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May 2024 / Issue 34Do you have friends and family that are interested in gymnastics? Share this newsletter and ask them to hit: |
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In case you missed it...- The membership fee structure for the 2024-2025 season has been released. You can find them here.
- The CanGym Active Start curriculum is available. As a member benefit AGF is covering the cost of one user account per club. To access this benefit, or to add additional users, click here.
- Our Parkour Program Curriculum is ready for purchase!!! See here for more info.
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MAG athletes named to the 2024 Canadians Team MAG NewsOur athletes are gearing up for Canadians. Athletes from our MAG Open, Aspire, Junior and Senior categories will be taking Gatineau, QC by storm to show the country what we can do! 🙌😤🍁 Competition starts on June 5th. In preparation, you can find the team here on Instagram and Facebook. Drop them a like and comment to show your support! This weekend, Team Alberta is meeting up in Red Deer for a training camp. It's a great opportunity to connect with the athletes and coaches from other parts of the province and to gain some valuable time in the gym. Finally, clubs have been picking up this year's SWAG, so we hope all of you are enjoying your new AGF shirts and belt bags. You look amazing, so keep showing them off! In the office, we are already paying close attention to the rapidly approaching 2024-2025 season. Calendar planning and prep are both underway. Can you believe it?! |
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WAG athletes named to the 2024 Canadians Team WAG NewsThank you so much to St. Albert Gymnastics who hosted the Alberta Xcel and Compulsory Championships earlier this month! It was the first time both programs were combined into one event, and nearly 1,000 athletes from all across Alberta attended! We had participants from Xcel Bronze to Diamond and CCP Levels 1-5. High fives to all of the athletes, coaches, judges, and especially the volunteers who made this event a huge success! Please click here to view all results of this event! Did you order a souvenir Xcel, Compulsory, or Provincials bodysuit and have yet to receive it? Contact Carolyn, and she can look into it for you. We also had an incredible time last month at Westerns (click here for results) in Langley, BC where Team Alberta came away with 46 medals and a lot of stories and memories. No time to rest; now Team Alberta is working hard to prepare for Canadians which take place in less than 2 weeks. Check out our Instagram and Facebook feeds for the team announcements and celebrate them with a like and comment of encouragement! |
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Acro NewsTeam AB is thrilled to be joining the Artistic and TG teams in Québec at Canadians! Our teams are ready. They've perfected their routines and studied their schedules. All that's left is to pack their bags, board the plane, arrive at their dorm / AirBnB, then have fun! Competition runs from June 6th-9th at the Complexe Branchaud-Brière in Gatineau. Be sure to tune in on HomeTeam to cheer along. We'll be posting the results on our website after the event. Keep an eye out for them and GO ALBERTA GO!!!!!!! ---------------------------------------- The ACRO community also wants to wish our manager, Bobby Kriangkum, well as he moves on to a new job! Bobby added the ACRO program to his plate in the Fall of 2022, and he has been a true workhorse for the sport. Thank you Bobby and good luck at Ortona! |
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TG News
All of the sweat, preparation, and hard work over this season is coming to fruition! Our TG team is currently in the Queen's City (Regina, SK) for Western Canada Cup. Best of luck to them; watch our website and this space for results. 👊🏅🤩 You can also watch the event live on HomeTeam! Our National team has a very short turnaround as they'll be leaving a week later for Canadians in the Ottawa/Gatineau region. We're super excited for the 2024 Canadian Championships! For the first time in several years, all gymnastics disciplines will be competing together. We cannot wait to cheer on our MAG, WAG, and ACRO teams, and to have them come support us. Go Team Alberta Go! May has been a busy month for all of us. At AGF, we are confirming travel arrangements, registrations, and schedules. Our athletes are putting in extra training, our coaches are doing all they can to help them prepare, judges are taking time from their jobs to travel across the country, and parents are volunteering to help out our team. It truly takes a lot of time and dedication from hundreds of people to make these events successful. I know it can get stressful, so I want to thank everyone for everything they do for this sport and to wish the athletes good luck! We are so proud of you all! |
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The GFA program wants to thank Bobby Kriangkum for all of his hard work and support over the past five and half years! Bobby joined AGF in September 2018 as our Manager of GFA + Membership Engagement and he has contributed so much to promoting our sport and improving the experiences of participants, coaches, and administrators. He was also invaluable at competitions. Gymfest 2024 was Bobby's last event so we hope you all had a chance to give him a fist bump and wish him good luck on his new adventure. 😊👏 We will be looking for a new manager shortly. The job posting should be up soon, so check back to our classified section if you're interested! |
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Event Photographs Available!
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2024 Canadian Championships Livestream
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The 2024 Canadian Championships will be livestreamed on HomeTeam Live! Please click here or on the photo above to access the livestream when the event runs from June 5th-9th. |
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Upcoming NCCP CoursesAll registered AGF members will get 7 days to sign up for NCCP courses BEFORE they open to the general public. If you are registered with an AGF Member Club, contact their administrator, and they will grant you access.
