USGF News - March/April 1980

Gymnastics News January-February-1980 Vol. IX, No. 2

Editorial

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USGF Training Center

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USGF Training Center

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International Women's Day 1980 American Cup An American Success American Cup Champions

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Mixed-Pairs Competition Gold Cup Milk Tournament Modem Rhythmic Championships FRC Minutes/Men USGF Materials List

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Board approves move, Selects Roger Counsil Headquarters, Training Facility soon to be a reality Blueprint of facility Elevations of Approved Facility Modern Rhythmic Competition Thomas & Talavera first, Conner, Frederick, second & third Color photographs of American Winners Color photographs of American Cup and Mixed-Pairs Competition Second year for a Fresh Idea T earn Competition with Great Britain Report of Jr. & Sr. Nationals February 10, 1980, Meeting Latest Books Including New FIG Code of Points

PRESIDENT, ED KNEPPER/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FRANK L. BARE/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-ELECT, ROGER L. COUNSIL,/VICEPRESIDENT FOR MEN, LES SASVARY/VICE-PRESIDENT FOR WOMEN, SUE AMMERMAN/SECRETARY, MARY ANN MAHONEY MEMBERS: Amateur Athletic Union; American Sokol Organization; American Turners; Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women; National Association for Girls and Womens Sports; National Assocation of College Gymnastics Coaches; National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/ Women; National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics; National Association of Women Gymnastics Judges; National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Federation of State High School Associations; National Gymnastics Judges Association; National High School Gymnastics Coaches Association; National Jewish Welfare Board; National Junior College Athletic Association; United States Association of Independent Gymnastics Clubs; United States Gymnastics Safety Association, Young Men's Christian Association.

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EDITORIAL Frank L. Bare

The USGF is pleased to report tha t at it's m ost recent meeting of the Board of Direc tors , action was taken to relocate the national headquarters and at the sa me time crea te a National Training Center for our sport in the same bea utiful complex. Fort Worth, Texas has generously offered to assist the U.S.G .F. in bringing thi s project into being and the land has tentatively been dona ted and elsewhere in this issue of the USGF NEWS you will see what the basic plans look like, although admittedly they will be revised in some small ways during the actual construction. When the entire project is completed, probabl y there will be no sports federa tio n in the world with a finer tra ining-headquarters complex.

This represents the culmination of many months of work beginning with discussions between m yself a nd Fort Worth 's Chamber of Commerce President and then leading citizens from Fort Worth businesses. I am delighted to have brought the proj ec t to this point and feel sure that it will continue to be successful and be completed in the nea r future. Naturally, it would have been a pleasure for me to have seen the building constructed and occupied but that is for o thers to do and move on with the program already begun .

The 1980 Ol ympic Games appear to be over as far as the U.S.A. is concerned. The President of the United States seems quite firm in his position aga inst participa tion a nd, of course, most American a thle tes and officials will probably back that stance for patriotic reasons. It is regrettable, but a fact, a nd my personal belief is that gymnastics moves a head with plans for suitable international competitions, no t in conflict in a n y way with the Olympic Games themse lves, to provide for pleasant experiences for o ur selected teams . If the 1980 Ol ympic Games a re over for us, then let us look ahead to other events for our steadil y improving gymnasts, and not look back at the Ol ympic Games tha t will not be for u s.

Alternative plans for events, o nce aga in not designed as in conflict with the Ga m es, are being discussed in all parts of the nation by the White H o use, the U .S.O.C. a nd o ther nations as well.

Roger Counsil, very successful coach from India na State University has been na m ed as Executive Direc tor of the U.S.G. F. to begin in September of this year or perhaps sooner. Roger won the position in a fri endl y ba ttle with some 15 applicants for the position, and con gratula tio n s are in order for his selection as chief administrator for thi s rapidl y growing sports federa tion . Roger brings with him a great deal of experience in the sport, and a coaching record that is trul y enviable. The gy mn astics community sho uld rally behind him in a n effort to continue the record grow th of our sport in past years a nd aid him in his goal to bring more involvem ent of more gymnastic specialists into the USGF progra m. Roger will host and conduct the 1980 USGF CONGRESS o nce again set for th e SheratonSt. Louis in September and many of you will have the opportunity to persona ll y con gra tulate him and speak to him of hi s plans for program development at that tim e. As soon as he is settled in Tucson, this editorial page will close with Roger 's na me.

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O.S.G.F NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER ..... a first for gymnastics.

