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Ontario gymnastics competition Border City Brawlers start their season
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The Border City Brawlers and London Timber Rollers line up at the jammer line before the whistle at the Forest Glade Arena during their season opener in Windsor on April 6. Sandee Nho Managing Editor
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A Rose City Gymnastics competes in the beam event during the 2013 Ontario Artistic Gymnastics championship, held at the St. Denis Centre April 6 -7 Marissa DeBortoli Citizen Staff Reporter The stands at the St. Denis Centre were filled April 6 as Rose City Gymnastics hosted the 2013 Ontario Artistic Gymnastics championships. Over four days, 1,200 athletes between the ages of nine and 18 from 60 clubs across Ontario competed to qualify
for the Canadian Championships. Approximately 25 Windsor athletes will compete in the championships, 15 from Rose City and the rest split between Vista, Winstars and Alpha Academy. A top-eight finish in the national novice division will qualify an athlete for nationals. National level athletes have the possibility of
competing as part of Canada’s Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro. This is the third year Rose City has hosted the championship and the second year boys and girls have competed at the same venue. The 2012 championships in Ottawa marked the first time in almost 20 years both boys and girls See GYMNASTICS pAGe 6
The Border City Brawlers kicked off their season opener last weekend against the London Timber Rollers. Over 600 friends, family and fans gathered April 6 at Forest Glade Arena to watch the Border City Brawlers go up against the London Timber Rollers. This is the second year the BCBs have been competing. The final score of the bout was 216 to 103 in favor of the Timber Rollers. Kim Reaume or derby name Kim BashIngure, member of the BCBs and member of the public relations committee, said despite the NCAA Final Four falling on the same night, the attendance of the season opener was surprising. “I can’t believe how much we’ve grown,” said BashIngure. “This is our official start of our second season.
I just heard I think there were 621 people here and on a night of the NCAA Final Four, I thought that was going to take over because Michigan is playing.” Despite the loss, Valeria Binder or derby name E-Val, member of the BCBs, said the team needs to work on a few things for their next match. “I think we saw a lot of our faults and what we need to work on,” said Val. “We need better pack work, we need to stay together better and we need to be able to break through their walls a little better.” BashIngure said with the team’s growing popularity in Windsor they’re anticipating a large number of new players this year. Anyone who is 18 years and older and interested in being part of the team can attend an informational meeting April 13 at The Manchester at 7 p.m.