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Schedule Update for June 15 – 19, 2009

A Pre-National Training Clinic will be held June 15-19, 9am-5pm.

The following athletes will attend clinic for all 5 days:

Bridgette, Elizabeth, Mary, Alex C., Jordan, Delilah, Elijah, Steven, Grace, Rebecca, Martina, Zarina, Lydia, Emma, Maura, Alison.

Other athletes participating in the clinic, but not attending all days:

Ivanna, Alex B., Lillian, Kelsey, Alexia, Giselle, Mark, Hana, Deana, Stephanie. (If you do not know what days contact Konstantin).

Schedule for athletes not attending clinic:

  • Monday
    Optional A-B (6:00pm – 9:00pm)
    Level 6-7 (6:00pm – 8:30pm)
    Tumbling II-III (4:00pm – 6:00pm)
  • Tuesday
    Level 5 (5:00pm – 7:00pm)
  • Wednesday
    Optional A-B and Level 7 (5:00pm – 8:00pm)
    Level 5-6 (5:00pm – 7:00pm)
  • Thursday
    Tumbling II-III (4:00pm – 6:00pm)
  • Friday
    Optional A-B and Level 7 (5:00pm – 8:00pm)
    Level 5-6 (5:00pm – 7:00pm)

Pre-National Training Clinic

A Pre-National Training Clinic will be held June 15-19, 9am-2pm, open to anyone who is competing at Nationals. Clinic participants will also have practice from 2pm-5pm.

Cost is $75. You must register at the front desk no later than Tuesday, June 9. The course number is 148446 (try to bring it with you for easier registration.) Clinic days are not pro-rated. You must register for the whole week, even if your child is not going to be there every day.

Kids should bring lunch and a snack with them. Lunches will be kept inside,in an air conditioned room, but not in the refrigerator. They should also bring sneakers every day and will need a bathing suit and towel at least one or two of the days.

*** We will have a revised practice schedule for kids who are not participating in the clinic, regardless of whether they are going to nationals or not. These practices will be in the evenings, after 5 pm. Exact times and days TBA, but will be posted on the website Wednesday, June 10.

Practice Schedule Updates for June, 2009

Due to the Fairland Spring Fling, during the first week of June we will have following practice schedule:

June 1 – June 6

  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Optional 1 2:00pm-4:30pm   2:00pm-4:30pm 2:00pm-4:30pm 2:00pm-4:30pm 3:30pm-6:30pm
Optional 2 6:30pm-9:00pm   6:30pm-9:00pm   6:30pm-9:00pm 3:30pm-6:30pm
Level 7-I   5:30pm-7:30pm   5:30pm-7:30pm   11:30am-1:30pm
Level 7-V   7:00pm-9:00pm   7:00pm-9:00pm   1:30pm-3:30pm
Level 6 4:30pm-6:30pm   4:30pm-6:30pm   4:30pm-6:30pm  
Level 5   4:00pm-5:30pm   4:00pm-5:30pm   9:30am-11:30am
Tumbling 1 4:00pm-6:00pm 5:00pm-7:00pm   5:00am-7:00pm    
Tumbling 2 4:00pm-6:00pm     5:00am-7:00pm    
Tumbling 3   5:00pm-7:00pm        

Optional 1
Stephanie, Jordan, Delilah,  Elijah, Lydia

Optional 2
Deana, Ivanna, TJ, Kelsey, Carly, Martina

Level 7-V
Maura, Giselle, Hana, Leila, Zarina, Elizabeth

Level 7-I
Emma, Rebecca, Mark, Alex, Noah

If your group is not listed above, practice is cancelled for this week.

Click here to view schedule for June 8 – 30, 2009.

Continue reading Practice Schedule Updates for June, 2009

Photos and Program Ads for Nationals 2009

Photos at Nationalschampionimages

Champion Images is the official photographer of the 2009 J.O. National Championships. If you would like to have your child photographed when they compete, you should register with Champion Images.  Download and fill out the order form, then fax it to them at 972-767-5000. To view photo samples, or get more info about Champion Images, click here.

Nationals Program Ads

May 26 is the deadline to turn in ads for the Nationals program. This is a great way to earn money for our team. We sell the ads and keep half of the money.
If you are interested click here.

Fairland Team traveling to Nationals

Thirty-one Fairland athletes are going to J.O. National Championships in San Jose this year.  This will be the largest group that Fairland has ever sent to Nationals. 

Following is a list of those attending and the events they will be competing.

Name  Tr  DMT  Tu  Sy
Ivanna Antezana 10      
Jordan Colquitt 10      
Stephanie Van Albert 10 9 7  
Deana Parris 10 9    
Delilah Glidden 8 8    
Kelsey Forbes 8 8 6  
Carly Berges   8 6  
Lydia Puwalski 8 7 5  
Elijah Gordon 8 8 5  
Martina Callen 8 8 6  
Zarina Meer 7 7    
Rebecca Kalinich 7 7    
Hana Khan 7 7    
Emma Smyles 7 7    
Maura Smyles 7 7    
Mark Holman 7 7    
Leila Rezvani 7 7    
Name  Tr  DMT  Tu  Sy
Grace Jarrell 7 7 5  
Giselle Gonzalez 7 7    
Alex Cheek 7 7    
Elizabeth Brown 7 7 6  
Alison Snider 6 6    
Lillian Bazis 6 6    
Steven Holman 6 6    
Bridgette Brown 6 6    
Alejandro Barrios 6 6    
Katarina Krutz 5 5    
Alexia Gonzalez 5 5    
Elianna Schiffrik 5 5    
Skye Baptiste 5      
Mary Brown 5      
         
         
         

Region 6 Championships results.