The propos-ed, and USGF Board of Directors approved, move to Fort Worth, Texas is designed to provide our sport with the finest national training center in the nation. The enthusiasm of the people and business community of Fort Worth isa tribute to their national pride and Texas pride. Frand Bare and Jay Ashmore, have spent months with Fort Worth's Bill Shelton, and Bob Gerrard and architects who have donated their time and interest and the project is nearing completion on paper...and then the fundraising will begin. The million dollar plus project is aided by the proposed donation of the land for the building by Mr. Lott, of Fort Worth, who has made sufficient land in a most suitable location available for this beautiful center and headquarters buildingcomplex.

The USGF's Executive Director and Director of Events have finalized plans for the building, although some minor structural changes will , of course, be made as construction begins. A dollar figure will now be determined by those in Fort Worth and they, along with the U .S.G.F. will arrive at a final cost for the building, relocation and moving of the national headquarters and staff, and furnishing the gymnasium-training center and offices. Then, the host committee and the USGF will jointly (as per our agreement) arrive and how many dollars each will raise to complete the project. It is estimated that roughly 2 million dollars will be needed to complete all aspects of the relocation, building, furnishing management project.

facility to be finest available

When completed (see plans and drawings), this complex will be the finest amateur sports facility of it's type, not only in the U.S.A. by probably in the world. Virtually every aspect of design was thought out by your USGF Staff, Frank Bare and Jay Ashmore worked with over-all design and Mas Watanabe and Bill Valentine worked on the training areas, design for pits, lighting and dressing-training and conditioning areas, dance space, coaches offices .... and so on. The architects designed the building so that in this day and age, with energy being so expensive, that portions of the building can be heated or cooled separately so they can be shut down when training only or administration activities only are the order of the day .

A well-known figure among sports-medicine enthusiasts is that of Dr. John Cooper, and the U.S.G.F. is indeed fortunate to learn that on the land immediately adjacent to the USGF NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER-HEADQUARTERS will be located and sports-medicine and research center of Dr. Cooper and staff. This magnificent sportsmedicine center, with track and raquetball facilities planned as an integral part, will be available to the gymnasts training next door.

As your out-going Executive Director, I am delighted to have brought this project to the point of conclusion and turn in over to the new Executive Director and I shall watch with interest as the building becomes a reality, and proves it's value to the sport in the years to follow . It was a distinct pleasure to have worked with Jay Ashmore and the Fort Worth people to make this a possibility and now a reality.

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Roger Counsil Elected Executive Director of the USGF Roger L. Counsil, the very successful gymnastics coach at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, has been chosen from a list of fifteen applicants as the new Executive Director of the United States Gymnastics Federation.

Counsil will replace the retiring Executive Director of the USGF, Mr. Frank L. Bare.

Roger will become only the second executive director in the seventeen year history of the USGF. Frank Bare having expressed a desire to retire several years ago will be leaving the office in September 1980.

Roger has a wide variety of athletic endeavors in his background, from participating in football in high school to both participating and coaching swimming and gymnastics. As a champion trampolineist, his natural carry over was to spring board diving where he was a college and AAU champion .

Roger Jives in Terre Haute with his wife Shirley and four children three boys and a girl , ages 18, 17, 13 and I 0.

A graduate of Southern Illinois University, Roger has a masters degree in Education from Southern Illinois and is working on a dissertation for Doctorate of Education from Indiana University.

Roger has had a variety of teaching experiences including a graduate assistantship at Southern Illinois University, instructing at Eastern New Mexico University, and athletic director of a military school.

This will be Rogers second stay in Arizona, having previously taught English and swimming at Yuma High School in 1964. Since 1964, Roger has been at Indiana State University as professor and gymnastics coach. The gymnastics teams under Counsil meet with great success, including sharing the collegiate national championships in gymnastics in 1977.

Roger's best known pupil is of course Kurt Thomas, but he has also coached seven USGF National Champions and forty -five All-Americans. Counsil has been elected coach of the year several times and has coached teams representing the USGF in Great Britain, Romania, Spain, Japan, the World Cup and several times has coached Kurt Thomas as the American representative in the American Cup . Roger's most recent success was as the coach of the 1979 World Championship team in Fort Worth which finished in third place, bringing home the bronze medal in team competition, the first ever for the United States.

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International Women's Day Competition- Czechoslovakia Hana Christie The seventeenth Inte rnational Wom e n 's Da y Competition was held in Brno, Czechoslovakia, as it has bee n in the past four years. Traditionally, we m ee t competitors from the three top Modern Rhythmic G ymnastic countries-Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia , a nd USSR. Completing the list of the fourtee n participating countries were: Austria, Belgium, Cuba , Denmark , East Germany , Finland, Holland, Hungary , Yugoslavia, Rumania, and USA. The host in vited the two bes t competitors from each country; USSR and Cuba brought four girls. The Czechoslovakian team consisted of their three bes t gymnasts, world champion in clubs, Daniela Bosanska, Yveta Havlickova, and Sarka Batkova. Members of the USA team were, Sue Soffe, four times Nationa l Champion, and Lydia Crabtree, second place at the 1979 U.S. Nationa l Championship. Both girls are from Los Angeles. H a na Christie, coach-manager, is from San Francisco.

