Qualifiers Thank you to Gemini, Milton Springers, Woodbridge, Futures, Gym Energy, Muskoka Limberettes, Borden, Ottawa and Alliston Nikolettes for hosting Session B qualifiers this season! Ontario Championships Date: April 4 th 7 th, 2013 Host Club: Rose City Gymnastics Equipment: 2 full sets of equipment Schedule: posted on GO website Judges: Judging Panels set by Mid March. Athletes: Provincial OCP Level 5 9 National CPN Elite/ Aspire, Novice, Junior, Senior and Open Table of Contents Qualifiers 1 Ontario Championships 1 Easterns 2 Canadians 2 National Stream Cup 2 Annual Assembly 3 National Tour: Florida 3 Congress 4 Elite Canada 4 Provincial Tour: Montreal 4 Level 2 4 Training Camp 4 GO JO 5 GCG Clubs of Excellence 5 Alternates: Event Finals: The qualification list for Ontario Championships is determined by averaging all eligible Provincial athletes top 2 qualifier scores (including Tour Selection score). The top 32 athletes in OCP level 5 9 will be eligible to compete at Ontario Championships. National categories are eligible to compete at Ontario Championships through registration. Please note that if an alternate is notified to compete they might not be notified until after the registration deadline. If an alternate were to be called upon it could be anytime leading up to the competition. There will be a limit of two gymnasts per club qualifying for each of the Event Finals. Where there are more than 2 athletes from one club in the top 8 the top 2 highest ranking athletes from that club based on results will determine the athletes who qualify for Event Finals. Provincial Athletes for the top 8 athletes in OCP Level 7 9, age 14+ is determined by averaging all eligible athletes top 2 event score from qualifiers. Open Athletes The top 8 athletes are determined by the score achieved at Ontario Championships. A list of all qualified athletes will be posted at the end of the competition. Athletes are required to confirm (with WPM) within 15 minutes of completion of awards that they will compete and submit a meet fee of $25.00 per athlete to the host club. (This is a flat fee, each athlete will pay $25.00 regardless of how many event finals they qualify for The Gymnastics Ontario office will be closed March 29th for Good Friday. EGG HUNT: Find 9 Eggs hidden in this newsletter
Page 2 of 5 March 2013 Upcoming Events (Ontario) Apr 4 7: Ontario Championships (Windsor) Jun 10: Annual Technical Assembly (GO) August 23 24: Congress (East York) Ontario Championships Continued Awards: Medals ( to ) and Ribbons ( to ).There will be no bumping in the case of a tie (i.e., if there is a tie for 2 nd place there is no 3 rd place). Special Awards: Awards will be presented for each age and level for, Bars, Beam and Floor. The criteria for each event will be communicated Easterns and Canadians: Ontario Championships will be the selection event for Eastern Canadian Championships and Canadian Championships for designated national categories. Events to Know (National/International) May 10 12: Eastern Canadian Championships (St. Johns, Newfoundland) Canadian Championships (Ottawa) Eastern Championships The 2013 Eastern Canadian Championships is being held May 10 11 th, 2013. The event is being hosted by Gymnastics Newfoundland and Labrador at the NL Sports Centre, St. Johns, Newfoundland. Team Ontario Selection will be at Ontario Championships. Bulletin #1 can be found on the GO website. More information will be communicated shortly. Canadian Championships This May Gymnastics Canada is hosting the Canadian Championships in partnerships with Kanata Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics, Ottawa Gymnastics Centre, Tumblers Gymnastics and Unigym Gatineau. This multi discipline event will be held May 17 25, 2013 at the Carleton University, Ravens Nest Gym and Field House. The Women s Artistic portion is currently schedules for May 21 25, 2013. Team Ontario Selection will be at Ontario Championships. Bulletin #1 has been circulated and more information will be communicated shortly. National Stream Cup Athletes selected from the Burlington Qualifier represented Team Ontario at the National Scream Cup, in Edmonton Alberta, January 25 27 th, 2013. These athlete represented Ontario in the Team, Individual and Event Finals Competitions achieving many successes. CPN Team Team Competition National Open Individual and Event Final Results on next page
