This photo edit has been making the rounds. 🙂
She doesn’t look all that impressed to be competing for the Great White North.
(via @VictoriaMoors )
Month: April 2014
gainer back tuck to round-off
Sam Oldham – new Cassina
Beautiful execution.
Commonwealth Invitational – Scotland
Commonwealth Gymnastics Invitational & 2014 Artistic Celtic Cup 25-27th April 2014
WAG Team
Scotland 156.450
Northern Ireland 147.800
Malaysia 145.200Malaysian women gymnasts bag bronze in Scotland meet
AA
Emma White (SCO) 53.250
Erin McLachlan (SCO) 52.800
Marisa Dick (TRI) 52.550MAG Team Results
Scotland 246.450
Wales 236.350
India 231.750AA
Daniel Iley (SCO) 81.600
Asish Kumar (IND) 80.750
Adam Cox (SCO) 79.500
This competition is kind of a big deal because many of the athletes are trying to secure a spot on their nation’s Commonwealth Games Team. That competition will also be hosted in Scotland. This was something of a test meet.
Vault (Average):
1 14.000 – Dipa Karmakar (India)
2 13.900 – Emma White (Scotland)
3 13.725 – Marisa Dick (Trinidad & Tobago)Bars:
1= 13.200 – Marisa Dick (Trinidad & Tobago)
1= 13.200 – Emma White (Scotland)
3 12.600 – Erin McLachlan (Scotland)Beam:
1 13.450 – India McPeak (Northern Ireland)
2= 13.300 – Marisa Dick (Trinidad & Tobago)
2= 13.300 – Dipa Karmakar (India)Floor:
1 13.650 – Emma White (Scotland) – VIDEO of her 13.10 prelims routine
2 13.450 – Erin McLachlan (Scotland)
3 13.150 – Farah Ann Abd. Hadi (Malaysia)
Floor:
1 14.350 – Ashish Kumar (India)
2 13.550 – Douglas Ross (Scotland)
3 13.300 – Adam Cox (Scotland)Pommels:
1 13.175 – Daniel Iley (Scotland)
2 13.150 – Luke Carson (Northern Ireland)
3 13.000 – Joseph Rowland (Wales)Rings:
1 13.900 – William Albert (Trinidad & Tobago)
2 13.375 – Georgallas Irodotos (Cyprus)
3 13.275 – Daniel Iley (Scotland)Vault (Average):
1 14.162 – Ashish Kumar (India)
2 14.000 – Ryan McKee (Scotland)
3 13.900 – Aizat Bin Muhammad Jufrie (Singapore)P-Bars:
1 14.075 – Luke Carson (Northern Ireland)
2 13.775 – Ashish Kumar (India)
3 13.500 – Daniel Iley (Scotland)H-Bar:
1 14.300 – Liam Davie (Scotland)
2 13.675 – Daniel Iley (Scotland)
3 13.325 – Papavripidou Xenios (Cyprus)
Click PLAY or watch Liam’s prelims H Bar on YouTube.
Team Sask Men
Shout out for the guys in green.
One day recovery. Start training for Nationals on Monday.
The Canadian National Championships go May 26-31st in Ottawa.
handstand on Beam
Nigeria missed African Championships
The President of the Gymnastics Federation of Nigeria, Folusho Adefemi, has said that lack of funds was responsible for Nigeria’s inability to participate at the last African Gymnastics Championship in South Africa.
Nigeria had qualified for the competition, which was held from March 27 to 30, but had failed to participate in any of the over 20 categories of events at the competition.
Adefemi said, “It was not as if we don’t want to go to South Africa, it is because we have no fund available, that’s why we couldn’t go to that competition.” …
On the other hand, I was proud to see the guys from Senegal. A very well organized Federation, they found a way. For only the second time in history.
Nigeria is a rich nation, richer than South Africa by some measures. There is money in Nigeria. It’s not being used to support Gymnastics. 😦
Sarah & Suzanne (trailer)
“Sarah & Suzanne” tells the story of the greatest rivalry in college gymnastics – between Bama’s Crimson Tide & Georgia’s Gym Dogs. For over 3 decades led by their respective Coaches Sarah Patterson & Suzanne Yoculan, these two programs have been the best in the nation. Yet, as intense as the competition on the floor was, nothing was more heated than the rivalry between these two extraordinary coaches!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via College Gymnastics Board)
Haley de Jong – Beam
The BEST of many good Beam routines at Westerns was Haley de Jong from Flicka competing in the NOVICE Age Group division. She scored 15.900 from a 17.5 start score (including bonus). Next highest in her division was 15.5 difficulty.
That was prelims.
I was ready for her Finals routine. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.
Not quite as HIT as prelims. She competed layout layout series in that routine. But still wonderful. Meaningless as this probably is to you, her Finals score was 14.40 from 16.70 start, with bonus.
Western Canadian Championships 2014
FINALS – Novice Division
Update: On Floor Haley competed …
Triple Twist
Double Pike
1 1/2 to 2/1 twist
Double Tuck
Sam Gourley – Beam | Floor
Great story.
Kristi Marks sends this video. At a young age Sam was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), formerly called Little Leaguer’s elbow. She cannot put much weight on that one elbow.
She loves gym and refused to give it up. Today she’s a 2 event specialist, Beam and Floor. Sam’s won floor at every meet she entered this year.
Have you ever seen 1-arm round off double back before?
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Sam Gourley is now looking to continue her career in the NCAA. Contact me if you know a team that might be interested in learning more about her.
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