Ontario Championships 2015 Congratulations all athlete and coaches who competed at the 2014 2015 Ontario Championships, April 9 12, 2015 in Windsor at St. Denise College. A special thanks to Rose City, Diana Giorgi and their Organizing Committee for hosting the 2014 2015 Ontario Championships with over 1000 WAG athletes, judges, coaches and supporters. Congratulations to all of Ontario s Champions! Contents Ontario Championships 1 Easterns 2 Canadian Championships 2 hips 3 Congress/ Training Camp 4 15 16 Competitions 4 Club Excellence 5 15 16 WTC 5 Thank yous 6 ALL AROUND CHAMPIONS Level 5 Level 8 Age 9 Karena Thomas Futures Age 9 Nyla Morabito Niagara Acro Cats Age 10 Ruby Brubaker Plitt T Dot Age 10/11 Vanessa Bryk Futures Age 11 Ali Nielissen Galaxy Age 12/13 Jenna Cherepacha Mississauga Age 12 Santana Douglas Futures Age 14+ Keira Jones Tyrell Milton Age 13 Rachel Genovese Mississauga Age 14+ Alannah Waller Dancemakers Level 9 Age 10/11 Lenee Rimkin Global Level 6 Age 12/13 Dahlia Solorzano Caruso Galaxy Age 9 Kali Elliott Niagara Acro Cats Age 14+ Christy Rizzo London GA Bora Dodaj East York Age 10 Isabella Kowan Gemini Pre Novice Age 11 Jennifer Elizarov KW CPN Aspire Chelsey Louis Jean Ottawa Age 12 Emma Afante Gemini CPN Elite Lauren Mounsey Futures Age 13 Isabelle Kagawa SGI Age 14 Jessica Giles Twisters National Age 15+ Rebecca Woodcock Lindsay Novice Leah Tindale Dynamo Open Sarah Posidis Kowalski East York Level 7 Junior Meixi Semple Gemini Age 9 Victoria Cole Guelph Senior Jordyn Pedersen Manjak's Age 10/11 Bella Musca Ottawa Age 12/13 Effie Ferguson Manjak's Age 14/15 Ruth Martin Guelph Age 16+ Ashlyn Christos Alliston EVENT FINALS CHAMPIONS Level 7 Level 9 Vault Kyra Battaglia Gyros Vault Sarah Scholten Oakville Bars Jenna Angrilli Niagara Acro Cats Bars Madison Hocking Manjak's Beam Jaden Wong SGI Beam Morgan Tong Tristar Floor Lauren Michelberger KSG Aurora Floor Sophie Paquin Tumblers Level 8 National Open Vault Keiara Jones Tyrell Milton Vault Samantha Borges Manjak's Bars Keiara Jones Tyrell Milton Bars Sarah Goudie London GA Beam Ema Kralik Alpha Beam Kathryn Doran Oakville Floor Ema Kralik Alpha Floor Melissa Temkov Burlington
Page 2 of 6 July 2015 2015 Eastern Canadian Championships Hosted May 8 10, 2015 in Moncton New Brunswick at the University of Moncton. Summer GO Office Closures Canada Day Wed. July 1, 2015 Civic Holiday Mon., August 3, 2015 This was the first year using the USAG JO rules and Ontario athletes shone. Amazing results for both individual athletes and Teams. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches! Labour Day Mon., September 7, 2015 2015 Canadian Championships Ontario captured Gold in Novice Team and Open Team!! Upcoming Events Pam Am Games July 11 15 (Toronto) 2 15 P&G Gymnastics Championships Aug 13 16 (Indianapolis) Gymnastics Ontario Coaching Congress Aug. 21 22 (Milton) 46th Artistic World Championships Oct 23 Nov 1 (Glasgow, GB)
Page 3 of 6 July 2015 Canadian Championships Continued There were also many successes for the All Around and Event Final competitions. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches!!! 2014 2015 hips This year s banners were presented at the Annual Assembly, June 8 th. OTTAWA GYMNASTICS CENTRE Tier One First Place GUELPH SAULTOS GYMNASTICS Tier Two First Place KAWARTHA GYMNASTICS Tier Three First Place GEMINI GYMNASTICS Tier One Second Place T DOT TUMBLERS Tier Two Second Place GLOBAL GYMNASTICS CLUB Tier Three Second Place FUTURES GYMNASTIC CENTRE INC. Tier One Third Place PULSARS GYMNASTICS CLUB Tier Two Third Place ST. THOMAS ELGIN GYMNASTICS CLUB Tier Three Third Place
Page 4 of 6 July 2015 2015 Coaching Congress/ Development Camp This season the focus will be on Level 1 4 as Ontario is fully adopting the full Level 1 to 5 Junior Olympic Compulsory skills and routines. Congress August 21 22 at Milton Springers Gymnastics featuring clinicians from USA and Canada, including returning clinicians Linda Johnson and Nicole Langevin as this year s Congress will focus on the compulsory levels. There will be something for everyone. Developmental Camp August 23 at Milton Springers Coaches and athletes will get a unique in gym training opportunity for Level 1 5 and in preparation for upcoming season. Information and Registration will be circulated shortly. 