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Thank you very much for such a detailed response Jym. I found that extremely helpful.

Also wanted to ask..our club said kids cannot compete until age 9 here in Scotland. Is that correct?

So it does seem that we are very fortunate then. It is an excellent Club my DD is at and has a very good reputation. I do believe that the fees are meant to be increasing to £80 PCM soon though. I do think though for 12.5 hours per week that is very reasonable. Floppycat what roughly would...

Thank you so much Faith. I will go have a look at the booklet. I understand what you say about the grades etc and age because of tops and bases. What I can't grasp is some kids go from grade 3 to 11-16 and skip out grade 4, 5 and 6. I would ask her coach but they never have any spare time...

Thank you very much for the reply Jenny and for the warm welcome. My daughters club does receive a lot of funding from National Lotteries and Sports Scotland and I believe the only club in Scotland that gets this funding. I may be wrong on that however. It works out that we are paying £1 per...

Hi, this is my first time posting here so thank you for taking the time to read this thread. My DD (age 9) is in an acro group which she has been in for 1.5 years now. She competed for the first time this weekend in the Scottish Championships and won silver medal. She is competing at level 2...

I was curious after speaking to some other gymnasts at the weekend. My daughter is Grade 2 acro (being moved up to grade 3) and trains 12.5 hours per week over 4 days. Our fees are only £50 per month. I know that our school gets lots of funding from Sports Scotland and the National Lottery as...