WAG News
2011 National Club Competition and IDP Clinic
During the last week of November, Castle Hill had 4 gymnasts compete in the National Club Competition at the AIS in Canberra. Castle Hill was represented by Hannah, Fiona and Samantha in the IDP6 competition and Celeste in the IDP10 competition, with the girls accompanied by coaches Sasha and Charlotte.
Over the 4 days to competition our girls had the opportunity to compete against some of the best gymnasts in Australia. In the IDP10 competition Celeste competed strongly, executing her routines well on beam and bars to finish with bronze medals on these apparatuses. In IDP6 Fiona had a fantastic competition across all 4 apparatuses finishing 6th All Around and picking up the silver medal on Floor.Hannah was unable to execute her routines to the best of her ability due to a knee injury and Samantha in her first competition at IDP6 completed her routines well.
Following the competition the final IDP clinic was held with Hannah, Fiona and Samantha invited to attend. The girls and coaches Sasha and Charlotte had the opportunity to train and study with the top gymnasts aged from 9-13 from around Australia. As part of the clinic all gymnasts participated in physical testing with Fiona finishing 3rd and Hannah finishing 6th in the 11 years age group and Sam finishing 15th in the 10 years age group. Hannah was also awarded a special prize for having the best handstand on the beam.
Congratulations to Hannah, Fiona, Sam and Celeste and coaches Sasha and Charlotte for their hard work and results from National Clubs and the IDP clinic.
________________________________________________________
NSW Gold/Silver Clinic – AIS Canberra
The final WAG IDP NSW Gold/Silver squad training clinic for 2011 was held at the AIS in Canberra from the 29th-31st of October. Castle Hill was represented by gymnasts Celeste, Hannah, Fiona, Samantha, Olivia and Caprice as well as coaches Sasha and Charlotte.
The girls trained very well over the three day clinic which was run by National Development Coordinator Jo Richards and National Choreographer Stacy Umeh. The camp included ballet and choreography, strength and physical testing as well as skill development on floor, beam and bars.
Well done to all girls for their efforts over the weekend.
The girls will now continue their final preparations for the National Club Championships in November. Good luck girls.
____________________________________________________________________________________
NSW IDP Gala Competition Results
On Saturday 22nd of October the final competition for the 2011 IDP1-3 program was held at Westfield Gymnastics. Castle Hill was represented by 20 gymnasts as well as coaches Samantha, Gabi, Cassie, Charlotte & Sasha.
The girls achieved some fantastic results in the team events:
- IDP 1 Team (Saray Stojanovic, Lara Sullivan, Juliet Pulvirenti, Sarah Stuart, Sienna Bailey): 4th Overall
- IDP 2 Team 1 (Elena Chipizubov, Mia Banks, Kyra Folscher, Charlize Schoeman, Olivia Rayment): 1st Beam, 1st Floor, 2nd Bars, 2nd Vault, 1st Overall
- IDP 2 Team 2 (Zoe Petridis, Imogen Lindley, Xin Mei Lees, Lauren Tisdale, Briel Manfre): 4th Overall
- IDP 3 (Holly Kerslake, Gemma Watson, Leah Ward, Kaylyn Nicol, Georgia Bailey): 1st Bars, 1st Beam, 2nd Floor, 2nd Vault, 1st Overall
Congratulations goes to the following girls for their individual results:
IDP 2
- Elena Chipizubov: 1st place AA
- Mia Banks: 3rd place AA
IDP3
- Leah Ward: 3rd place AA
Congratulations to all girls and the Castle Hill IDP coaches!
____________________________________________
NDP1-3 Regional State Championships
Congratulations to the following girls who were part of the Met West Team who competed in the GNSW Level 1-3 Regional State Championships held over the weekend of the 15th-16th of October at Homebush:
- Robyn Jones in Level 1 Junior achieved 7th overall team.
- Beatriz Matias, Kaye Leong and Laura Ackley in Level 1 Intermediate achieved 6th overall team with 3rd place on Bars.
- Hannah Neylan in Level 3 Intermediate achieved 4th Overall team with 3rd place on Floor.
- Yashmin Bucao in Level 2 Junior achieved 6th Overall team with 3rd place on Vault
Well done girls on your fantastic performances!
