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Yorkton Rhythmic Gymnastics Club season opens

The Yorkton Rhythmic Gymnastics Club has started a new season at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre (GHCC). Head coach Carol Antony says the current season which runs until the end of April is open to youngsters three years old to young adult.
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RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS members include: Front Kennedy Carl. Middle row (l-r) Marissa Hart, Cora Poersch, Micha Hallet, Taylor Poersch. Back (l-r) head coach Carol Antony, assistant coach Kierstyn Jasan.

The Yorkton Rhythmic Gymnastics Club has started a new season at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre (GHCC). Head coach Carol Antony says the current season which runs until the end of April is open to youngsters three years old to young adult.

The club's programs begin with a tot's class Mondays for tots three and four years old at the GHCC from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

The recreational group runs Thursdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The rec group starts youngsters at five or six years of age and up.

The competitive gymnasts train three hours twice a week, for a total of six hours each week.

This year two senior girls returned to train and performs a competitive duo.

As well the club has added a special Olympic group this season which runs Thursday evenings. "That's new this year and they're really enjoying it," says Antony.

Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the four gymnastics disciplines, says Antony. It has a little more refined dance quality to it, she continues. It involves floor exercise, with basic balances, pivots, leaps and flexibility using hand held apparatus like a ball, ribbon, rope or hoops, she explains.

In the recreational gymnastics activity whatever anyone can dream up can be used as an apparatus, Antony adds.

Rhythmic gymnastics provides positive benefits for participants. Physical fitness seems most readily apparent. It also offers a social benefit as youngsters meet others who don't attend the same schools. Participants learn to work in a group. It helps to build self-esteem and self confidence. Motor skills are developed especially eye hand coordination. Body posture benefits as gymnastics encourages a more graceful way of moving.

The recreational or non-competitive program costs $310 for the year which includes a $25 registration fee to the provincial governing body. Participants need to bring shorts, a tee shirt and the will to want to learn something new, says Antony.

Competitive gymnastics costs $700 for the year plus equipment, at least one body suit, and requires attending at least two competitions a year.

The provincial championships will be held in Yorkton next April. The event, hosted by the Yorkton Springers Gymnastics Club will feature all four gymnastics disciplines under one roof in one city on one weekend, Antony states.

The club is still accepting registrations for tots and the rec groups.

Anyone who'd like more information or who would like to register their youngsters for rhythmic gymnastics should call Carol at (306) 742-5091. Leave a message. The Yorkton Rhythmic Gymnastics Club is also looking for financial help to keep costs down to make the program more accessible to youngsters. The club is looking for club sponsors and/or fund raising opportunities. Anyone who'd like to help should also call Carol at (306) 742-5901.