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2009 Archives
 Daughter for GBC Board Member and Club Owner
(12/15/09)
Congratulations to GBC Board Member Mike Hood and his wife Jennifer
(Jump! Gymnastics) on the birth of their daughter, Audrey Ann. She was born on Saturday December 12, 2009
at 9:20am and weighed 8lbs 8oz. Everyone is healthy and happy and her big
sisters are very excited that she was a girl! |
Strong results for BC athletes at WAG Elite Canada
(12/14/09)
Briannah Tsang (Omega) won the bronze medal in the all around of the
junior competition at Elite Canada this past weekend in Oakville. She
then added 2 gold medals in the event finals on vault and floor as well
as silver on bars.
“I’m
pretty excited right now, this is the best I’ve ever done,” said Tsang,
moments after the concluding medal ceremony. She added that she was
more focussed than at other competitions and also a
little nervous when she unveiled two new vaults en route to the gold
medal.
“The second vault was harder in some ways even though it had less
difficulty because it was the first time I used a front handspring on
the entry and it was pretty scary,” said Tsang.
Riley
Cholod (Oshawa) won the competition followed by Bianca Jordaan
(Oakville). BC's Shae Zamardi (Omega) finished fourth in the all around
followed closely by Taylor Ricci (Flicka) in fifth. Zamardi and Ricci
both also won bronze medals in the event finals on bars and beam
respectively. Also representing BC were Tamara Kuno (Flicka, 24th) and
Dayna Weststeyn (TAG, 26th).
In
the senior competition, Charlotte Mackie (Club Aviva) won the bronze
medal in the all around competition while the defending champion
Brittany Rogers was 4th. In the event finals, Rogers won gold on vault,
the same event that she qualified for the event finals at the recent
world championships. She took silver on beam.
Dominique
Pegg (Sarnia) won the Elite Canada title followed by Kristina Vaculik
(Oshawa) in her return to competition following a year-long absence due
to injury.
Wrapping
up the competition was the Novice category. Jordyn Pederesen (Oakville)
won gold with Maegan Chant (Hamilton) and Elise Bolger (Oakville)
taking the silver and bronze respectively. BC's top competitor was
Shallon Olsen (Omega) in fifth. Olsen also won bronze on the floor.
Also representing BC were Nicole Chow (TAG, 15th), Makinli Handley
(Okanagan, 19th), Coral Strugnell (Omega, 28th), Emily Dunderdale (TAG,
32nd), Lauren Taylor (Omega), Adele Lefevre (Okanagan), Christina
Sgourakis (Omega) and Sofia Savkovic (Phoenix) |
Canadians notched two more bronze to cap trampoline and tumbling world age group competitions
 (11/19/09) Samantha Smith (ON) won the bronze medal in women’s trampoline and
Alexandria Giesbrecht (AB) was also third in double mini
trampoline on Saturday to conclude the world age group competitions in
trampoline gymnastics.
Canada ended the four-day competition with five medals: one gold, two
silver and two bronze. It was a second trip to the podium for Smith who
also won gold in synchronized trampoline with Mariah Madigan (ON) on Wednesday.
Other Canadian medalists at the competiton were BC's Curtis Gerein
(Okanagan) with silver in the 15-16 double mini trampoline on Wednesday
and
Madigan with silver in the 15-16 individual trampoline on Friday.
Gerein also finished 21st in qualifying for the 15-16 trampoline.
Four other BC athletes took part in the competition:
Tamara O'Brien (TAG): 9th DMT 13-14, 13th TU 13-14, 33rd TR 13-14
Amanda Huygens (TAG): 20th TU 13-14
Megan Mereniuk (TAG): 14th DMT 17-18, 16th TU 17-18
Douglas Armstrong (Flip City): 18th DMT 13-14, 39th TR 13-14
Complete results are available on the FIG Event Website |
BC's Curtis Gerein wins silver at World Age Group Championships
(11/19/09) Mariah Madigan and
Samantha Smith, both of Ontario won the gold medal in
synchronized trampoline and Curtis Gerein (Okanagan) added a
silver in double mini trampoline on Wednesday to open the world age
group trampoline and tumbling championships.
In boys double mini in the 15-16 age group, Alexander Odintsov of
Russia was the winner with a 71.900 score, Gerein followed at 69.600
and Andrey Gladenkov of Russia was third at 69.400. Gerein won bronze
in the event at the 2007 worlds in Quebec City.
“It was an O.K., performance but not my best,” said Gerein, who’ll also
compete in trampoline later this week. “I messed up on my prelims and
it wasn’t as strong as it could have been. My final went much better. I
came here with the goal to win a medal.”
In women’s synchronized trampoline in the 17-18 age group, Madigan and
Smith finished first with 44.300 points. Rachel Schmidt and Jessica
Shaw of New Zealand were second at 44.100 and Natasha Carter and Emma
Scanlon of Britain third at 44.000.
Madigan and Smith only joined forces three weeks ago after Madigan’s
regular partner wasn’t going to be able to compete due to injury.
In men’s 17-18 synchronized trampoline, Keegan Soehn of Red Deer,
Alta., and Sébastien St-Germain of Montreal tied for the third best
score with Daniel Greaves and Bradley Hampson of Britain. However the
British pair was awarded the bronze following the tie breaking
procedure and the Canadians were fourth.
Four other BC athletes were in action yesterday:
Tamara O'Brien (TAG): 13th TU 13-14, 33rd TR 13-14
Amanda Huygens (TAG): 20th TU 13-14
Megan Mereniuk (TAG): 14th DMT 17-18
Douglas Armstrong (Flip City): 39th TR 13-14
Complete results are available on the FIG Event Website |
World Trampoline Championships Conclude | BC's Chelsea Nerpio takes silver | Karen Cockburn wins 2 medals
 (11/16/09) The 2009 World Trampoline Championships concluded this weekend in St. Petersburg, Russia. In
double-mini, the
Canadian squad of BC's Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta), along with Corissa
Boychuk, Julie Warnock and Gillian Bruce all of Alberta, moved up from
third-place after prelims to win the team silver.
“This competition has been awesome,” said Bruce. “Other teams want to
be like us. We have a good time together all year and we want to be
together and it shows in our performance.”
Karen Cockburn competing at her eighth world championships, took the
bronze medal in the women’s individual trampoline competition, a result
equalled by teammates Ashley Speed (ON) in women’s tumbling
and Boychuk in double-mini trampoline.
The Canadian women’s team won a total of seven medals at the week-long
competition, equalling its showing at the last world championships two
years ago in Quebec City.
Cockburn’s polished performance reaffirmed her status as one of the
sport’s all-time greats in her first international competition in
women’s individual trampoline since winning a silver medal at the
Beijing Olympics over a year ago.
Cockburn earned her bronze medal with a score of 38.70 points behind
China’s Shanshan Huang who took the gold with 39.50 and runner-up Wenna
He at 39.40.
Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto, performed the most difficult routine of
the women’s final, but didn’t score as high marks for execution and had
to settle for fourth with 38.40 points.
Cockburn
also won a silver medal in the synchro competiaion along with partner
MacLennan. They had established a world record score for
men and women in the synchro preliminaries, but were edged by a Chinese
pair in the final for the gold medal.
In women’s tumbling, Ashley Speed saved her most difficult moves for
the second of two passes and came away with a surprise bronze medal.
Anna Korobeynikova of Russia took the gold with 69.40 points.
In women’s double-mini trampoline, Corissa Boychuk of Airdrie, Alta.,
bounced back from an off- target landing on her first pass to edge
American Aubree Balkan by one-hundredth of a point for the bronze medal
with a score of 67.10 points. Victoria Voronina of Russia took the gold
with 68.30 points. Julie Warnock of Calgary, coming back from a torn
achilles tendon, was 5th with 65.8 points.
In men’s double-mini trampoline, Alex Seifert of Calgary placed 7th,
and in men’s synchro trampoline Jason Burnett of Toronto and Charles
Thibault of Quebec City were fifth.
Complete results are available on the FIG Event Website |
BC's Luke Friesen & Chelsea Nerpio finish 10th in DMT qualification at World Championships
  (11/12/09)
Luke Friesen (Okanagan) and Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta) both finished in
10th position in DMT qualification today at the World Championships in
St. Petersburg Russia.
Friesen
scored 71.000, just behind teammate Alexander Seifert to miss out on a
spot in the finals. His scores along with those of Seifert, Kyle Soehn
and Scott Young qualified the Canadians for the team finals with a
score of 212.700 behind Russia and Portugal.
Nerpio
also missed out on a spot in the individual finals with a score of
67.500. Two Canadians, Julie Warnock and Corissa Boychuk, will compete
in the finals. The Canadian women also qualified for the team finals
with a score of 204.400 in 3rd position behind Portugal and Russia.
Complete results are available on the FIG Event Website |
Cockburn and MacLennan Qualify for Trampoline Finals at World Championships
(11/12/09) Three-time Olympic
medal winner Karen Cockburn of Toronto bounced back into international
competition with a vintage performance on Wednesday at the 2009 world
trampoline championships in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Cockburn, who has competed only a few times since winning a silver
medal over a year ago at the Beijing Olympics, qualified for the
women’s individual final with two well-executed routines and also led
the Canadian women into the team final.
Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto also qualified for the eight-woman
individual final, while world championship rookies Samantha Sendel of
Aurora, Ont., and Kailey McCleod of Toronto helped the Canadian squad
to place second overall behind China.
Chinese competitors swept the top three spots and easily topped the team standings while Russia placed third behind Canada.
In the men’s qualification Jason Burnett of Toronto landed out of
bounds on the last move in his optional routine and failed to
qualify for the final.
Two Chinese and a Russian claimed the top three spots in the
qualification. Charles Thibault of Quebec City, Carl Rom-Colthoff of
Richmond Hill and
Phil Barbaro of Loretto, Ont., all finished well out of the top-eight
needed to qualify for the final.
In the men’s team competition China placed first followed by Japan and Russia. The Canadians finished 9th.
Competition continues today with the trampoline team finals and
qualifications in men’s and women’s tumbling and double mini trampoline. ( more)
Universal Sports will be airing coverage of the finals on Friday November 13 and Saturday, November 14.
FIG Event Website |
2009 World Trampoline Gymnastics Championships
(11/10/09) The world’s Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-Trampoline elite has
gathered in St Petersburg’s Sport and Concert Complex, gearing up for
the 26th World Championships to start on Wednesday.
Representing
Canada are Olympic Medalists Jason Burnett & Karen Cockburn as well
as BC's Luke Friesen (Okanagan) and Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta). Other
members of Team Canada are Kyle Soehn, Philip Barbaro, Alexander
Seifert, Carl Rom-Colthoff, Andrew Egyed, Scott Young, Christopher
Melemenis, Charles Thibault, Corissa Boychuk, Julie Warnock, Gillian
Bruce, Rosannagh MacLennan, Kylie Petrie, Kailey McLeod, Emily Smith,
Ashley Speed, Jordan Sugrim and Samantha Sendel.
Universal Sports will be airing coverage of the finals on Friday November 13 and Saturday, November 14.
FIG Event Website |
Canada's Junior Men's Team 4th at Pan Am Championships; Women Win Silver
(11/09/09) Canada
finished fourth in the men’s team competition at the junior Pan Am
gymnastics championships. Brazil won the team competition followed by
the U.S., and Colombia. The
Canadian team members were Robert Watson (Richmond), Ian
Galvan of Calgary, and Jaylan Birl and Tariq Dowers, both of
Mississauga, Ont.
Watson also finished eighth in the individual all around competition while Birl was ninth. In the men’s event
finals, Watson was
fifth on high bar (13.550), sixth on rings (13.550) and seventh on
floor (13.950). Birl was fifth on floor (14.275)
and sixth on vault (14.988), Galvan was eighth on both rings (12.675)
and vault (14.563) while Dowers of Mississauga was eighth on
pommel horse (13.125).
Canada
won the silver medal in the women’s team event behind the U.S. who won
the gold medal with 171.55 points. The Canadians scored 156.95 while
Brazil was third at 154.25. The Canadian team members
were Dominique Pegg of Sarnia, Ont., Canadian junior all around
champion Anysia Unick of Calgary and 2008 Canadian novice champion
Madeline Gardiner of Cambridge, Ont.
The U.S., swept the medals in the individual all around standings with
Kyla Ross first, Sabrina Vega second and Alexandra Raisman third. Pegg
was sixth, Unick seventh and Gardiner 11th. In the women's event finals, Pegg and Unick won bronze medals on vault
and beam.
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Robert Watson joins other members of Team Canada for Junior Pan Am Championships
(11/06/09) Eight of Canada’s
Olympic hopefuls in gymnastics are set to compete at the 2009 Pan Am
junior championships November 6-8 in Aracaju, Brazil. Competitors at this year’s championship will also be trying to earn a
berth for their country at the first-ever Youth Oympics this summer in
Singapore.
The four-member men’s team consists of Robert Watson (Richmond), Ian Galvan of Calgary, Jaylan Birl and Tariq Dowers, both of
Mississauga, Ont. The team’s top medal threats are Birl and Watson, who finished 1-2 in
the all around competition at the 2009 Canadian junior championships.
Watson placed fourth all around last month at a tri-nation meet against
the U.S. and Germany in Colorado Springs and prevented an American
sweep in the apparatus finals by tying for gold on the high bar. His high bar routine includes a triple twisting double layout
dismount that is only performed by a handful of the world’s top
gymnasts. (more) |
Keith Russell & Tim Frick Share Prestigious National Award
(11/05/09) The Coaches Association of Canada has announced that two exceptional coaches will be presented the
Geoff Gowan Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009: world-renowned gymnastics coach Keith
Russell, and emulated wheelchair basketball
coach Tim Frick.
