2013 Canadian Championships

The BG's T&T Team was a dominant force at this weeks National Championships! Earning a new program record of 5 National titles, the team brought home 12 medals in total and impressive amount of top 10 finishes.

In tumbling, we had athletes entered in 6 of the 8 categories and walked away with 4 titles!

Here is more on how we did.

Medalists:
Ahren Mahler - in his first Canadian Championships, Ahren helped Team Ontario secure team Silver and the following day made the jump from 3rd to 1st to win his first National title in the men's National 16 & under category.

Denis Vachon - helped Team Ontario place 3rd in the DMT event. Denis also won his 4th DMT Senior national title posting the highest scores and difficulties on Day 1 and 2.

Emily Smith - helped Team Ontario keep their undefeated streak in the TUM team final. She also won her 7th Senior title in dominating fashion. Her first title was earned exactly 10 years ago in Saskatoon when she was just 16!

Jaclyn Sicard - helped Team Ontario dominate the TUM Team final. Having placed 2nd 3-times in the Junior division in the past, Jaclyn pulled out all the stops to earn her first National title!

Jon Schwaiger - helped Team Ontario secure tumbling Silver! In individual competition, he dominated the Tumbling final winning by 7 pts for his 2nd consecutive senior title! He also pulled out huge finals passes on DMT to jump from 5th to 2nd in the men;s senior category!

Katelyn Verschoor - former World Age Group Champion came 2nd in the senior competition to BG's own Emily Smtih.

Jordyn Miller-Burko - led Team Ontario to Bronze in the DMT Team event! She nailed individual finals to jump from 4th to 3rd in the senior category!

Anisa Pacheco - in her final appearance at the National Championships, Anisa was selected for the Team DMT final and nailed a great pass to help Ontario place 3rd!

Naomi Suzuki - helped Emily and Jaclyn earn Team Ontario the tumbling Gold medal! This victory makes them undefeated in this competitions history!

Here are more results!

Tumbling:
National 16 & Under Women:
4th - Naomi Suzuki
9th - Maddie Milne
10th - Aja Zambiasi
National 16 & Under Men:
1st - Ahren Mahler
Junior Women:
1st - Jaclyn Sicard
7th - Hayley Lisko - new personal best score and difficulty!
9th - Rebecca Zachar
10th - Devon Haimes - new personal best score
Junior Men:
5th - Michael Zeuner - new personal best score and highest difficulty in the category!
15th - Colin Bassett
16th - Drake Colantino
Senior Women:
1st - Emily Smith
2nd - Katelyn Verschoor
4th - Jordan Sugrim
Senior Men:
1st - Jon Schwaiger - new personal best score
4th - David Findlay

Double-Mini Trampoline:
National 18 & Under Men:
21st - Matthew Marson
National 18 & Under Women:
14th - Anisa Pacheco
National Open Men:
8th - Colin Bassett
Espoir Women:
12th - Sarah Wheatley
Espoir Men:
10th - Michael Zeuner
Senior Women:
3rd - Jordyn Miller-Burko
Senior Men:
1st - Denis Vachon
2nd - Jon Schwaiger
11th - Sean Robertson

Team Results:
TUM Women - Team Gold
TUM Men - Team Silver
DMT Women - Team Bronze
DMT Men - Team Bronze

Congratulations to everyone on such tremendous performances!

2013 Easterns Championships

Our trip to Newfoundland was filled with some amazing moments both in and out of the gym. Our 5 athletes delivered amazing performances and over exceeded their coaches expectations. It was the first time each of these athletes competed for Team Ontario and travelled to the Eastern provinces for a gymnastics event.

Alexandra Wowk:
Alex competed in the Level 3 tumbling category and hit her passes placing 13th in the group.

Ethan Hawkins:
Ethan won the Level 1 13+ tumbling category! He is the first male tumbler to win an Eastern title in the BG's tumbling program and did it in a convincing manner earning a score 5 pts higher than the silver medalist.

Mathew Hamilton:
Mathew had a very successful championships placing 9th in Level 2 Trampoline as well as 8th in level 2 double-mini. The highlight though has to be the Gold medal he received for his contribution to the Ontario Level 2 double-mini team. They edged out Quebec and Nova Scotia for 1st place!

Sydnee Laurent:
Sydnee had a great meet nailing her 4 passes on double-mini for 9th place. She also helped Team Ontario earn the Gold medal in Level 1 double-mini!

Joseph Bielski:
Joseph was extremely busy, competing 4 times during the 2 day competition. He placed 4th in Level 4 tumbling and 9th in Level 3 double-mini. On top of that, he helped the double-mini team place 2nd to Quebec.

Congratulations athletes, we are very proud of your achievements!

