymnastics program,\u201d says Amanda. \u201cSo we decided to create our own centre so we could continue to offer our young students the chance to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI, too, did a lot of gymnastics, as well as competitions,\u201d she adds. \u201cI also coached for many years. You could say we\u2019ve been involved in the sport all our lives. And Andrea\u00a0Conquergood, who joined us as our third owner, is the mother of one of our athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The centre employs three paid coaches (Amanda, Corie and Brianna\u00a0Jonnie) and three\u00a0volunteer coaches (Manhattan\u00a0Leslie-Toogood, Bianca\u00a0Mazzone and Raina\u00a0DeBaets) and offers a host of programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe offer programs for all ages and levels, from age one to adulthood,\u201d explains Amanda. \u201cWe really encourage everyone to come and discover gymnastics. We have recreational, parent\/child, before- and after-school programs, specific programs to prepare youth for competitions, and many more.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the time being, the co-head coach is very pleased with the venture. \u201cIt\u2019s a success. We\u2019re really happy so far, even with the pandemic forcing us to change our usual practices. For example, normally we\u2019d allow our athletes to compete outside of Manitoba, but this year we prefer to stay in the province.\u201d<\/p>\n
The centre boasts a large open space, with a range of equipment. \u201cWe have uneven bars, a trampoline, gymnastics floors, and a lot of other equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n
But the team doesn\u2019t want to stop there. The goal is to diversify its customer base. \u201cWe\u2019d really like to be able to offer more programs for boys,\u201d says Corie, \u201cbecause there aren\u2019t many in the province. This is really a priority for us. It would be a great opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d also like to eventually be able to offer programs for people with reduced mobility, to give them a chance to practise the sport as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Amanda is proud of the new centre in Grande Pointe. \u201cWe\u2019re very happy to finally be established in our community and to be able to offer them our services,\u201d she says. \u201cGymnasts in the region no longer have to travel all the way to Winnipeg to practise their favourite sport!\u201d<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.prairiereigngymnastics.ca\/<\/p>\n
Prairie Reign Gymnastics
\n11-610 Discovery Dr.
\nGrande Pointe, MB\u00a0 R5A 0B7<\/p>\n
Photo credit: Brianna Jonnie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4077,"template":"","type-de-publication":[69,68],"class_list":["post-4079","publications","type-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-de-publication-business-services","type-de-publication-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications\/4079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publications"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"type-de-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cdem.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-de-publication?post=4079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}