Elite
Squads

Women's Artistic Gymnastics (classified as an Olympic sport) is one of the most widely recognised disciplines. Combining physical strength, flexibility, coordination, and artistic expression across four apparatus: vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.

At BGC, our WAG squads train at Development, County, and Regional level, with our most advanced gymnasts competing on the National and International stages. Every competitive gymnast in the programme began their journey through our recreational classes and Talent ID process.

Gymnasts train between 6-28 hours per week with our Artistic coaching team. Gymnasts are assessed regularly and progress through the British Gymnastics Women's Development Programme.

Men's Artistic Gymnastics (classified as an Olympic sport), is a discipline of raw strength and precise technique performed across six apparatus: floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.

BGC's MAG squads develop male gymnasts from their first competitive experiences through to regional and national championship level. Gymnasts work within the British Gymnastics Men's Development Programme, progressing through grades with structured assessment throughout the year.

Training is intensive and rewarding, building not just gymnastics skills but discipline, resilience, and confidence that gymnasts carry beyond the sport.

TeamGym is a team discipline performed across three streams: floor, trampette, and tumbling track. Teams of 6 to 12 gymnasts compete together, with marks awarded for both individual skills and synchronised group elements.

It's one of the most social and dynamic disciplines in the sport, developing exceptional teamwork alongside gymnastics ability. BGC's TeamGym squads train together and compete as a unit at regional and national championship level.

Junior teams typically have 6–10 gymnasts; senior teams 6–14. Teams are mixed or single-gender depending on the age category and competition format.

Aerobics is a discipline in which gymnasts perform continuous, high-intensity choreographed routines set to music; demonstrating aerobic capacity, coordination, and mastery of specific gymnastics elements.

Competitors are judged on artistic performance, execution of required movements and difficulty, across individual, mixed pair, trio, group, and aerobic dance categories. Competitive level starts from 10 years.

BGC's competitive Aerobics programme runs alongside our recreational Aerobics classes. Gymnasts with competitive potential are identified through our Talent ID process and progress into structured squad training under our Head of Aerobics.

Power Tumbling is performed on a 25-metre sprung tumbling track, with gymnasts executing a series of up to eight somersaults and twists in a single pass. It demands explosive power, body control, and split-second spatial awareness.

BGC's Tumbling squads train on our dedicated tumbling track and compete under British Gymnastics at regional and national championship level. Our Head of Tumbling oversees all competitive squad development within the club's Elite Pathway.