Summer Reminders

So far the summer schedule has been really successful!  Practices have been going well and the exhibition was a hit!  

Please take note of some reminders below:

• Please make sure your gymnast is bringing a lock to practice every day.  We do not have room for all of their bags in the gym and there is the potential that their stuff will not still be there if they do not have a lock on their locker. 
• There is NO PRACTICE June 30th (Monday)- July 5 (Saturday).  Enjoy the break and wish the Nationals girls good luck as they will be competing in Tampa that week!
• For returning Monarchs, we are doing assessments in the gym with the requirements to move up to the next level.  If you or your gymnasts wants to know where they stand or what we are looking for, feel free to set up a meeting with their coach for you and your gymnast. (E-mails below) 
• Please continue to e-mail Kristin and your gymnasts main coach with any absences
• Thank you to Gwen for her $25.00 donation to the team

Dates to Remember:

June 30-July 5- NO PRACTICE!  
Monday July 28th- Mandatory ALL Parent meeting for NEW families @ 6:00pm
Monday August 4- Mandatory ALL Parent meeting for RETURNING families @ 6:00pm (option 1 of 2)
Tuesday August 12- Mandatory ALL Parent meeting for RETURNING families @ 6:00pm (option 2 of 2)
Thursday August 14- Parent Board Meeting @ 6:15pm

Kristin Gallo- kgallo@cincinnatiymca.org
Jasmine Mitchell- pcygymnast@gmail.com
Anna Battoclette- absplash@gmail.com
Jackie Dauterman- jdauterman12@gmail.com
Denise Lyon- dbycoach@yahoo.com
Becky Palmer- becky.palmer0511@gmail.com


"It's not about winning or losing a competition, it's about beating the doubt from within yourself and knowing at the end of each day you are one step closer to your goals." 
-Jonathon Horton, Olympic Gymnast

Jasmine

Exhibition 2014!

Sunday, June 8th- this weekend!

This is a fun event to show off what our girls' work so hard to do!  Invite family, friends and neighbors!

Highlights for this event are:

- Pre-event grill out 11:30 - 1:00
- Leo Sale
- PCY gymnasts performing their favorite events 1:30 - 3:00
- All team gymnastics / dance routine
- HIGHLY anticipated coaches performance!

Please wear a solid colored (or close to solid colored) leo, meet hair and arrive for set up, stretching and warm-up by 12:30.   For the girls going to Nationals this year, wear your green nationals leo

All Parents are requested to help with this fun event!
National's parents  - Required*

*Money raised will help offset some cost for the National's Team

9 new Monarchs!

This past weekend was tryouts and 9 girls made it onto team!  Many of you will recognize them from pre-team or siblings of girls already on the team.  Make them all feel welcome as they begin practicing with us June 2nd!

Congratulations girls!

• Kelly VanderVeen
• Maya Hockney
• Emma Feldmeier
• Gabriel Wade
• Sasha Maxwell
• Kai Hill
• Naior Harris
• Kene Henry
• Karise Lofton

Also, don't forget about the Memorial Day Parade this Saturday from 10am-noon!

Jasmine 

Summer Practice Schedule!

Below is the official practice schedule for the summer of 2014 and will be starting on June 2!  E-mail Kristin if you have any questions or concerns about when your gymnast is practicing :)

Level 6-8

Monday 2:15pm-5:30pm
Tuesday 2:15pm-6:30pm
Thursday 2:15pm-6:30pm
Friday 5:00pm-7:15pm


Level 5/Xcel

Tuesday 4:00pm-6:30pm
Wednesday 4:00pm-6:15pm
Thursday 4:00pm-7:00pm
Friday 5:00pm-7:15pm


Level 3/4

Monday 5:00pm-7:15pm
Wednesday 5:00pm-7:15pm
Friday 4:00pm-6:15pm
Saturday 7:30am-10:30am

Thanks!
Jasmine

Baquet 2014

The awards banquet was this past weekend and was a huge success!  Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to help put this together!  The girls and coaches had so much fun!  Hopefully everyone is recovered by now from the lack of sleep:)

Thank you to the captains for getting the slideshow together!  It looked awesome!  ( Megan Haarlammert, Ava Karle, Sophie Buisson, Claire Fischer, Julia Deuitch, Sarah Voit, Emily Engel, and Ally Boback)

Everyone did an outstanding job this season, but there were a few girls who received special honor awards as voted on by their teammates.

• Best Attitude went to Megan Haarlammert, Sophie Buisson, and Becca Chai
• Perseverence went to Emily Saul, Monica VanderVeen, and Emily Engel
• Most Improved went to Alena Geiger, Clare Hoffmann, and Rachel Boback
• Gymnast of the Year went to Emily Schwegman, Maria Wang, and Kamille Austin

There was also one new award that we introduced this year called the YMCA Achiever Award.  This Award went to the girl who displays all the core values of the YMCA and helps to better Y as a whole.  This Award went to Keelin Elmer.

Congrats girls!

We also have many Nationals qualifiers who we want to recognize:

Clare Hoffmann
Claire Fischer
Kaitlyn Jackson
Monica VanderVeen
Annie Haarlammert
Sophie Buisson
Delaney Murphy
Amy Wang

Julia Deuitch
Kelsey Andersen
Maria Wang
Olivia Alberto

Emily Andersen
Alyssa Cardwell
Becca Chai

Laura Janakiefski
Maddie Carney
Rachel Boback

Ally Boback
Kamille Austin
Sarah Voit
Emily Engel

Kira Staubach

We would also like to give a shout out to Steve Capano from Touchstone who did an awesome job on the t-shirts that the girls got as gifts!

Important Dates to Remember

As we are moving out of competition season and into summer, there is a lot going on, so make sure you keep up with all the latest information:)  If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the coaches or parent board members

April

• Enroll (or re-enroll) for 2014 Kroger Community Rewards Program
• Mike's Car Wash Fundraiser continues through the end of April
• April 11th- PRACTICE TIME CHANGE: Level 4 and up, 4-5:30; Level 3, 5:30-7pm
• April 12/13- Regional championships in Tiffin, OH- GOOD LUCK GIRLS! 
• April 18th- Deadline for turning in banquet money
• April 24th- National Team Parent Meeting @ 6:00pm
• April 30th- Last day for Mikes Car Wash Fundraiser

May

• May 1st- Parent Board Meeting @ 6:45pm
• May 2nd- Team Award Banquet @ Molloy's on the Green- 6:00pm followed by team sleepover at PCY
• May 9th- Deadline for National Championships team-affiliated spectator ticket from and fee due to Kristin
• May 17th- Team try-outs

June

• June 7th- First summer Saturday practice- required for ALL gymnasts
• June 8th- Monarchs Exhibition and Grill Out
• June 30-July 5th- NO PRACTICE

July 

• July 1-5: National Championships for level 4 and up @ Tampa, FL

Thanks!
Jasmine

Banquet Slideshow Pictures- UPDATE

We've been having some issues with dropbox so we're not going to be able to use it to collect pictures for the banquet, but we still need pictures!  You can either e-mail them to me (pcygymnast@gmail.com) or bring them in on a CD or flashdrive and I'll get them back to you.  I can give you a CD to put them on if you need one.  Just let me know:)  You can also add them to the Monarchs facebook group and I can get them from there

So far I've only received pictures from one family.  I know there are more out there!

Thanks!
Jasmine