______________________________________________________________________________
Gymnastics Australia's Advanced WAG coaching conference
Over the week of the 9th-12th of August four of Castle Hill’s IDP coaches, Sasha, Charlotte, Sam & Gabi, attended the Gymnastics Australia Advanced Gymnastics Coaches Conference at the AIS in Canberra.
This conference was attended by 40 of Australia’s top WAG coaches and highlighted the components involved in producing high level female gymnasts.
The conference was lead by National Junior Development Co-ordinator Jo Richards, with activities including observation of the Olympic Gymnastic Squad training, workshops with National Coach Peggy Liddick, and lectures on psychology, nutrition, conditioning & recovery, current international gymnastics trends and talent ID.
This was a valuable and enjoyable learning experience for Castle Hill’s IDP coaches, and Castle Hill RSL thanks Gymnastics Australia for this opportunity.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
IDP August Clinic with Stacy Umeh
Stacey Umeh, the National Women's Gymnastics Team Choreographer, visited Castle Hill RSL Gymnastics from the 1st-7th of August to hold floor and ballet workshops for the Castle Hill IDP gymnastics program.
The entire Castle Hill IDP program along with their coaches Sasha, Charlotte, Samantha, Gabi, Cassie and ballet teacher Lucy were involved in the clinic, and worked hard with great enthusiasm all week.
The focus of this clinic was to review basic drills and the technical learning of skills, particular for they younger IDP gymnasts. Stacey also spent time mentoring ballet teacher Lucy and conducting training lectures with both coaches and gymnasts.
As always, Stacey's energy and enthusiasm ensured that all the gymnasts and coaches at CHRSL had a fantastic week.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
WAG National Championships Results
From the 16th-19th of July the 2011 Women Gymnastics National Championships was held in Perth, WA.
Castle Hill RSL gymnastics was represented by 4 gymnasts in the IDP competition: Fiona Wallace (IDP 6), Hannah Tam (IDP 6); Celeste Loo (IDP 10) and Victoria Manning (IDP 10) as well as coaches Sasha and Charlotte.
This was the first time Fiona and Hannah had competed at the National Championships, with both girls competing well in the IDP 6 event. After two days of competition Fiona finished 7th on Floor and helped the NSW team to 3rd Place in the team competition. Despite knee problems Hannah complete both days of completion, finishing 9th on Bars.
In the IDP 10 competition Celeste and Tori, who were both returning from injury competed well, helping the NSW team to 2nd Place in the team standings.
The girls complete results are below:
IDP 6
- Fiona Wallace – 19th AA; 17th VT; 23rd UB; 24th BB; 7th FX
- Hannah Tam – 24th AA; 20th VT; 9th UB; 23rd BB; 28th FX
IDP 10
- Celeste Loo – 12th AA; 9th UB; 13th BB; 12th FX; 4th VT
- Victoria Manning – 15th AA; 15th UB; 10th BB; 14th FX; 15th VT
Full results can be found on the Gymnastics Australia website
http://www.gymnastics.org.au/?ID=21109
Congratulations to Fiona, Hannah, Celeste and Tori on their results, as well as to coaches Sasha and Charlotte for their time and effort preparing the girls for competition.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
July IDP Clinic - WAIS, Perth, WA
Following the National Championships from the 18th-20th of July, the second IDP training clinic for 2011 was held at WAIS in Perth. Castle Hills 4 National Championships competitors Celeste, Tori, Hannah and Fiona were joined by development athletes Samantha Pace and Leah Ward as well as coach Sam Lightfoot at the clinic.
The girls all participated in several days of training across all four apparatus’ as well as ballet and fitness workshops. Physical testing for all clinic participants was also conducted with Castle Hills girls performing well:
- Celeste Loo - 1997(5 gymnasts) – 2nd place Overall
- Victoria Manning - 1998(24 gymnasts) - 12th place Overall
- Fiona Wallace - 2000 (21 gymnasts) - 4th place
- Hannah Tam – 2000 (21 gymnasts) - 5th place.
- Samantha Pace - 2001 (23 gymnasts) – 9th place
- Leah Ward - 2002 – 3rd place.
