Christmas Tree Chipping Event

Splitz / PDGS Christmas Tree Chipping Event

 

Sunday, January 6, 11am til 4pm

 

At the Holiday Inn 17530 64 Ave, Across from Splitz

 

Trees chipped by donation, proceeds support PDGS

 

 The presents are all opened and the Christmas fun has turned into New Years fun. The once beautiful Christmas tree has turned into a dried up, needle dropping mess. Time to move on.

Splitz Competitive Newsletter

December 2012


We would like to congratulate our November Athlete of the Month:

Deandra McNaught



Coach’s note: Deandra is one of our 18-­‐hour gymnasts who is currently Provincial level 4 and working very hard to achieve her goal of Provincial level 5. Deandra comes to training every day with a positive attitude and is extremely self motivated. Deandra has been making fantastic progress with her skills this fall and is well on her way to having a very successful year! We are so proud of you Deandra!


December Reminders:


1. “Thank-­‐you” to Terry Thrale – Our Communications Liaison for PDGS for putting together a great blog to keep everyone informed with the latest happenings with the PDGS/Splitz team. Be sure to check it often at http://pacificdynamo.blogspot.ca


2. The Christmas season is here! Just a reminder that there will be an altered training schedule from December 23-­‐ 31, with no training December 25-­‐29.
The altered schedule is as follows:

3. Michelle Michaud will be speaking at the next PDGS meeting about proper nutrition for young athletes as well as some suggestions for break time snacks. Michelle is a registered dietician with Surrey Memorial Hospital as well as an avid runner. Her experience with running marathons as well as being a busy gym mom makes her an excellent resource for quick on the go nutrition ideas.


4. Break Time: Each group is given 15 minutes in the middle of their scheduled training time to rest, recharge, re-­‐hydrate and have a bite to eat. The coaching team has been checking snacks this month to make sure that each child has a healthy, substantial snack to keep them energized for the remainder of their training session.
Please try to encourage your child to leave their iPods and other devices at home and use their break time for it’s intended purpose.


5. The coaching team would like to encourage all athletes to stretch every night to help improve their flexibility and prevent sore muscles from conditioning. We would also like to remind Provincial gymnasts to continue practicing their floor and beam choreography at home or on holiday if the Christmas season is whisking your family away on a vacation.
If you will be away over the Christmas break please let Renée know so that she may supply your child with a stretching and
conditioning list.

Upcoming Events:


Registration for North Shore Invitational for all Provincial team members is due December 21st.
Registration for the Christy Fraser Memorial Invitational is now online for GymStart Skills as well as all Provincial levels.

From the entire Splitz Competitive coaching team to each and every one of you, Merry Christmas!!


We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
- Aristotle


Competitive Training Schedule over Christmas

Please note this is not the same as the Splitz Schedule posted previously

	23-Dec	24-Dec	30-Dec	31-Dec
6 hr GS	12:00-2:00	9:00am-11:00am	2:00-4:00pm	10:00am-12pm
6 Hr Prov	12:00-3:00	1:30-4:30pm	4:00-7:00pm	7:30-10:30 am
12 Hour	OFF	1:00-5:00pm	2:00pm-6:00pm	8am-12pm
16 Hour	12:00-4:00	9:00-1:00pm	2:00pm-6:00pm	7:30am-11:30pm
18 Hour	11:30-4	9:00-1:30pm	2:00pm-6:30pm	7:30am-12pm

Purchase Your Cruise Tickets

Don't Get Left Behind

Cruise Lottery tickets are still available

 

They are only $20 and yes, they will fit inside a stocking

Fantastic chance to win

Contact Lori Redpath for ticket purchases

New Foam Pit Anyone?

Looks like a new and improved foam pit is in the works

Not that there is anything wrong with the old one. But won't it be nice to land in a soft, fluffy, clean foam pit?

At the most recent PDGS meeting

The topic of the club assisting with the refurbishment and renovation of the foam pit was discussed at the most recent PDGS meeting. The matter was put to a vote and it was decided that PDGS would take part in making this a reality. Stay tuned for details....

Word is that the new stuff will include covered foam.

How good is that?

Splitz Christmas Schedule

For your convenience

 

 

Gymnastics Resouces

There's a lot of great information out there on gymnastics and sport. Informative, motivational, inspirational and educational. Here are some useful sites that are worth looking at.

Gymnastics Canada

Meet our national teams, learn about upcoming big time competitions, get an overview of the big picture of gymnastics in Canada. A great resource for gymnasts and coaches. Plenty of links to other relevant information.

Gymnastics BC

Here's the place to go for information about the many different programs and levels available in our province. Of particular note to our group are the pages dedicated to Gymstart and Canadian Provincial Program. Important reading for those curious about where our athletes are, where they can go and how they can get there.

 

Coaching Association of Canada

Lets not forget to support our coaches. Here's a great resource for those who are already coaching, those who would like to coach, and those who are making coaching their career. Relevant to our club is some material specifically for women in coaching and a loads more.