Emma P. - RO BHS layout 1/2

Hallie - BHS on beam!

Juliana - Front tuck front tuck!

Natalie & Cassidi - Giant Flyaways!

Emma P. - Giants!

Alex - New bar routine (without a dismount)

Sara M. - Blind change front giant!

Katy L. - Cast to handstand!

Emma P. - RO back tuck dismount!

Emmah D. - RO BHS back tuck!

Sarah N. - BWO BHS!

Alyson A. - Full twisting double dismount!

Horizon LEAP Event

The first LEAP event of the year was a success! We sent five girls in two different levels. It was Katy Ludviksen’s and Emily Arcand’s first times testing in bronze and they both did very well, scoring in the 60’s. Isabel Fuller passed her Copper level and received her pin! Adrienne Lee and Yasmine Illes  both passed one component of their copper pin and were close to passing both components.

Highlights:

•  Isabel got full points on puck roll

•  Yasmine got full points on pullover and cast-toe-on-dismount

•  All three copper girls got full points on back walkover

•  Both bronze girls got full points on back hip circle

•  Emily full points on front handspring,cartwheel straight jump

Great job girls!  

Erin - FHS front tuck!

Chloe - Blind change into front giant!

* Cassidi tries to help Chloe make her 2nd front giant ... hilarious! 

Alyson A. - RO layout full dismount!

Swanice - RO BHS back tuck!

Abigail - Second half of her bar routine!

Diana - Double twist!

Emma B. - First giants on the double bars!

Trials to National Stream Cup Results

Capital City rocked the National Stream Cup Trials this weekend in Red Deer.  We came away with both the 1st place finish in National Novice and National Open.  Capital City also got the 1st place coaching spot on both teams.  Alyson Arcand and Ayrie Freedman made the National Novice team, and Haley Brannon and Brooke Wilchuck made the National Open team.

National Novice highlights:

• Alyson Arcand and Ayrie Freedman finished 1st and 2nd in the AA, and this was their 1st National Novice competition!
• Alyson Arcand also recieved 1st on beam and 2nd on floor.
• Ayrie Freedman got 1st on vault and 2nd on bars.
• Chloe Harrison finished 1st on floor and 2nd on vault.

National Novice AA

National Novice - Floor Awards

National Open highlights:

• Haley Brannon got 1st AA by almost 2 points, and Haley placed in the top 3 on every event!
• Brooke Wilchuck connected her series on beam and got 5th on beam and 5th in the AA.
• Trinity Parker landed her double tuck on floor and got 7th on floor.  
• Sara McLean only competed 2 events due to a hamstring injury.  Sara got 5th on bars.

 National Open AA

 Great work Capital City athletes and coaches!  Thank you Kristi for coming to help and support our girls.  We love seeing you :)

AWG Trials Results

Congratulations to all 4 of our girls who competed at Trials to Alberta Winter Games.

Juliana Minervini and Brooklynn Hyland competed Saturday, December 10th in the P2 North category.  The girls did great, and out of 54 girls Brooklynn came 6th AA and Juliana 12th AA.  They also rocked floor coming away with 2 medals - Juliana 1st and Brooklynn 3rd!  Brooklyn made the Zone 6 Level 2 Alberta Winer Games team and Juliana is the team alternate. 

Katie Chaput and Alex Jelinski competed Sunday, December 11th in the P4 North category.  Alex Jelinski did an awesome tsuk pike and fantastic floor.  Alex got 1st on vault, 1st on floor, and 1st AA.  Katie Chaput also did 2 great vaults, clean bars, and beautiful floor.  Katie got 2nd on floor, 2nd on bars, and 5th AA.  Alex made the Zone 6 Level 3/4 Alberta Winter Games team. 

                   



Great work ladies!

Brooklyn M. - Double tuck flyaway!

Good luck to all our girls competing this weekend in Red Deer for AWG Trials and National Stream Cup Trials. GO CAPITAL CITY GO!!

Katie C. - Stalder!

Raquel - Free hip into toe on toe off!

Christmas & New Years Training

Katie/Ovidiu's Group

• Jan 2nd - OFF
• Jan 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th - 9:00-1:00pm
• Jan 9th - back to regular training

Krystal's Older Group:

• Jan 2nd - OFF
• Jan 3rd - 1:00-5:00pm
• Jan 4th - OFF
• Jan 5th, 6th , & 7th - 10:00-2:00pm
• Jan 9th - back to regular training

Taren's Comp Group:

• Jan 2nd - OFF
• Jan 3rd & 5th - 10:00-2:00pm
• Jan 6th - 1:00-5:00pm
• Jan 7th - 10:00-2:00pm
• Jan 9th - back to regular training

Taren's LEAP Group:

• Jan 4th & 6th - training 10:00-1:00pm
• Jan 11th - back to regular training

Pre Novice Group:

• Jan 3rd - 9:00-1:00pm
• Jan 4th - 10:00-2:00pm
• Jan 6th & 7th  - 10:30-2:30pm
• Jan 10th - back to regular training

Tara's Group:

• Jan 2nd - 1:00-5:00pm
• Jan 3rd & 4th - 12:00-4:00pm

Georgia's LEAP Group:

• Jan 2nd, 4th, and 6th - 10:00-1:00pm  
• Jan 7th - 11:00-2:00pm
• Jan 9th - back to regular training

• ** Reminder - Georgia's group days change starting Jan 9th due to her school schedule.  Training will be Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday.  

