Wildcard Gymnastics Team News

LEVEL 3s COME ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK — Due to the schedule for the CSA Fall Challenge on Saturday, the Level 3s will come Friday night from 4:30-8:30 p.m. The Level 2s will not have a third practice this week. Also, compulsories that compete early on Saturday should not be at open gym on Friday night.

VOLUNTEER FOR WILD WILD WEST — The volunteer signups for the Wild Wild West Classic are live and available here:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C4DAEA82AA7FE3-2015

We will need a boat load of help for this meet. There are 491 competitors and we are running full days on Saturday and Sunday and even a session on Friday night with 10 sessions (so far all three meets we have been to or have schedules for have just four sessions). This is most likely the largest meet of the compulsory season this year. We need your help to put on a great meet, which we always do. The numbers of clubs and gymnasts attending is a testament to our ability to run a great, smooth, unique, on-time, hassle-free meet. The meet is the gym’s biggest fundraiser of the year so anything that we can do to make it absolutely amazing will be beneficial.

Not listed on the volunteer sign ups are award presenters. If your child wants to present awards, please just have them show up at the end of a session. These do not count toward volunteering.

We need every family on team to volunteer for at least one session (preferably two). This includes everyone on all facets of our team, be it Boys, Girls, Xcel and Tumbling & Trampoline. Gymnasts over 12 years old (or on the optional team) can do any job on the floor during the competition. Boys will likely have their pre-season in Sheboygan some time during this weekend, so please keep this mind prior to picking time slots. Again, please remember, we do not have a booster club or charge additional fees, so rely on parent-volunteer help for our meets.  Please be sure to sign to help with some aspect of the meet.

Please be cognizant of your child’s competition time when picking spots to volunteer. As usual, if the spots don’t fill, we will have to recruit parents who are here to watch their kids during their session. Also, note that there are no Wildcard gymnasts competing in Session 4 (other gym Level 2s) and Session 5 (Level 5) so that may be a good volunteer position for many people.

CAPTAINS FOR WILD WILD WEST CLASSIC — We have three captain spots available—Front Desk/Admissions, Concessions, Coaches and Judges Room—on a first-come, first-seved basis on the sign-up sheet on Wednesday night’s sign-up. They were put on Wednesday’s sign up, but there are no Wednesday responsibilities. Captains will need to be available for the duration of Thursday night set-up, Friday night competition, Saturday all day and Sunday all day through the conclusion of gym set-up on Sunday night. Captains will receive one month of tution free.

XCEL PLATINUM/DIAMOND & SCHEDULE CHANGE AT WILD WILD WEST — Looks like Xcel Platinum and Diamond was inadvertently left off the Wild Wild West schedule. Hattie, Miley and Anastasia will compete in the Saturday, 8 a.m. session. Also, session 6 (the last session on Saturday night and the first Level 4 session) has had a slight schedule change. It is starting 10 minutes later than originally scheduled due to accommodate a larger Level 5 session. Click here for an updated schedule.

DONATIONS FOR WILD WILD WEST CLASSIC — We will be posting the donation requests for concessions and coaches and judges’ food soon. Again, with a large meet, donation requests will be greater.

SUCCESS WALL ADDITIONS — Our second meet is in the books and we had lots of improvement from meet 1 to meet 2. Taylor W. was our most improved gymnast going up 3.1 points from the first to second meets. In addition, we have more success wall additions. The following gymnasts made the success wall from the Swiss Cup:

Level 3
Caelyr G. — 9.000 on beam, 9.050 on floor
Jordyn H. — 9.075 on bars, 9.175 on beam

Level 4
Mariyah L. — 9.025 on beam, 9.000 on floor

We were fortunate to get a better price on the Halloween leotards which is now $26.  For those of you who have paid cash or check, we will credit the difference on your account.  For those who have chosen to have your accounts credited, we have not run it as of yet.  When we do so, it will be charged $26 not $32.

Please remember that if you are interested in purchasing the leo, the order is due tonight by 8pm, no exception.

Sorry, this was supposed to have posted earlier this week but apparently it never went through.

Level 3s will practice this Friday, October 2 from 4:30 – 8:30 p.m.  (The kids can stay for Open Gym since the meet isn’t first thing in the morning.)  Please note, they will not practice on Saturday, October 3 since they will be competing this weekend.

Level 2s will still practice this Saturday but the time will be moved to 9-11 a.m. as the coaches will need to attend the meet.

Halloween Leotards

 (not mandatory but totally cool for the Wild Wild West Meet!)

Dear Team Parents and Gymnasts,

We need to move extremely quickly on this!  For our Wild Wild West Competition, we thought it would be really cool to have a Halloween themed leotard.  I was able to get them at a pretty decent price so we are looking at $32.00 a piece!!!!   I absolutely need your order by Thursday night at 8:30 p.m.  No EXCEPTIONS.   You do not have to choose to order the leotard, but it will look really awesome on all of our team kids that whole weekend!

Please indicate below, your payment method and your child’s street clothes size.  I will size accordingly using Destira’s measurements.  Gold Bugs, Fast Track and Excel are all included in this order.

