National Gymnastics Day GYM PARTY

ISSUE #49
September 2nd, 2016
USA’s “Final Five” Dominate Women’s Gymnastics,
OC’s Mikulak Takes 4th on Hi-Bar, 7th AA in Rio!
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Congratulations to OC local &
SCATS (our sister facility)
alum Sam Mikulak, for an outstanding performance and unrelenting effort in the 2016 Olympics in Rio! And our hats are off
to the “Final Five” in Simone
Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby
Douglas, Laurie Hernandez and
Madison Kocian, who simply
dominated the 31st Olympiad
with an unprecedented landslide
team victory followed by many
individual medals.
Sam finished the qualification
round on the very first day of
Olympic competition in FIRST
place on floor exercise and with
the rest of men’s Team USA in
2nd for team. Finals proved to
be challenging as our boys
faced extremely tough competition in the seemingly unstoppable Japanese team, as well as
the very talented Russian and
Chinese men’s teams.
The
consistently high-scoring performances from the Eastern
competitors and the UK, coupled with some struggles of our
own on pommel horse, proved
to be roadblocks to the podium,
but our boys still landed in 5th
in the team finals at nearly
FIVE full points ahead of the
Brazilian team in 6th place.
Biles, who quite simply is taking the sport to a new level.
The women of Team USA won
the team gold by an unheard-of
8.2 points, while Biles herself
took the individual all around
title by a margin that would
have been comparably devastating, were it not for Raisman’s
high scores that clinched silver.
In addition to qualifying for the
all around final and finishing
7th (of essentially everyone on
planet earth), Sam also gave a
very impressive performance on
high bar that might have earned
gold under other circumstances.
Sam finished 4th in the high bar
event final, less than 7/100ths of
a point behind the bronze
medalist and only 1/10th behind
the silver, which was secured by
his US teammate, Danell Leyva.
The women and men of Team
USA brought home a total of 15
medals from artistic gymnastics
competition, 8 of which were
gold won by the “Final Five.”
The women’s team was unstoppable, captained by veteran Aly
Raisman and led by Simone
We’re immensely proud of Sam
and all the hard work he put in
both in and out of Rio. We look
forward to seeing him shine
again in Tokyo and the coming
years ahead of 2020. Congrats
to all of Team USA for their
achievements. You’ve made
your country and its young
gymnasts very proud!
National Gymnastics Day
GYM PARTY: September 17th
In honor of National Gymnastics Day, OGA will be hosting
an extra special Parents’
Night Out Event from 5:009:00pm on September 17th.
For this first fun event of the
school year, Olympica Members not only get a special
price of just $25, but can
BRING A FRIEND NEW TO
OLYMPICA FOR FREE!
Additionally, we will be offering a $25 referral credit to
any and all current member
families whose friends (new
students only) sign up for
Olympica classes after attending the event!
Dates To Remember
• September 1st: September Tuition Due
• September 5th: LABOR DAY—OLYMPICA CLOSED
• September 16th: September Tuition Late
• September 17h: Nat’l Gym Day ‘Night Out’ event!
• October 1st: “OGA Invite” Meet (see reverse side)
• October 8th & 9th: First Fall GYM Team Competition
• October 29th: Ghouls’ Night Out Party
It’s an easy and fun way to get
credit toward your gymnastics
tuition while sharing your
gym experience with others.
Join us for gymnastics, games,
pizza, and TONS OF FUN!
Please RSVP at the front office. Space is limited and a
registration form is required
for all non-member friends.
For more information, please
call 949-582-3329. Can’t wait
to see you there!
Did You Know?
Gymnastics has existed for more than
2,000 years, but its development as a
competitive sport began a little more
than 100 years ago. Gymnastics was
introduced to the U.S. and its school
systems in the 1830’s by German immigrants Charles Beck, Charles Follen and
Francis Lieber.
Olympica Hosts “OGA Invite” Competition
Want to see what a live, sanctioned gymnastics competition
is all about? Olympica Gymnastics will be hosting the OGA
Invitational Meet at Laguna
Hills Community Center and
Sports Complex on October 1st.
Bring your gymnast, or the entire family out to support
OGA’s Compulsory Girls
Team! Gymnasts, levels 2
through 5, will compete against
other gyms from all over Southern California.
Routines will be preformed on
vault, bars, beam, and floor in
front of judges for a score out of
10 and a chance at the gold
medal! Our girls have been
working very hard and would
love to see you there to cheer
them on! Admission is $12 for
adults, $10 for seniors, and $8
for children.
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Our Level 3 and 4 compulsory
gymnasts will be competing, on
Saturday.
For more detailed information
on the OGA Invite and other
competitions in your area please
contact the office at (949) 5823329.
FACEBOOK
Facebook.com/olympicagymnastics.com
What’s GYM Team? Is it for My Daughter?
Is your gymnast showing some interest in
competing, but you’re wondering if it’s
really for her?
Our G.Y.M. Team program,
which stands for Gymnastics
Youth in Motion, is a fantastic
way for her to experience gymnastics in a new way. G.Y.M.
Team provides the thrill of competition without the intensity,
and also the value of hard work
and teamwork without the more
serious time commitment that
gymnasts and parents need to
make in order to participate in
our Junior Olympic program.
Our G.Y.M. Teams compete in
scheduled meets at our sister facility in HB,
SCATS Gymnastics, each season with
other teams from Olympica, SCATS, and
other local Orange County gymnastics
clubs.
We emphasize the goal of
achieving together as a team to
the best of its collective ability.
It’s truly a win-win for young
gymnasts over the age of 7 looking to expand their horizons in
the sport and try something new!
Come to any of our G.Y.M.
Team competitions this season
up at SCATS to see what it’s all
about— admission is free! Our
first meet is on October 8th &
9th, followed by another that
month on the 22nd & 23rd, and
also one on November 5th &
6th. Please see your daughter’s coach or a
supervisor on the floor regarding more information on the GYM Team program!
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YOUTUBE
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Academy” to find OGA’s page!
Save a Bundle with Our Discounted Classes
The summer savings continue!
If you didn’t already know, any of our general program gymnastics classes, Tuesday through Saturday with a start
time between 11 AM and 2 PM,
are 25% off the regular tuition cost. Wow! Additionally, we will be offering this
same discount for any FRIDAY evening classes at or after
6 PM. It’s a pretty serious deal for
such a fun sport!
Our hope and goal in offering this significant discount is to offer our Olympica
families more times to choose from on our
schedule, and free up some space in our
most popular classes heading into the fall season and beyond.
To switch over to any of these discounted
classes, just pick up the phone and let us
know. Don’t delay, though. Historically, these classes fill up very
quickly, and our back-to-school
rush is almost in full swing, so the
sooner you can secure your spot,
the better!
For more information on any of these
discounted classes or how make-ups, sibling discounts and other details fit into the
equation, give us a call or stop by the service
desk.
QUOTE OF THE
MONTH
“You have to expect things of
yourself before you can do them.”
- Michael Jordan