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MORE HARDWARE FOR APOLLO GYMNASTS
Bracebridge - February 22, 2010
Fourteen gymnasts from the Apollo Gymnastics Club participated in the Muskoka Classic/Women's Provincial qualifier over the weekend. After a strong competitive finish 3 weeks ago in Nepean, the team morale was up and spirits were high for this meet. The Apollo athletes once again proved that they are worthy competitors- returning home with 23 medals, 2 all-around titles and 2 coveted Special Judges Awards.
The Friday morning competition included the level 2 competitors. Angela Green, Christina Goode, Emma McArthur, Alexiss Meecham, Zoey Polhill and Joy Simola represented Apollo in their respective age categories.
Green, 9, was the gold medalist on vault and beam, securing a silver medal in the all-around. She narrowly missed gold medal contention by 0.05 points. Goode won gold for her floor routine, and a silver medal on vault, bars and beam. Goode finished the day with gold and the overall age 10 Title for the second time this season. McArthur wore a silver medal around her neck for her efforts on the balance beam and finished 5th over-all. Meecham was the silver medalist on the floor exercise and was 6th in the all-around. Polhill received a bronze medal on vault and ended the day with a 7th place finish. Simola was the winner on vault and beam, and the silver medalist on floor. She earned a bronze medal in the all-around level 2, age 12 division and was also the recipient of the Special Judges Award (given to one athlete during each flight of competition) for the "Best Choreography" on floor.
Lia Mai Perry, Carly Gagne and Sydney Knight competed in the level 3 division.
Perry, 8, who is unable to compete for ranking due to her age, received a certificate with seals in place of medals- including a gold seal on vault and silver on floor, beam and over-all. Gagne was the over-all age10 winner after securing a silver medal on vault and bars. Gagne was also presented with a Special Judges Award for the "Highest Swing on Bars". Knight, 12, was the gold medalist on vault and silver medalist on bars, finishing 4th in the all-around portion of the competition.
Rylee Lamothe won a bronze on the balance beam and received a 4th place ribbon for her efforts on vault and floor. Lamothe finished 4th in the level 4, age 13+ division.
Mackechnie Chadbourne, Trista Hester, Meagan Hester and Taylor Vaillancourt competed in the level 5 division.
Chadbourne won a bronze medal on beam, placed 4th on floor and finished 5th in the all-around, while teammate Trista Hester was 5th on vault, 6th on bars and floor and 7th in all-around age 12+ division. Meagan Hester,10, won a silver medal for her handspring vault. She also placed 5th on floor and 7th over-all. Vaillancourt attended the Provincial Qualifying competition on Sunday, in the level 5, age 10 division. She placed 6th on floor, 7th on beam and 9th on vault, bars and over-all in a field of 19 competitors from across Ontario.
The Women's Team, coached by Jen Lavigne, Brody Hall, Matt Millar and Seamus O'Donoughue, will travel to Sudbury with the Men's Team April 17th and 18th, to attend the Raise the Bar Gymnastics Challenge.
Successful Weekend for Apollo Gymnasts
Nepean - January 31, 2010
Apollo's women's gymnastics team, consisting of 14 members, returned from the provincial qualifier and invitational competition over the weekend, with a lot of hardware and two all-around titles.
Six athletes represented Apollo in the level 2 division, including Angela Green, Christina Goode, Alexiss Meecham, Emma McArthur, Zoey Polhill and Joy Simola.
Green, 9, won a silver medal on floor and finished 4th in the all-around. Goode secured the overall age 10 Title with a score of 41.1 after winning gold on vault and beam, and bronze on floor. Meecham was the gold medalist on the floor exercise and won the bronze in the all-around. McArthur won a gold on bars and bronze on floor, finishing 5th over-all. Polhill received a silver medal for her dynamic vault and was 6th in the all-around. Simola earned a gold medal for her floor routine, a bronze on bars and beam, and finished second in the level 2, age 12 division.
Lia Mai Perry, Sydney Knight, Carly Gagne and Jesslynn Emms, competed in the level 3 division.
Perry, who is unable to compete for ranking due to her age, received a certificate with seals in place of medals- including a gold seal on vault, silver on bars, beam and over-all. Knight, 12, received a bronze on bars and beam, finishing 4th all-around. In the age 10/11 category, Gagne placed 4th on vault and 5th all-around and teammate Emms placed 4th on beam and floor, in a field of 15 competitors.
Trista Hester won the all-around title in the level 4 division after winning gold on vault, silver on bars and bronze on beam. Hester, up against 13 competitors, stood at the top of the podium after receiving an all-around score of 43.2.
Mackechnie Chadbourne, Meagan Hester and Taylor Vaillancourt competed in the level 5 division.
