Wildcard Gymnastics Team News

You can come tomorrow (Thurs) 9-12 pm…there will also be some upcoming private lessons available …a sheet will be posted in the office (private lessons will be available for Level 2s & 3s too).

Last call!!  We need payment and orders on all tickets for the Kellogg’s Tour of Champions tomorrow (Weds) by 4:45 p.m.  We have the $65 tickets ( Gold Medal Seats) and the $50 tickets (Silver Medal Seats) available.  It is held at the BMO Harris Bradley Center on October 14th at 7:00 pm.  Everyone is responsible to get to their seats on their own.  There will be no late orders!  PS- Remember – We will need to get the gym set up for the meet on Thursday night!!

August 2nd – Butler National Night Out  5-8:30(Working on it) – TBD

August 3rd – Tosa National Night Out (Milwaukee County Zoo) from 4:00-8:00 pm.
* Two performances: 5:30-6 ish p.m. and 6:30-7 ish p.m.
* Level 4s and Optionals must commit to working the “stations” from 4-8 p.m. They will have a rotating schedule and be allowed some free time but this will allow the other coaches/gymnasts to rest too. Wear sunscreen! More details to come.  (NO EVENING TEAM PRACTICE!)

August 10th- Wildcard Day at the Fair…I’m checking into doing the parade at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 10th.  I’m sure it wont be a problem – This will be open to all gymnasts: Gold Bugs, Dragonflies, Fast Track, and Boys/Girls Team and T&T.  If we do the parade, gymnasts can meet at Amy’s house (212 S 75th) and walk over together but they need to have money for tickets/food, etc.  – We will walk over at about 1:30 p.m. – meet at Amy’s by 1:00.  Gymnasts must be picked up or met by a parent by  4 p.m. at the Giant Pig; inside the park.  The rest of the night is yours to spend at the fair with your gymnast.  Coaches will not be responsible for walking gymnasts back to Amy’s house.  More details to come. There will be no evening TEAM practice – we will make up on Thursday, August 11th 4:30-7:30 p.m.

August 17th –Mary Jude Nursing Home Performance (Crystal’s Grandma!)
9806 W. Lincoln; enter off of 98th not Lincoln, back parking lot
*Weather permitting! 2-3 p.m. exhibition    NO EVENING TEAM PRACTICE – Level 2s, 3s & 4s can make up on Thursday, August 18th 4:30-7:30 p.m.

July 1st installment posted and due.  Fees Will continue to post August 1st, September 1st & October 1st.
– 1st meet fee has posted to accounts as of July 1st.
– 1st installment fee will be processed Friday July 22nd automatically for anyone who has not already paid this fee. 

**Please check accounts and review your charges.**

Level 2   4 installments of $137.50
Level 3   4 installments of $156.25
Level 4   4 installments of $165

**All accounts must be paid in full in order for gymnasts to compete.**

We are fortunate enough to get Early Bird pricing for the Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions 2016 tour. We have two different seating/pricing options.  $50 and $65 (closer seating of course). Families are responsible for their own transportation and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Please let Amy or Rhea know if you plan on attending by Wednesday, July 20th.  Payment must be made in full at that time.  Please know this is a hard deadline.

With us attending this event, this means we must have the gym set up for competition by Thursday, October 13th.  Any questions, again please let Amy or Rhea know.

Don’t forget about our performance at the Hales Corner Library on Wednesday, July 13th at 10:30 a.m.  Arrive around 10 a.m. to help unload, set-up and stretch.

Girls – wear your 2015 Exhibition leotard, or an old exhibition leo.  IF you don’t have one, wear a black or purple leotard.  (NO, the other leotards have NOT come in  yet – we are still patiently awaiting their arrival.)  Gold Bugs ARE invited to this show!  Fast Track does not have a routine yet, so you may come and watch if you would like.

Boys – wear a Wildcard shirt and black shorts.

See you there.

