May Information

Schedule Changes:
Sunday, May 18 - all classes cancelled; Victoria Day is on Monday but we are cancelling the Sunday instead to give families/staff a chance to go away

Competitions:
Good Luck to Michelle Hefford, Michael Zeuner and Josh Haibach who will be representing Team Ontario at the 2008 Eastern Canadian Championships in Longueil, Quebec from May 8-13.

Good Luck to Emily Smith will be representing Gymnastics Canada at a World Cup stop in the south of France. The competition will take place from May 20-25.

Well that is all for now! Have a terrific month of may!

Qualified to National Championships

Congratulations to all the tumblers that earned the right to represent Gymnastics Ontario at the 2008 Canadian National Championships!!

Novice 10-14:
Jaclyn Sicard, Carolynne Wong, Sean Robertson, Riley Baldin

Novice 15+:
Lauren Robertson

Youth:
Justin Wong, Meghan Hefford, Catherine McNutt, Alison Zareski, Katelyn Vershoor

Elite:
Emily Smith, Jordan Sugrim, Teja Durante, Markus Laczko

Just Bounce Invitational

Congratulation to Chloe Bottos and Maddy McGillivray for their participation and performance at the 1st Just Bounce T&T Invitational. Chloe finished 1st and Maddy a close 2nd!

Provincial Championships - Medal Count

Here is how we did!

Gold:
Meghan Hefford - Youth Women
Markus Laczko - Elite Men

Silver:
Jordan Sugrim - Elite Women
Catherine McNutt - Youth Women
Justin Wong - Youth Men
Sean Robertson - Novice 10-14 Men
Michael Zeuner - Provincial C 12- Men

Bronze:
Emily Smith - Elite Women
Alison Zareski - Youth Women
Jaclyn Sicard - Novice 10-14 Women
Riley Baldin - Novice 10-14 Men
Jasmine Ellis - Provincial A Women

4th:
David Findlay - Youth Men
Josh Haibach - Provincial C 12- Men
Lauren Robertson - Novice 15+ Women

5th:
Naomi Suzuki - Provincial C 12- Women

6th:
Teja Durante - Elite Women
Carolynne Wong - Novice 10-14 Women

7th:
Valerie Brown - Provincial C 13+

8th:
Brooke Bottos - Provincial D Women

Melissa Langegger and Alyssa Belford also competed and represented the club very well!

Congratulations to everyone that competed this weekend! Just making it was a big accomplishment! All your results were just icing on the cake!

New Video

I've been able to put up video footage from last weekend's Elite Canada competition in Kamloops, British Columbia! There is one of all the BG Seniors and one of just the BG Youths. The videos start with the lowest scores we counted as a group and go on to the highest! They are located in the BG Video section on the right hand side of the blog!

Enjoy!

Provincials - Directions

Here are directions to get to the Seneca College Campus. The competition is being held in building G which is the sport center. Please click on the link below for a map of the campus for a better idea of the location. Parking is located outside in P4-P5 for between $3-$5 a day.

Directions:
HWY 401 east Express
exit HWY 404 North
exit on Finch Ave
Left on Finch Avenue
entrance to the campus is on your right at the lights

OR

HWY 407 East
exit onto HWY 404 South
exit Finch Ave
Right on Finch
entrance to the campus is on your right at the lights

Estimated 1 Hr drive from the gym in Burlington.

http://www.ogf.com/documents/event_file_5349.pdf

Elite Canada - Final Results

The competition has now concluded for the youth and senior tumblers competing in the national team selection event here in Kamloops. Here is how we finished!

Elite Women:
1st- Emily Smith
3rd- Jordan Sugrim
6th- Teja Durante

Elite Men:
3rd- Nick Kurtz

Youth Women:
1st- Meghan Hefford
2nd- Katelyn Vershoor
4th- Catherine McNutt
8th- Alison Zareski

Youth Men:
3rd- David Findlay

Other Highlights:
Meghan and Catherine competed passes valued above the minimum standard for senior Elite!
Teja Durante earned herself a spot on the Senior National Team!
Katelyn and Catherine earned spots on the Youth National Team!

Job well done athletes!

Elite Canada - Day 1

The preliminay competition was held today for Youth and Elite tumblers in Kamloops! We did phenomenal! Everyone looked very impressive and ought to be proud! Hopefully tomorrow will be just as spectacular!

Standings after day 1:

Elite Women:
1- Emily Smith
3- Teja Durante
4- Jordan Sugrim

Elite Men:
3- Nicholas Kurtz

Youth Women:
1- Meghan Hefford
2- Catherine McNutt
3- Katelyn Vershoor
8- Alison Zareski

Youth Men:
3- David Findlay

Ontario Provincial Championships - Schedule

The official schedule has been posted by Gymnastics Ontario. Follow the link to below to check it out!
http://www.ogf.com/documents/event_file_5442.pdf

Minor Schedule Changes

Due to the fact that most of the coaching staff will be away at Elite Canada some minor adjustments have been made to the schedule in order to keep quality coaching efforts in all groups.

Friday, April 18 - all provincial A and National 6:30-8:30
Sunday, April 20 - all provincial A and National 3:30-5:30

I apreciate your patience and cooperation in this matter!

Denis

Elite Canada

Good Luck to all the Youth and Elite athlete's participating in next weekends Elite Canada in Kamloops, BC! All athlete's are looking confident and ready to nail their passes and accomplish their goals.

In the picture: (front) Teja , Jordan , (back) Katelyn , Alison , Nick Kurtz, Catherine and Meghan; absent: Emily , David

Eastern Championships Qualification

The Eastern Canadian Championships will be held in Longueil, Quebec from May 8-11. Congratulations to the following B.G. tumblers who have earned the opportunity to represent Ontario!

Michael Zeuner - Provincial C 12-
Josh Haibach - Provincial C 12-
Michelle Hefford - Provincial A