new skills...

Last week and this week were great for a few of the new level 4's Suzie Moore, Sam Eagan, Maddy Croteau and Julia Delisle. All of them got their front hip circles!! Christina Marra got her long hang kip. Way to go girls!!!

Some Giants

We did some giants on Thursday, it was lots of fun. This is the first video I've put together so hopefully it'll be fun for you!

Just for Fun

I showed this video to the kids yesterday, they got a big kick out of this crazy guy doing crazy things.

1st time skill!!

Great Job Laura Martens!!! Laura got her kip today!!!

Friday 6-5-09

We've been using Fridays as "Goal Days", the rest of the week I plan each event for the kids but Fridays are theirs to work what they choose to work. Today had some pretty cool stuff. Ellie has improved her back hip circle so that she can start to pull her hips away from the bar. Maddie and Dom did some flyaways off the low bar. Kylie did her first cast to flyaways. Rachael did tsuks over the cheese mat without a spot and did a giant with virtually no spot and was close to landing a couple of full twisting layouts. Alli did some great 1/2 twisting layouts. Jessi is continually moving her handstand to back handspring up to higher beams.

Then we conditioned...

Today for the conditioning at the end we did a fun little 10 minute workout. The goal was to do as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes. One round was 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 air squats. The scores are below.

Cari 10 Rounds
Alli 8 Rounds
Ellie 9 Rounds
Kylie 12 Rounds
Jessi 10 Rounds
Jordan 12 Rounds
Rachael 13 Rounds
Dom 11 Rounds
Dan 10 Rounds

Can't wait to see everyone on Sunday at the Banquet!

Conditioning on Friday

We did a bit of a conditioning contest on Friday. It was a short and intense workout that was pretty hard but lots of fun (fun in an "I'm glad to be done with that workout sort of way"). I decided to join the kids with this one.

The Workout
21 Burpees,
21 Pull ups,
15 Burpees,
15 Pull ups,
9 Burpees,
9 Pull ups

We did this for time.

Times,
Ellie 6:51
Marissa 4:55
Dom 6:39
Steph 5:15
Alli 6:35
Cari 6:08
Dan 6:36
Jessi 5:42
Jordan D. 5:44
Kylie 6:57

Tuesday 5-19-09

Today was a great workout!  Lots of skill work accomplished!!  Maddy did her first back tuck on the tumble trak without a spot and Cari did her first giant without spot.  The level 5's got their first training with flyaways and the girls did personal record (PR) workout on beam, meaning they did 5 of a next level skill on a beam higher than they previously had, everyone set a couple of PR's tonight!  Awesome job girls.

The hot and cool girls from Tues the 28th

Tuesday was incredibly hot in the gym! During the 4-6 workout the gym was around 87 degrees and the workout from 6-8 was around 80 degrees and less. The girls had a great workout and took lots of turns despite the heat!

The "Hot" Girls

The "Cool" Girls

S t r e t c h i n g

Looks like I could use some more flexibility work!!  Or a taller partner ;)

Level 7-8 State Meet Times

Here are the times for the Level 7-8 State meet April 5th at Tri-Star Gymnastics.

Level 7's

Arrival - 8:00 AM

March In - 8:45 AM

Awards - 12:00 PM

Level 8's

Arrival - 12:45 PM

March In - 1:45 PM

Awards - 4:30 PM

Some Photos from Compulsory State

Level 6 State Championship

The Level 6's did what I knew they could do from the beginning of this year. They came into the state meet and put on a great show! They finished 4th as a team this year with a Team Score of 107.725.

