PHILIPSBURG:--- This Saturday March 14, 2015 in collaboration with Club de Gym Saint Martin, The National Institute of the Arts
(NIA) will be holding the first island wide gymnastics competition at the Asha Stevens Campus in Cay hill.
Grattiene Riom, the Director in charge of the trainer course and technical component training is supported by teachers Doris Barbes from Club de Gym Saint Martin and Peggy Oulerich Head of the Dance Department at NIA.
The purpose is to further develop the sport of gymnastics on the island between the French and Dutch sides.
The competition will involve 40 students under the age of 12 and are judges representatives from the Comité Régional of Guadeloupe (Gymnastics Local Commitee of Guadeloupe). Also in attendance will be Mme Pujol, a representative of the French Gymnastic Federation coming from Guadeloupe.
The parcours are based on the elementary gymnastic basics, and are the same parcours used in Europe and the rest of Caribbean gymnastics federations. To succeed in the parcours the students must have at least 12 points on 20. It is organized around basic gymnastic skills of alignment, strength and flexibility.
Please join us as we show support to these hard working young athletes. Seating is limited, please call 543-0600 or Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