Chadbourne, 14, was the gold medalist on floor and received silver on vault and in the all-around. Hester won vault with an impressive 11.7 out of a possible 12.6, and received a silver on floor and bronze all-around. Vaillancourt competing in the level 5 provincial portion of the competition, finished 8th on vault and 11th on beam and floor.
"Many of these athletes have moved up an entire level from last season" said Coach Jen Lavigne. "This competition marked the first invitational meet of the year for the athletes, and they should be very pleased with their accomplishments at such an early stage in the season."
VAILLANCOURT WITH BRONZE AT PROVINCIAL QUALIFIER
Ottawa - December 7, 2009
Two members of the Apollo Gymnastics Club travelled to the Ottawa Gymnastics Centre to
attend their 1st Provincial Qualifying Meet held over the weekend. This was their first
competitive experience of the season.
Taylor Vaillancourt, 10, won a bronze medal for
her dynamic handspring vault. She also finished 7th on
floor and 8th on the uneven bars. With an accumulative
score of 44.0, she placed 6th in the Level 5 all-around.
"This is Taylor's second year as a provincial athlete, and already she has shown vast
improvement since last season. Her skills are more refined and she looks more confident
during her routines" said Head Coach Jen Lavigne. "She should be very pleased with her results."
Alison Fung had a spectacular floor routine, receiving
only 1.15 points in deductions for her performance. She
finished 4th on floor and was the recipient of the Judge's
Award on the event. Fung was selected out of more than
30 athletes as having the "most amplitude in her tumbling
elements." Fung also finished 8th on vault, 6th on the
uneven bars and all-around in the level 7, 14 and up category.
"Alison has worked hard to increase her level of difficulty this year" said Lavigne.
"She had 4 new elements added to her existing routines, including a new handspring
vault with a full twist. With 7 weeks to go before the next event, I'm confident
that she will be well prepared."
This competition marked the first of three provincial qualifying meets used to
determine which athletes will attend Ontario Cup (a semi-final competition
used to advance athletes to Provincial Championships held in April). Qualified
athletes will be determined based on rank after all gymnasts have had an
opportunity to compete at 3 meets.
The provincial and invitational women's team will travel to Nepean for the
2nd Qualifier and Invitational Competition held January 29th, 30th and 31st.
Entwistle Wins Bronze at National Championships
June 09, 2009
Hamilton - Nick Entwistle, a power tumbler from the North Bay Apollo Gymnastics Club, competed at the Canadian National Championships in the Novice National Age 15+ at McMaster University in Hamilton this past week.
Entwistle, age 17, qualified for the prestigious event after attaining the mandatory all-around score at various meets throughout the season. He went on to win gold at the 2009 Ontario Championships and took the Provincial title in his division. His impressive competitive standings earned him the shot to represent Ontario at a National level.
After the completion of his preliminary tumbling passes, Entwistle's total score was 84.8 (29.0 first pass, 28.2 second pass), placing him 1st out of the twelve competitors from across Canada. During Entwistle's finals pass he over-rotated his final skill (double back somersault piked) and stepped out of bounds in the landing area. Despite this technicality, Nick finished 3rd place over all and qualified for team finals. As a member of Team Ontario, Entwistle wore a silver medal overall, with Team Alberta taking the top spot.
"This was an incredible experience for Nick" said Coach Matt Millar. "He has worked hard all year to be a high-caliber athlete, and should be very pleased with his accomplishments".
APOLLO GYMNASTS ROCK IN SUDBURY
April 19, 2009
The Apollo Gymnastics competitive team, consisting
of 22 athletes, traveled to Sudbury for the annual Raise
the Bar Challenge held this past weekend. The team returned
home with 4 all-around titles, a combined accumulation
of 74 medals and the "Best Sportsmanship"
award.
First time competitors David Conway, Addison Hunt and
Sam Aubet had an incredible finish in the Men's Interclub
1 division. Conway won 3 silver medals and a gold medal
on high bar, floor, pommels and all-around. Hunt won
2 bronze, a gold on pommels and rings, and a silver
medal on floor, rings and all-around. Aubet finished
3rd over-all after acquiring 4 bronze medals, a gold
on pommels and a silver medal on rings and parallel
bars.
Matthew Perreault and Jack Chadbourne competed in the
provincial one men's division. Perreault won a gold
on pommels and bronze on floor, rings and all-around.
Chadbourne won silver on pommels, rings and high bar
and a bronze on parallel bars.
