Team Girls Make Tag Day a Success

Many of the team girls pitched in to make the Plaistow Tag Day successful. The weather was beautiful and the store busy. Working in pairs, at both entrances to Market Basket, they greeted the shoppers with bright smiles. The shoppers of Plaistow were cheerful too, and showed their support for the team. One woman put three dollars in one girl's can but then turned back to ask, "What's this for?" "Off the Wall gymnastics team," she was told. "Oh gymnastics!" the woman beamed. She put in another dollar.

The girls had fun working together to help raise funds for the team. Seeing the support from the community was nice too.

Our 1st Tag Day - A Huge Success!

On Saturday, April 15th, three of our OTW girls participated in the first of two Tag Days being held to support the Boosters Club.

Courtney, Jamie and Jessica stood in front of Howie Glynn's store in Windham looking for support from their neighbors and other locals who happened by.

The girls only brought the two OTW cans with them. A kind gentleman who stopped into the store handed a donation to each of the girls. After seeing that Jess didn't have a can, he returned to his car and a few moments later, came out with a tissue box. He made sure he emptied it out, right down to the plastic covering, so that Jess would have her own collection "can". After a little decorative work, Jess' can was right on the money.

The tag day was a huge success. The store's customers were very kind and very supportive. The girls exceeded the goal they had set for funds raised...by almost double!

Tiff Going To Regionals

Tiffany had a good day at States. Her Vault, Beam and Bar scores were her highest of the season. Her All Around of 35.7 was also her highest. She took 6th place in the 15+ age group, so that puts her on the New Hampshire Team. Way to go Tiff!

Level 8 Regionals are in Providence, RI, on May 6 and 7.

OTW 7s are State Champions!

It didn't look too good by the time the meet was nearly done. Other gyms' girls were scoring 9.5s and 9.6s. Winning the banner seemed unlikely. It's not that the OTW 7s were having a bad day. In fact, they were having a very good day (see score comments below). But it seemed like the big teams (NEGTC and Atlantic) were having very very good days. TriStar was also scoring very well.

The OTW 7 team had amassed a team score of 112.8 -- their highest of the season. But, it didn't seem high enough, after seeing the other teams' scores on Beam, especially.

As they announced the team scores, Atlantic took 4th with a 111.35 Spirits lifted a little as that meant the OTW girls could still bring home a trophy. TriStar narrowly took 3rd with a 111.45. It was down to OTW and NEGTC. A second place trophy would have been excellent.

NEGTC took 2nd with a 112.3. The OTW Level 7 Team had done it! They brought home the State Champions banner.

What happened to all those high other-gym scores? The OTW girls didn't always post the highest scores on each event, but they were not far behind and more consistent as a team overall. Most of those high other-gym scores were on Floor and Beam. OTW was solid there too, but came on stronger in Vault and Bars, particularly.

Allison was a little blond fire ball, scoring 9.4 on Vault, 9.5 on Bars and took first on Beam with a 9.25. She took first in the 8-11 yr olds in the All Around with a 37.625. Allysa took 1st on Bars with a 9.475, 2nd on Beam and 2nd in the 12 yr olds in All Around.

Alexis took 1st on Vault (13, 14 yr olds) with a 9.45, 2nd on Bars and Floor with 9.425 and 9.4. Her 9.425 on Beam took 4th, just to underscore how tough the competition had been on Beam. Alexis' All Around of 37.7 took 1st.

Jess was a tall brunette fire ball. She scored 9s on everything. She took 3rd in the All Around with 37.075 -- her season best! Kayla was part of the Vault power pack. Her 9.225 on Vault was part of the extra kick that put OTW ahead. LaNaya scored a 9.35 on Bars -- her all-time best on Bars, taking 4th. Her All Around of 36.55 was her season best. Melinda also came on strong on Bars. Her 9.10 (her season best) got her to the awards platform and was part of her season best All Around too.

Very impressive, girls. You did your best when it counted most. Each of you are truly are Champions! (You've got a banner to prove it.) :-)

Level 9 Regionals Results

The Region 6 USAG Regionals for Level 9 were held April 2nd in Syracuse. Becca and Brianna competed. Their full scores are listed on the meet results page (click here)

Becca took first place on Vault in the Junior D age group with an 8.95. Becca's All Around was 34.575 which placed her 11th. Bri took fourth place on Beam with a 9.40. Bri's All Around was 35.700, taking 12th in the Junior C age group.