Alyson A. - New beam turn!

Olivia T. - RO BHS BT on the tumble track!

Bella - Press to Handstand!

Abigail - FT RO BHS 1/1 Twist!

Sara M. - Double layout dismount!

Erin - Kip cast to handstand!

Brielle - Switch leap mount!

Allison B. - Cartwheel back tuck dismount!

Massilia Cup - More pics and videos!

Marisa's - VA in AA competition

Marisa - UB in AA competition

Marisa - BB in AA competition

Marisa - FX in AA competition

Brielle - VA in AA competition

Brielle - BB in AA competition

Alyson A. - Blind change!

Isabel F. - Handspring to her back!

Samantha J. & Ricki - Back walkovers on beam!

Cathrine B. - Handstand on beam!

Alyson A. - Double tuck dismount!

Attn: Girls Attending Alberta Winter Games Trials

Capital City parent's who have a daughter trying out for the AWG please bring $40.00 cash to the Trials.  

There will be a mandatory meeting following the awards of each session for the parents of each team member.  This meeting will address the registration procedure for team members attending the Alberta Winter Games in Spruce Grove in February.  Parents of team members will need to fill out waiver forms and pay the $40 Alberta Winter Games registration fee at this mandatory meeting.

This fee will go towards offsetting the costs related to transportation, accommodation, meals, zone identification vests, medals, athlete entertainment, and sport competitions.. 

Our Think Pink Goal = $5,500

Total Raised to Date = $3,793

• $2,509 from our Silpada Fall Fundraiser
• $500 from Think Pink! Movie Night
• $355 from Donations
• $125 from Change to Make a Change Jar ... so far!
• $304 from Think Pink Table at our Ed's Silent Auction Night

Thank you all for your participation so far.  We have approx 3 months to go and $1707 left to raise to reach our goal.  We can do it!  

Rachel - Stalder shoot to high bar (Ray)

Massilia Cup

Our High Performance Junior girls Marisa Dick (14) and Brielle Wilchuck (15) competed at the prestigious Massilia Cup in Marseille, France from November 18-20th.  For their first international competition the girls remained composed and had great results.  Marisa finished 3rd on vault in finals competing against Russian world champion members!  Her hard work paid off with a consistent all around finish of 14th and no falls!  Brielle managed to work through a painful foot injury and stuck her beam routine and vault for an all around finish of 37th.  Congrats girls!

     
Marisa's Award Ceremony

Brielle, Marisa, and Demi (from Stampede City) coming home!

Check out Marisa in print:

• Gymnastics Canada Website
• The Examiner
• Victoria Komova's Official Website

AA Results:

 

Alyson - New high to low skill!

Sarah N. - RO back tuck dismount!

Erin - Front aerial!

Alyson A. - BHS back layout!

Olivia T. - RO BHS back tuck!

Brooklyn L. - Back walkover on beam!

Haley - New tumbling line!

Erin - Front tuck step out RO BHS back tuck!

Brooklyn M. - Side aerial!

Mock Meet Info

• Attn: Katie's/Ovidiu's group - There will be a mock meet on Wednesday, November 23rd at 2:15pm for Haley, Sara, Ayrie, Alyson and Raquel.  Rest of the group will train their normal  hours this day.  

Olivia Tyrrell's Triple Flip Photo Shoot!

Olivia was in the most recent Flip Girl Photo Shoot that was held at West Edmonton Mall!  Check out this link for more photos!

Bella - First BHS and front tuck without spot!

Chrizel - Press to handstand!

Kelly Manjak Training Camp

Some of our coaches and athletes attending a training camp at the GO Center last weekend with Olympic Coach Kelly Manjak.  The camp was fantastic and we learned lots!

Abigail - Front giants between bars!

Think Pink! Movie Night - Huge Success!

Thank you to all our competitive athletes and their friends who came out to support our Think Pink Movie Night.  The event had a great turn out and we were able to sell a little over 100 tickets!  And a thank you to all the people involved in helping organize this great event.  



Thanks Cindy for all your help on our Think Pink campaign

 Thanks Robin for putting together the movie set up

Isabelle L. - 1 1/2 twist!

