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Acrobatic Gymnastics - Terms and Conditions 2024-2025
  1. Introduction:
Dance Factor’s Acrobatic Gymnastic offering strives to provide young dancers the opportunity to partake in an activity that develops sportsmanship, character, and competitiveness. We encourage high standards, develop, and improve abilities in dance, responsibility, leadership, and self-discipline. Terms and conditions for participation as part of the Dance Factor Acro Gymnastics team is set out in this agreement. By signing this, you as parent agree to comply with the requirements set out below.
  1. Membership and teams:
Teams for trio’s and duo’s are selected by the coaches and is final. No friends will be paired as teams are selected to suit each other physically. Partners and number of routines that a gymnast does for the season, will only be determined after careful assessment during the first few classes.
  1. Attendance:
    Level 5 and up     -         1 x 90min class Thursdays 18:30-20:00 at Eldo Sterre Gymnastics Hall.
 
Level 4     -                   1 x 60min Class Thursday 17:00-18:00 at Dance Factor Studio
and once before every competition Thursday 18:30-20:00 at Eldo Sterre Gym Hall.
All gymnasts must be available for this. Take into consideration that if one gymnast is absent the whole team will be impacted negatively. A doctor’s note is required should a gymnast not be able to attend due to sickness.
Parents will be notified in advance, should additional practise time be required.
  1. Injuries:
Gymnastic activities always carry risk of injury. Rest assured that Dance Factor takes all necessary precautions to prevent injuries. Dancers must be physically fit and adhere to all safety precautions communicated to them by the coach(es). Parents are required to timeously notify the coach(es) of any injury or potential problems the dancer may have.
Dancers must be on time for class to ensure proper warmup is performed prior to class.
  1. Clothing:
To ensure uniformity of the team with competitions each dancer must have the following clothing items:
  • Dance Factor competition leotard (Orange long sleeve)
  • Team Jacket (Black Dance Factor Jacket)
  • Team socks
The items listed above is directly available at Dance Factor.
For practise sessions, dancers are required to wear a leotard. The dancer may choose to wear short ski-pants over the leotard as long as the upper thigh is exposed.
Competitions:
Each dance trio and/or duo must participate in a minimum of 3 club competitions and achieve the minimum points required for their level to qualify for Gauteng North competition participation. This is the highlight the dancers work towards during the year. Any additional progress for example to Gauteng or Gym Games (SA’s) is a bonus.
 
  1. Discipline in class and at competitions:
  • Gymnasts are not allowed to practice individual elements and play around on the mats or apparatus during or after class on a Thursday at Eldo Sterre
  • Gymnasts are not allowed to practice risky balance and dynamic elements without a coach’s supervision.
  • Gymnasts are not allowed to play on the mats during warm-up sessions at competitions.
  • Gymnasts are not allowed to play on the trampoline or bars at Gymfinity BEFORE they have competed.
  • Parents are not allowed to do side coaching during competitions when the gymnast is in the waiting area during their session.
  • Gymnasts need to remember that it is a group effort they put out there, and not blame fellow teammates if a routine or element did not go according to plan.
  • It is the parent’s responsibility to have the gymnast at the competition in time, 60 minutes BEFORE the warm-up time on the mat starts.
  1. Qualifying scores to be able to compete in Gauteng North Trials (as per latest communication from (SAGF) (must qualify in 2 or more competitions):
  • Level 4 score of 17 or above
  • Level 5 score of 18 or above
  • Level 6 score of 19 or above
  • Level 7 score of 19 or above  
  1. Estimated costing and dates for 2024 - 2025:
Estimated costing for 2023 - 2024: Amount Date to be Paid
Once off Registration fee R700 1 November 2024
Routine Choreography per student per routine
(Level 5 and up)		 R1000 30 January 2024
Class fees (including 1xclass per week) Level 5 and up
Level 4		 R550
R450		 1 Oct 2024 - 1 Sept 2025
Competition leotard Orange R600 28 February 2025
Team Jacket R600 28 February 2025
Team Practice and Competition Socks per pair R200 28 February 2025
Acro-gym reg fee and SAGF fees per student R1 300 28 February 2025
Competitions usually R350 per routine and R120 for 2nd routine, R150 entry admin fee (Estimate) R520 3 weeks before each comp
Gauteng North Entry Fee (Estimate) R800 June 2025
Gauteng Entry Fee (Estimate) R800 July 2025
Gym Games (Estimate) R900 August 2025
Gauteng North Tracksuit top and pants (order from XCO if gymnast receives NG colours) R1 500 August 2025
Estimated dates for 2024 - 2025 Venue Date estimate
Every Thursday 17:00-18:00 Level 4 DF Studio 12 months
Every Thursday 18:30-20:00 Level 5 and up Eldo Sterre 12 months
Routine Choreography (Level 5 and up) Eldo Sterre 21, 22, 28 Feb and 1 March
Developmental Competition Benoni 10 May
Toit's Invitational Competition Benoni 24 May
Toits all Clubs Benoni May/June
Gimfinity Competition Benoni 31 May
Wild Flames (Golden Lions) Competition Boksburg 12 July
Spring stars TBC 21 June
Gauteng North Champs Benoni 3 August
Gauteng Regionals TBC July/August
Gym Games (South African Championships) TBC 6-12 October (school holidays)
     
 
Note that from time to time there is a fee payable for spectators. This fee is for the parents own account and varies between R10 and R50 per person.
  1. Social Media:
Parents herewith give permission that photos and videos of Acro Gymnastic dance groups may be published on social- and printed media.
  1. Withdrawal:
This agreement is binding, and Acro Gymnastic dancers are not allowed to withdraw in a 12-month period as each dancer is hand selected and groups and routines are established early on. A fee of         R 3000 is payable immediately, should a dancer and his/her parent decide to withdraw.
  1. Indemnity:
Dancers and their parents indemnify Dance Factor and Dance Factor coach(es) of any loss, liability, claims, costs, damages and causes for action, known or unknown, of cases of any cause (including attorney fees) that may arise as a result of any injury, disability, death, sickness, loss or damage to the dancers as person or their property that may arise out of the participation in Acro Gymnastic activities, whether it arises from Dance Factor negligence or else.
Thank you for your interest in Acro Gymnastics.
 
Kind regards Coaches
Erica Oosthuysen, Gillian van Ryneveld, Angelique van der Merwe, Annelize Fokker.
Contact number: 076 963 9233