*If you do not have a current AGF Membership in the Uplifter registration system, it will not allow you to sign up during the member-only time frame.* - GF Theory | May 26 | online FULL
- GF Trampoline | May 26 | Phoenix Gymnastics WAITLIST
- GF Active Start | June 2 | Phoenix Gymnastics
- GF Introduction & Artistic | June 8-9 | Grande Prairie
- GF Theory | June 9 | Online
- C1 Theory | June 12-14 | Online
- C1 WAG | June 27-29 | Glenmore Gymnastics WAITLIST
- C1 WAG | July 3-5 | NEGC
- GF Introduction & Artistic | July 6-7 | Glenmore Gymnastics
- GF Introduction & Artistic | July 20-21 | Glenmore Gymnastics
- GF Theory | July 20 | Online
- GF Theory | July 28 | Online
Register and view all available courses here, or to view all past, present, and upcoming courses, visit our website.
If a course is full, make sure to put yourself on the waitlist, so you can be notified of spots that become available due to cancellation.
The NCCP Newsletter comes out every Friday with information about all available NCCP courses. Don't miss out, sign up! |
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The new Coaching in Canada eLearning module was developed to support international coaches in implementing and adapting their coaching methods, principles, values, and past experiences within the context of sport in Canada.
Launch date: April 30th
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Cost: Free
NCCP PD Points towards maintenance of certification: 1 point
Learning outcomes:
- Reflect on Indigenous history
- Consider the unique needs of individual athletes when making decisions that affect them
- Identify the key concepts of high-performance coaching in the context of sport in Canada
- Recall key elements and programs that support the Safe Sport movement
- Understand the structure of the sport system in Canada
- Identify the appropriate sport organization to contact for specific inquiries to assist athletes and coaches
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Advanced Coaching Diploma (ACD)The ACD will be a requirement of the new NCCP Competition 4 (Development Advanced Gradation) program. More information to come in September regarding the Development Advanced Gradation. The NCCP Advanced Coaching Diploma (ACD) program draws on the expertise of leading sports scientists and sports industry leaders as well as expert NCCP coaches and mentors. Encouraging NCCP Competition-Development Certified coaches to progress to the next level in their coaching pathway raises the standard of excellence in sport. As of 2023, the NCCP ACD program has been revised to offer an updated curriculum as well as more accessibility and flexibility. Applications are currently being accepted until June 30 for the September program at Canadian Sport Institute Ontario for English delivery and at Institut National du Sport du Québec for French programming. Click here for more info! |
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Coaching Association of Canada - Coaching AwardsThe Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) strives to recognize coaches and organizations who reflect the diverse makeup of Canada and celebrates their tremendous contributions to its sport in Canada and to the success of its participants on and off the field of play. Below are the current awards accepting nominations. Click here for more information. Coaching Awards: - Lifetime Achievement Award - Nominations Deadline Fri, July 5
- Coach of the Year Award - Nomination Deadline Mon, Sept 16
- Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award - Nomination Deadline Mon, Sept 16
- Impact Award - Nominations Deadline Fri, July 5
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Alberta Gymnastics Federation's 53rd Birthday
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Wow! On May 14 AGF celebrated our 53rd birthday as an organization! We are so thankful to be a part of the gymnastics community for all of these years, and we look forward to many more. It's an amazing family! A special thanks to everyone who wished us happy birthday on social media and shared their favourite AGF memories. Check out a few comments below and click the photos to see our birthday posts! |
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June is Canadian Men's Health Month where the goal is to inspire Canadian men to live healthier lives by prioritizing their health and wellness. Many men do not do this which puts them at risk for common health conditions as they get older and go through lifestyle changes. Therefore, the hope for the month is to inspire men all across Canada to take an active role in their health through changes in their diet and exercise routines, by reducing consumption of alcohol, and by quitting smoking. Additionally, it is a time to focus on mental health and wellbeing by finding ways to reduce stress and anxiety while also working to manage depression or other mental health diseases and disorders through therapy or other means. Check out these Mental Wellness for Men resources! With community support, backed by the Canadian Men's Health Foundation, 75% of men improved their eating habits; 45% drank less alcohol; 70% increased their exercise, sports, or physical activity; 46% lost weight; and 35% reduced their stress level. Check out the study for more information! |
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AGF and the Provincial and Territorial Gymnastics Sports organizations across Canada are pleased to announce the launch of SafeSport Gym Education.
SafeSport Gym Education is a collection of gymnastics organizations from across the country who worked hard to create documentary-style videos to share what safe sport means from real people, completely unscripted from real athletes, real coaches and real parents.
This is a collection of moments, feelings, and stories to educate us all.
Visit SafeSportGymEducation.org to view videos for all ages and for all people involved in our sport, in both official languages. You will also find Activity Books, Colouring Pages, and fact sheets about each video!
Feel free to browse and share and stay safe, because Safe Sport is Everyone's Responsibility.
Contact us at info@abgym.ab.ca for more information. |
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Instagram: @albertagymnastics
reposted from @saramooore_
Elite Canada 2024 Recap Video - Phoenix TG
I want to apologize to my team for the delay in this video as I was dealing with some family happenings. Elite Canada may not have been a success for me, but always amazing to see my teammates great achievements.
