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WG Report Week 11 Term 2 With only 1 more week of term left we are gearing up for a busy winter holiday. We have 6 girls heading to National Championships in Perth. These girls have been training hard over the past few months and have earned their place in the team. Good Luck to Gabby Carlson Sarah Iwanozscko Amy Smit Riley Cross Sophie McNay Maddy Tancredi Josh Holmes (coach) We had our first level 3 state stream Competition at Five Dock Leisure Centre on Sunday. These girls included Abbey Waterworth, Caitlin Jackson, Ella Simmons, Lydia Virgo and Jessica Head. With a nice early start on 8am the girls did really well. Caitlin placed 1st overall with 2nd on floor, 3rd on beam and 4th on bars, Abbey close behind in 2nd overall winning bars and floor and 3rd on vault. Jessica placed 3rd floor and 4th on beam. All the girls had a great competition and really enjoyed the experience. With only training 6 hrs per week this is a great achievement and all the girls should be very proud. Congratulations to all the girls and well done to Lillian Burns who is there new coach and has only been with us 12 weeks. Great Job!!! In regards to holiday training please double check the training schedule on the website and be aware when your allocated week off is. Girls in Silver 3 who are not going to nationals will train the same time as teal 2 for the first week and have the second week of the holidays off. Also can I please ask all parents to keep an eye on the website for any information regarding competitions and results. This is our main communication to all parents and is updated regularly. Please ensure that all competition entry forms and payments are submitted with time to spare before the closing date so payment does not have to be chased. We are also very lucky to have the opportunity to compete in 2 events in Queensland in September. The first of these is the Sunshine Coast Challenge where a team of level 4 and 5’s will be heading up to Caloundra and also the Wet and Wild invitational where our senior open girls will be heading to the Gold Coast. All information on these competitions has gone out and the final details are being arranged. Can you please make sure that you attend all the meetings in regards to these competitions and follow up on all the information sent out to you to confirm cost and attendance. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me directly. Alison Mercer WG Program Manager
MG Report Week 11 Term 2 What a performance over the weekend by the junior NBG boy’s. All the boys travelled up to the Hunter Sports Centre to take part in the second grand prix competition for the year. All the boys were super excited by the competition, and it was such a well run and friendly event for all involved. Congratulations to the following boys for finishing in the top 3 for the all-around. Level 1 Age – Renny Dephoff, 3rd Level 1 Open – Ethan Carlile, 3rd Level 2 Age – Joshua Attwater, 1st Mitchell Barber, 2nd Level 3 Age – Matthew Hooker, 2nd Level 3 Open – Ben Gerrans, 2nd Level 4 Age – Cameron Scott, 2nd Level 5 Age – Alec Traina, 1st Thomas Polat, 3rd Level 5 Open – Jacob Seeto, 2nd
Also a special award went to Alec Traina for having the highest overall score out of any competitor at the entire competition. Well done boys. And thank you to all the wonderful support from the families, the boys felt so well supported out on the floor, and had an exciting time. For The MG White squad they still have the Penrith Grand Prix event, but for everyone else it is lockdown and focus on State Championships at the end of August, which will be held at the State Sports Centre at Sydney Olympic Park. We were fortunate enough to have Robbie Clarke come and share with parent’s information about sports nutrition. It was a very exciting seminar, with parents genuinely interested in trying to improve how their children perform both in training and in competition. We will look at getting Robbie back for another seminar, but if you could not make it and would like the handout that was from the seminar, I do have it on file and can email it out. Sunday saw the 2009 NSW gymnastics awards that were held at Castle Hill RSL. The NBG men’s program won the club of the year award for the 17th straight year. Athletes that were up for nomination from the men’s side were Thomas Polat, Aaron Bruce and Mitchell Skippen. The awards are done on a points system. With each athlete, coach and program attaining points for their results throughout the year. It was a pleasant night for all and we look forward to the 2010 awards which have been scheduled for February 2011. Holiday training times are up on the website. Please check you understand what time your training session’s are, and also if there are any conflicts with any training sessions, or if you cannot make any training sessions. Yusuf Topari NBG Men’s Program Manager NBG Head Coach MG Report, Week 10 Term 2
