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by site editor Rick McCharles

I’ve been in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia for past 2 months.

Fantastic.

Gymnastics is a great excuse to travel. I’m hoping to organize a gymnastics holiday in Namibia and South Africa for gymnasts, parents and coaches.

• training in Johannesburg, South Africa

• training in Swakopmund, Namibia

• big game safari to either Kruger or Etosha

• optional Skeleton Coast side trip to see the desert elephants

• optional side trip to Capetown

Two weeks minimum, your trip could easily be extended.

Accommodation with gymnastics families or hotel.

Most likely this trip will be scheduled for sometime 2015 …

If interested in getting more information, contact me via this link.

If not available for that trip, … the club in beautiful Swakopmund, Namibia is looking for a visiting coach. Coaches are not paid. But they’ll cover all your expenses while visiting if you can help out.

Though the No. 1 Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team just lost to No. 4 Ohio State, they are still ranked #1 in the NCAA.

Oklahoma once again tops the Men’s National Rankings for the Week of March 17th, according to Troester.com GymInfo. Ohio State moves into second, just ahead of Stanford in third. OU leads on floor, PH, rings, and vault. Ohio State leads on PH and HB.

Individually, Stanford’s Akash Modi holds the top spot in the AA. On floor, Michigan’s Stacey Ervin takes over the lead. Ohio State’s Michael Newburger remains the leader on PH, while OU’s Michael Squires is the top ring man. Ohio State’s Jake Martin leaps into the lead on vault, while on PB, Michigan’s Syque Caesar retains his lead. Illini Jordan Valdez remains the leader on pipe. …

College Gym Fans

I’d bet on Michigan’s Sam Mikulak over Modi at Championships, however.

by Peter Wraae Marino

Gymnastics. What has changed in 30 years?

Click on the image to see the REST of the cartoon.

With MOM in the audience.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’m rooting for her to win the NCAA Beam title. 🙂

Getting a 10 and counting a fall in the same beam rotation. That’s our UCLA. It has been the season of the ups and downs, and that beam rotation encapsulated it perfectly–the joy of Danusia’s 10 followed immediately by the Sawa fall, brought home even more by the fact that all we could see of Val on the feed was her frustrated right hand gesticulating.

The Bruins may be able to get by through enduring the first couple routines and then letting Peszek, Francis, and Courtney save the day at the back of the lineups in the regular season, but they can’t afford days like Sunday in the postseason …

Balance Beam Situation – Week 10 Rankings and Final RQS Scenarios

Brigid McCarthy:

…. Fashion trends that ripped through entire teams or even through the entire elite gymnastics scene. Sometimes it’s the hair. Sometimes it’s the leos. Sometimes it’s things worn off the mats. …

Here’s just a few of the trends we have seen over the years that have made us do everything from raise an eyebrow, to slap our forehead and cry ‘not again!’, to outright moans of horror. …

16 Gymnastics Fashion Trends that Made Us….

What else would you add for Part Two!?

The rumors have been swirling about the possible cast for the seventh season of Donald Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” which will be Season 14 of the franchise overall.

The official cast announcement is set for Thursday, March 20, with the season shooting this spring and airing sometime later this year on NBC. …

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If true, I’m not convinced this is a good career move for Shawn. For one thing, Trump is in the IDIOT Hall of Fame.

Recall that Nadia did not fare too well in that show. She was fired.

Craig reports on the 2014 English Championships held 2 weeks before the British Championships March 28-30.

Espoir:
1 50.000 – Lucy Stanhope (City of Liverpool)
2 49.550 – Alice Kinsella (Park Wrekin)
3 47.950 – Olivia Williams (City of Liverpool)

Junior:
1 55.300 – Tyesha Mattis (East London)
2 54.750 – Catherine Lyons (Europa)
3 53.850 – Amy Tinkler (South Durham)

Senior:
1 54.350 – Ruby Harrold (The Academy)
2 53.950 – Kelly Simm (Dynamo)
3 53.650 – Claudia Fragapane (Bristol Hawks)

Couch Gymnast – 2014 English Championships: Results

Click PLAY or watch Catherine Lyons’ pretty Beam on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Georgia Mae Fenton’s Bars on YouTube. LOVE the line.

Georgia-Mae won Jr Bars.

GymFever linked to this routine.

Craig Tilly:

You can hear the chain snap when she does the Pak.

Actually, the Bars themselves were OK. Something in the anchor itself failed.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Seems they moved the Bars to the Horizontal Bar tie down after the men’s competition.

She re-did the routine for 14.350.

Update from Susanne in the comments:

Becky didn’t re-do her routine. She was given the opportunity but decided against it as her score from the botched routine still put her in second place behind Ruby Harrold.

FIG specs for tie downs are not sufficient. Not safe.

When, oh when, will a safer mechanism be required for FIG meets?

Pricing Goes Up March 18th.

Independent Gymnastics Conference GymConUSA 2014, June 16 – 18 at the Mirage, Vegas.

Speakers: Shannon Miller (Guest of Honor), Tony Retrosi, Jeff Lulla, Tammy Biggs, Frank Sahlein, Gina Pongetti, Rick McCharles, Michelle Kocan, Nate Hendrickson, Carrie Spender Lennox, Terry Gray, Dayna Waroe, Stacy Clark and Dan Niehaus

See the full CONFERENCE SCHEDULE.

USAG via email:

The team was finalized at the U.S. Women’s National Team training camp that just concluded …

Seniors
Alyssa Baumann, Plano, Texas/WOGA
Madison Desch, Lenexa, Kan./Great American Gymnastics Express
Peyton Ernst, Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
Rachel Gowey, Urbandale, Iowa/Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute
Madison Kocian, Dallas, Texas/WOGA
Maggie Nichols, Little Canada, Minn./Twin City Twisters
Kyla Ross, Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max
Mykayla Skinner, Gilbert, Ariz./Desert Lights Gymnastics

Juniors
Jordan Chiles, Vancouver, Wash./Naydenov Gymnastics
Nia Dennis, Westerville, Ohio/Buckeye Gymnastics
Norah Flatley, Cumming, Iowa/Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute
Emily Gaskins, Coral Springs, Fla./Cincinnati Gymnastics
Bailie Key, Coppell, Texas/Texas Dreams Gymnastics
Ragan Smith, Dacula, Ga./Texas Dreams Gymnastics

We finally get to see Mykayla Skinner compete for the USA. 🙂

Gymnastike will be in Jesolo providing exclusive coverage of the podium training and competiton. Gymnastike Gold subscibers will have access to the only podium training videos …