Oakville Men's Gymnastics

Changes due to Elite Canada

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Some minor changes due to Elite Canada.

Friday February 17: The Pre-Provincial group and Andrew and Steven will train with Ricardo from 4:30 to 8:30 pm

Sat February 18: The Pr-Provincial group and Andrew and Steven will train with Jason and Dave from 9 am to 1 pm.

Family Day

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:20:14 +0000

Competitive 16 and 20 hour (Dave, Jason & Greg) groups are training from 9 to 12 on Family Day.

Interclub B (Ricardo) NO Changes.

Changes due to First Provincial Qualifer

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:01:03 +0000

Due to the First Provincial Qualifier in Ottawa this weekend there have had to be several changes to the schedule;

No Changes to Ricardo’s Interclub A and Interclub B groups

Dave will be in on Friday afternoon, 12:30 to 4:30 for the boys competing on Sunday and any Saturday competitors who would like a little more practice.

No changes to Dave’s Friday night classes (Flares and Kips)

No Saturday classes for:

Flares
Kips
Interclub C
Pre-Provincial
Competitive 16 hours
Competitive 20 hours

No Competitive Training on Monday February 6. (The Competitive 16 hour group is invited to train on Tuesday February 7).

Group	Friday Feb 3^rd	Saturday Feb 4^th	Coach
Flares	4:30 – 6:30		Dave
Kips	6:30 – 8:30		Dave
Interclub A		12:30 – 3:30	Ricardo
Interclub B			Ricardo
Interclub C		1:00 – 3:00	Dave
Pre-Provincial	4:30 – 8:30	12:00 – 4:00	Jason
Competitive A	12:30 – 4:30	9:00 – 1:00	Dave,Jason & Greg
Competitive B	12:30 – 4:30	9:00 – 1:00
Competitive C	4:00 – 8:00	12:00 – 4:00

Durham Invitational

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:39:52 +0000

The Oakville Developmental Program will be attending the Durham Gymnastics 4th Annual Invitational on Sunday March 25th.

Registration is $65 for all Demo (under 7) and Interclub gymnasts.

Please register and pay for the competition at the front office no later than Tuesday January 24th.

The schedule will follow after the host club receives all the registrations.

Christmas Schedule

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:39:44 +0000

Developmental Groups (Flares, Kips and Interclub A, B and C)

NO Training for from Friday, December 23 to Monday, January 2.

Flares (Dave): 1 to 3 pm on Tuesday January 3 and Friday January 6.

Kips (Dave): 3 to 5 pm on Tuesday January 3, Wednesday January 4 and Friday January 6.

Interclub A (Ricardo): 1 to 4 pm on Tuesday January 3 and Thursday January 5.

Interclub B (Ricardo): 1 to 3 pm on Wednesday January 4.

Interclub C (Dave): 1 to 3 pm on Wednesday January 4.

Pre-Provincial (Jason): 1 to 3 pm Wednesday January 4 and Friday January 6.

Regular training schedule resumes on Saturday, January 7, 2012

Competitive Groups (16 & 20 hours)

NO Training for from Friday, December 23 to Monday, December 26.

Training from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm from Tuesday, December 27 to Thursday, December 29.

NO Training for from Friday, December 30 to Monday, January 2, 2012.

Training from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm from Tuesday, January 3 to Friday, January 6.

NO Training on Saturday, January 7.

Regular training schedule resumes on Monday, January 9, 2012

Study: Some Cereals For Kids Contain More Sugar Than A Twinkie

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:08:37 +0000

Study: Some Cereals For Kids Contain More Sugar Than A Twinkie:

You wouldn’t feed your kids Twinkies for breakfast (right?), so the news that some cereals aimed at kids have more sugar than those processed yellow bits of foam food is a bit disturbing. As Americans get more obese by the day, a new study warns of the sugary punch packed in many cereals.

Time cites a report by the Environmental Working Group that says in many cereals marketed to kids, one cup of cereal has more sugar than a Twinkie, and many have more of the sweet stuff than three Chips Ahoy cookies.

Part of the problem is that the cereal industry holds itself to its own nutritional standards, allowing cereals marketed to kids to have up to 38% sugar content by weight, compared to the government’s recommendation of no more than 26%.

The EWG looked at nutrition in 84 popular cereals, and the super-sweet results have prompted them to press the government to make mandatory guidelines for sugar content. “Few parents would agree that a cereal that is one-quarter sugar by weight is the best that cereal makers can do for children,” the report says.

Some of the worst offenders include Kellogg’s Honey Smacks; Post Golden Crisp; Kellogg’s Froot Loops Marshmallow; Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch’s OOPS! All Berries and Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch Original.

For healthier alternatives in big brand names, go for cereals like Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats (frosted or unfrosted); General Mills Cheerios Original; General Mills Kix Original; Quaker Oats Oatmeal Squares Cinnamon and Post Honey Bunches of Oats with Vanilla Bunches.

Children’s Cereal: More Sugar Than a Twinkie? [Time]

(Via Consumerist)

Consumer Reports Study Finds High Levels Of Arsenic & Lead In Some Fruit Juice

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:01:24 +0000

Consumer Reports Study Finds High Levels Of Arsenic & Lead In Some Fruit Juice

While federal standards set limits for the amount of arsenic and lead in tap and bottled water, but no such hard line exists for fruit juices, even though such drinks are dietary staples of children. Thus, our cousins-in-arms at Consumer Reports set to testing some juices, only to turn up results that should cause concern among parents and lawmakers.

(Via The Consumerist)

Christmas Banquet

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:51:09 +0000

No training on Thursday, December 1st due to the Christmas banquet.

Hope to see you there!

From Agnes

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:03:19 +0000

The Club is hosting the 1st Ontario Cup for Acro on Sunday December 18th. The commitment hours for this meet will go towards the current family commitment hours that were part of the season competitive registration. The Club will not be hosting a major competition this year so you will not have to do any hours for a meet as in the past, (please read your handbooks if you are confused)

There are signup sheets being posted on the Board in the lobby later today. Please sign up for 1 spot only to give others fair chance.

Banners – The photo times for the banners are tomorrow from 2:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. The last photo time will begin at 6:45 p.m. These banners will be produced by Patrick Photography and orders and payment will still be accepted tomorrow. There are order forms in the office.

Christmas Banquet! – Last day to order your tickets is Wednesday November 23rd! No orders will be accepted after this date.

Sour Candy Is Almost As Bad for Your Teeth As Battery Acid

Oakville Men's Gymnastics — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:10:04 +0000

Do you have a lot of cavities? Perhaps it’s because you lost a lot of enamel sucking on sour candy when you were a kid. It’s almost as bad as battery acid—except it tastes much better.

Take a look at this chart and see who are the worse offenders.

Pure water’s pH level is 7, which is a neutral acidic level. At ph4, your teeth start losing enamel, one of the four tissues that make up teeth. Enamel it’s the hardest substance in human bodies. 96-percent is made of minerals.

As it turns out, typical sour candy is ph3, which is kind of crazy. It quickly goes to ph2.5—with Skittles, Baby Bottle Pop powder, Brach’s Gummi Bears, and Sqwigglies Gummi Worms—and 2.4 with Mentos Fruit Chew and 2.2 with Sour Skittles.

But it gets a lot worse. These are the three worse offenders—Altoids Mango Sours score a ph1.9 while Wonka Fun Dip Powder gets down to ph1.8. The worst is WarHeads Sour Spray, only 0.6 less acid than battery acid. [Northwest Dentistry via Kottke]

(Via Gizmodo)