Jordan Dufresne Vault 8.85 7th, Bars 9.0 5th, Beam 8.25 15th, Floor 8.875 5th, All-Around 34.975
Kylie Elliott Vault 9.2 6th, Bars 9.05 8th, Beam 9.1 7th, Floor 8.9 4th, All-Around 36.25 6th.
Kayla Robbins Vault 8.9 12th, Bars 9.025 9th, Beam 9.0 10th, Floor 8.9 4th, All-Around 35.825
Jessika Pignone Vault 8.775 15th, Bars 8.1 20th, Beam 8.9 13th, Floor 8.75 9th, All-Around 34.525 20th
Jenny Berglund Vault 8.75 2nd, Bars 7.35 6th, Beam 8.925 2nd, Floor 8.575 2nd, All-Around 33.60 5th

GREAT JOB LEVEL 6'S

Level 5 State Session 2

Level 5 2nd session and team results

This year the SGA Level 5 Team finished 8th overall with one of their better team scores of the year, 106.20.

Ellie, Taylor, Jordan and Maddie had a great meet! All the work they've done has really paid dividends at this years state meet.

Jordan Hall Vault 8.25 10th, Bars 8.6 10th, Beam 7.9 14th, Floor 8.7 8th, All-Around 33.45 14th.
Taylor Mackenzie Vault 8.75 5th, Bars 9.4 4th, Beam 9.1 7th, Floor 9.0 7th, All-Around 36.25 3rd.
Maddie Britting Vault 8.65 8th, Bars 9.45 2nd, Beam 8.425 19th, Floor 8.65 14th, All-Around 35.175 15th.
Ellie Goodspeed Vault 8.225 18th, Bars 8.15 20th, Beam 8.35 21st, Floor 8.15 17th, All-Around 32.875 28th.

WAY TO GO LEVEL 5'S

Level 5 State Session 1

Dominique had a great meet! She posted some of her best scores this year, and definitely had her best beam routine of the year.

Vault 8.375 10th, Bars 8.15, Beam 9.1 3rd, Floor 8.6 12th, All-Around 34.725 12th. Awesome job Dom!

Level 4 State Championships

WAY TO GO LEVEL 4'S!!!!!

The Level 4 Team place 4th at the 2009 New Hampshire State Championships held at Granite State. This was a great competition, there was only two tenths of a point between 2nd and 4th and only about one point between 4th and 1st place. There was a lot of great level 4 gymnastics. Below are the results and places of all the Spectrum Level 4's. We also had State Champions in Christina Marra (vault, bars, floor, all-around), Delaney Conway (Vault).

Delaney Conway Vault 9.7 1st, Bars 9.55 2nd, Beam 9.275 2nd, Floor 9.4 4th, All-Around 37.825 2nd.
Mira Kutney Vault 9.4 5th, Bars 9.425 5th, Beam 9.35 4th, Floor 9.45 2nd, All-Around 37.625 3rd.
Christina Marra Vault 9.55 1st, Bars 9.425 1st, Beam 8.7 3rd, Floor 9.375 1st, All-Around 37.05 1st
Skylar Roy Vault 9.425 7th, Bars 9.325 5th, Beam 9.175 3rd, Floor 9.00 8th, All-Around 36.925 5th.
Katelynn Flight Vault 9.35 3rd, Bars 9.05 3rd, Beam 8.925 2nd, Floor 9.00 2nd, All-Around 36.325 2nd.
Lauren Pribyl Vault 9.1 19th, Bars 8.95 16th, Beam 8.925 10th, Floor 8.75 18th, All-Around 35.725 17th.
Jordan Deschamps Vault 9.45 6th, Bars 8.95 9th, Beam 8.725 10th, Floor 8.2 13th, All-Around 35.325 10th
Laura Martens Vault 8.95 11th, Bars 9.1 9th, Beam 8.45 10th, Floor 7.8 14th, All-Around 34.30

I can't begin to describe how happy I am with the Level 4's! These athletes did a fantastic job in their training and competition this year. Every Level 4 improved their gymnastics leading up to this meet tremendously!

Level 7-8 Sectional 2 times

Here are the times for the 2nd Level 7/8 Sectional #2 at Atlantic Gymnastics on March 22

Stretch 12:15 PM

Warm-ups 12:30 PM

March-in 12:40 PM

Awards 4:00 PM

Level 4's cranking out pull ups

Here's a quick clip of the Level 4's cranking out some kipping pull ups!