Training on Remembrance Day Long Weekend

• Katie/Ovidiu's group - 9:00-1:00pm on Friday, November 11th and training will be cancelled on Saturday, November 12th
• Krystal's Pre Novice group - 1:00-5:00pm on Friday, November 11th and training will be cancelled on Saturday, November 12th
• Krystal's Older Comp group - 9:00-1:00pm on Friday, November 11th and training will be cancelled on Saturday, November 12th
• Taren's LEAP group - 10:00-1:00pm on Friday, November 11th and training will be cancelled on Saturday, November 12th
• Taren's Comp group  - 1:00-5:00pm on Friday, November 11th and training will be cancelled on Saturday, November 12th
• Tara's Comp group  - 12:30-4:30pm on Friday, November 11th and training will be cancelled on Saturday, November 12th
• Georgia's LEAP group -training will be cancelled on Friday, November 11th, and training on Saturday, November 12th will be normal time (11:00-2:00pm)

Brooklynn H. - Uprise back hip circle!

Olivia T. - Long hang kip!

Isabelle L. - RO BHS layout 1 1/2 twist!

Taylor - BHS back layout!

Isabelle L. & Juliana - Side aerial on beam!

Chloe - Blind change!

Pink Invitational Final Schedule

The Pink Invitational's entire schedule is now posted on their website -  http://www.pinkinvitational.com/


** Shannon Miller Autograph Times:
Sunday 10-10:30am, 1:30-2:00pm, 4:30-5:00pm


** Please bring our competition suit's pink scrunchie and ribbons to the Pink Invitational.  


** It is important that all the girls attend the awards for Session 1 in our tracksuit.  Awards for Session 1 are Friday at 11:35am in Gym A.  


** TRAINING:  There is no gymnastics club close to the Convention Center,  except a University gym. We are not able to train at the University because of their recruiting rules.  For all the girls that are in Philly On Thursday, Feb 23rd we will be going to a Cross Training Gym, that is in close walking distance from the Convention Center, to do some conditioning, stretching, and basics.  Please meet us there at 2:00pm and we will be done around 4:00pm.  Please provide your daughter with $10.00 for the Drop In fee.  Please bring a training suit, or workout tank top and shorts.  Here is the address:


Fusion Cross Training
105 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Entrance on Sansom Stree


Answers to questions I have been asked:
- There will be sort of an opening ceremonies before each session.  
- There will be speakers sprinkled throughout the weekend, but I don't have that schedule yet.  


The 2012 Official Pink Invitational Leotard:
Suits will be picked up by Taren one hour before each session begins.  

Here is when CCGC is competiting:

Friday, February 24, 2012

Gym A	Level	Stretch	Awards	Gyms
Sess 1 (55)	9	8:00am	11:35am	Parkettes, Will-Moor, Columbia, Ultimate, Silvia’s, Capital City, Carroll, Win-Win, Flips, Devlin, EnVision

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Gym A	Level	Stretch	Awards	Gyms
Sess 5 (55)	7	9:00am	12:00pm	Cumberland, Delaware Valley, Win-Win, Silvia’s, Conrad’s, St. Mary’s, Columbia, LARA, Atlantic Coast, Capital City (Nicole, Emma P., & Juliana)
Sess 6 (61)	7	12:10pm	3:05pm	Paramount, Parkettes, APEX, John Pancott, Northeast, North Shore, Capital City (Cassidi & Natalie), Win-Win, Uzelac
Gym B	Level	Stretch	Awards	Gyms
Sess 18 (58)	8	11:30am	2:40pm	GTC, Skyline, Atlantic Coast, Nastics, Capital City, Arcadia, Harford, Fairland, Legends, Parkettes, Ultimate, Northern Elite
Gym C	Level	Stretch	Awards	Gyms
Sess 32 (42)	10	6:00pm	8:40pm	Jets, Team Lightning, Capital City, Atlantic Coast, First State, Harford, AJS Pancott, Paramount, Action, Columbia, Skyline, Northeast, Arcadia, Conrad’s, Devlin, Cherry Hill, Flips, Gym Dandy’s

Shannon Miller is Coming to Pink!

Shannon Miller remains the most decorated American gymnast, male or female, in history. She is the only American to rank among the Top 10 all-time gymnasts and is the only female athlete to be inducted into the US Olympics Hall of Fame - twice! We are thrilled to have Shannon joining us for our Sunday sessions and know she will inspire all those in attendance. 

 National Anthem Singers Needed 

Think you've got the pipes? We love to feature the vocal talent in the gymnastics community and need singers to perform the National Anthem at the Pink Invitational sessions. If you are a coach, judge, parent, gym owner, or gymnast and would like to be considered, please contact us at pinkinvitational@yahoo.com. We would love to hear a demo, too. So if you have a video on YouTube or Facebook, just let us know. 

Philly Food

The Pink Invitational is just over a month away! Whether you are visiting the city for the first time, or you go there all the time...you won't want to miss the Reading Terminal Market. The indoor farmers market covers one city block and features baked goods, sandwiches, fish, poultry, flowers and so much more! Located right next to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, this incredible experience is only a short walk away. For more information, you can visit their website by clicking on the link below. Bon appetit!

Reading Terminal Market Link