Saturday saw a new event for NBG and one that was being tested at a very busy time with competitions happening every weekend. It was “A time to shine”. The idea behind this was to bring together and display two of the biggest components of NBG, the Fitnastics side and the competitive side of the sport. What a great success the day was, seeing the utter enjoyment from families and gymnast’s as they were presented with their awards and certificates and watching over the senior gymnasts that were in their element as they made part of their final preparation for National Championships. The comments and feedback across the board has been positive, and saw many families that turned up to support the event. What I was trying to get across to many of the younger competitive kid’s that came for the display and also came for the learning opportunity is that hopefully one day it will be them out there, preparing and competing for a spot at the National Championships. In turn they would expect the same support from the club and the families as these gymnast’s were shown. Thank you to all involved, with a special mention to Denise and Leanne for all their hard work as always. The squad BBQ was warmly enjoyed by all. Seeing so many families having such a great day throughout the whole event from start to finish was really great to see, and something that I hope continues throughout. The fun never stops, with the 2nd of the grand prix event’s this weekend at Hunter Sports Centre. We have the level 1’s and 2’s competing on the Saturday and the levels 3 – 5’s competing on the Sunday. Times and schedules are available online and have been emailed out to all families. If you need directions to the venue please let me know and I will be more than happy to help in this area. It also see’s the NSW Gymnastics award’s night, being held at the Castle Hill RSL from 5.00pm. This is the award’s night for the 2009 competition season, and is in place to acknowledge the hard work and results from individual programs. We have many coaching staff and gymnasts up for nomination, so please keep your fingers crossed for them. GOOD LUCK NBG. The holiday training schedule has been up online now for quite some time. I hope everyone has had at least a glance over it so they are up on the day’s that are required for training. There have been some increases to training hours, and this is due to making up hours that were lost due to schedule conflicts. If you can not attend any training sessions or are absent for any please let your personal coaches know in advance so we can plan for our training sessions. Yusuf Topari MG Program Manager NBG Head Coach
MG Report, Week 9 Term 2
The queen’s birthday long weekend saw all the men’s competitive squads in play at the NSW Senior state championships, and the NSW Grand Prix event #1. It was an amazing weekend with some outstanding results, and a very successful for all gymnasts involved. Saturday was the senior boys up first. The session was filled with minor errors from all, but as a whole the NBG boys were able to come away with some solid performances before the Australian National Championships. Level 9 Open Aaron Bruce –State Champion, 1st Luke Milross – 4th Level 9 U16 Mitchell Skippen – 2nd Level 8 Open Brandon Forrest – 3rd Junior international elite Matthew Angel – 2nd Floor, 1st Pommel and 3rd Vault Sunday session saw the level 6 under 12 boys competing. This was a super tight competition, with standouts from several programs like the high performance centre and castle hill RSL. The boys needed to be flawless to have a chance at the podium, and after all hitting their 6 routines found them selves both in the top three. Jae Nagel – 2nd Joel O’Neill – 3rd Monday was time for the juniors to have their competition. The babies of the group, the level 1 and 2 boys competed first. All had a fantastic comp, with awesome support from family and coaches alike. Level 1 Open Harry Keys – 1st Ethan Carlile – 3rd Luc Schijns – 5th Level 1 age Renny Dephoff – 2nd Billy Holmes – 4th Alex Bohm – 6th Level 2 age Josh Attwater – 1st Mitchell Barber – 2nd Jordan Wysman – 5th Session two, saw the open boys taking to the floor. It was such a pleasure to see the boys put together some solid performances, but also keeping a light mood to the competition, always smiling and always looking like they were having a great time. Level 2 Open Matthew Price – 6th Reuben Bloom – 8th Will Simmons – 9th The last sessions saw our level 3 age, 4 age and 5 age and 5 open boys competing. The boys go behind each other throughout the whole event, and dominated much of the competition. Level 3 age Matthew Hooker – 2nd Level 4 age Cameron Scott – 1st Angus Laurie – 3rd Seb Attwater – 6th Level 5 age Alec Traina – 1st Thom Polat 2nd Level 5 open Jacob Seeto – 2nd
CONGRATULATIONS TO..... Sarah Iwanoczko Level 10 State Champion Gabby Carlson Level 10 2nd Place Overall Amy Smit Level 9 State Champion Riley Cross Level 8 3rd Place Overall Level 9-10 Team Winners IDP 2 Team 2nd Place A great set of results from all the girls who took place in the State Championships this weekend Well Done to all!!!