We left California on Wednesday afternoon, March 5th, fl ew via London to Prague and arrived after 21 hours a t Brno, 8:30 P.M. their tim e. We were exhausted, but anxious to see old fri ends and meet new competitors.

Eve ryone stayed in the same hotel in the center of the city.

Transportation to th e hall was provided by the chartered buses.

The hall is on ly four years old and with a ll modern facilities. The second gymnasium was available for wa rmup during the entire time. Organization was very efficient without any problems.

The competition consisted of four events , jump rope, hoop, clubs, and ribbon. The first eight competitors in each event qualified for the finals. The meet was sanctioned by the FIG .

The competition started on Saturday, March 8th at 10 A.M. This gave us only one day to adjust to 9 hours time difference. This made the morning session a great handicap for us. Sue and Lydia drew clubs for their first routine. Having to control two pieces of apparatus, especially during high tosses, which are now essentia l in top competition, multiplies the risks. Sue missed severa l times and received a score of 8: 15. Lydia's routine was a lso disrupted a few times and the judges gave her 8.35.

But then an unbelievable thing happened. Pretty Sue in h er red , white, and blue leotards came up for h er hoop routine. With the first bar of Tchaikovsky 's music her tiny body displayed such an amount of energy and dynamics that the spectators applauded during most of her routine.

What a pl easure it was to watch this young lady put her whole heart into her performance . After she finished she rece ived more applause from the spec tators and a score of 8.95 from the judges . Since she received one of the highest scores in this event during the first half of the competition our hopes started to rise . Lydia was next after the rotation.

March 8-9, 1980 She rega ined her confidence and p erformed very nicel y.

H er score was 8. 7.

We had ribbon and jump rope left for the afternoon sess ion . Our ribbon routines were very well accepted by the spectators and received compliments from the head judges after the meet. Unfortunately, one mistake deprived Sue of a hi g her score. Both girls received 8.6. Our jump rope routines lea ve some possible room for improvement, in composition. The highes t scored routines were the ones with good rhythmical parts perfec tly synchronized with music. Sue scored 8.6 and Lydia 8.45.

As the competition progressed, I kept watching closely the scores of the hoop event, keeping my hopes high. At th e end th e drea m ca me frue. Sue was in the finals. The first tim e in the Modern Rhythmic Gymnastic history we had a U.S.A. finali st competing against the traditionally strongest countries in MRG in the world. Sue shared 6-8 place with H. Krause and K. Huschke from East Germany.

What excitement for a ll of us. We cancell ed our plans to visit th e Brno Opera that evening and decided to ge t some more res t.

The finals started at 10 A.M. the next morning. The Czechoslovak television was taping the competition. The hoop event was second a nd Sue competed as number four.

This tim e the full h a ll gave her a warm welcome right at the beginning. She repeated her success from the previous da y and her total score gave her a six place. She received a recognition as the equal competitor with the bes t in the world, as we would read the next morning in the largest Czechoslovak newspaper, Rude Pravo. The only other two competitors mentioned in this article together with Sue, were J . de Boer from Holland and A. H ernandez from Cuba . The dail y nationwide newspaper, Ceskoslovensky, sport wrote, "The surprise of the competition was the original and interesting entry of the Americans'. refined Sue Soffe, and athletic Lydia Crabtree. " Dunng the farewell reception that even ing, we watched a nationally televised program of the finals and Sue's hoop routine was selected to be seen in full.

The winner of all over competition became a fifteen year o ld Lilia Ignatova of Bulgaria. Last year she placed tenth at the same competition, and some of us met her at the International Judges a nd Coaches Course in August in Toronto. This extremely talented girl has already a perfect technique and went through the meet without major mistakes.

The wins in the finals wen t to the Czechoslovakians. D. Bosanska captured three and S. Batkova the fourth.

Bosanska performed new routines and made few small mistakes. She is very fast and dynamic, but her moves are always under p erfec t control. The winner of the 1979 Women's Day Competition, Yveta Havlickova, due to her knee injury, was not yet in her top form . The USSR was

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Sue Soffe Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics U.S.A. Team (L -R ), Lydia Crabtree, Hana Christie, Sue Soffe

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International Women's Day represented by four girls from Kijev, a ll coached by Ms. Derugina, the mother of world ch ampion Irina Derugina .

