Impact Support Staff

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​Sharron has a degree in Recreation Management with a minor in Physical Education.  She has been coaching kids most of her life, first as an aquatic director now as a gymnastics coach.  She enjoys helping kids learn new skills, and to help them realize that if they keep trying “they can do it” whatever “it” is. When she’s not coaching come visit her, she would be happy to help with any office need.

 Sharron Champagne
 Office Manager, Recreational Gymnastics Coach
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Impact Gymnastics Staff

Craig Thibaudeau
​Business Owner, Impact Boy's Team Director
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​​Craig is the Impact Boy's Team Director.  He is the New Hampshire State Chairman for men's gymnastics and the Region 6 Elite Team Coaching Committee Chairman.  For the past 20 years, his passion has been coaching athletes through the Junior Olympic program, and with the ultimate goal of helping his athletes reach their emotional and physical potential.  He believes that gymnastics is merely the vehicle through which his athletes ultimately achieve success in life.  In addition to coaching, he holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, and he is a practicing child clinical psychologist.      

​Stu has over 40 years of experience both as a physical education teacher and as a gymnastics coach.  For over 30 years he has also been a nationally ranked judge.  His coaching and judging expertise are a valuable asset to the Impact boy's program.  In his competitive days, Stu was a 4-year member of the Nationally ranked Southern Connecticut State University Gymnastics team and he placed 6th on trampoline at Junior Olympic Nationals.  Stu's talents even took him to a spot on the Wheaties cereal box.  Stu can handle anything!

 Stu Goldstein
​Boy's Team Assistant Coach, Girl's Xcel Team Coach
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 Tyler Reimer
 Boy's Team Coach, Recreational Coach
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Born near Vancouver, B.C. – Tyler Reimer moved to Massachusetts in 1996. A lifelong gymnast, he attended Sterling Academy of Gymnastics through graduation of high school (Bishop Guertin - Nashua, NH), where he had a couple top-12 finishes on the floor exercise at J.O. nationals. He went to the College of William & Mary for gymnastics, however retired soon after due to injuries. Yearning to come back to New England, Tyler began working at Granite State in 2009 – he has been working there ever since, rediscovering a sense of purpose coaching boy’s compulsory gymnastics.  He has always strived to form an older-brother connection with his students – a quality in which he holds immense pride.
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 Mary Will Sussman
 In-House Girl's Team Coach
 Recreational Gymnastics Coach 

Mary has a degree in Elementary Physical  Education from Keene State College and has been coaching gymnastics for over 35 years . Mary's teaching mantra is:  If you are willing to learn, I am willing to teach you. 
She has taught gymnastics to children from walking to adults in a variety of settings, gymnastics clubs, The Turners (German/American Gymnastics Clubs), Dance Schools, Boys and Girls Clubs and in  Girls residential summer camps and Day Camp settings.
Mary has experience teaching boys and girls in Artistic gymnastics and Trampoline. She  has some training in Rhythmic and Acrobatic (partner) gymnastics. She taught K-6th grade Physical Education at St Anthony's school in Manchester, NH for 6 years, ran a Nautilus Health club in Weston, CT and taught quilting at quilt stores and guilds for 8 years. 
Mary said " the best part about  teaching any skill or discipline is  seeing their faces light up when they finally master a skill ."
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Mathieu Champagne 
Boys Recreational Coach 

Mathieu is a level 10 gymnast and is extremely dedicated to this sport. He is a Junior at Bow high school. He is very interested in engineering and may decide to follow that into college. He teaches classes and directs birthday parties here at IGA, and really loves it. Mathieu is a very positive instructor who's appreciation for this sport is transferred very well into his coaching.   Mathieu has his sights set on potentially competing for a Division I gymnastics team in college.  

Impact Ninja and Free Movement Staff

Colby Player
Ninja Instructor
Recreational Gymnastics Instructor
​Boys Team Coach

​Colby Player has been coaching kids in recreational gymnastics, ninja, parkour, and tumbling since 2012. During those years he has also been an acrobat for the Boston Celtics, a parkour practitioner, and a National Ninja League World Championships qualifier. He spent the last 2 years as the head coach at a ninja gym in Massachusetts. Colby now hopes to use his coaching experience to build a community of young ninjas here at Impact, and across southern New Hampshire. His goal for all of his students in ninja and gymnastics is to inspire perseverance and a positive attitude, whether inside, or outside, of the gym.

​Jake is a passionate tricking athlete. He has been coaching ninja and free movement for just over one year. He is currently pursuing a degree in business at Plymouth State University. Jake has been a tricking athlete for four years and has been practicing free movement for six years. In his free time you can expect to find Jake taking pictures in the white mountains or training in the gym. Jake hopes to grow the tricking community in New Hampshire and help students to develop their skills in ninja and free movement.

 Jake Masci
 Free Movement Instructor, Tricker