Wildcard Gymnastics Team News

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!!!

Gymnasts (and Parents) –
Please make sure if you are bringing money to practice for the vending machine, that your money or valuables are locked up! You are allowed to put a lock on your locker as long as you give Miss Amy your combination. Never show others your money, wallet, Ipod, etc. – we don’t want to encourage anyone to steal. Don’t forget to clean up anything you bring with you each night! Help keep our locker rooms neat.

With summer arriving, gymnasts (and coaches!) can get a little sweaty. Please remember to wear deodorant and wash your leotards. It is recommended to wear a clean leotard each practice night and to make sure you are taking your leotards home so they don’t get moldy and smelly in your locker! There will be extra spray deodorant in the bathroom, in case you forget, but be a champion and wear/bring your own. You can keep some in your locker too!

Please be drinking enough water as the warm weather causes gymnasts to sweat. Gymnasts need to rehydrate often and drink almost a full glass of water after practice. In addition, with the additional practice hours, make sure your gymnast is getting enough sleep and RESTING (not swimming!) during double practices!

Keep up the great work Wildcard! We are going to have a fabulous summer!

Hey all!
These are the LAST evening open gyms – on Friday 6/10 and Saturday 6/11!
Team gymnasts – since you don’t have practice – it might be nice to come in and flip around! Bring a friend!

Our only summer Open Gym will be Fridays from 12:30-2 P.M. – with Pizza and Soda for an additional $2.

Evening and Preschool open gyms will return around Labor Day!

June 10th -No Team practice
June 11th – Shape Up West Allis Exhibition 10-11:30 (Not going if storming!);
No TOPS/HOPES
June 13th – Summer Schedule starts!
(AM practices 9-noon; Level 3s stay until 7:30 p.m.!)
June 14th – No T&T
June 16th – No T&T
June 17th – First Friday practice (9am – 12:30pm); Open Gym 12:30-2 pm
June 24th – T&T make up practice 10:30am – 12:30 pm; Open Gym 12:30-2 pm
June 28th – No T&T
June 30th – No T&T; Good Luck to those competing at AAU Nationals!
July 1st – No Team Practice / No Open Gym (Happy Holiday); First meet installment due!
July 2nd – No Hopes or Tops / Rec/ Boys (Happy Holiday)
July 4th – No Hopes/Tops / Boys /Rec or Team!!! Happy 4th of July
No Parades either!
July 5th – Xcel Bronze/Silver changes to 5:30-7:30 p.m.
July 8th – T&T Make up practice 10:30-12:30 pm; Open Gym 12:30-2 pm
July 13th – Hales Corner Library Exhibition 10:30-11:30 (All Boys/Girls Teams; Gold Bugs; Xcel and T&T to perform)
July 15th – T&T Make up practice 10:30-12:30 pm; Open Gym 12:30-2 pm
July 22nd – T&T Make up practice 10:30-12:30 pm; Open Gym 12:30-2 pm
July 29th – Open Gym 12:30-2 pm
August 1st – 2nd Meet installment due!

*Boys practices TBD – …except for Holidays and Exhibitions

Because most schools are out by then, there will no practice Friday, June 10th.

Saturday, June 11th, 2016 in the parking lot behind Anchor Bank, West Allis Downtown, Wildcard Gymnastics will be performing and helping with the obstacle course from 10-11:30 a.m. We are now inviting all teams to perform. This includes Gold Bugs, Levels 2-8, all Xcel, Boys, and T&T.  Please wear Wildcard tank tops/T-shirt or competition/exhibition leotards and black shorts. Don’t forget sun screen.

We are offering extra practice for compulsories (Level 2-4) who are going to Nationals.  Any one interested may come on Tuesday June, 7th and or Thursday June, 9th from 5:30 to 7pm. This is just for those competing at Nationals.