Their talents and ski ll s were not exactly wha t we are use to expect from this country . Competitors from the other teams I would like to mention are: Holland 's Joke de Boer, who keeps constantly improving; and the two 13 year o ld East German girls wi th a lready a very good technique.

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9.40 9.60 9.20 9.20 8.95 9. 10 8.75 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.65 8.80 8.55 8.65 8.40 8.95 8.60 8.80 8.50 8.60 8.65 8.45 8.65 8.80 8.40 8.60 8.60 8.30 8.50 8.20 8. 10 8.30

9.55 9.60 9.30 9.25 9.40 9.10 8.95 8.85 8.70 8.85 8.95 8.25 8.90 8.60 8.80 8.40 8.70 8.60 8.70 8.15 8.25 8.35 8.80 8.35 8.20 8.35 7.95 8.20 8.45 8.30 8.25 8.35

9.25 9.40 9.15 9.20 9.35 9.10 8.70 8.65 8.85 35.10 8.75 9.00 8.75 8.65 8.95 8.60 8.70 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 8.60 7.70 8.50 8.70 8.25 8.45 8.35 8.30 8.20 8.30 8.10

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37.55 37.45 36.95 36.90 36.85 36.20 35.25 35.15 35.10 34.95 34.95 34.90 34.80 34.80 34.80 34.70 34.55 34.35 34.30 34.20 34.10 34. 10 33.95 33.80 33.45 33.20 3305 33.00 32.80 32.65 32.45

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And we're a great host.

May 26, 27 and 28 America 's best young gymnasts will be competing for a place on the U.S. Olympic Team . Stars like Bart Conner , Kurt Thomas, Marcia Frederic k and Tracee Talavera will be doing their best to be the best.

And Jacksonville , Florida is the pe rfect site for it. Mi ld climate , beautiful hotels (includ ing the new City Center Holiday Inn - Headquarters for The Trials), and 50 miles of great beaches on the Atlantic Ocean make this a great vacation and sports city. This is the home of the Gator

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The 1980 AMERICAN CUP In it's fifth year, since being founded as a special event to join in the celebration of the U .S.A's bicentennial, this event has become one of the most prestigious and successful in the world. .some fourteen nations participated in the 1980 vers10n of the American Cup, including the USSR, Romania, Mexico, DDR, Hungary, Canada, Japan, Brazil, CSSR, Great Britain, France and West Germany. It was a great competition and over the two-day span drew some 30,000 spectators as well as being televised once again by ABC-TV as part of their Wide World of Sports program. , .

This was a banner year for the U.S.A. s entnes, and it is important to note that never in the five year history of the Cup has the U.S.A. won th e m.en's and women 's titles . Each year for four consecuuve years one or the other eluded our gymnasts and the titles in the coveted all-around competition where spit between two nations.

It is also important to note that the American Cup is a most unique event as it relates to format. On Saturday all gymnasts from all nations compete in the all-around (optionals only). Then the top eight in mens and womens results from that day start over again on Sunday afternoon with no carry over scores at all. Everyone begins on Sunday with "O" points.

The battle for the title then changes hands after virtually every event, and the winner is declared on that day for all the world to witness. It is a most exciting format and one that has merit for the consideration of the International Federation . It makes the finals interesting, never concluded until

An American Success the last gymnast works the last event. The public is with you and interested from start to finish.

This was the U.S.A.'s year. Kurt Thomas was never matched from the beginning. H e worked steadily and was his usual consistent self as the day went by on Saturday. Sunday he was like watching a highly motivated self-disciplined, well-trained athlete in any sport. He was virtually flawl ess in all six events and was never really threa tened for the title . On the women's side, a wee little gymnast from Oregon, worked as she had in her first big event just one year before, as if there was nothing to be concerned °:bout except routines. Tracee Talavera stood the a.ud1ence on their respective ears as she performed routine after routine in great style and perfect execution to help Kurt bring about something that had never been done before .... the winning of the AMERICAN CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS by a U.S.A. man and woman in the same year. When the chalk dust cleared it was Tracee and Kurt walking to the floor to receive their awards from Frank Bare and FIG Women's Technical President Ellen Berger (DDR). It was a superb event, well-contested, and deservedly won by the two winners . Romania 's Eberle held on tough, but was edged by our own Tracee Talavera, and she did the USGF and Dick and Linda Mulvihill proud.

They were both ready, as were Bart Conner and Marcia Frederick.

Interesting aside .. ..four American gymnasts walked on the floor. ..and THREE of them held World Championship titl es. 1980 will be remembered .

