NAMES 'N' NEWS 2 1971 AAU NATIONALS
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Hamby, Fleming, Hill, Mullen, Fike, Sepaspour; West Coast Invitational.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to host 1971 national AAU Gymnastic Meet. The meet w ill be held at the new Kennedy High School under the direction of athl etic director Don Supe and gymnastics coach Gary Williams. For further information: AAU Meet Committee, Box 1270, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406
WEST COAST INVITATIONAL WOMEN'S GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Fresno, Calif., March 6, 1971 Meet Referee: Dale Flansaas
CENTRAL QUEENS "Y" HOSTS GYMNASTIC CLINIC FOR GIRLS AND WOMEN Report by Sid Lorber Gymnastic Coach , Queensborough Commun ity Col lege The Centra l Queens YMCA in Queens, New York, held its first girl s-women gymnastic c linic on Saturday, jan. 16, 19 71. There were about 130 gi rls taking part in the cl ini c. The object of the clinic was to demonstrate, exp lai n and teach the AAU junior Olympic Age-Group Compulsory routines. Films of the compu lso ri es were shown .throughout the clinic. Printed com pulsory routines were given out to all participants and spectators. The gi rl s and women that did not take part in the workshop phase were able to observe and take notes. The use of a video-tape machine en hanced the cl inic for the gi rls. Although the organization of the c linic needed improvement, the cl ini c was a success. Gymnastic competition for gi rl s and women (as well as for boys and men), outside the N.Y.C. public schools, has not really existed to any great extent. There have been very few AAU meets in New York City area. Maybe compulsory clinics will foster more meets in the metropolitan area in the future. The following people were instrumental in making the clinic a success: Madeline Nelson, N .Y.S. Comm issioner of Gymnastics for the YMCAs and Assistant Phys ica l Director of the Central Queens Y; Pat King, Gymnastic Coordinator in the Northeast Region for the YMCAs and Physical Director of the New Canaan, Conn. , Y; Marilyn Schnaars, National AAU judge and Coach of the Carle Place H.S. gym nastics team ; Linda Chencinski, National AAU judge and Coach of the Centra l Queens Y Girls' gymnast ics team; Maria DeCristoforo, Gymnastic Coach at Port Washington H.S.; Nancy Lauster, Gymnastic Coach at York College; janet H ennessy, Coach of Springfield Gardens H.S. ; joh anna New, Assistant Physical Director of the Prospect Y; Norbert Chencinski, women's gymnast ic judge for the metropolitan area; Luis Alomar, gymnast from Long Island University; Sid Lorber, Gymnastic Coach at Queensborough Community Co llege and the centra l Queens Y. The women and girls that ass isted in performing routines at the clinic were Terry Turso, Debby Eich, Barbara Palmer, Beth Schoenwald , Marion Settle and Elaine Bruescki.
AA: Debby Hill , Den ver - 35 .50; Barbara Fleming, Fresno - 35.45 ; Debby Mu llen, Fresno - 35.10 ; Lind a Hamby, Fresno - 34.75; Debby Fike, Lakewood " Kips" - 33.95; Barbara Fleming, Sacramento State and Tami Sepaspour, Diablo Valley - 32.45. BB : Tie, Debby Hill and Barbara Fleming; Linda Hamby; Debby Fike; Candy O li ver, Reno ; Debby Mullen; Li sa Buttrill , Diablo. FX: Linda Hamby; tie, Barbara Fleming and Debby Mullen; Tina Liskum Sac-San juan; Leanne Lobdill , Sac-San juan; Oliver; Parcher. UB: Hill ; Mu llen; Fike; Flemin g; Debby Halle, Seattle; Parcher; Sandy Ga ll oway, Sac-San juan. V: Sepaspour; Fleming; Hill ; Hamby; tie, Mullen, Linda Antonio, Denver; tie, Fike, Lisa Buttrill and Diane Dunbar, Di ablo. Results: Team Fresno, 166.90; Sac-San juan, 157.95; O veta Chernich Linda Hamby Tina Liskum Barbara Flemin g Sandy Galloway Kim Sue Greaves Pam Bickner Cindy Smythe Nancy LeValley Diane Ain ley Debby Mullen Leanne Lobdill Denver, 154.75; Linda Antonio Laura Trowbridge Debby Hill Renee Hack Claudia Walush Caney Fergu son
Seattle, 153.10. Debby Halle Shirley Boyd Lonna Woodard jill johnson Peggy Rowan Laurel Anderson
Other than full teams, competitors we re from Lakewood " Kips" ; Di ablo Valley, Sacramento State, University of Nevada. judges were from Sacramento, Palo Alto, Concord, Huntington Park, San Diego, Ventura, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles and Fresno.
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