NM PROGRAM THE JUNIOR NORDIC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TEAMGYM I s l and 2014 ÞÚ SÆKIR PIZZU OG STÓRAN SKAMMT AF BRAUÐSTÖNGUM, OSTAGOTT EÐA KANILGOTT OG FÆRÐ AÐRA PIZZU SÖMU STÆRÐAR AÐ AUKI. VIÐ NOTUM EINGÖNGU 100% ÍSLENSKAN OST! SÍMI 58 12345 DOMINO’S APP WWW.DOMINOS.IS Contents Good times in Garðabær . 3 The NM program is published on the occasion of The Junior Nordic From the president of Stjarnan . 4 Championships in Teamgym held in Asgarður in Garðabær on 12. April 2014. Greetings from the president of Publisher: Stjarnan - gymnastics the Icelandic Gymnastics . 5 Supervision: Ágústa Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir Stjarnan Gymnastics Club . 6 Editorial: Þórarinna Söebech & Sigurbjörg Ólafsdóttir Artistic gymnastic - Sports or art? . 8 Coverphoto: Niclaes Jerkeholt TeamGym - Proofreading: Skjal the team is only as strong as its weakest link . 9 Design & layout: Agnes Vilhelmsdóttir - Sjáaldrið Who are the girls on the team?. 10 Printing: Prentun.is Schedule saturday 14. Apríl 2014 . 14 Introduction of the teams . 16 SÍÐUMÚLA 28, 108 REYKJAVÍK SÍMI 530 7300 | SKJAL(AT)SKJAL.IS Dagurinn er bara allur annar ENNEMM / SÍA / NM58788 / SÍA / ENNEMM Ota haframjölið er framleitt úr 100% sérvöldum höfrum sem eru flokkaðir, valsaðir og síðan ristaðir til að auka enn á bragðgæðin. Hafragrautur úr Ota Solgryn er einfaldur og hollur morgunverður með háu hlutfalli af fjölsykrum, trefjaríkur og mettandi og dugar þér langt inn í daginn. Stag I s l and 2014 Stag Gymnastics Club is from a little town called Stavern, about 140 kilometers south of Oslo. The town has only approximately 4,000 inhabitants, Good times in Garðabær so we are very proud of our gymnasts and our team. We have participated in every Nordic Championships (juniors) from the beginning in Denmark in I am both happy and proud that the Junior I am grateful to the good people who do 1996. Our gymnasts have also participated in the European Championships Nordic championships are being held in selfless volunteer work for our club. I am fully (seniors) since France in 2002. In 2011 our Club organized the Nordic Ásgarður, the gymnastics hall here in aware that great facilities don´t mean much if Championships for seniors in Arena Larvik. This was a big honour for a small Garðabær. Since the gymnastics hall was there are not people willing to give their time club like ours.In this year’s Nordic Championship for juniors we will compete opened in 2010 the number of gymnasts and energy to work for our club. The with a very young team. As many as 6 of our 10 gymnasts were born in 2000 training in Garðabær has more than doubled gymnastics department has worked or 2001, so many of them can take part in two more junior championships. and our gymasts have shown great progress professionally and with great ambition and I We will try to learn a lot from this tournament and come back even stronger and results. A good example is of the growing believe we will see even more young people next time. We are looking forward to compete in Iceland and will do our very club is our junior team, which is competing for from Garðabær competing for Iceland in the best. Iceland in these Nordic championships. next few years. Sports are beneficial for both mind and I wish all the participants competing at the body and research shows that sports work very Junior Nordic championships the best of luck. well as risk prevention for children and I look forward to watching these promising Gunnar Einarsson, youngsters. Therefore the town of Garðabær young athletes reach their goals at the Mayor Trondhjem has put great emphasis on building up tournament here in Garðabær. Even though excellent facilities for our town´s athletes and not all will leave with trophies, I hope they will Trondhjems Turnforening was founded on 14 February 1858. It was supporting sports and other youth activities all leave Garðabær with great experiences and among the first sports clubs in Norway and has a long and proud history. In for younger children. The results that, for memories of good times. 