Keith Russell
For close to 40 years, Keith Russell
has helped to guide the development of every gymnastics coach in the country
through his teachings and his mentoring, in all disciplines and at all levels of
performance. At the University of Saskatchewan, Russell is a respected professor
and coach. Over the years, he has introduced gymnastics to countless physical
education students, many of whom have continued to teach, coach, and enjoy
gymnastics and become leaders in the sport at provincial and national
levels.
Widely published, Russell is world renowned for his ability to
explain science to coaches. He has brought the Canadian system of gymnastics to
innumerable international coaching courses and clinics, and he continues to
educate the international gymnastics community in his new role as President of
the Fédération internationale de gymnastique Scientific
Commission.
“Keith embodies a lifetime commitment to coaching education
and a passion for gymnastics,” says Jean-Marie De Koninck, chair of CAC’s Board of Director. “It is impossible to find a
coach in Canada who has not been influenced or mentored in some way by
him.”
Tim Frick
Best known for his achievements as a
wheelchair basketball coach, Tim Frick and his national women’s team have
compiled a record that rivals any by a Canadian team. Esteemed for his ability
to encourage his athletes to achieve levels they did not believe possible, his
influence as a leader reaches far beyond the basketball court. Athletes of all
ages, skills, and backgrounds respect him as a tireless teacher, a dedicated
mentor, a great motivator, and a generous advocate.
About the Geoff Gowan Award
Dr. Geoff Gowan is a
former track and field, soccer, and rugby coach who now resides in Halifax. He
was president of CAC for 16 years and for 25 years was a popular and respected
colour commentator for CBC’s television coverage of track and field.
The
Geoff Gowan Award was created in 1996 and recognizes lifetime contribution to
coaching development. It is awarded to a coach who has presented a positive
public image of coaching and enhanced the role of the coach with the Canadian
public.
The Geoff Gowan Award will
be presented during Petro-Canada Sport Leadership sportif, scheduled to take
place in Vancouver, November 12-15, 2009. The Sport Leadership Awards Ceremony
will take place on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton
Vancouver Wall Centre Grand Ballroom. |
Junior USA-Germany-Canada meet in Colorado, USA
Robert
Watson (Richmond Gymnastics Association) warmed up with a great
performance last week at a competition/training camp at the US Olympic
Training Center in Colorado Springs for the upcoming Junior
Pan-American Championship. In the really strong field of competitors,
as the top Canadian athlete, Robert (15yrs old) finished 4th All Around
with the score of 83.7 following three american gymnasts. He also tied
for first place on the High Bar with fellow Canadian Jaylin Birl
(Mississauga, ON) and Sam Mikulek (USA).
The young
Canadian team (consist of Robert Watson, Jaylin Birl, Tariq Dowers
(ON), Ian Galvan (AB) and Mathieu Csukassy (QC), ended up third by a
small margin behind Germany. Following the camp, the team will head to
Aracaju, Brazil where the Junior Pan-Am Championship will be held
between November 4-9. |
BC's Trampoline Gymnast Tamara O'Brien Meets Her Idol
(10/28/09)
Elaine Tanner, whose triple-medal performance in 1968 remains a
high-water mark in Canada’s Olympic history, has spotted the same
determination and drive in Tamara O’Brien, a high-flying gymnast and
trampoline athlete. Read the full article in The Province today. |
Science of Gymnastics Journal
The Science of Gymnastics Journal (ScGYM®) is an
international journal that will provide a wide range of of scientific
information specific to gymnastics. The journal will publish both
empirical and theoretical contributions related to gymnastics from the
natural, social and human sciences. It is aimed at enhancing gymnastics
knowledge (theoretical and practical) based on research and scientific methodology. ...more |
Brittany Rogers finishes her first World Championships in 19th in the All Around Final and 7th on vault.
(10/17/09) Competing
for the first time as one of the top-24 female gymnasts in the world,
Brittany Rogers (Omega) placed 19th in the women's all around event on
Friday at the world gymnastics championships.
Americans
Bridget Sloan and Rebecca Bross finished 1-2 and Koko Tsurumi of Japan
was third, competing in front of over 10,000 spectators at London's O2
Arena.
It was by far the biggest crowd Rogers, 16, has ever experienced as
a gymnast, and may have contributed to a miscue in her first event of
the night when she fell midway through her beam routine.
"I don't think I was focusing enough at the start," said Rogers. "I
was kind of in shock, 'wow the crowd is huge, wow I'm top 24 in the
world,' and then when I fell, I was thinking, 'oh, oh, what do I do
now."
But Rogers bounced back on her next three events, placing 18th on
floor, 14th on vault and 12th on uneven bars to move up to 19th
overall. Canada's best-ever finish in the women's all around at a world
championship came in 2003 when Calgary's Kylie Stone placed 14th.
Rogers
planned to use the experience gained from the all around when she
competed again on Saturday in the eight-woman vault final. With two
strong vaults, she improved upon her score from the preliminaries with
a 2 vault average of 14.200 in her favourite event. Rogers is now a
member of a very exclusive club as only four other Canadian female
gymnasts have ever reached an event final at a world championship going
back to 1956.
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Brittany Rogers notches one of Canada's best ever results in women's competition at world championships
(10/15/09)
Sixteen-year-old Brittany Rogers (Omega) notched one of Canada's
best-ever results in women's competition at the world gymnastics
championships on Wednesday, qualifying for the individual event final
on vault.
Rogers qualified seventh in the eight-woman vault final with a
score of 13.975, joining an exclusive club of just five Canadian women
to reach an event final at the world championships.
Toronto's Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs was the last to accomplish the feat
at the 2006 worlds in Aarhus, Denmark, where she went on to become the
first, and so far only Canadian female gymnast to win a world
championship medal -- a bronze on beam.
Rogers, competing at her first world championships, also earned a
spot in the women's all around final, placing 18th in a field of 147
competitors. Rebecca Bross of the United States topped the field in the
women's qualification with a score of 57.400. Ana Porgras of Romania
was second overall and Lauren Mitchell of Australia third.
"This has just topped everything I've ever done," said a clearly
elated Rogers. "It's been my ultimate goal to compete at the world
championships and even if I didn't make any finals, I competed as best
as I could and nailed it."
Rogers was the top Canadian in three of the four events, placing 16th on uneven bars, 34th on beam and 43rd on floor.
Charlotte Mackie (Club Aviva) was 28th all around and top Canadian
on beam, placing 21st. Rounding out the three-member Canadian squad,
Calgary's Sydney Sawa finished 33rd all around.
Rogers said she fed off the enthusiasm of a large crowd at London's
O2 Arena, where the gymnastics events will be staged at the 2012 Summer
Games.
"I wasn't nervous at all, in warmup I was thinking 'am I training
or competing' and I think that helped me. I love the crowd here. It
definitely pumps me up and gets me going, to see people appreciate what
we do is just amazing. If they're having fun, I'm having fun."
