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Omega Invitational 2014
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Omega Invitational 2014—A Smashing Success!
-by Marian Kito
Thanks to all of our parents, coaches, athletes, judges,
volunteers and sponsors, this year’s Omega Invitational
Pacific Rim Championships-tickets
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was a smashing success.
This year we had over 270 athletes registered, which was
Results from Orca Invitational & Winterfest, 3
higher than past years’ meets, which resulted in having to
host the event over 3 days, instead of our usual 2 days.
Gymnast of the Month— Kate Askew
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Despite issues with space for awards and number of judges, we pulled off a
Fundraising Update-Disneyland Raffle
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great meet! Connie Datillo and Melanie Noble did a fantastic job in coordinating all the details of the meet. The members of the meet committee also did
Photo Gallery
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a great job in
Upcoming Meet Information
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making sure
their assigned areas were taken care of and as a result, we had no
major issues! Big thanks to all the volunteers that helped with
setting up, take down, scoring/timing/flashing/running, admissions, concession, silent auction, awards, and to all those that contributed to judges food and the silent auction. Our meet would
never had happened if it wasn’t for all of you!
Thank you all for contributing to one of our best Omega Invitational’s to date! Job well done!
Omega’s gymnasts also had a great showing at the meet. See Page
2 for results.
Omega athletes shine at home meet
–Dan Olsen, Coquitlam Now (Feb 4, 2014)
Omega Gymnastics’ Shallon Olsen and Ilka Juk put on gold medal
performances on home territory.
The artistic gymnasts set the tone for the team at the Omega Gymnastics Invitational on the weekend, each winning their respective
divisions. Olsen, 13, topped the national open category, edging out
clubmate Seina Cho for first all-around. The two-time junior Canadian open
champion ran the table in all four events, taking gold in vault, bars, beam and
floor for 60.35 score. Cho would secure second all-around on the strength of
silvers on both beam and floor.
In the national novice division, Juk topped the vault and beam and tied for first
on floor en route to first all-around. Placing second place all-around was Club
Aviva’s Lauren Wang, with gold on bars and silver on beam and floor. Coming
in third was Omega’s Grace Noble, who tied for first on floor and posted the
third-best score on vault and bars.
In provincial competition, Becca Mitchell claimed first overall in 1 Argo, with
gold on bars and silver on beam and floor. In second spot was teammate Zoe
Dennison, with gold on beam and floor and silver on vault and bars.
In 2 Argo (2005-06), Omega’s Sasha Rojen registered gold in both vault and beam
en route to first all-around. She also took silver on bars. In third place was Isabel
Tan-Ng, with gold on both bars and floor.
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Omega athletes, continued…..
Omega’s Rebecca Kovacs was first in pre-novice aspire, with gold
in vault and floor and silver on beam and bars. In second allaround was teammate Stephanie Quek, with a first-place showing
on bars and silver on vault and floor.
Frederique Payn picked up a silver all-around with her performance in Tyro 4 — topping vault and floor and bronze on bars and
beam. In third place was Megan Goble, with top marks on bars
and second overall on beam.
In pre-novice elite, Omega’s Sequoia Johnston won gold with top
marks on bars and silver on floor and third on vault. Teammate
Savannah Holman placed second, with silver on vault, beam,
floor and bronze on barms. Placing third all-around was Omega’s
Elizabeth Noble, with gold on vault and bronze on floor.
