With less than a year to go before the London Olympics, there are already four gymnasts from the centre eligible for selection. It is a remarkable effort given that the centre is a non-profit organisation.

Waverley Gymnastics relies wholly on fund-raising to continue providing a place for students to practice the Olympic sport.

Director Tanya Johansen said there were a lot of sausage sizzles held.

"Basically most of the kids are supported by their parents. They're paying fees to do gymnastics. That obviously doesn't cover enough because it's a very expensive sport in terms of the equipment that you need and the ratios. It's not like you can have 20 kids to a coach."

Established in 1987, Waverley Gymnastics was originally intended to be a place where competitive gymnasts from the Monash area could practice. The club was located in Brentwood Secondary School before it moved to a factory in Clayton and finally to Mount Waverley in 1994.

Today, the club trains about 1300 students a day ranging from two to 21 years of age.

Waverley Gymnastics received a Monash Business Award late last month for its contribution to the community.

Ms Johansen said most students who came during the week were educational gymnasts who trained before and after school.

But about 100 are in the centre's competitive program, with 40 in the elite stream working towards the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.

The elite program was started 15 years ago and is headed by John Hart.

Ms Johansen said the program was started because the team at Waverley Gymnastics realised distance was keeping Monash's talented gymnasts out of other programs.

The program's success can be seen in its results. The centre's own Georgia Bonora won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the Commonwealth games and their head coach, John Hart, was selected as part of the winning Australian team.

Ms Johansen puts the success of the club down to its excellent coaching staff.

"That's our No. 1 reason. We really have amazing, talented coaches who are so open-minded and so willing to learn.

"For instance, our head coach decided that as Russia was one of the top countries for producing gymnasts, he went and learnt Russian and spent three months at Russia's top centres."