It might be a while since she has touched a beam but Sylvia Pryor is still bending over backwards for Hawke's Bay gymnastics.
In April, Pryor was awarded a Meritorious Service Award by Gymnastics NZ for over 30 years of volunteer involvement with gymnastics in Hawke's Bay.
It was a bit of a surprise. It sort of blew me away," she said.
"It was very nice to get it because it was a recognition from outside the area."
Pryor, 76, first started volunteering for gymnastics in the region in 1984 when her daughter decided to take it up.
"I had a daughter doing gymnastics and I got my arm twisted to help and I became the secretary for what was then the Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay association," she said.
Despite the association disbanding in 2008, Pryor has remained a key figure in organising regular competitions at local and regional levels.
Pryor said it wasn't often that people remained in similar organisations for so long.
"Once you're in, you're in. It doesn't happen quite the same now because people don't commit for long periods of time," she said.
"They tend to commit when their children are involved and they don't stay on after their children leave."
As a life member of local club Omnigymnastics, Pryor said she knew how much of a role volunteers played in gymnastics in Hawke's Bay.
She said with most of the coaches and judges being volunteers, it meant a lot of people needed to make sacrifices.
"There's quite a big volunteer component involved and there always will be with gymnastics because you just need so many people."
Gymnastics NZ representative Megan Russell said Pryor was a huge asset to gymnastics across the board.
"Sylvia has contributed at every level of our sport - supporting the local and regional competitions, as well as organising the national team and attending nationals year after year as the regional manager."
Senior coach and former Omnigymnastics manager Jane Sheldrake said Pryor has a 'never give up' attitude.
"She knows exactly what has to be done and keeps everyone on their toes. Nothing goes amiss and we can always count on her."
While she would be happy to stay involved, Pryor said she would take it one step at a time.
"As you get older, you only commit yourself year by year because you never know what's going to happen when you get to my age."