Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Poll Results

The Burlington B.G.'s have 7 National Tumbling Team Members!

Junior Team:
Alison Zareski, Sydney Brown, Katelyn Verschoor, Jaclyn Sicard, Sean Robertson, David Findlay

Senior Team:
Catherine McNutt

Pan Ams!

Last week 11 of our BG Tumblers competed in the 2010 Pan American Age Group Championships in Daytona Beach! We had 4 athletes emerge as the champions in their respective category and 2 more come out with medals! All in all it was a phenomenal international experience for our athletes as well as a great confidence boost heading into the final leg of our competitive season!

Congratulations to all athletes for their great performances!

13/14 Men:
4th - Michael Zeuner

13/14 Women:
5th - Alicia Russell

15/16 Men:
1st - Sean Robertson
3rd - Colin Bassett

17-18 Men:
1st - David Findlay

17/18 Women:
1st - Sydney Brown
8th - Alison Zareski
9th - Lauren Robertson

Senior Women:
1st - Meghan Hefford
3rd - Catherine McNutt

Easter Weekend Schedule

Hi Everyone,

Please see the changes to this weekends schedule below. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this matter. May you all have a pleasant weekend.

Friday, April 2nd:
Provincial Training 9:30-11:30am
National Training 11:30-1:30pm

Sunday, April 4th:
Provincial Training 10:00-12:00pm
National Training 12:00-2:oopm

Monday, April 5th:
Regular training hours

Monday, March 22, 2010

Eastern Championship Bound

Congratulations to Madeline Milne and Naomi Suzuki who have qualified to compete at this years Eastern Canadian Championships which will be held in Mississauga. Both athlete's will be representing Team Ontario at the event.

Great Job Ladies!

Schedule Changes

Hi Everyone,

Holly and I are away with 10 of the National tumblers this week at the Pan American Championships in Daytona Beach Florida. We have got some great sub-coaches who will following very detailed lesson plans created by Holly and myself in order to keep the athletes building for the end of season meets. Please see below for the adjusted training times and coaches list.

Tuesday, March 23 - Holly's Group 4:30-6:30pm, National 6:30-8:30pm - with Emily
Wednesday, March 24 - Denis Group 4:30-6:30pm, National 6:30-8:30pm - with Wendy
Thursday, March 25 - Holly's Group 4:30-6:30pm, National 6:30-8:30pm - with Wendy
Friday, March 25 - Holly and Denis Group 4:30-6:30pm, National 6:30-8:30pm - with Emily
Sunday, March 27 - Provincial Group 11:00 - 1:00pm, National 1:00-3:00pm - with Emily

Thank you in advance for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

Ontario Championship Bound!


A total of 20 tumblers qualified to the 2010 Ontario Championships which will be held April 9-11 in Oshawa. This is also the first time that all National tumblers qualified to the event! Great Job everyone.

Provincial Athletes:
Chloe Bottos, Samantha Zachar, Scott Jenkins, Madeline Milne, Brooke Bottos, Naomi Suzuki

National Athletes:
Michael Zeuner, Alicia Russell, Rebecca Zachar, Lauren Robertson, Seta van der Hoop, Alison Zareski, Meghan Hefford, Sydney Brown, David Findlay, Colin Bassett, Sean Robertson, Katelyn Verschoor, Jaclyn Sicard, Catherine McNutt

Sunday, March 21, 2010

3rd Ontario Cup - Results

The B.G. tumblers were once again rock solid at the 3rd Ontario Cup in Barrie. Many personal best were set and new skills competed on our way to 10 overall medals! Congratulations to all athletes!

Provincial B Women:
1st - Madeline Milne
7th - Brooke Bottos


Novice 10-14 Women:
1st - Alicia Russell

Novice 15+ Women:
4th - Lauren Robertson
7th - Seta van der Hoop

Provincial C 12- Men:
5th - Scott Jenkins - first time competing a whip

Provincial C 13+ Men:
3rd - Ahren Mahler

Provincial C 13+ Women:
15th - Jennifer Harrison

Provincial C 12- Women:
13th - Chloe Bottos - first time competing a whip
17th - Samantha Zachar - first time competing a whip

Open Women:
1st - Alison Zareski
2nd - Sydney Brown

Youth Women:
1st - Jaclyn Sicard - first time competing a double layout
2nd - Katelyn Verschoor

Youth Men:
1st - David Findlay - first time competing a Miller (triple twisting dbl layout) and 2nd ever Canadian to successfully land it
2nd - Colin Bassett

Provincial D Men:
3rd - Rhett General

Novice 10-14 Men:
5th - Michael Zeuner

Monday, March 15, 2010

3rd Ontario Cup - Schedule and directions

Hi Everyone,

Here is a link to this weekends competition schedule:
http://www.ogf.com/documents/event_file_8980.pdf

Here is a link of a map to Barrie Kempettes:
http://www.ogf.com/documents/event_file_8560.pdf

Please feel free to email your child's coach should you have any questions!

