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Tumblers gymnasts show off their skills flipping upside down while posing for a group photo after an athlete homecoming ceremony on April 8.
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Sports - What a flip. Last year, Tumblers Gymnastics sent a lone gymnast to the Eastern Canadian Championship. This year: they qualified 12. Several years after shifting focus to provide programs for competitive gymnasts, the OrlĂŠans program has more gymnasts excelling at a higher level. Tumblers president Mark Faig said it was a historic year for the club, sending 24 gymnasts to the provincial championship, held April 3 to 6 in Windsor, Ont. “Our competitive coaching
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tawa at Carleton University. “It’ll be a huge delegation,â€? said Faig, of the people who will cheer on Julie-Anne and Eric. Eric competes in the national open level, while Julie-Anne is in the novice high performance division. In the men’s category, Nicholas Dugan was named to Team Ontario, and also won a gold medal on the pommel horse, and a silver overall medal. For the women, Alex Cameron, Caroline Poirier, Beth Webster, Juliette Chapman and Avery Rosales were named to the Ontario team. The not-for-profit gymnastics club is located on Vantage Drive in OrlĂŠans.
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program has advanced tremendously in recent years, and now we’re seeing the results of that,� said general manager Lindsay Bennett. The gym held an athlete homecoming on April 8 to welcome back the provincial competitors. Recreational classes took a pause to welcome all the competitors into the gym and hear about the club’s impressive medal haul. Six gymnasts were named to the provincial team, and many won additional individual event medals. Two gymnasts, Julie-Anne Fiset and Eric Gauthier, will compete at the national championship, held this May in Ot-
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