One-hundred gymnasts from the Sea to Sky corridor including Whistler Gymnastics, Pemberton gymnastics, Vancouver Britannia gymnastics competed at Bowen Island Gymnastic’s Invitational on April 18.
The day started with our youngest gymnasts participating in their first official competition and receiving special event recognition awards. Ayla Schwenning got the vault award; Makayla Toews got the beam award and Capri Van Schounen got the Bars Award.
Our Interclub gymnasts, who train 4-6 hrs per week. were also recognized for outstanding performances. Ursula Frid and Shelby Jennings were recognized for their skills on vault; Marie Pedley and Talia Barnett were recognized for their skills on bars; Brooke Olsen and Kaelyn Denis-Lay; while Marlie Behm and Sarah Carachelo were recognized for their floor skills.
Finally our third flight of the day saw our Provincial Competitive gymnasts deliver outstanding results. On vault : Jasmine Farah, on bars: Ali Catchlove; on beam, Kaia Bentley and on floor,Twyla Lotenberg.
Ali Catchlove was the top overall gymnast receiving a score of over 9 and gold on every event
BIGC would also like to thank our sponsors: Bowen Building Center for sponsoring t-shirts for all the gymnasts, Bowen Freight for donating a truck and labour for our sprung floor, Union Steamship for the decorations and all the volunteers that made this event possible.
If you would like to register for gymnastics classes or summer camps please contact our registrar Ily at: [email protected]
