THE NSW HPC TEAM
DRIVEN
PASSIONATE
EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD
HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM
Hongwei Du
SENIOR COACH
High Performance Coach
Originally starting his coaching career at the Hebei State University in China, Hongwei relocated to Malaysia where he was appointed Head Coach of the National women’s team in 2000. He has coached athletes to World University Games, Commonwealth Games, and World Championships level and joined the NSW HPC in 2008. Since then, he has produced multiple Australian Champions and National Team members with athletes named to World Cup and World Championship teams. Hongwei was an Australian Team Coach at the 2019 World Championships in Cottbus, Germany.
Mandy Mclean
JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
High Performance Coach
Mandy got her start in gymnastics coaching Men's and Women's gymnastics at the Ingleburn RSL for the Campbelltown City Council. There she worked her way up to be head coach and ran the program for 12 years. Since then, Mandy has gone on to work with some of the finest gymnastics talent to come out of NSW and joined the NSW HPC team in 2015 as the Junior Development Coordinator.
Xiong Songliang
JUNIOR/SENIOR COACH
High Performance Coach
Xiong has spent the last 8 years as the Head Gymnastics Coach of the Hong Kong Sports Institute. Under Xiong’s leadership the Hong Kong gymnastics team has achieved historic achievements including team and individual places at the Asian Championships, athletes qualifying within the finals at World Championships and having an athlete qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Xiong returns to NSW as one of only 2 MAG coaches in the Gymnastics Australia Hall of Fame for achieving “legend” status through their coaching achievements within the sport of gymnastics. Prior to leading the Hong Kong Institute, Xiong was head coach of the NSW HPC and New South Wales Institute of Sport program for more than 15 years, and was personal coach to numerous senior athletes and Australian Team Members including Prashanth Sellathurai whose achievements include multiple World Championship and Commonwealth Games medals.
Jack Hall
SUPPORT TEAM & JUNIOR COACH
HP Admin Assistant & Junior Coach
Jack is a Senior International and Australian National Team member who has represented Australia at multiple international competitions including the 2017 Junior Japan Cup, the 2018 Pacific Rim Championships, and the 2019 Paris World Challenge Cup. In addition to training, Jack is also studying and is the admin support for the NSW HPC.