ABOUT SOVEREIGN
Established in Ballarat in 1978, Sovereign Calisthenics is an ever-growing, proud and successful club. We pride ourselves on the care and development of our students, whilst challenging them to be the best they can be.
Sovereign offers performance opportunities for all students throughout the year, and to be involved in a sport that offers so much variety – including dancing, gymnastics, musical theatre, apparatus work and simplified ballet. Our classes are taught in a fun, energetic and diverse environment, with the focus on building life skills such as team work, goal setting and commitment.
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As a club, we encourage our students to give back to their community in various ways. This ranges from volunteering with Sovereign, and various community service and fundraising activities.
Sovereign are proud to have their own purpose built, new Studios, that are centrally located at 4/898 Humffray St South, Ballarat. Our comfortable Studios provide both a safe environment with sprung floors, air conditioning and a parents area to sit back and watch your child’s progress and enjoyment!
Sovereign offers classes to all ages, from 18 months, through to 26+ and specialised classes such as Acro and Ballet. We have team of fully qualified Level 1 Coaches, Cadets and Specialists, who support, nurture and guide the students to reach their full potential.
CLASS TIMES
Monday 3rd February Sub Juniors (10 years and under) 4:00pm-6:30pm
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Monday 3rd February Seniors (16 years and over) 6:45pm - 9:30pm
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Monday 3rd February Masters (26 years and over) 7:00pm - 9:30pm
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Tuesday 4th February Intermediates (17 years and under) 4:15pm - 7:15pm
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Wednesday 5th February Juniors (13 years and under) 4:15pm - 7:15pm
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​Thursday 6th February Tinies (3-7 years) 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Saturday 8th February Tiny Tots (18 months to 3 years) 9:00am - 10:00am
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COACHES
Kylie Cleary (Principal, Sub Junior, Junior and Senior Coach)
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Kylie was an original founding member of Sovereign Calisthenic College and danced for 21 years. She is currently the Sub Junior, Junior and Senior Coach and also the Principal of the College. She also coaches Solos and prepares students for their Pupil Skills exams. She has been a qualified Coach since 1986.
In 1996, Kylie was the Victorian State Team Assistant Coach in the Junior Division. Kylie was named Calisthenics Victoria’s Coach of the Year (Victoria) in 2007, which was a huge honour. The same year, she was nominated for the Country Coach Award and also the Excellence at Competitions Award.
Outside of Calisthenics, Kylie works in Human Resource Management, but her passion is teaching others in this wonderfully unique sport!
Emma Quayle (Intermediate Coach)
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Emma was a Student of Sovereign Calisthenic College for 22 years. During this time, Emma also represented Victoria as a member of the Victorian State Team. Emma has also participated in Graceful Solos, studied ballet, jazz and tap.
Emma is a highly successful Intermediate Coach, who also coaches various Solos and Pupil Skills.
Tarsh Van Langevelde (Senior Coach)
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Tarsh was a Student of Sovereign Calisthenic College for 15 years, after moving from the Ballarat Calisthenic College where she also spent 13 years. Tarsh also represented Victoria at the Nationals on a number of occasions.
She has also been a Graceful Solo participant, studied jazz and was also part of the Gymnaestrada Calisthenic team who travelled to Sweden.
Tarsh works as part of the senior coaching team and also runs her own successful Hairdressing businesses.
Samantha Stewart (Solos + Specialist Coach)
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Samantha danced with Sovereign for 17 years as a team member and a soloist and has represented Victoria twice at the National Championships.
Samantha has extensive Coaching experience and is now specialising in coaching Solos and Acro. Samantha was one of 20 Victorian performers selected for the inaugural Calisthenics Solo Competition at Royal South Street, competing in 2016 and 2017.
Samantha has recently completed a Bachelor of Musical Theatre where she furthered her training in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Singing and Acting.
Stella Greenhalgh (Masters Coach) -
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Stella joined us in 2019, after coaching and performing in Geelong for the past 15 years.
Stella is an accomplished team and solo coach, who loves spending fun times with the Sovereign Family.
Stella works as a Paramedic.
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Elise Karslake (Senior Assistant) -
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Elise has been a calisthenics performer for 18 years, with the majority spent at Sovereign and then a Championship Club in Melbourne, where Elise resided to study at University. Elise has been a Victorian State Team member 3 times and competed in Solos.
Elise loves the passion and commitment that is unique to the calisthenics community and is excited to return to Sovereign in a coaching capacity.
Amy Rhodes (Sub Junior Coach) -
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Amy commenced calisthenics at 3 years of age at Stawell Calisthenics, and then moved to Grampians Calisthenics, where she competed as a Junior through to Seniors. Amy then took on the role of Principal at 18.
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Since then, Amy has been coaching at clubs within regional Victoria, as she has moved around due to her career in the Public Service. Now settled in Ballarat, Amy is very excited
to continue to be a part of the Coaching Faculty at Sovereign, where she will continue to flourish and impart her knowledge onto our students, as well as mentoring emerging Coaches.
Allira Kennedy (Tots, Tinies and Juniors Coach) -
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Allira is a current student at Sovereign, who commenced as a 3 year old. Allira represented Victoria in the State Team and also participates in Solos.
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Allira is delighted to be working with our younger groups this year and continuing to develop as a Coach and leader. Outside of Calisthenics, Allira enjoys netball, socialising and working part time.
Sovereign also has a large base of Assistant Coaches and Helpers, who support the Coaches and students.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
Our aim is for your child to achieve the following life skills:
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Learn to work with others and to be a proud, supportive, kind and respectful team member.
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Learn to set and strive to accomplish goals. Celebrate success and try again when things don’t go their way.
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Learn to be disciplined, resilient and a hard worker.
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Learn to pay it forward to help others.
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Learn to care for themselves and others, including their wellbeing.
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An opportunity to have a make life-long friendships.
Our mission is to provide a fun, safe and rewarding environment, in which we share our knowledge and passion for this wonderfully unique sport. Our aim for our families is to also share this passion and the wonderful opportunities, benefits and lifetime memories. We aim to empower our students with life skills such as team work, respect for others, goal setting and confidence.
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