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NAME

O.t14 043 02:3 031 01 :3 001 007 012

001 002 00:3 004 005

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009 010 011 012 01:3 015 016 017 018 019 020 021

0:34 008 040 (>~:5

017 021 009 007 022 027 (1:37 01 ::: 041

Thomas, l<ur· t Cernncr· , Bar·t Ma:iYar· , Zr:rltan Evseev, Al e::-~and<:·r· Bc•utar·d, Mi•.:hel Dcltchev, ~;tr:r .jan Bc•E-r· i o, Henr· i Ver·ni "..-, I si eo r· l<um;0-, Takashi Mack, L•Jtz R•:•hr·wick, Veo 1 ke r· Hir·ata, Neor·iteoshi Tabak, .Jiri Cieeor·siescu, A•Jr·el ian Br·•:•nst, Andr·;0-as Ch eoc:11Je t t e, .Jean Che•:i•:h;0-s, I •:•n (i.j c r· ts c n, Finn Winch, Barr·y Kernecn"..-, .Josef :::;ch n~ i der·, .Jr:rar;:him

EX OPT.

EX

5:3. 450 5E:. 150 56.950 56.450 56.400 56.400 56.050 5t:.• 000 55.750 55.700 55.600 55.500 55.300 55.3(1(1 54.700 !:i4. 650 54.500 54.450 54.200 54. 100

TOTAL

5!?.. 45() 5i::. 150 56.950 5t:.. 450 56.400 56.400 56.050 56.000

55. 75(i

55.700 55.600 55.500 55. ::;:(H) 55.300 54.700 54.650 54.500 54.450 54.200 54. 100

Finals NAME 044 Thomas, Kurt

TEAM USA

FLOOR 9.700

9.900

9.700

043 Conner, Bart

USA

9.550

9.750

001 Deltchev, Sterjan

BUL

9.550

030 Verniy, l9or

URS

023 Magyar, Zoltan

H.BAR

TOTAL

9.650

P.BARS 9.900

10.000

58.850

9.700

9. 700

9.800

9.900

58. 400

9.100

9.650

9.6-00

9.650

9.900

57.450

9.550

9.500

9.600

9.700

9.450

9.600

57.400

HUN

9.350

9.800

9.500

9.500

9.550

9.650

57.350

031 Evseev, Alexander

URS

9.400

9.400

9.250

9.500

9.450

9.750

56. 7:-d)

013 Boutard, Michel

FRA

9.350

9.750

9.450

9.050

9.450

9.600

56.650

012 Boerio, Henri

FRA

9.400

9.000

9.350

9.~'00

9.400

9.550

55.900

9.400

9.000

'1.350

9.200

9.400

9.550

55.'100

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001 002 003 004 005 006 007

019 020 01 (i 04(:.

015 04!:i 01(:;.

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Eb2r·le, Emil ia T•Jr·ncr· , [I um i t r· i a Voi9ht, Fr·anka Ta 1 aver·a, Tr·ar:ee Cer·na, Ver· a Fr·cder· ir:k, Mar·i:: i a :::;a1J 2 r· ova, Anita Flandcr· s, Er· i ka l<e l sal l ' Kar·~n A:iaPova, ::;ver-1 ana •Jar: obs, Ker·stin Yonas, Cia 1 ina ::;;r:hu:~ss le.-·, Ul r· i k.:Toneva, Kr· a s s i m i r·a Ohar·a, ;·1 i 2ko Kihar·a, Ya··,··oi de la Tor· r· e, Estela Car· r·as r: o za, Lil ian Ma:ial haes, Claudia Chee s c b r· o •J 9 h , ::;usan Cii:•e r·man r1, Monica

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TOTAL

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:38. 150 ::::!3. 100 :3:3. 050 37.900 :37. 700 :37. 250 :36. 750 ::-::1:.•• 750 36.650 36. ::::oo 36.050 35.900 :35. 700

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NAME 046 Talavera, Tracee

TEAM LISA

VAULT

BARS

BEAM

FLCIJR

TOTAL

9.550

9.850

9.800

9.900

39.100

019 Eberle, Emilia

ROM

9.700

9.700

9.700

9.900

39.000

045 Frederick, Marcia

USA

9.700

9.750

9.550

9.800

:-:B.800

020 Turner, Dumitria

ROM

9.750

9.700

9.700

9.600

38.750

015 Cerna, Vera

TCH

9.~.()(l

9.650

9.600

9.600

38.350

010 Voi9ht, Franka

DOR

9.650

9.600

9.550

9.350

38.150

016 Sauerova, Anita

TCH

9.550

9.150

9.500

9.600

37.800

025 Flanders, Erika

HUN

9.550

8.700

9.350

9.450

37.050

'i.550

8.700

'i,350

'i.450

37.050

A. 13art Conner performs on pommel horse.

B. Marcia Frederic!~ sporl~led on floor exercise, finishing third in the American Cup. C. Kerstin Jacobs , DD~

The 1980 AMERICAN COP A. Tracee Talavera, 1J year old American Cup Winner, rose from a third place lost year.

