Very clean.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via Stoi)
bear in the birdfeeder, again
In Sudbury, Ontario.
see more photos – Western Hunter
Wheelchair Sports Acrobatics
What is Wheelchair Sports Acrobatics?
In the U.K., it’s a competitive discipline sponsored by British Gymnastics.
… One competitor must be a wheelchair user and the other competitor can be a mainstream competitor or also have special needs themselves.
Special balances have been developed which allows wheelchair users to perform these disability routines however the competitors are still expected to complete the same number of balances and skills as the mainstream competitions. …
(via Rec Gymnastics)
permanently ineligible for USAG
USA Gymnastics updated a list of those no longer allowed to join (as of Feb. 14, 2011).
Some were convicted sex offenders. Some had lesser infractions. Likely a few are truly innocent, but somehow ended up on “the list”.
I only know one person here and make no claims to be able to evaluate who should be BANNED.
The following former professional members are permanently ineligible for membership within USA Gymnastics.
Name State Julian Amaro CA Charles Theodore Bates MN James Bell WA Phillip Bishop MI Patrick Bogan MD Douglas Boger CA Joseph Bowers OH Shawn Bowlden IL Vince Brown SC Edward Trey Coniff TX James Craig III CO Thad Cypher MI Steven Elliott TX Anthony Engelke PA Matthew H. Erichsen WA Rick Feuerstein CA William Foster AL Joseph Fountain MD Roy Larry Gallagher PA Robert Allen (Bob) Garner TN Sean Gilham CA Timothy Glas NE Ricardo “Chico” Goddard NY Marcelo Guimaraes TX Vernor Gumila IL Paul Hagan MI Robert Dean Head KY Ted Hicks TN Michael Hinton TN Nicholas Hitchcock MI Robert Hoefer FL Frank Hohman, Jr. PA Milos Hroch CA Steven L. Infante CT Dana Koppendrayer FL Ronnie Lewis AR William McCabe GA Robert Mollock OR John S. Moore WV Gregory Muller ID William Munsinger MN Jeena Nilson UT Paul O’Neill CA Patrick Okopinski WI Marian Penev NY William M. Permenter FL Timothy Picquelle CA David Pyles AZ Jeffrey Richards FL Rudy Rodriguez CA John H. Row DE Gabriel Salazar TX Mark Schiefelbein TN Robert Shawler CA Steve Shirley MO Steven Todd Siegel CO Blake Steven Starr UT Paul Summers OK Mark Swift FL Freddie Eugene Tafoya, Jr. CA Jon Oliver Kenneth Thomas VA Jay Thomas LA Brent Trottier WA Jon Valdez IL Anthony Van Kirk CA Joel Velasquez OR David Paul Waage OR Brooklyn Walters IN Chris Wagoner TX Steve Waples TX Donald Watts KY Mike West WA Jonathan White CA Lyf Christian Wildenberg MN Bill Witthar MO Joel Woodruff TX British Columbia Gymnastics Association Suspensions
USA Gymnastics has been notified that the British Columbia Gymnastics Association has permanently suspended membership in the BCGA for the following individuals:John Henderson, Kamloops, BC Canada
Donald Ray Mathey, Langley, BC Canada
Wayne Andrews, Courtenay, BC Canada
I’m certainly willing to post a statement from anyone on this list who feels they were wronged. Or a statement from any coach who has the same name as someone here. USAG should have included the full legal name to help avoid confusion.
(via Chalk Bucket forum)
Sabrina Gill – Wild Rose
Here’s an interesting edit.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Sabrina has been competing Senior in preparation for Canadian Olympic Trials. But she’s actually age ineligible for Worlds 2011, but is age eligible for Worlds 2012 and Olympics.
British Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships
Eileen Langsley is a brilliant photographer. That’s well known. But she’s also an astute and brilliant writer.
It’s time well spent reading her detailed photo essay on the 2011 British Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships.
That nation is contending now with the best in the world. Eileen credits former National coach Matei Todorov for a good part of that progress.
quick links
Gymnastics Examiner LIVE European Championships | Facebook Europeans coverage: The All Around Gymnastics News and International Gymnast | Full Twist online and TV coverage
top 12 teams to NCAA Nationals
1. UCLA- 197.424
2. Georgia- 196.75
1. Oklahoma- 197.35
2. Utah- 196.475
1. Michigan- 197.075
2. Kent State- 195.45
1. Oregon State- 197.025
2. Nebraska- 196.55
1. Alabama- 197.275
2. Illinois- 195.925
1. Arkansas- 196.55
2. Florida- 196.425
The big loser today was Stanford. 12. Penn State and Boise are disappointed, too.
The big winner, Kent State, qualifying to their first Team national Championships.
This is only the 2nd team nationals qualification for Illinois. Congratulations.
Kent State to Championships
In a thriller, Kent State finished ahead of both Stanford and Minnesota to clinch the 2nd and final spot as a Team to NCAA Championships 2011.
Congratulations.
Teams qualified to Nationals
I was interrupted in following live coverage when friends dragged me away to a delicious THAI restaurant. …
… so far
University of Michigan 197.025
Kent State
Michigan 197.025
Kent State 195.450
DISASTER for Stanford 195.225 … TIED with University of Minnesota. … Neither qualified as a team.
Click PLAY or watch Kat Ding seal the deal (9.95) on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NTQ1NDgyMDk4
Watch more video of 2011 NCAA Regional Championships on gymnastike.org
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