2015 2016 Competitions Structure & Hosts Gymnastics Ontario is excited to introduce the new Level 3 5 competitive program for the 2015 2016 season. Here is an overview for the structure: Invitational all sanctioned competitions within the May 1 June 30 th, 2016 time frame are considered invitational only competitions any ODP only competition all Level 1 2 and all age 7 & 8 year olds are considered Invitational athletes only athletes can still be registered as a Level 6 10 Invitational athlete 2 judges per panel (secured by host club) Level 3 5 Qualifying Competitions at Invitationals Level 3 5 athletes will pay the same program fee as an Invitational athlete in ivr.net all athletes in Level 3 5 are allowed to compete at any Level 3 5 competition, however only an athlete s first 3 competitions scores will count towards qualification for the Level 3 5 Ontario Championships. all athlete s scores in Levels 3 5 will be automatically entered into the ranking list and will be eligible to qualify for the Level 3 5 Ontario Championships athletes are only required to register and compete at a minimum of two competitions (as only two scores are required to be eligible for Level 3 5 Ontario Championships (same qualification process as the Level 6 10 qualifiers to Ontario Championships) any scores after the April 30 May 1, 2016 weekend will not be eligible as a qualifying score mobility to a higher level is allowed once an athlete moves up a level and competes/ has a score at a higher level they can only be eligible for Ontario Championships at the higher level (and if they have two scores at that level) club registration and competition management will remain with the host club and communicated on the GO website and through the clubs call to competition it is each club s responsibility to secure their own qualifying competitions as well as to find any additional ( make up ) competitions Level 6 10 Optional Qualifiers register athletes by age and categories for season. Categories for Ontario Championships will be determined shortly after registration deadline.
Page 5 of 6 July 2015 C processes will remain status quo except only 2 choices per qualifier will be required for your club s qualifier sign up (instead of 3) Level 10 will be replacing National Open category for the 2015 2016 Season the and two age categories will be added to the Level 6 10 qualifiers 2 judges per panel (assigned by WAG Program Judging Assistant) scheduling and draws status quo form last season Level 6 10 Qualifiers Hosts Session A Team Ontario Selection/Screening #1 Quinte Bay Qualifier #1 Rose City Qualifier #2 Futures Qualifier #3 Twisters Qualifier #4 Pickering Qualifier #5/ Screening #2 Burlington Session B Qualifier #6 Gemini Qualifier #7 Milton Qualifier #8 Muskoka Qualifier #9 Niagara Acro Cats Qualifier #10 Blenheim Qualifier #11 Ottawa Qualifier #12 Alliston Qualifier #13 Cambridge Ontario Championships Level 6 10 Ontario Championships April 8 10, 2016 Futures Level 3 5 Ontario Championships June 10 12, 2016 Quinte Bay 2015 GCG Clubs of Excellence in Women s Artistic Most sincere congratulations to the coaches, athletes, parents and club administrators: East York Gymnastics Club, East York, Ontario Website: http://www.eastyorkgym.com Gemini Gymnastics, Oshawa, Ontario Website: http;//www.geminigymnastics.ca Revolution Gymnastics, Waterloo, Ontario Website: http://www.revolutiongym.ca 2015 2016 Women s Technical Committee (WTC) Chair: Coaching Rep National: Coaching Rep 5 9: Coaching Rep 1 4: Member at Large: Member at Large: Member at Large: Judging Chair: Dave Brubaker Paula Johnson Kathy Kline Dawn Izzard Jen Kraemer Jessica LeBlanc Amanda Pepin Cheryl Donoghue
Page 6 of 6 Page 7 of 7 February July 2012 2015 There are many people who made contributions to the Women s Program. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the coaches and clubs for their support. Special thanks to the following group of people! Dave Sandford, Jenna Gleza, Julie Arsenault Howick, Cheryl Donoghue and Gymnastics Ontario Staff WTC Committee Members Dave Brubaker, Cheryl Donoghue, Melissa Hawrylyshyn, Dawn Izzard, Paula Johnson, Jen Kraemer, Kathy Kline and Jessica LeBlanc Judging Sub Committee Tracey Anderson, Susan Baier, Cathy Buchner, Cheryl Donoghue, Jodi Hannivan, Shelley Lefler, Kim Mitchell, Christopher Scott, Lynne Smiley OCP Working Group Cathy Bucnher, Cheryl Donoghue and Shelley Lefler ODP Working Group Krista Dales, Barb Dring, Paula Johnson, Jodi Hannivan and Dawn Izzard, Jessica Leblanc