Finally...our first competition

[Ingymmom]

A lot of gyms in NW IN repeat levels as well... I must admit I feel lucky that my dd is a part of a gym that encourages moving up if you are ready... we had a 7 yr old that competed in her very first meet as a L5 (horton Invite) took 1st place AA with a 36+, and coaches moved her right to L6 only to take 3rd place with a 35+
at her very 2nd meet. I must say that the idea of listening to the L5 music over and over and over again seems a bit much more then L6 - I think the L6 music is still great lol.

[Blackie6]

Congrats, great scores for the first meet! My daughter went to a meet that after each event the judges tell the girls how to improve their routines. Too bad my DD is only 6 and when I asked what the judge said to her she couldn't remember, LOL

I think there needs to be a session for new parents on how routines are judged. Sometimes I see beautiful routines and then see the score and what I thought would have been a good score was really a low one. That's great you had the opportunity to hang out with the judges at the meet. Maybe next year I'll volunteer for that job at one of our meets.

[Blackie6]

YEAH, NeattyinPa, your daughter finally got her first competition in! I have been thinking about you, knowing her first comp was coming up, but it has been so crazy here getting ready for Christmas I haven't been able to get online.

Did you hold your breath when she did her ROBHS? Those are good scores for a first meet! My daughter bombed bars with a 5.8 and a fall off the beam for a 6 point something. Now she is scoring in the 8's except for beam, her worst event. It's cute to watch the 6 year olds just starting out isn't it? Did you cry? I did. When is your next meet and how many do you do? We only have one more and then states in Jan. It's been exciting, but I can't wait to have my weekends back again. Just a FYI, if she got medals or ribbons, you may want to write the name of the meet, date and scores (I do it on the computer in small font) ...after awhile all the meets and scores look alike. She can see the improvements from meet to meet everytime she looks at them.

[nettyinpa]

Blackie6 ~ Thanks for your response! I've been busy, too. Funny though, gym never ends, does it?

My dd doesn't have her ROBHS yet. She did a great routine except for her bridge kick over. Her foot slipped out and she couldn't get her footing to get back over. My heart broke for her but she seemed okay with it. The beam is her favorite event. She hopped off at the first turn, something she's never done in practice. But, she made it through the rest of her routine and did her dismount. Believe it or not I didn't cry. I could feel my heart swell with pride, though.

I know some gyms put the results and the event on the back of the medals. This gym didn't. I wrote them down quick when I got home. I will print them out and put them on the back so I don't forget. I posted a couple pictures of her int he Photo Gallery. I couldn't take any of her while doing routines. The lighting in the place was horrible.

Our next meet is on January 12-13th. They added another one in February so now we have 3 in Feb. States is the 1st weekend in March. The time is flying by. She really wants to have her ROBHS soon. I can see the disappointment in her face when the other girls do it and she can't. Oh, well. It will come in time.

Thanks!