WG Report Week 8, term 2 As we move into week 8 of term 2 we have one of our biggest weekends of the year this weekend. It is the state championships for National levels 7-10 and all the elite girls. The following girls have all qualified to come together and compete against the top gymnasts from all over the state. Level 7-10 Elite girls Gabby Carlson (10) Lucy Redfearn (IDP3) Sarah Iwanoczko (10) Courtney Hall (IDP3) Amy Smit (9) Maddy Spitzer (IDP2) Sophie McNay (9) Annalyse Graham (IDP2) Riley Cross (8) Isabelle Cameron (IDP2) Sophie Wong (8) Maddy Binding (IDP1) Mary McGowen (8) Miki Pope (IDP1) Kata Eglesz (7) Hanako Greuter (IDP1) Newbie Redding (7) The timetable and groupings for this event can be found on the following link. As some of the rounds are pretty early please make sure you are there with plenty of time to spare as they will not wait for you. http://www.gymnsw.org.au/event.asp?ID=760&format=popup Also I would like to make parents aware that school holidays are only 3 weeks away and bookings for holiday workshops are coming in quick and fast. These are normally our busiest holidays so if you do wish to secure a spot please do it asap so to avoid disappointment. Also Squad holiday training timetables have been sent out to all squad parents. If you did not receive it please contact me and you can also find a copy of the timetable on the above link. Finally just a quick reminder of all the things going on over the next few weeks. We have our event “Time to shine” coming up. Everyone across all programs need to get involved and support the club. Silver 3 will be competiting in a mock competition trial for National Championships. Teal 2 and Silver 1 will be performing a display and White 3&4 are responsible for helping out with the squad BBQ which will be held after the event. This is a great opportunity for everyone to get involved in a club event and come together to see what our gymnasts can do and socialize with other parents and gymnasts. If you have not entered for this event, Silver 3 who are competing owe $20 and all girls in the display owe $10. With this it also includes a free BBQ and a drink. Entry fee for spectators will be a gold coin donation on the door. We looking forward to seeing you at this event and to help us make it a huge success. Alison Mercer WG Program Manager
MG Report Week 8, term 2 This upcoming Queen’s Birthday weekend, is going to a very busy weekend for the NBG MG Team. We have boys competing from level 1, through to international elite. On Saturday and Sunday we have the men’s senior team competing at the NSW State Championships. Although this is an important event for their boys, all have been focusing hard on peaking for National championships that will be in approximately 4 weeks, at the AIS in Canberra from July 111th through to 17th. For the level 1 -5 boys this will be their first official competition of the year, with the NSW Grand Prix getting underway on the Monday. The boys are very excited, and looking around they are getting better every day. Not quite at their highest standard yet, but certainly on the right track. For timetables for each of the event please look under the competition calendar on NBG website, or if you still do not quite understand the format please do not hesitate asking your personal coaches. Everyone should also have received an email in regards to training changes and time changes for the long weekend. Please if you have not received this, please contact me and I will get these details out to you as soon as possible. The naming of the NSW Squad that will travel to the Australian National Championships was released to the public at the end of last week. NBG had the possibility to contribute 7 senior athletes towards the team, and all have been names to the squad. Congratulations to the following boys: Jae Nagel Joel O’Neill Brandon Forrest Mitchell Skippen Luke Milross Aaron Bruce Matthew Angel NSW Gymnastics also released their nominations for their annual awards. These awards are based upon the previous year’s competition results and competition accomplishments. I am proud to announce the following nominee’s from Northern Beaches Men’s side: Senior Athlete of the year: Mitchell Skippen Aaron Bruce Senior Levels Coach of the year: Yusuf Topari Congratulations to all the nominee’s and good-luck with the final