February 2018 – Campbell River Gymnastics Association

Podium finishes at the BC Winter Games for CR Gymnasts!!

February 28, 2018March 22, 2018 by admin

Campbell River gymnasts had a great competition at the BC Winter Games held in Kamloops over the weekend. Jackson Martin came home with the Gold medal on the vault with a fantastic tsukahara pike. Hannah Sommer captured the Bronze medal on the bars with a solid clean routine and Ksenia Stansell brought home the Bronze medal on the vault with a huge tsukahara pike and finished 6^th in the bar finials. Ksenia, Hannah along with Jadea Wilson and Shae Bridgen (4 members of a 6 person team) brought home the Bronze medal as a team!

Other big moments for the games include Nathan Kerluck finishing in 7^th place in the All Around competition including being the only zone 6 gymnast to qualify for 3 event finals finishing in 8^th place on the pommel horse and rings and finishing in 7^th on the high bars. Owen Harbo won the 4^th place ribbon on the pommel horse in the Men’s finals. Shea went to floor finals taking home 11^th place. Jadea Wilson qualified for the bars finals bringing home an 8^th place finish. Hannah Sommer finished in 8^th place in the All Around while Ksenia captured 10^th place in the All Around. Congrats to all the Athletes! Full results below.

JO 8

Hannah Sommer won the Bronze medal on bars, (Gold in prelims) placed 11^th on vault, finished 16^th on beam and 20^th on floor to come home in 8^th place in the All Around.

Ksenia Stansell captured the Bronze medal on vault (4^th in prelims) won Bronze in prelims on bars, (6^th in finals) placed 14^th on floor and 27^th on beam to come home in 10^th place in the All Around.

JO 7

Shea Bridgen paced 7^th on floor (prelims) placed 12^th on beam, finished 16^th on bars and 20^th on the vault to come home in 15^th place in the All Around.

Jadea Wilson won the Silver on bars in prelims, placed 18^th on beam, finished 20^th on floor and 22^nd on vault to come home in 17^th place in the All Around.

Boys Provincial 3

Nathan Kerluck won 4^th place on pommel (prelims) 8^th in finals, captured 5^th on high bar in prelims and 7^th in finals, took 8^th on rings, placed 15^th on floor, 18^th on vault and 22^nd on p-bars to come home in 7^th place in the All Around.

Jackson Martin captured the Gold medal on vault, took 10^th place on the high bar, placed 17^th on floor, finished 19^th on both pommel horse and parallel bars, placed 28^th on the rings to come home in 21^st in the All Around.

Owen Harbo won the 4^th place ribbon on pommel horse, placed 16^th on parallel bars, took 23^rd spot on rings and vault, finished 24^th on floor and high bar to come home in 22^nd place in the All Around.

Back Row – L-R – Hannah Sommer, Owen Harbo, Nathan Kerluck, Jackson Martin and Ksenia Stansell
In splits- Shea Bridgen and Jadea Wilson

CR Gymnasts have success over the border

February 28, 2018 by admin

The Campbell River Gymnastics Association sent 5 athletes to the Charity Choice competition in the U.S February 16-18th. This competition was held in Tacoma and was is a huge competition hosting over 100 Level 10 athletes from all over the States. “It was a great experience for our athletes to see all types of athletes, they had really strong athletes doing skills like yurochenko double twist on vault and arabian front tuck on the beam to full twisting double backs on the floor. Some of the athletes were strong hitting excellent routines while many attempted big skills that fell short. It really was a great competition to be a part of and to see that our athletes are headed in the right direction.

Janika Scriba started us out in the JO Level 10 division with a 10^th place finish on beam, placing 11^th on both vault and floor (sticking a beautiful double back) not finishing the All Around as she scratched bars due to a lack of time in warmup.

Brooklyn Batch had a strong performance in the JO 9 division capturing the Silver medals on both vault and floor. Brooklyn won 4^th place medals on both bars and beam to come home with the Silver medal in the All Around only .1 away from winning the All Around title.

Chloe Doyon was also competing in the JO level 9 division. She stuck a beautiful tusk pike to capture the 4^th place on vault, took 8^th place on bars with a solid routine, finished 9^th on floor and 10^th on beam to come home in 8^th place in the All Around.

Kaitlynn Beaulieu competing in the JO 6 SR division hit a solid beam routine to capture 9^th place. Kaitlynn placed 11^th on the bars and finished in 12^th on both vault and floor to come home in 12^th place in the All Around.

Makena Movold competed in the JO 6 JR division came home with an 8^th place medal on the beam, placed 11^th on the vault, finished in 12^th on the bars and 13^th on the floor to come home in 12^th place in the All Around.

Congrats to the girls on their first trip south of the border!!

CR Gymnasts flip flop and fly in Comox

February 28, 2018 by admin

The Campbell River Gymnastics Association sent a small army to compete in the annual Pajama party competition held in Comox on February 10^th and 11^th. The girls and boys had a great competition combining for over 20 medals including 4 athletes finishing in the top 3 in the All Around including 2 All Around Champions.