Compulsory State Schedule

Session 1 Saturday March 14, 2009 – MIRA KUTNEY, LAURA MARTENS, LAUREN PRIBYL
Level 4 age groups are: 8, 9
Stretch 1:30 PM
Warm-ups 1:45 PM
March-in 2:45 PM
Awards 4:30 PM

Session 2 Saturday March 14, 2009 – DELANEY CONWAY, KATELYNN FLIGHT, JORDAN DESCHAMPS, CHRISTINA MARRA, SKYLAR ROY
Level 4 age groups are: 6-7, 10, 11-12,13+
Stretch 5:15 PM
Warm-ups 5:30 PM
March-in 6:30 PM
Awards 8:00 PM

Session 3 Sunday March 15, 2009 – DOMINIQUE BREAULT
Level 5 age groups: 7-8, 11-12, 13+
Stretch 8:00 AM
Warm-ups 8:15 AM
March-in 9:15 AM
Awards 10:30 AM

Session 4 Sunday March 15, 2009 – MADISON BRITTING, ELLIE GOODSPEED, JORDAN HALL, TAYLOR MACKENZIE
Level 5 age groups: 9,10
Stretch 11:00 AM
Warm-ups 11:15 AM
March-in 12:15 PM
Awards 2:00 PM

Session 5 Sunday March 15, 2009 – ALL LEVEL 6’S
Level 6 all age groups
Stretch 2:45 PM
Warm-ups 3:00 PM
March-in 4:00 PM
Awards 5:30 PM

Level 4-6 Sectional #2

Here's the march in times for the second Compulsory Sectional meet on March 1st.  Held at Tri-Star Gymnastics.

    Stretch            8:30 AM

            Warm-ups       8:45 AM

            March-in          9:55 AM

            Awards          12:00 PM

Level 7/8 Sectionals

Here are the times for Level 7/8 Sectionals on Sunday Feb 22 at Granite State.

Stretch               8:00 AM

Warm-ups           8:15 AM

March-in             8:35 AM

Awards               11:00 AM

Tim Daggetts National Invite

Here are the results for the TDNI.  The kids did a great job competing this weekend against some excellent competition from NH, Mass and Rhode Island.  The kids really did a fantastic job.  

Level 4 Team - 2nd Place

Level 7 Team - 3rd Place

Delaney Conway Vault 9.4 3rd, Bars 8.65, Beam 9.35 1st, Floor 9.05 2nd All-Around 36.45 3rd

Christina Marra 9.75 2nd, Bars 9.25 1st, Beam 9.0 2nd, Floor 1st, 37.15 1st

Jordan Deschamps Vault 9.0, Bars 8.25, Beam 8.1

Lauren Pribyl Vault 8.6 5th, Bars 8.275, Beam 8.6, Floor 7.7, All-Around 33.175

Mira Kutney Vault 9.35, 3rd, Bars 9.175 2nd, Beam 9.2 2nd, Floor 2nd, All-Around 2nd

Laura Martens Vault 8.85 5th, Bars 7.5, Beam 8.35 5th, Floor 7.1, All-Around 31.8

Skylar Roy Vault 9.1 4th, Bars 8.85 5th, Beam 8.8 5th, Floor 8.35 5th, All-Around 35.1 5th

Ellie Goodspeed Vault 8.35 6th Bars 7.8, Beam 7.95, Floor 8.175, All-Around 32.275

Jordan Hall Vault 8.4 6th, Bars 8.5 4th(and best swing, Beam 8.0, Floor 8.4 6th, All-Around 33.3 6th

Maddie Britting Vault 8.8 2nd, Bars 9.05 1st, Beam 8.75 6th, Floor 8.45 6th All-Around 35.05 2nd

Stephanie Faiella Vault 7.35, Bars 7.55 6th, Beam 8.6 4th, Floor 8.1 6th, All-Around 31.6