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Omega Invitational 2014 Results:
National Open:
Shallon Olsen (VT-1st, UB-1st, BB-1st, FX-1st, AA-1st)
Seina Cho (VT-5th, UB-8th, BB-2nd, FX-2nd, AA-2nd)
Angel Zhong (VT-2nd, UB-6th, BB-7th, FX-5th (tie), AA-5th)
National Novice:
Ilka Juk (VT-1st, UB-2nd, BB-1st, FX-1st (tie), AA-1st)
Grace Noble (VT-3rd, UB-3rd (tie), BB-5th, FX-1st (tie), AA-3rd)
Shayla Symes (VT-2nd, UB-3rd (tie), BB-4th, FX-3rd, AA-4th)
Cathy Zhong (VT-5th, UB-4th, BB-3rd, FX-4th, AA-5th)
Pre-Novice Elite:
Sequoia Johnston (VT-3rd, UB-1st, BB-4th(tie), FX-2nd(tie), AA-1st)
Savannah Holman (VT-2nd, UB-3rd, BB-2nd, FX-2nd (tie), AA-2nd)
Elizabeth Noble (VT-1st, UB-6th, BB-4th (tie), FX-3rd, AA-3rd)
Marisol Zeballos (VT-6th, UB-7th, BB-3rd, FX-6th, AA-6th)
Pre-Novice Aspire:
Rebecca Kovacs (VT-1st, UB-2nd (tie), BB-2nd, FX-1st, AA-1st)
Stephanie Quek (VT-2nd, UB-1st, BB-3rd, FX-2nd, AA-2nd)
P5 Novice
Tiana Dattilo (UB-4th, BB-9.750, AA-5th)
P4 Tyro
Frederique Payn (VT-1st, UB-3rd, BB-3rd, FX-1st, AA-2nd)
Megan Goble (UB-1st, BB-2nd, AA-3rd)
P2 Argo 2004
Felicity Slater (VT-7th, UB-7th, BB-2nd, FX-11th(tie), AA-7th)
Isabela Acosta (VT-11th(tie), UB-11th, BB-12th, FX-11th(tie), AA-12th)
Julianna Middleton (BB-9th, AA-14th)
P2 Argo 05/06
Sasha Rojen (VT-1st, UB-2nd, BB-1st, FX-5th, AA-1st)
Isabel Tan-Ng (VT-8th, UB-1st , BB-4th, FX-1st, AA-3rd)
P1 Argo
Sarah Nikolic (VT-14th, UB-14th(tie), BB-6th(tie), FX-9th, AA-14th)
P1 Pre-Argo
Zoe Dennison (VT-1st, UB-1st, BB-2nd, FX-2nd, AA-1st)
Becca Mitchell (VT-2nd, UB-2nd, BB-1st, FX-1st, AA-2nd)
The Pacific Rim Championships is coming
to Richmond BC this April!!
The Pacific Rim Championships is a major
regional biennial gymnastics competition.
Teams from member nations of the Pacific
Alliance of National Gymnastics Federations, including the Australia, Canada,
Above: Victoria Moors
China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia,
(CAN)
USA and other nations on the Pacific coast
compete at this event. It’s a rare opportunity that a major
international gymnastics competition comes to our city.
Participating Countries this year: Canada, Australia, China,
Columbia, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South
Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taipei, and USA.
Public ticket sales have started as of February 1st, 2014.
Go to www.pacificrimchams.com/tickets/ to purchase your
tickets.
The ticket prices are:
Youth (6-17) - $15
Seniors (65+) - $15
Adult - $20 (taxes and service fees included)
Priority Seating: $35, taxes and services fees included
Team Canada Women will be competing on Wednesday April
9th, Session 5 (Group 3) at 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm with awards
ceremony to follow. Canada will be competing in the same
session with teams from U.S.A. China and Australia. Each
team will be comprised of the top 3 juniors and top 3 seniors
from each country. Women's Event finals will be held on Saturday April 12th, 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm with awards to follow. Our own Shallon Olsen will likely be on the team depending on her results from Elite Canada and the National Championships. (**NOTE: the Event Finals are SOLD OUT)
More Photos from Omega Invitational 2014
More Meet Results
Elite Canada
Junior (AA)
Shallon Olsen (VT-1st, UB-3rd, BB-3rd, FX-3rd, AA-2nd)
Angel Zhong (VT-8th, UB-23rd, BB-15th, FX-20th, AA-17th)
Seina Cho (VT– 14th, UB-14th, BB-19th, FX-25th, AA-20th)
Junior (Event Final)
Shallon Olsen (VT-1st, UB-2nd, BB-2nd, FX-1st)
National Novice (Combined 2 day standings)
Ilka Juk (VT-4th, UB-20th, BB-29th, FX-10th, AA 14th)
Grace Noble (VT-19th, UB-35th, BB-33rd, FX-17th, AA-32nd)
Shayla Symes (VT-24th, UB-24th, BB-35th, FX 33rd, AA-33rd)
