Gymmin' Miel!

The 2015 Grand Prix Brno and TART Cup will be held at the City Sports Hall in Brno, Czech Republic from the 16th to 18th of October. The Tart Cup will see Juniors from 15 nations competing in an All Around competition on the 16th (3.00pm to 6.00pm Brno local time) with Finals taking place on the 18th at 11.00am to 12.00pm (Brno local time). The Grand Prix qualifications will occur on the 17th from 2.00pm to 5.30pm (Brno local time) with the Finals on the 18th at 1.30pm to 3.30pm (Brno local time) followed by the Gala at 3.45pm (Brno local time). 

BRNO GRAND PRIX PARTICIPANTS:

TART CUP PARTICIPANTS:

The 2015 Toronto Pan American Games will be held from the 10th to the 26th of July. Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline Gymnastics will be contested at the Toronto Coliseum. Check out the schedule and participants below.

SUBDIVISION TWO:

• ARGENTINA: Camila Ambrosio, Merlina Galera, Maria Belen Stoeffel, Ayelen Tarabini, Ailen Valente
• COLOMBIA: Melba Yurany Avendano Romero, Rudy Marcela Sandoval Afanador, Ginna Escobar Betancur, Bibiana Maria Velez Alzate, Lizeth Ruiz
• ECUADOR: Elid Hellwing Burgos 
• GUATEMALA: Ana Sofia Gomez Porras 
• PUERTO RICO: Paula Andrea Mejias Rodriguez, Nicolle Diemel Vazquez Aviles 
• VENEZUELA: Jessica Brizeida Lopez Arocha, Ivet Rojas Galean, Katriel de los Angeles de Sousa Sierra, Paola Marquez Arenas, Eliana Yinneth Gonzalez Valles, Cindy Daniela Ruiz Coronado

• BERMUDA: Sydney Mason
• BRAZIL: Daniele Matias Hypolito, Flavia Lopes Saraiva, Julie Kim Sinmon, Leticia Stephanie Lima da Costa, Lorrane dos Santos Oliveira, Jade Fernandes Barbosa 
• CANADA: Elsabeth Black, Maegan Chant, Madison Copiak, Isabela Onyshko, Victoria-Kayen Woo
• CAYMAN ISLANDS: Morgan Lloyd
• CUBA: Mary Adny Morffi Arteaga, Leidys Izabela Perdomo Dominguez, Leidys Caridad Rojas Marrero, Dovelis Elena Torres Herrero, Marcia Videaux Jimenez 
• HONDURAS: Kaisa Karolina Chirinos Harju 
• PANAMA: Isabella Amado Medrano 
• TRINIDAD and TOBAGO: Marisa Dick

SUBDIVISION TWO:

• ARGENTINA: Nicolas Cordoba, Osvaldo Martinez Erazun, Federico Molinari
• BOLIVIA: Marco Riveros Vogtschmidt 
• CHILE: Joel Alvarez Vergara, Christian Bruno Decidet, Yosias Bustos Bustamante, Juan Pablo Gonzalez Valenzuela, Bastian Salazar
• CUBA: Manrique Larduet Bicet, Randy Jose Leru Bell, Alberto Leyva, Sandro Perez, Rafael Rosendi Torrecilla
• ECUADOR: Daniel Gomez Barreno
• EL SALVADOR: Pablo Natanael Velasquez Candray
• GUATEMALA: Jorge Alfredo Vega Lopez 
• MEXICO: Daniel Corral Barron, Rodolfo Heron Bonilla Ruiz, Javier Balboa Gonzalez, Kevin Cerda Gastelum, Javier Cervantes Quezada 
• PANAMA: Kevin Espinosa Castillo 
• PERU: Daniel Aguero Barrera, Mauricio Gallegos Chacon
• URUGUAY: Cristhian Meneses Passaro 
• VENEZUELA: Jostyn Fuenmayor Berroeta, Adickxon Gabriel Trejo Basalo, Jose Luis Fuentes Bustamante

INDIVIDUALS:

• ARGENTINA: Karen Pereira de la Rosa, Micaela Herbon
• BRAZIL: Angelica Cristina Kvieczynski, Natalia Azevedo Gaudio
• CANADA: Patricia Bezzoubenko, Carmen Whelan
• CHILE: Valeska Gonzalez 
• COLOMBIA: Lina Marcela Dussan Orozco
• CUBA: Brenda Levya Mejias 
• ECUADOR: Geraldine Melissa Perez Quito 
• MEXICO: Rut Castillo Galindo, Karla Diaz Arnal
• UNITED STATES: Laura Zeng, Jasmine Kerber 
• VENEZUELA: Michelle Sanchez Salazar, Grisbel Lopez Ortega 

• BRAZIL: Ana Paula Norbim Padua Ribeiro, Beatriz Pomini Francisco, Dayane Amaral, Debora Andreazi Falda, Emanuelle Lima, Jessica Sayonara Maier
• CANADA: Katrina Cameron, Maya Kojnevikov, Lucinda Nowell, Vanessa Panov, Anjelika Reznik, Victoria Reznik
• CUBA: Claudia Arjona Torres, Zenia Rosa Fernandez Cutino, Melissa Kindelan Casanas, Martha Perez Rodriguez, Adriana Ramirez Blanco, Legna de la Caridad Savon Diaz 
• MEXICO: Erandeni Nava Galindo, Diana Casillas Rodriguez, Pamela Reynolds Vera, Luz Fernanda Morales Barraza, Maria Eugenia Nava del Rio, Marialicia Ortega Elizondo
• UNITED STATES: Kiana Eide, Alisa Kano, Natalie McGiffert, Monica Rokhman, Jennifer Rokhman, Kristen Shaldybin

WOMEN:

• ARGENTINA: Mara Colombo 
• BRAZIL: Camilla Lopes Gomes
• CANADA: Rosannagh MacLennan, Karen Cockburn
• MEXICO: Dafne Carolina Navarro Loza 
• UNITED STATES: Charlotte Drury, Clare Johnson 
• VENEZUELA: Alida Rojo Mendoza