Hales Corner Library –  5885 S 116th St

Congratulations to all of our gymnasts that competed at AAU Nationals.  We brought home quite a few medals and for some of our gymnasts it was one of their first competitions EVER or their first competition at this Level!  So nice job Wildcard Gymnasts!  Next year’s competition will be held in Kingsport, Tennessee – June 21-June 25th so we are hoping to have even bigger representation from Wildcard!  Start planning now.  See attached link for the flyer!

SaveTheDate – AAU Nationals Tennessee

Results:
Level 7
Aaliyah – V 9.2 (4th), UB 8.7 (3rd), BM 7.7, FX 9.025, AA 34.425 (4th)
Emily – Vault 8.9 (6th), Bars 8.0 (5th), BM 7.325, FX 8.725, AA 32.950 (8th)
Jordan – V 8.75, UB 9.2 (1st), BM 8.275, FX 8.85, AA 35.075 (5th)
Lilly – V 9.075(6th), UB 9.175 (2nd),BM 9.0 (2nd),FX 9.125 (5th), AA 36.375(2nd)

Level 6
Aniyah – V 8.75, UB 8.05, BM 8.55, FX 8.65, AA 34.0 (11th)
Damayiah – V 9.2 (4th place), UB 8.25, BM 8.3, FX 9.0 (8th),AA 34.75 (9th)

Level 4
Caelyr – V 8.2 (8th?), UB 8.025, BM 8.4, Floor 8.2, AA 32.850 (10th)
Rhianna – V 7.85, UB 8.225, BM 7.4, FX 8.4, AA 31.825 (10th)

Level 3
Payton – V 8.85, UB 7.7, BM 7.8, FX 8.15, AA 32.50 (11th)
Keagan – V 8.6, UB 7.2, BM 7.25, FX 7.450, AA 30.50 (11th)

Level 2
Tehana – V 8.850, UB 8.8, BM 8.950 (7th), FX 8.95, AA 35.55 (10th)
Nevaeh – V 8.4, UB 7.5, BM 9.025 (6th), FX 8.9, AA 33.825 (14th)
Mae – V 8.8 (7th), UB 8.4, BM 8.75 (5th), FX 8.65, AA 34.6 (10th)
Jessa – V 8.8, UB 8.5, BM 8.8, FX 9.325 (6th), AA 35.435 (9th)

Congratulations gymnasts and coaches!

OLYMPIC TRIALS
The Olympic Trials are schedule for this weekend. Here is the televised schedule:
On Friday, July 8 watch live on NBC at 9:00 p.m. ET or watch live online at 8:30 p.m.
On Sunday, July 10 watch live on NBC at 8:30 p.m. ET or watch live online at 8:00 p.m.

NBC has an awesome gymnastics website – catch up on your favorites, watch some behind the scenes with our Olympic hopefuls, check out the Men’s National team and more!! http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics
Don’t miss the Road to Rio!!! USA! USA!

MEET FEES
The first installment of compulsory meet fees were supposed to be due July 1st. With Ben and Amy being out of the gym at the competition in Florida, those should be paid before the 20th! However the second installment will be due August 1st. These are for the 8 meets plus State (possibility of 4 for Level 2 gymnasts – though 8 are recommended for consistency, development & progress) that we will be competing in the Fall. If you have not yet seen the schedule, I will try to re-post it, but there are copies hanging on the bulletin board in the gym as well.

2016 Compulsory Meet Schedule Levels 2-4

September 17-18     Racine Gymnastics— Racine, WI*
September 24-25    Swiss Turners—West Allis
October 1-2              CSA—UW Whitewater *
October 8-9             WCGC – Elkhorn
October 15-16          Wildcard Gymnastics – Brookfield * (10/14 Kellogg’s Tour 7 pm )
October 22-23         Northshore Gymnastics– Cedarburg
October 29-30         Starz—Green Bay
November 12-13      M&M Gymnastics—New Berlin*
November 19-20     Pick up meet at Scamps if needed – additional charge
December 3-4          Level 3-5 State Meet – Alliant Center—Madison
December 10-11      Level 2 State Meet—UW Oshkosh
December 10-11      Clash of the Titans UW-Oshkosh (additional meet)