Rogers competes again Friday in the all around final and on Saturday in the vault final. |
Four BC Athletes set to take on the World.
(10/06/09) Brittany Rogers, Charlotte Mackie, Chelsea Nerpio and Luke Friesen will represent BC and Canada this fall at the World Championships. First up are the artistic gymnastics world championships October 13-18 in London followed by the trampoline and tumbling worlds November 7-15 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
This year's world artistic championships features just individual competition, the only time in the four-year Olympic cycle that does not include a team event for participating countries.
In the women's competition, Brittany Rogers and Charlotte Mackie, both of Coquitlam, B.C. are world championship rookies while 2009 Canadian all around champion Sydney Sawa of Calgary competed at the 2007 worlds in Stuttgart, Germany.
Rogers, the 2007 Canadian junior champion and 2008 Elite Canada senior champion, has fought off a series of minor injuries, including a displaced rib which knocked her out of the Canadian championships, and has looked strong at recent training camps.
"All three girls have been doing well in training and they should all have a chance to qualify for the all around final," says women's head coach Vladimir Lashin of Coquitlam, B.C.
Following a training camp with the Russian team near Moscow Rogers and Mackie combined for five medals in early September at the Vitaly Scherbo Cup in Minsk, a good sign that both former junior stars are on the right track heading to worlds.
Qualifying for an event final will be tough says Lashin, but Rogers could have a chance for a top-eight on vault, beam and floor, while Mackie's best bets are beam and vault while Sawa is strongest on beam.
A month after the artistic gymnastics world championships, the Trampoline World Champoinships take place in St. Petersburg with Luke Friesen and Chelsea Nerpio representing Canada on the Double Mini-Trampoline team.
Following the senior world championships, a 38-member Canadian team will compete at age group worlds at the same venue from November 15-22. (more) |
Photos from GBC's 40th Anniversary now on-line
(10/02/09) Gymnastics BC celebrated its 40th Anniversary September 25-26 during its annual Fall Congress & AGM. Close to 100 people joined together on Friday night to celebrate 40 years of gymnastics in BC. Photos highlighting the event are posted. (Photos) |
BC's Charlotte Mackie & Brittany Rogers to represent Canada at Artistic World Championships
(10/02/09) For the first time in 10 years, BC will have 2 representatives on the women's artistic team at the World Championships. Brittany Rogers and Charlotte Mackie, along with Sydney Sawa of Calgary are set to compete at the 2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in London, England from October 13-18. The last time that BC had two women's artistic gymnastics athletes at the World Championships was in 1999 when Kate Richardson and Lise Leveille helped Canada qualify a full team for the 2000 Olympics.
Also competing at the Artistic World Championships are Olympic veterans Brandon O'Neill of Edmonton and Nathan Gafuik of Calgary along with Kevin Lytwyn of Burlington, Ont., and Jackson Payne of Edmonton.
This year's worlds features just individual competition, the only time in the four-year Olympic cycle that does not include a team event for participating countries.
It's a chance for many of the medal winners from the Beijing to get back in harness and, at the same time, an opportunity for all competitors to get a feel for the 2012 Olympic venue at London's O2 Arena. At the last individual-only worlds in 2005, O'Neill won the silver medal in the men's floor exercise.
Gafuik and O'Neill both competed at the last two world championships in 2006 and 2007, while Sawa was a member of the Canadian women's team two years ago in Stuttgart, Germany. Lytwyn, Payne, Mackie and Rogers will all be competing at their first world championships.
Head coach of the Canadian men's team is Edouard Iarov of Cantley, Que., and head coach of the women's team is Vladimir Lashin of Coquitlam, B.C.
Other BC members of the Canadian contingent at the world championships:
Men Artistic Gymnastics:
Jeff Thomson, Program Director & Team Leader
Women's Artistic Gymnastics:
David Kenwright, Coach
Svetlana Lashina, Coach
Congratulations!
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Robert Watson Selected for Junior Pan American Championships
(09/23/09) Junior National Team Members Jason Scott (Richmond) and Robert Watson (Richmond) had busy summers as they represented BC and Canada at numerous training camps including one in Colorado and another in Beijing.
Following the conclusion of these camps, Watson was selected to represent Canada at the Junior Pan-American Championship in Aracaju, Brazil during the first week of November. Prior to this competition, which is also the qualifying meet for next year's Youth Olympic Games, he will attend a preparation camp in Colorado at the end of October with the US and German teams. Joining Watson will be coach, Ferenc Szabo Jr. (Richmond) who was also named as one of the National Team coaches to assist the team in Brazil.
Congratulations! |
BC gymnasts Chelsea Nerpio and Luke Friesen help Canada to international DMT medals
(09/14/09) Gillian Bruce of Calgary helped Canada to gold in the team event and added an individual bronze in double mini trampoline on Saturday at the Loule Cup trampoline competition while the Canadian men took team silver.
Canada won gold in the women's double mini trampoline team competition with 100.8 points. Joining Bruce on the squad were Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta), Corissa Boychuk of Airdrie, Alta., and Julie Warnock of Calgary. England was second at 97.4 and a second English squad was third at 93.5.
In the men's double mini trampoline team event, Portugal won the gold medal with 108.1 points, the Canadians took the silver at 104.1 and England was third at 103.3. The Canadians were at a disadvantage with a three-member team while the other countries had four. The three best scores counted towards the final results.
Luke Friesen (Okanagan), Scott Young and Colton Kent, both of Calgary all hit their passes.
"We definitely felt more pressure," said Friesen. "We saw one of the guys on the English team mess up and we knew we didn't have that margin for error. We had to make all our points count and it went really well. It was also nice to come back today and win a medal after not making the individual finals yesterday (Friday)."
In the women's double mini trampoline individual final, Ana Simoes of Portugal won the gold medal with Robyn Osborne of England, who grew up in Nova Scotia, second and Bruce third. Nerpio was fourth, Boychuk sixth, Kim Evans of Edmonton was seventh and Warnock eighth. |
BC gymnasts Brittany Rogers and Charlotte Mackie combine for five medals at Vitaly Scherbo Cup
(09/14/09) BC gymnasts Brittany Rogers, in her first competition since February, and Charlotte Mackie won gold and silver respectively in the vault final on Friday at the 12-country Vitaly Scherbo Cup gymnastics competition.
Rogers and Mackie, both from Coquitlam, B.C., combined forces for five medals. Mackie added a bronze on beam and Rogers was also third on floor. In the all around event, Rogers was third and Mackie fourth.
Canada's women's high performance national coach Vladimir Lashin said the BC gymnasts reached their goals at the event.
"This was a big test for Brittany as she had a very long recovery period from a back injury," said Lashin. "And for Charlotte she wanted to put in a solid all around event prior to the world championships (next month in London). The girls are getting stronger and are ready to face the strongest gymnasts in the world."
"We also wanted to get their names out there with the international judges one more time with strong performances and we achieved that."