Let’s get locked in for nationals next month! Go team Phoenix and Team AB💚💚💚
#trampoline #tumbling #trampolinegymnastics Click the photo to watch their reel! |
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A Word from Finance and Membership 💵💰💲
Things continue to buzz around the AGF Finance offices as the competitions and events come fast and furious!
After each event, I summarize the revenues and costs to see how AGF did and what can be improved upon in the future. It's awesome to report that we saw over 300 spectators join us for Acro Provincial Championships at Acrobatic Studio, over 725 people for Gymfest at Mount Royal University, and a whopping 3,000+ cheering fans at Artistic and TG Provincials at the Olympic Oval. Wow! Now let's see if we can beat those numbers next year 😁👍 Clubs and participants are also receiving their invoices for Artistic Westerns which occurred last month. The sheer workload I watch our Program Managers go through is incredible. Organizing travel, food, and accommodations, as well as outfitting an entire team of athletes and coaches, is no small feat. Kudos to them! I also know they do their very best to keep costs as low and as reasonable as possible. For me, I accomplished a goal in finalizing the costing reports within a month of Team Alberta's return from BC. I know it's no fun to receive an invoice several months after it happened, and I am committed to streamlining processes and getting that turnaround time down as far as it can go. To everyone who's finished competing this year, bravo! You've worked so hard and deserve some much needed rest. To everyone going to Canadians next month, good luck!!!! We're cheering you on. P.S. Go Oilers 😉 |
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2023-2024 Team Alberta Results 🤸♀️🥇🥈🥉🤸♂️
2023 Trampoline Gymnastics Canadian Championships
🥇 11 🥈9 🥉 10 Results
2024 Arctic Winter Games
🥇 4 🥈2 🥉 2
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2024 Artistc Western Canadian Championships - MAG
🥇 18 🥈14 🥉 19
Results
2024 Artistc Western Canadian Championships - WAG
🥇 18 🥈14 🥉 14
Results
Way to go Team!!! |
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Getting to know our members! 📩
In April we asked:
We had an amazing time welcoming our members and their friends and families to the 2024 Artistic, TG and Acro Provincial Championships!!! When the competitions were finished, how did you celebrate and unwind? 🙌🍕🕺💃🥞🚞🎇 "I slept for 2 days!" -@dawnvandevyvere on Instagram
🤠🏅 Question of the Month 🤸👏
We're coming up to the end of gymnastics season, so we're all going to have a lot of free time. Gamers, we want your video game and board game suggestions! What should we be playing? 😎🎮🕹️🎲
Answer our Question of the Month, and you could be featured in our next newsletter!!! Don't forget to include your first name and city/town. Send your responses to info@abgym.ab.ca or DM us on Instagram @albertagymnastics
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👥 Getting to Know Your AGF Team! 🙌 With springtime fully underway, what do you love most about this time of year? Is there anything you dislike?🌼🌞🚴🏃♀️🌻 |
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Jacinda - I love the ease of wearing dresses and not having to match an outfit. Dislike extreme heat. Anything over 23 degrees is too much for me. lol Keevin - One of my favourite things about Spring is the feeling of everything coming back to life. All the trees budding, flowers blooming, and birds chirping. I will admit I do miss seeing the Trilliums in Ontario. Alberta doesn’t have as many flowers as Ontario but I love seeing all the baby bunnies. The other thing I love most is biking. The biking trails here are spectacular! The only thing I wish is that Spring wasn’t so windy… Haleigh - I love a good springtime rainstorm. 🌦️ Those days where you get to stay inside with the windows open, listening to the soft rhythm of the rain while reading a book or watching a movie are priceless! The chance to see a rainbow is an added bonus, too! 🌈 Of course, the sunshine is great, too, and when the weather is nice, I like to sit on the back deck, grill out, or take my huskies for walks! 🐕🦺🌞 Mo - I love the springtime when all my plants seem to perk up and start growing more rapidly 🌱 I grow my own herbs and its so exciting when they peek out and lean toward the sun. It's also so nice to go out for a run and enjoy the lushness of the trees and all the pretty flowers that come with the season.
Robin - Love that the weather is warming up. I actually love the rain; how it makes everything so fresh and lush with all the blooming trees and flowers. The best part though, is being able to open my windows at home and have fresh air running through again. So nice! ☔🌷🌳
Craig - Yes the weather is nice and I get to take the bike out again....but truly the best part of Spring is that it's NBA playoff season!!! 😎🏀🙌 And then Stampeders football is just around the corner.
Carolyn - I love being able to get outside and enjoy the warm weather and fresh air. It is nice to see the flowers bloom and and the grass get greener. I love spending time outside with my boys biking and playing at the park. 🚴🌳🌺
Jacqueline - I love seeing everything getting green and showing signs of new life and getting to see my boys play the sport ⚾ they love. What I don’t like is freezing in the rain/snow while I support my boys love of sport outside. 😊 Roland the Monkey - I like to enjoy my hobbies, like DJ'ing! 🎶🎧🤘 |
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