Cathy Zhong (VT-35th, UB-25th, BB-27th, FX-30th, AA-35th)
Christy Fraser Memorial (Qualifier for P2 for BC Championships)
P2 Argo 2004
Felicity Slater (VT-9th, UB-8th, BB-5th, FX-10th, AA-6th)
Isabela Acosta (VT-15th, UB-13th, BB-15th, FX-13th, AA-14th)
Julianna Middleton (BB-7th, AA-16th)
P2 Argo 2005-06
Isabel Tan-Ng (VT-5th(tie), UB-4th, BB-8th, FX-9th, AA-5th)
Sasha Rojen (VT-2nd, UB-12th, BB-2nd (tie), FX-4th, AA-6th)
Carol Lenz Memorial
Pre-Novice Elite
Elizabeth Noble (VT-3rd, UB-6th, BB-3rd, FX-5th, AA-5th)
Savannah Holman (VT-6th, UB-6th, BB-2nd, FX-7th, AA-6th)
Sequoia Johnston (VT-1st, UB-7th, BB-7th, Fx-6th, AA-7th)
Marisol Zeballos (VT-8th, UB-8th, BB-5th, FX-8th, AA-8th)
Pre-Novice Aspire
Rebecca Kovacs (VT-10th, UB-7th, BB-10th, FX-8th, AA-6th)
Stephanie Quek (VT-17th, UB-15th, BB-15th, Fx-14th, AA-16th)
P4 Tyro
Frederique Payn (VT-1st, UB-2nd, BB-1st, FX-2nd, AA-2nd)
P2 Argo (2004)
Felicity Slater (VT-16th(tie), UB-27th, BB-10th, FX-21st, AA-19th)
Isabela Acosta (VT-28th, UB-18th(tie), BB-16th, FX-25th, AA-21st)
Julianna Middleton (VT-23rd (tie), BB-22nd (tie), FX-28th, AA-29th)
P2 Argo (2005-06)
Isabel Tan-Ng (VT-6th (tie), UB-1st (tie), BB-7th, FX-2nd, AA-3rd)
Sasha Rojen (VT-1st (tie), UB-5th (tie), BB-5th, FX-8th, AA-7th)
P1 Argo (2005)
Sarah Nikolic (VT-12th (tie), UB-8th, BB-5th, FX-17th, AA-8th)
P1 Pre-Argo
Becca Mitchell (VT-Silver, UB-Bronze, BB-Bronze, FX-Silver, AA-Bronze)
Zoe Dennison (VT-Bronze, UB-Bronze, BB-Bronze, FX-Silver, AA-Bronze)
Carrie Zhong (VT-Bronze, UB-Bronze, BB-Bronze, FX-Bronze, AA-Bronze)
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Photos from Gymnastics Legends—
Los Angeles CA (Feb 22-23)
Around the Gym….
NEWS FROM THE BOARD
As parents, we all think our
kids are great, but I want to
tell you about a great little
athlete we have in our gym.
This is Kate Askew. She is
one of our Pre-Competitive
gymnasts, in Gymstart 2,
coached by Henry.
Kate is one tough little
cookie!
Recently, during a training
session, she had an accident on the beam and
broke her elbow. She was
taken to hospital and had
surgery on her elbow the
following day. Less than a
week later, I saw her back
at the gym, with a bright pink cast! I was shocked to see her
back in the gym so soon. When I asked her mom, Misti, she
told me that Kate was bored and wanted to go back to the
gym. Henry agreed to let her be the “assistant coach” and
gave her a stop watch. I thought, this little 5 year old is not
only tough, but brave!
Fast forward two weeks……
It is the weekend of the Omega Invitational. Of course, the
meet is in full swing, and Connie is in need of helpers for the
awards presentation for the athletes. Kate is one of our
many eager of volunteers for the job. Connie isn’t sure how
helpful she is going to be, especially with her broken elbow
in a cast, but Kate’s enthusiasm convinces Connie to let her
help.
At the first awards ceremony on Saturday morning, Kate is
standing, watching the other girls carry the trays of medals
for presentation. With her broken elbow under her hoodie,
it would be difficult for her to hold a tray, but after a few
minutes, Connie decides to let Kate try to hold a tray, but is
worried that this might hurt Kate’s arm...But Kate is fearless
and willing, and carries that tray as well as she could with
her one good arm and one injured arm. Kate helps with
every awards session on Saturday! She was helping at the
gym from 8AM til 10PM! (and not one tray was dropped, by
the way!)
Kate, you deserve a medal! You are a role model for kids of
all ages! Coincidentally, Kate is our Gymnast of the Month
this month! See her profile on Page 5.
Fundraising Notes:
Q2 Invoices will be distributed on March 5th.
Payments will be due by March 15th.
