The Grande Prairie Gymnastics Society was founded in 1973 by a group of parents including Dr. Bob Waldenberger and Diana (Kuhlman) Tissington, who shared the same passion for gymnastics. Bethe Goldie, a retired Physical Education instructor at the Grande Prairie Regional College, pioneered a tradition of coaching excellence that the Grande Prairie Gymnastics Society can be proud of. In 1980 the club became a registered society.

The Gymnastics Club initially trained in ‘set up, take down’ multipurpose facilities. The GPRC gymnasium served as the Society’s first training center. Many years later, the Club moved to a Richmond Industrial Park 3000 sq. foot multipurpose center located next to Tartan Auto Body. The first ‘dedicated space’ facility was acquired through the purchase of a 10,000 sq. foot warehouse located behind the Quality Hotel in the industrial park.

In September of 2005, the Grande Prairie Gymnastics Society moved to its new world-class 50,000 sq. foot gymnastics training center, it is considered one of the biggest, state-of-the-art gymnastic training centre’s in the world.

Grande Prairie Gymnastics have produced numerous provincial champions as well as three national champions:

• Rhonda Wilson
• Kelly Ottenbreit
• Erin McCabe

We are dedicated to meeting the needs of every athlete, from casual tumblers to competitive athletes.

The world of gymnastics and cheerleading offers a variety of programs, including:

• Recreational programs for gymnastics, cheerleading, and parkour
• Government licensed pre-school program combined with gymnastics
• Professional instruction for competitive artistic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, and cheerleading