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SECTION HERALD Wednesday September Desire required Continued from page I the Hose Room Mem arena because is not enough floor space Tin Georgetown school gym la not available or practice Another problem stems from the Rose Room i low ceiling which prevents gymnasts from doing full routines on the uneven bars Ruth is a member of the family who have been very Involved In promoting the sport in the area Her ill illit Jo in was mslrumtn In lelpinj to start lilt Hill Mills Jills while sister Sin is turrenlly fifth 1 i as In her list of IilIi went lo lilt Kips Sara to Intensify the r training came fifth in It met as member Kips r tie C1U Canadian All hilt Union champ on ships for the of Dont forget open workouts The Hills Jills Club will be hold try outs for nit rested girls on Monday Sept 14 and Tuesday Sept 15 181 30 30 at the Rose Room In the Georgetown Memorial Arena Girls are asked to come dressed in loose fitting clothing or a gym suit and be prepared take part in exercises for flexibility strength and coordination Open workouts iFREfcj for girls interested trying out will be held at the Rose Room on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday Sept 10 1981 from 30 to This will be part of National Gymnastics Week Successful gymnasts will training on Sept 1981 Nonprofit club starts in Bramalea A new non pr fit I club Is opening in ilea in an effort lo serve residmls in be area Ml club located llrumalea Road has Olympic sited equipment and is former ly in nasi ic club 11111 I lathes arc national li who work full t wilh the club lit islntim will be next ilurdjy September at the Brum ilia Centre local shopping mall nil Central Park Drue from The club will be all programs from beginners programs to compel programs A 12 week session at Iwo for boys and girls from of five to 15 years Ihc registration desk A ladies keep fit and kinder gyms will also be available more call or and nsk for Lucille Sole above club does not any the Ilallon Hills Jills and was Inrluded only as public service for those Interested minder it free a liable for any gymnast In Ilallon Hilts wishing to give gymnastics a try September from to m courtesy of the Hills Jills Jills started from humble beginnings The Herald approached Joan to relate the lory of our gymnastics pro gram In Ilalton Hills and how It began Mrs was a found member of the gymnast program In Georgetown and Acton The following is her recollection of the club and the promise she sees or future development Jennifer Pepper flips In the air on the low beam In practice week Jennifer and Gail Cook are two veterans on the Jilts who the team looks up to became of their hard work and their excellent performances at Ontario qualifying gymnastics meets Herald photo The first meeting I con recall organize gymnast in Hills was in June 197G when Jim Monlgo and myself called together all interested parents in the area from Ihc Recreation Department was Just her Job as the lion fresh out of university and she was full of My idea or a program that lime was gymnastics for all in Hills In July the Recreation Department If I would take the job of gymnastic supervisor and get Ihc programs off Ihc ground Ihls time had very few trained coaches with Mario Gymnastics Federa lion OGM level training With level three from York University had Ruth and Jane Aggiss Cindy Douglas and Jennifer Linton Because we planned set Ihcprogran system this meant in both Georgetown and COACHES The Krudwichs were very qualified coa from Erin ihcy handled the George town Inlcrmediate program Jennifer and June look the beginner program In Acton At the lop of the pyramid thin was to be the elite gymnasts or girls thai were looking for more training Wcadicrliscd try outs and had over GO girls out but we were only able to take into Ihc club which left many girls disappointed However Ihe remaining girls wort o fit into the Inter mediate program In either Georgetown or During Ibis time a parent executive was formed and the club wis Ihc under liic Rills The first yelp all worked on On pre competitive basis four hours a week while girls still had to travel to compete Thai year the first invitatio nal meet was held In George own which was a success The Spring of that we decided the club was ready to a competitive group Ruth look over as the head coach while Jennifer Linton became the prccompctitive head coach Mats were purchased as well as bars and a new padded beam The competitive club started on an eight hour program at the Rose Room and four hours at he George own high school The Jail of we hosted gymnastic clinics and the gave a level one coaching clinic the clinic many school teachers Interested parents and older gymnasls were able to take the course which certainly strengthen the program in he area The of 1977 Pepper look the Begin ner and Inlcrmediate program Janice Armstrong Ihc program and Judy Ihc programs This put us a lerj strong position lo work pyramid system to develop along gymnasts Aggiss Eva Dave Deere and Maureen McGowan were all able to get Ictcl 1 both and theory this Kim displays a grace form during her floor routine exercise Although the Jills don have access to a targe floor a regular basis Ihcy improvise with Ihe equipment they have Herald photo goodstart The next year this went on lo level Iwo coaching Many of our Junior toaches of that lime have now received iheir level one certificate and are working on level two Sara lloare Donna and Jennifer Pepper are in HOI I believe it the club holds on Its tradition of training their older gymnasts and If Ihe Recreation department keep up its good work of promt ling qualified clinics Ilallon Hills will always work well In this system A l present time the Halloo Hills Jills hive 40 gymnasts competitive is pre and 15 on the recreational club Many girls wish to be In Ihc club and gymnastics but do wish to spend the 1015 hours training or Ihe pressure of OGr The girls will train for a or two and make a decision as to which group they arc capable of entering The girl Is the serious gym nasi that loves both and Ihe lillon and must be willing to work very hard to ptlsh her goals Al present ihe club next is to acquire a facility which could run programs for both girls and boys Most of Ihe bigger centres have large enough futilities for Iheir club to train properly to enable the sport lo progress further In Hills our training facilities will have to expand Jodie practice 100 per cent of the time Here caught napping on beam Hopefully a coach looking Herald photo DISPOSSESSING AN OPPONENT FROM THE REAR AS A LAST RESORT using the stide block tackle I Approach within stretch LINE DRILL TACKLING Defender D in middle of line drill attempting J to win the ball as dribbler qD slide as SCORING LEADERS Werner SS Brent rcrguson HERES TO YOU JAN Hoy alette first baseman Janet Is caught here on fUm while she warming tip The girl after Aurora defeated them Sunday HeraldpbotobyChrUAngaard