A Kid’s Corner at Omega Gymnastics
Kat Senft would like to create a “Kids Corner” at the gym and is
looking for donations of anything that might be appropriate (e.g.
mats, toys, games, small playground, etc…)
Please see Kat in the office or contact via email at
[email protected]
YOU KNOW YOU’RE A GYMNAST WHEN…
A flipflop is not a sandal
A wedge is not a piece of cheese
Sticking it does not require glue
Giants are not jolly and green
Pull over does not mean you’re getting a ticket
Scales are not for weighing yourself
A vault is not where you keep your money
Splits do require a banana
Bars are not made of candy
Chalk is not something you write with
…and your world is always turned upside down!
-Marian Kito
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Need Volunteer hours? Listed below are upcoming opportunities for you to earn some volunteer hours. If you have
any questions, please contact Kat Senft in the office or via e-mail.
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Kate Askew—Gymstart 2 (Age 5) (Feb/March)
When is your birthday?
What’s your middle name? None
What’s your favorite song? - Rihanna: Shine bright like a diamond
What’s your favorite colour?- rainbow
What’s your best friend’s name? - Bianca
What’s your favorite subject in school? - Drawing
Do you have a hero or someone you look up to? - my friends
Do you have any brothers or sisters?- No
If so, what are their names? - none
Other than gymnastics, what’s your favorite thing to do?- swimming
Other than gymnastics, do you have any other talents? - Art &crafts
What do you want to do or be when you grow up? - I want to be a mom
How long have you been going to Omega? - since 2011
What is your favorite apparatus?- bars
What is your favorite skill right now? - Back walkover back flip on the floor
Do you have anything special that you do before a competition? - warming up
What is your biggest gymnastics goal for the year? - hand stand cast on bar
Do you have anything special you would like to say?
- Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Do you have any special quotes you like
or rules you live by?
-Be optimistic all the time and smile:)
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PHOTO GALLERY
Below: Omega in the local news
Does my
hair
look ok?
PHOTO DAY AT OMEGA
Sleepy head coach...zzzzzz…..
Below: training session at All-Olympic gym in LA
Above: USA 2012 Olympic team member, McKayla Maroney signing
autographs at the Gymnastics Legends meet in LA
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UPCOMING MEETS/UPDATES
Competition
Dates
Location
Levels
Qualifier?
Gymnix
Mar 6-9
Montreal, QC
Jr/Sr
N
P2-Jr/Sr
Y
UPDATE
Athletes attending: Shallon (representing Canada for Junior Cup)
BC Championships
Mar 14-16
Kamloops, BC
Athletes attending: Ilka, Grace, Cathy, Shayla, Savannah, Sequoia, Marisol, Elizabeth, Frederique, Megan, Rebecca, Stephanie, Felicity, Isabel, Sasha
Yokohama Sport Festival
2014 (Team BC)
Mar 12-17,
2014
Yokohama, Japan
Apr 3-6,
2014
Abbotsford BC
N
Athletes attending: Seina Cho
Twisters Invitational
P1-Jr/Sr
Y
Athletes attending: Shallon, Angel, Seina, Ilka, Grace, Cathy, Shayla, Savannah, Sequoia, Marisol, Elizabeth, Frederique, Megan,
Rebecca, Stephanie, Felicity, Isabel, Sasha, Isabela, Sara, Zoe,
Pacific Rim Championships
Apr 11-13
Richmond BC
Jr/Sr
Western Canadian
Championships
Apr 24-27
Saskatoon, SK
NN, PreNovice
Y
Athletes attending: Cathy, Grace, Sequoia, Elizabeth
Canadian National
Championships
May 26-31
Ottawa, ON
NN, Jr/Sr
Athletes attending: TBA
Competitive Contact / Info
Omega Gymnastics Academy is a non for profit society managed and operated by volunteer parents that sit on the Board of Directors along side
with Members at Large. Omega offers Women's Artistic Gymnastics Programs with the goal of giving each athlete the opportunity to become
the best gymnast she can become. Omega offers the following levels:
Pre Competitive program (5yrs up) 2-12 hours per week
Provincial Level program
9-22 hours per week
National Level program
22-30 hours per week
The Society works together with its members and Coaching to staff to promote the development and growth of competitive gymnast by providing
a caring safe environment for children to develop in the sport of gymnastics. If you have any questions about our programming or wish to
have your daughter assessed, please contact the office at [email protected] .
Omega Gymnastics Academy | 125 B Glacier Street, Coquitlam, BC V3K 5Z1 | phone 604.464.1555 |
Email: [email protected] Website: www.omegagymnastics.com
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