• ARGENTINA: Lucas Adorno 
• BRAZIL: Carlos Ramirez Pala
• CANADA: Keegan Soehn, Jason Burnett
• COLOMBIA: Angel Hernandez Recalde
• MEXICO: Jose Alberto Vargas Garcia 
• UNITED STATES: Logan Dooley, Steven Gluckstein 

The 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) is set to be held in Utrecht, Netherlands from the 14th to the 19th of July. The EYOF is a biennial multi-sport event and sees youth athletes from the member nations of the association of European Olympic Committees having an opportunity to compete for their country. There are both Summer and Winter editions of the European Youth Olympic Competition. Competition in Utrecht will see nine sports represented - Athletics, Cycling, Basketball, Handball, Tennis, Judo, Swimming, Volleyball and Artistic Gymnastics. The Gymnastics competition will be held at the Sportcentrum Galgenwaard and will see Team, All Around and Event Finals take place for both Men (born in 1996 or 1997) and Women (born in 1998 or 1999). Some big names have competed in the past and gone onto big things. Past All Around Champions have included Ukraine's Olga Roschupkina (1999), Alina Kozich (2001) and Valentina Holenkova (2007); Russian's Yulia Lozhecko (2003) and Victoria Komova (2009); Italian Vanessa Ferrari (2005) and Romanian Larisa Andreea Iordache (2011). Men's All Around Champions have been Russian David Belyavskiy (2009) and Great Britain's Courtney Tulloch (2011).

N.B: UPDATED WITH PARTICIPANTS PER ENTRIES ON EYOF SITE.

SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, 16th July:

• 9.30am - 12.00pm: Men's Team Competition/Qualification - Subdivision I
• 1.00pm - 3.30pm: Men's Team Competition/Qualification - Subdivision II
• 4.00pm - 6.30pm: Men's Team Competition/Qualification - Subdivision III

The XV NatWest Island Games will be taking place from the 13th to the 19th of July in Bermuda. The NatWest Island Games have taken place every two years after the first edition which was held in the Isle of Man in 1985. The International Island Games Association is made up of 24 Member Islands which will take place in up to 14 selected sports at the NatWest Island Games. This year the sports contested will be Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Cycling, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Sailboarding, Sailing, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball and Beach Volleyball. Gymnastics has featured in the Island Games competition nine times (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009) and makes its return in Bermuda. At the last edition in 2009: In terms of the FIG Results Bermuda's Kaisey Griffiths edged team mates Caitlyn Mello and Morgan Beckles for the Women's All Around title with Isle of Man's Alex Hedges taking out the Men's honor over Matthew Maletroit (Jersey) and Adam Hedges (Isle of Man). 

Excitement for the Jersey contingent will start early as gymnasts Bonita Shurmer and Zee Adamson has the honor of being the Island's Water Carriers at the Opening Ceremony. Traditionally each Island's youngest Male and Female competitors deliver water from around their home Island which is mixed together at the Opening Ceremony. Samantha Soares will be Bermuda's Water Carrier. Ynys Mon Gymnast Siwan Jones will be the Island's Flag Bearer at the Opening Ceremony. Siwan Jones is competing in her final Games and is the newly appointed Workforce Development Manager for Welsh Gymnastics.

TUESDAY 16TH JULY:

• 9.00am - 1.00pm: Men's FIG Individual All Around
• 3.30pm - 8.10pm: Women's FIG Individual All Around

• 9.00am - 1.00pm: Women's SET Apparatus Finals
• 1.00pm - 4.00pm: Men's SET Apparatus Finals

The 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Gymnastics Championships will be held from the 31st of May to the 2nd of June at the Erste Bank Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. Competition will see Senior Individuals and Junior Groups participate. 

SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY, 28TH MAY:

FRIDAY, 31ST MAY:

• 10.00: Junior Group Competition (1st Presentation)
• 14.00: Senior Competition I - Group C (Hoop, Ball)
• 16.45: Senior Competition I - Group B (Hoop, Ball)
• 19.15: Opening Ceremony 
• 20.00: Senior Competition I - Group A (Hoop, Ball)

• 10.00: Junior Group Competition (2nd Presentation)
• 12.15: Award Ceremony - Junior Groups All Around
• 14.00: Senior Competition I - Group B (Clubs, Ribbon)
• 16.45: Senior Competition I - Group C (Clubs, Ribbon)
• 19.30: Senior Competition I - Group A (Clubs, Ribbon)
• 21.45: Award Ceremony - Senior Team Competition

• 11.00: Junior Group Apparatus Final
• 11.55: Award Ceremony
• 15.00: Senior Individual Apparatus Finals (x2)
• 15.55: Award Ceremonies
• 16.05: Senior Individual Apparatus Finals (x2)
• 17.00: Award Ceremonies
• 17.15: Gala and Closing Ceremony

• ARMENIA: Lilit Harutyunyan, Anna Svirina, Luiza Sadyan; RESERVE: Klara Simonyan
• CROATIA: Elena Milenkovic, Mirjana Sekovanic
• CYPRUS: Themida Christodoulidou, Pantelitsa Theodoulou, Christina Malaktou
• FINLAND: Jouki Tikkanen, Ekaterina Volkova
• FRANCE: Kseniya Moustafaeva, Ambre Chaboud, Lucille Chalopin
• GEORGIA: Salome Phajava, Medea Gathenadze, Elvira Zukakishvili
• NORWAY: Emilie Holte, Martine Vangsal, Mia Vangsal
• PORTUGAL: Carolina Coelho, Maria Canilhas, Joana Cardoso
• SERBIA: Tijana Krsmanovic
• SWEDEN: Anastassia Johansson, Jennifer Pettersson 

