Lastly, we were invited to

perform at the Market on

Macleod. Many of our MAG,

WAG, and Acro athletes showed

off their tumbling and acrobatic

skills to the farmers market

community. Thank you for your

dedication and efforts to support

AGC events. All hours spent at

these events count towards your

volunteer commitment.

On Friday, August 1st, AGC was

invited to perform at the Calgary

Stampeders pre-game show.

With the help of parents and

athletes in the WAG, MAG,

Acro, and T&T programs we

came together and performed a

spectacular show for the home

crowd!

This was an amazing opportunity

and I would like to thank all the

parents who volunteered their

time and labor to make this

event happen. The home crowd

loved our performance and the

Stampeders were thoroughly

impressed with our performance.

After the show we all enjoyed

the Stampeders take on the BC

Lions in a close game.

Earlier this summer we all came

together to perform an

exhibition at the Mackenzie

Town Stampede BBQ event. This

was a wonderful opportunity for

our athletes to get to show off all

their hard work and skills to the

Mackenzie Town community. I

would like to thank all the

parents who volunteered their

time to help make this event

possible. I would also like to

thank the Tuffs family as they

hosted this event and invited us

to attend.

Hike for Foam! This month we will be leading a

season welcome back fundraiser.

All athletes are invited to

participate in our gym wide

fundraiser for new foam for our

foam pits. No amount is to small!

Forms can be found online as

well as at the AGC front desk

and from coaches.

Please bring in all funds raised as

you collect them as prizes will be

handed out to athletes

throughout the fundraising event.

We will have a chart in our front

lobby tracking our progress.

Foam pits deplete over time and

need to be replaced. Any athlete

who raises money for our foam

pit will be invited to our

welcome back team hike.

Our goal is to get to $5,000 to

be spent on new foam for our

foam pits. All funds will be spent

on foam so if we reach the

$5,000 mark we can still go over

and purchase more foam!

Nadov Simenauer

AGC Community Involvement

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Altadore

Cheer Elite

2

WAG Sum-

mer Review

2

MAG Sum-

mer Review

2

T&T Sum-

mer Review

3

Acro Sum-

mer Review

3

World Gym-

naestrada

3

Volunteer

Committee

4

Casino 4

Business

Manager

4

WAG

Testing

5

AGC Fall Newsletter A U G U S T 2 9 T H , 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

AGC

performs for

Calgary

Fundraising

Event

Program

summer

reviews

New Cheer

program

New parent

volunteer

structure

WAG testing

information

P A G E 2

WAG Summer Review

“Competing in

gymnastics is the

greatest reminder

of being alive as a

human being”

-Raj Bhavsar, USA,

2008 Olympics

MAG Summer Review

Altadore Cheer Elite We are pleased to introduce

the new Altadore Cheer Elite

(ACE) Team. AGC will now

be offering competitive

cheerleading at our facilities. If

you have another son or

daughter who might be

interested in perusing

cheerleading competitively give

us a try!

I would like to introduce

Emilyy Cuillerier as our new

cheerleading coordinator.

Emilyy comes from Moncton,

NB where she established her

own Cheer Dynasty All-Stars

Team. We are very excited to

have her joining our AGC

family.

Cheerleading Open Tryouts!

Date: Sunday, September 7th

Time

8 & under: 4-6 PM come register!

Age 9-11: 4-6 PM

Age 12 & up: 6-8 PM

season. We are all looking very

prepared for the upcoming

season.

At the end of August we will

be welcoming Jamie Ellacott

to our MAG family. Jamie will

be our new Developmental

Coordinator. He will be

working hard to improve and

provide the best training for

This summer we saw

much improvement

from our MAG

athletes. Our

competitive team

trained hard over the

summer to increase

their skill levels and

work towards their

next competitive level for next

our developmental athletes.

He will also be coaching our

competitive boys.

We are excited to welcome

back our developmental

athletes! Information regarding

our 2014-15 season will be

following in the next couple

months.

Nadov Simenauer

regular season! We have had

many girls move up in hours,

as well as lots of athletes

joining the Developmental

Program for the first time.

These hours of hard work are

really paying off! The girls have

being introduced to many new

skills, and have been working

to improve their strength,

flexibility and form!

Things to Remember!

Attendance is key!! The

more you are able to make it

to gymnastics, the faster you

will improve! Frequency and

consistency in training are very

important in helping athletes

create habits and improve

their coordination and skill

execution. When you are

going to be away, please let us

know! You can do this via

email:

Provincial: Stephanie:

steph.floyd18@gmail.com

Developmental: Amy:

amy.altaodre@gmail.com

Bring a Snack!

