Pop Quiz, HotShot.

General question, just throwing it out there:

Would YOU pursue the reading of, or the subscription to, Australian Gymnast magazine (or something running with such a titular theme but perhaps under a different...titular...) if it were resurrected?

Assignments FAILED.

GA weren't kidding when they said there would be no international assignments for Senior WAGs prior to Nationals - Lauren Mitchell is now out of May's Glasgow Grand Prix.

The team to the Germany "Pre-Olympic" Youth Cup is yet to be named.

Prashanth Sellathurai and Matthew Curtis to attend Alexander Dityatin Cup and Moscow World Stars events in Russia.

One Hundred and One

Thanks and congratulations to E. Baldwin and K. Edgerton who have today become, respectively, the 100th and 101st members of Supporters of Australian Gymnastics!!!

By joining this group you are showing a commitment to the belief that gymsports are beneficial to people in Australia, and that our country's representatives in said sports are worthy of support and encouragement. You are also joining one less group on Facebook dedicated to Twilight.


And lo, there was rejoicing at this news and this blogger saw that it was good.

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On another note, I'd love to hear from anyone attending the VWHPC Invitational on Sunday. I'm unfortunately unable to attend myself but wouldn't mind hearing from anyone who manages to attend the sessions. I'm particularly interested in what the Level 10s have on show.

You know the email address by now. You do your bit, I'll do my bit, and let's have ourselves a polite conversation.

Do iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Would you like to become the 100th member of the Supporters of Australian Gymnastics group at Facebook?


We're at lucky 99, you could be the special one to tick it over to 100 members. Look for the group under my 'useful links' section on the lower right, click your way through, show our gymnasts you care and you could get a special mention here at the Australian Gymnastics Blog!

Happy Little Campers

Junior camp has come to a close. Come to think of it... so has Senior camp.

Front Row: (Left to Right) Angela Donald, Alexandra Eade, Naomi Lee, Zoe Lorenzin, Amelia McGrath, Mary-anne Monckton.
2nd Row: Ebonie Boucher, Isobel Looker, Jamison Ruscoe, Simone Williams, Natalia Joura, Grace Claringbold
3rd Row: Rachel Collister, Georgia Wheeler, Laura Hingston, Britt Greeley, Svetlana Sanders, Clare O'Donnell, Nikola Chung.
4th Row: Ashley Cooney, Tierra Exum, Emma Collister, Sophie Budack, Georgia-Rose Brown, Alexandra Byers-Armstrong, Georgia Simpson

Note - Britt was there to trial for the Pre-Olympic Youth Cup.

Note also - BOTH Collister sisters were present.

Note in addition - Isn't Stacey soooo adorable and smiley in her national tracksuit?

Hope you all have a safe and happy (sombre?) Anzac Day, marking the occasion in your own special ways. Olivia has a bit to say about Australian and American cultures here.

Another Aussie for NCAA!

NEWS FLASH!

Victorian/AIS elite Melanie Jones has been recruited to compete at Oregon State University where, as we all know, fellow Aussie Olivia Vivian is making a name for herself. Melanie will most likely join the Beavers roster after Worlds this year and work towards the 2010 collegiate season.



Very best of luck, Mel! Hope to eventually see you in the orange and black!


Thanks Richard for keeping me posted.

Queensland in, Utah Out.

Looks like Chloe Sims is not headed for collegiate gymnastics after all. From the Salt Lake Tribune:

The Utes have just two freshmen coming in next season, Meg Whitney and Katelyn Mohr. The third member of their signing class, Australian Chloe Sims, passed the SAT and had solid grades but didn't have all the necessary core classes to get through the NCAA Clearinghouse and won't join the Utes.

(Thanks to Swoop for the heads-up)

In addition to learning that piece of news, I was contacted by a Queensland source yesterday who told me Chloe was spotted at a Level 1 coaching course in Brisbane over the weekend and is looking like taking up a coaching position in Toowoomba, where I'm told she has recently moved (from Brisbane). She was there representing a particular club and did some skills for demonstration. She remarked that she had been out of training for some time and 'out of practise' but still performed diligently for the gathered coaches-in-training.

Best of luck to her, good to see she's still sticking close to gymnastics.

Stayin' Plucky

Good on Olivia V for keeping a positive mindset despite all her setbacks.

FYI Oregon State finished fifth yesterday in a tense second preliminary session of the National Championships, just keeping them out of the Super Six (see: team final).