At the completion of the clinic both Fiona and Hannah were given special awards from National Coach Peggy Liddick.
More information on the clinic can be found on Gymnastics Australia’s website:
http://www.gymnastics.org.au/default.asp?Page=21485
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NSW State Team Selection
Congratulations to IDP gymnasts Victoria Manning (IDP10), Celeste Loo (IDP10), Fiona Wallace (IDP6) and Hannah Tam (IDP6) who have been selected to compete at the Australian National Gymnastics Championships in Perth in July.
Selection to compete at Nationals follows months of training and preparation that culminated at the final selection competition at Westfield’s Gymnastics on the 18th and 19th of June.
In the IDP 6 competition Fiona Wallace performed brilliantly on day 1, qualifying for Nationals as well as coming 2nd Overall. Hannah Tam, who had previously qualified for Nationals only competed bars because of a flare up of Osgood Shlatter in her knee. Despite this, Hannah place 1st Overall on Bars after the two days of competition.
In the IDP 10 competition Celeste Loo returned from injury to compete on all four apparatus’ competing particularly well in the second day of competition, winning bars and placing 3rd on floor. Castle Hill’s other IDP10 gymnast Victoria Manning only competed 3 apparatus’ (floor, beam & vault) due to a minor hand injury.
Full results of the final selection competition can be found on GymNSW: http://www.gymnsw.org.au/default.asp?Page=21021
Congratulations Tori, Celeste, Fiona and Hannah as well as coaches Sasha and Charlotte on your efforts throughout the year and selection for Nationals!
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NSW IDP Bronze Squad Clinic
On Sunday the 5th of June the first NSW Bronze Squad clinic for 2011 was held at Carmel & Co. gymnastics in Wollongong. The follow Castle Hills IDP2-5 gymnasts attended this camp with coaches Sasha, Charlotte, Sam, Gabi and Cassie:
- Gemma Watson
- Kaylyn Nicol
- Elena Chipizubov
- Holly Kerslake
- Leah Ward
- Mia Banks
- Georgia Bailey
- Kyra Folscher
- Olivia Rayment (sick)
The focus of this first clinic was bars and beam basics as well as basic ballet body posture with National Choreographer Stacy Umeh. This was a very valuable learning experience for both gymnasts and coaches, as well as being an enjoyable day for the girls.
At the conclusion of the clinic three more of Castle Hills IDP 2 gymnasts were invited to join the NSW bronze squad. Congratulations to the following girls on their selection onto the Bronze Squad:
- Zoe Petridis
- Charlize Schoeman
- Imogen Lindley
Well done to all gymnasts and coaches on your hard work at the first clinic.
The next Bronze Squad Clinic will be held at Westfields Gymnastics on Sunday August 14th.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NSW IDP and NDP6-10 State Championships Results
The NSW WAG IDP and NDP6-10 State Championships were held at Homebush over the weekend of May 28-29th 2011.
Castle Hill was represented by 21 gymnasts in the IDP competition along with coaches Sasha, Charlotte, Sam, Gabi & Cassie and 2 gymnasts in the NDP6-10 competition with coaches Sam B and Anula.
All girls are congratulated for their efforts over the weekend with special congratulations going to the following girls for their individual achievements:
All Around awards:
- Elena Chipizubov (IDP2): 3rd Overall
- Leah Ward (IDP3): 2nd Overall
- Gemma Watson (IDP3): 4th Overall
- Samanatha Pace (IDP5): 4th Overall
- Oliva Christe (IDP5): 6th Overall
- Fiona Wallace (IDP6): 5th Overall
- Hannah Tam (IDP6): 6th Overall
- Victoria Manning (IDP10): 6th Overall
Apparatus Awards:
IDP2
- Elena Chipizubov: 2nd Bars, 4th Vault, =6th Floor
- Mia Banks: 3rd Beam, =6th Floor
IDP3
- Leah Ward: 3rd Beam, 5th Floor
- Georgia Bailey: 2nd Bars
- Kaylyn Nicol: 2nd Beam
- Gemma Watson: 5th Bars, 5th Beam
IDP5
- Samantha Pace: 2nd Vault, 3rd Bars, 4th Floor
- Olivia Christe: 3rd Beam, 5th Floor
IDP6
- Fiona Wallace: 1st Floor, 3rd Beam, 6th Vault
- Caprice Manfre: 2nd Vault
- Hannah Tam: 6th Bars
IDP10
- Victoria Manning: 2nd Beam, 4th Vault, 5th Floor
The Castle Hill teams also did well picking a number of overall places including:
- IDP2 Team 1 (Elena, Mia, Kyra): 3rd Place
- IDP2 Team 2 (Charlize, Olivia, Imogen, Zoe, Brielle): 5th Place
- IDP3 Team (Leah, Holly, Gemma, Georgia, Kaylyn): 2nd Place
- IDP6 Team (Fiona, Hannah, Caprice, Kiera): 3rd Place
In the NDP6 competition Denise Fung placed 30th overall and Tiarne Manfre placed 31st overall.
