Wildcard Gymnastics Team News

With another meet coming up this weekend, here is a great way to get your gymnast to have their perfect performance.  Please encourage your gymnast to do the 12 Steps for Hitting in preparation for each meet and complete the attached homework assignment.  This will give your gymnast that competitive edge.  Mental training is just as important as the physical training.  Click the “Hitting Routines” link below for a .pdf version that you can print out and use.

Hitting Routines

Ask any gymnast what piece of equipment that they would like to have at Wildcard and they will almost unanimously tell you they’d like a foam training pit. (For those of you not familiar with this, “a foam pit” is a an in-ground hole filled with soft foam pieces where gymnasts can try higher level skills with confidence and safety.  We feel it is about time that Wildcard fundraises for a foam pit. We think a pit would be a fantastic training aid for our gymnasts and would enable them to achieve even greater success.

So once again, Wildcard’s competitive team will be selling pasta, fudge, coffee, and cookies. We have raised quite a bit of funds with Fun Pasta and Java Joes Fundraising in the past and feel it will help us work toward our foam pit!  (All Gold Bugs, Fast Track, Girls’ Level 2-8, Boys’ Team and Xcel are expected to help fundraise as the pit will be for everyone!)

Our goal is that every gymnast sells 20 items or more. Wildcard earns about 50% off all total sales. Obviously, the more items sold, the sooner we can put in a foam pit! Pasta orders may be placed online at:

https://www.funpastafundraising.com/shop/wildcard-gymnastics.

Cookie dough, fudge, and coffee will also be available for purchase online at:

www.javajoesfundraising.com.

Orders will be due by November 15^th. Please double check your order forms and be sure that your orders are correct. Checks should be made payable to Wildcard Gymnastics. (We know that some gymnasts have fundraising commitments for other sports, scouts, and school.  If you would prefer to not participate, we do have a buy-out option.  Please inquire about the buy-out option, if you want to do that instead. Remember, that we are trying to raise money for something that everyone at the gym will use so we need everyone’s help to get us to our fundraising goal.)

Selling Tips:

• Please encourage your child to wear their leotard/warmups/Wildcard t-shirt when they sell. Or have your gymnast create a poster showing themselves doing gymnastics and detailing that they are trying to raise money for new equipment. Parents, we definitely appreciate any help with the fundraiser but have your child help with it. After all, the pit will be for their use.
• The fundraising packets have order forms for pasta, coffee, cookies, and fudge, as well as a current Wildcard brochure and a business card. Feel free to ask for more of any of these if you need them.
• Please feel free to share on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Vine!
• Please don’t wait until the last minute. Remember, orders are due Nov. 20.

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities are available!

Wildcard is looking for some corporate sponsors to help fund the pit. Wildcard will gladly advertise the names of any companies that help with the costs for putting in the foam pit. Wildcard would put the sponsoring company’s logos on our website, a banner and flyers at the gym, special thanks on our gyms’ media displays, and visibility with 500- 2000 people at our competitions (hosted 2-3 times per year) and 300 – 900 people weekly in the gym. Please contact us at 262-923-7418 or email us at gymnastics@wildcard-gymnastics.com for more information about sponsorship opportunities.

Anyone competing this weekend is to wear the new long sleeve leotards for the Judges’ Barnyard Bash in Kenosha.

Meet Fees — The final installment of meet fees for girls’ Level 2-4 is due on Sept. 15. This will be automatically deducted from your card on file if you have not already made payment.

The first installment for all boys, girls’ Level 6-8 and all Xcel is due on Sept. 15. This will be automatically deducted from your card on file if you have not already made payment.

As a reminder, those fees are:

Those fees are:
Girls’ Level 2: $65 (last payment)
Girls’ Level 3: $145 (last payment)
Girls’ Level 4: $150 (last payment)
Girls’ Level 6: $195 (first of four payments)
Girls’ Level 8/9: $200 (first of four payment)
Boys’ Level 4: $160 (first of four payments)
Boys’ Level 5: $200 (first of four payments)
Boys’ Level 8: $200 (first of four payments)
Girls’ Xcel Silver: $140 (first of three payments)
Girls’ Xcel Gold: $140 (first of three payments)

Gold Bugs II and Fast Track, your first installment of three of meet fees will be due November 15. Those meet fees are $195 and will be paid in three installments of $65 each.

