… Alida Bonomo, level 8 provincial gymnast from H.W. Regionettes in Hamilton, Ontario is the winner of the 2014 Canadian Gymnastics Week Photo Contest!
… String Prototype, a 32-foot-tall inflatable cube from Croatian/Austrian industrial design studio Numen/For Use that houses a minimalist matrix made of parallel ropes connected to the interior walls.
More than an abstract art installation, the prototype, set up outside of Vienna last December, was engineered to be an incredibly cool jungle gym for kids and adults with a daredevil streak. …
… hosted in the newly upgraded National Training Centre in Pretoria on February 21-23, 2014.
The world-wide introduction of the FIG Age Group Development and Competition Programme for Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics has now entered its final stage. That stage is a series of about 30 Follow-up and Monitoring Camps for those countries that have committed to implementing the programme. These will be finished within the coming 15-months and then the focus will turn to a similar programme for Rhythmic Gymnastics. …
Thirteen South African coaches, among them one with USA citizenship and three with personal gymnasts attended the camp. …
Biles’ father, Ronald Biles, said in a statement issued Thursday through USA Gymnastics that Biles and her coach, Aimee Boorman, will be moving to another gym from Bannon’s Gymnastix in Spring, where she has trained since age 6.
“Simone got her start in gymnastics at Bannon’s Gymnastix, and what she has learned there is the foundation for her achievements in gymnastics,” Biles said. “We appreciate everything that Bannon’s has done for Simone.
“However, we believe for her future growth and development that this is the time for us to make a change. … We are in the process of finalizing where she will be training while she recovers from her shoulder injury.” …
Luis Brasesco, who owns Bannon’s, was not immediately available for comment. Brasesco assisted Boorman, who accompanied Biles on international competition trips, with coaching on vault and uneven bars.
Biles, who will celebrate her 17th birthday on March 14, won the USA Gymnastics all-around title and the International Gymnastics Federation all-around title in 2013 during her first year as a senior competitor.
She was scheduled to compete this weekend at the American Cup meet in Greensboro, N.C., but withdrew last week because of injury.