Level 2 athletes, Lia Mai Perry, 7, and Angela Green,
8, received gold, silver, bronze or merit seals based
on scores in lieu of ranking, as per Gymnastics Ontario
regulations. Perry received a gold seal for her outstanding
score on the uneven bars, and a silver seal for beam,
floor and over-all. Green received a bronze seal on
beam and floor and won a silver seal in the all-around.
Carly Gagne, Emma McArthur, Jesslynn Emms, Christina
Goode and Zoey Polhill competed in the level 2, age
9 Division. Gagne took home 4 medals after winning vault,
bars and the level 2 title. She also won and a silver
on floor. McArthur wore 3 medals around her neck, including
a silver medal on floor and a bronze for bars and all-around.
Emms won a silver medal on vault and beam and a bronze
over-all. Goode was the gold medalist on vault and the
bronze medalist on floor. Polhill wore a silver medal
for her performance on vault and beam.
Rylee Lamothe, 14, won a gold medal on floor and received
a silver medal on vault, beam and all-around in the
level 3 division.
In the level 3, age 11 Category, Trista Hester won a
bronze medal for her performance on vault and was the
silver medalist on the balance beam, floor and over-all.
Teammate Sydney Knight placed 4th on vault and floor,
finishing the day with an over-all score of 40.75.
Taylor Lamothe was the silver medalist on beam and the
bronze medalist on vault in the level 3, age 12 division.
Mackechnie Chadbourne, 13, won silver for her outstanding
performance on the uneven bars and floor exercise. She
also received a bronze medal on beam and over-all in
the level 4 division.
Meagan Hester took the level 4, age 10 Title after winning
a bronze medal on bars, and earning a gold on beam and
floor. Her success on each event secured her gold medal
finish in the all-around. Chloe Hunt also had an exceptional
finish, winning a gold medal on bars, silver on vault
and bronze in the all-around.
Apollo's provincial team, consisting of Taylor Vaillancourt,
10, Victoria Willars, 13, and Katie Vaillancourt, 12,
had a successful meet. Taylor was the silver medalist
on beam and the bronze medalist on bars with an incredible
score of 11.55. Willars won a gold medal on bars, a
bronze on beam and floor and finished the day with a
silver medal all-around. Katie brought home 5 medals
around her neck and the level 5, age 11 and 12 Title.
She won gold on bars, silver on vault and beam, bronze
on floor and gold in the all-around.
"I am very impressed with how well everyone did
at this competition" said Coach Jen Lavigne. "These
athletes train hard and it is nice to see them get recognition
for their efforts."
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Apollo with another Provincial Champion
Toronto April , 2009
Two members of the Apollo Gymnastics power
tumbling team attended the Ontario Provincial Championships
at Seneca College over the weekend.
Nick Entwistle, age 17, won gold in the Novice National
15+ category becoming the 2009 Provincial Champion.
Entwistle placed 1st on all three of his tumbling
passes and finished the day with an overall score
of 90.5. Incredibly, he was more than 5 full points
ahead of the silver medalist. Entwistle is the seventh
athlete from Apollo to finish as Provincial Champion
since 2000.
With Apollo as the training ground for National Champions
Samantha McParland (2005) and Rose James (2006), Entwistle
has a very strong chance at the all-around title at
the Canadian National Championships held at McMaster
University in Hamilton. The competition will take
place on May 28th.
Quinlan McParland, age 13, placed 4th in the Provincial
A category. After competing his compulsory, optional,
and finals pass his total score was 73.7. McParland
will be traveling to Nova Scotia as part of Team Ontario
at the Eastern Championships that will be taking place
the first week of May.
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Apollo Tumblers Advance to Provincial and National
Championships
Etobicoke February
2009
Two members of the Apollo Gymnastics power tumbling
team attended a Provincial and National qualifier
at the Etobicoke Gymnastics Club over the weekend.
Nick Entwistle, age 17, won a silver medal in the
Novice National 15+ category. Nick won gold for his
first pass and silver on his second. He finished with
an overall score of 87.4. Having qualified at two
competitions, he is now guaranteed a spot on Team
Ontario at the National Championships being held May
31st in Hamilton.
Quinlan McParland, age 13, won a bronze medal in
the Provincial A category. After competing his compulsory,
optional, and finals pass his total score was 75.4.
Having hit the qualifying score twice, McParland will
be representing North Bay at the Provincial Championships
held on April 17th in Toronto.
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APOLLO GYMNASTS HOME WITH 34 MEDALS
Base Borden February
2009
Apollo's Women's Gymnastics Team is
in high spirits after returning from the provincial
qualifier and invitational competition held in Base
Borden. The girls finished the weekend with an extensive
collection of medals and ribbons and impressive all-around
finishes.