Mackie and Rogers have been training at the Russian national gymnastics training centre near Moscow since the end of August.
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Canadian rhythmic gymnasts gain valuable experience at World Cup
(08/24/09) Canada finished 14th in the group team event this weekend against a stellar international field at this season%u2019s final World Cup rhythmic gymnastics competition. Belarus won the gold medal with 54.650 points, Italy was second at 52.650 and Russia third at 52.150. Canada scored 43.575 for their performances in hoop and ribbon\rope.
The Canadian team members were Rosie Cossar, Alexandra Lukashova, Kelsey Titmarsh, Stefanie Vinamae, Alexandra Landry and Rylee Haubrich. Haubrich is from Vernon, B.C., and all the others from the Toronto area.
In the individual all around competition, Canadian champion Alexandra Martincek of Toronto placed 25th with 91.200 points. Olympic champion Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia was first all around and swept all four gold in the individual finals. This season she won 19 of 20 events on the World Cup. |
Five BC athletes qualify for the World Age Group Championships in Moscow
(08/12/09) Congratulations to the 5 BC athletes who have qualified to represent Team Canada at the 2009 World Age Group Championships in St. Petersburg, Russia this November.
Douglas Armstrong (Flip City): Men's 13-14 Trampoline & DMT
Curtis Gerein (Okanagan): Men's 17-18 Trampoline & DMT
Amanda Huygens (Quantum): Women's 13-14 Tumbling
Megan Mereniuk (Quantum): Women's 17-18 Tumbling & DMT
Tamara O'Brien (Quantum): Women's 13-14 Trampoline, Tumbling & DMT |
Gymnastics BC Life Member Gladys Hartley Passed Away
 (08/05/09) It is with great sadness that we have learned that Gladys Hartley, Life Member of Gymnastics BC, passed away July 27, 2009 at the age of 88. The BC gymnastics community has lost a great builder and supporter.
Upon arriving in BC in 1952 from Fort William, ON, Gladys made a significant impact upon the lives of thousands of young people through her involvement with gymnastics, dance and figure skating. Gladys was a pioneer builder of the Flicka Gymnastics Club in North Vancouver. From 1963 into the 1980's, Gladys coached many Olympians and international gymnasts, including Sandra Hartley, Leslie Bird, Janet Terry, Tami Martin, Karen Kelsall, Lisa Broderick, Tami Knight, Maureen Chow and Anita and Sandra Botnen.
Known as "Mrs. Flicka" for her thousands of volunteer hours, Gladys generously shared all she knew with other coaches, helping put BC on the International gymnastics map. At the time there was no head office for the BC Gymnastics Association (Gymnastics BC) which was run 100% by volunteers. The regular visits by international teams as well as clinics and meets all over the province were largely dependent on the organization and planning of Gladys.
Gladys was highly respected for her fair treatment of all athletes. Athletes felt it was a great honour to work with her because her artistic ideas would always bring a special flair (and higher scores) to their routines. Her attention to helping all gymnasts made Gladys first choice as Provincial Coach over many years, and it was a role the Canadian Gymnastics Federation noticed. Gladys was invited to travel with the national team to England, Cuba, Israel, and Scandinavia throughout the early 1970%u2019s.
In recognition of her enormous impact upon gymnastics Gladys was was named as a Lifetime member of the Canadian Gymnastics Federation in 1975, a Gymnastics BC Life Member in 2000 and inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
A private graveside service was held on Friday, July 31 with Gladys wearing her Gymnastics Canada Life Member pin. A Celebration of Gladys' life will take place on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at her home in North Vancouver at 2:00 p.m. To register, please email gladyshartleymemorial@shaw.ca. (more) |
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Gene Sutton Passed Away
(08/04/09) It is with great sadness that we have learned that Dr. Gene Sutton, Vice Chair of Gymnastics Canada, passed away on Sunday August 2nd at 11:30 AM. The Canadian gymnastics and sport community has lost a great friend and leader. Gene will be greatly missed and remembered forever.
Since 1976, Dr. Gene Sutton has provided exceptional leadership through her volunteer commitment with Gymnastics in Canada. Her overall contribution is unique, her personality is unique and her style is unique. Gene was a member of the Gymnastics Canada Board of Directors for 21 years and Vice Chair for 17 years. She was also a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee Board of Directors since 1997.
We were very, very fortunate to have such a dedicated and knowledgeable individual as part of the Canadian Gymnastics and Olympic family, and she will remain part of the family forever. (more) |
Curtis Gerein wins Junior DMT title at CanAm Cup
(08/05/09) Curtis Gerein (Okanagan) was the top point getter in men%u2019s junior double mini trampoline at the CanAm Cup held in Okotoks following the Canada Cup. Shannon Comeault (Flip City) won the silver in women%u2019s junior double mini trampoline.
Alex Seifert of Calgary, Alta., earned the best scores in tumbling and double mini trampoline to lead Canada to victory over the United States in the team dual competition at the CanAm Cup trampoline and tumbling event.
Canada won the overall competition with 68 points to 52 for the Americans. Each team received four points for a win in each event, three points for second place and so on. The combined scores from the men%u2019s and women%u2019s competition at the junior and senior level were tabulated to determine the final team standings. (more) |
Two BC athletes take part in men%u2019s national team training camp
(08/05/09) BC's Robert Watson and Jason Scott are among seven promising young gymnasts taking to the floor August 1-11 in a joint training camp at the Calgary Gymnastics Centre with the highly regarded men%u2019s team from Britain.
Also attending the training camp are: Anderson Loran and Jayd Lukenchuk of Saskatoon, Kevin Lytwyn of Hamilton and Jackson Payne and Max Vacca of Edmonton,.
Payne and Lytwyn are members of the senior men%u2019s national team and the others are on the junior squad.
The British team includes 2009 European championship all around silver medalist Daniel Keatings and 2008 Olympic bronze medal winner on pommel Louis Smith.
%u201CIt%u2019s going to be a great opportunity for our young guys to measure themselves against one of the best teams in the world right now,%u201D says Thomson.
The training camp includes a friendly mini-meet to be held on August 9.
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17 medals for BC trampoline gymnasts at the 2009 Canada Cup
 (07/30/09) BC athletes captured 17 medals including 3 gold at the 2009 Canada Cup in Okotoks, AB. Leading the way with 2 medals each were Tristan Ranford (Shasta) and Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta).