• CZECH REPUBLIC: Monika Mickova, Veronika Hegrova, Anna Sebkova
• ESTONIA: Karina Jerogina, Carmel Kallemaa, Viktoria Bogdanova; RESERVE: Olga Bogdanova
• GERMANY: Laura Jung, Jana Berezko-Marggrander
• HUNGARY: Dora Vass, Bianka Borocz, Daniella Kecza
• ITALY: Federica Febbo, Veronica Bertolini
• LATVIA: Jelizaveta Gamalejeva, Natalija Janusa, Veronika Romanova
• LITHUANIA: Neda Serniute, Ieva Nickute, Karolina Sklenyte
• MOLDOVA: Veronica Cumatrenco, Iuliana Liubomeiscaia
• SLOVENIA: Sara Kragulj, Monija Cebasek, Sasa Bilic
• SLOVAKIA: Xenia Kilianova, Marianna Podlucka, Jana Duchnovska
• SPAIN: Carolina Rodriguez, Natalia Garcia, Eugenia Onopko; RESERVE: Andrea Pozo
• TURKEY: Asya Nur Tas, Burcin Neziroglu, Zeynep Kusem

• AUSTRIA: Caroline Weber, Nicol Ruprecht; RESERVE: Natascha Wegscheider
• AZERBAIJAN: Marina Durunda, Lala Yusifova
• BELARUS: Melitina Staniouta, Katsiaryna Halkina; RESERVE: Arina Charopa
• BULGARIA: Silviya Miteva, Mariya Mateva; RESERVE: Neviana Vladinova
• GREECE: Varvara Filiou, Kyriaki Alevrogianni 
• ISRAEL: Neta Rivkin, Victoria Veinberg Filanovskiy; RESERVE: Nataly Mendelson 
• POLAND: Anna Czarniecka, Maja Majerowska
• ROMANIA: Alexandra Piscupescu, Diana Valeanu
• RUSSIA: Margarita Mamun, Alexandra Merkulova, Daria Svatkovskaya; RESERVE: Maria Titova
• UKRAINE: Ganna Rizatdinova, Alina Maksymenko, Viktoria Mazur

1. POLAND: Zuzanna Blaszczyk, Natalia Koziol, Paulina Mikula, Zuzanna Peszkowska, Julia Wisniewska, Julia Wozniak
2. SPAIN: Paula Gomez, Sara Gonzalez, Miriam Guerra, Claudia Heredia, Carmen Martinez, Maria Victoria Plaza
3. ROMANIA: Ioana Georgiana Birsan, Karina Galan, Cosmina Eugenia Bondris, Maria Stefania Oltean, Crina Crstina Catinean
4. UKRAINE: Eleonora Romanova, Anastasiya Vozniak, Anastasia Podrushnyak, Yuliia Soloviova, Viktoriia Sytnykova
5. ITALY: Martina Centofanti, Letizia Cicconcelli, Cecilia Meriggiola, Aurora Peluzzi, Maria Vilucchi, Giulia Muscolino
6. FINLAND: Millaroosa Karjalainen, Heidi Hyvarinen, Kristina Lapina, Emma Rantala, Siiri Joronen, Essi Ukkonen
7. AZERBAIJAN: Gulsum Shafizada, Nilufar Niftaliyeva, Sabina Hummatova, Aliaksandra Platonova, Emilya Bagiyeva
8. SLOVAKIA: Alica Langermannova, Alena Ucnova, Frederika Sykorova, Nicole Obalova, Sabina Putzova, Hana Dziakova
9. ISRAEL: Yuval Filo, Zlata Gorlovezky, Linoy Ashram, Karina Lykhvar, Martina Poplinsky
10. RUSSIA: Anna Berkutova, Daria Pirogova, Daria Dubova, Viktoria Ilina, Sofya Skomorokh, Natalia Safonova
11. BELARUS: Yauheniya Vensko, Vlada Zyryanova, Krystsina Sheida, Yana Chornaya, Katsiaryna Dalinkina, Khrystsina Novikava
12. CZECH REPUBLIC: Denisa Kobylkova, Belinda Konigova, Tereza Lohynska, Klara Opatrilova, Nikola Paschova, Anna Tomkova
13. AUSTRIA: Noelle Breuss, Chiara Egle, Nicole Enzenhofer, Angela Marchetti, Livia Meder, Anika Nachbaur 
14. SERBIA: Mila Mirkovic, Lana Radovic, Una Radovic, Anja Jovanovic, Sofija Vukicevic, Tasana Pejovic
15. TURKEY: Doga Hitay, Derinsu Poyraz, Ecem Cankaya, Naz Kurt, Guler Kir, Sahika Heval Guldur
16. LITHUANIA: Veronika Proncenko, Deimena Spucyte, Olga Stork, Marija Sacharciuk, Viktorija Zemaityte, Greta Svaikaite
17. BULGARIA: Elena Bineva, Aleksandra Mitrovich, Laura Traets, Emiliya Radicheva, Sofiya Rangelova, Gabriela Stefanova
18. ESTONIA: Kaerolin Rentel, Marian Kandimaa, Kristiina Kingo, Brigita Nommsalu, Kirsika Taette, Hanna-Liis Schuetz
19. FRANCE: Lou Boesch, Marie-Amelie Le Ru, Juliette Mathieu, Charlotte Sprauel, Marie Walter
20. LATVIA: Jekaterina Sidorova, Arina Leina, Anastasija Cornaja, Anna Lazareva, Jana Lazareva
21. GERMANY: Lisa-Maria Brueckner, Finnja Czacharowski, Emily Fuhrmann, Nicole Golubjatnikov, Natalie Hermann, Anja Hermann
22. HUNGARY: Jazmin Berdi, Boglarka Kiss, Laura Ludanyi, Fanni Pigniczki, Vivien Wehovszky
23. SWITZERLAND: Tamara Stanisic, Anne Tardent, Melanie Soldati, Noemi Schilling, Chiara Torino
24. NORWAY: Emilie Huidsten Swensen, Ylva Skalleberg Kvaale, Frederikke Tynning-Bergestuen, Christina Ferreira Jacobsen, Hanna Svelander, Oda Stensrud

The 2013 Borovets Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup competition will be taking place from the 17th to the 19th of May at the Competition Hall "Bulgaria" in Borovets, Bulgaria. The competition will be held in conjunction with the Borovets Aerobics Open Cup and at the conclusion will see the winners of the 2013 Aerobic Gymnastics World Cup Series announced.

