KINGSTON -- Provincial and Inter-Club team members at Durham Academy of Gymnastics recently returned from a meet in Kingston which involved many clubs from across Ontario.
For the provincial athletes, it was a chance to again qualify for Elite Ontario and Provincial Championships that will be held in April and May. For the inter-club athletes, it was a chance to compete their routines for the first time this year. All of the athletes performed at their best showing the club's true spirit and love of the sport.
Provincial Qualifying Results:
Level 5 - 9yrs
Delaney Smith 6th overall with a 1st place on beam; Jenny Haydock 10th overall
Level 5 - 11yrs
Paige Smith 2nd overall with 2nd on vault and bars, 3rd on beam; Aidan Gertley 8th overall with 1st on bars
Level 5 - 14yrs+
Alyssa Pastic 2nd overall with 1st on bars, 3rd on vault; Rebecca Whitehouse 4th overall with 2nd on bars and floor, 3rd on beam
Level 6 - 11 yrs
Brooke Huleatt 11th overall with 2nd on bars; Sydney Payne 13th overall, also 2nd on bars
Level 6 - 12/13yrs
Breanna Bacon 5th overall with 3rd on bars
Level 6 - 14+yrs
Allison Lee 5th overall with 4th on bars and beam
Level 7 - 14+yrs
Marnie Brooks 10th overall with 4th on floor
Interclub Results:
Level 2 - 10yrs
Nadine Atkinson 5th overall winning 1st place on floor
11yrs
Josianne Garriock 5th overall with 2nd on bars
12yrs
Amanda Kearley 4th overall with 1st on beam, 3rd on bars
Level 3 - 10yrs
Julia Kearley 10th overall with 4th on beam
Level 4 - 9yrs
Emma Winnitoy 5th overall with 2nd on bars
11yrs
Mackenzie Dowson 4th overall with 3rd on floor
12yrs
Mallory Lawlor 5th overall with 2nd on bars and beam
14+yrs
Stephanie Bacon 3rd overall with 3rd on bars; Stephanie Silnieks 7th overall with 3rd on vault.
Level 6 - 8yrs
Madison Solonynko - the amazing pre-competitive athlete - Bronze Status.
Niagara Falls Provincial Qualifying Results:
Level 6 - 12/13yrs
Brooke Bacon 11th overall with a 2nd place finish on beam; Breanna Bacon 12th overall with a 3rd place finish on beam.
The next meet for interclub athletes is in Scarborough next month and watch for the results of our provincial athletes that have qualified to compete in Elite Ontario and the Provincial Championships. Any questions about the club, contact Emily at Durham Academy of Gymnastics 905-985-6930.
Fabricating Technics finishing season with strong run
PORT PERRY -- The Port Perry Bantam Select team sponsored by Fabricating Technics Inc. has played well during the later stages of the season.
Their good play started at the Heritage Classic tournament in Oshawa. The team played West Hill and the offence got rolling with a 12-4 victory. MVP for this game was Liam Gainey. The team ended up in the B Final in the Major Division. Port played the best game of the year to date pushing a strong Nepean team to the limit before losing 5-4. The tenacious Mitch van den Berg scored with Port's goalie pulled and the Predators were storming the opposition's goal when the buzzer sounded. Also scoring for Port was Nick Corsi with a bullet to the top corner and Nicholas Shinas who was voted MVP of the game.
Port continued their strong play with a victory over Oshawa, a team they had lost to earlier. The defence of Travis Mackey, Paul Taillon, Sean Demmer and Gary Ryckman played well and shut down Oshawa in the final period.
Port then hosted Woodville for another exciting home game. This game went down to the wire with Woodville coming away with a 4-3 victory. Scoring for the home side was Tyler Stephen, Beau Norris and Nathan Scott. Assists went to David Shadlock and Brook-lyn Luchka.
Next Port travelled to Pickering and came away with another victory. Tyler Stephen scored twice in this 4-2 victory. Josh Meekin also scored a nice goal for the Predators.
Unionville came to town and the fans were given an exciting game. The Predators won this close battle 4-2 with an empty net goal. Paul Taillon scored on a shot from the blueline, Nathan Scott scored on a breakaway after a great pass from Travis Mackey and Tyler Stephen finished Unionville off with the empty net goal. Jordan deJong-Schillings and Ally Jobe made some terrific saves to keep Port in the game as the Jets had many more scoring chances than the Predators.
The team is looking forward to the season ending tournament in Bolton in April. The sponsor, Fabricating Technics Inc, is covering the costs of the final tournament.
