Gymnastics Centre

Open - September 2005

Gymnastics is a basis for all sports and part of a healthy lifestyle, because gymnastics is movement!

This facility hosts a dedicated gymnastics centre, with approximately 24 000 sq. ft. of gym space.  (Double the building they replaced!).  There will also be a 1600 sq. ft. Community Room (suitable for dance groups and other rentals) and office space for the GP Gymniks and possibly other community groups

The Centre will operate 7 days a week, and will be operated by the GP Gymniks Assoc., who did their own fundraising over the past decade to make this 5.5 million dollar project a reality.  Partners in funding also include the City of Grande Prairie, Centennial Legacies Grant (Province of Alberta) and the Swan City Rotary Club.

Programs encompass participants 18 months of age and up.  There are recreation programs, rug rat programs, parent and tots, preschool, recreation badge programs, tramp and tumbling programs… Summer camps, fall classes and other year round events means a facility hosting over 1300 participants, with over approximately 100 000 visits annually.  

The GP Gymnastics are well known for state of the art equipment, and will continue to grow with the new facility.  With this world class facility, future plans are already under way for expanding programs such as adding rhythmic gymnastics and men’s equipment.

The Gymniks Club was founded some 30 years ago.  It is a not-for-profit organization that has successfully has raised millions of dollars, recruited Olympic standard coaches and earned the respect of local, regional and provincial funding agencies.