SCHEDULE:

17th MAY, 2013:

18th MAY, 2013:

• 8.45 - 10.00: Judges Meeting - Borovets Cup Open
• 10.00 - 10.55: Finals - Borovets Cup Open - IW 9-11; IM 9-11; GR 12-14; IM 15-17
• 11.00 - 11.20: Award Ceremonies
• 11.30 - 12.20: Finals - Borovets Cup Open - TR 9 - 11; MP 12-14; GR 15-17; MP 9-11
• 12.25 - 12.45: Award Ceremonies
• 14.00 - 15.15: Finals - Borovets Cup Open - IM 12-14; TR 15-17; GR 9-11; TR 12-14; IW 15-17
• 15.20 - 15.45: Award Ceremonies
• 16.40 - 17.40: Judges Meeting - FIG World Cup
• 17.40 - 19.10: Qualifications - FIG World Cup - IW/TR
• 19.40 - 21.05: Qualifications - FIG World Cup - IM/MP/GR

• 11.15 - 12.40: Judges Meeting: Borovets Open and FIG World Cup
• 12.40 - 13.00: Opening Ceremony 
• 13.00 - 13.30: Finals - Borovets Cup Open - IW 12-14; MP 15-17
• 13.35 - 13.45: Award Ceremonies
• 13.45 - 15.40: Finals - FIG World Cup - IW/TR/IM/MP/GR
• 15.45 - 16.10: Award Ceremonies
• 16.10 - 16.30: Award Ceremony for the Winners of FIG World Cup Series 2013

INDIVIDUAL MEN:

• SHOU Minchao (CHN)
• PAN Lixi (CHN)
• Vicente Lli Lloris (ESP)
• Balazs Farkas (HUN)
• Ryo Koreeda (JPN)
• Juan Jose Quiroz Hernandez (MEX)
• Josefath Ivan Veloz Velazquez (MEX)
• Cristian Iordan (ROU)
• Mihaita Iulian Cimpoi (ROU)
• Igor Trushkov (RUS)
• Anton Shishigin (RUS)
• Phatcharapong Photjanakosri (THA)
• Viet Anh Nguyen (VIE)

INDIVIDUAL WOMEN:

• Michelle Sieberer (AUT)
• Gabriela Kovachka (BUL)
• Elena Yosifova (BUL)
• JIA Wen (CHN)
• CHEN Siyu (CHN)
• Katerina Hortova (CZE)
• Marta Tovar (ESP)
• Aranzazu Martinez (ESP)
• Laura Viherva (FIN)
• Pauliina Raatikainen (FIN)
• Chloe Farrance (GBR)
• Kathryn Longden (GBR)
• Dora Hegyi (HUN)
• Maki Shobutani (JPN)
• Fiona Daniela Irish Rojas (MEX)
• Maria Bianca Becze (ROU)
• Oana Corina Constantin (ROU)
• Oxana Trukhacheva (RUS)
• Evgeniia Kudymova (RUS)
• Jidapa Talaupala (THA)
• Roypim Ngampeerapong (THA)

MIXED PAIR:

• CHINA 1: ZHENG Ranhua, ZHANG Huiwen
• CHINA 2: GAO Xu, YAN Xiaoke
• JAPAN: Ryo Koreeda, Maki Shobutani
• MEXICO: Fiona Daniela Irish Rojas, Juan Jose Quiroz Hernandez 
• ROMANIA 1: Maria Bianca Becze, Marius Ciprian Petruse
• ROMANIA 2: Andreea Bogati, Cristian Iordan 
• RUSSIA: Danil Chayun, Evgeniia Kudymova
• THAILAND: Jidapa Talaupala, Phatcharapong Photjanakosri 
• VIETNAM: Ba Dong Vu, Thi Thu Ha Tran

TRIO:

• CHINA 1: SHOU Minchao, WANG Xiaowei, PAN Qiji
• CHINA 2: PAN Lixi, DING Zeng, WANG Ke
• INDONESIA: Faizal Amirullah, Firdaus Hendry Prabowo Yudho, Lody - 
• MEXICO 1: Juan Jose Quiroz Hernandez, Josefath Ivan Veloz, Velazquez, Osvaldo Solis Martinez
• MEXICO 2: Jimmy Diego Aramis Alfaro Hernandez, Daniel Antonio Reyes Rivero, Josue Alexander Ramirez Alanis
• ROMANIA 1: Marius Ciprian Petruse, Cristian Iordan, Mihaita Iulian Cimpoi
• ROMANIA 2: Andreea Bogati, Oana Corina Constantin, Anca Claudia Surdu
• RUSSIA: Igor Trushkov, Danil Chayun, Kirill Lobaznyuk
• VIETNAM: Ba Dong Vu, Thi Thu Ha Tran, Viet Anh Nguyen

GROUP:

• CHINA 1: WANG Xiaowei, PAN Qiji, ZENG Cong, XI Yuefeng, TAN Chao
• CHINA 2: CHEN Siyu, PAN Lixi, DING Zeng, WANG Ke, LIU Jiaqi
• CZECH REPUBLIC: Katerina Hortova, Katerina Hunkova, Veronika Hunkova, Eva Vlasimska, Tereza Muchova
• INDONESIA: Tyana Dewi Koesumawati, Faizal Amirullah, Firdaus Hendry Prabowo Yudho, Lody - , Sigit Budi Prastyyo 
• ROMANIA: Maria Bianca Becze, Andreea Bogati, Oana Corina Constantin, Anca Claudia Surdu, Diana Cristina Deac

The 2012 Valeri Liukin Invititational will be held from the 7th to the 9th of December at WOGA's Frisco Gym in Texas, and will see Men's Artistic Gymnasts from Level 4 to Elite compete. The annual competition was first held in 1996. See the Schedule below as well as the Preliminary roster of the Elite Competitors for this year. 