While we do not have scheduled break time

throughout the year, it is a

good idea to bring a healthy

snack along (fruits and veggies

please!) just in case you get

hungry! Often times when our

younger athletes complain of a

stomachache, it is often a case

of hunger.

Stephanie Floyd

Amy Miller

We have had a very

productive summer so far

here at AGC! With groups

training in both the morning

and the afternoon, we have

been able to maximize the

extra space in the gym that we

are not always able to get

access to throughout the

A G C F A L L N E W S L E T T E R

Coach Ryan enjoying

the parachute at the

Mackenzie Town BBQ!

T&T Summer Review

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

We had a great 2013-2014 season!

All of the athletes achieved their

own personal goals and succeeded

at competitions. A few main

highlights from 2014 Western

Canada Cup:

Alex Wist – Bronze DMT, 4th

Trampoline, Maya McKirdy –

Bronze DMT, Adam Lane – 6th

DMT, 4th Trampoline, Cole Wenzel

– 8th DMT, 9th Trampoline, Gillian

Allegro – 9th Trampoline, Ebony

Campbell – 8th Trampoline, Robbie

Mudd – 7th Trampoline, Melanie

Fryett – 10th Tumbling, Kiana

Mackay – 3rd Tumbling.

And a great job to the rest of the

athletes!

We are looking forward to an

amazing 2014-2015 season. Here is

a small introduction to our

coaches. Coach Becca is the Head

Coach of the T&T program. She is

competitive trampoline coach as

well as the Super Jumpers coach.

Coach Jessie is the competitive

double mini coach as well. Coach

Scott is the competitive tumbling

coach. Coach Melanie and Coach

Rebecca are the pre-competitive

(FAST) coaches. We have a great

coaching team and are all eager to

make this year fantastic!

Rebecca Lennon

Some of Altadore’s Acro girls as

well as some coaches (including

myself) decided to make up a team

and join a bigger team in hopes of

competing in the upcoming World

Gymnaestrada. Our cities group

included Jenna, Morgan, Tatum,

Ana, Emma, Cindy, Mattias,

Carolyn, and Camille.

On June 30th to July 2nd the

Nationals competition was held.

World Gymnaestrada is an event

that takes place every 4 years like

the Olympics; Morgan from our

Acro group was in the 2011 world

Gymnaestrada in Switzerland. The

next Gymnaestrada will be in

Finland in July 2015. The World

Gymnaestrada is the largest

gymnastics international event. At

least 25,000 participants from 50

different countries are expected to

perform in Helszinki Finland.

On the 15th of August we received

official notice – We made it to

Finland!!!! Great work team.

This year will be a year full of more

“blood, sweat and tears” (hopefully

no blood), so that we can perform

our best in Finland for Canada and

Alberta next year.

Mattias Marois

learned how to do front handspring

front layout on trampoline, she is

now working to get it on floor, to

name some successes. All the

athletes who trained this summer

worked hard and improved a lot.

Some of my acro athletes also did

some performances during the

summer such as the stampede

breakfast as well as the pre game show for the Stampeders, I believe

those where successful, and the

athletes performed very well.

I look forward to a great 2014 and

2015 season.

Mattias Marois

As you might all know, Kelsey has

unfortunately left the coaching

position in Acro. I am Mattias and I

will be the new Acro Coordinator.

I am looking forward to working

more with the Acro athletes and

watch them succeed in the sport of

Acro.

Summer training went well for

acro. Athletes have learned some new tumbling skills or improved on

them. Tatum has improved her

back full on rod, Siena has learned

how to do a back half into the foam

pit, Gabriella and Chloe has learned

how to do a back tuck. Jenna

Acro Summer Review

AGC to Participate in World Gymnaestrada

“Persistence

can change

failure into

extraordinary

achievement”

-Matt Biondi

Volunteer Resource Committee The Volunteer Resource Committee

(VRC) is a Committee of the Executive

Director, Volunteer Coordinator (A

Board Member) and Administration

Staff at Altadore Gymnastic Club.

The VRC will be responsible for

formulating and overseeing 8 Volunteer

Committees, each with specific

responsibilities and led by a

Coordinator, who reports back to the

Parent Resource Committee.

The Volunteer Committees will be

formed at the start of the year, and as

the VRC identifies specific needs of the

Club.

All VRC information can be found on

our AGC website at

http://altadoregym.com/volunteer

where you will be able to sign up for

committees.

Responsibilities of VRC Members:

Executive Director –(Nadov Simenau-

er) executivedirector@altadoregym.com

Will identify the needs of the Club.

Volunteer Coordinator – (Shannon

Hilton – info@shannonhilton.com) Will

collect Volunteer information from the

Membership and help formulate

Committees as per the Membership’s

qualifications and desires. Will work with

Committee Coordinators to ensure

projects and responsibilities are being

completed and offer assistance when

needed.

