The 2016-2017 Season has officially begun as over 260 athletes competed this past weekend at the Tour Selection/ Elite Canada Screening #1 event, hosted by Quinte Bay Gymnastics Club.
Athletes and coaches form clubs all over Ontario attend this event in hopes of being selected to Team Ontario. The top eight (8) athletes and 2 Team Coach/Managers were selected for Level 6, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9 and Level 10 heading to Las Vegas to compete at the Lady Luck Invitational January 13-15, 2017.
A big thank you all the clubs that attended this successful event and to Quinte Bay and Judges for all their hard work and dedication to gymnastics this past weekend!
Congratulations to the following athletes, coaches and clubs on Team Ontario!
Athletes also competed at Elite Canada Screening this weekend to try to achieve a score to be eligible to compete at Elite Canada.
Elite Canada brings together the top athletes from across Canada from the novice, junior and senior categories. It is one of the primary meets at which national team status is determined. Gymnastics seek qualification for High Performance Status, which gives them the right to compete at Canadian Championships and be eligible to be considered for national teams and potential international
assignments.
Elite Canada is being held February 1-5, 2017 in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the Canada Games Centre. You can find more information on Elite Canada here.
Congratulations to all the athlete who achieved their screening score this weekend!!
Results can be found here.