B. Kurt ocl-<towledges the crowds response to his 10.00 on high bar.

C. [3ort Conner finished second to Thomas.

D. Kurt Thomas, Men's Winner, finished with a 10.00 on high bar.

MIXED PAIRS A. Zolton Magyar, Hungary, World and Olympic Champion on pommel horse.

B. Kurt Thomas & Marcia Frederic!~ tool~ first place in the mixed pairs championships.

C. Curly Neal of the Harlem Globetrotters Turns the table as he tol~e a picture of the gymnasts at the Spectrum in Philadelphia.

AMERICAN CUP A. Romania's Emelia Eberle performs on the balance beam D. World Champion Yero Cerna of Hungary on the balance beam.

C. Dumitrio Turner, Romania, a World Champion performs in floor exercise.

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A. Ellen !3erger, President of the Women's Technical Committee of the FIG, and Franl'I Oare, Vice-President of the FIG present awards to the Mixed Pair Winners, Kurt Thomas and tv\orcia Frederid'I. B. Stojan Deltchev, !3ulgaria performing on rings.

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Those nations having four gymnasts in the country made two "pairs" for their homelands and those with lesser entries made up one team or combined with other individuals to make a na tionall y-mixed-pair.

The competition takes place on the same floor, with the lady working and then the man and with two sets of judges who never move from their seats in the two center areas of the floor. Then after the second performance is completed th e scores are called for and both scores come up at once ..... 9.5 for the men

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03

20

21

16

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044 045

019 021

FLOOR SOL

SID.H ARCON

RINGS ANN

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VAULT SAUT

UN.B B.ASY

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THOMAS, Kur-t FREDERICK, Mar-cia

9.750

9.800 9.800

9.6~.0

ROl ROl

TOTAL EBERLE, Emilia GEORGESCU, Aur·e 1ian

9.750 19.600 9.750 9.500

9.650 9. 700 9.700

TOTAL

9.500

9.750 19.200 19.400

57.850

9.700 9.600

9.650

9.650 9.450

29.000 28.650

9.650

R02 R02

TURNER, Dumi tr·ia CHECICHES, Ion

001 002

BUL BUL

TOTAL DELTCHEV, Stoj an TONEVA, Kr· ass i mi r-a

19.300 9.700 9.600 19.300

US2 US2

TOTAL CONNER, Bar-t TALAVERA, Tr-acee

028 030

PCdJTR

PAR.B B.PAR

USl USl

020 022

043 046

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It takes both members of a team or pair to win.

Steadiness counts ... and some strategy as well. If you make it past the first round which event would you pick for the second and if you make it past the second then which event have you saved for the final event. It did take some planning. After the third round, it was the U .S.A.'s team of Marcia Frederick and Kurt Thomas that brought home the First Place position.

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URl

TOTAL IONAS, Galina VERNIY, 19(11' TOTAL

9.600 9.600

9.600

18.550 9.600

9.900

29.500 29.200

9.800

9.900

58.700 29.050 28.800

9.600 19.100 9.600 9.600 8.950 19.200

9.750 8.800

9.800

9.600

8.950 9. 6~.0 9.700

9.600 19.350 9.700 9.750 '1.450 9.450

9.600 19.150 19.200

9.900 9.900 9.450

57.650 29.200 28.150 57.350 28.850 28.100

9.000

56.950 29.050 27.900

9.000

56.950

9.450

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WEMBLEY, ENGLAND Bill Ballister GENERAL OBSERVATIONS From our a rri va l to o ur departure, the British Gymnastics Association (BAGA) was well organized, courteous and efficient. The lodging accomodations were good, well loca ted in relations to competition site. The food was good , with excell ent variety and selection. The opportunity to socialize, sightsee and shop was ava ilable upon request.

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JUDGING I felt that the scores reflec ted the routines performed by both teams. I did not fee l that either team was favored or discriminated again st.

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This format, as it was explained to me, is done to coordina te the women's mee t with the men 's mee t as they only had one gymnast performing at a time, a nd to accom modate the TV people. It was effec tive, precise and quite well do ne as the entire competition including an ela bora te opening and closing ceremony took only three hours .

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TEAM LINEUP AND LEADERSHIP Peter Korma nn was chosen by the coaches and team to function as the team leader. H e did a n excellent job throug hout th e entire trip, both in a nd out of th e gym.

