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 2^nd on Floor Age 12 Level 5.

Addison and Grace

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

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

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

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

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

Rowan and Jordan

Rebecca

Individual Event winners were:

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

Addison Wolver 1^st place Vault level 4 age 9

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

We spent the past weekend at the 80/35 music festival in Des Moines. For those of you who have not heard of 80/35, this year marked the second year that the festival has taken place in the Western Gateway of Greater Des Moines. 80/35 is organized by the volunteers of the non-profit Greater Des Moines Music Coalition. It’s more than just a music festival – it’s a celebration of all things cool happening in Des Moines.

We were honored to be a part of the YPC Do More Village and Dahls Kids Zone at the festival. The YPC Do More Village was an area designated for non-profits and organizations that encourage young professionals to “do more” in Des Moines. We had a booth in the village, where we gave away something every music festival has its fair share of – tattoos (don’t worry, they were temporary). Our coaches also showed their stuff by doing tumbling demonstrations in front of the booth throughout the day. We also did a tumbling demonstration in the Dahls Kids Zone, a free, interactive area designated for families that included children’s performers and an inflatable play area. A big thanks to our gymnasts and parents who came out for the demonstration!

Here are some photos from our adventures at this year’s 80/35 music festival:

Festival attendees left our booth sporting gymnastics tattoos.

These guys were dressed for the fest and just needed a few more tattoos to complete their look.

Coach Kelsey and Kaylen tumble in front of the TGA booth.

TGA gymnasts gave a tumbling demonstration in the Dahls Kids Zone.

TGA gymnastics giving a tumbling demo.

If you have any photos of TGA from 80/35 that you’d like to share, please feel free to upload them to our Facebook page.