Many of the athletes show cased new skills. Jackson Martin added a back layout 1 and a half twist on the floor, a maghar travel on the pommel horse, a double back off the rings, and a tsuk tuck on the vault. Nathan Kerluck added a back layout on the floor, and a front handspring full off the vault. A strong start to the year for the athletes! The following are the results of the competition.

Girls JO 6A division

Jadea Wilson captured the Gold medal on the bars, won Silver medals on both beam and floor, finished 5^th on vault to come home with the Silver medal in the All Around, only .28 out of first place!

Ava Lee won the Silver medal on bars, captured the Bronze on beam, placed 4^th on floor, finished 7^th on vault to come home in 4^th place in the All Around.

Makena Movold captured a Silver medal on vault, placed 5^th on the bars, finished 7^th on both beam and floor to come home in 7^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO 6B division

Alexandra Smith won the Gold medal on vault, captured Silver medals on both bars and floor, finished 6^th on the beam to come home as the All Around Champion!

Kaitlynn Beaulieu captured the Bronze medals on both bars and floor, placed 4^th on beam and 5^th on the vault to come home in 4^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO 5

Rihanna Dill won the 6^th place ribbons on both bars and beam, placed 7^th on both vault and floor to come home in 5^th place in the All Around.

Alexis Reise captured the 4^th place ribbon on beam, took home the 5^th place ribbons on vault and floor and finished 7^th on bars to come home in 6^th place in the All Around.

Grace Lelliot won the 4^th place ribbon on vault, took the 5^th place ribbon on bars, finished 6^th on floor and 7^th on beam to come home in 7^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO 4A division

Myah Ward captured the 4^th place ribbons on both vault and bars and took the 5^th place ribbons on both beam and floor to come home in 5^th place in the All Around.

Lila Tree won the Silver medal on bars, captured the 6^th place ribbon on the vault, finished 7^th on floor and 9^th on the beam to come home in 6^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO 4B division

Michaela Pontious captured the Gold medal on the vault, won the Silver medal on beam, took the 6^th place ribbon on bars and finished 8^th on floor to come home in 4^th place in the All Around.

Shyanne Johnson won the 4^th place ribbon on beam, took the 5^th place ribbon on bars, finished 6^th on floor and 8^th on the vault to come home in 6^th place in the All Around.

Ava Levins won the Bronze medal on vault, captured the 6^th place ribbon on beam, finished 8^th on bars and 9^th on the floor to come home in 7^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO 3A division

Sophia Mayers won the Bronze medal on vault, captured the 4^th place ribbon on beam, placed 7^th on floor and 9^th on bars to come home in 5^th place in the All Around.

Grace Fraser won the 7^th place ribbon on vault, took 10^th place on both bars and floor, finished 11^th on beam to come home in 10^th place in the All Around.

Sophie Pallan captured the 4^th place ribbon on beam, won the 8^th place ribbon on vault, finished 13^th on both bars and floor to come home in 11^th place in the All Around.

Chloe Stewart won the 10^th place ribbon on beam, placed 11^th on both vault and bars, finished 14^th on floor to come home in 13^th place in the All Around.

Arianne Mullett won the 8^th place ribbon on beam, took the 10^th place ribbon on vault, finished 11^th on floor and 14^th on bars to come home in 14^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO 3B division

Isabelle Alsager won the 6^th place ribbon on vault, took the 10^th place ribbon on beam, finished 12^th on floor and 13^th on bars to come home in 12^th place in the All Around.

Girls JO3C division

Alyssa Wood captured the 6^th place ribbon on floor, took the 8^th place ribbon on vault, finished 11^th on both bars and beam to come home in 10^th place in the All Around.

Sophia Andersen-Roberts won the 10^th place ribbon on beam, took 11^th place on floor, finished 13^th on both vault and bars to come home in 12^th place in the All Around.

Bayla Wilson placed 12^th on vault, bars and beam and finished 14^th on the floor. Bayla came home in 14^th place in the All Around.

Boys Provincial 4 division

Jack Martin captured the Gold medals on floor, pommel horse, vault and parallel bars while winning the Silver medals on rings and high bar to come home as the All Around Champion.

Nathan Kerluck won the Gold medals on rings and high bar and captured the Silver medals on floor, pommel horse, vault and parallel bars to come home with the Silver medal in the All Around.

Boys Provincial 1

Unfortunately results for Level 1 Boys were not available at time of printing.

