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Our T&T program is thriving at my club in Calgary, Canada.

I’ve been very impressed with the progress of our kids over the Fall.

Tryouts are scheduled the next 2 Sundays (Jan. 11th & 18th at 4PM) for boys and girls interested in competitive. Experience in gymnastics and acrobatics an advantage, but not essential.

Email Rick_McCharles@hotmail.com for more information.

We have an excellent facility with new Rod Floor, new Double-mini and our unique Powertrack.

related post – great tumbling facility for gymnasts

IG has upgraded their website using new software called Vivvo 4.

It’s up right now after having been down for the last number of days. NOPE, it’s been down for weeks.

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International Gymnast

The Inside Gymnastics magazine website falls even further behind. They’ve made small improvements, but a complete overhaul of the Inside Gymnastics site is what’s really needed.

Utah Head Coach Greg Marsden posted a Facebook training video of one of my favourite College gymnasts.

This looks potentially even more interesting than Gymnastrada.

In 2009 the first ever Gym for Life Challenge will take place during July 15-19 in Dornbirn, Austria. There is now a time constraint of five minutes for each routine. Groups are separated by age: 16 or younger, 17 or older, and mixed age groups; then sub-separated by amount of gymnasts: 20 or less, and 21 or more. The criteria for evaluation will be overall impression; entertainment value; innovation, originality, and variety; and technique (quality and skill safety). …

All Gymnastics, All the time – 2009 Preview: The Gym for Life Challenge

I’ll recommend that Cirque du Soleil attend.

Click PLAY or watch the FIG promo video on YouTube.

The man who many rank as one of the greatest coaches ever is 98-years-old.

I’ve heard more inspiring stories about John Wooden than anyone else in sport history.

His 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years while at UCLA are unmatched by any other college basketball coach.

He still lives at home.

And his mind is still sharp as you can tell from a recent interview:

… I’m ready. I wish it would happen now. But I’m not going to try to hurry it. I’m not afraid of death. I’m not going to intentionally hurry it up, but I’m not afraid. I’ve been so blessed in my life. I’m thankful for so many things. My children, my 13 great-grandchildren, all live within an hour or less, and I see them all regularly. How many times does that happen? Within an hour or two, I can see the ocean, I can be in the mountains, I can be in the desert, I can be at Disneyland, I can be at an athletic event. There are so many things. I have been so blessed. And out yonder, I’ll be with Nellie again.

Sporting News

Nellie was his wife. She died in 1985. But Coach Wooden has not moved her nightgown from her side of the bed in the intervening 24-years.

The Salta Gymnastics Club Competitive Blog (Chalk Bowl) posted two videos showing how the Gym-Action club — to save space — suspended bars from the roof, rather than from the floor.

related post – Funtastics Gymnastics – gymnastics bar suspended from ceiling

Elena Lehniuc was born in Cernauti (in the later Republic of Moldova) in 1935.

It seems she has passed on.

That according to FanGymnastics – Romanian gymnastics blog.

Elena was one of the Bronze medal winning Team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne (1956), the first Romanian Olympic medal in gymnastics.

Read a long, rambling article on FanGymnastics – Elena Leusteanu – The First Lady of Romanian Gymnastics

Gymnastike linked to a near perfect routine from the 2001 East Asian Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.

Whatever happened to the Chinese inquiry into Dong Fangxiao being underage at the 2000 Olympics?

In the second of two NCAA competitions down in sunny Mexico …

Stanford, which ranked No. 5 in the Preseason Coaches Poll, finished first with a score of 195.6, No. 9 Oregon State came next at 194.575, No. 14 Denver University scored 193.825 to place third and BYU scored 189.125 to take fourth.

All-around:

1. Carly Janiga (Stanford) 39.275
2. Jami Lanz (OSU) 39.125
3. Shelley Alexander (Stanford) 38.975.

Stanford Scores Sweep in Gymnastics Opener

Stephanie McGregor of Oregon State competed Vault and Floor in her first NCAA meet, by the way. Congrats, Steph.

Gymtastics Gymnastics, Calgary.

I like how LOW it goes. Lower than the other manufacturers, I think.