A full list of results can be found on gymNSW: http://www.gymnsw.org.au/default.asp?Page=20589
A further congratulations goes to Hannah Tam who has qualified for the Australian Championships in Perth. The rest of the IDP6-10 gymnasts are continuing to train hard in preparation for the final qualification competition for the National Championships on the 18th-19th of June.
Congratulations to all gymnasts and coaches on your efforts and results from the State Championships!
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Welcome to our new WAG High Performance coach Charlotte! (12/5/2011)
Castle Hill RSL gymnastics would like to welcome Charlotte Dolden, our new High Performance coach. Charlotte has just moved to Sydney from New Zealand where she was coaching in the IDP program at the Christchurch School of Gymnastics.
In the weeks prior to Easter Charlotte visited Castle Hill to work with the IDP3-10 girls showing her enthusiasm and gymnastics knowledge, and getting to know the girls and other coaches.
Charlotte comes from a gymnastics backgound having competed at a high level for numerous years in New Zealand, and then moving on to coaching. Charlotte is a Level 3 Coach (Senior Compeditive Coach – Gymsports NZ) as well as a Level 2 Judge, and has a keen interest in dance.
We are very excited to have Charlotte as a part of the Castle Hill RSL coaching team and wish her all the best in settling in to Sydney.
NDP Level 6-10 State Trial 1 (12/5/2011)
On May 1st, four of CHRSL’s NDP gymnasts completed their first State Trial at Westfield’s Sports Highschool. Annalliese, Danielle, Denise and Tiarne made up the first level 6 squad to come out of Castle Hill for over 3 years, and were coached by Sam Buzelli, Anula and Michelle. The girls competed in the all-around competition, performing the routines that they have been training for the last two months. Their floor routines- choreographed by Samantha Buzzelli were especially well received by the judges. Although none of the girls placed, they should be commended on their enthusiasm and spirited performance. With their second trial only a fortnight away, the girls are training with continued vigor and determination.
Results:
Level: 6, Intermediate
24th place Denise Fung – 53.100
26th place Tiarne Manfre – 53.050
31st place Annaliese Fedczyna – 51.050
Level: 6, Junior
18th place Danielle Visser – 50.75
Congratulations girls!
The timetable for the 2nd State Trial for NDP6-10 on the 15th of May is now avaliable at:
National Squad Training Camp (29/4/11)
The second National Training Camp for the Junior and Senior WAG National Squads was held at the AIS in Canberra from the 17th-23rd of April. Both Castle Hill’s members of the Junior National Squad, Celeste and Rebecca were invited to attend, however Rebecca was unable to attend this camp due to an ankle injury.
This was the second time Celeste has attended a National training camp, and this time she was more confident and looking forward to training with the best gymnasts in Australia.
As requested by National Coach Peggy Lidick Celeste departed for camp ready to show full competition routines and upgrades during the verification competitions to be held during camp. Prior to these verification competitions gymnasts participated in ballet workshops with Stacy Umeh and completed physical testing. Celeste performed well in her physical testing achieving 10 press to handstands on beam, 10 cast to handstands on bars and a handstand hold of 1 min and 51 secs on beam.