Purple w/ Cat             Orange Pumpkin         (Candy Corn – not an option)

Black Skeleton             Grey Spider

——————————-DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1st  —————————–

Gymnast’s Name  ________________________________         

Street clothing size  ____________

Payment $32.00 :   Circle one

Cash                  Check  # _________________    

Charge my account on file (must have card on file)

Credit Card Number_________________________________________
***** Leotard Choice   ________________________________________

PS – Be sure to “friend” Wildcard Gymnastics on Facebook as well as Amy Baehr Grining for other updates!   HURRY and get your orders in.  You are welcome to order for siblings too!

2015 Wild Wild West Classic
October 23-25 2015
Wildcard Gymnastics
3545 N. 127 | MAP | 51.19 mi., 59 min.

FRIDAY, OCT. 23

GIRLS’ LEVEL 2 – Jillian, Payton, Grace, Lily D., Alanna, McKayla, Keagan, Marcella, Mahogany
Arrive – 5:45 p.m.
Stretch – 6 p.m.
Meet Begins — 6:45 p.m.
Awards — 7:45 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 24

GIRLS’ LEVEL 6 – Emily G., Nadia, Ella, Aaliyah, Norah, Ryann
GIRLS’ LEVEL 7 – Ava C., Bradyn, Delaney, Lilly Ja., Elie, Jordan M., Camille, Eden
GIRLS’ LEVEL 8 – Rose, Ava G., Glenna
GIRLS’ OPEN – Crystal
GIRLS’ XCEL GOLD – Madeline, Kelsey, Alivia, Maggie, Anna, Kamryn, Jenna Wi., Maeggan, Stephanie
GIRLS’ XCEL PLATINUM — Hattie, Miley
GIRLS’ XCEL DIAMOND — Anastasia
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:40 a.m.
Awards — 11:20 a.m.

GIRLS’ XCEL BRONZE – Hayden, Brill, Leslie, Naomi, KaMiya, Megan, Paige, Elizabeth
GIRLS’ XCEL SILVER – River, Angel, Natalia, Skyler, Amanda, Mya, Jenna Wh.
Arrive – 11:30 a.m.
Stretch – 11:45 a.m.
Meet Begins — 1 p.m.
Awards — 2 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 4 – Aniyah, Damaiyah, Amani
Arrive – 6:05 p.m.
Stretch – 6:20 p.m.
Meet Begins — 7:30 p.m.
Awards — 9:10 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 25

GIRLS’ LEVEL 4 – Vanesa, Taylor T., Mariyah, Kaylie, Angela, Sarah, Essence, Taylor W.
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 9:10 a.m.
Awards — 11:15 a.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Caelyr, Emily C., Claire, Ruth, Sadie, Lilly Jo.
Arrive – 11:30 a.m.
Stretch – 11:45 a.m.
Meet Begins — 12:45 p.m.
Awards — 2:20 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Emma, Jordan S., Olivia, Kayla, Siena, Jordyn H.
Arrive – 2:25 p.m.
Stretch – 2:40 p.m.
Meet Begins — 3:35 p.m.
Awards — 5:20 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3 – Korynne, Rhianna, Jennifer, Neave, Kendra
Arrive – 5:25 p.m.
Stretch – 5:40 p.m.
Meet Begins — 6:35 p.m.
Awards — 8 p.m.

COMPETING TEAMS – AMKM, Altius, Carousel, GymTastics, Gymlingo, Infinite, LaFleur’s, M&M, Madtown Twisters, Oshkosh, Starz, Swiss Turners, WCGC, West Side, Wind Lake

NOTES – Please note that this is a very large meet (probably the largest compulsory meet of the season for the year other than state). We will need lots of help (with set-up, tear down and meet administration) and donations for concessions. The donations and volunteer lists should be up by the end of the week.

Confidence is key in being a successful athlete.  This week our focus for the upcoming meet is not only being confident, but being able to give the appearance of being confident.  This assignment introduces 5 ways to build confidence.  Please have your gymnast complete this assignment as soon as possible, so she/he can begin working on these ideas in practice.

Click Showing Confidence for a .pdf of the assignment.

CHILI’N — This is just a reminder that Wildcard will be performing at Chili’N on the Avenue on North Avenue today at 3:30-4:30 p.m.  The kids area is between 67th & 68th Street.  There will be lots of chili to taste and enjoy as well as other activities.  Team gymnasts should be wearing exhibition leotards or the Wildcard tank top.  Boys should have a Wildcard T-shirt.  The performance will be relatively quick giving you lots of time to enjoy the festivities.  Please arrive on time.  We’ll see you there! (All Saturday practices will still run as scheduled.)

FUNDRAISER — Please remember that all fund-raising orders are due on Oct. 8.

SUCCESS WALL — Success wall additions from the Racine Homecoming Invitational are:

Level 3
Jordyn H. — 9.100 on bars, 9.075 on floor
Kayla B. — 9.500 on vault (1st)

Level 4
Essence B. — 1st on vault
Sarah S. — 9.025 on floor
Taylor T. — 9.025 on beam

CSA Fall Challenge
October 10, 2015
Williams Center, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
800 W. Main St., Whitewater | MAP | 51.19 mi., 59 min.

PARENT MEETING — There will be an important parent meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21 at Wildcard Gymnastics. Team parents and gymnasts are welcome to attend. It should be brief. If we are done with the meeting prior to the regularly scheduled end of practice, gymnasts will have the opportunity to continue with practice. Thank you in advance for your attendance.

Swiss Cup
October 3-4, 2015
Swiss Turners
2214 S. 116th St., West Allis | MAP | 7.64 mi., 11 min.