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY, 7TH DECEMBER:

SESSION 1:

LEVEL 7:

SESSION 2:

LEVEL 6 (7-8 YR OLDS); LEVEL 6 (9-10 YR OLDS)

• 12.30pm: Open Stretch
• 12.50pm: Line Up
• 1.00pm: Competition Begins
• Awards Follow Competition

LEVEL 6 ( 11 YRS AND UP); LEVEL 8 (11-12 YR OLDS & 15-18 YR OLDS)

• 5.00pm: Open Stretch
• 5.20pm: Line Up
• 5.30pm: Competition Begins
• Awards to Follow

SESSION 4:

LEVEL 8 (13-14 YR OLDS); LEVEL 9:

• 8.00am: Open Stretch
• 8.20am: Line Up
• 8.30am: Competition Begins
• Awards follow

LEVEL 10:

• 1.00pm: Open Stretch
• 1.20pm: Line Up
• 1.30pm: Competition Begins
• Awards to Follow

INTERNATIONAL ELITE:

• 5.00pm - 6.00pm: Open Warm Up
• 5.45pm: Doors Open
• 6.00pm: Line Up
• 6.15pm: Competition Begins
• Awards to Follow

SESSION 7: 

LEVEL 4:

• 9.00am: Open Stretch
• 9.20am: Warm Up 
• 10.15am: Line Up/Competition Begins
• Awards to Follow

LEVEL 5:

• 1.00pm: Open Stretch
• 1.20pm: Line Up
• 1.30pm: Competition Begins
• Awards to Follow

PARTICIPANTS:

ELITE:

• Jeff Becker (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics)
• Mauro Martinez (Cypress Academy of Gymnastics/Argentina)
• James Brochero Gary (Houston Gymnastics Academy/Colombia)
• Regulo Carmona (Houston Gymnastics Academy/Venezuela)
• Ashton Hohit (Houston Gymnastics Center)
• Naoto Hayasaka (Japan)
• Genichiro Kohzu (Japan)
• Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan)
• Daisuke Suzuki (Japan)
• Jamie Da Silva Lugo (Puerto Rico)
• Emanuel Gomez Velez (Puerto Rico)
• Rafael Morales Casado (Puerto Rico)
• Angel Ramos Rivera (Puerto Rico)
• Sergio Ramos Rivera (Puerto Rico)
• Luis Rivera (Puerto Rico)
• Carlos Rivera De Jesus (Puerto Rico)
• Alexander Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
• Ilan Rosario (Puerto Rico)
• Haruki Hino (Sakae)
• Rikii Hoshino (Sakae)
• Masaashi Nakatani (Sakae)
• Tenta Wakasa (Sakae)
• Santiago Tamez (Team Mexico)
• Logan Doughty (Texas Champion)
• Paul Ruggeri (US Gymnastics Development Center)
• Jesse Silverstein (US Gymnastics Development Center)
• Jacob Dastrup (USOTC)
• Sean Melton (USOTC)
• Petro Pakhnyuk (Ukraine)
• Oleg Stepko (Ukraine)
• Tristan Burke (WOGA)
• Fabian DeLuna (WOGA)
• Colton Howard (WOGA)

The 16th edition of the Tournoi International Combs-La-Ville will take place on the 9th and 10th of November at the Centre Sportif Gymnase Salvador Allende, in Combs-La-Ville, France. This year sees Junior Women's Artistic Gymnasts from Belgium, Canada, Hungary, Switzerland, and France compete.

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER:

SATURDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER:

• 14.00: Public Arrival to the Hall
• 15.00: Opening of the Apparatus Finals
• 15.05: Presentation of the Finalists
• 15.10: Spectacle - Hip Hop
• 15.20: Finals - Vault and Uneven Bars - Rotation 1
• 15.40: Finals - Vault and Uneven Bars - Rotation 2
• 16.00: Animation Club
• 16.05: Intermission
• 16.30: Finals - Balance Beam and Floor Exercise - Rotation 1
• 16.50: Finals - Balance Beam and Floor Exercise - Rotation 2
• 17.10: Spectacle - Hip Hop
• 17.20: Award Ceremony

BELGIUM - NATIONAL TEAM:

• Jelle Beullens
• Cindy Vandenholle
• Nathalie WuyTack
• Perrine Szymanski
• Helia Hocquet
• Mathilde Schoonbroodt
• Timna Lebon
• Camille Jacqmin
• Rune Hermans
• Kato Van Cauteren

• Heaven Latimer
• Ivy Lu
• Sydney Townsend

• Palma Godeny
• Csenge Molnar
• Vivien Kanai

• Michelle Gugger
• Ayse Karadag
• Mireja Gloor

• Sarah Pais
• Noemie Marrot
• Louise Pilla

• Laurie-Lou Vezina 
• Victoria Jurca
• Sidney Alexandre

• Nicole Chow
• Taylor Chan
• Emily Blackner
• Helody Cyrenne

• Evie Schellens
• Denise Bressers
• Dana De Groot

• Aminata Bamba
• Omaima Tounan
• Vickie Pavy

• Perrine Marion
• Leslie Leste Lasserre
• Isma Lanaaya

• Sonia Maalem
• Constance Callewaert 
• Lisa Dubois 

• Alexia Klebert 
• Chloe Bonnotte
• Coralie Hervo

The 3rd edition of the Elite Gym Massilia will take place from the 16th to the 18th of November at the Palais des Sports Marseille. The competition which is exclusively for Women's Artistic Gymnasts, will see athletes from Russia, China, France, Canada, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Sweden will be in action over the weekend. Major days/sessions of competition will be on the 17th and 18th, where the Seniors compete in the Master Massilia team competition on the Saturday, and hope to be part of the top six on each individual apparatus to contest the Event Finals on the Sunday. For the first time an Open Massigalia competition which will see Gymnasts added 10-12 years old compete in a team competition where the best two scores on each apparatus will combine to make the team total.

