Gymnastics BC Membership

Traveling Outside of BC.

Club Request to Attend Competitions Athlete Request to Train

Traveling Outside of BC for Competitions

Clubs

Any club wishing to participate in a competition located outside of BC must complete and submit a request to attend competitions outside of BC form (link below).

All requests must be submitted by a GymBC member club; multiple requests can be made with one form submission.

Permission to travel outside of British Columbia will only be granted to clubs who are members in good standing and all traveling participants must be members in good standing with GymBC in order to be covered by GymBC insurance.

Club Request to Attend Competition form GymBC Insurance Coverage

Deadlines & Sanction Fees

Applications received less than 30 days prior to departure may not be approved.

Sanction fees:

  • Received 45 days or more before departure: no charge
  • Received between 30 and 45 days before departure: $25
  • Received less than 30 days before departure: $50
  • Received less than 48 hours before departure: $100 (provided GymBC can complete sanction application)

The fee applies per application, not per competition. Clubs may apply for sanction for as many events as they wish in a single application.

Should there be a change to an event previously sanctioned (date change, venue change, cancellation), GymBC must be notified and the change will be processed at no additional cost.

Participant lists

Participant lists for each sanctioned event must be submitted to GymBC no less than seven business days before the event. There is no additional charge for participant lists. Changes to the participant list may be also made up to 24 hours prior to the event at no additional cost.

Participant List For Travel Sanctioned Events Outside of BC

Request to Train Outside of BC

Competitive Athletes

A registered athlete wishing to participate in short-term training activities outside of BC, that are not associated with a sanctioned event or program, must apply for permission to train in the alternative location using the form linked below. Approval of such requests will be dependent on GymBC's confirmation that the training location and/or club facility is affiliated with, and in good standing with, its provincial / territorial / national gymnastics federation / association.

Access GymBC's current Athlete Eligibility and Training Locations policy, on our Policies & Procedures page. 

Request to Train Outside of BC

Policies and Procedures

The GymBC policies relevant to this page are:

  • Travel Approval to Out of Province Sanctioned Events
  • Athlete Eligibility and Training Locations

Please find the Policies and Procedures, via the link below.

Policies & Procedures