In 1983, Mount Pearl’s Reid Community Center was opened and the Town of Mount Pearl established a recreational gymnastics program at the centre under the direction of Jane Beaudry.  Through this recreational gymnastics program, participants enhanced their gymnastics skills and developed a love for the sport.  A small number of participants even expressed a desire to become competitive athletes.

In 1986, the Mount Pearl Gymnastics Club was established as a not-for-profit club to develop a competitive gymnastics program.  Initially, the club was governed by a parents’ committee headed by Jane Beaudry and later by Sherri Harris.  However, in 1988, the club created an executive committee to oversee its operations.  As the first president, Bob Cameron was responsible for spearheading the club's expansion and its growth into a major competitive gymnastics club in the province.  During this early period, the club relied heavily on fundraising opportunities and the City of Mount Pearl to purchase new gymnastics equipment.

In 1994, Campia Gymnastics became incorporated as a not-for-profit gymnastics organization and also assumed responsibility for the recreational gymnastics programs previously operated by the City of Mount Pearl.  

In 1998, Campia co-hosted the Atlantic Canadian Gymnastics Championships at Memorial Stadium in St. John’s.   These championships also brought the first international competitors, an elite gymnastics team from England, to the province.

In 1999, Campia merged with the CBS Gymnastics Club who was in need of a new home after restructuring of the school system left them with no training space at Topsail Elementary.  This merger doubled the size of Campia’s competitive team and significantly increased its equipment inventory. 

In 2000, Campia hosted its first invitational gymnastics competition, The Spring Leap, at the Reid Centre.  Later that same year, Campia moved from the Reid Community Centre to its current location in order to obtain a dedicated, full-time gymnastics facility.  This facility allowed Campia to significantly expand its recreational and competitive programs.  

In 2003, Campia’s Spring Leap was integrated into Mount Pearl’s Frosty Festival and became the Frosty Flip Invitational.  Campia’s competitive team wowed the citizens of Mount Pearl with its performance at the opening ceremonies of the Frosty Festival held at the Glacier.  The annual Frosty Flip brings competitive gymnasts from all over the province to participate in the first of three provincial qualifying events to determine athletes for provincial gymnastics teams travelling to Atlantic and Eastern Canadian Gymnastics Competitions. 

During the last decade, Campia has continued to expand its recreational and competitive gymnastic programs.  To keep up with its growth, Campia completed three separate renovations over the past five years.  These renovations have allowed Campia to purchase and install major equipment such as the tumble track and the kindergym.   Our latest renovation, completed in September 2009, increased the functional gym floor by an additional 400 square feet providing much needed space to improve the gym layout and install additional training equipment.

In addition, Campia believes in community activism.  Each year, Campia athletes participate in Mount Pearl’s City Days, the VOCM’s Coats for Kids and the Santa Claus parade.  During the 2008-2009 competitive season, Campia raised $395 for the Breast Cancer Foundation and $750 for the Janeway Telethon.  In October 2009, approximately 40 of Campia’s athletes, coaches and friends participated in the CIBC Run for the Cure raising over $6,500 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Campia’s success would not be possible without the generosity of its corporate sponsors, its fantastic staff, and its many parent and executive member volunteers, who have worked tirelessly to promote Campia Gymnastics.