During the 3 days of training Celeste was able to demonstrate several skill upgrades across all 4 apparatus including:
- Vault: Yurchenko Layout
- Bars: Connect half routines, including double pike dismount
- Floor: Full floor routine with double pike opening tumbling pass
- Beam: much greater stability particularly in acro series
Unfortunately prior to the verification competitions on the Friday and Saturday Celeste rolled her ankle and was unable to take part in competition. The injury is however not major and Celeste is currently undergoing treatment and rehabilitation and will hopefully be able to compete her full program at the NSW State Championships at the end of May.
Welcome to our new ballet teacher (29/4/11)
Castle Hill RSL gymnastics would like to welcome our new ballet teacher Lucy Watts. Lucy has 18 years of ballet experience as a dancer, including being a part of numerous stage and tv performances. Lucy has been teaching ballet for 6 years and holds a Bachelor of Dance from the Victorian College of the Arts at Melbourne University as well as a Diploma of Dance Performance.
Welcome Lucy!
NSW Gold and Silver Squad Clinic
The first training clinic for the 2011 NSW high performance Gold and Silver Squads was held over the weekend of the 2nd-3rd of April at Westfeilds Gymnastics. Castle Hill’s nine members of the Gold and Silver squads (Celeste, Rebecca, Victoria, Hannah, Olivia, Keira, Caprice, Samantha and Fiona) attended the two day clinic with coaches Sasha Kazhamiakin and SamLightfoot.
The clinic was coordinated by National WAG Coordinator Jo Richards and National Choreographer Stacey Umeh-Lees with gymnasts focusing of skill development and routines for 2011.
At the conclusion of the clinic a small display was held to recognised outstanding performances by some gymnasts, including the following Castle Hill girls:
- Celeste Loo (Gold Squad, IDP 10): Yurchenko layout on Vault
- Rebecca Chong (Gold Squad, IDP 10): Front Aerial and Side Aerial on beam, floor tumbling connection
- Victoria Manning (Gold Squad, IDP 10): Front Aerial and Side Aerial on beam, floor tumbling connection
- Caprice Manfre (Silver Squad, IDP 6): Front arial – side arial on the floor
- Hannah Tam (Silver Squad, IDP 6): Clear hips and giant connection to toe on toe off on the strap bar
For more infomation please see the Gymnastics Australia website: http://www.gymnastics.org.au/default.asp?Page=20064
Well done to all Castle Hill gymnasts and coaches on your hard work over the weekend.
Stacey Umeh’s February Clinic
Stacey Umeh, the National Women's Gymnastics Team Choreographer, visited Castle Hill RSL Gymnastics from the 7th-13th February 2011 to hold floor and ballet workshops for the IDP gymnasts as well as choreograph floor and beam routines.
Over 35 of Castle Hill’s IDP gymnasts along with their coaches Sasha, Helen, Samantha, Gabi and Cassie were involved in the clinic, and were as usual very excited to see Stacey.
Whilst at Castle Hill Stacey choreographed IDP 10 floor routines for Rebecca Chong and Victoria Manning as well as a beam routine for Celeste Loo. Stacey also conducted ballet and dance workshops for and worked with the IDP 1-6 girls on their floor composition and presentation.
As always, Stacey's energy and enthusiasm ensured that all the gymnasts and coaches at CHRSL had a fantastic week.
NSW State Squads – Gold, Silver and Bronze
Castle Hill RSL gymnastics would like to congratulate the following IDP gymnasts on their selection into Gymnastics NSW state squads for January-July 2011.
NSW Gold Squad January-June 2011
- Celeste Loo
- Rebecca Chong
- Victoria Manning
NSW Silver Squad January-June 2011
- Hannah Tam
- Fiona Wallace
- Keira Duffy
- Danielle Visser
- Caprice Manfre
- Olivia Christie
- Samantha Pace
NSW Bronze Squad January-June 2011
- Gemma Watson
- Kaylyn Nicol
- Elena Chipizubov
- Holly Kerslake
- Leah Ward
- Mia Banks
- Georgia Bailey
- Kyra Folscher
- Olivia Rayment
The NSW State Squads represent the top IDP gymnasts for age and IDP level. This year Castle Hill is represented by 19 out of 87 total State Squad members, which is a fantastic achievement for IDP gymnastics at Castle Hill.