Dominique Breault 8.45 4th, Bars 8.1 2nd, Beam 8.05, Floor 8.05, All-Around 32.65 5th

Jenni Berglund Vault 9.2, Bars 7.85, Beam 9.1 3rd, Floor 8.75 5th, All-Around 33.90

Molly Koon Vault 8.775, Bars 7.45, Beam 8.45

Jordan Dufresne Vault 8.2, Bars 8.3 6th, Beam 9.1 6th, Floor 8.15, All-Around 33.75

Jessika Pignone Vault 8.3, Bars 8.15 5th, Beam 9.05 5th, Floor 8.3, All-Around 33.8

Kayla Robbins Vault 8.95 2nd, Bars 8.45 2nd, Beam 9.05 4th, Floor 8.5, All-Around 34.95 4th

Kylie Elliott Vault 8.9 3rd, Bars 7.8, Beam 9.0, Floor 8.5, All-Around 34.3 6th

Cari O'Shea Vault 9.1 2nd, Bars 9.0 2nd, 8.35 5th, 8.9 5th, 35.35 3rd

Alli Yennaco Vault 8.95 4th, Bars 8.4 5th, Beam 8.85 3rd, Floor 9.05 3rd, All-Around 35.25 4th

Becca Greaney Vault 8.4, Bars 8.7 5th, Floor 8.7 6th

Cupid Invite Times

Here are the times for Cupid Invite this Sunday Feb 15 at Granite State

Session 1:  Level 4 - 72 gymnasts

   Stretch:  8:00am

   March-in:  9:30am

   Awards:  12:00pm

 

Session 2:  Level 5 - 70 gymnasts

   Stretch:  12:30pm

   March-in:  2:00pm

   Awards:  4:00pm

 

Session 3:  Level 6 - 51 gymnasts

   Stretch:  5:00pm

   March-in:  6:00pm

   Awards:  7:30pm

Wed 2-4-09

Congrats Steph Faiella!!! She made her 1st long hang kips tonight! Tonight was a pretty good workout overall.

The Level 4's had a particularly good bars workout today. I'm looking forward to this weekend.

Excerpt from Mastery by George Leonard

I intend to read this book ASAP just from this excerpt which embodies the attitude necessary for any athlete, especially a competitive gymnast.

"Genius will come to naught or will burn out quickly if you don't choose the masters journey. This journey will take you along a path that is both arduous and exhilarating. It will bring you unexpected heartaches and unexpected rewards and you will never reach a final destination. (It would be a paltry skill that could be finally and completely mastered.) You'll probably learn as much about yourself as the skill you're pursuing. And although you'll often be surprised at what and how you learn, your progress toward master will almost always take on a characteristic rhythm that looks something like this:



THE MASTERY CURVE
There's really no way around it, learning any new skill relatively brief bursts of progress each of which is followed by a slight decline into a plateau somewhat higher in most cases than the one that preceded it. The curve above is necessarily idealized. In the actual learning experience progress is less regular; the upward spurts vary; the plateaus have their own dips and rises along the way. But the general progression is almost always the same. To take the masters journey you must practice diligently striving to hone your skills, to attain new levels of competence. But while doing so-and this is the inexorable fact of the journey-you have to be willing to spend most of your time on the plateau, to keep practicing even when you feel you are getting nowhere.

How do you move toward mastery? To put it simply you practice diligently, but you practice primarily for the sake of practice itself. Rather than being frustrated while being on the plateau you learn to appreciate and enjoy it as much as the upward surges."

Compulsory Sectional #1

One Sectional done and one to go. Today, the girls did a great job competing at their first sectional meet of 2009. Below are the scores and places.

