Our TeachERS

Debbie West started her physie career as a 5 year old in 1961, as one of Fairfield Club's first members under the tutelage of Mrs Norma Sullivan and Mrs Anne Johanson. She began teaching in 1980, taking over the club in the following year after club founder Mrs Johanson fell ill. She remains our club’s head Instructress today, taking primary responsibility for our Beginner, Advanced, Veteran and Extended Ladies, and our Intermediate and Open Seniors. Debbie was awarded the school's highest title of Open Senior Grand Champion Girl in 1990, and has achieved countless other individual successes across her competitive career. While now retired from individual competition, Debbie's final competitive achievement was placing 1st in Open Advanced Ladies Section 2 at the 2020 State Grand Finals. Aside from her personal successes, Debbie spent many years serving on the EP Physie Board and as one of the school's official choreographers, remains a well-respected senior judge and has coached countless other high-achieving individuals and teams over the years, both at Fairfield City and at our sister club, Baulkham Hills. 

In 2016, Jenny Black began her physie teaching career with the 5-8 years section, and now teaches all junior age groups up to 16 years. Jenny has been involved with Fairfield City Physie for well over 50 years, starting as a 9-year-old under Mrs Johanson in 1969 after spending three years at the Fairfield St Barnabas club under Rhonda Twining (Appleby), also one of Mrs Jo's beloved students. Highly experienced as a competitor, instructress and physie mum, Jenny takes both pride and joy in sharing immense knowledge and love of physie with the next generation.

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All of our Instructresses and club helpers have undergone NSW Government Working With Children Checks.