7 CRGA Gymnasts qualify for the BC Winter Games

February 23, 2018March 22, 2018 by admin

The Campbell River Gymnastics Association is sending 4 girls and 3 boys to the BC Winter Games. The Games will be held in Kamloops, February 22nd-26th.
The girls had to compete against 34 athletes at the trials event in Duncan, fighting for 6 spots. The top 3 athletes in JO 7 and top 3 athletes in JO 8 and the top 4 Level 3 boys represent zone 6 which includes Powell River and all clubs on the Island. In the JO 8 division, Hannah Sommer and Ksenia Stansell were 2nd and 3rd respectively while in the JO 7, Shea Bridgen and Jadea Wilson also came home in 2nd and 3rd.
The boys that qualified for the games include Jack Martin, Nathan Kerluck and Owen Harbo. A boy from Victoria will join them as well. This competition will be a great opportunity for these young athletes. It is a big competition with hundreds of athletes that will be competing in different sports!
Congratulations to all 7 athletes that made the team!! Nya Chailler, finishing 6th in the JO 8 division competed a tsuk tuck for the first time on vault and added a standing back tuck on the beam. Jordan Loock finishing in the 11th spot in JO 8 added a free hip to handstand on the top bar on the uneven bars. Tyza Skuse finished a tight competition taking 5th place in the JO 7 division only .425 away from the first place finisher. The following are the individual results

JO 8
Hannah Sommer tied for the Gold on vault, took Silver on bars and floor and came home with Bronze on the beam to finish with the Silver medal in the All Around.
Ksenia Stansell won the Golds on both vault and bars, captured a Silver on the floor and came home in 9th place on the beam to finish with the Bronze medal in the All Around.
Nya Chailler won the Bronze on beam, placed 4th on bars, finished 6th on floor and 12th on vault to come home in 6th place in the All Around.
Jordan Loock placed 5th on the beam, took 10th place on both vault and floor and came home in 11th on bars to finish in 11th in the All Around.

JO 7
Shea Bridgen captured Bronze on both beam and floor, finished 4th on bars, placed 19th on the vault to come home with the Silver medal in the All Around.
Jadea Wilson captured the Gold on floor, captured the Silver on beam, placed 4th on bars and 19th on vault to come home with the Bronze medal in the All Around.
Tyza Skuse captured the Silver on bars, placed 7th on the floor and 8th on beam, finished 14th on the vault to come home in 5th place in the All Around.

*Boys did not need a trials as we had 4 boys try out and 4 spots.

Campbell River Gymnasts find success in Coquitlam

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 by admin

The Campbell River Gymnastics Association (CRGA) sent a group of girls to the mainland for the Winterfest Invitational held in Coquitlam January 27^th. For some of the girls, it was their first time competing since the end of last season. The girls came out trying many new skills that they are trying to perfect for the season. “Many of the new skills were performed quite well! A promising start to the new year!” coach Sader commented.

Janika Sriba, competiting in the JO (Junior Olympic) level 10 for the first times came out with over a dozen new skills. She performed a yurochenko layout on the vault capturing a gold medal in the process, did a shoot over to handstand and a toe on to handstand on the bars, added a switch mount, aerial roundoff connection, a switch to split three quarters and a back layout one and a half twist dismount on the beam and on floor topped it off with a double back mount with a whip back full and connected a leg up double turn to a reverse double turn out. Brooklyn Batch second year JO level 9 added a toe on to handstand on the bars along with a giant full and a double back finish. On beam she added a jump to split mount. In her floor routine she added a back layout one and a half twist connected to a front pike salto. She also added a front handspring layout half and a leg up full turn. Ksenia Stansell in JO 8 competed a tsuk pike on the vault and competed a roundoff back layout off the beam. Nya Chailler competed a freehip half turn on the bars as well as a back handspring back tuck series on the beam for the first time. Jordan Loock, also JO 8 was successful with her freehip on the high bar at this competition adding a switch leap on the beam. Tyza Skuse competing in the JO 8 category for the first time added a tsuk pike on the vault, added pirouette on the bars, competed a back layout one and a half twist on the floor as well as a front tuck front tuck connection.

The following are the competition results.

JO 10

Janika Scriba captured the gold medal on vault, took the 5^th place ribbon on floor, Placed 7^th on beam and 8^th on bars to come home in 4^th place in the All Around.

JO 9

Brooklyn Batch won the silver medals on both floor and bars, brought home the 6^th place ribbons on vault and beam to come home with the Silver medal in the All Around.

JO 8

Ksenia Stansell captured the gold medal on vault, won the silver medal on bars, placed 5^th on floor and 6^th on beam to come home with the Silver medal in the All Around.

Nya Chailler won the gold medal on floor, captured the silver medal on the beam, placed 5^th on bars and 7^th on the vault to come home with the Bronze medal in the All Around.

Tyza Skuse won the 4^th place ribbon on beam, took home the 5^th place ribbon on vault, placed 8^th on floor and 9^th on the bars to come home in 8^th place in the All Around.

Jordan Loock won 5^th place ribbons on vault and beam, placed 6^th on the floor and 7^th on bars to come home in 4^th place in the All Around.

JO 7

Shea Bridgen captured the gold medal on floor, won the bronze medals on both beam and bars, took 7^th place on the vault to come home in 4^th place in the All Around.

Isabella Michael won the 6^th place ribbon on vault, placed 10^th on the floor, took 11^th on both bars and beam to come home in 10^th place in the All Around.

JO 5

Rayne Loock won the 7^th place ribbons on bars and beam, placed 10^th on both vault and floor to come home in 8^th place in the All Around.

Miley Konrad took 11^th place on vault, placed 12^th on both bars and beam, finished 13^th on the floor to come home in 13^th place in the All Around.