Easter Weekend Schedule

Hello Everyone,

Here are the schedule changes for this weekend:

Developmental 1 Amanda and Kelsey's youngest group you will NOT have training on Friday, April 2nd. You will have a rescheduled class on Saturday, April 3rd from 9:00 to 11:00am.

Sunday, April 4th NO TUMBLING CLASSES. This includes the Developmental 3 group who usually train on Sunday mornings.

Monday, April 5th there will be a closed gym training for those tumblers who have qualified to Provincial Championships from 6:00 to 8:00pm. The Glen Abbey Rec Centre will be closed so you will not be able to get into the building to have access to the sliding glass doors. We will meet down in the service entrance driveway and entre through the double grey doors. Don't be late. We will usher everyone out via the service door at 8:00pm. If you have a concern with this time let us know in advance of the class by e-mail.

Tuesday, April 6th will be back to regular training.

Happy Easter to everyone and enjoy the few days off with your families.

Pan Ams

Good luck to the OGC Tumblers who are about to compete at the

PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS for Trampoline & Tumbling.

Niki is presently in Daytona with Kezia, Cory, Jonathan, Josh, Jack and Lauren preparing to compete against the best tumblers from USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Canada.

All the best to everyone!

No Training Today

Just a reminder that there is NO training today, Monday, March 22nd for the Provincial and National Level tumblers.

Amanda's groups will have regular training today.

OGC going to Easterns

A special Congratulations to Jamie Patrick and Stephanie Milligan for qualifying to represent Ontario at the upcoming Eastern Canadian Gymnastics Championships. Jamie and Stephanie will be competing against athletes from the eastern Provinces in order to take home the title of "Best in the East" on May 7th and 8th in Mississauga.

Way to go OGC and Good Luck to Steph and Jamie!!

Going to Provincial Championships

Congratulations to the following OGC Tumblers who have qualified to the

Ontario Provincial Championships

to be held in Oshawa on April 9th, 10th and 11th.

Provincial D

Jade Jordan

Emma Chau

Naomi Smith

Connie Robinson

Valeria Granda

Provincial C

Rachel Sardella

Monique Lazaruk

Kiana Ng

Provincial B

Stephanie Milligan

VaNessah Sears-Duru

Rachel Dhingra

Paxton Lapko

Jamie Patrick

National Novice 10-14

Kezia Allen

Josh Sardella

Jack McGarr

National Novice 15+

Lauren Rotolo

Luke Mackinnon

Ricardo Smith

Michael Chaves

Cory Marsh

National Youth

Jonathan Meehan

3rd ON Cup Medalists

Way to go OGC Tumblers! Great competition and some solid medal standings.

Provincial D Junior Girls Jade Jordan Silver Medal

Provincial D Senior Girls Valeria Granda Gold Medal

Provincial C 12- Boys Mackenzie Dodd Silver Medal

Provincial C 12- Girls Monique Lazaruk Bronze Medal

Provincial C 13+ Boys Erik Polacek Silver Medal

Provincial B Men Jamie Patrick Silver Medal

Provincial B Men Bryan Holden Bronze Medal

National Novice 10-14 Women Kezia Allen Bronze Medal

National Novice 10-14 Men Jack McGarr Silver Medal

National Novice 10-14 Men Josh Sardella Bronze Medal

National Novice 15+ Women Lauren Rotolo Silver Medal

National Novice 15+ Men Luke Mackinnon Gold Medal

National Novice 15+ Men Cory Marsh Silver Medal

National Novice 15+ Men Anthony Gentili

National Youth Jonathan Meehan Gold Medal

Congratulations to all the medalists. Congratulations to all those OGC tumblers who competed this weekend.

Well done.

3rd ON Cup Pics 2

3rd ON Cup Pics 1

Stuff to Know

3rd Ontario Cup for Tumbling is this weekend in Barrie.

The schedule has been posted. Check the side bar for titles of previous posts. The schedule is posted there.

So are directions and a map.

Sunday there is no training for any of the tumbling groups as there will be painting and other club repairs taking place over the weekend.

Provincial and National tumblers do not have training on Monday, March 22nd.

Easter Weekend there will not be any training on the Sunday. Possibly on the Monday as the Provincial Championships has been moved up to the 10th and 11th of April. We will let you know.

Have a great weekend and GOOD LUCK to all the OGC tumblers competing this weekend.

GREAT JOB ALI!!!

.....and we had some time for sightseeing. Ali is deomonstrating "what not to wear" when visiting Banff in March!!!




Here are Jonathan and Ali posing at the Banff Springs Hotel.

We had a little time for some shopping....... :)

Jonathan and Ali posing at the gym after the finals competition.

Here are Jonathan and Ali warming-up before finals at the brand new gymnastics club in Airdrie!

CONGRATULATIONS TO JONATHAN MEEHAN FOR PLACING 6TH AT THIS YEAR'S ELITE CANADA!!!

This past week we travelled to Airdrie, Alberta where Jonathan competed against 16 of the country's top tumblers. Jonathan showed a great performance in finals showing a brand new pass. He continues to grow as a tumbler and is quickly becoming one of the top up and coming Canadian tumblers!
GREAT JOB JONATHAN!!