SCHEDULE:
16th November:

• 10.00am - 11.30am - Open Massilia - Session 1 - Team Competition
• 2.30pm - 4.00pm - Open Massilia - Session 2 - Team Competition 
• 5.00pm - 6.30pm - 1st Massigalia - 10/11 Year Olds - Team Competition 

18th November:

• 3.00pm - 4.30pm: Top Massilia - Apparatus Finals
• 5.00pm - 6.30pm: Closing Gala

PARTICIPANTS:

MASTER MASSILIA:

• RUSSIA: Anastasia Sidorova, Yulia Inshina, Maria Kharenkova, Evgeniya Shelgunova 
• CHINA: Siyi CHEN, Jie MEI, Zhilin LIU, Nina LOU
• CANADA: Victoria Moors, Kaitlyn Hofland, Stefanie Merkle, Briannah Tsang
• FRANCE: Manon Cormoreche, Mira Boumejmajen, Johanna Cano, Anne Kuhm
• BELGIUM: Berangere Fransolet, Laura Waem, Lisa Verschueren, Eline Vandersteen

The 2nd edition of the Abierto Mexicana de Gimnasia will be taking place from the 9th to the 14th of October in Acapulco, Mexico. The competition is being held at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess (in the Exhibition Center 'Diamante') and is an All Around competition being held over two days, plus an additional prize for the winning Mixed Team (One MAG Gymnast and One WAG Gymnast) will be awarded with the Teams to be drawn at a Press Conference on the 10th of October. Also being held for the first time, is the inaugural Copa Juvenil Gimnasia. The initial roster was trickled out as of the 11th of September with the major roster being published on the 15th of September. Since then there have been a couple of changes: The US is no longer sending Kennedy Baker, with exciting Men's up-and-comer Donnell Whittenburg to be making the trip instead. Mexico has added Axel German Elias Jimenez to their participants, with Ukraine sending Oleg Verniaiev and Poland's Marta Pihan-Kulesza has also added to the participants. And now 27/09/2012 Canadian Anderson Loran has been added to the roster. Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina of Mexico added as at 30/09/2012

PARTICIPANTS:
WOMEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTS:

• Brenna Dowell (USA)
• Georgia Rose Brown (AUS) 
• Jessica Gil Ortiz (COL)
• Anna Dementyeva (RUS)
• Ana Estefania Lago Serna (MEX)
• Yessenia Estrada Martinez (MEX)
• Alexa Citlali Moreno Medina (MEX)
• Chiara Gandolfi (ITA)
• Marta Pihan-Kulesza (POL)

MEN'S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS:

• Donnell Whittenburg (USA)
• Sergio Sasaki Junior (BRA)
• Daniel Purvis (GBR)
• Anderson Loran (CAN)
• Jorge Hugo Giraldo Lopez (COL)
• David Belyavskiy (RUS) 
• Luis Alberto Sosa Abarca (MEX)
• Axel German Elias Jimenez (MEX)
• Mattia Tamiazzo (ITA)
• Oleg Verniaiev (UKR)

SCHEDULE:

TUESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER:

WEDNESDAY, 10TH OCTOBER:

• 10.00 - 13.00: Training
• 16.00 - 18.30: Training
• 19.00 - 20.00: Press Conference

• 10.00 - 13.00: Training
• 16.00 - 19.00: Training
• 19.00 - 21.30: I Copa Juvenil de Gimnasia (AA)

• 19.00 - 19.15: Opening Ceremony
• 19.15 - 21.00: First Part AA Competition (MAG: FX, PH, SR/WAG: VT, UB)

• 18.00 - 20.00: Second Part AA Competition (MAG: VT, PB, HB/WAG: BB, FX)
• 20.15 - 21.00: Gymnastics Gala - Closing Ceremony
• 21.00 - 21.30: Awards Ceremony (AA and Mixed Team)

• All Day: Departure of Delegations

The South American Championships in Rhythmic Gymnastics will take place from the 19th to the 24th of September in Santiago de Cali in Colombia. The competition will take place at the Coliseo del Pueblo and will see both Individual Gymnasts and those in Groups take to the floor in one of the following divisions - 9-10 Year Olds, 11-12 Year Olds, Youth and Seniors. According to an article on Elpais.com.co, eight countries will be sending Gymnasts to compete at this competition - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. NOW WITH PARTICIPANTS LIST!!

9-10 (PRE-INFANTIL) GROUPS:

• BRAZIL:
• VENEZUELA:

20th September:

• 7.00am - 5.00pm: Scheduled Training
• 9.00am - 10.00am: Judges Meeting
• 11.00am - 1.00pm: Podium Training
• 5.00pm: Opening Ceremony
• 6.00pm - 6.45pm: Warm Up - Individual Youth
• 7.00pm - 8.00pm: CI/CII Individual Youth - Hoop
• 7.15pm - 8.00pm: Warm Up - Individual Seniors
• 8.00pm - 9.00pm: CI/CII Individual Seniors - Hoop

• 8.00am - 8.45am: Warm Up - 9-10 Year Olds
• 9.00am - 11.00am: CI/CII - 9-10 Year Olds - Free Hand - Hoop
• 10.15am - 11.00am: Warm Up - 11-12 Year Olds
• 11.15am - 1.15pm: CI/CII - 11-12 Year Olds - Free Hand - Hoop
• 2.15pm - 3.00pm: Warm Up - Individual Youth
• 3.00pm - 5.00pm: CI/CII - Individual Youth - Ball
• 4.15pm - 5.00pm: Warm Up - Youth - Groups
• 5.00pm - 6.30pm: CI - Youth Groups - 5 Ropes; 5 Balls
• 5.45pm - 6.30pm: Warm Up - Individual Seniors
• 6.45pm - 7.45pm: CI/CII: Individual Seniors - Ball
• 7.00pm - 7.45pm: Warm Up - Senior Groups
• 8.00pm - 9.00pm: CI - Senior Groups - 5 Balls; 3 Ribbons and 2 Hoops

• 8.00am - 8.45am: Warm Up - 9-10 Year Olds
• 9.00am - 10.00am: CI/CII - 9-10 Year Olds - Ball
• 9.15am - 10.00am: Warm Up - 11-12 Year Olds
• 10.00am - 12.00pm: CI/CII - 11-12 Year Olds - Ball; Ribbon
• 11.15am - 12.00pm: Warm Up - Groups - 9-10 Year Olds and 11-12 Year Olds
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm: CI/CII - Groups - 9-10 Year Olds - 5 Ropes
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm: CI/CII - Groups - 11-12 Year Olds - 5 Hoops; 5 Clubs
• 2.15pm - 3.00pm: Warm Up - Individual Youths
• 3.00pm - 5.00pm: CI/CII - Individual Youth - Clubs; Ribbon
• 4.15pm - 5.00pm: Warm Up - Individual Seniors
• 5.15pm - 7.15pm: CI/CII - Individual Seniors - Clubs; Ribbon
• 6.30pm - 7.15pm: Warm Up - Youth - Groups
• 7.30pm - 8.30pm: CIII - Youth Groups
• 7.45pm - 8.30pm: Warm Up - Senior Groups
• 8.45pm - 9.45pm: CIII - Senior Groups

