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NEWS:
IN THE MEDIA - Winnipeg Free Press, May 18th, 2008 “Tracy Chu will lead Manitoba contingent to nationals
RGM RAFFLE WINNING TICKETS- Drawn at the 2008 Provincial Championships, University of Manitoba Max Bell Centre, May 25th, 2008:
- Grand Prize: 1 trip for 2 people to Las Vegas $1600.00 value Ticket #: 11653
- $1000.00 cash prize Ticket #: 7032
- 19” LCD TV $300.00 value Ticket #: 7031
- $200.00 gift certificate to Panago Pizza Ticket # 11788
- $200.00 house appraisal gift certificate to MacKenzie & Associates Ticket #: 4844
- Digital Photo Frame $150.00 value Ticket #: 5664
- Digital Photo Frame $150.00 value Ticket #: 14117
RGM COACH OF THE YEAR AWARDS -We are very pleased to recognize 2008 recipients of the RGM Coaching Awards. In the spirit of the credo “Every athlete deserves qualified coach”, these exceptional young women have demonstrated true understanding of this belief through their actions. Congratulation coaches:
Royals Apprentice Coach of the Year – Danielle Stepnuk
Recreational Coach of the Year – Emily Richard
Provincial Stream Coach of the Year – Carly Isaak
National Stream Coach of the Year – Shari Hebert
Zdravka Tchonkova Coach of the Year Award - Shari Hebert
To access coaches’ profiles click on their name. THANK YOU COACHES!
GCG RG ANOUNCEMENT-
We are very happy to announce that Alexandra Orlando has been elected by acclamation for the position of Director - Athlete Representative on the GCG Board of Directors.
As per Policy 3.7, the election of Alexandra Orlando will be ratified by the membership at the 2008 GCG AGM.
Congratulation Alex!
2008 PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Congratulation to all athletes and coaches for work well done! Congratulation to all-around winners in each category! Congratulation to all Provincial Champions! For detailed results follow this link.
Message from the Event Director:
Hi everyone,
Well, with yet another Provincial Championship behind us, I'd like to take this opportunity to once again thank you all for the time and effort you put forth in making this event a success. Please extend thanks to all club members for an outstanding job volunteering in the many areas of the competition and for the contributions towards the silent auction. It was a wonderful opportunity to work with a very committed group of individuals and to see everyone's efforts provide a great platform to showcase a wonderful display of Manitoba talent.
See you all at the AGM!
Warm regards,
Sandie Kowalski, Event Director
Team to Canadian Individual Championships Recognized - At the end of the closing ceremonies Gerry Stepnuk, Director for Elite Development announced the following team to represent Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba at the 2008 Canadian Individual Championship taking place May 28th - June 1, 2008, in Montreal:
Athletes: Tracy Chu, Kristie Nikkel, Emilie Richard, Danielle Stepnuk, Tamsyn Lourens, Nadia daoudi, Sumandy Young, Nicole Zaki, Genevieve Giesbrecht.
Coaches: Shari Hebert (Coach/Team Manager), Natalia Rybak, Zdravka Tchonkova
Judges: Wendy MacKenzie (Judge/Head of Delegation), Karin Klassen
GOOD LUCK Team Manitoba!
HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY! - Happy Mothers’ Day to all rhythmic gymnastics moms’ and in particular, moms who are also rhythmic gymnastics coaches! Happy Mothers’ Day Karen, Lisa, Natalia, Suzy and Zdravka!
To all moms,
Thank you mom for taking care of me, driving me, helping me with home work, getting ready for school, driving me to practices, helping to run competitions, helping with club activities. Thank you for loving me!
Signed,
Your daughter, the rhythmic gymnast.
2008 WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Vancouver, BC, April 9-13, 2008- More than a competition! Enjoy the experience of attending the 2008 Westerns in Vancouver through the eyes of the Team Manager and the HPTCI members. From the view of majestic Rocky Mountains, shopping at the Granville Island, to the podium experience. Thank you Sandie and Sarah for sharing the pictures with us. To access the Album click here or on the link above.
A.R.G.O. WEBSITE - Link to the Assiniboine Rhythmic Gymnastics Organization is now available on the Club Information - Directory page of our website. Visit the A.R.G.O. page and find out all about the oldest rhythmic gymnastics club in Manitoba. Next year the club will celebrate 35 years of providing instruction in rhythmic gymnastics in South/West Winnipeg.