Lauren Pribyl Vault 9.225, Place 3rd, Bars 8.25 Place 3rd, Beam 8.775 Place 4th, Floor 8.35 place 4th, All-Around 34.6 Place 4th
Laura Martens Vault 8.925 Place 5th, Bars 7.8 Place 5th, Beam 8.4 Place 5th, Floor 8.2 Place 8.2, All-Around 33.325
Delaney Conway Vault 9.375, Place 3rd, Bars 9.3 Place 1st, Beam 9.2 Place 1st, Floor 9.225 Place 2nd All-Around 37.1 Place 1st
Mira Kutney Vault 9.5 Place 1st, Bars 8.925 Place 2nd, Beam 9.2 Place 1st, Floor 9.25 Place 1st, All-Around 36.875 Place 2nd
Skylar Roy Vault 9.4 Place 2nd, Bars 8.175 Place 5th, Beam 8.6 Place 2nd, Floor 9.125 Place 3rd All-Around 35.3 Place 3rd
Jordan Deschamps Vault 9.15 Place 4th, Bars 8.5 Place 3rd, Beam 8.15 Place 3rd, Floor 7.65 Place 5th, All-Around 33.45 Place 4th
Christina Marra Vault 9.45 Place 1st, Bars 9.175 Place 1st, Beam 9.0 Place 1st, Floor 9.375 Place 1st, All-Around 37.100 Place 1st
Katelynn Flight Vault 9.3 Place 2nd, Bars 9.075 Place 2nd, Beam 8.775 Place 2nd, Floor 8.8 Place 2nd, All-Around 35.95 Place 2nd
Jordan Hall Vault 7.925 Place 3rd, Bars 8.825 Place 2nd, Beam 8.8 Place 2nd, Floor 7.65 3rd, All-Around 33.2 Place 4th
Madison Britting Vault 8.675 Place 3rd, Bars 9.325 Place 2nd, Beam 9.1 Place 8th, Floor 9.25 Place 5th All-Around 36.35 Place 2nd
Taylor Mackenzie Vault 8.475 Place 5th, Bars 8.55 Place 11th, Beam 9.35 Place 4th, Floor 9.275 Place 4th, All-Around 35.675 Place 6th.
Marissa Moorhouse Vault 7.75 Place 18, Bars 6.75 Place 18, Beam 8.4 Place 14, Floor 8.125 Place 16, All-Around 30.90 Place 17
Elise Goodspeed Vault 7.65 Place 17, Bars 7.75 Place 16, Beam 7.55 Place 17, Floor 7.9 Place 17, All-Around 30.85 Place 18
Dominique Breault Vault 8.15 Place 8.15, Bars 7.4 Place 2nd, Beam 8.65 Place 2nd, Floor 8.8 Place 2nd, All-Around 33.00 Place 2nd
Jordan Dufresne Vault 8.625 Place 2nd, Bars 8.575 Place 1st, Beam 7.85 Place 3rd, Floor 9.0 Place 2nd, All-Around 34.05 Place 3rd
Kylie Elliot Vault 8.875 Place 4th, Bars 8.3 Place 3rd, Beam 9.1 Place 2nd, Floor 9.075 Place 3rd, All-Around 35.35 Place 3rd
Jessika Pignone Vault 8.85 Place 5th, Bars 7.85 Place 4th, Beam 9.25 Place 1st, Floor 9.05 Place 4th, All-Around 35.00 Place 4th
Kayla Robbins Vault 8.875 Place 4th, Bars 7.55 Place 5th, Beam 9.0 Place 3rd, Floor 8.95 Place 5th, All-Around 34.375 Place 5th
Jennifer Berglund Vault 9.175 Place 2nd, Bars 7.05 Place 6th, Beam 8.1 Place 5th, Floor 8.7 Place 6th, All-Around 33.025 Place 6th

Lots of good gymnastics.

Directions to Judges Cup

1. From 101 East take exit 7 (route 125).
2. Take a left off the exit, follow 125 towards Rochester/Dover to Lee traffic circle.
3. Take the 1st exit off the Lee traffic circle.
4. Make a left off exit ramp
5. Continue on Rt. 155 to 3rd light.
6. At 3rd light make a left on Locust St.
7. Bear left at fork on Locust St.
8. This will take you to Chestnut St.
9. Go straight through 2 lights.
10. Tri-Star is on your left just after the parking lot & railroad tracks.