• 8.00am - 8.45am: Warm Up - 9-10 Year Olds
• 8.45am - 10.45am: CIII - Individual 9-10 Year Olds
• 10.00am - 10.45am: Warm Up - 11-12 Year Olds 
• 11.00am - 1.00pm: CIII - Individual 11-12 Year Olds
• 2.15pm - 3.00pm: Warm Up - Individual Youths
• 3.15pm - 5.15pm: CIII - Individual Youths
• 4.30pm - 5.15pm: Warm Up - Individual Seniors
• 5.30pm - 7.30pm: CIII - Individual Seniors

• Departure of Delegations 

The 2012 Junior Pan American Gymnastics Championships (Pan Americano Juvenil de Gimnasia Ritmica) will take place from the 28th of August to the 2nd of September in Cordoba Capital, Argentina at the Orfeo Superdomeo. Gymnasts aged 13 to 15 years of age (born in 1997, 1998 and 1999) will be representing their respective nations. Over seventy gymnasts from the following nations will be in action: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States, and Venezuela. The final schedule for the competition is below. Full participant list is unknown yet, but as names are revealed I shall post them below. And if you know of any participants please leave a comment.

PARTICIPANTS:
INDIVIDUALS:

• ARGENTINA: Ina Luna Conti; Micaela Herbon; Martina Nadal; Virginia Pucheta
• BRAZIL: Andressa Wendel Jardim; Bruna Caroline Da Silva; Mayra Luisa Tiago Sineriz; Stephany Dalmolin Goncalves
• CANADA: Patricia Bezzoubenko; Kaylie Choi; Lisa Huh; Carmen Whelan
• CHILE: Ignacia Baeza Icaza; Valentina Abarzua Perez
• COLOMBIA: Lina Marcela Dussan Orozco; Melany Hernandez Torres
• CUBA: Melissa Kindelan Casanas 
• ECUADOR: Geraldine Melissa Perez Quito
• EL SALVADOR: Evelyn Alas Moran; Lucianna Escobar Santacruz; Diana Lopez Alvarez
• GUATEMALA: Isabella Gonzalez Pennington; Leslie Porras Osorio; Sofia Palacios Castillo
• MEXICO: Cindy Gallegos Barrera; Edna Maryel Garcia Amor; Marialicia Ortega Elizondo
• PUERTO RICO: Desiree Ayala; Marie Rivera Santos
• VENEZUELA: Amanda Vera Faria; Giselle Rey Gonzalez; Barbara Nichold Montilla Rincon; Gabriela Intriago Holguin 

GROUPS:

• ARGENTINA: Priscila Gemellaro, Maria Victoria Arrieta, Camila Del Bono, Lucia Fernandez, Julieta Lopez, Pilar Dantin
• BRAZIL: Gabriela Ribeiro Carvalho Grade, Gabrielle Moraes da Silva, Isadora Magalhaes Silva, Pamela De Morais, Kawany De Oliveira Santos, Haniely Biondi Leao
• CANADA: Sarah Hui, Teija Korjus Parker, Alyssa Klyushin, Emma Lozhkin, Nicola Knowles, Michelle Qin
• MEXICO: Tamara Furlong Limon, Silvana Combaluzier Millet, Daniela Del Rio Camacho, Camila Lilian Nahaut Delgado, Monica Ricalde Ortega, Claudia Crespo Saenz
• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Allyson Roytburd, Erica Iliyev, Elizabeth Kourdaev, Kiana Eide, Nicole Sladkov, Sophia Popova
• VENEZUELA: Claudia Motaner Armas, Jhonire Alejandra Valero Fleitas, Dahamelis Mariana Ocando Pineda, Barbara Nichold Montilla Rincon, Camila Manrique Romero, Estefany Cuevas Ure 

SCHEDULE:
MONDAY, 27TH AUGUST:

• Arrival of PAGU Delegates and RG Technical Committee Members

FRIDAY,  31ST AUGUST: 

• 1300 - 1500: Individual - Warm Up
• 1500 - 1640: Individual Competition - CI/CII - Hoop and Ball (Group 1)
• 1640 - 1730: Judges Break/Warm Up Group 2
• 1730 - 1900: Individual Competition - CI/CII - Hoop and Ball (Group 2)
• 1915 - 2000: Opening Ceremony
• 2000 - 2030: Warm Up - Groups
• 2030 - 2100: Groups Competition - CI - 5 Ropes

The 11th African Gymnastics Championships for Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics will take place in Tunis, Tunisia from the 11th to 14th of April. Juniors and Seniors from nine different Federations will participate in the action at the El Menzah Sports Palace. Have listed the names of a handful of the many gymnasts participating, shall update when more is known. If you know any of the participants who will be competing, please email: mielietagonzalez@gmail.com or comment on this post. Thanks in Advance!!

PARTICIPATING NATIONS:

• South Africa - WAG: Senior: Claudia Cummins, Nicole Szabo, Kirsten Beckett, Bianca Mann, Jean-Mari Kellermann. Juniors: Alessandra Thompson, Lilu Miller, Mammule Rankoe, Tylah Lotter, Angela Maguire
• Algeria
• Egypt
• Congo
• Libya
• Morocco
• Namibia - WAG: No Seniors competing (Kimberly-Ann Van Zyl, Bianca van de Westhuizen, and Nicole Loubser withdrew due to school and university commitments). Juniors: Samantha-Lee Gibbons, Tyla Liechti, Dannii Biewenga
• Tunisia - WAG: Seniors: Faten Aouadi, Oumaima Mouissi. Juniors: Rahma Mastouri, Jihane Yahyaoui, Oumaima Nasri. MAG: Seniors: Wadji Bouallegue, Haikkel Bannouri. Juniors: Mohamed Aziz Trabelsi, Wissem Harzi. 
• Zimbabwe

The 2012 edition of the L'International Gymnix will be held at the Claude Robillard Sports Complex in Montreal, Quebec from the 8th to 11th of March.