State Squad members are invited to training clinics throughout the year to further develop their skills and work with other IDP gymnasts and coaches.
Below is the State Squad training calendar for 2011
NSW Squad Calendar 2011
|
Clinic |
Date |
Venue |
Time |
|
Gold Squad |
|||
|
Clinic 1 Clinic 2 Clinic 3 |
Sunday 3rd April Sunday 18th September Saturday 29th-Monday 31st October |
Westfield Westfield TBC |
10.00am-4.00pm 10.00am-4.00pm TBC |
|
Silver Squad |
|||
|
Clinic 1 Clinic 2 Clinic 3 |
Saturday 2nd April Saturday 17th September Saturday 29th-Monday 31st October |
Westfield Westfield TBC |
1.00am-6.00pm 1.00am-6.00pm TBC |
|
Bronze Squad |
|||
|
Clinic 1 Clinic 2 Clinic 3 |
Sunday 5th June Sunday 14th August Sunday 9th October |
Carmel & Co Westfield Carmel & Co |
10.00am-4.00pm 10.00am-4.00pm 10.00am-4.00pm |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NSW Ideal Testing IDP 1-3
On Sunday February 13th 11 gymnasts from the IDP program attended the first NSW IDEAL testing day for IDP level 1-3 gymnasts.
IDEAL Skills Testing stands for "Individual Development Element Assessment List" and is the assessment of the gymnast’s progress in developing the skills outlined in the IDEAL Skills program. The aim of the IDEAL test is to expose the gymnasts to a broader array of skills at an earlier age and provides gymnasts and their coaches with a useful list of skills linked to the gymnast’s development and age.
All IDP programs in Australia are asked to complete the IDEAL testing. In NSW, all IDP gymnasts participate in an IDEAL Skills Testing session in order to be eligible to compete at the 2011 Elite State Championships.
At this first testing day only the IDEAL level 1 skills were tested, with IDP2-3 to be tested at a later stage during the year.
The results for participating gymnasts are below.
|
First Name |
Last Name |
DOB |
Club |
Score |
Age group Position |
|
Kaylyn |
Nicol |
2001 |
CHRSL |
242.7 |
3 |
|
Holly |
Kerslake |
2002 |
CHRSL |
271.5 |
2 |
|
Mia |
Banks |
2002 |
CHRSL |
187.2 |
12 |
|
Gemma |
Watson |
2003 |
CHRSL |
316.6 |
1 |
|
Elena |
Chipizubov |
2003 |
CHRSL |
261.7 |
3 |
|
Kyra |
Folscher |
2003 |
CHRSL |
187.8 |
8 |
|
Olivia |
Rayment |
2003 |
CHRSL |
169.1 |
9 |
|
Zoe |
Petridis |
2003 |
CHRSL |
159.7 |
12 |
|
Charlize |
Schoeman |
2003 |
CHRSL |
145.8 |
14 |
|
Briel |
Manfre |
2003 |
CHRSL |
101.0 |
23 |
|
Imogen |
Lindley |
2004 |
CHRSL |
148.4 |
3 |
Congratulations to all gymnasts and their coaches!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NSW WAG Bronze Squad Selection 2011
Gymnastics NSW held the selection clinic for the 2011 GymNSW Bronze Squad for IDP 1-3 gymnasts on Sunday 30th January at Westfields Gymnastics. Castle Hill RSL had 13 gymnasts participate in this testing day along with coaches Sasha, Samantha, Gabi and Cassie.
The NSW Bronze Squad is selected at the beginning of each year from IDP gymnasts aged 6-10 years who are to compete in IDP 1-3 during the year, with the top 40 gymnasts selected. Testing involves the assessment of basic base skills and strength and flexibility. Members of the NSW Bronze Squad are then invited to participate in Squad training camps throughout the year to further develop their gymnastics skills.