Moyer and I chose the two tea m s with the intention of not presenting a junior tea m in group A a nd a senior team in group B. J eff Lafleur was pleased to go to group Aand provide good leadership and maturity on the fl oor for the less experienced Hayden brothers. Wilson and Kormann did a fine job in the direction and motivation of Jim Mikus.

Our choi ce of working order was not to highlight a particular gymnast but to fea ture a total team. This was accepted a nd well received by all gymnasts.

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(Ribbon illustrations A) B. Double Turn 720° on L leg, with support leg straight throughout turn , free leg and arms optional.

(Ribbon illustrations B)

C. High Throw Forward From R hand, throw the ribbon forward a minimum of four m eters. Catch with either hand. · (Ribbon illustrations C) D. High Throw Backwards From L hand, throw the ribbon backwards a minimun of four m eters. Catch with either hand.

(Ribbon illustrations D) E. Backward Body Wave Backward body wave while stepping LR L, releve' into an optional balance position on the left toe for a minimum of 1 second. (The leg work in this element may be reversed.)

(Ribbon illustration E) BALL ELEMENTS The gymnast must include in a n y order, all of the following required elements for ball.

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(Ball illustrations A) B. High Throw Double Turn Throw and catch ball with the L hand while execu ting a double turn (720°) on a straight R leg. The right leg must remain straight throughout the turn. The free leg and finishing position are optional. Catch ball with the L hand . (The turn may be executed to either direction.)

(Ball illustrations B) C. Toss, Split Leap, Side Leap, Catch Toss ball with L hand during first leap and catch ball during second leap with the R hand. Pass ball R to L behind body . The leg work is as follows: Run, LR L, split leap, step L, R side leap (body in slightly piked position), land on R. Step L leg behind R , ~ turn (270°) to the L while changing ball behind body. (This element may be reversed .)

(Ball illustrations C) D. Body Roll Roll the ball with the R hand from a R lunge position (R leg in front) from the R knee and thigh , in front of body, along both arms, ball ending in both hands . Finish this element in a deep back arch while raising the straight R leg in a high back scale. Ball may or may not touch floor.

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FRC/MEN MINUTES Feb. 10, 1980

Minutes of the Men's Foreign Relations Committee O'Hare Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, February 10, 1980 Present: Les Sasvary (Chairman), Ken Allen (Secretary) , Leonard Isaacs, Larry Moyer, Fred Roethlisberger, Bill Roetzheim . Also present were Roger Counsil (Olympic Coach) and Francis Allen (guest) The meeting was called to order by Chairman Sasvary at 9:00 a.m.

The minutes of the September 21 meeting were read . It was pointed out that the USGF office approves judges rather than selects them. Therefore, the paragraph which refers to one of our olympic judges being present at the World Championship Training Camps (Page 2, Paragraph 6) should be changed to reflect that difference. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as amended .

Roger Counsil informed the committee that he had selected Francis Allen to be assistant coach for the 1980 Olympic Games. It was moved by Bill Roetzheim and seconded by Leonard Isaacs that we approve Francis Allen as assistant coach for the 1980 Olympic Games. Motion carried .

It was moved by Ken Allen and seconded by Bill Roetzheim that Mas Watanabe should be present at all functions related to the development of our national program. This should include all international team competitions for juniors or seniors as well as any training situations for our junior and senior teams. Motion carried.

A work plan for training and competition in preparation for the 1980 Olympic Games was presented by Roger Counsil. It was moved by Bill Roetzheim and seconded by Les Sasvary to conduct a training camp for the Olympic Team June 6-9 at the University of Nebraska. Motion carried . It was moved by Bill Roetzheim and seconded by Larry Moyer to accept the plan of Roger Counsil with the amended travel arrangements contingent upon our participation in the 1980 Olympic games. Motion carried .

Approved Travel Schedule June 27-Leave for Holland June 29-Exhibition in Holland July 1-Leave Holland to train in West Germany July 5-Competition in Germany (compulsories) July 6-Competition in Germany (optionals) July 7-11-Training in West Germany (dependence on dates necessary to process) July 10-Go to West Berlin for processing July 11-Leave Germany for Moscow July 12-19-Training in Moscow for Olympic Competition July 20-Compulsory Competition (Men) July 22-0ptional Competition (Men) July 24-All Around Finals (Men and Women) July 25-lndividual Finals (Men) July 26-Return to U.S.A. It was moved by Leonard Isaacs and seconded by Fred Roethlisberger that the two Olympic Judges and the National Program Director be present at the training camp in Lincoln, Nebraska June 6-9. Motion carried .

