Qualifiers Thank you to Gemini, Quinte Bay, Woodbridge, Muskoka Limberettes, Milton, Pulsars, Niagara Acro Cats, Alliston Nikolettes and Ottawa and Rose City for hosting Session B qualifiers this season. Ontario Championships Ontario Championships will be hosted by Rose City Gymnastics Club in Windsor at the St. Denise Centre from Thursday, April 9 to Sunday April 12, 2015. This event will in held in conjunction with the Men’s Artistic Ontario Championships. A ranking list & qualified athlete list have been sent to clubs with a registration form the week following the last qualifier. Table of Contents For more information please visit the WAG Ontario Championships Call to Meet posted on the Events Calendar on the GO website. Qualifiers 1 Ontario Championships 1 Eastern Canadian Championships Easterns 1 The 2015 Eastern Canadian Championships for WAG, MAG and T&T is being held May 8‐10, 2015. Canadians 1 The event is hosted by New Brunswick at the University of Moncton. Tour: Las Vegas 2 Selection for Team Ontario will be held at Ontario Canada Winter Games 3 Championships. GO Website 3 Bulletin #1 will be posted on the Easterns event page on the GO website event calendar and sent out to clubs as soon as it becomes available. Training Camps 3 Elite Canada 4 Canadian Championships This season Canadians will be a MAG and WAG Annual Assembly 4 event and is being hosted by Gymnastics Canada in conjunction Club Unigym Gatineau and Fédération de gymnastique du Judging News 4 Québec from May 26‐31, 2015. Gymnix 4 Team Ontario Selection will be held at Ontario Level 3‐5 Qualifiers 5 Championships. Contacting GO 5 A link to the GCG Directive and schedule can be found on the GO website event page or can be found on the GCG website at http://www.gymcan.org/site/event_details.php?id=481 The Gymnastics Ontario office will be closed April 3rd for Good Friday. EGG HUNT: Find 9 Eggs hidden in this newsletter Page 2 of 5 March 2015 Tour 2015: Lady Luck Invitational Ontario athletes compete at the Las Vegas (NV) February 16‐18, 2015. Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches! Level 6 – Group 4 Level 7 – Group 4 st Samantha Kunst‐Pacheco 1st Catarina Musca 2nd Isabelle Kagawa 3rd Kate Beausaert 5th Level 7 Group 5 Lauren Michelberger 1st Level 6 – Group 5 Ruth Martin 2nd Jessica Giles 2nd Ashlyn Christos 3rd Hannah Henderson 4th Olivia Kerr 5th Calendar of Events and Kailyn Wright 5th Madisson Kelleher‐Radey 6th Bid to Host/ Invitational Olivia Nitti 6th Megan Silver 7th Morgan Berry 7th Jessica Turza 8th Application will be available soon. Level 8 – Group 2 Level 9 – Group 1 Level 10 – Group 1 Rachel Simpson 1st Madison Hughes 3rd Sofia Moraes 2nd Ai nsely McCarles 2nd Level 9 – Group 2 Level 10 – Group 2 Level 8 – Group 3 Hannah Scharf 4th Kayla Folz 8th Cailyn Chung 2nd Brooklyn Moors 7th Sofia Baggio 9th Camryn Gibson 3rd Alexandria Kline 9th Keiara Jones‐Tyrell 4th Level 10 – Group 3 Level 9 – Group 3 Melissa Temkov 3rd Level 8 – Group 4 Sophie Paquin 1st Serena Baker 8th Emma Christie 2nd Christy Rizzo 2nd Kristina Santiago 10th Anna Taverna 3rd Alessia Lambe 6th Claire Platnar 5th Level 10 – Group 4 Level 9 – Group 4 Samantha Borges 4th Sarah Worfolk 3rd Sarah Goudie 6th Page 3 of 5 March 2015 Upcoming Events 2015 Canada Winter Games (Ontario) CONGRATULATION Athletes and Coaches! The Women’s Artistic team competed in Apr 9‐12: Ontario Championships (Windsor) Prince George, BC for the 2015 Canada Winter Games from February 13‐21, 2015 Jun 8: Annual Technical where they achieved many successes! Assembly (GO) The first competition was the Team Event August 22 ‐23: Congress (Milton Springers) in which the Women’s team won the