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3 Athletes Named to World Age Group Team

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

New West Parks and Rec Needs Your Vote!

The Youth Centre @ Moody Park fundraising campaign is one of 20 winning entries in the Kraft Celebrations Tour contest. To win one of the $25,000 grand prizes we must receive the most online votes. The youth centre campaign is only up against one other project in BC so we have a great chance of winning $25,000-but we need your help! Yes, it really is that easy! Voting for youth centre entry starts Friday, July 23 rd 9:00am PST until Saturday, July 24 th 8:59am PST To vote, visit http://kraftcelebrationtour. tsn.ca/top20/1699#matchup      You only have 24hrs to vote so please save time in your calendar to vote on Friday, July 23 rd beginning at 9:00am PST Please vote frequently and please add this to your facebook and distribute to all of your family, friends, contacts, etc (Votes from across Canada and internationally are encouraged!) For more information on the youth centre campaign, visit www.youthcentreatmoodypark.ca 10 communities (one in each province) will be pr...

National Level Trampoline Camp

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 Newest Canada Cup Champions and Podium Finishers

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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...

Fly Away Home

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.

We are proud of our team!

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.

Fun, Fun & More Fun

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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.