The past month has been busy for Bowen gymnasts who were doing double duty preparing for theZone 5 Championships in North Vancouver and the WesternGymnaestrada event in Nainamo last weekend.
Firstly, congratulations to all gymnasts who competed at the 2013 Zone 5 Championships. They included Alexandra Forbes, Eliana Yaron, Jasmine Farah, Freja Henrichsen, Jemima Matthews, Carlie Froats,Carmen Shea and Kira Farah, who received the outstanding beam recognition award. Participants Sadie Wall, Twyla Frid, Ali Catchlove, Megan Wall, Eve Sentlinger, Briar Blomberg and Chelsea Hillhouse achieved high rankings in their respective categories. Katie Brougham was the Zone 5 Champion, coming in first in the all around Level 2 Open, followed by Callie Brougham (second), Maia Blomberg (third) and Ashley Murphy (fourth).
After the Zone 5 Championships, Bowen gymnasts set their sights on groups routines and sent 25 gymnasts to the recent Western Gymnasetrada event in Nanaimo that hosted over 550 gymnasts from Western Canada with the goal of attending theNational Gymnaestrada inCalgary next year.
BIGC will be showcasing its Gymnaestrada routines, individual routines and featuring gymnasts of all ages (from 18 months to 18 years) at our annual year end show on June 22 at the BICS gym from 3:15 to 5 p.m. Admission is by donation.
Bowen Island Gymnastics will also offer gymnastics camps this summer (August 12 to 16 and 19 to 23 for ages four and up. Initial summer registration will take place on June 1 and June 22 from 9:30 to noon at the BICS gym. Please see www.bowenislandgymnastics.com for info.
LISA BULLOCK
B.I. GYMNASTICS