 

Vlad, Martina, Maura, Emma, Rebecca, Konstantin, Stephanie. Click photo to view larger.

Vlad, Martina, Maura, Emma, Rebecca, Konstantin, Stephanie. Click photo to view larger.

Congratulations to Fairland Trampoline and Tumbling Team for winning first place compulsory trampoline team and first place compulsory DMT team at Region 6 Championships May 16-17, 2009. Optional trampoline won second place. Compulsory tumbling won third.

Ivanna Antezanna was selected to represent Region 6 (girls 13-14) at the Regional All-Stars in San Jose, California, June 27,2009.

Twenty-one members of the Fairland team won first place and recieved Regional Champion title: 

Level 10: Ivanna (Tr, SyTr), Stephanie (SyTr, Tu), Deana (DMT)

Level 8: Delilah (Tr, DMT), Lydia (Tr, DMT), Elijah (Tr), Kelsey (Tr), Carly (Tu)

Level 7: Giselle (Tr, DMT), Mark (Tr, DMT), Alex C. (Tu), Maura (Tr, DMT), Hana (Tr, DMT), Noah (DMT), Rebecca (Tr)

Level 6: Alex B (Tr, DMT, Tu), Alison (Tr, DMT), Lillian (Tu), Bridgette (Tr), Steven (DMT)

Level 5: Mary (Tr), Alexia (DMT)

To view a full list of all results click here.

J. O. National Championships 2009

National Championships
National Championships

This year J. O. National Championships (Level 5 – 10) will be held June 23 – 29 in San Jose, California.

Registration

All Fairland Optional levels are expected to compete. If for some reason you can not attend please let Konstantin know as soon as possible.

Level 5 through 7 athletes who would like to compete should tell Konstantin before Wednesday, May 13. If your child has not yet qualified, but you will go if he/she qualifies at Regionals, you need to respond.  He will be completing the registration for Nationals immediately after Regionals and mailing the next day, Monday May 18. If you do not tell Konstantin that your child plans to go to Nationals, pending qualification, your child will not be registered.

“Entries after the deadline are subject to the approval of the Program Director and, if approved, entry fees will be doubled.”

Meet Fee Accounts

Make sure you have enough funds in your child’s account before Monday, May 18, if you are  planning to go to Nationals.   If you do not have funds in your account, your child will not be registered. Please contact Valerie Jarrell if you have questions about the status of your account.
San Jose Convention Center
San Jose Convention Center

Entry fees are as follows:

  • Levels 8-10
    First event – $125
    Each additional event – $20
  • Levels 5-7
    First event – $115
    Each additional event – $20

Location

J. O. National Championships will be held in San Jose McEnery Convention Center – Hall 2-3.

150 W San Carlos St
San Jose, CA 95113

Arrival Dates

Optional Level athletes should arrive in San Jose on Tuesday, June 23, and may leave Sunday, June 28, if they are not competing in any events at a lower level.

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Level 5 – 7 athletes should arrive Friday, June 26 and may leave Tuesday, June 30.

Host Hotels

Contact National Travel Systems at   888-603-8747   for reservations at one of the host hotels near the convention center.  Additional info about visiting San Jose is available here.

Practice Schedule Updates for May, 2009

This weekend Level 10 and up athletes will travel to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, for the U.S. Elite Challenge. Due to this meet, Optional A team members will not practice at Fairland on Friday and Saturday, May 8-9. All other Trampoline and Tumbling teams practices will remain as scheduled. 

Due to Region 6 Championships

    We'll need some help packing our trampolines for Regionals.
    Seeking help loading trampolines for Regionals.
  • Friday, May 16 – Optional team will practice from 5pm till 7:30pm. After practice we will need help of several parents to load our trampolines onto the truck. If you are willing to help please email me at kosta@kgymnastics.com.
  • Saturday, May 17 – All athletes who are registered to compete at Regional Championships should report to the Berkeley Recreation Center at 11am. Again, we will need help setting up trampolines around 10am. There won’t be any practice at Fairland on Saturday.
  • Monday, May 18 – All competetive team practice is canceled. D-team will remain as schedule.

More dates to remember:

  • Saturday, May 23 – STG and Level 5 canceled. All other groups will practice as scheduled.
  • Monday, May 25 – Fairland is closed due to memorial day.

Detailed Schedule for Region 6 Championships

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Competition sessions will take place both Saturday and Sunday (May 16-17) for Regionals.  To view the full schedule for Fairland athletes, click “Continue reading…” at the bottom of this post.

Parents/Spotters — Our team will be expected to provide 2 adult spotters for every session that Fairland has athletes registered.

“All trampoline teams with 10 or more athletes in the meet, be prepared to provide two adult spotters for half-session long duty at trampoline for each training and competition session.”

Also of note…

  • Absolutely no food or drink on the competition floor
  • There is an official meet photographer and only that photographer may be on the floor “within the ropes”.
  • A coupon for a basic meet T Shirt is included in the athlete goody bag. Coupon may be redeemed for basic shirt only or used for $15 toward upgraded shirt or alternate item.

Detailed schedule  for Regionals follows…

Continue reading Detailed Schedule for Region 6 Championships