silver medal. Events to Know (National/International) Mar 5‐8: Gymnix (QC) May 8‐10: Eastern Canadian Championships (Moncton, NB) May 26‐31:Canadian Championships (QC) Five out of the six Women’s Athletes (Samantha Borges, Mariana Colussi‐ Training Camps Pelaez, Sarah Posidis‐Kowalski, Megan Roberts Melissa Temkov) moved on to the Thank you to Futures All‐Around competition where Megan Gymnastics for hosting the Roberts captured the bronze. Level 1‐4 Development Camp and Level 1‐ 5 Judging Clinic, December 28th, 2014. Please see below for information on the remaining camps this season: GO Website Pre Easterns and Pre‐ Come check out the new website design! Canadians Training Camp – East York Monday, April 27th, 2015 Page 4 of 5 March 2015 Elite Canada Federation du Gymnastique de Quebec played host to Elite Canada January 30‐ February 1, 2015, in Trios‐Rivers, QC. Congratulations Ontario athletes in your results! Novice Junior Senior All Around All Around All Around Ana Padurariu 1st Megan Roberts 1st Sydney Townsend 4th Alexandria Tonkin 5th Jade Chrobok 2nd Leah Tindale 8th Lindsay Chia 6th EVENT FINALS VAULT EVENTS EVENT FINALs Meagan Chant 2nd VAULT VAULT Ana Padurariu 2nd Megan Roberts 1st BARS Leah Tindale 3rd Jade Chrobok 3rd Sabrina Gill 1st Sydney Townsend 7th BARS BARS Ana Padurariu 6th Megan Roberts 1st FLOOR Lindsay Chi 2nd Victoria Moors 6th BEAM Jade Chrobok 6th Sydney Townsend 7th Ana Padurariu 1st Maegan Chant 8th Juliette Chapman 2nd BEAM Jade Chrobok 1st FLOOR Megan Roberts 3rd Ana Padurariu 1st Alexis Didomizio 6th Leah Tindale 5th Emma Spence 6th FLOOR Megan Roberts 1st 2015 Gymnix L’International Gymnix competition was held March 5‐8, 2015 at the Complexe Sportif Claud‐Robillard in Montreal Quebec. Congratulations to all the Ontario athletes and Coaches! Results and more can be found on the Gymnix website: http://internationalgymnix.ca/en/ Congratulations Christopher Scott Check out the Ontario athletes’ performances on the GCG YouTube website: has been accepted as a Brevet Candidate! https://www.youtube.com/user/gymnasticscanada Congratulations Kim Mitchell and Michelle Pothier who have been accepted into GCG Fast Tracking program. WAG Beginners Judging Course Registration will be available shortly. Page 4 of 5 March 2015 Level 3‐5 Qualifying System Gymnastics Ontario will be launching a new Level 3‐5 Compulsory Qualifying Program in the Fall 2015. There will be lots of question as we move into the 2015‐2016 Season and more information, such as the following will be released shortly and on the agenda for the Annual Assembly: ‐ GO Membership ‐ Bid to Hosts ‐ Registration Timeline and Processes ‐ Overview of Qualifying Structure The Level 6‐10* qualifying program will remain as is with exception of the possibility of Level 10 (*TBC) and moving to 2 judges per panel for qualifiers. Reminder: the Technical Rules and Regulations for the 2015‐2016 Season will be updated, circulated and in effect as of July 1, 2015. 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 parent inquires shall be referred back or forwarded to the club. Chief Executive Officer Dave Sandford [email protected] Women's Artistic Gymnastics Audra Sederavicius [email protected] Men's Artistic Gymnastics Greg Jackson [email protected] Trampoline & Tumbling Allison Tanaka [email protected] Rhythmic Gymnastics Katia Kharlip [email protected] Operations Manager Cindy Clapp [email protected] Education Coordinator NCCP, Risk Management Yuliana Korolyova [email protected] Membership Services Kristina Fulchini‐Galloway [email protected] Events Coordinator Jenna Gleza [email protected] Recreation Coordinator Michelle Pothier [email protected] .