awards, that will take place at the Castle Hill RSL on the 27th of June. Welcome to our newest members of the junior development squad. Zach Cohen and Matthew Francis have started their training with James in the junior development squad silver. Well done boys for being invited into this squad and I hope you both enjoy it. Yusuf Topari, NBG Men’s Program Manager and Head Coach WG state trial #2 Competition Report 1/6/10 With an early start on Sunday morning, the level 3 girls were up first at 8am. Lucy Redfearn and Courtney Hall took to the floor for warm up with their first apparatus being Beam. With Lucy up first she took a confidant stand performing a stable and mainly faultless routine scoring 14.2 and coming 7th. Next up was Courtney who after 3 months off with a sore wrist was now back ready for action in her first competition of the year. She gave it an excellent shot and scored a very good 14.1 which put her in 8th place. Next up was floor which is a pretty hard routine at this level and both girls were quite nervous before they went on. Lucy did a good routine and managed a score of 12.233 and Courtney had a few mistakes but after her time off was very happy with her performance. Next up was vault and with an almost faultless vault by Courtney which gave her 14.750 and was enough to put her in 3rd place with Lucy close behind with 14.00. The final apparatus of the day was bars with Courtney feeling a little nervous as hasn’t done a lot of practise. She was still able to score 13.250 with Lucy slightly higher with 13.9. Overall a great competition from both girls with both of them qualifying for state in 2 weeks time.
Next up was the level 1’s and 2’s. This was a very busy round with lots of little gymnasts getting excited about the competition. The NBG girls started on floor. Maddy B and Miki made a few mistakes in their routine but Hana performed one of her best routines I had seen giving her a 13.00. The level 2’swere up next and all girls did super routines with Isabelle scoring a 13.767placing 5th and Maddy Spitzer very close behind with 13.667in 6th. Next up was vault and good vaults were performed by all. Hana scored the highest with 14.6 with Maddy B getting 14.2 and Miki getting 14.00. The level 2’s also just missed out with Maddy Spitzer 14.7, Annalyse on 14.2 and Isabelle with 13.7. On bars Miki scored the highest with 13.6, close behind was Maddy B with 13.550 and Han with 12.1. Out of the level 2’s Isabelle scored the highest with 15.150 which was high enough for her to place 2nd overall. Maddy S scored 14.350 which put her in 8th place and Miki close behind with 13.250. The final apparatus of the day was beam which meant all the NBG were the last gymnasts to compete in the competition. The level 1’s did good routines with Miki having a fall on her handstand. Maddy B scored 14.00, Hana with 13.2 and Miki with 11.950. The level 2 girls all did solid routines with Annalyse scoring the best with 13.950 which placed her 5th, Maddy Spitzer with 13.9 in 7th and Isabelle with 13,550 in 10thplace. Overall all the girls scored over 52.00 which qualifies them for state and will go through to Homebush in 2 weeks time to take part in their first ever state championships. We wish all the girls the best of luck for this great event. Alison Mercer WG Program Manager
Tumbling Report, Week 7 Term 2 Squads have been training fantastically over the past few weeks and we have a team who are preparing to travel to Tasmania for the Tumbling National Clubs. The competition will take place on the 31st July and 1st August with both team and individual events. We will fly down to Hobart on Friday 30th July at 8am and travel to Kingston where the competition is to be held. After competition is over we will spend the day in Hobart to return to Sydney on Monday 2nd August. Holly Ovenden will compete level 4, Amy Smit, Alexa Collins, Megan Lutze and Emily Chalmers will compete level 5. In regards to the team events we are not in hope of going down to sweep a gold medal, it is only the top score from each level per club that counts towards the team title, therefore as we only have girls spread across 2 levels out of a possible 7 this will not be our focus. For next year’s event this is something we will look at. This year we will work on personal and individual goals, after a brilliant start to the year