Page 3 of 5 March 2013 National Stream Cup Continued All Around CPN Aspire Avery Rosales CPN Elite Sayge Urban Kelly Johnston Novice Sarah Posidis Kowalski Open Jarin Pintana Event Finals CPN Aspire Avery Rosales Bars Beam Floor Bars Floor Novice Sarah Posidis Kowalski Open Jarin Pintana Mackenzie Hyde Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches! National Tour 2013: Florida Ontario athletes compete at the Presidential Classic, in Orlando Florida, February 1 17th. Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches! Outstanding Individual All Around Performances Level 7 (Group 3) Claire Platnar Lauren Kessler Heather Smith Hannah Stewart 7th Level 7 (Group 4) Emma Christie Chloe Athaid Olivia Clancy Desiress Guertin Level 8 (Group 2) Bradey Rosettani Jennifer Vo Level 8 (Group 3 ) Meara Deery Suzy Wong Daphne Redillas Arianna Kemp Verena Herrmann Katie Towers Level 9 (Group 2) Kayla Folz Michelle Sugimura Level 9 (Group 2) Emily Ho Megen Reid Level 10 (Group 1) Melissa Temkov Level 10 (Group 2) Sarah Goudie Level 10 (Group 3) Mackenzie Hyde Brooke Huleatt Level 10 (Group 4) Rachel Pantano 7th
Page 4 of 5 March 2013 Elite Canada Ortona Gymnastics played host to Elite Canada Feb 8 th 10 th, 2013, Edmonton, Alberta. Congratulations Ontario athletes in your All Around results! 2013 Annual Assembly Date: June 10 th, 2013 Time: 10:00 am Location: Sport Alliance Board rooms Registration and Election information will be circulated 6 weeks prior. Novice Junior Senior Megan Roberts Heaven Latimer Maegan Chant Jade Chrobok Aleeza Yu Casey Carvalho Sydney Townsend Sabrina Gill Stefanie Merkle Jordyn Pedersen Provincial Tour 2013: Montreal For the first time Ontario sent a Level 6 Team of athletes to the Gymnix Classic in Montreal, Quebec, March 7 10, 2013. Congratulations to all the athletes and coaches! Aug 23 24, 2013 East York Gymnastics Photo above: Level 6 Tour Team with Olympian Dominique Pegg at Gymnix Level 6 Christiana Jamula Lauren Kelly Rainie Shaw Samanta Martinez Kyra Battaglia 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 6 th Focus on GO JO: Coaching clinics JO Clinicians Training camps More information & updates to come. Level 2 4 Training Camp This season the Level 2 4 Training Camp for Pre Competitive and Invitational athletes will be hosted by Burlington Gymnastics Club. More information and registration form will be available shortly. Date Event/Activity Location Thurs. May OCP Level 2 4 Training Camp Burlington (KIM) Gymnastics 2013 2014 Calendar of Events will be available soon
Page 5 of 5 March 2013 International Gymnast Magazine (Jan/Feb) Interview with Victoria Moors page 42! GO JO Looking into the Future The Women s Ontario Competitive Program will be restructured beginning Sept 1, 2013. Below is information to help provide a smooth transition into the 2013 2014 season. Here are a few important target dates... Liz Armitage and Elena Davydova were selected to be FIG assistant Course Conductors. Liz was the assistant for Brevet course in Montreal and Elena for the course in Australia. Elena was also assigned to judge at the American Cup recently. April 1 May 30th June 30th June 30th August 2/2 September/October TBC Release of the level 1 4 compulsory element charts & level 5 proposed optional routine requirements Release of the level 5 9 optional routine summary charts Release of the level 1 4 routine requirement manual complete with pictures, deductions, technique requirements and competition expectations Release of the level 5 9 routine requirement manual complete with pictures, deductions and competition requirements GO Coaching Congress GO JO technical event specific workshops and judging perspective information sessions. Final GO JO technical event specific workshop Level 1 4 GO JO Compulsory skill videos available for a head start please refer to the USA JO videos as they become available 2013 GCG Clubs of Excellence in Women s Artistic Most sincere congratulations to the coaches, athletes, parents and club administrators: Lorraine Currie, Tracey Anderson, Tracey Robertson and Shelley Lefler are Ontario s newest Brevet Judges GOLD LEVEL Bluewater Gymnastics Club, Sarnia, Ontario Website: http://bluewatergymnastics.com Dynamo Gymnastics, Cambridge, Ontario Website: http://www.dynamogymnastics.ca Gemini Gymnastics, Oshawa, Ontario Website: http://www.geminigymnastics.com Contacting Gymnastics Ontario: Please remember to share GO communication with coaches in your clubs. If member clubs have any questions from parents that they are not sure about please have your administrator/ head coach contact Gymnastics Ontario on their behalf, any parental inquires shall be referred back to the club.