SCHEDULE:
GYM A:

Thursday, 8th March, 2012:

Saturday, 10th March, 2012: 

• SESSION 1.5: 7.20am - 10am: PRE-NOVICE ELITE
• SESSION 1.6: 12.45pm - 3.25pm: NO (White Panel)/NN (Black Panel) 
• SESSION 1.7: 6.00pm - 8.40pm: JUNIOR CUP AND SENIOR CUP QUALIFICATION

• SESSION 1.8: 10.00am - 12.24pm: NO
• SESSION 1.9: 2.45pm - 5.25pm: INTERNATIONAL FINALS - JUNIOR CUP, CHALLENGE AND SENIOR CUP

Saturday, 10th March, 2012:

• SESSION 2.5: 8.15pm - 9.35pm: P2 SENIOR
• SESSION 2.6: 10.00am - 11.40am: P3 SENIOR (White Panel); P3 NOVICE (Black Panel)
• SESSION 2.7: 12.45pm - 4.25pm: PRE-NOVICE ASPIRE

• SESSION 2.8: 9.20am - 11.40am: P4 TYRO AND P5 TYRO (White Panel); P3 ARGO (Black Panel)
• SESSION 2.9: 12.00pm - 1.44pm: P2 ARGO 

PARTICIPANTS:
CHALLENGE GYMNIX:
FLIGHT ONE:

• Heaven Latimer (CANADA - Brantford)
• Anysia Unick (CANADA - CGC)
• Rose-Kalam Woo (CANADA - Gym-Richelieu) 
• Sabrina Tomassini (CANADA - Wimgym) 
• Madison Copiack (CANADA - CGC)
• Paula Tiita (FINLAND)
• Gabriella Douglas (CANADA - Futures)
• Hailey Kardos (CANADA - Futures)
• Hailee Westney (CANADA - Futures)
• Helody Cyrenne (CANADA - Gym-Fly)
• Tara Mauchel (CANADA - Mississauga)
• Makinli Handley (CANADA - Okanagan)
• Andrea Camino (PERU)
• Nicole Hein (PERU)
• Ariana Orrego (PERU)
• Johanna Cano (Pole Marseille - FRANCE)
• Manon Cormoreche (Pole Marseille - FRANCE)
• Cataline Denis Leclere (Pole Marseille - FRANCE)
• Maeva Brevet (Pole St Etienne)
• Laura Longueville (Pole St Etienne)
• Kim Teulade (Pole St Etienne)
• Sarah Flett (Springers - CANADA)
• Demi Pas (Stampede City - CANADA)
• Nicole Chow (TAG - CANADA)
• Marie-Jeanne Fortier (Viagym - CANADA)

LA CLASSIQUE GYMNIX:
NATIONAL NOVICE:

• Taylor Perkins (Adrenaline Gymnastics)
• Vanessa Pilgrim (Adrenaline Gymnastics)
• Grace Rajas (Adrenaline Gymnastics)
• Drew Gilmour (Altadore Gymnastics)
• Lauren Gonzaga (Altadore Gymnastics)
• Aleska Law (CGC)
• Madeline McLellan (CGC)
• Meaghan Ruttan (CGC)
• Apollonia Pucci (Champions Gymnastics)
• Cassandra Buchan (Dynamo)
• Megane Roberts (East York Gymnastics)
• Oleksandra Yermolchuk (East York Gymnastics)
• Megan Phillips (Equilibrix)
• Audrey Rousseau (Equilibrix)
• Jade Chrobok (Gemini)
• Laurie-Lou Vezina (Gym-Fly)
• Laurie-Ann Demers (Gymnamic)
• Rose Cloutier (Gym-Plus)
• Sophia-Rose Moisan (Gym-Plus)
• Kierstin Anderson (Gymtastics)
• Lianne Downey (Gymtastics)
• Carissa Sebelius (Gymtastics)
• Brianna Reid (Gymnastics Mississauga)
• Rachael Rowe (Gymnastics Mississauga)
• Jordyn Sellin (Norfort Gymnastics)
• Kathryn Doran (Oakville Gymnastics)
• Haley De Jong (Omega Gymnastics)
• Jordan De Jong (Omega Gymnastics)
• Samantha Haghighat-Joo (Omega Gymnastics)
• Seina Murase-Cho (Omega Gymnastics)
• Angel Zhong (Omega Gymnastics)
• Sydney Alexander (Panthers Gymnastics)
• Izabela Iosip (Pole Marseille - FRANCE)
• Noemie Marrot (Pole Marseille - FRANCE)
• Louise Pilla (Pole Marseille - FRANCE)
• Farah Boufadene (Pole St-Etienne -FRANCE)
• Grace Charpy (Pole St-Etienne - FRANCE)
• Harmonie Pitaval (Pole St-Etienne - FRANCE)
• Denelle Pedrick (Queen City Kinsmen Gymnastics)
• Sydney Townsend (Revolution Gymnastics)
• Zoe Hipel (SGI)
• Sarah Scholten (SGI)
• Nika Tagaki (SGI)
• Kearcy Bradley (Gymnastics Saskatchewan)
• Mia Dimas (Gymnastics Saskatchewan)
• Emma Bragg (Stampede City Gymnastics)
• Victoria Tse (Stampede City Gymnastics)
• Caroline Graham (Team Futures)
• Cassie Pettersen (Team Futures)
• Christine Reid-Pacquette (Team Futures)
• Charlotte Desrosiers (Unigym)
• Marjory Bastien (Viagym)
• Elly Boudreau (Viagym)
• Amanda Diallutto-Perez (Wimgym)
• Madyson Ferron-McCaffrey (Wimgym)
• Maude Lebeau (Wimgym)
• Audrey Levesque (Wimgym)
• Sophie Nelisse (Wimgym)
• Ava Lintack (World Class Gymnastics)