The committee unanimously agreed that Fred Turoff be congratulated for an excellent job in carrying out his responsibilities as assistant coach for the World Championships.

There was discussion on the men's uniforms at the World Championships in Fort Worth. From most reports it was conceded that the uniforms given to the gymnasts were unsatisfactory. It was moved by Larry Moyer, seconded by Les Sasvary, that the USGF investigate the possibility of securing another clothing manfacturer as the official supplier of uniforms to the U.S. Men 's Gymnastics Team .

Motion carried .

It was moved by Fred Roethlisberger, seconded by Leonard Isaacs, that the USGF develop the strongest and most prestigious international competitions for our men 's olympic team during the summer months should we not be allowed to participate in the Olympic Games. The following is a prioritized list of recommendations : 1. Create a multi-sport, multi- nation competition .

2. Create a multi-nation gymnastics competition.

3. Create a series of dual gymanstics meets with teams of other nations.

The Men 's F.R.C. recommends that the USGF office proceed immediately with developing plans for such an experience for our 1980 Olympic Team. Motion carried.

It was moved by Ken Allen and seconded by Larry Moyer that the current Olympic Coaching Staff review the existing guidelines for the behavior of national team members and revise those guidelines. These would be presented to the F.R.C. prior to the next meeting for approval or possible further revision . The approved guidelines would then be presented to all national team members at the time of the U.S .

Championships. Motion carried .

A presentation relative to the Junior Olympic Program was made by Larry Moyer. On the basis of the report, the F.R.C. recommends that the same report be made to Frank Bare and the Board of Directors. It was the fee Ii ng of the F.R.C. that the contents of the report will significantly influence the progress of the men's program over the next four years.

A committee was appointed to formulate a comprehensive publication containing rules and policies for the boys' and men's programs. That committee shall consist of Mas Watanabe, Larry Moyer, Fred Roethlisberger and Bill Roetzheim.

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The 1980 Men 's National Team will be determined at the Championships of the U.S.A. That team will be the top fourteen gymnasts from the Championships of the U.S.A. and those gymnasts will advance to the Final Olympic Trials.

The gymansts will be reranked after the Final Trials.

It was moved by Bill Roetzheim and seconded by Les Sasvary that, at the time of the Championships of the U.S.A., arrangements be made by the USGF office to take passport photos of the national team members and their coaches and place them on file at the USGF office along with their clothing measurements. In addition, passport applications would be provided to these personnel (to be filled out and processed .)

Motion carried .

The following are international competitions: Competition Milk Meet (Great Britain) March 5-10, 1980 1980 American Cup March 6-12 Puerto Rico Invitational March 12-16 Hungarian Invitational April 9- 14 Champions All (London) April 10- 13 Romanian Invitational April 14-21 DOR Invitational April 16-21 Golden Sands Invitational Bulgaria June 3-9 Italy vs . USA June 9-21 Dutch Exhibition June 29 West Germany vs. USA July 1-7

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Greek Invitational September Dutch Exhibition Tour September French Exhibition Tour October 12-18 Barcelona Invitational October 24-27 Austrian Exhibition November 5-12 Mas Watanabe's proposal to send a Junior National Team to Japan was tabled until next meeting . It was moved by Ken Allen and seconded by Leonard Isaacs that Mas Watanabe pursue the possibility of establishing a junior international competition in the U.S. Motion carried .

It was moved by Les Sasvary and seconded by Fred Roethli sberger to recommend that the Executive Director determine in more detail the arrangements proposed by Agnew, Carter, McCarthy, Inc. Public Relations Firm relative to the city of Boston 's 350th Anniversary celebration September 15-19, 1980. Motion carried .

The committee discussed Wayne Young's request to have two, Japanese gymnasts compete in the Championships of the U.S.A. The F.R.C. reaffirmed its position of having only U.S . citizens compete in the Championships of the U.S.A or in the four USGF regional qualifying meets.

It was moved by Fred Roethlisberger and seconded by Leonard Isaacs that the USGF Executive Committee develop a method of staggering the terms of the two elected representatives from each of the coaches groups (elite and junior) to the Men 's F.R.C. Motion carried.

A document pertaining to the rights and responsibilities of ahtletes was discussed . The document was referred to the Olympic coaching staff which will collaberate with one committee member (Leonard Isaacs). This group has been instructed to report back to the F.R.C. at the next meeting with specific recommendations.

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As a m em ber of the Swiss Turn Verein of H udson Coun ty, New j ersey, Al won 35 national Amateur A th le tic Union gymnastics championships during the period 1923 thru 1934, covering everyone of the seven gymnastics events.

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