with tittles and places in both competitions we hope to bring back the same results. The girls are training their tumbles all ready and increasing the difficulty. We wish them all the best of luck in their preparation. Tumbling judging criteria: Technical judges: There are 5 technical judges on a panel; each judge will start with 10.00. They then mark the tumble out of 10.00 deducting points for untidiness, lack of flow, height of somersaults, technique of whips/flips, tumbling/jumping off the line, etc. So for example they will score: 8.7 8.9 9.2 8.1 8.3 The lowest and highest score is then taken off: 8.7 8.9 9.2 8.1 8.3 And the three remaining scores are added together for a total: 25.9 Difficulty judges: On top of the technical mark there is also a difficulty judge, this judge’s job is to check the routine sheet (which is handed to judges by the coach before competition with the tumbles that they will perform). This judge has to ensure the correct tumble is performed, each skill has a value, the value is added together to give a difficulty score. Example: Round off - 0.2 Whip - 0.3 Flip - 0.2 Flip - 0.2 Back Layout - 0.6 DIFFICULTY: 1.5
The technical and difficulty are added together for the final score: 25.9 + 1.5 = FINAL SCORE: 27.40 The final tumbling score is based 75% on the neatness and technical rather than difficulty, so this is something for the girls to remember when training for competitions!! On May 28th we had a cameraman from Foxtel kindly donate some of his time to the tumbling program and came in to take some footage. He is currently editing this footage to make a promotional DVD for the program, once completed the DVD will be posted on the website for everyone to see. A HUGE thank you to Michael for his time. Sam Palmer, Tumbling Program Manager
MG Report Week 7, term 2 What an awesome few weeks of training we have been having as of late with all the boys squads looking in great shape for the upcoming grand prix #1, which will be at the State Sports Centre on the 14th June. The schedule for the Grand prix and also the senior State Championships are on the website under the competitive calendar and events. Have a look at the schedule, and please converse with your personal coaches to ensure you are all aware of everyone’s competitive levels (whether in age division or open). Also the closing date for entries for the Hunter Grand Prix closes on Tuesday, so please ensure all entries are back to NBG reception (this is all competitive boys level 1 – 5). So you can read the schedule a little better the following is a “key” for the levels (and the ages involved)
Level 1 – Under 7 (age), over 7 (open) Level 2 – Under 8 (age), over 8 (open) Level 3 – Under 9 (age), over 9 (open) Level 4 –Under 10 (age), over 10 (open) Level 5 – Under 11 (age), over 11 (open)
. Note that some boys have been put into open division to allow for strongest possible team in each division, so please talk with personal coaches to ensure everyone is aware of their competitive categories. Also please ensure all boys have the appropriate competitive attire, for bags you well need a PLAIN blue colored bag for those who do not have the NBG competitive bag. Please note that all level 1 and 2 competitors are not required to have the tracksuit pants, but are to turn up in competition in their white longs instead. The senior squad had a training camp at the State sports centre this past weekend, under the watchful eye of State Coach Xiong. The boys trained tremendiously well, and had some very positive feedback by coach Xiong. They had a chance to see what the top elite boys are looking like for competition and had a great opportunity to train alongside recently pacific rim medalist Jack Rickards. This weekend will see the SDS training, which will be taking place at Manly Warringah Gymnastics Centre. For all those boys eligible for this please ensure you notify Yusuf whether you will be attending this session. Both Yusuf and Jason will be out at the SDS training session. I hope everyone has booked for the two seminars in June, one for sports nutrition and the other injury prevention. These are very limited, so please book in with Leanne at reception and are at a very special price of $10.00 per family. “A time to shine” is fast approaching and everyone should have some information on this great event. It is vital everyone comes down and supports the senior NSW NBG team and also the great fitnastics programs. It will also be featuring squad gymnasts in displays throughout the event. The Squad BBQ will be running in conjunction with this event on the 19th of June. Can’t wait to see everyone there !! Yusuf Topari, MG program Manager and NBG Head Coach
