Carlisle Gymnastics Club Newsletter Issue 18 2006

 

A big thank you to everyone involved in any way with the fundraising since the last newsletter – it has been a very busy time!!

Summer Raffle – The raffle raise the magnificent sum of £722.59. There were some wonderful prizes once again this year which had all been donated. Thanks to everyone who donated prizes.

Party Night – Yet another great night was had by all. Thank you to all the ladies who worked very hard once again to give us another good night. The party was not only a good night but also managed to raise £202.63 towards the clubs fund raising.

Coffee Morning – The Coffee Morning raised the sum of £135. Thanks to everyone involved, it was especially nice to see some new faces there not only helping out but also providing some delicious cakes for sale.

The Yellow Moon catalogues are out one again, this is full of great ideas for stocking fillers etc. Please have your orders back at the club by Monday 6th November. If you have not received one of the catalogues please see one of the coaches.

We are once again having a Bags-2-School collection. Please bring your bags into the gym as near to Thursday 2nd November as possible as due to a lack of space we will be unable to store these bags. Everyone should by now have received a bag to fill, if not or if you require more bags place see one of the coaches.

We are once again bag packing at Morrisons on Saturday 2nd December from 9.30am. Please try to come along to help, its hard work but well worth the effort as other people are putting their hands in their pockets for a change!!! The more people we have there the more money we will collect. Last year we raised £828.91 and I am sure with a little bit of effort (and lots of helpers) we could beat the £1,000 mark this year. So please come along and help even if its just for a short while. Every little helps!

It has been a very busy time recently with various fundraising events and the club would like to take this opportunity to say a VERY BIG THANK YOU to everyone for their help and support. Just over a year ago the club formed a social sub-committee, since then the members of the social committee have taken over the running of the fundraising events (and introduced some more). This has been very successful, taking the strain away from others who are active in the club in other ways. The committee is always looking for more volunteers and you can do as little or as much as you like. If you are interested in joining the social committee or just helping out in any way, or have some interesting fundraising ideas please contact Geraldine on 01228 529322.

SUMMER CAMP 2006

As you are all aware the club held a Summer Camp for the first time this year. This ran for 5 days at the end of July. We were lucky enough to have John Pirrie, Roxanne Jennison and Leonni Jennison attending as part of the coaching team. John is an International coach and Roxanne and Leonni have held between them, the honors of being British Team Silver medalists, Junior British International Gymnast, National Squad member and past Junior British floor champion.

The camp was attended by 42 gymnasts from Carlisle, Dumfries and Haltwhistle gym clubs. The general timetable for the camp was warm up, dance session and then training on all four pieces. The gymnasts also formed Olympic teams and within these teams they had to make up there own dance to a set piece of music. On Tuesday we ran the Olympic event when the gymnasts took part in different games related to their training, there was also a quiz and they all performed their dances. On Tuesday evening the gymnasts all went swimming at St Aidans and then had a buffet supper. Special thanks to all of the ladies who helped out with the buffet, Geraldine, Wendy, Sue, Jane, Nicola, Rose, Joan and Carol.

On Wednesday, the final day of the camp, the parents were invited to watch some of the work the gymnasts had been doing, this included the dances they had learnt and some of the warm up games.

All in all it was a very enjoyable week with the gymnasts working hard but also having a great deal of fun. Extra special thanks to all of the coaches involved as this was a very intense week for them all.

RESULTS

Voluntary Age Groups – Level 4

Beth Reid, Sarah Hughes and Emily Small won the team bronze.

Alpha Factor Championships

Level 2 14+

Kelly Park won gold on vault and floor, and silver on bars and beam. Kelly was also placed second overall.

Level 3 13+

Helen Gill won gold on bars and bronze on vault.

The team also won the Alpha Factor Aerials team cup. Well done to Kelly, Helen and Katie, this was an excellent result.

Inter Regional Team Challenge

Kelly Park was part of the North of England team who came second overall in this competition.

REMINDER

Can we please remind all parents to advise us if your child is unable to attend a session. This can greatly assist us with planning sessions.

Thanks


TESCO Sports Vouchers for School and Clubs


The club are collecting these vouchers from TESCO and have already received over 600 vouchers. Please keep them coming and thank you to those who have handed in vouchers so far.

CHRISTMAS CLOSURE DATES

The club will close on the following dates

December
Sunday 24th
Monday 25th
Tuesday 26th
Wednesday 27th
Sunday 31st

January
Monday 1st


CLUB COMPETITION

The clubs annual competition will be held on Sunday 3rd December.Warm up will start at 10.30am. The gymnasts do not need to wear their competition leotards for thiS ompetition. There will be a team event and other games after the competition has finished.There will also be a prize giving with some interesting prizes, some of the prizes will be for work done on the day and some others are given for work during the year.