Shasta Trampoline Club

Congratulations are in order for 3 Shasta athletes. Gymnastics Canada named the team competing at World Age Groups in Metz, France, Nov 11-20 today. On the team are: Ben Blais 11-12 - Trampoline Cameron Quinlan 13-14 Trampoline Poppy Quinlan 15-16 Trampoline & DMT

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August 26-27 there will be a National Level Trampoline Camp held at Shasta Trampoline, Queens Park Arnex, New Westminster. The camp will run from 4-10 PM on both days.  This camp is open to all athletes competing at the national level.  The coach running the camp is Dave Ross, the Canadian National Team and Olympic coach.  Athletes will be given training blocks depending on skill level. Visit Gymnastics BC for more information and the registration package.

Shasta's synchro pair Ben Blais and Liam Doherty won the gold medal in Novice Men Syncro Trampoline to become the Canada Cup 2010 Champions. Defending champions Connor Doherty and Cameron Quinlan won the bronze medal. Shasta sent 12 athletes to compete in Mississauga and came home with 19 podium finishes (top 6). Cameron Quinlan    bronze Syncro - Novice Men 4th Trampoline Novice Men 10-14 5th DMT Novice Men 10-14 Ben Blais  Gold Synchro Novice Men Bronze DMT Novice 10-14 Men 5th Trampoline Novice Men 10-14 Connor Doherty  Silver DMT Open Men Bronze Synchro Novice Men 6th Novice 15+ Men Jordan Wilmshurst  Silver DMT Novice 15+ 4th Trampoline Novice 15+ Men Shannon Comeault    Silver Synchro Trampoline Youth Women 6th DMT Youth Women Liam Doherty   Gold Synchro Novice Men Olivia Bortolazzo Silver DMT Open Women Silver Synchro Youth Women Bronze Trampoline Open Women Anita Cirillo  4th Syn...

After a successful Canada Cup our team takes off this evening for home. You can see great photo's at Grace Click the official photographer of the meet.

Today was the second day of competition at Canada Cup 2010. This evening there were finals in all the synchro trampoline categories and some finals for double mini. Ben Blais and Liam Doherty were reunited as synchro partners came away as Cananda Cup Champions by winning the gold. Connor Doherty and Cameron Quinlan also reunited and won the bronze. Both these medals came in Novice Men. Shannon Comeault and Olivia Bortolazzo competed in Youth Synchro and won the silver medal. Anita Cirillo and Chelsea Nerpio competed in Senior Women and came fourth. In double mini tonight we had athletes in the Open Women, Open Men, and Novice 15+ category. Olivia Bortolazzo, Connor Doherty and Jordan Wilmshurst all won the silver in their categories. Tomorrow will be trampoline finals and the remaining double mini finals. Check out Gymnastics Canada for complete results.

This morning was all about fun for our team at Canada Cup. Group One went go-carting and video gaming while group two went shopping. (pictures of group 1) Now it is rest time, healthy snacks, and getting ready to train 6-9 PM. Tomorrow the competition kicks off with the synchro teams. A full schedule is available here.

Our 12 athletes representing Shasta Trampoline have arrived in Toronto. The trip went according to plan and the team enjoyed a dinner out together. Tomorrow the team will spend some time having some R&R and then the real fun and hard work starts tomorrow evening with a 3 hour training session.

Ben Blais won 10-12 Men Double Mini (Thanks to Poppy for use of the picture.)

This year Canada Cup takes place at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Last year's edition was held in Okotokes Alberta and Shasta had some impressive results including: Gold Cameron Quinlan & Connor Doherty SYN Novice Men Silver Chelsea Nerpio TR Open Women Silver Anita Cirillo and Chelsea Nerpio SYN Senior Women Silver Tristan Ranford and Poppy Quinlan SYN Novice Women Bronze Tristan Ranford DMT 10-14 Bronze Ben Blais DMT 10-14 M Bronze Chelsea Nerpio DMT Senior Women Our Shasta team at Canada Cup 2010 is; Ben Blais, Liam Doherty, Cameron Quinlan, Tyler Edwards, Connor Doherty, Jordan Wilmshurst, Curt DeWolff, Shannon Comeault, Poppy Quinlan, Olivia Bortolazzo, Chelsea Nerpio, and Anita Cirillo. Our athletes will be coached by Val Johnson. This year's competition will also feature international athletes. According to Acrobatic Sports the following international athletes will be competing. (As of now I have not been able to confirm this through other sour...

Gymnastics Canada has posted two articles on their website about the Indo Pacifics that wrapped up yesterday in Japan. Both mention Shasta Trampoline athletes. More medals for Canada at Indo-Pacific Trampoline and Tumbling Competition Posted Friday, July 2, 2010  "Nerpio, the most experienced member of the Canadian team, came into the meet as the medal favourite in the over 17 double mini event and lived up to expectations. “I had a few problems, but overall I’m happy with how things went, especially my last pass,” said Nerpio, a member of Canada’s silver-medal winning team in double mini at the 2009 world championships. “Not all my four passes were as clean as I would have liked but I prepared really well for this event and it paid off with the gold medal.” " Clemmer wins gold in over-17 tumbling at Indo Pacific Championships Posted Saturday, July...

Competition at the 2010 Indo Pacific Championships has wrapped up. Highlights of the final day include a 4th place finish for Cameron Quinlan on trampoline, a fifth place finish on double mini by Shannon Comeault, and an 11th place for Poppy Quinlan on double mini. We are so proud of our Shasta Athletes! A recap of all their accomplishments at this meet are: Ben Blais - Double Mini Men 10-12 Indo Pacific Champion 2010 ,  5th place synchro trampoline, and 6th place trampoline. Cameron Quinlan -  4th trampoline, 5th synchro trampoline, 6th double mini trampoline. Shannon Comeault - 5th double mini trampoline, 6th synchro trampoline, 8th trampoline. Poppy Quinlan - 6th synchro trampoline, 9th individual trampoline, 11 double mini trampoline. Anita Cirillo - 8th synchro trampoline, 10th trampoline. Chelsea Nerpio - Double Mini Women 17+ Indo Pacific Champion 2010, 4th trampoline, 8th synchro trampoline. There are also other Shasta Team members that should b...

Ben Blais has added Indo Pacific Double Mini Champion to his growing list of titles. Ben won gold in 10-12 year old Men double mini trampoline in Kakegawa Japan. Other Shasta athletes competing today were our 15-16 year old Women on trampoline. Shannon and Poppy both made finals and placed 8&9th . Also Chelsea and Anita made finals and finished 8th in 17+ Woman Synchro.

Image courtesy of Sports PEI According to the Gymnastics Coaching Blog T&T will take place in the MacLauchlan Arena on the University of PEI campus, Charlottetown.

Kakegawa is Golden for one of our own! Chelsea Nerpio, competing in 17+ women double mini, has won gold. She also finished 4th on tramp. Congratulations Chelsea! Other highlights for our athletes include: Poppy and Shannon 6th in Synchro Trampoline, Cam and Ben 5th in Synchro trampoline, Cam 6th on double mini, Ben 6th on tramp, and Anita 10th on tramp. We are so proud of each of you! Good luck in the rest of the competition. For complete results see Japan Trampoline.