5 athletes competed in the provincial qualifying
portion of the competition. Victoria Willars,13, had
an excellent finish in the level 5, age 12 and 13
division. She won a bronze medal for her handspring
on vault and narrowly missed the podium for her performance
on the balance beam by less than 0.05 points. Willars
finished 4th on the event and 5th in the all-around.
Rachel Fung had a silver medal performance on floor
with a score of 11.466. She also performed a solid
routine on the balance beam for a 4th place finish
on the event. Fung placed 7th on vault, 8th on bars
and 6th over-all in the level 5, age 14 and up division.
Taylor Vaillancourt, 9, placed 8th on vault and finished
9th on the uneven bars and floor with an accumulative
score of 41.8.
Alison Fung had a spectacular floor routine, receiving
only 0.85 points in deductions for her performance.
Her cleanly executed routine helped her secure the
silver medal on this event. Fung also finished 9th
on beam and 11th all-around in the level 7, 14 and
up category.
Katie Vaillancourt, 12, had a solid competition, placing
top 8 on 3 of the 4 events and over-all in a field
of 22 level 5 competitors. She placed 4th on bars,
6th on vault and 7th on beam. Her consistent performance
throughout the day secured her 7th place position
in the all-around.
This competition marked the third provincial qualifying
meet used to determine which athletes will attend
Ontario Cup (a semi-final competition used to advance
athletes to Provincial Championships held in April).
The qualifying score is currently under review and
may be amended. The determined score and a copy of
the qualified athletes should be released from Gymnastics
Ontario by the end of the month.
HESTER EARNS THE LEVEL 3 TITLE
Apollo had 14 gymnasts attend the "Compete
for the Cure" invitational portion of the competition.
Apollo's youngest competitors, Angela Green and Lia
Mai Perry, were pleased with their performance at
their very first competition.
Perry, 7, received an impressive score on the uneven
bars to earn a gold seal for her efforts on the event.
She also received a bronze seal on vault.
Green, 8, performed a solid beam routine to earn a
bronze seal on the event. She also received a bronze
seal for her uneven bar routine.
As per Gymnastics Ontario regulations, gymnasts aged
7 and 8, are not able to compete for rankings. Instead,
each athlete receives a gold, silver or bronze seal
on a certificate per event and all-around based on
their scores.
Meagan Hester took the level 3, age 10/11 title. Hester
won gold on beam, silver on floor and a bronze medal
on bars. Her success on each event secured her gold
medal finish in the all-around.
Mackechnie Chadbourne, 13, and Taylor Lamothe, 12,
took to the podium in the level 3 category.
Chadbourne won 3 gold medals for her outstanding performance
on the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.
She also received a bronze medal on vault and finished
with a silver medal around her neck.
First time competitor, Lamothe, won a silver medal
for her dynamic vault and received a bronze medal
for her showing on beam and floor. At the end of the
day, her all-around score secured her bronze medal
finish.
Rylee Lamothe, 14, received a silver medal for her
cleanly executed floor routine. She also finished
5th on vault and 4th on beam. Lamothe finished her
first-ever competition ranked 4th in the level 3,
age 12-14 division.
Jesslynn Emms, Emma McArthur, Carly Gagne, Zoey Polhill
and Christina Goode performed for their first time
in a competitive setting, being judged and ranked
against other competitors in the level 2, age 9 Division.
Emms took home 5 medals. She was the gold medalist
on beam, and also received a bronze medal on vault
and bars. Emms took the silver medal in the all-around.
McArthur wore 4 medals around her neck, including
a gold medal for her high score of 10.55 on bars.
She also received a silver medal on vault, and a bronze
medal finish on beam and over-all.
Gagne took the top spot on the uneven bars with an
impressive 11.0 out of a possible 11.8 on the event.
She also earned a bronze medal on floor and finished
4th in the all-around.
Polhill won a silver medal for her solid balance beam
routine and finished 4th on vault, bars and floor.
Goode placed 4th on the balance beam, 5th on vault
and bars and 6th in the all-around.
Trista Hester and Sydney Knight competed in the level
3, age 10/11 Category.
Hester won a bronze medal for her performance on vault
and beam and finished 5th on floor and in the all-around.
Knight placed 4th on vault and floor, finishing the
day with an over-all score of 37.250.
In the level 4, age 10/11 division, Chloe Hunt had
an exceptional finish, winning a silver medal on vault
and bars. Hunt also received a silver medal for floor
and was 4th in the all-around, narrowly missing a
bronze finish by less than 0.05 points.
"I am very impressed with how well the girls
did at this competition" said Coach Jen Lavigne.
"These athletes train hard and it is nice to
see them get recognition for their efforts."
The Team will travel to Sudbury for their next invitational
competition held April 18th - 19th.
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