Uniform

Club Uniform

Children in our competitive program must have club leotards and correct uniform when competing, gymnasts are expected to adhere to this dress code as they are out in the public eye and are representing our club.  Please ensure your gymnasts have the correct gear at every competition.

Leotards/unitards  - must be purchased from the Lyrical website, if your leotard is not in stock it can take up to 8 weeks to arrive, there may be some good quality second hand ones in the gym.  Lyrical also offers an esipay system where you can pay unform off over 6 weeks. These leotards are for competition use only.

Track suits   these are hired from the club for a yearly fee of $30 .

White t-shirt  will be issued to your gymnast, please only wear this at compeitions and try to keep as clean as possible as these will need to be returned along with your tracksuit at the end of the year.

Plain black bike shorts may be worn by gymnasts while they are warming up for a competition - the bike shorts available on the lyrical website are ideal.  

Taking care of your leotard

They are made from delicate fabric - please only gentle hand wash using gentle soap to keep them sparkly.

Order Competition Leotards and unitards: 

http://www.lyrical.co.nz/page/stbernadettes/

Handguards

Handguards are recommended for step 3 up.  The have increased time on the bars and are more at risk of getting painful rips on their hands which can put them out of training on the bars for some time.  It is also a good idea to get them used to wearing hand guards as early as possible as they do take some time to adjust. 

The club recommends getting reisport hand grips with dowels, they are expensive but they are the better than the hand grips without dowels.  Buckle or velcro is acceptable but the velcro is more easily adjusted.

You can purchase these from this link:

http://www.swimwise.co.nz/reisport.htm

The ladies reisport hand grips with dowels are at the bottom of the list of handguards in either velcro or buckle. the site explains how to measure for the correct size hand guards, please follow those instructions carefully.