WG Report 25/5/10 Now we are in full flow of competitions most girls in the gym are doing routines and getting in as much practice before their events. So far we have the following girls qualified for state Championships Gabby Carlson Sarah Iwanoscko Amit Smit Sophie McNay Riley Cross Sophie Wong Newbie Redding Kata Eglesz Lucy Redfearn Maddy Spitzer Isabelle Cameron Maddy Binding Mikaylee Pope
This a great achievement for all these girls and for some it will be there first ever state Championships. The first round of State Champs are coming up over the weekend of 12th/13th June and will be a very busy weekend. In the girls we have levels 7-10 and all the elite levels as well as boys level 6-senior. It will be a great weekend to come and watch lots of gymnastics. We would like as many of you to come and support our girls as possible.
On Sunday 23rd May we had 4 level 3 girls go across to the Sydney academy of gymnastics for an invitational event there. These girls were Millie Seeto, Kali Wilding, Olivia Massi and Chloe Wilson. Sammy Wood went as their coach. The girls had a fun competition and all did great routines. Even though they were the last round of competition for the weekend competing until 8:45pm all girls kept their motivation. Olivia got 3rd place on beam and 8th on floor, Millie got 9th on vault and Kali got 10th on vault and 8th on floor. Well done girls!!!!!
This weekend we have yet more events going on. It is the SMC Gala at Westfiled’s and Five Dock. We have our elite girls doing their second state trial at Westfield’s with a few more going for state qualification and also our level 3 girls at Five Dock taking part in an invitational. Timetables for these events can be found on the following link http://www.gymnsw.org.au/event.asp?ID=756&format=popup Good luck to all these girls Alison Mercer WG Program Manager
MG Report, Week 6 term 2 The men’s coaching staff set out on Friday to par-take in the GA intermediate bronze judging course. This is a valuable asset for the gym with judging influences, club numbers and quality assurance when it comes time for competitions. They all took part in the 6 hour course, followed by the theory test, and past with flying colours. It was a pretty relaxed course, but one that was very educational not only from a judging perspective but also from a coaching point of view. It is important to understand where and how deductions come into play, and know how we can improve gymnasts to maximise their scores at competitive events. The following day was the second of the NSW state trials. It started with the senior boys from level 8 – senior international. There were some uncharacteristic mistakes, but also some great performances as well. The only gymnast to nail 6 for 6 was Aaron Bruce in the level 9 open competition. He easily took first position by a huge 6 point advantage and sets him self up in good stead for the upcoming Senior NSW State Championships. Joel O’Neill placed a very commendable 2nd place in the level 6 under 12, with some room to improve before State championships, and Brandon Forrest finished in 3rd position in the level 8 open division. The other boys had some problems that they will be endeavouring to resolve before NSW State championships and ultimately before Australian National Championships. The NSW team will be named later this week, so everyone’s fingers crossed that all the boys made the right impression to qualify for the NSW team. Holiday training schedules will be coming out later this week. For the training that was missed on Saturday will be made up on the first Saturday during the holidays. All other training sessions will be similar to normal training days when we can. Check for regular updates via NBG facebook page, and video uploads on the youtube account. Yusuf Topari, NBG Head coach
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Good Luck to all our Gymnasts departing over the next
2 weeks to compete at the 2010 Australian National Championships
Bring Home the GOLD!!