Wendesdays Workout

Tonight was pretty cool, Rachael Grady did her first full floor routine with all her tumbling with her music (thanks Emily Myers for help with that) and Alli Yennaco has a full bar routine! The Level 6's did a fantastic job vaulting over the table with the table on 5 (that's 125 centimeters) considering they've been vaulting on 2 (115 centimeters) for most of the year. Also the level 4's started vaulting over the table this week and all I can say is WOW! they're doing a great job!

2009 Winter Carnival

Winter Carnival has come and gone and the girls did a great job competing! The Level 4 Team placed 2nd and the Level 6 Team placed 3rd. Below are the results.
Delaney Conway – VT 9.45 PL 3RD , BA 8.75 PL 5TH , BB 8.9 PL 3RD , FX 9.625 PL 1ST , AA 36.725 PL 2ND .
Christina Marra – VT 9.725 PL 1st , BA 9.175 PL 1st , BB 9.4 PL 1st , FX 9.45 PL 1st , AA 37.75 PL 1st .
Jordan Deschamps – VT 8.95 PL 5th , BA 8.65, BB 9.0 PL 3rd , FX 8.05 PL , AA 34.65 PL 7th .
Lauran Pribyl – VT 8.5, BA 8.15 PL 7th , BB 8.625 PL 4th , FX 8.65 PL 8th , AA 33.925 PL 6th .
Mira Kutney – VT 9.525 PL 2nd , BA 9.3 PL 1st , BB 9.5 PL 1st , FX 9.475 PL 2nd , AA 37.80 PL 1st .
Laura Martens – VT 8.675, BA 8.75 PL 5th , BB 8.3 PL 8th , FX 7.9, AA 33.625 PL 8th .
Katelynn Flight – VT 8.85 PL 8th , BA 9.1 PL 3rd , BB 8.4 PL 7th , FX 9.025 PL 4th , AA 35.375 PL 6th .
Skylar Roy – VT 9.175 PL 4th , BA 8.9 PL 7th , BB 7.5, FX 8.85 PL 6th , AA 34.325 PL 8th .
Ellie Goodspeed – VT 8.125, BA 7.65, BB 7.6, FX 8.55 , AA 31.925 .
Jordan Hall – VT 8.3, BA 8.7 PL 2nd , BB 6.475, FX 8.775 PL 7th , AA 32.25.
Maddie Britting – VT 8.675 PL 4th , BA 9.35 PL 1st , BB 8.65 PL 7th , FX 9.425 PL 1st , AA 36.10 PL 1st .
Stephanie Faiella – VT 7.85, BA 7.05 PL 7th , BB 7.725 PL 8th , FX 7.9 AA 30.525 PL 9th .
Marissa Morhouse – VT 8.1, BA 7.9, BB 7.475, FX 8.5, AA 31.975.
Dominique Breault – VT 8.5 PL 5th , BA 8.025 PL 4th , BB 7.25, FX 8.8 PL 6th , AA 32.575 PL 6th .
Taylor Mackenzie – VT 8.7 PL 3rd , BA 8.7 PL 7th , BB 8.85 PL 5th , FX 8.9 PL 8th , AA 35.15 PL 6th .
Jenni Berglund – VT 8.1, BA 7.3, FX 7.625, AA 23.025.
Jordan Dufresne – VT 8.625 PL 7th , BA 8.1 PL 7th , FX 9.05 PL 5th , AA 25.775.
Jessika Pignone – VT 8.325, BA 8.45 PL 5th , BB 8.225 PL 7th , FX 9.1 PL 4th , AA 34.1 PL 8th .
Kayla Robbins – VT 8.725 PL 4th , BA 7.65, BB 8.8 PL 3rd , FX 8.55 PL 7th , AA 33.725 PL 6th .
Kylie Elliott – VT 8.725 PL 5th , BA 8.6 PL 2nd , BB 8.9 PL 3rd , FX 9.175 PL 2nd , AA 35.45 PL 3rd .
Brianna Mastromarino – VT 8.925 PL 3rd , BA 8.6 PL 5th
Cari O’Shea – VT 9.35 PL 1st , BA 9.3 PL 1st , BB 7.2 PL 6th , FX 8.9 PL 5th , AA 34.75 PL 2nd
Becky Greaney – VT 7.65, BA 8.2, BB 7.0, FX 8.3, AA 31.15.
Hannah Gomez – VT 8.3, BA 6.1, BB 7.7 PL 3rd , FX 8.05, AA 30.15.
Lauren Massie – VT 8.475, BA 8.65 PL 3rd , BB 8.025, FX 9.0 PL 3rd , AA 34.15 PL 6th .