2013 3rd Cup

Our provincial athletes closed off their  qualifier season in true style! 6 medals and a few personal best were earned. Here are the specifics on how we did:

Tumbling:
Provincial 1 Men
3rd - Ethan Hawkins
Provincial 4 Men
3rd - Joseph Bielski
Provincial 1 Women
1st - Bianca Devcic
3rd - Madison Clinch
5th - Lily Reid
10th - Jordan Rogers
17th - Avery Reid
18th - Tiegan Priestner
19th - Katie Davy
Provincial 3 Women
6th - Alexandra Wowk
Provincial 4 Women
5th - Claudia Bartoszek
7th - Jamie Elliott
8th - Sydnee Laurent

Double-mini Trampoline:
Provincial 1 Men
4th - Mitch Diotte
Provincial 3 Men
7th - Joseph Bielski
Provincial 1 Women
4th - Sydnee Laurent
13th - Alexandra Wowk
14th - Natalie Irwin

Trampoline:
Provincial 1 Men
8th - Mitch Diotte
Provincial 2 Men
3rd - Marcos Mahlmann
4th - Ches Davis
12th - Ethan Hawkins
13th - Colin Kew
Provincial 1 Women
2nd - Maddie Hawkins
8th - Hannah Farnsworth
14th - Natalie Irwin
14th - Sydnee Laurent
17th  - Chloe Bottos
20th - Alexandra Wowk

Synchro Trampoline:
Provincial 1
9th - Chloe and Sydnee
Provincial 2
7th - Ches and Marcos

Congratulations to everyone on your amazing performances!

2013 Spring Cup

Our interclub members, accompanied by some provincial 1 athletes, were magnificent in their season opener. For many of them it was their first taste of competition and they didn't let the nerves bother them one bit! Everyone competed new skills and showed off to the very supportive crowd! Here is how we did:

Showcase Tumbling:
Ola - back handspring
Victoria - back handspring
James - back handspring
Lainey - two back handsprings
Alison - back handspring
Michaela - back handspring
Declan - two back handsprings
Miranda - backhandspring
Lily - back tuck
Tiana - 3 back handsprings
Tiegan - back tuck
Bianca - layout 1/2

Beginner Tumbling:
1st - Ayla

Intermediate Tumbling:
1st - Sierra
6th - Tyller

Advanced Tumbling:
3rd - Megan
10th - Alexia

Provincial 1 Tumbling:
3rd - Madison
4th - Avery
5th - Jordan
7th - Ethan

Intermediate Trampoline:
Girls:
10th - Tiegan
11th - Emma
Boys:
6th - Dustin

Provincial 1 Trampoline:
9th - Chloe

Intermediate DMT:
Girls:
2nd - Emma
3rd - Tiegan
Boys:
1st - Dustin

Provincial 1 DMT:
2nd - Chloe

Congratulations everyone on your successful performances!

2013 Elite Canada

Our national athletes really impressed at the Elite Canada competition in Quebec City earlier this month. They earned 4 medals and took 7 spots in the finals. In this competition, all levels compete together in one open category. It's a great way for the younger ones to gain experience and for the seniors to feel some pressure.

Open Women Tumbling:
1st - Emily Smith
3rd - Jaclyn Sicard
4th - Jordan Sugrim
11th - Madeline Milne
14th - Hayley Lisko
16th - Devon Haimes

Open Men Tumbling:
2nd - Jon Schwaiger
15th - Colin Bassett
16th - Ahren Mahler
19th - David Findlay

Open Women DMT:
6th - Jordyn Miller-Burko
9th - Sarah Wheatley

Open Men DMT:
2nd - Jon Schwaiger
23rd - Denis Vachon
24th - Colin Bassett

Congratulations everyone on such a tremendous competition!

2013 Elite Ontario

Our National T&T Athletes were beyond spectacular at the 2013 Elite Ontario Championships! They earned 8 provincial titles, 4 silver medals and 4 bronze proving without a doubt that they are the dominant team in the province when it comes to Tumbling and Double-mini! Here are more specifics on our athletes performances:

Tumbling:
Senior Women:
1st - Emily Smith - new high score record
2nd - Jordan Sugrim
3rd - Katelyn Verschoor - new personal dd record
Senior Men:
1st - Jon Schwaiger - new high score record
Junior Women:
1st - Jaclyn Sicard - new high score
4th - Devon Haimes
7th - Hayley Lisko - dbl lay in competition for the first time
Junior Men:
3rd - Colin Bassett
4th - Michael Zeuner - new personal dd record and forst time landing a pass with 2 dbl saltos in competition
8th - Drake Colantino
National Women:
1st - Naomi Suzuki - new high score and personal dd record
3rd - Madeline Milne
6th - Aja Zambiasi - new dd record and first time landing dbl back in competition
National Men:
1st - Ahren Mahler - new high score and difficulty record

Double-Mini:
Senior Women:
1st - Jordyn Miller-Burko - new high score
Espoir Women:
2nd - Sarah Wheatly
National Women:
4th - Anisa Pacheco - compete flifis for the first time
Senior Men:
1st - Denis Vachon - new personal dd record
2nd - Jon Schwaiger
3rd - Sean Robertson
Espoir Men:
1st - Michael Zeuner
National Open Men:
2nd - Colin Bassett
National Men:
5th - Matt Marson

Congratulations to all the athletes on such tremondous performances! What a great set up for Nationals next month!

