Bc Winter Games

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

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.