SAPPHIRES CHALLENGE, May 10th, 2008 at TEC-VOC High School - The Sapphires are pleased to extend an invitation to attend the Sapphires Challenge on May 10th at Tec Voc High School, 1555 Wall Street. The competition is open to provincial and national stream individual competition as well as provincial and national stream groups. The competition will commence at 8:30 AM and will end at 5:00 PM. For detailed schedule follow this link.
RGA HIRES KATHERINE IAFOLLA AS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR - Katie Iafolla brings over a decade of experience in rhythmic gymnastics to RGA, as an international medallist, national team member, club administrator, volunteer board member and manager.
Edmonton, AB: Katie Iafolla will be joining Rhythmic Gymnastics Alberta on May 5th to help administer and lead programming development in Alberta.
2008 ELECTIONS - The nominating committee is seeking your assistance with search for the qualified candidates to serve on the RGM Board of Directors. Please feel free to approach members of your club who have the qualifications or experience to serve on the Board of Directors in any of the above listed capacities. Where consent to run is obtained, please fill out the attached nominating form and the nominees profile form and submit to the nominating committee at the RGM Office (email: rhythmic@sport.mb.ca, fax: 925-5792) by 5:00 PM Friday, May 9th, 2008. The elections will take place at the 2008 Annual General Meeting June 17th, 2008.
 2008 PROVINCIAL GYMNAESTRADA, Steinbach, April 26th - Goldstream Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in Steinbach was a perfect host to the 2008 Provincial Gymnaestrada this past Saturday, held for the first time outside of Winnipeg . The host organizing committee lead by the club president Donna Giesbrecht have gone all the way out to make the day at the Gymnaestrada special for everyone. Pasta lunch, cheese cake and tea during intermission, vendors, many local sponsors and of course hand full of courteous volunteers created warm backdrop for the annual showcase of the rhythmic gymnastics talent as well as special guest groups from Winnipeg and Steinbach. All in all 233 performers took part in this annual rhythmic gymnastics extravaganza. The participants came from the following rhythmic gymnastics clubs and special guest groups: Alegria, ARGO, Flippers, Formettes, Goldstream, HPTCI, Masterworks Studio, Momtaza, Rhythmic Royals, Sapphires, Stoney Brook Dance Company and South-East Sparks. Congratulation to coaches and performers for providing colorful and entertaining afternoon.
Thank you Goldsteram Rhythmic Gymnastics club! Thank you volunteers! View the picture album.
2008 WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, Vancouver, BC - Congratulation to athletes and coaches from Alegria, ARGO, HPTCI, Rhythmic Royals and Sapphires clubs representing RGM so well at the Westerns. For detailed results follow this link.
RGM RAFFLE - 2nd wave of RGM Raffle Fundraiser is now in progress. The revenue is shared 50/50 with the partner groups. The tickets will be sold until May 14th with the draw taking place May 25th at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Provincial Championships at U of M, Max Bell Centre. To order tickets call 925-5738 or 925-5792, today! Or email: rhythmic@sport.mb.ca
2008 ELITE MANITOBA, MARCH 15 & 16, 2008 - Commentary from ED: I have stopped by the gym today during the set up of the competition venue and I must say I was impressed. I was impressed by the exceptional efforts of all volunteers. In an hour and half, handful of volunteers transformed Gold Gymnasium, beaten up by decades of abuse and neglect, into a “rhythmic gymnastics venue”. One crew of volunteers mastered the challenge of creating a hospitality room for judges in a classroom without water and fridge. Other crew set up the canteen in the main gym dealing with the same challenges of no water and yet managed to produce very creative menu. Special mention must go to the volunteers setting up the carpet! “Dan and your crew were fantastic!” It was amazing to watch Dan single-handedly lifting the carpet rolls on and off the dolly. With in an hour both the practice and the competition carpets were laid out, taped and vacuum cleaned to perfection. Finishing touches put on by the ladies skirting the tables and hanging the signs completed the transformation. Behind the judges tables, Lydia prepared scoring system and in the process managed to train two new scorers. Once the competition started I had to leave. By then the gym was truly transformed and the meet director Sandie stepped into another shoes, this time announcers shoes, and opened the competition exactly at 2:00 PM. First gymnast was called on to the floor and first music sounded off. I bet no one noticed the hoops Noel had to jump through between playing the athlete’s music and the announcer using the microphone. Noel used all his technological vises to make the ancient but complicated sound system work. Just another day of staging rhythmic gymnastics competition. And then the spotlight was on gymnasts, coaches and judges.
THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!! Results
2008 NORTHERN LIGHTS CUP INVITATIONAL COMPETITION -Congratulation to all athletes and coaches , many thanks to all volunteers, parents and spectators for helping to make this event again unconditional success. We hope to see you back in 2009.
