MARCH 2008
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Spring Registration
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Registration for our Spring
Session is now on! Spring
Programs begin March 31st.
This is a 12 week program
Filled with lots of activities
To keep your child busy and
Active! Register online.
National Gymnastics
Week
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Feb Sat 9th – 15th was
I Love Gymnastics
Week
Even though the weather
Didn’t co-operated with us
All the kids and coach’s
showed their love for the
sport!
March Break return
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Please remember our
gym will be closed for
the March Break March
10th – 15th. Our Spring
Session begins the week
of March 31st
Parents Week return
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Calling all parents and
siblings… please join us in
our warm up for parent’s
week! Bring your cameras
and warm up suits! This is
the last week of the Winter Session each child receives
their report card and
certificates during this
week..
Level 2 – 4 Training
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March 11th we will host the
Level 2 – 4 training camp which
is held each year in conjunction
with Gymnastic Ontario. We
look forward to having over
60 + athletes and coaches
From across Ontario participate
in the camp.
Springfest 2008
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Once again will be hosting our
annual Recreational
competition to be held in
June. This gives all recreational
kids a chance to show off
some of their skills they have
been working hard on all year!
You do not have to be a high
level athlete or an Olympic
Championship
to participate
it’s all for Fun &
Fitness!
Proceeds from
this event will
go to support the Canadian
Cancer Society!
Come out and cheer on your
kids and support a great cause!
More information on this
event will be posted soon.
Summer Programs
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Clarington Gymnastics will
be running a 6-week
summer program from
July– Aug /08.
Don’t miss out on our
Theme weeks such as
Beach Party Week &
Circus Week.
Registration for summer
will begin in May.
Birthday Parties return
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Our very popular parties are
booking fast don’t miss out!
Members $135 up to 8
children
Non-Members $155 up to 8
children.
Party Highlights
Enjoy your private party in
the gym
The party area is set up for
you all you bring is the food
(unless a specialty party is
planned). If more than 8
children additional $5.00 per
child.
*Non refundable $50 deposit
required at time of booking.
*GST not included.
Athlete of the Month return
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Spencer
Spencer has been a member
Of our club for many years
now. He loves gymnastics
and is part of our Tramp &
Tumble program. He is a
good listener and a hard
worker! Great Job Spencer
Carol-Angela Orchard and
Brian McVey will retire from
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following the end of the 2008 season
— concluding a coaching career that
spanned 11 World Championships and
four Olympic Games.
Orchard will be moving to Great Britain
in September to be with fiancé Eddie
Van Hoof, 1984 Olympian and men's
technical director at British Gymnastics,
while McVey plans to move to Panama,
Sport Seneca stated.
"For more than 31 years, Brian and
Carol-Angela created a dynamic and
incredibly successful coaching
partnership that reflected the love and
passion they both shared for the sport
of gymnastics," the club stated.
The coaching duo over the past three
decades, including Olympians Monica
Covacci, Luisa Portocarrero and
Michelle Conway and world team
members Koyuki Oka, Leah Homma,
Lydia Williams and Elyse Hopfner-
Hibbs.
The Sport Seneca gymnasts have also
made their mark with originality; the FIG
named elements after Oka,
Portocarrero (two skills) and Homma
(three skills).
Hopfner-Hibbs made history at the 2006
Championships in Aarhus, Denmark,
when she won the bronze on balance
beam, the first world medal for
Canadian woman.
Orchard and McVey also coach junior
Peng-Peng Lee, who will continue
training under Sport Seneca coaches
Lawson Hamer and Lisa Cowan.
At the Elite Canada competition in
December, Lee debuted a beam routine
with a 7.3 A-score that included a back
handspring to full twist series, a tucked
barani and a front double full dismount.
Orchard said the routine is already
difficult enough to use between 2009
and 2012.
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The weekend of March 2nd &
3rd Clarington Gymnastics
Academy sent a team of
Provincial Athletes to Musoka
ON for the 3rd Provincial
Qualifier to Compete for a spot
at Prestigious Provincial
Championships& Elite Ontario
held in Niagara Falls &
Hamilton in the beginning of
May & the end of April 2008.
Not only did then grab a spot for
Championships they found
themselves on top of the podium
taking the Gold with the highest
score of the flight from Natasha
Derlis on FX and team mate
Marissa Adams on beam in the
Level 5 age 10 category as well
as Raine Sullaphen taking Gold
on beam in the Level 5 age 9
division.
Also in the Level 5 age
10 category was Erica Carson
placing a close 4th AA. In the
Level 7 age 14+ category was
Emma Harness showing a solid
silver medal beam routine and
winning the bronze AA.
Tori
Harness Level 8 age 12/13 took
bronze on FX and 7th AA. Level 7
division was teammates
Stephanie Cloutier & Courtney
McKinlay placing 8th & 10th AA.
The rules of good nutrition are
quite simple. Consume
adequate food and fluid before,
during, and after training or
competition to help maintain
blood glucose levels during
performance, maximize
performance, and improve
recovery time. Athletes should
be well hydrated before training
or competition and they should
also drink enough fluid during
and after to balance fluid losses.
CAC's Sport Nutrition program is
designed to offer athletes,
coaches, and parents access to
nutrition tips, tools, and advice
as well as access to sport
nutrition professionals in order
to ensure good health and
optimal athletic performance.
All
our Coaching Staff are certified through the National Coaching
Certification Program (N.C.C.P) and are members of Gymnastics
Ontario.
Our
CIT’s for this year our Emma, Danielle and Leanne |