1981-1995 the men's team won the Norwegian Championships in Teamgym example, the gymnastics department has 11 times and represented Norway several times in the Nordic achieved in the past years show us that the Championships.The past 20 years the club has had great success in Artistic funds allocated towards sports activities are Gymnastics . The club represented Norway in the 2013 Nordic funds well spent. Championships for seniors. We also had several gymnasts in the 2012 European Championships.The team representing Norway in this year's Nordic Championships is young and talented, proving its potential by winning the Norwegian Championships in Tumbling in 2013. For almost all of the girls this is the first time competing outside Norway and they are really Íbúðagisting Akureyri looking forward to compete against the best teams in the Nordic Countries. – Gæði í gegn Even though the team is young and inexperienced, we hope to show that Trondhjems Turnforening is a team to look out for in the future and hopefully also show that we can give the other teams a run for the prizes in Reykjavik. Vandaðar og vel útbúnar Höganäs GF íbúðir Höganäs GF was founded in 1896 and is based in the south-western part of Sweden. Even though only approximately 14 000 people live in Höganäs the club has more than 550 members. The club is very successful and merits include gold at Junior Nordic Komdu norður og njóttu þín! Championship 2012 and silver in 2010. www.ibudagisting.is • [email protected] • s. +354 892-6515 22 3 I s l and 2014 Brommagymnasterna Brommagymnasterna is the largest gymnastics club in Sweden. The club From the President of Stjarnan consists of around 3000 active members. In 2013 the team won the Swedish national championship for juniors. The team consists of 12 gymnasts who It is an honour for Stjarnan Sports Club to Under such circumstances, role models are have been practicing together for about 8 years, 4 times a week (in total 12 host the Junior Nordic Championships in Team created, to whom many others can look when hours). The gymnasts love practicing gymnastics and they often meet in Gym on 12 April 2014. We are proud of the setting their own goals and targets. These role their spare time either to relax or practice at the gym. The gymnasts have facilities that Garðabær has built for the club models are one of the many positive things already won Swedish championships for both youth and juniors. Four of the and celebrate the opportunity to be able to that sports give back to the society. gymnasts were part of the team that won a bronze medal at the European share it with others. Championship for juniors mix-class in 2012. The gymnasts support and The structure of sports drives athletes to do encourage each other and they always do their best when it comes to their We will be welcoming around 300 athletes better each and every time with the final aim training. “We want to go to Iceland and do our best competition ever. But from all the Nordic countries and it is my hope of beating the opponent and ending up as a above all, we ‘wanna’ have fun!” that their experience, and that of other guests, winner. Losing is something that one must also will be an enjoyable one. To make that happen, learn and by losing, we always learn numerous volunteers, coaches and other something. In such moments it is important to employees of the club have participated in the be able to celebrate with others. Achievements Jóhann Steinar preparation. Furthermore, Garðabær has yet can also be measured by other means than the Ingimundarson GK Motus-Salto again supported the club with contributions desirable gold medal. Many may improve their President of Stjarnan and the work of municipal employees to create own contribution since the last competition or GK Motus-Salto mixed team is composed of our youth boys and girls as good conditions as possible. I would like to meet their own challenges. In the end, the team. They have trained side by side since they were young, but first started use this opportunity to thank all those most difficult opponent will probably be the to train together last fall. contributors dearly for their effort, which is athlete her/himself and the largest triumph to We are a young team whose members were born in 2001-1998 and this is invaluable for the Club. get to know oneself. The lesson learned when our first championship together and also our first junior competition, let tackling the ups and downs with stoicism and During this competition, we will focus our alone an international one. positivity will hopefully transfer onto other attention on all the great athletes that have We are proud to be here and see this as a big achievement and tasks in life. earned their right to participate. We, the experience for the future! people behind the clubs and the athletes, know how much work is needed in order to achieve such success. This drive is an inspiration to us all and shows how far athletes are able to go when they set their goals and work systematically towards reaching them. Gerpla The girls in the group are aged between 13 and 17, which is a very wide age range for a junior team. In spite of that, they are incredibly close. It is great to see how welcoming they are to new members of the team and their positive attitude towards getting to know their teammates better.