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Putting Smiles on Kid's Faces for 30 Years!
Instruction of the highest quality
Gymnastics City has nationally renowned Programs.
Our instructors have a combined experience of over 100 years
teaching and coaching gymnastics.
Vinny Savastano
Elena Savastano-Thompson
Vinny Savastano Jr.
Tope Aiyegbo
Cornel Balan
Stephanie Bowe
Amanda DiBari
Cassandra Gentile
Dan Mooney
Liz Mangione
Jeff Miller
Amanda Perez Kristina Valente |
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Owners and Directors;
Vinny
and Anita Savastano founded and established Gymnastics City
in August 1980, in Peekskill, New
York. They stayed 4 years in that location before moving to Mohegan
Lake where they had a new facility built to their specifications. They stayed there for 10 years, before
moving to their new 15,000 sq. foot “State of the Art” facility. It has been a long road to becoming
one of the most successful programs in the U.S.A. Vinny and Anita had a dream. It was to put together
a highly dedicated staff committed to running a safe, well organized, enjoyable program for toddlers on
up through High School age students. They wanted to bestow the benefits of gymnastics and provide a
program to meet the needs of the recreational gymnasts as well as those students who wanted to
move into the competitive area. The program keeps growing by leaps and bounds
It all began when Vinny, a graduate of New York University, began teaching for the Yorktown School District,
as a physical education
teacher. Vinny started the first gymnastics Team at Yorktown High School and remained
coaching there for the next 14 years. During that time, his teams racked up many awards and was one of the most
respected High School Teams in New York State. Along with his coaching career, Vinny also was a gymnastics judge
and then became certified as a Nationally rated Collegiate Judge. He judged many College and University gymnastics
meets, where he judged champions such as Bart Conner and Kurt Thomas. He also had the privilege of judging the
Y.M.C.A. and National Championships. Vinny's High School coaching career ended with these statistics:
- Section 1 Championships 8 times
- 124 Dual Meet Wins, 9 loses
- 51 All County gymnasts
- 10 Con Ed Sports Award winners
- 6 New York State Champions
- 5 Times Coach of the Year
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Anita
also became involved in gymnastics at the recreational level,
where she grew up on Long Island. While raising
3
children, she still found the time to be a High School rated gymnastics official and
judged numerous High School
competitions. After a few years their daughter Elena joined the staff and is now their Program Director, as well as a
Team
Coach. Elena, Vinny and his most highly qualified
and dedicated staff have produced many of
New York
State's
finest Gymnasts. Countless numbers of these gymnasts
have gone on to win Local, State and Regional competitions.
Through the years,
Gym
City
Teams have won many, many, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards at
N. Y. State
Championships.
Our philosophy is to
have children feel good about themselves. This program has
evolved and developed into one of the
finest anywhere. Along
with the obvious physical benefits; strength, agility,
coordination, and flexibility, gymnastics
allows the mind, body, and spirit the feeling of exhilaration! It teaches the young child to overcome obstacles; to
"stick
to it" and "you can do it" Children then realize the benefits from the work and
effort that went into learning a skill
and they are proud
of their accomplishment. These are life skills.
They recognize that; if
I work hard at something I
can succeed!
Through
the years our
Gym
City
Staff has trained virtually thousands of youngsters to love
the sport of gymnastics
and prepare for life. We are a
family run business celebrating our 30th Anniversary, and we continue
to enjoy providing
a friendly atmosphere, service with a smile
and the spirit of challenging your child to gain his/or her fullest potential.
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