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.

Due to the winter weather advisory, Team Gymnastics Academy will be closed for ALL gymnastics classes on Thursday, January 7, 2010.

Please stay tuned for future updates regarding possible closures. You can also check kcci.com for closures. TGA generally follows suit with the Des Moines Public School closures.

Please stay tuned for future updates regarding possible closures. You can also check kcci.com for closures. TGA generally follows suit with the Des Moines Public School closures.

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.