All Castle Hill gymnasts performed well and confidently. The results of the 13 Castle Hill gymnasts who participated are below.
| Name | IDP Level | Result (overall points) | Rank |
| Gemma Watson | 3 | 159.0 | 2 |
| Kaylyn Nicol | 3 | 158.0 | 3 |
| Elena Chipizubov | 2 | 156.7 | 4 |
| Holly Kerslake | 3 | 155.5 | 5 |
| Leah Ward | 3 | 153.7 | 9 |
| Mia Banks | 2 | 146.5 | 16 |
| Georgia Bailey | 3 | 145.2 | 17 |
| Kyra Folscher | 2 | 125.2 | 34 |
| Olivia Rayment | 2 | 121.8 | 40 |
| Charlize Schoeman | 2 | 111.2 | 48 |
| Imogen Lindley | 2 | 110.7 | 49 |
| Zoe Petridis | 2 | 110.3 | 50 |
| Briel Manfre | 2 | 78.7 | 69 |
For more information please see GymNSW
Congratulations to all gymnasts and coaches on these fantastic results.
IDP 1-3 gymnasts and coaches at Bronze Squad Testing
National Squad Training Camp – January 2011
Junior National Squad member Celeste Loo and coach Sasha Kazhamiakin attended the first National Squad training camp for 2011 at the AIS in Canberra from 23rd - 28th of January. As a new member of the Junior National Squad this was Celeste’s first opportunity to train with the other members of the Junior and Senior National Squads and directly under National Coach Peggy Liddick.
Whilst at camp Celeste participated in two intensive training sessions each day working on all four apparatuses (floor, vault, beam, bars) as well completing daily ballet workshops with National Choreographer, Stacey Umeh.
Celeste also had an opportunity to debut her new IDP10 floor routine to the rest of the National Squad, as well as to display new skills on Bars, Beam and Vault.
Coach Sasha Kazhamiakin reported that while Celeste was a little nervous in the early stages of the camp she soon settled into the camp routine and trained very well.
Both Celeste and Sasha also had the opportunity to attend lectures by Peggy Liddick analysing Australia’s performance in 2010, as well as talks from agencies such as ASDA.
Fellow Castle Hill RSL National Squad member Rebecca Chong was unable to attend this training camp as she was overseas.
The next National Squad training camp will take place at the AIS in Canberra in April.
__________________________________________________________________________
WAG National Squad 2011
Castle Hill RSL gymnastics would like to congratulate the following WAG gymnasts for their selection into the 2011 Gymnastics Australia National Squads:
Celeste Loo – Junior National Squad
Rebecca Chong – Junior National Squad
Qualification and selection into a National Squad is a huge achievement, with athletes required to achieve scores in competition, meet physical testing benchmarks and be in the top few athletes for their age/level in Australia.
Both Celeste and Rebecca are coached by Sasha Kazhamiakin and will compete in IDP 10 this year.
Castle Hill congratulates both Celeste and Rebecca on their selection and wishes them all the best in their training and competition in 2011.
The full National Squad listing is available on the Gymnastics Australia website: http://www.gymnsw.org.au/?ID=19164
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WAG National Clubs
The final competition for the WAG program in 2010 was the National Clubs Championships held in Canberra from the 20th of November until the 1st of December. Castle Hill RSL had teams compete in both the IDP (international/elite) and the NDP (national levels) competitions.
The Castle Hill RSL Club Elite program was represented coaches Sasha Kazhamiakin, Marnie Heming & Samantha Lightfoot and by 6 gymnasts:
- Rebecca Chong - IDP 8
- Diana Manthos - IDP 6
- Hannah Tam - IDP 5
- Keira Duffy - IDP 5
- Danielle Visser - IDP 5
- Samantha Pace - IDP 5
All girls competed very well, with standout performances by:
- Hannah Tam who placed 2nd on Vault in the IDP 5 competition
- Diana Manthos who had a fantastic competition placing 1st of Floor, 4th on Beam and 5th Overall in the IDP 6 competition
- Rebecca Chong who placed 6th on Vault in the IDP 8 competition
Castle Hill RSL was also had a level 4 and a level 5 team compete in the national levels competition at National Clubs. The level 4 tem was made up of Shannon Biala, Danielle Puz, Charlotte Cross, Maddie Boydell and Eryn Moxon and the level 5 team consisted of Mandi Van Der Merwe , Denise Fung, Tiarne Manfre, Jennifer Blesing and Olivia Bailey with both teams coached by Michelle Williams and Sam Buzzeli. For many of these gymnasts this was their first experience competing in a national comp