Elite Canada 2010

Congratulations to the 3 B.G. tumblers who participated in this weekend's Elite Canada. All 3 athletes qualified themselves to the Canadian National Team and set new National bests for themselves!

Katelyn Verschoor competed a new personal best difficulty record (including her dbl tuck to dbl pike) on her way to a 3rd place finish in Thursday's preliminary round. In the final she had a large rhythm break which unfortunately forced her to stop and place 10th.

Catherine McNutt rocked the preliminary round, nailing her dbl lay to dbl pike and twist pass with ease. She secured herself a spot on the Senior National Team and 2nd place on day 1. In finals she over rotated her dbl pike and sat down pushing her to 4th in the standings.

Our girls were the only athletes pushing the difficulty envelope by attempting and completing passes with two double salto's! Great Job ladies!

Sean Robertson competed both tumbling and dmt at this event. On double mini, Sean was one of only 3 athletes to attempt a triple back salto. Unfortunately he touched his hands which in return cost him a spot in the final.

On tumbling, he was rock solid from start to finish placing 5th in both prelims and finals! He competed a new difficulty record by having two passes each containing two dbl salto's!! Way to go Sean!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Ontario Winter Games - Results

Alicia Russell and Rebecca Zachar returned from the winter games with some pretty nice hardware to show off. Alicia who competed on "Team Smith" earned the highest individual score of the competition to help her team win the event! Rebecca who was representing "Team Speed" had yet another consistent performance helping her team to the Silver medal! Job well done ladies!

The four teams were named after some of the Tumbling Greats that Gymnastics Ontario has had in recent history. The other two teams were Team Sugrim and Vachon.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ontario Winter Games

Alicia Russell, Rebecca Zachar, Joshua Haibach and Jelisa Joncas left today for the Ontario Winter Games competition which is being held in Muskoka! This competition is hosted in a different Ontario city every 2 years and runs on a Team Competition format.

Holly was selected as a Tumbling Team Coach for the event!

Good Luck Athletes :)

Monday, March 1, 2010

2nd Ontario Cup - Results

Many of our B.G. athletes had phenomenal performances at this weekends 2nd Ontario Cup in Belleville. The team brought back 11 medals as well as some new seasons best scores and D.D. records! Congratulations to everyone on their performances this weekend!

Interclub Sr:
1st - Luc Suzuki

Provincial D Men:
4th - Rhett General

Provincial C 12- Men:
5th - Scott Jenkins

Provincial C 13+ Men:
4th - Ahren Mahler

Provincial C 12- Women:
13th - Chloe Bottos
17th - Samantha Zachar

Provincial C 13+ Jr Women:
16th - Jennifer Harrison

Provincial B Women:
2nd - Madeline Milne
13th - Brooke Bottos

Provincial A Women:
4th - Naomi Suzuki
11th - Ryann Johnston

Novice 10-14 Women:
1st - Alicia Russell

Novice 10-14 Men:
3rd - Michael Zeuner

Novice 15+ Women:
4th - Rebecca Zachar
6th - Lauren Robertson

Open Women:
1st - Meghan Hefford
2nd - Sydney Brown
4th - Alison Zareski

Open Men:
2nd - David Findlay
3rd - Colin Bassett

Youth Women:
2nd - Jaclyn Sicard
4th - Katelyn Verschoor

Youth Men:
1st - Sean Robertson

Senior Women:
1st - Catherine McNutt

QUALIFIED - Update 1

Following the 2nd Ontario Cup for tumbling, these athletes are currently eligible to compete at the 2010 Provincial Championships:

Chloe Bottos, Samantha Zachar, Scott Jenkins, Madeline Milne, Naomi Suzuki, Michael Zeuner, Alicia Russell, Seta van der Hoop, Lauren Robertson, Rebecca Zachar, Sean Robertson, Jaclyn Sicard, Katelyn Verschoor, Meghan Hefford, David Findlay, Sydney Brown, Alison Zareski and Catherine McNutt

Congratulations to everyone currently qualified and Good Luck to those who are using the 3rd Ontario Cup as another qualification possibility.