ABOUT US
Welcome to Harbourside Gymnastics Academy owned by Claire and Mark Smoker. We have been involved in the world of gymnastics for many years since our daughter Frances started gymnastics when she was 6 years old. For several years Claire coached at the gymnastic club Frances attended and about 12 years ago we opened a gymnastic equipment company Gym Factor Ltd manufacturing and supplying quality products world wide. We have travelled around the country as a 3 with the Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle at her gymnastics camps, Train with Beth. Frances also started to coach while with them. We have learnt so much over the years from all the clubs we have exhibited at and worked with that we thought it was time to open a facility locally and put all our knowledge and experience to good use. We recently teamed up with Independent Gymnastics Affiliation and have a strong working relationship with them so it was only natural that our new facility will be proud to run under the UK Gymnastics governing body. We aim to offer a safe, fun and educational facility for all ages and abilities in a variety of activities.
Harbourside Gymnastics was born on October 2oth 2019.
Harbourside Gymnastics was born and opened by Maria Corfield on Sunday 20th October 2019. We hardly had any equipment in the building and our floor was still on a ship due to the bad weather the UK had back then. The outcome of everyone coming to visit was amazing. We were filled with love, kids enjoying themselves on the equipment and seeing the facility for the first time! We are forever growing since that day with over 500 gymnasts in a week!
We now have Olympic standard equipment including a sprung floor, gymnova beam, A bars and so much more!
Seahaven Best Business Award Winner 2024
WE HAVE BIG NEWS
On Friday 17th of May 2024, Claire, Mark, Frances and Anna-Belle attended the Seahaven Business Awards where we were up for BUSINESS OF THE YEAR and we SMASHED IT! We were over the moon to take the top award of the night BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2024
A company that inspires young people in gymnastics and their future careers took the top business prize at the Seahaven Business Awards on 17 May 2024. The judges decided that Harbourside Gymnastics Academy of Newhaven, run by Claire and Mark Smoker, deserved the Best Business Award for their dedication and pride in instilling confidence in pupils from pre-school to adulthood with their gymnastics training academy. They train and coach over 500 young people, 7 days a week and 50 weeks of the year. Recreational classes often lead to competitions, which produced 27 gold medals earlier this year.