BC medalists:
Tristan Ranford (Shasta): 3rd Nov 10-14 DMT W; 2nd Open SY W
Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta): 3rd Senior DMT W; 2nd Senior SY W
Ben Blais (Shasta): 3rd Nov 10-14 DMT M
Curtis Gerein (Okanagan): 2nd Youth DMT M
Krystal Fraser (Quantum): 2nd Open DMT W
Luke Friesen (Okanagan): 2nd Senior DMT M
Tamara O'Brien (Quantum): 3rd Nov 10-14 TR W
Trevor Stirling (Okanagan): 2nd Nov 10-14 TR M
Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta): 2nd Open TR W
Alex Phillips-Taylor & Vanna Lodders (Quantum): 3rd Nov SY W
Cameron Quinlan & Connor Doherty (Shasta): 1st Nov SY M
Poppy Quinlan (Shasta): 2nd Open SY W
Anita Cirillo (Shasta): 2nd Senior SY W
Alexa McPhee (Quantum): 2nd Nov 10-14 TU W
Amanda Huygens (Quantum): 3rd Nov 10-14 TU W
Kyle Carragher (Quantum): 1st Nov 10-14 TU M
Adriana Kanlic (Quantum): 1st Open TU W
The meet is the last of three qualification events for the 2009 world championships this fall in St. Petersburg, Russia with athletes in various age categories vying for a spot on the Canadian team. (Results)
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BC's Chelsea Nerpio 4th at the 2009 World Games
(07/22/09) Chelsea Nerpio (Shasta) competed today in the women's double mini-trampoline competition finishing 4th with a score of 64.200. The gold medal went to Victoria Vornina of Russia. Canada's other entrant in the competition, Corissa Boychuk was 7th. Earlier in the trampoline gymnastics competition, Canada's Emily Smith won the bronze medal in tumbling. (Results)
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BC Gymnasts set to compete at World University Games
(07/08/09) Rhythmic gymnasts Demetra Mantcheva and Lauren Adolph, both of Vancouver, go up against a tough international field on Thursday at the World University Games in Belgrade.
Mantcheva, ranked at the Canadian senior championships last month, and Adolph, who was seventh, compete in four events -- ball, hoop, ribbon, and rope -- over two days in the all around event. The top eight on each apparatus go on to the individual event finals on Saturday.
Mantcheva, a Langara College student, will be competing for the first time at the World University Games, kicking off a busy summer leading up to the world championships in September.
Adolph, who attends UBC, will be making her second appearance at the Games and looking to improve on her 34th place in the all around from 2007.
Mantcheva, one of the top contenders to win a spot on the Canadian gymnastics team at the 2012 Olympics in London, competes again at the World Games, July 16-26 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and at the world championships in Mie, Japan in September. |
Jeff Thomson, Hardy Fink and Okanagan Gymnastics among those honoured with GCG Awards
(07/07/09) Gymnastics Canada celebrated its 40th anniversary on June 20 in Ottawa in a fun-filled, Sixties-themed awards night honouring administrators, judges, officials, athletes and others who have made a major contribution to the sport in Canada.
Life member awards were presented to Canadian men%u2019s program director Jeff Thomson, Steve Mitruk, a two-time Olympian in gymnastics, coach and administrator, and Jackie Nicholl, a judge at national and international events for over 40 years.
The Jay Goold Memorial Award for administrative excellence went to Hardy Fink, the chair of judges at major Canadian competitions and a familiar figure at gymnastics events around the world.
Jason Burnett and Karen Cockburn were also honoured for their silver-medal performances in trampoline last summer in Beijing, the best-ever by Canada since the sport made its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.
A number of retired athletes also received awards for their contribution to past national teams, including trampolinists Heather McManus and Mathieu Turgeon and gymnasts Amelie Plante, Lydia Williams, Joelle Oulette, and Melanie Rocca.
The Ed Brougham Awards recognizing Canada%u2019s top clubs went to the Okanagan Gymnastics Centre in B.C., the Futures Gymnastics Centre in Mississauga, Ont., and the Woolwich Cardinal Gymnastics Club in Elmira, Ont. |
2015 Canada Winter Games Sports Announced
(06/15/09) The Canada Games Council (CGC) is pleased to announce the final sports and disciplines selected for the 2015 Canada Winter Games, to be hosted in British Columbia. Among the sports to be included are artistic gymnastics and for the first time trampoline gymnastics. ( more) |
GBC Hires New Staff Member
(06/10/09) Gymnastics BC is pleased to announce the hiring of Jenna Van Der Poelen as our new Administrative Assistant. Jenna is a former gymnast and resident of Ontario, who recently moved to BC. She holds a Masters Degree in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa with administrative work experience in the recreation field from the Gloucester Recreation Development Organization and City of Ottawa.
Jenna will officially begin June 22, 2009, with a 30 hour work week over the summer and will then assume full time duties in September.
Please join us in welcoming Jenna to Gymnastics BC. |
Artistics gymnastics competition complete at 2009 Canadian Gymnastics Championships
(06/09/09) Team BC's Artistic Gymnasts completed the 2009 Canadian Gymnastics Championships with a total of 49 individual medals, including 16 gold as well as 2 team medals. Winning the title of Canadian All Around Champion are: Sacha Bratty (HP Argo) and Kal Nemier (National Youth). Joining them on the all around podium were: Aaron Mah (2nd HP Argo), Julian Geisler (3rd HP Argo), Robert Watson (2nd HP Junior), Jason Scott (3rd HP Junior), Ken Ikeda (2nd HP Senior), Trevor Nagy (3rd National Open) and Kerensa Mitchell (2nd National Open 13-15).
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Trampoline competition complete at 2009 Canadian Gymnastics Championships
(06/02/09) Team BC's Trampoline Gymnasts completed the 2009 Canadian Gymnastics Championships with have earned 20 individual medals, including 6 gold as well as 4 team medals. Winning the title of Canadian Champion are: Tamara O'Brien (Youth DMT, Novice 10-14 TUM), Megan Mereniuk (Youth TUM), Poppy Quinlan (Novice 15 DMT), Kyle Carragher (Novice 10-14 TUM) and Curtis Gerein/Luke Friesen (Senior SY).
Artistic gymnastics begins today with the Senior and Junior women's qualification event. The event concludes on Saturday, June 6 with a live broadcast on CBC of the artistic apparatus finals
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Olympic Gold Medalist Kyle Shewfelt Announces his retirement
 (05/21/09) 2004 Olympic gold medalist Kyle Shewfelt announced his retirement today on his blog. Saying that, "After much thought and consideration, I have come to the decision that it%u2019s time to hang up the grips, put away the stinky gym shoes, remove the singlet, take my hands out of the chalk bucket and start embarking on new journeys." Read More
Congratulations Kyle on a great career, you are an inspiration to many and best of luck! |
Omega's Vladimir Lashin Appointed GCG Women%u2019s Artistic Gymnastics National Coach / High Performance Director.
