The Hub Gymnastics Club was established in 1985 by volunteers and was located at the Aberfoyle Park Recreation Centre (The Hub). Gordon Sykes was approached by the centre to start the recreation program and later founded the competition club as Head Coach & Judge.

Within a few years the club amalgamated with the YMCA who managed the recreation centre and ran a recreation gymnastics program to become known as the Hub YMCA Gymnastics Club.  Volunteers coached and managed the operations of the competition group and the recreation program was supervised by the YMCA with senior competition gymnasts giving back to their club and community by coaching the recreation stream. 

The YMCA lost the management contract for the centre in 2003.  The club continued to operate and formed a not-for-profit self-managed committee to run all the operational and strategic areas of the club.  A good working relationship was formed between the club management committee and the new centre management (CASA Leisure) that lasted for over 10 years. 

In 2013 the centre again changed management which saw the club undertake a mutual break with the YMCA and the club became a self-incorporated body and relocated to Cosgrove Hall at Clovelly Park.

After several years in discussion with the City of Onkaparinga the club returned to the area at a new location, The Hill Recreation Centre. In 2022 the facility was renamed The Paul Murray Recreation Centre in honour of Paul’s significant contribution to the Club and the Onkaparinga community.

The club has embarked on delivering new programs for the community; we offer school holiday recreation gymnastics to the public and primary school OSHC. The club also runs after school and in lesson gymnastic programs under the Australian Sports Commission's Sporting Schools Program subject to availability. More recently the club has expanded its KinderGym program to include MiniGym as a pathway to our recreation program.

The club established an Aerobics competition squad towards the end of 2017 which has grown significantly with its own recreation stream “MiniAero”. ACRO clases are now available for gymnasts ages 8 - 14 years. Intensive individual 30 minute sessions are available to gymnasts of all levels to concentrate on certain skills and gain confidence.

All these changes have been with the intent of us working towards our vision of providing the best support to our gymnasts and the best opportunities for our club and community to grow.

Our senior coaches have given outstanding service to our Club and have been awarded;

  • Coach of the year 2007, 2015 & 2019 awarded by Gymnastics SA

  • Life Membership, Hub Gymnastics Club

We are very proud of the contribution many of our past gymnasts have made to the club by continuing to undertake coaching and judging roles at our club.  We consistently have new members join our dedicated committee and they have received community service awards from both state and federal parliamentarians.

Hub Gymnastics Club is known for its quality of our coaches, our training programs, our encouragement of parent involvement and our commitment to providing the safest environment possible. In 2021 the club moved to a paid structure for our coaches in all our programs.

We are confident that our gym sport programs help develop skills at varying levels for our community members that provide foundation skills for all other sports and throughout their lives. We are very fortunate to have been awarded Gymnastics South Australia “Club of the Year” in 2013, 2019 and 2021.

Some of our individual gymnastics successes are listed below:

  • Jacquie Dunn (International Elite, 2003 World team bronze medallist, 2002 Commonwealth Games team gold medallist)

  • Sarah Murray (International Level 10)

  • Kelly Sellar (State Team representative multiple years WAG National Level 7, competed at Level 10)

  • Lauren Green (State team member multiple years WAG National Level 7)

  • Jane Jarvis, Remona Bruland, Nicole Moore, all competed at WAG National Level 10

  • Emma Murray (WAG State Stream Level 9 State Champion)

  • Olivia Donovan (2016 WAG National Level 7 Open State Champion)

  • Kellie Moran (2017 WAG Level 7 State Team Trans Bass)

  • Chelsea Smith (2018 AER Level 6 State Team, 2019 AER Level 7)

  • Daina Ross (2018 AER Level 6 State Team, 2019 Level 7)

  • Kate Donovan (2018 AER Level 7 State Team)

  • Cassie Netz (2019 AER Level 7 State Team)

  • Cara McGlaughlin (2019 AER Level 6 State Team, 2021 & 2022 AER State Team)

  • Sophie McGlaughlin (2019 AER Level 6 State Team, 2021 & 2022 AER State Team, 2023 Level 7 State Team)

  • Tahlia O’Neill (2019 WAG Level 7 & 2022 WAG Level 8 State Team Border Challenge, 2021 WAG Level 8 State Team, 2023 WAG Level 9 State Team, 2024 WAG Level 9 State Team)

  • Lauren Lisk (2019 WAG Level 7 State Team Trans Bass, 2023 WAG Level 8 State Team, 2024 WAG Level 8 State Team)

  • Annalise Wilden (2021, 2022 AER State Team)

  • Cassie Eglinton (2021, 2022 AER State Team)

  • Layla Chenoweth (2021 AER State Team)

  • Olivia Hooper (2021, 2022 AER State Team, 2023 AER Level 8 State Team)

  • Olivia Knott (2021 AER State Team)

  • Sophie Eden (2021 AER State Team)

  • Skyler Gwatking (2021, 2022 AER State Team, 2023 AER Level 8 State Team)

  • Mollie Jamieson (2022 WAG Level 7 State Team Border Challenge)

  • Jade Triplow (2023 AER Level 7 State Team)

  • Lara Hansford (2024 AER Level 7 State Team)

  • Charlize Mangeruca (2024 AER Level 7 State Team)

Club Founder

  • Gordon Sykes

Life Members

  • Paul Murray +

  • Mark Blagrove

  • Robyn van der Linden

  • Helen Lewis

  • Robin Yardley

  • Kaye Gambling

  • Debra Bradley

  • Emma Murray

  • Karen Bradley

  • Marie Moran

Club Patron

  • Erin Thompson MP for Davenport