Year: 2010

Damien Cachia (AB)
Kevin Hsiao (ON)
Gianmarco Mastrantoni (ON)

ONTARIO won the Team competition. Team Results (PDF).

Congratulations Damien, a late starting gymnast I’ve known for years. Congratulations to coach Miguel Constante and Damien’s first coach, Ed Vincent.

From the Facebook album: CC10-Fri Aft-Nat’l Youth Men Event Finals by Stu Cram

1. Jaylan Birl – ON – Mississauga
2. Robert Watson – BC – Richmond
3. Tariq Dowers – ON – Mississauga

full results (PDF)

So am I. And I live here.

We change our regulations so often, it’s near impossible to keep up with who’s what where at the Canadian National Championships in Kamloops.

Happily, Blythe Lawrence, an American, clarified the chaos for me:

You know, Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in America anymore.

There are a few things you need to understand about the Canadian gymnastics system to fully comprehend the Canadian Championships …

get skooled – Live blog: 2010 Canadian Nationals, senior women’s all-around finals

Gymnastics Examiner has by far the best coverage of the action.

Actually, this is the best Nationals ever for online coverage. LIVE VIDEO STREAMING coverage starts tonight. I’ve got my fingers crossed the technology works.

My interview with “Savona”, ranked 4th AA in Senior qualification at the 2010 Canadian National Gymnastics Championships.

Look out. She’s back with a lot of new skills after missing a year due to ACL surgery.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

… Oakville, Ont.’s Jessica Savona … won vault for her nailed 1.5 twisting Yurchenko (14.05) and was second on uneven bars after landing the only full-twisting double layout dismount of the competition (13.65). …

Gymnastics Examiner – LIVE BLOG – Senior Preliminaries

From prelims.

Click PLAY or watch Pass #1 on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Pass #2 on YouTube.

Thanks Brett MacAulay for posting the exact routines I want to link at the very top of my Facebook page. Those videos are being shot and posted by Team CGC TV, YouTube channel trampolinecoach.

Gymnastike’s Anne Phillips refused to come to Canadian Championships …

Actually, she’d love to be here in Kamloops, British Columbia. But couldn’t make it. I volunteered to video a few Gymnastike style interviews, and upload those to her site.

Here’s my first (apologies in advance), the Canadian Junior Sabrina Gill from Oakville Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

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Gymnastics Videos on Gymnastike

She’s coached by Lorne Bobkin, Kelly and Sue Manjak. One of the best coaches in Canadian history, Alex Bard, recently joined the staff there, too.

related – Gymnastics Examiner – LIVE BLOG 2010 Canadian Nationals, junior women’s qualification

related posts tagged Sabrina Gill

In the very competitive youngest Men’s Artistic division, Argo, 13yr-old Justin Karstadt from Futures Gymnastics in Ontario came out victorious.

full results (PDF)

Results and video interview coming soon. Gymnastics Examiner will have an interview with Justin, as well.

CONGRATULATIONS.

2010 Canadian Championships day 1
HP Novice Combined Flights

1. Shallon Olsen – 59.250 (BC – Omega)
2. Elise Bolger – 56.200 (ON – Oakville)
3. Maegan Chant – 56.050 (ON – World Class)

full results (PDF)

Born 2000, Shallon is not only GREAT … She’s very young.

Novice girls, the youngest division, looked excellent, overall.

The first videos of WAG gymnastics at the Canadian Gymnastics Championships are appearing.

Click PLAY or watch Kristina Vaculik’s prelim Beam on YouTube.

That’s the gymnasticscanada YouTube channel. He’ll be uploading more. I know, because he’s sitting beside me in the media booth using a Flip pocket camcorder.

The Olympic Silver medalist took it easy at #CdnGymChamps, throwing only a 17.3 degree of difficulty.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Jason’s current World Record is, I think, still 18.0.