Second half of the season begins

So here we are facing the first weekend of qualifiers of the new year.

Good luck to everyone competing this weekend and in the rush of weekends to come.

Once there are a good number of 2nd qualifier results for athletes I will update and post these results as well. I know that at this time of year it can become difficult to keep up as some will just be doing 2nd while others are already on the 3rd. I will try to keep the results coming as they are available and as the numbers permit.

Wishing everyone fun and exciting competitions!

Good luck to all…

Congratulations Team Ontario

Good job to all of our Ontario Athletes who competed in Cancun this past weekend.

Ontario did very well and I’m sure all the athletes are sad they didn’t stay longer in the sun.

Level 6 – 1^st place team

Junior – Taylor Priest – SGI – 1^st AA

Senior – Ashlyn Christos – Alliston –  1^st AA,  Jessica Turza – SGI – 2^nd AA , Kyra Battaglia – Gyros –  3^rd AA, Camryn Gibson – Alliston – 4^th AA, Carlie White – Niagara Acro Cats – 5^th AA, Katie Ferriera – SGI – 6th AA, Temisa Van Bilouw- Lindsay – 7^th AA

Level 7 – 1^st place team

Junior – Cailyn Chung – Guelph – 1^st AA, Meghan O’Mara – Twisters – 2^nd AA

Senior – Chloe Athaide – Synergy – 1^st AA, Erin Day – Gyros – 2^nd AA, Abby Bolton – Niagara Acro Cats – 4^th AA, Emily Flood – Base Borden – 5^th AA, Morgan Tartaglia – Niagara Acro Cats – 7^th AA, Jennifer Ward – SGI – 9^th AA

Level 8 – 2^nd place team

Junior – Keiara Jones-Tyrell – Milton – 1^st AA

Senior – Meghan McKeown – Gyros – 1^st AA, Kaylea Burnatti – Galaxy – 2^nd AA, Bradey Rosettani – Ottawa GC – 3^rd AA, Moresha Yelda – Forest City – 4^th AA, Heather Sharland – Gyros – 5^th AA, Daphne Redillas – Futures – 7^th AA, Jennifer Harrigan – Niagara Acro Cats – 9^th AA,

Level 9 – 1^st place team

Junior – Sofia Morales – Discovery – 2^nd AA, Ally Harrison – Burlington – 5^th AA

Senior – Megan Reid – Guelph – 1^st AA, Kayla Folz – Sudbury Laurels – 2^nd AA, Jessica Feliz – Discovery – 3^rd AA, Kristina Santiago – Guelph – 4^th AA, Eleanor Mak – Discovery – 7^th AA, Danielle Doan – Corona – 8^th AA

Level 10 – 2^nd place team

Junior – Bridgette Irving – Futures– 6^th AA

Senior –  Mackenzie Hyde – Pulsars – 5^th AA, Shae Harwood – Niagara Acro Cats – 6^th AA, Sarah Stacey – Ottawa GC – 7^th AA, Rachel Pantano – Gym Mississauga – 8^th AA, Tenisha Tomlinson – Gym Mississauga – 9^th AA, Brooke Huleatt – SGI –  10^th AA, Monica Katarzynski – East York – 11^th AA.

Best of luck to Team Ontario!

As our Ontario athletes get settled in Cancun, Mexico for the Cancun classic we all wish we were there enjoying the sunshine.

Wishing our athletes success this weekend.

For those who do not know, 8 athletes and 2 alternates for levels 6-9 and National Open were selected from the tour selection competition earlier this season.

These ladies are travelling with coaches from the following clubs: SGI, Alliston, Niagara Acro Cats, Ottawa GC, Guelph, Discovery, East York, Gymnastics Missisauga.

Good luck one and all

 

New system, New rules

So I realized that I have not yet mentioned the new rules in place in Ontario and although the results posted on this website are the provincial levels, the invitational competitions are also about to start and this new system has changed many things.

Ontario has always seemed different from the other Canadian provinces.

Ontario had a level 1-9 then onto National system while the rest of Canada follows the Canadian Provincial Program (CPP) which is 5 levels and then National.

This year Ontario changed their system entirely and has adopted a system much like the Junior Olympic system in the USA, which also made changes to their program this year.

The difference being that Ontario has retained the 9 levels vs USA’s 10 as level 10 in the USA is like our National program which is governed by the Canadian rules.

Confused….I sure was!

So of course like any interested gymnastics fan I looked for information on this new system and found myself on the USA gymnastics website reading the new Junior Olympics program.

Ontario, to my understanding, is slightly different in that there are not compulsary music/routines however there are compulsary skills through levels 1-5 and 6 begins “optionals”.  The bulk of the changes for Ontario seems to be in levels 1-7 and levels 8 and 9 have expanded their permitted skills.

In Ontario the Provincial program starts at level 5, the first level where you may enter qualifiers, invitational ranges from 1-9.

I have heard many mixed feelings about this new change as skills not previously focused on in Ontario have been added i.e. front hip circle and stride circle on bars were not skills frequently seen in Ontario invitational competitions.

Ontario also changed its scoring system going from the previous Difficulty score + Execution Score to one single score out of 10 which includes both factors.

It would seem that athletes, judges and coaches alike have alot of new learning this year, we can call it a developmental year in Ontario Gymnastics.

Good luck to all