The 2023 USTA Southern Illinois State Championships are in the books! The Gem City Tumbling Team had 26 tumblers complete and we now have 24 National Qualifiers and 7 State Champions.
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Gem City is pumped to offer three cheer clinics this summer! Each will be a one-hour clinic for athletes between the ages of 6-18.
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Clinics are a great way to dedicate focused attention on a particular skill with Gem City’s deep knowledge pool. This is why we’re excited this summer to offer six, one-hour clinics for athletes between the ages of 6-18.
Gem City has 26 athletes advancing to the United States Trampoline & Tumbling Association’s (USTA) Illinois State Championships in Pana, Illinois on April 23.
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We’re welcoming warmer weather, wrapping up the Spring session, and getting excited for Summer classes!
We have six graduating athletes this year that are part of our team program or are staff here at the gym!
Gem City Phoenix competed on April 1 at the US Finals in Galveston, Texas, and earned third place!
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Effingham, IL – Gem City’s Tumbling Team finished their last competition of the regular season on Sunday, April 2.
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The gym is closed for evening practices and classes on Friday, March 31, due to weather. Please stay safe today!
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Gem City’s Level 7 gymnasts, Sylvia Winking & Eden Mayes, competed at USAG State in Libertyville on March 24, 2023, and BOTH of them qualified for Regionals April 21-23 in Grand Rapids, Michigan!
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Gem City’s senior squad, Gem City Phoenix, is headed to Nationals from March 31 – April 2 in Galveston, Texas! The squad qualified for Nationals after attending their first invitational of the season on November 5 in Peoria, Illinois. Our squad is the DEFENDING CHAMPION from last year, so we are rooting them on!
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Congrats to Emma Crockett, our third winner of the 2022-2023 Good Grades Quarterly Drawing! Emma is in Gem City’s Level 1 gymnastics class and a student at Rooney Elementary School.
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Bloomington, Illinois- We are very proud of this group of athletes! Gem City is especially excited by Lucy Biggs, Level 3, sweep of State! She earned FIRST on every event and the all-around!! It’s a first in Gem City history.
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Two of Gem City’s Level 7 gymnasts had a great meet season by qualifying to advance to the USAG Illinois State Championships. The meet will be hosted by Ultimate Gymnastics on March 24-26 in Libertyville, Illinois.
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March means one thing at Gem City— the start of State Championships!