Sarah began her gymnastics career at the age of 3. As a young student she was active in gymnastics for about 10 years. From 2007 to 2021 Sarah has worked as a dance teacher and choreographer for competitive and recreational students specializing in acrobatic dance and musical theatre. In 2018 Sarah joined the Calgary Gymnastrada...
Originally from Treaty 4 Territory (Regina, SK), Julie is honoured to now live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Nations where she is completing a Master’s Degree with a focus on physical literacy. Over the past 20 years, Julie has coached competitive RG as well as Gymnastics for All (recreational) and has been an active member of the...
It’s the end of another session and, wow does time fly! The end of session means it’s show time! All our in-house shows are fundraisers for local charities. Entry is by donation and 100% of all the money donated at the door goes directly to the charity. This is a really important part of who...
In our performance program we want gymnasts to work towards goals, be conscious of their progress and understand what is necessary to achieve this progress. This is the reason that we devote time to goal setting in our training plans. We offer instruction in the SMART technique of goal setting (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant,...
In rhythmic gymnastics you can perform individual routines or group routines. In Aesthetic group gymnastics, as the name indicates, you can only perform group routine. In our club, we train all our gymnasts in group. Both AGG group and rhythmics group. Only gymnasts who do 9 hours or more of training are offered the...
As part of our Performance program we train all our athletes in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (AGG). All of them are involved in a group routine that follows the principle of this new discipline of gymnastics. Our head coach, is a certified AGG coach and one of the current International licensed judges in Aesthetic group Gymnastics...
The educational philosophy and the way we interact with our performance team is based on over 35 years of teaching and over 40 years of combined coaching experience. Children and young adults are able to do amazing things, much more than we generally think. They just need a safe environment that helps them to...
Hi everyone! I’m very excited to be writing my first blog for the club, as a chance to share a bit more about me, my motivation and values for coaching, as well as my interests and aspirations outside of gymnastics with you. For those who may not know, I was a rhythmic gymnast myself for...
Meet the Coaches – Angela Frattaroli My name is Angela, I am one of the coaches at Island Rhythmics in Victoria B.C. In my youth, I trained in Montreal under the instruction of a national team coach and learned so much about the technique of rhythmic gymnastics. I moved to Victoria with my family in...
Hello my name is Quiana Foster I am 22 years old and have been involved in rhythmic gymnastics for close to 7 years. I started when I was 8 years old and competed in competitions on the island up to Vernon. In 2010, I participated in the BC winter games. Shortly after I took a...