Trampoline - Make Up Classes

Here are the dates for the make up classes for the trampoline program. These dates are being offered to make up for random cancellations early in the year.

Interclub Trampoline:
Training from 4:30-6:30pm on:
Wednesday, April 3rd
Wednesday, April 10th
Wednesday April 17th

Provincial Trampoline:
Training from 4:30-6:30pm on:
Wednesday, April 24th
Wednesday, May 1st

Training Changes - March

Please be advised of the following changes to the training schedule for the competitive trampoline and tumbling program. Changes on the weekend of the 21-24th are due to the men's competition that we are hosting.

Easter weekend will run as per usual schedule due to us having to cancel this weekend and the quickly approaching competitions for all of our athletes.

Interclub:
Sean's Group:
No training on Thursday, March 21st and Sunday, March 24th.

Rebecca's Group:
No training on Thursday, March 21st and Sunday, March 24th.

Bianca's Interclub Trampoline:
No training on Sunday, March 24th.

Provincial Trampoline:
Bianca's Trampoline Group:
Training from 4:30-6:30pm on Thursday, March 21st.
No training on Sunday, March 24th.

Bianca's double-mini group:
No training on Thursday, March 21st and Sunday March 24th.

Provincial Tumbling:
No training on Thursday, March 21st or Sunday, March 24th,

National Tumbling:
Training from 4:30-6:30pm on Thursday, March 21st.
No training on Sunday, March 24th.

Thank you everyone for your understanding in this matter. I realize it is incredibly inconvenient and a little last minute.

2013 2nd TUM Cup

What a terrific competition this weekend! 11 medalist in total - 5 Champions, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze

Senior Women
Emily Smith - 1st
Jordan Sugrim - 2nd
Katelyn Verschoor - 3rd
Senior Men
David Finday - 1st
Jon Schwaiger - 3rd
Junior Women
Jaclyn Sicard - 1st
Rebecca Zachar - 2nd
Hayley Lisko - 4th
Devon Haimes - 5th
Alicia Russell - 8th
Junior Men
Colin Bassett - 3rd
National Women
Naomi Suzuki - 1st
Madeline Milne - 2nd
Aja Zambiasi - 9th
National Men
Ahren Mahler - 1st
Provincial 4 under 14 Women
Chloe Bottos - 4th
Sydnee Laurent - 5th
Provincial 4 Men
Joseph Bielski - 5th
Provincial 3 under 14 Women
Alex Wowk - 4th
Provincial 2 13+ Women
Nicole Lauff - 10th
Provincial 1 9/10 Women
Lilly Reid - 2nd
Provincial 1 11/12 Women
Madison Clinch - 5th
Tiegan Priestner - 9th
Avery Reid - 17th
Jordan Rogers - 18th
Provincial 1 Men
Ethan Hawkins - 4th

2013 2nd TRI Cup

Another great competition for the Trampoline and Double-Mini team!! We are so proud of them for their amazing performances.

Double Mini:
Men's National
Matthew Marson - 6th - 1st National competition, 1st triple full
Open Men
Colin Bassett - 1st - 1st full half tuck in competition
National Women
Anisa Pacheco - 2nd
Provincial 2 Men
Matthew Hamilton - 7th
Provincial 3 under 14 Men
Joseph Bielski - 6th
Senior Men
Denis Vachon - 1st
Jon Schwaiger - 2nd
Sean Robertson - 3rd
Espoir Women
Sarah Wheatley - 2nd
Provincial 1 13/14 Women
Sydnee Laurent - 1st
Alex Wowk - 18th
Provincial 1 under 12 Women
Natalie Irwin - 13th
Provincial 3 under 14 Women
Aja Zambiasi - 6th
Senior Women
Jordan Miller-Burko - 1st

Trampoline:
Provincial 2 under 12 Men
Marcos Mahlmann - 8th
Provincial 2 13+ Men
Matthew Hamilton - 5th
Colin Kew - 7th - new difficulty record
Ethan Hawkins - 9th
Chesley Davis - 12th
Provincial 1 11/12 Women
Maddie Hawkins - 4th
Natalie Irwin - 19th
Provincial 1 13/14 Women
Hannah Farnsworth - 9th - new difficulty record
Chloe Bottos - 18th
Sydnee Laurent - 20th
Alex Wowk - 22nd
Provincial 2 13/14 Women
Aja Zambiasi - 19th

Synchro Trampoline:
Provincial 1
Chloe and Sydnee - 5th
Provincial 2
Ches and Marcos - 14th
Matt and Colin - 22nd