TGA competes in Vaulting Valentine’s Meet

Lizzie, Savannah, Kayla, Morgan, Marissa level 5

Lizzie, Savannah, Kayla, Morgan and Marissa (Level 5’s)


Congratulations to Kayla Bates and Lizzie VanDyk for taking first place All Around, at the Vaulting Valentine’s Meet hosted by Oskaloosa YMCA Aerials. Kayla had a clean sweep taking First Place on Vault, Uneven Bars, Beam, Floor and All Around for level 5 age 14. Lizzie took first on Uneven Bars, Beam and All Around and a 2nd on Floor Age 12 Level 5.


Addison and Grace

Addison and Grace


Morgan Rosenberger took 3rd Place All Around with 3rd on Bars and a first on Floor level 5 Age 12

Grace Twelmeyer had a clean sweep taking 3rd place on Vault, Bars, Beam, Floor and All Around for level 4 Age 7.

Stephanie Little placed 3rd All Around level 3 age 11 with a 3rd Place on Vault, 2nd on Beam and 3rd on Floor.

Amber McPherson won 3rd Place All Around level 3 age 7 with a 3rd on Uneven Bars, 1st on Beam and 2nd on Floor.

Jordanne Hensley took 3rd All Around age 8, with a 2nd Place on Vault.

Rowan and Jordanne

Rowan and Jordan

Rebecca

Rebecca


Individual Event winners were:

Savanna Young, Level 5, Age 10, 1st Place Beam

Addison Wolver 1st place Vault level 4 age 9

Rebecca Moews 1st Place Vault Novice Option for age 12 and under


Team Trophies were awarded.  Level 3 took 4th place and Level 5 took 1st Place.

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Tum-Bowl IV

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TGA will kick off the Amerikids competition season with the fourth annual Tum-Bowl Gymnastics Meet to be head at Team Gymnastics Academy on Saturday, January 16th, 2010. We are excited to kick off the season and hope everyone has fun! Click here to view a full Tum-Bowl IV meet schedule.

Admission:
$3 Adult
$2 Children over the age of 5

Parking:
We will have parking in our lot, in the field to the south (weather permitting) and after 5 PM, anywhere in the business area. Please be respectful of the business around us. They help us out a lot.

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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! :)

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.

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 gymnasts prepare for the 2009 AAU Junior Olympic Games

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More than 10,000 athletes from across the country will compete in this year’s AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa, July 27th – August 8th. We’re excited to have 4 athletes representing Team Gymnastics Academy. TGA’s Stephanie Sanders (Age Division 12 – 13), Jordan Bossard (Age Division 14 – 19), Madeline Reeves (Age Division 14 – 19) and Kelsay Sulgrove (Ladies Division) will all be competing as Intermediate Optionals. If you would like to attend their competitions, they are being held at Hy-Vee Hall on Friday, July 31st at 9:00 am, or click here to view full gymnastics schedule.

The AAU Junior Olympics are known as the largest national multi-sport event for youth in the United States. Five hundred twenty-three athletes competed in the inaugural AAU Junior Olympic Games in Washington, D.C. in 1967. Since then, the AAU Junior Olympic Games have been conducted in 19 states and 30 cities across the United States. The AAU Junior Olympic Games were previously held in Des Moines in 1995 and 2004.

Volunteers are needed for this event. If you would like to help, volunteers or volunteer groups can sign up for one shift, a full day or an entire event at www.DesMoinesSports.com.

Please join us in wishing our gymnasts Stephanie, Jordan, Madeline and Kelsay good luck at this great event!

TGA hosts the third annual Tum-Bowl Gymnastics Meet

Team Gymnastics Academy is very excited to host our third annual Tum-Bowl gymnastics meet, coming up this January 17 & 18, 2009. Click on the following link for a complete competition schedule for this gymnastics meet: Tum-Bowl III Gymnastics Meet Competition Schedule

Below is the shirt we designed for the meet. Orders placed by Monday, January 5th will be available at the meet. If you want a shirt but cannot get the order to us by January 5th, submit your request and we’ll process it and send it to you once we get them in.

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You can send your gym’s t-shirt oder via e-mail to: TmGymnastics@aol.com.

Please include the following information with your order:

    Gymnast Name
    Style of Shirt (need to identify short sleeve or long sleeve)
    Size

If you have a bulk order, you can send a list that identifies what style of shirt and how many of each size. Payments will be accepted via mail or at the meet. We will have a few t-shirts for sale at the meet, but with the tough economic times, we did not want to make up shirts that we could not sell.

If you have any questions regarding the meet, please e-mail Robin Brown at: TmGymnastics@aol.com.

TGA's competition team tumbles through the Metro

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Tamia Sapp, Savannah Young, Morgan Rosenberger and Lizzie VanDyk at the Jammin’ In the Jungle Meet at Urbandale Gymnastics

The USA Gymnastics season is off to a good start for Team Gymnastics Academy. The gymnasts have attended several competitions around the Metro area and are gearing up for the winter meet season.

TGA is a member of both USA Gymnastics and AmeriKids Gymnastics associations, which compete back to back. The USA Gymnastics competition season kicked off in September and ends in December with the State Meet in Sioux City, Iowa. The AmeriKids competition season begins in January and ends in June.