Ali Dings (who is an adopted tumbler for the OGC!) placed 1st in the women's category out of about 20 of the top tumblers in Canada. This is Ali's first National title! Way to go Ali!!

Here are some pics of our visit to Banff, the competition and the podium!!

Tumbling T's

Both the Demonstration Team T-shirts and the Tumbling Team T-shirts are for sale now.

$12 per T-shirt.

Sizes available are are:

Demo Team T's : Youth Small and Youth Medium

Blue Tumbling Team T's : Youth Medium, Adult Small, Adult Medium, and Adult Large

Please pay in cash directly as it is not the club who selling but Don.

Elite Canada

Good luck to Jonathan Meehan who will be competing at the Trampoline & Tumbling Elite Canada National Team qualification event this weekend. Niki and Jonathan left this morning for Airdrie, Alberta and competition begins on Friday. Ali Dings of the Quinte Bay club who often trains at the OGC because her club doesn't have a full length tumbling strip is traveling with them to Elite Canada. Good luck to Ali Dings as well.

3rd Ontario Cup Schedule

Here is the competition schedule for the 3rd Ontario Cup.

The competition is scheduled for March 20th and 21st at the Barrie Kempettes. See below for directions. As well, Niki sent out the directions and suggested hotels to several of you via e-mail.

The Gymnastics Ontario link for this schedule is:

http://www.ogf.com/events/details.php?event_id=2072

Again if you have any questions about the schedule or the competition please contact Niki, the Office or myself. Do not contact the host club or Gymnastics Ontario directly.

Thanks for your cooperation.

March Break No Viewing

Just letting everyone know that during the March Break weekday evenings there will not be any parent viewing allowed. The office/viewing area will be closing at 5:00pm Monday to Friday next week. Athletes will have to be dropped off and picke up at the sliding glass doors. Parents/family members/chauffeurs will not be permitted into the club to assist the athletes with changing or gathering their belongings.

If your athlete arrives late they will not be able to get into the club so you must be on time for you class.

If your athlete needs to leave early you will have to arrange this in advance of the class. Understand that the coach will have to usher your child to the door in the middle of class and the class will have to stop for your athlete as the coach will not be able to leave anyone in the gym. Please arrange for your child to be on time and there for the duration of the class.

Thanks for your understanding.

3rd Ontario Cup Info

Here is a map to the 3rd Ontario Cup taking place at the Barrie Kempettes. As well I have added the list of hotels that are suggested by the organizing committee.

If you have questions please ask us at the OGC.

DO NOT CONTACT THE HOST CLUB OR GYMNASTICS ONTARIO.

A schedule will be posted soon but you will need to be patient as they always come out last minute.

OWG Post 2

Ontario Winter Games

The multi-sport Ontario Winter Games is one of the most exciting competitions tumblers are invited to participate in during the course of their tumbling careers. This years gymnastics component was hosted at Muskoka Woods Camp. We started with a Trampoline & Tumbling Team photo and then it was on to check out the venue where we found that our equipment was not set up so we decided we would remedy the situation and set it up ourselves.

After a little head scratching and heavy lifting everything was pretty much in place.

The entire team was taken by bus to the not so nearby town of Gravenhurst for the Opening Ceremonies where some 2500 athletes from 27 different sports gathered outside at the bandshell to be entertained by the Stereos, a popular new band. The ceremony finished off with some fireworks and a drive back to the camp.

Competition was fast and full of drama. The 13 tumblers who were selected to go were broken up into four teams comprised of a mix of athletes from different clubs. The four teams were named after four recent top level tumblers from Ontario: Team Smith (Emily Smith), Team Vachon (Denis Vachon), Team Sugrim (Jordan Sugrim) and Team Speed (Ashley Speed). Awards were given out to the top scoring teams not individuals so the dynamic of the competition was more relaxed.

All involved had a great time. Way to go OGC tumblers Kezia, Michael and Ricardo for putting in some exciting performances.

March Break Circus Camp

Here's an idea for something to do on your March Break if you don't have anything to do yet.

March Schedule

Ontario Winter Games March 4th to 6th - Don will be coaching/Niki will be judging - Please Note the schedule changes on the Thursday.

Elite Canada - Only Niki will be attending as a coach, supply coaches have been found, classes will remain on a normal schedule during the March 11th to 12th.

3rd Ontario Cup will be on the 20th and 21st. Please note the schedule changes.

If you are going to be away for March Break please let us know in advance.

March 21st to 28th Niki will be away with a group of National Tumblers at an International Meet in the USA. Supply coaches have been found and regular classes will continue.

We will post an April schedule soon so that you can plan your Easter Weekend (the first weekend of April).

Karen is leaving.

I regret to inform you that Karen who coaches the Developmental 1 Tumbling Group, will no longer be coaching at the OGC as of March 14th. We have been lucky to have her working with our youngest tumblers for the past year and will miss her expertise. Karen's last day coaching for the tumbling program will be Friday, March 12th.

All the best to Karen.

Filling Karen's spot will be Amanda who presently coaches the Developmental 2 and 3 tumbling groups. Kelsey will be continuing with the group.