Administration –

(admin@altadoregym.com) Assists the

Executive Director and Volunteer

Coordinator with administration duties.

VRC Structure

Committees may be added to the

following list or changed throughout the

year as specific needs arise. Committees

will include a Coordinator position, Team

Leaders, and Volunteers.

Coordinators – these positions are

preferably held by Board Members and

may include Staff where the Executive

Director sees fit. The Coordinator

reports to the VRC and is responsible for

overseeing the Sub-Groups within their

Committee.

Team Leaders will be responsible for

leading assigned Sub Groups within the

Committee and will be responsible for

coordinating the volunteers for this

activity when needed. The Team

Leaders of every sub-group will have

their entire Volunteer Hours total

accounted for by accepting and

fulfilling the role.

Volunteers will be contacted by the

Team Leaders when needed.

Shannon Hilton

We will be working our

bi-annual casino event on

Sunday, September 21st and

we are in urgent need of

volunteers to help us. This is

an amazing opportunity for

AGC to help raise funds to

support our gymnastics

programs.

Right now we still need 5

volunteers to work the count

room. We also need more

volunteers to fill the back up

positions.

I am proud to introduce Anna Robson as our new AGC Business Manager. Anna has been our Administrative Assistant for the past year. She has over 14 years management experience with a Business Management University Degree. Anna has been a wonderful addition to the AGC family and we are excited to work with her in this new role. You can reach Anna at: bmanager@altadoregym.com

Nadov Simenauer

Casino

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

New Business Manager On page 11 of our AGC

parent handbook it states,

“each member must

volunteer or provide an adult

volunteer to fulfill a volunteer

shift at one casino per year.”

This is our only casino this

year so I would love to see a

large turnout of AGC

support.

Please contact ASAP:

Cheryl Mailman

cjmailman@shaw.ca

403-968-1456

Anna Robson

and June, and the girls will receive

report cards to demonstrate their

progress.

What to Expect with the Scores?

Parents should look for steady

improvement in their child’s PA testing

score from one testing to the next.

The tests will be held in Sept, Dec,

March and June. Developmental

Groups 2 (orange and blue) and 3

(yellow) should strive to pass the

Copper Level by the end of the season

(by achieving a score of 70 or higher),

while Developmental 1 (red) will work

towards this score at the Bronze Level.

**Remember: Steady

improvement is most important!

Provincial Physical Ability Testing

Throughout the season, our Provincial

Athletes with participate in 4 PA testing

events. The first one was already

conducted this summer. The others are

set for November, March, and June.

Physical Ability (PA) Testing

Here at AGC, our WAG

Developmental groups follow the LEAP

(Let’s Evaluate Athlete’s Progress)

Physical Ability Test created by Michel

Arsenault of Champions Gymnastics

Club. This standardized test is used

across the province to evaluate the

strength and flexibility of athletes aged

6-10. This test compares results to age

group norms, to determine a score out

of 100 for each athlete. The program

consists of 4 levels: Copper, Bronze,

Silver and Gold. Once a score of 70 or

higher is achieved, the gymnast moves

to test at the next level.

Technical Test Event (TTE)

TTEs focus on the athlete’s Skill

Development. Each Developmental

Level has a set list of Target Skills that

they work towards achieving and

improving throughout the year. At

each TTE, the girls are tested on these

skills, and receive a score out of 5. We

will hold TTEs in late November, March

Physical Ability (PA) Testing

Here at AGC, our WAG Provincial

groups will be tested on 19 different

criteria that test their strength,

flexibility and body alignment. Each

criteria is based out of 10 points for a

total of 190 points. Based on their

score, each athlete will be placed into a

zone. 1-64pts is Red, 65-139 pts is

yellow, 140-180pts is green, and 181-

190 is Platinum. The test allows for a

great deal of improvement if the girls

work hard to advance their strength,

flexibility and body alignment. The

scores will be placed on a bulletin

board in the gym for the girls to see

and continue to improve their progress

between testing.

Stephanie Floyd & Amy Miller

6303 30th Street SE

Calgary, AB, T2C 1R4

Canada

Phone: 403-720-2711

Fax: 403-720-3110

Email: executivedirector@altadoregym.com

bmanager@altadoregym.com

Mission/Values:

Altadore Gymnastic Club is an organization

that provides comprehensive recreational and competitive gymnastics for men and

women athletes of all ages.

We:

Are committed to fostering an environment

that will encourage members to achieve their

fullest potential through the sport of gymnastics

Believe that quality coaching and consistent

standards across of all our programs are the

foundation for the success of all Altadore Gymnastic Club athletes

WAG Testing Information

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