Meet fees (including State Meet & USAG membership)
Level 2 (8 meets & State): $550; $400 (4 meets)
*meets are the 4 required meets, 8 recommended
Level 3 (8 meets & State): $625
Level 4 (8 meets & State): $660

** Installments can be made by: July 1st, August 1st, September 1st & October 1st.
Level 2   4 installments of $137.50 or 4 installments of $100
Level 3   4 installments of $156.25
Level 4   4 installments of $165

Tentative Optional Pricing:  $900-$1000 for 8 meets, State and USAG membership (Invitationals have been costing about $125 per entry, not including a TEAM entry fee, coaching fees not included yet…)

Tentative T&T Pricing: $500 for 4 meets & State; add $60 for USAG membership

Please remember that for our home meet – Compulsory gymnasts and parents will be asked to help with the meet and provide a food item as delegated. Please check the blog and Facebook posts for more closer to the date.

We will have a Fast Track, Level 2 and New Level 3 parent meeting in July.  All Teams meeting regarding Wild Wild West Meet, etc….  Date TBD….

Wildcard’s home meet is scheduled for October 14th & 15th. We will begin set-up on October 12th and 13th and need help putting the gym back together after the meet. ALL compulsory and optional gymnast parents (and older gymnasts) should plan to help, as well as Boys and Fast Track. We will begin planning committees for food, set-up, awards, hospitality, concessions, and more – soon! Watch for upcoming blog posts and sign-ups.

The Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions is here Friday, October 14th at 7 pm. I will do everything possible to make sure that our gymnasts don’t have a session that conflicts with the Tour if you are planning to take you child. Seats range in price from $59-$89. I am not organizing group seats just because I will have enough to do with the meet so if anyone else wants to take that on, let me know. Optionals – If any of you are planning to attend, please let me know – I have a question for you. 🙂 Wishful thinking: Could we get the gym set up Thursday night / finishing touches on Friday morning – then all head to the Kellogg’s tour?? Who’s in?   http://www.kelloggstour.com/ 

SUMMER PRACTICES
Summer practice times are in full swing. Please let us know if your gymnast will be out of town. I will put a calendar on the wall in the office and the gymnasts/families should label it if they have plans to go out of town. We are having an overwhelming number of gymnasts missing from practice so there are too many coaches. We definitely understand it is summer and there are family vacations scheduled but this is also the time when we have achieve the most skills and work on routines. September 1st will come up VERY quickly!! Gymnasts missing skills will not compete until they have all of the skills necessary for the their level. Our goal for Wildcard gymnasts this year is to have all of the NEXT Level skills before the end of the September season. This way gymnasts are ready to try their new level in January during the AAU season.
* Don’t forget about the Hales Corner Library Show at 10:30 on July 13th. Meet at the library about 10:00 a.m to help with set-up and to get stretched. Wear your old exhibition leotards, unless our new ones are here! We will still have regularly scheduled evening practice for Levels 2, 3, 4 that night.

Gold Bugs I : 9-11 Sat (Sarah& Amy)
Gold Bugs II: 5:30-7 W (Sarah) & 11-12:30 Sat (Sarah & Amy)

Fast Track Purple: 4:30-6:30 T & TH (Sam & Julia)
Fast Track Silver: 6:30-8:30 T & TH (Sam & Julia)

Xcel Bronze & Silver: 5:30-7:30 M & W (Beth) * Starts this week!!
Xcel Gold: Come with Level 4s or Optionals

Tops: 4:30-6:30 W, 9-11 Sat (Nadiya)
Hopes: 4:30-6:30 M, 11-1 Sat (Nadiya)

Level 2s: 4:30-6:30 M & W, 9-noon T & TH (Beth, Jessica)
Level 3s: 4:30-7:30 M & W, 9-noon T & TH (Rhea & Kristin & Julia)
Level 4s: 4:30-7:30 M & W, 9-noon T, 9-12:30 F (Christina/Diana)
Level 6-9s: 4:30-8:30 M, T, TH; 9-noon M & TH, 9-12:30 F (Amy, Jessica, Nadiya)
PLEASE MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE AT MORNING PRACTICES!!!