(05/15/09) Gymnastics Canada is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Vladimir Lashin as the new Women%u2019s Artistic Gymnastics National Coach / High Performance Director. Mr. Lashin is a university graduate from the State central Institute of physical education in Moscow, Russia, an NCCP Level 4 certified coach as well as FIG Academy expert since 2008. He has many years of working experience with the WAG National Team athletes and coaches in Canada, Australia and Russia. more
Congratulations Vladimir!! |
Gymnastics BC Board of Directors Opening
(05/11/09) Gymnastics BC is seeking to appoint a Director at Large Finance to our board to replace a retiring member. The appointment would officially commence in September 2009. more |
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2009 Gymnastics BC Recognition Program - Nominations now being accepted
(05/07/09) The 2009 Gymnastics BC awards will be presented on September 26, 2009 during the special 40th anniversary GBC Awards Evening. Nominations are now being accepted in the following categories:
~ Member of Distinction
~ Investors Group Community Sport Administrator Award
~ Gymnastics BC Volunteer of the Year
~ Gymnastics BC Volunteer Team of the Year
~ Gymnastics BC Gymnastics for All Leader of the Year
All members are encouraged to participate in the nomination process. The deadline for all nominations is June 15, 2009. Details and the nomination form are now available. |
Gymnastics BC Scholarship Application Forms Now Available
(05/07/09) The Gymnastics BC Scholarship Program is designed to assist current Gymnastics BC athletes in their pursuit of post-secondary education. For 2009, Gymnastics BC will grant three (3) scholarships in the amount of $500 to deserving students. More details and the application form are now available. |
Team BC Completes Very Successful 2009 Westerns
(05/05/09) Congratulations to all members of Team BC who competed this past weekend at the 2009 Western Canadian Gymnastics Championships and Western TnT Cup in Winnipeg, MB.
In artistic gymnastics, Team BC members captured 6 of 9 all around titles and 4 of 7 team awards. Meanwhile, in trampoline gymnastics, Team BC won all three team titles as well as 4 individual gold medals.
Team BC Highlights:
WAG
Andry Friesen (Twisters): Gold All Around (Provincial 5 Novice)
Karleena Hatch (Harbour City): Gold All Around (Provincial 5 Open)
Taylor Chan (Kerrigan): Gold All Around (Pre-Novice Aspire)
Adele Lefevre (Okanagan): Gold All Around (Pre-Novice Elite)
MAG
Kal Nemier (Flicka): Gold All Around (National Youth)
Trevor Nagy (Harbour City): Gold All Around (National Open)
TG
Kara Harms (Okanagan): Gold Trampoline (Prov C Under 11)
Danielle Gruber (Okanagan): Gold Tumbling (Prov B)
Carli Gruber (Okanagan): Gold Trampoline (Prov A) & Gold DMT (Prov A)
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Team BC set for the 2009 Canadian Gymnastics Championships
(30/04/09) Congratulations to the 101 athletes who qualified to represent Team BC at the 2009 Canadian Gymnastics Championships in Hamilton from June 1 - June 7. The team was selected following a series of trials which culminated at the 2009 BC Gymnastics Championships in Langley earlier this month. Team BC
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CPP 2009-2010 Draft program and survey
(28/04/09) The new FIG Code of points was published a few months ago and the CPP working group has drafted the first version of the CPP program for the 2009-2010 season. The new program will be in effect next season. The draft version of the 2009-2010 CPP program is now available on-line.
The CPP Working group would like to get your feedback on the first draft. Please take the time to complete the survey. The link is below. The survey will close on May 16, 2009.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=USLM2MMW5Xz6ZmaL9qr0Ow_3d_3d
You can also provide comments to Andr%uFFFDe Montreuil at amontreuil@gymnastics.bc.ca |
2009 Canadian Linen & Uniform Service BC Gymnastics Championships
 (23/04/09) Congratulations to all of the participants of the 2009 Canadian Linen & Uniform Service BC Gymnastics Championships on a great event. Close to 800 athletes took part in the 3 day event with many outstanding performances. The event also featured the opening of the Langley Events Centre and the participation in the opening ceremonies by Premier Gordon Campbell.
Thank-you to Langley Gymnastics Foundation, Flip City Gymnastics and all of the volunteers for helping to make this year's event spectacular.
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WAG Team BC Set for 2009 Western Canadian Championships
(31/03/09) Congratulations to the Women's Artistic Gymnastics athletes who qualified for the 2009 Western Canadian Championships following the trials this past weekend at the Kerrigan Invitational. The 2009 Western Canadian Championships takes place in Winnipeg from April 30 - May 3 in conjunction with the 2009 Western Canada Cup.
Team BC:
National Open: Katie Muir (Kerrigan), Lauren Vysohlid (Flicka), Dayna Weststyen (Kerrgian), Nikki Marion (Langley), Katie Geisler (Langley), Jessica Hoedel (Kerrigan)
National Novice: Tiara Kong (Omega), Nicole Chow (Kerrigan), Carli Illingworth (Omega), Tamara Kuno (Flicka), Taylor Oakley (Surrey), Emily Dunderdale (Kerrigan)
Provincial 5 Open: Karleena Hatch (Harbour City), Ali Janssen (Lion's Pride), Amy Macklin (Langley), Bryn Zomar (Langley), Brooke Hansen (Langley)
Provincial 5 Novice: Sara Stoll (Delta), Mia Angus (Twisters), Tamara O'Brien (Kerrigan), Melissa Ackermann (Surrey), Andry Friesen (Twisters)
Provincial 5 Tyro: Makinli Handley (Okanagan), Sophia Savkovic (Phoenix), Kendra Hromek (Twisters), Kristen Ho (Phoenix) |
2009 Gymnastics Canada Clubs of Excellence
(25/03/09) Gymnastics Canada has released its Clubs of Excellence for 2009. Among the six clubs achieving this honour at the gold level is GBC member club, Omega Gymnastics in Coquitlam.
Club of Excellence status is earned through a point system which takes several criteria into consideration over a two to four year period, depending on the criterion. The successful applicants are not longer ranked. The clubs receive a level (Gold, Silver, Bronze) commensurate with the number of points they earned.
The other clubs receiving this honour are: Gymnastics Mississauga (Gold), Gymnix (Montreal, Gold), Gemini Gymnastics (Oshawa, Silver), Bluewater Gymnastics Club (Sarnia, Bronze), Gym-Richelieu (Saint-Hubert, Bronze). |
2009 Aalsmeer Flowers Cup Results
(23/03/09) Two BC athletes were members of Team Canada at the 2009 Aalsmeer Flowers Cup competition in Holland this past weekend. Okanagan's Curtis Gerein was the top Canadian in the Class 1/FIG B competition, finishing 5th. Tamara O'Brien of Kerrigan Gymnastics competed in the Class 2/FIG B competition finishing 13th in the preliminaries.
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MAG Team BC Set for 2009 Western Canadian Championships
(17/03/09) Congratulations to the Men's Artistic Gymnastics athletes who qualified for the 2009 Western Canadian Championships following the trials this past weekend at the Twisters Invitational. The 2009 Western Canadian Championships takes place in Winnipeg from April 30 - May 3 in conjunction with the 2009 Western Canada Cup.