Optional Groups — The optional groups will maintain the same for one more week. The first week, there were just two practices and no Saturday. As a result, we will hold off changing the groups for at least one more week, so the group will get an adequate amount of practice time. So far, some of the groups have really worked well together, which is what we hoped for.

Exhibition Letoards — The replacement exhibition leotards are in. But, of course, GK made CM instead of AM leotards.  They are sending the AM asap so those are still not here yet. We have 30 days to collect all the first round of exhibition leotards to send back. Please bring in your leotard and exchange it for a new leotard (if you received it… there were a few who didn’t get one the first time around).  We will not give out the new ones without receiving the old exhibition in exchange.

Also, remember that this Friday (and Saturday) is the Friday (and Saturday) of a meet week. Typically, we’ve asked the gymnasts to wear purple on those Fridays (and Saturdays). This year, we are asking gymnasts to wear these new exhibition leotards. For those gymnasts who practice this Friday, just bring the first exhibition leotard to practice to exchange it for the replacement. Level 2s should try to bring it tonight (Thursday). For the Xcel group, we will exchange it for you on Wednesday of next week.

Fund-Raising — Be on the look out for fund-raising soon. We will again be doing pasta, coffee and cookies. Those of you who have been selling for years, please know that these perform well annually despite the fact that you’ve been selling to the same people for years. Again, the goal is to raise money for a foam pit. Unfortunately, the City of Brookfield decided to invest our dollars into road improvements without asking our opinion and the foam pit was put on hold this summer.

Remember, we have no booster club. We do not want to go to that model. We don’t think it works well for parents. We have recently seen what other booster clubs are charging for meet fees and those fees are triple what we charge for fewer meets in addition to having an annual fee and being charged if you don’t volunteer at events. All we ask of you is two fund-raisers, participation in the summertime shows and some help at our two meets.

Hawaii — The Hawaii trip is definitely on! We have met the minimum families to make the trip. If you are in any way interested, please pay the meet fee by Monday, Sept. 15. This fee is fully refundable up through the end of December, so if you are unable to go, we can certainly get you a refund. The meet fee is $100. You can confirm your spot with an e-mail and we will bill your card on file on Monday.  Remember, we are willing to chaperone some gymnasts if parents are not able to make the trip to Hawaii.  (This would make a fabulous graduation, birthday, Christmas gift!!! And the team bonding is amazing!)

Also those of you who have indicated you are going (Brown, Davis, Fowler, Krause, Literski, Robinson … please advise if we’ve missed anyone), let us know your travel plans. If individuals are interested in group travel, we can certainly explore that. We’re looking at a Jan. 15-Jan. 22 dates for travel. Regardless, let us know of your planned travel dates and we can try to work a group flight discount. Only 10 is needed to secure group travel.

Open Gym — The return of Friday and Saturday night open gym starts this weekend (8:30-10 p.m. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. Saturdays). Remember, if your child is competing in the morning on a Saturday, they shouldn’t stay for Friday open gym. Cost is $8 for team members and $2 for pizza and soda on Friday nights only.

Meet Schedules — Here is a reminder of the meet schedules for the teams who will be competing in the winter/spring months. There have been a few modifications as meets have moved dates or, in some cases, locations.

Boys
Oct. 16 — Sheboygan YMCA (Sheboygan, YMCA, serves as mock meet, Levels 4-5)
Dec. 13-14 — Judges Invitational (Racine, all levels)
Jan. 3-4 — Altius Invitational (Franklin, all levels)
Jan. 10-11 — M&M Challenge (Waukesha, all levels)
Jan. 30 — Snowflake Invitational (Sheboygan, YMCA, Level 4)
Feb. 7-8 — Wildcard Cruise Classic (Brookfield, all levels)
Feb. 21-22 — Hang 10.0 Invitational (Kenosha, all levels)
Mar. 6-8 — Salto National Invitational (West Allis, Levels 5, 8)
Mar. 21-22 — State Championships (Waukesha, all levels)
Apr. 21-22 — Region 4 Championships (Brookfield, Levels 5, 8)

Girls’ Level 2 (Gold Bugs & Fast Track)
Feb. 7-8 — Wildcard Cruise Classic (Brookfield, USAG)
Feb. 21-22 — Hang 10.0 Invitational (Kenosha, USAG)
Mar. 21-22 — GymTastics Invitational (Watertown, AAU)
Apr. 11 — Carousel Invitational (Plover, AAU)

