MAG scholarship recipients named
Gymnastics Australia is pleased to announce that the selection process to identify the 10 athletes to be offered scholarships to the Men's Artistic Gymnastics National Centre of Excellence (MAG NCE) in Canberra in 2015 has now concluded.
The following athletes have been selected:
Gymnast |
Program |
Coaches |
James Bacueti |
ACT / WVGC |
Zou Limin & Bob Morton |
Mitchell Jones |
QLD / HPC |
Sergei Chinkar & Sean Wilson |
Michael Mercieca |
QLD / HPC |
Sergei Chinkar & Sean Wilson |
Mitchell Morgans |
QLD / HPC |
Sergei Chinkar & Sean Wilson |
Chris Remkes |
SA / HPC |
Yu Bo |
Declan Stacey |
VIC / HPC |
Greg Corsiglia & Shachar Tal |
Clay Stephens |
SA / HPC |
Yu Bo |
Trenten Wan |
QLD / HPC |
Sergei Chinkar & Sean Wilson |
Luke Wiwatowski |
VIC / HPC |
Greg Corsiglia & Leon Radchenko |
Max Woloszyn |
WA / HPC / High Flyers |
Igor Bespalov |
Congratulations to these athletes and also to the programs and coaches who have supported them to this point.
In addition, Gymnastics Australia is pleased to announce that Vladimir Vatkin and Sergei Chinkar have been appointed to the Coach roles with the MAG NCE in Canberra. Both men are well-known to the Gymnastics communities within Australia and overseas as a result of the successes of their athletes at benchmark events over a number of years.
Gymnastics Australia is very excited that Australia's NCE athletes will be directed and supported by such well-credentialed coaches and look forward to their technical leadership both within the NCE and across the pathway for MAG nationally. Vladimir and Sergei will take up their new roles at the MAG NCE on 27 January 2015.