Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Gymnastics SafeGuarding

The Gymnastics Federation of Bermuda has a clear Safeguarding procedure, in line with the International Gymnastics Federation.

We shared it in the Department of Sport and Recreation Jan. 2024 newsletter.

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Bermuda Sport Anti-Doping

Here are the documents updated for January 2024. 

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Sydney Mason: From Gymnastics To Jiu-jitsu

Run – Swim – Gym

All children should run, learn to swim, and do basic Gymnastics in preparation for ALL other sports.

When Sydney Mason retired from gymnastics aged 18, she did not expect it to take five years to discover a sport that excited and challenged her as much as her first sporting love.

Mason was once the top gymnast on the island, representing Bermuda at the Pan American Games in Toronto in 2015, competing in the vault, bars, beam, and floor. …

The 25-year-old had no martial arts experience before her first session at OpenMat – the island’s first Brazilian Jui-jitsu academy – but said she immediately felt at home in such a friendly environment. …

Mason, who competed at the Jui-jitsu No-Gi Championship in Toronto in Las Vegas last month, added: “Like gymnastics, there’s always a new skill to learn and your game needs to change depending on your opponent.

“I enjoy the diversity and want to become as well-rounded a competitor as possible.”

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Gianna Webbe on Ninja Warrior UK

As a BGA gymnast, we often told Gianna she’d be great in a Ninja competition.

Fantastic physical ability.

And here she is on season 6 of Ninja Warrior UK.

Xcel or Development Program?

In Bermuda, our female gymnasts compete both Xcel and Development Program.

Both are great. It’s nice for clubs to have a choice.

On our RESOURCES PAGE, we’ve added some information on those two programs.

National Championships Results 2023

Thanks once again for BGA hosting the 2nd annual National Championships.

Here are the Women’s results.

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Ben Mello competed Men’s Level 8. Congratulations.

11.80 = Floor
12.50 = Pommels
10.80 = Rings
12.70 = Vault
9.70 = P Bars
7.60 = H Bar

65.10 AA

BGA results at Burlington Cup

The Burlington Gymnastics Spring Cup is Canada’s largest competition with about 1400 competitors.

Congratulations to the BGA competitors who did very, very well.

Friend of Gymnastics in Bermuda, Jenna Gleza, was interview for TV.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Royal Gazette article – Bermuda gymnasts wrap up season in style in Canada

Gymnastics Camp in Nova Scotia

Bermuda gymnasts are invited to sign up for SUPER CAMP 2023 at Alta Gymnastics Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

July 17th – July 21st, 2023

WAG Level 6 & up, MAG all levels (athletes need to be 9+ years old at time of registration – for both MAG & WAG)

CAD $425.00 (Includes Lunches) or $375 (Without Lunches)

This is the home gym of Ellie Black, one of the best gymnasts in the world.

Click PLAY or watch Camp on YouTube.

REGISTRATION:

Please register via our website at the link below. You will have to create an account if you do not already have one. Once you have an account, you will be able to login and register.

CREATE AN ACCOUNT:

ALTA Gymnastics Club Name | Create Account | Customer Portal (iclasspro.com)