ABOUT US

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS TRAMPOLINE CLUB formerly KU-RING-GAI TRAMPOLINE CLUB is a competitive and recreational trampolining club.

We aims to offer high quality trampoline classes, with coaching for athletes of all abilities.

We aim to provide fun and productive classes that allow each athlete to reach their potential. We coach pupils to achieve trampoline levels 1 through to 10.

As well as learning skills and routines in classes we enter NSW competitions for trampoline and mini-tramp.

TRAMPOLINE CLUB EQUIPMENT

We have two Olympic standard Euro Trampolines, 3 full sized string bed Trampolines, and a Euro Double Mini Trampoline. Eurotramp equipment is international and Olympic level and imported from Germany.

TRAMPOLINE CLUB HISTORY

The Club was started by Club President and founding Head Coach Judy Perrin at the (then) KU-RING-GAI YMCA in St Ives, when she emigrated from Great Britain where she had coached North Cheshire Trampoline Club and the Cheshire Schools County Trampoline team.

Over the years the Club has worked with the St Ives YMCA and Ravenswood School. as well as operating from the St Ives Showground in partnership with the Ku-Ring-Gai Council.

Judy Perrin was the Australian Coach in 1992, 1995 & 1998. She also served as the NSW State Coach from 1985 - 2002. Judy is a life member of Gymnastics NSW and prior to that Trampoline Sports NSW.

David Armston

Head Coach David Armston has also been an advanced trampoline coach for many years, coaching initially in the UK and then in Australia. He has run trampoline clubs in Newcastle Australia, and Leeds, Glasgow, Stevenage and Ripley in the UK. David is a life member of British Gymnastics and prior to that the British Trampoline Federation

Other coaches are Gymnastics Australia accredited.

TRAMPOLINE SPORTS

There are four disciplines in Trampoline Sports recognised by Gymnastics Australia and FIG:

Individual Trampoline (known as Trampoline, Tramp or TRA or TRP)
Synchronised Trampline (known as Synchro)
Double Mini-Trampoline (known as DMT) & Single Mini-Trampoline (known as SMT)
Tumbling (known as TUM)

We offer competition training in Trampoline, Synchro and DMT/SMT. We do not currently offer Tumbling classes.

Classes are held for boys & girls aged from 6 years. We cover recreational and competitive trampolining from levels 1 to 10 (the highest).

With our priority being SAFETY, we teach beginners the basic landing & aerial skills on our Olympic Trampolines & Olympic Double Mini Tramp. Trampolining classes are supervised by qualified coaches. Crash mats, end decks, mats around the equipment, throw-in mats, overhead rigs and manual spotting techniques are used by accredited coaches to minimise risk of injury.

Once these are performed with confidence & good form, we progress to somersault skills for those who so wish.

Whilst many of our students are recreational trampolinists, many have represented both NSW and Australia.

Abbey Clark took the Level 5 Gold medal at the 2012 State Levels Championships.

Harry Gresham took the Level 3 Gold medal at the 2013 State Levels Championships.

Grace Baker took the Level 3 Bronze medal at the 2013 State Levels Championships.

Joel Little took the Level 3 Silver medal at the 2014 State Levels Championships.

Georgia Williams took the Level 1 Minitramp Gold medal at the 2015 State Levels Championships.

Arabella Cox took the Silver medal in Minitramp level 1 at the 2015 State Levels Championships.

Alice Vustyan took the Gold medal in Minitramp level 1 at the 2016 State Levels Championships.

Arabella Cox took the Silver medals in both Trampoline and Minitramp level 2 at the 2016 State Levels Championships.

Nick Diefes took the Bronze Level 3 medal at the 2107 State Levels Championships.

We won several ribbons at the 2018 Grand Prix and State levels Championships.

At the 2019 NSW State Levels Championships and the 2019 Combined High Schools Championships we won a number of medals - see photos below

We have a proud history of winning medals at NSW State Championships. Several highly successful athletes at International junior and senior level have trained at the Club including Michelle Coates, Tony Moxham, Jeremy Spehar, David McDougall, Shannon Leotta, Steven Davey, Tim Jones, Kate Perrin, Andrew Perrin, Alena Darcy and Jessie Tulett.


KTC YMCA and Ravenswood competitors and coaches at a 2013 State Championships trial.	KTC YMCA competitors at a 2014 local competition.

KTC YMCA competitors at State levels championships 2014 afternoon session	KTC YMCA competitors at State levels championships 2014 morning session

KTC YMCA competitors at an Interclub competition in 2014	KTC YMCA Competitors at State Levels Championships 2016

KTC YMCA competitors at the 2017 State Levels Championships	KTC YMCA Competitors at the 2017 State Levels Championships

KTC competitors at NSW Grand Prix 2018	KTC competitors at State Levels Championships 2018

KTC competitors at State Levels Championships 2019	KTC competitors at State Levels Championships 2019

KTC competitors at State Levels Championships 2019	KTC medal winner at Combined High Schools Trampoline Championships 2019

KTC competitors at Zone Championships 2020	KTC medal winners Zone Trampoline Championships 2020

DUE TO COVID CLOSURES COMPETITIONS WERE CANCELLED IN 2020 and 2021

Only comp was Inner city zone in June 2021. Then we relocated and first competition as Southern Highlands was Southern zone in May 2022


Miranda Competition boys trophies 2023	Miranda Competiton girl trophies May 2023

Miranda Zone Competition entries May 2023

PROFICIENCY AWARDS – Levels 1-10

Awards of Proficiency Award Scheme levels are made by the Coaching staff.

VOLUNTEERS HELP THE CLUB OPERATE

Parents and Friends are welcome to help us raise funds for the club. Parents being actively involved are a great help to us.

The Club is dependent on volunteers to assist with and spot at competitions. There are many jobs at competitions requiring volunteers i.e. announcing, runners, marshalling, scoring, videoing. These jobs are not difficult but are necessary to ensure the competition runs smoothly.

We are always looking for more judges as well as coaches and any skills you may have which will help us grow the club. Please talk to the coaching staff about where you could help us.