Twas the night before .......

Team Oakville out for dinner the night before Day 1 of competition at Elite Canada.  Novice Day 1 and the Senior AA competition are up first on Friday with the Junior AA and Novice Day 2 on Saturday!!    Event finals for both the Juniors and Seniors are on Sunday!! 

Sylvia, Sabrina, Christine, Taylor, Elise, Krishna, Jordyn, Sydney, Mariana and Jessica all looking nice and relaxed and ready to!!!



Elite Canada

Good Luck to all the National Girls competing at Elite Canada the end of this week in Gatineau, QC!! 

Taylor and Sydney Davison - National Novice
Elise Bolger, Mariana Colussi-Pelaez and Jordyn Pedersen - Junior
Sylvia Colussi-Pelaez, Mikaela Gerber, Sabrina Gill, Christine Lee, Jessica Savona and Krishna Yemeny - Senior.

With 11 athletes Oakville has the largest contingent at this years Elite Canada.  Check back for results and photos as they become available!!!

Go Oakville!!!
 

Canada Winter Games Trials

Mikaela, Elise, Sylvia, Krishna and Sabrina

Oakville had 8 athletes competing for their chance to represent Ontario at the 2011 Winter Games to be held in Halifax in February. Just 1 week after competing at Tour Selection in Borden our athletes again put their routines to the test.  Sabrina Gill hit 4 for 4 and came away atop the group with Mikaela Gerber, Jordyn Pedersen and Krishna Yemeny finishing 2nd and 3rd (Jordyn and Krishna tied for 3rd). Finishing top four automatically qualify them to Team Ontario!!


Top 4 - Team Ontario (Sabrina, Mikaela, Jordyn and Krishna)



Sylvia Colussi-Peleaz and Elise Bolger will join their teammates at a weeklong training camp and competition in Cancun, Mexico the first week of January where they will each look to grab 1 of the 3 remaining spots on the team.

Krishna - 2nd Canada Winter Games

Ontario Winter Games happens only once every four years and for Krishna this will be her second games!! 



Elise and Sabrina



Well Done Ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Christmas Training Schedule - Kelly, Sue and Lorne's Group

Ho Ho Ho!!  The Christmas training schedule has already been distributed but just in case you have misplaced it...........

Dec 19th - National Girls - 1pm to 5pm
Dec 20th thru Dec 23rd - Provincial and National Girls - 1pm to 5pm
Dec 24h thru Dec 26th - NO TRAINING
Dec 27th - National Girls - 1pm to 5pm (Drop off at Storage room - No viewing)
Dec 28h thru Dec 30th - 1pm to 5 pm - Provincial and National Girls
Fri Dec 31st thru Jan 2nd - NO TRAINING
Jan 3rd - Regular training resumes!!!

Tour Selection

The national girls competitive season got off to a flying start in November. Tour selection is the first opportunity to try out all the new skills and routines the girls have been working on since last season ended!   

Twins Sydney and Taylor Davison competed well and are looking to make their mark in the National Novice Category this year. Both girls qualified to move on to Elite Canada coming up December 10th!

Nikki and Melissa

Nikki Paterson had a great competition and finished 1st all around in the National Open category. In her first competition back after a long absense due to injury, Melissa Dowling captured 5th spot. Both girls will represent Team Ontario at the Chicago Style meet in February.

First year Juniors Jordyn Pedersen, Elise Bolger and Mariana Colussi-Pelaez finish 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively. 

Oakville had 5 senior athletes compete at Tour Selection. Most notably Christine Lee in her much anticipated return to competition. Sylvia Colussi-Pelaez, Mikaela Gerber, Sabrina Gill, and Krishna Yemeny all competed senior for the first time!!!  Sylvia captured the silver medal in the all around; Sabrina the bronze; Mikaeka 4th place; Christine 6th and Krishna 7th. 

Krishna, Christine, Sue, Sabrina, Jordyn, Mariana, Elise, Sylvia and Mikaela

Karolyi Ranch

Here are a few pictures from Sue and Sabrina's recent trip to the Karolyi Ranch. Sabrina was invited by Gymnastics Canada to be part of the PAGU selection camp. (Pan American Games 2011)

Sabrina Gill and Marta Karolyi

Sue Manjak and Sabrina Gill


The gymnasts

Congratulations to all our athletes competing this year!
Ontario Cups and Ontario Championships have been a success!
Good Luck to all National girl's competing at National Championships in Kamloops next month and Eastern Championships.
Packages for next season will be available before June 1st. Committement return forms will be expected back on May 7th!
Susan Manjak