We are also pleased to recognize the winner of
the 2008 Northern Lights Cup the High Performance
Training Centre International.
The HPTCI athletes accumulated the highest total of the All Around scores.
Congratulation athletes and coaches!
2008 L.A. LIGHTS CUP - Congratulation to HPTCI athletes for superb performances last weekend in L.A. For more information read Shari’s report.
CONGRATULATION COACHES! - Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba congratulates all coaches for completing the Respect in Sport Program by Sport Manitoba deadline. Athletes and parents appreciate your commitment. THANK YOU!
2008 OLYMPIC GAMES TEST EVENT, BEIJING, CHINA - Canada’s Alexandra Orlando qualifies for all around final at rhythmic gymnastics Olympic test event
NEW COACHING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH RGM - Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba is currently in the planning stages of organizing after school rhythmic gymnastics programs in Winnipeg. Based on feedback from RGM member clubs, we will be targeting schools in areas where there are currently no recreational programs being offered. Read more......
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS WITH YOUR PATRONAGE - Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba is pleased to welcome Mrs. Anna Tumilson and Travel Professional International in supplying the first prize for our raffle fundraiser. The raffle fundraiser will be launched in couple of weeks and will go on until May 2008. Visit Anna’s website (link can be found to the right of this column) and enter the Canadian Idol travel contest. Let Anna know that you are a member of RGM and she will give you a member deal! In couple of days look for links also to Panago Pizza and MacKenzie and Associates, sponsors of other prizes for the raffle.
PARENTS - Parents play an important role in their child’s life, including sports. A parent’s responsibility is to encourage and support their child to ensure their experiences with sport are positive. Parent’s can often be heard yelling at their child or child’s coach from the stands, which has prompted some coaches to go as far as creating a code of conduct not only for their athletes but also for parents. It is easy to get wrapped up in the game but the most important thing is that your child has fun with sport and physical activity. (SIRC November 2007 Newsletter.)
LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING OUT OF PROVINCE EVENT TO TAKE PART IN? - Look no further. 2008 BC Gymnaestrada “Super Heroes Unite” can be the one. The event will be held June 7&8, 2008 in Vancouver. For more information follow the link.
 BRIDGING THE GAP - Winnipeg, Thursday, November 8th, 2007 - Provincial Team athletes Emily Richard, Tamsin Lourens, Administrative Assistant Tanya Manastersky and Executive Director Zlatica Stauder joined the Special Olympics rhythmic gymnastics athletes and coaches to promote the sport of rhythmic gymnastics amongst the students with and without an intellectual disability. The third annual Passport to Sport event, held at the MTS Centre, was attended by hundreds of school children. Six rhythmic gymnasts performed in front of the appreciative audience. Ron Black, the celebrity MC, added a special touch to the event remembering rhythmic gymnastics “glory” from years before. After the performance the gymnasts moved to the concourse where they took on a role of coaches and introduced dozens of students to our sport. It was mutually inspiring event for all of us.
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS SCRIPTING PROGRAM - For the second season in a row, Rhythmic Gymnastics Manitoba has purchased a subscription to Mario Lam’s online rhythmic gymnastics scripting program. Any registered coaches or gymnasts wishing to access the program can email us and we will send you the password to access the program. For anyone not familiar with the program, or to fully understand some of the new features, you are encourages to go through the tutorial prior to using it. The tutorial is now divided into 3 sections to make it easier to jump to things you are not sure of. Link to the tutorial: http://www.nucurve.com/cop2007/tutorial/tutorial.html
SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES, Shanghai, China - by Cindy Hoover
 I attended the Special Olympics World Summer Games earlier this month in Shanghai. The gymnastics competitions were in the International Gymnastics Center. A modem facility devoted to gymnastics and right next door to our hotel. As usual the Artistic and Rhythmic events were coordinated at the same venue and all the International officials stayed at the same hotel. It was really nice to catch up with old friends and meet a few new ones. Read more.....
Congratulation to the athletes as well as our judges Cindy and Pat!
VOLUNTEER TO BECOME A SCORER - Just a reminder that registration for the upcoming Scoring Technician Certification Course on Saturday, October 20th is due in the RGM office no later than Wednesday, October 10th. We are requesting that each club send 2 volunteers to the course to become certified Scoring Technician’s. Previously trained Scoring Technician’s are invited and encouraged to attend the course and audit it free of charge. Everyone planning to attend the course should fill out and submit a registration form.
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