Team BC:
National Open: Trevor Nagy (Harbour City), Scott Morgan (Flicka), Patrick Stanley (Twisters), Jonathan Osers (Twisters), Cody Briggs (Okanagan), Daniel Willems (Delta)
National Youth: Kal Nemier (Flicka), Jaz Clapham (Harbour City), Vladimir Djuric (Surrey), Charles Haycock (Twisters), Malcolm Herbert (Surrey), Steven Chaplin (Twisters)
Level 4: Matthew Coons (Flicka), Cameron Stanley (Twisters), Alejandro Chavarria (Flicka), Khalil Dhanji (Surrey), Shaun Coburn (Delta), Garrett Brown (Harbour City) |
Team BC Set for 2009 Western Canada Cup
(16/03/09) Congratulations to the athletes who qualified for the 2009 Western Canada following yesterday's 3rd TG Trials in Kelowna. The 2009 Western Canada Cup takes place in Winnipeg from April 30 - May 3 in conjunction with the 2009 Western Canadian Gymnastics Championships.
Team BC:
Rowan Birk (Kerrigan), Emily Schmidt (Kamloops Gymnastics), Kara Harms (Okanagan), Danielle Gruber (Okanagan), Rachel Stone (Okanagan), Brynn Tucker (Okanagan), Emma Tucker (Okanagan),Carli Gruber (Okanagan),Taylor Gretzinger (Okanagan)
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Olympic medallist Jason Burnett wins gold at Elite Canada in Kelowna
(16/03/09) Olympic silver medallist Jason Burnett of Toronto won the gold medal in men's trampoline on Saturday to conclude the 2009 Elite Canada. The competition was the first of three qualifying meets for the national team.
Burnett tabulated a score of 109.60 points for the win. Charles Thibault of Quebec City second at 104.10 and Carl-Rom Colthoff of Toronto third at 102.70.
In women's trampoline, Rosannagh MacLennan of Toronto took the title with 102.70 points with Kailey McLeod of Toronto second at 98.55 and Brenna Casey of Ottawa third at 96.40.
Veteran Karen Cockburn of Toronto, who hasn't competed since winning her third consecutive Olympic medal last summer in Beijing, is skipping the meet and will focus on World Cups and the world championships later this year.
In women's tumbling, Ashley Speed and Kylie Petrie, both of Etobicoke, Ont., and Jordan Sugrim of Burlington, Ont. were 1-2-3. On the men's side, the top three finishers in order were Andrew Egyed, Alexander Seifert and Chris Melemenis, all of Calgary.
In men's double mini trampoline, Luke Friesen (Okanagan) was the winner with Seifert second and Kyle Soehn of Red Deer, Alta., third. Gillian Bruce of Calgary and Chelsea Nerpio (Shsata) were 1-2.
In youth competition, the winners were Keegan Soehn of Red Deer and Mariah Madigan of Toronto in men's and women's trampoline; Curtis Gerein (Okanagan) and Janelle Desmaris-Moen of Alberta and Amiel Clarke of Calgary and Megan Mereniuk of Coquitlam, B.C., in men's and women's tumbling. |
BC's Demetra Mantcheva wins All Around, 2 more gold at 2009 RG Elite Canada
(10/03/09) Demetra Mantcheva of Vancouver and Elena Gouzenkova of Toronto won two gold medals apiece in the senior individual event finals to conclude the Elite Canada rhythmic gymnastics competition.
Mantcheva placed first on rope with Alexandra Martincek of Newmarket, Ont., second and Gouzenkova third. Mantcheva also won the hoop event with Lauren Adolph of Vancouver second and Kelsey Titmarsh of Toronto third.
-Hoop was my best event,'' said Mantcheva, who also won the all around gold. ''That was a bit surprising for me because it's a new routine for this season. But it was wonderful to come here and achieve all my objectives.''
Gouzenkova prevailed in ball with all around runner-up Martincek second and Adolph third. In ribbon, Gouzenkova took gold with Mantcheva second and Adolph third.
In junior competition, Mariam Chamilova of Toronto was the big star in the event finals earning three gold in addition to her all around title. Chamilova placed first in rope, ball and ribbon.
Nerissa Mo of Vancouver denied Chamilova the golden sweep with a victory in hoop. Chamilova placed second and Maria Kitkarska of Montreal third. Mo and Kirtkarska were also second and third all around on Saturday.
Part of the national team selections will be based on the results from this weekend as well as some selections for international assignments.
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Charlotte Mackie wins 3 medals at Gymnix World Cup | Nathan Gafuik and Sydney Sawa take 2
 (09/03/09) Calgary's Nathan Gafuik rose to the occasion, winning a silver medal in the men's floor exercise and a bronze on vault at the first World Cup gymnastics meet held in Canada since 1996.
On floor, Gafuik earned the second World Cup medal of his career with a routine he scaled down slightly since the Elite Canada meet two weeks ago in Surrey, B.C.
-It's early in the season and my routines really aren't where I want them to be yet but floor tonight was pretty solid and I did as well as could have been expected."
A total of 39 men from 12 countries began the competition on Friday with the top eight in each of six events advancing to finals over two days.
In the women's competition, Charlotte Mackie (Surrey) placed first on vault, second on floor and third on beam while Sydney Sawa of Calgary, a last-minute replacement for injured Britanny Rogers (Omega), finished third on uneven bars and floor exercise.
Despite the small size of the women's field -- just four countries participated -- Mackie and Sawa said they were thrilled to win medals at their first World Cup competition.
-I just tried to make my vault the best I could do, and that's what I did," said Mackie. -It was really exciting to be competing in Canada. I loved it."
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Gymnix Success for Team BC Athletes
(09/03/09) Members of Team BC competed at the 2009 Gymnix competition this weekend in Montreal. In the National Pre-Novice Elite competition, Shallon Olsen (Omega) led the BC contingent by finishing 3rd all around and adding silver medals on vault and beam. The other Team BC competitors were Kiara Kallio (Omega, 5th), Adele Lefevre (Okanagan, 6th) and Erin England (Omega, 8th).
Tiara Kong (Omega) was third all around in the National Novice competition and added a silver on vault while Briannah Tsang (Omega) won gold on vault and finished 4h All Around. The other Team BC competitor was Nicole Chow (Kerrigan) who finished 5th all around.
Katie Muir (Kerrigan) was the all around champion on the National Open competition and also won bronze on the unven bars. Dayna Weststeyn (Kerrigan) took the floor exercise title and was 7th all around). The other competitors were Emily Schultz (KATTS, 10th) and Jessica Hoedel (Omega, 16th).
In the Coupe Internatonale, Sky Corbett-Methot (Kerrigan) represented Canada and finished 11th All Around. She also took 4th in the balance beam finals.
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Nominate a Gymnast in Motion
(05/03/09) Do you know a "Gymnast in Motion"? This new GBC feature on both the website and in Layout highlights gymnasts throughout the province. To nominate a candidate for Gymnasts in Motion, send a picture (headshot) and information including age, school, grade, recent accomplishments and goals (gymnastics & life) to communications@gymnastics.bc.ca. All gymnasts will be featured on the website with 5 being featured in each future edition of Layout. Check out March's Gymnasts in Motion
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