Girls’ Level 6-10
Oct. 19 — Wild Wild West Classic (Brookfield, AAU, serves as mock meet, Levels 6-8/9)
Nov. 1-2 — M&M Halloween Luau (New Berlin, Levels 6-8/9)
Dec. 19-21 — Buffalo Grove Invitational (Schaumburg, Ill, Levels 6-8/9)
Jan. 10-11 — M&M Challenge (Waukesha, Levels 6-8/9)
Jan. 31-Feb. 1 — St. Valentine Invitational (Grayslake, Ill., Levels 6-8/9)
Feb. 7-8 — Wildcard Cruise Classic (Brookfield, Levels 6-8/9)
Feb. 21-22 — Hang 10.0 Invitational (Kenosha, Levels 6-8/9)
Mar. 14-15 — LGA Lucky Invitational (Waukegan, Ill., Levels 6, 8/9)
Mar. 28-29 — State Championships (Franklin, Levels 6, 8/9)

Girls’ Xcel
Oct. 18-19 — Wild Wild West Classic (Brookfield, AAU, serves as mock meet)
Jan. 24-25 — Altius Pink Meet (Franklin)
Feb. 7-8 — Wildcard Cruise Classic (Brookfield)
Feb. 21-22 — Hang 10.0 Invitational (Kenosha)
Mar. 14-15 — LGA Lucky Invitational (Waukegan, Ill.)
Mar. 21-22 — State Championships (New Berlin)

Girls’ Off Season Compulsories (Moving Up to Next Level)
Feb. 7-8 — Wildcard Cruise Classic (Brookfield, USAG, $65, Due Dec. 1)
Feb. 21-22 — Hang 10.0 Invitational (Kenosha, USAG, $75, Due Dec. 15)
Mar. 21-22 — GymTastics Invitational (Watertown, AAU, $40, Due. Feb. 1)
Apr. 11 — Carousel Invitational (Plover, AAU, $40, Due. Feb. 1, open to Level 6s as well)

Girls’ Level 3 — Due to the competition this weekend, the Girls’ Level 3 team will practice on Friday night (Sept. 12) from 4:30-7:30 p.m. instead of Saturday (Sept. 13). The Level 2s will remain on Saturday as our coaching staff will be reduced Saturday morning.

Swiss Cup 2014
Sept. 27-28, 2014
Swiss Turners
2214 S. 116th St., West Allis | MAP | 11.6 mi., 12 min.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3s – Aniyah, Essence, Mariyah, Emma, Jordan S., Sarah
Arrive – 2 p.m.
Stretch – 2:15 p.m.
Meet Begins — 2:40 p.m.
Awards — 5:37 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 3s – Angela, Vanesa, Ayanna, Nora L., Kaylie, Rhianna, Taylor
Arrive – 5:45 p.m.
Stretch – 6 p.m.
Meet Begins — 6:25 p.m.
Awards — 9:22 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 27

GIRLS’ LEVEL 4s – Chasity, Emily G., Nadia, Ella, Aaliyah, Ryann, Maeggan
Arrive – 7:45 a.m.
Stretch – 8 a.m.
Meet Begins — 8:30 a.m.
Awards — 12:21 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 4s – Madeline, BeckyDee, Kerigan, Norah T., Kamryn
Arrive – 12:25 p.m.
Stretch – 12:40 p.m.
Meet Begins — 1:05 p.m.
Awards — 4:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ LEVEL 5s – Ava C.
Arrive – 5 p.m.
Stretch – 5:15 p.m.
Meet Begins — 5:40 p.m.
Awards — 8:55 p.m.

COMPETING TEAMS – Infinite, GymHawks, LaFleur’s, Madtown Twisters, North Shore, Oshkosh, Salto, Scamps, Swiss Turners, Ultimate Fusion.

NOTES – For all information on the meet such as admission and parking information, click here.

There will be boys team practice tomorrow 9-11am. Then, they can take time to eat before TosaFest. 

Girls’ Competition Leos — The competition leotards for the girls’ competitive season have arrived. We will hand those out on Friday, prior to the team picture (it’s an incentive to come to the team picture). Gymnasts will wear these for the pre-season meet on Friday. Please make sure and take special care of these leotards. Hand wash only and hang to dry. These will need to last for two seasons.

If your child didn’t order the competition leotard (specifically for Fast Track and Xcel), they should wear the short sleeve exhibition leotard that we currently have. The replacements won’t arrive until next week.

We also have a handful of those exhibition leotards that have not been picked up. Please pick those up if you have not already.