November Updates

Gymnastics Photos

Gymnastics photos make a great holiday gift for family members! We will be taking photos at various times during the week of November 12th, 2009. A schedule is posted at the gym. We’ll be doing a group shot of each class and individual pictures for those who want to purchase them. Everyone will be participating in the group picture. Gymnasts will want to look especially nice for them. Make sure your gymnast’s hair is pulled back nice and neat. Order forms will be available at the gym on photo day.

Attire for the Pictures
* Club leo or nice leo
* TGA T-shirt ($10).


Community Days Fundraiser

We are coming to the end of our Younkers Community Day Fundraiser. We want to thank those of you who helped us by purchasing a Younkers Community Day booklet. If you are interested in purchasing more, we have some coupon booklets left. Please see Robin for details. The Coupon booklets are $5 each. Inside each coupon booklet is a $10 Coupon that can be used on anything in the store that costs $10 or more.

Holiday Practice

The gym will be closed November 28 – 29th for Thanksgiving. Please try to attend one of the make-up classes listed below:

1 hour class:
Monday, 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Wednesday, 5:00 – 6:00 PM
Wednesday, 6:00 – 7:00 PM

2 hour class:
Wednesday, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Witches Brew competition results

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On October 31st our competition team girls participated in the Witches Brew, a Level 4-6 USAG Sanctioned Gymnastics Competition presented by the Oskaloosa YMCA Aerials. The girls had a lot of fun at the meet and did a great job. Here are their meet results broken out by level/age group:

Level 5: Age 10
Brynn Cunningham
1st on Vault, Bars
2nd on Floor and All Around
3rd on Balance Beam

Level 5: Age 11
Tamia Sapp
3rd on Vault

Level 5: age 12
Kayla Bates
2nd on Vault
3rd on Bars and Beam

Morgan Rosenberger
Tied 1st on bars
3rd All Around

Lizzie VanDyk
Tied First on Bars
3rd on Floor

Level 6: 14 and older
Maddie Reeves
2nd on FLoor
3rd on Vault, Bars, Beam and All Around

Great job, ladies! :)

Bring a Friend Day at TGA

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Got a best friend? Invite them to class with you the week of November 2 – 7. All they need to do is download the “Bring a friend” form to be filled out by their parents. All forms and waivers must be turned in to attend class. Please direct any questions to TMGymmastics@aol.com or call (515) 953-6622.

2009 Jumpin Jivin’ Invitational hosted by Triad Gymnastics

On October 24 – 25, the TGA competition team competed in the 2009 Jumpin Jivin’ Invitational hosted by Triad Gymnastics. Below is a list of TGA gymnasts who participated in the competition:

Savannah Young
Brynn Cunningham (3rd place Vault)
Tamia Sapp (2nd place Vault, 4th place Vault, 4th place AA)
Lizzie VanDyk
Morgan Rosenberger
Kayla Bates (4th place Vault)
Mikayla Clary
Marissa Johnson

Congratulations to our USAG State qualifiers:
Brynn Cunningham
Tamia Sapp
Lizzie VanDyk
Morgan Rosenberger
Kayla Bates
Mikayla Clary
Marissa Johnson

These gymnasts have received a qualifying score of 30.0 ALL Around and are eligible to attend the USAG State Meet at Iowa Gym-Nest in December.

Follow your favorite gymnasts on Twitter

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Ever wonder what your favorite gymnastics Olympians are doing now? Well, now you can keep up with their adventures and connect with them on Twitter.

If you’re not familiar with Twitter, it’s a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send tweets: text-based updates of up to 140 characters. Subscribers, known as followers can view and respond to the tweets.

So, what are you waiting for? Start following your favorite gymnasts today! You can follow 1976 gold medalist Nadia Comaneci, or our most recent gymnastics superstars Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin (and WOGA Gymnastics) and Carly Patterson. Be sure to follow Team Gymnastics Academy while you’re at it for the latest updates and gym news.

No classes on Monday, September 7th

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Team Gymnastics Academy will be closed on Monday, September 7th for Labor Day. There will be no Monday classes. Classes will resume on Tuesday. Have a great holiday weekend!

New daytime classes starting this fall

We are excited to announce that we’ll be offering new daytime classes beginning this fall. Daytime classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Tuesday, September 1st. We will be offering Pre-School and Girls Basic gymnastics classes at the following times:

Pre-School (Ages 2 – 5):  9:00 – 10:00 am

Girls Basic (Ages 6 – 18): 10:00 – 11:00 am

Register now! Send an email to TMGymnastics@aol.com or call 515.953.6622. Please call or email for pricing.

Iowa State Fair tumbling competition

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It’s State Fair time! The Iowa State Fair tumbling competition is on Saturday, August 22 at the Youth Inn. Ages 3+ can participate. If you’re interested in participating in the Iowa State Fair tumbling competition and would like to learn the routines, email TMGymnastics@aol.com or call 515.953.6622 for more info.

Congrats to our AAU Junior Olympians

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From left to right, Jordan Bossard, Madeline Reeves (top), Stephanie Sanders, and Kelsay Sulgrove

Congratulations to Maddie Reeves, Stephanie Sanders, Jordan Bossard and Kelsay Sulgrove for participating in the AAU Junior Olympic Nationals held in Des Moines, Iowa, July 31st  and August 1st.  Maddie and Stephanie competed in the Intermediate Optional Division ages 14 and 15. Maddie placed first on uneven bars and 3rd on floor. Jordan participated in Age Division 16 – 19. She placed third on vault. Kelsay participated in the Ladies Division. She placed first on beam and second on vault, floor and bars.

TGA at the 2009 Covergirl Classic

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Courtney Eash, Emilie Skartvedt, Tamia Sapp, Brynn Cunningham and Avery Miller enjoying the 2009 Covergirl Classic at Vets Auditorium.