Athlete Registration – pick up credentials
* Registration starts 6/29 from 12-6 pm.
6/30 Thurs 7:30 am – 4 pm
7/1 Fri 7:30 am – 2 pm
7/2 Sat 7:30 – 2 pm

* Everyone should plan to pick up their own credentials unless you NEED to arrange something else with AMY. Because not all gymnasts of the same Level are in the same sessions, it will be easier for all gymnasts to pick up their own credentials. Please note that this could take an additional 30 minutes; and we are asked to arrive 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the meet. AAU intends to start sessions early if it is possible, so we recommend getting there early!!!

6/30 Thurs – Is Coach Ben’s birthday. He would like to invite all to come and hang out at dinner. Everyone is more than welcome. We are thinking Downtown Disney but we will have more details soon!

7/1 Fri is Opening Ceremonies – Meet at 6:00 pm at the ESPN Giant Globe to walk in together; late comers will need to follow the directions below.  * We will wear our RED WISCONSIN T-SHIRTS and SILVER SHORTS (that will be delivered to Florida).  I will bring them to the gymnastics sessions and Friday night’s dinner – text AMY to make other arrangements.

The Celebration of Athletes Ceremony will be Friday, July 1, at 7 p.m. at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Josten Center. Athletes will need to report to the main entrance of Champion Stadium promptly at 6:30 to line up for the grand march in. The districts are divided by alphabetical order to line up on either the 1st or 3rd baseline outer concourse. This is a covered area with industrial fans and water stations. You should look for the lollipop signs with your district name. Coaches we will need your help, so please plan to have at least one representative line up with your team if at all possible. You should let your parents know that it does take some time to march in so many kids but we will do our very best to provide an enjoyable experience for all.

We will head to the 1st base Concourse (in this order): Central, Florida Gold, Iowa, Lake Erie, Michigan, Missouri Valley, New England, Ohio, Ozark, Pacific Southwest, Southeastern, Wisconsin

As the athletes march in, they will be seated in designated areas on the floor for the entertainment portion of the celebration. We will have performances which will include musical and vocals, acro national team performance, our very special guest speaker, and other special appearances. At the end of the celebration, district will be released one at a time to their coaches who can assist making sure athlete return to their parents.

Not sure where to meet but we can plan to meet at the Giant Globe again.
Amy’s cell: 414-303-5195

PS- I will have the WISCONSIN Leotards! They will be delivered to the district office in Florida and I will pick them up. Bring your Exhibition & Competition leotard just in case! If you are coming to dinner on 6/30 – I can get you your leotard then if you let me know. Expediting them pulled the cost up $10 but they are so cute and totally worth it.

Safe Travels! See you in Florida! Good luck Wildcard Girls & Coaches!

Due to family matters, T&T practice for today Thursday, June 23rd, and the make up practice for tomorrow Friday, June 24th are cancelled.  Make up days for these days will be announced at a later day.  Sorry for the inconvenience.

So apparently they are offering a second order thru AAU Wisconsin to purchase the Wisconsin leotard, shorts and t-shirt for Florida. Now the hope is that they would definitley be here in time; we originally hadn’t received the info so Wildcard wasn’t able to send it out to anyone.

The hope would be that anyone that orders the Wisconsin leotard can wear it for competition at Disney; however if they aren’t here on time the plan is to wear long sleeves (or exhibition leotards if your gymnast doesn’t have a long sleeve). So we would most likely bring along all of the above to Florida.

I will try and put a rush order on it if everyone wants to purchase this one to wear in Florida…but if they don’t come in time we will wear or Wildcard leotards.

I must place the order tonight! So I need confirmation and payment ASAP. If anyone else is interested please let me know. The cost is $50.00. They are super cute! Red with sparkly Wisconsin and silver shorts. Ask Amy to see them!
We hope that everyone competing is ordering them!!!

Please email or call if you DO NOT want to order these for Florida, because I will plan to count everyone in!!!