Reagan Flyaway

Elizabeth Back handspring on Trampoline

Winter Wonderland LEAP Event

On January 19 and 20, 2013 eleven members of the NEGC pre-competitive program took part in the Winter Wonderland LEAP event at Capital City Gymnastics Club.  This was the first LEAP event of the year for all of the girls and for 3 girls it was their first LEAP event ever!

All eleven of the girls participated in the physical ability portion of the event where they showed how fast they could climb the rope, how far they could jump and how far down they could get in their splits among other things.  Katrina, Tess, Elizabeth, Tristyn, Aliyah, Sofia and Samantha all tested in the copper level and they all posted  personal best scores.  Katrina, Tess and Elizabeth all scored over 70 points and passed the physical ability component!

Ava tested in the Bronze level and also put up a personal best!  In the Silver level Danielle and Tyra also had a great day and finished the event with their best score in Silver!

On Sunday Katrina, Tess, Elizabeth and Tristyn were back to take part in the Skills portion of the event.  As it was the first event of the season there were a few nerves to work through but they still put forth an amazing effort and represented the gym and themselves really well!

 Great job ladies - we can't wait to see what you do next time!

Winter Flip Competition

On January 12, 2013 four athletes from the NEGC competitive team took part in the St. Albert Gymnastics Club Winter Flip Competition.  This was the first competition of the year for these girls and was Hannah's first competition ever!

In the P2 Tyro (2001)division Reagan won her first medal ever with the silver medal on bars and placed 4th on Vault and Floor and placed 6th in the All Around.

In the P2 Novice division Samantha earned her first ever Gold medal by winning Vault and also earned the bronze medal on bars.  She also placed 5th on floor and earned the Bronze medal in the All Around!

Hannah and Gia competed in the P2 Open division and both had great days!  Hannah earned her first 2 medals with Bronze medals on Vault and floor.  She also placed 7th on Bars and 8th on beam which helped her to a 4th place finish in the all around.  Gia won the Gold medal on beam and also added silver medals on vault and floor on her way to the silver medal in the All Around.



What a great start to the year!

Bailey Back Layout

Cancun Classic Competition

On January 1, 2013 9 athletes and 2 coaches from the NEGC competitive team traveled to Cancun, Mexico to take part in the 2013 Cancun Classic Gymnastics Competition.  The team traveled with 27 supporters made up of parents, siblings and grandparents. 




 On Friday January 4 the girls took part in a training session where they had the opportunity to see the venue and try out the equipment prior to the competition.  After the training session they had the opportunity to watch an NCAA college gymnastics meet between Ohio State University, Brigham Young University and Michigan State University.  This was a great experience for the girls and it was especially cool to watch a fellow Albertan Stephanie McGregor from Calgary compete for OSU!

Saturday was competition day and all the girls were nervous but also very excited!  It was the first meet of the year for all of our girls and for Kaelyn it was her first meet ever!  Kaelyn competed level 4 and won her first medal by earning a Bronze medal on Bars!

Keyana competed in level 5 and won a Bronze medal on vault and finnished 4th All Around!

Trinity competed in level 6 and competed her flyaway for the very first time!

Jenna competed in Level seven and did a great job competing many new skills.  She competed her flyaway on bars, back layout and front handspring front tuck on floor as well as back handspring on beam!

Darian also competed Level 7 and she won the silver medal on Vault in the Junior C Division as well as placing 6th in the all around.  Darian also competed many new skills such as a flyaway on bars, back layout on floor and back handspring on beam!

Madison and Sara also competed level 7 and placed 4th and 5th respectively on Vault in the Junior C age division.  Madison competed her flyaway on bars, back layout on floor and back walkover back handspring series on beam for the first time!  Sara rocked her back layout on floor and competed her cartwheel to round off series for the first time on bars.

Bailey competed level 7 as well and was in the Junior B division.  She competed her back layout on floor and her back handspring on beam for the very first time - she even stuck the back handspring!

Victoria competed Level 8 and competed her Tsukahara vault for the very first time and won the silver medal on vault.  She also won the silver medal on bars and competed her giant for the first time.  She had good showings on floor and beam as well and won the bronze medal in the all around!

We are so very proud of all of our girls and the determination and class they demonstrated at the competition!  We could not ask for a better bunch of girls - they represented NEGC and Canada very well!

Once the competition was over the girls spent Sunday at Dophinaris and Wet and Wild where they spent the day swimming with the dolphins and sliding on the water slides!  It was a great way to celebrate their hard work and accomplishments and to relax and have some fun!  The families also had a great time spending time together and getting to know one another better.  It showed me once again that we truly do have the best gymnastics family at NEGC!

Hannah Uprise

Madison Flyaway