Why Gymnastics

WHY GYMNASTICS?
(taken from United States Elite Coaches Association)

1. Gymnastics like most sports, is anaerobic. While aerobic sports have many benefits, one of the primary assets of gymnastics is the wide variety of movements that gymnasts perform and the high levels of strength required.
2. Gymnasts are among the strongest, bound for pound, and the most flexible of all Olympic athletes. Regular stretching has been shown to be related to reduced injury potential.
3. Gymnasts are strong in “relative strength” – strength relative to their size and weight.
4. Gymnasts tend to be strong in the upper body which is usually neglected in other sports.
5. Gymnasts tend to exceptional at static and dynamic balance.
6. Gymnasts learn to fall safely and avoid injury.
7. Gymnastics is a reasonably safe sport. Gymnastics has led American sport in safety certification. All competitive gymnastics coaches must be safety certified.
8. Gymnasts tend to have the strongest bones of all athletes.
9. Gymnasts tend to do very well in school, as shown by All-Academic Teams and Academic All-Americans.
10. Gymnastics scholarships are available from a number of Division I and II universities. Many young gymnasts receive a scholarship award that pays for their entire college education.
11. Gymnasts achieve the old fashioned way – they earn it with hard work that requires months and years of dedicated effort. Long term dedication leads to outstanding character development and citizenship.
12. Gymnastics is a natural environment for teaching youngsters about everything from physics of angular momentum to the history of dance and music. Gymnasts are confronted with the reality of physics on every skill – there is no better laboratory.
13. Gymnastics is an ancient sport with long held traditions of mind and body integration.
14. Gymnastics shares with other sports the assets of helping young people learn about goal setting, how to make sound academic choices, how to budget time, and how to use personal discipline to achieve lofty goals.

Judges Cup Times

Saturday January 17th

Session 1 - Level 4's
Arrival: 12:45 PM
Awards: 5:30 PM

Session 2 - Level 6's
Arrival 6:15 PM
Awards 9:00 PM

Sunday January 18th

Session 3 - Level 5's
Arrival 7:45 AM
Awards 12:30PM

Session 5 - Level 7/8
Arrival 4:15 PM
Awards 7:00 PM

Directions to Winter Carnival

• Take Route 101 East to Exit 11. Take a left at the end of the ramp.
• Take your first right (Irving Gas Station on right) onto Stratham Heights Road
• Go 1.2 miles - take a right onto Guinea Road
• Follow Guinea Road 1/2 mile to Academic Way on your left
• Turn left onto Academic Way - school is 1/4 mile down road

Winter Carnival Times

Times for 2009 Winter Carnival

SATURDAY 1/10/09

Level 6's
Arrival 8:00 AM
Awards 11:30 AM

Level 7's
Arrival 11:30 AM
Awards 3:30 PM

Level 8's
Arrival 3:45 PM
Awards 8:00 PM

SUNDAY 1/11/09
Level 4's
Arrival 8:00 AM
Awards 11:20 AM

Level 5's
Arrival 1:00 PM
Awards 4:00 PM