SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2010
11AM-1PM
Join us at 11am for our group warm up.
Enjoy 2 hours of recreation gymnastics! FREE admission!
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Richmond Gymnastics Association is pleased to announce that 16 year old gymnast, Robert Watson has been selected by Gymnastics Canada to compete at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore, August 14 – 26, 2010.
To qualify Canada for this event, Robert and 3 other young Canadian gymnasts competed at the Junior Pan Am Games in November 2009. The top 5 nations would be able to send 1 athlete to the Youth Olympic Games. Robert was the top Canadian and won Canada its spot. A few months ago, Robert was chosen by Gymnastics Canada to compete at this prestigious event.
Since November, Robert has been working hard with his coach, Ferenc Szabo Jr. in his home gym and attended many training camps and competitions in Canada, London, Mexico, Germany and Australia. In Australia, Robert competed as part of the 6 man team at the Pacific Rim Championships. The young Canadian Team won the Bronze Medal.
This first ever Youth Olympic Games will host over 3,600 young athletes from around the world competing in 26 different summer sporting events. Robert and his coach Ferenc will be leaving at the end of July for an orientation and training camp in Ontario. From there, they will travel on directly to Singapore. We at Richmond Gymnastics are extremely proud of Robert and Ferenc’s accomplishments and wish them all the best in Singapore.
Below is the Competitive Boys summer training calendar.
Plan ahead and start looking at the schedule for upcoming seasons after the summer break. The Recreational Program at RGA has classes suitable for a wide range of age groups.
Altogether 17 gymnasts (men and women) participated from RGA at this year’s Provincial Championships that was held at the Langley Event Center from April 9-11.
Our athletes have won over 30 medals in various age categories during the three day long event and some of them have also qualified to compete at the upcoming Canadian Championships.
Congratulations to all our athletes!
For more detailed information about the results, please see under Programs->Competitive Programs->Competition Results.
Plan for some physical activity for the kids over the summer. Check out the schedule and return the completed registration form to reserve your space in the program before it fills up!
RGA Competitive athletes had a busy weekend before spring break with the women competing at the Zone 4 Championships (Spring Fever) in Delta and the men competing in Abbotsford at the Twisters Invitational.
Four of our girls qualified for the Provincial Championships and the boys showed again that they are ready to compete against the Province’s best gymnasts in Langley at the beginning of April.
For more detailed information about the results, please see under Programs->Competitive Programs->Competition Results.
Close to twenty athletes represented our club (girls and boys together) at the annual Carol Lenz Memorial Invitational Competition, which was hosted by Surrey Gymnastics and was held from March 12th – 14th.
Our athletes have won a lot of medals in numerous different categories with their outstanding performances. Just to mention a couple amongst the many, our young girls have won two golds , three silvers and one bronze in the large field of competitiors!
Three athletes of our men’s program have also qualified to represent Team BC at this year’s Western Canadian Championships.
For more detailed information about the results, please see under Programs->Competitive Programs->Competition Results.
(03/01/10) Robert Watson (Richmond) and Joshua Stuart (Richmond) each captured an all around title on Sunday at the 2010 Men’s Elite Canada in Gatineau.
Watson topped the field in the junior category while placing first on high bar and floor and second on parallel bars and third on rings.
“I came here wanting to do six solid routines and I did that but the big highlight was getting my best individual event score ever with my floor routine.”
BC swept the tyro podium, led by Stuart who also placed first on pommel horse, rings and vault as well as silver on floor and high bar. Scott Nabata (KATTS) and Zachary Clay (Twisters) rounded out the top 3, with each winning event medals.
In the senior competition Calgary’s Nathan Gafuik was the champion followed by Ken Ikeda (Twisters) who also captured gold on the pommel horse and parallel bars. Also competing the senior competition was Jason Scott (Richmond) who placed 5th in his first senior event.
Canadian men’s program director Jeff Thompson of Vancouver singled nine-year national team veteran Ikeda and rising star Scott for their performances.
“Ken is remarkable and is doing better routines than ever while Jason has been quite impressive with his clean all around gymnastics,” said Thompson.
Forty athletes competed in the Argo competition which was topped by Justin Karstadt of Futures Gym in Ontario. Sasha Bratty (Vancouver Phoenix) was second and added medals on floor, rings and high bar. Nicolas Bourne from Richmond finished 15th AA and got 4th on Floor, 14th on P.Bars and 13th on Floor. “It was a remarkable come back by Nico who showed good performance and a strong heart for the sport after he had a serious elbow injury last summer!” said coach Ferenc Szabo
Congratulations to all of our athletes for their great performances at Canada’s second most important competition after the National Championships which will be held at the end of May in Kamloops, BC.
Two-time Olympians Gafuik and Ikeda highlight Elite Canada meet
Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Canada’s best male gymnasts, including two-time Olympians Nathan Gafuik of Calgary and Ken Ikeda of Abbotsford, B.C. hit the floor for the Elite Canada meet in Gatineau, Que., February 27-28.
Gafuik and Ikeda, both members of the 2004 and 2008 Olympic teams, highlight the men’s senior competition along with a strong group of 2012 Olympic hopefuls including Jackson Payne of Edmonton, Kevin Lytwyn of Burlington, Ont., and Jayd Lukenchuk of Saskatoon.
“All of our top guys have been working hard at adding more difficulty to their routines, and this will be a great opportunity to put everything together at a big meet,” said Canadian men’s program director Jeff Thomson of Vancouver.
Missing at this year’s competition are veterans Brandon O’Neill of Edmonton, out with an injured knee, and the defending champion, Casey Sandy of Brampton, Ont., who is recovering from a torn achilles tendon.
Competition is also expected to be top notch in the junior category with several younger gymnasts knocking on the door of the senior team. including Robert Watson of Richmond, B.C., and 2009 all around junior champion Jaylan Birl of Mississaga, Ont.
“It takes a long time to develop an Olympic calibre gymnast, and Elite Canada is a key stepping stone along the way for our junior and tyro athletes,” says Thompson.
“We have a very strong group of younger gymnasts on the way up and it’s important to see how they perform when it really counts.”
Elite Canada, one of two major domestic meets along with the Canadian championships used to select national teams at the senior, junior and tyro levels, has extra weight this year as one of the qualification events for the Pacific Rim Championships in March in Melbourne, Australia.
The competition, which also includes an Argo class for under-12 gymnasts, takes place Saturday, February 27th and Sunday, February 28th, at the Frank Robinson arena in Gatineau (Aylmer).
Five athletes will represent our club at this prestigious event are: Alex Cookney, Nico Bourne (HP Argo), Joshua Stuart (HP Tyro), Robert Watson (Junior) and Jason Scott (Senior).
Good luck to all!