St. Louis Elite Tramp and Tumble - Results from 2007 National Championships
Here are the consolidated results of the St. Louis Elite Tramp and Tumble National Team, including our 2 National Champions - Natalie and Ian - and several Silver and Bronze medalists:
Natalie - 1st TU, 6th DM, 10th TR
Henry - 2nd TU, 8th DM, 11th TR
Berklea - 4th TU, 17th TR, 29th DM
Clayton - 2nd DM, 3rd TR, 10th TU
Kyle - 7th TU
Lena - 4th TR, 13th DM
Kalli - 2nd TU
Eric - 8th TR
Ian - 1st TR (video), 14th DM
Camille - 38th DM, 39th TR
Andrew - 7th TR, 10th DM
Amy - 4th DM, 10th TR
Amanda - 3rd SY, 4th TU, 14th TR
The press release is available here.
You can find the full results from the 2007 USAG Junior Olympic Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships here, and quite a few videos from teams around the country at the YouTube group, USAG 2007 TnT National Championships and photos in a group on Flickr, USAG Nationals 2007.
Fredbird and Skydiving with St. Louis Elite at the Epworth Benefit Polo match
As I mentioned last week, St. Louis Elite Tramp and Tumble presented a trampoline demonstration during half-time at the Epworth Benefit Polo Match last Saturday. The video of the demonstration is available on YouTube.
Aside from the demo, the rest of the day was enjoyable as well. In addition to watching the Polo Match (the St. Louis team won!!) and letting kids in the crowd try out the trampoline, we got to hang out with Fredbird and watch our Executive Director, Gene Kohler, jump in with the skydiving team as part of the opening ceremonies.Some pictures of the event are also available on Flickr here (thanks Barb!!).
A brief history of trampolining
Many people don’t know that Trampoline has been an Olympic sport since the 2000 Sydney games. (Double-mini and Power Tumbling are not Olympic sports (yet), but they do have International / World Cup level recognition.)
Unfortunately, trampolining has a somewhat negative reputation here in the U.S, for various reasons. Here is a brief history of trampolining from wikipedia.
- Gymnast George Nissen invented the trampoline after watching trapeze artists perform tricks on their safety nets
- Nissen used a variant of the Spanish word trampolin (diving board) as a trademark for his new invention.
- The trampoline was quickly introduced into school physical education programs.
- The trampoline was just as quickly removed from school programs following a rash of lawsuits related to injuries caused by improper use and poor supervision.
It is the latter of the bullets above that has contributed to some of the issues that we hope to overcome by spreading the word about what the sport is really about. Read more
Come see St. Louis Elite at the Polo Fields
Polo fields? What, you may ask, is St. Louis Elite Tramp and Tumble going to be doing at the polo fields (besides avoiding the ‘gifts’ from the polo horses)? Helping children in the St. Louis area and getting the word out about Tramp and Tumble, that’s what.
This Saturday (June 16), Epworth Children and Family Services, in conjunction with St. Louis Benefit Polo, is putting on a world class polo match to raise funds to provide services for children and families in the St. Louis area. Gateway Kids World and St. Louis Elite TnT will be there with demonstrations set up along the sidelines, and will provide some of the half-time entertainment from the field (thus the “avoiding ‘gifts’ from horses” remark earlier).
As a team, we are interested in getting the word out about the sport of Tramp and Tumble. And as a member of the St. Louis community we like to participate in community events, especially those that raise money for worthy causes. Participating in events like this helps accomplish both of those goals.
USAG Tramp and Tumble Routines
One of the most common questions we get when we tell people that our athletes compete on the Trampoline and in Power Tumbling is along the lines of, “What exactly do they do on the trampoline?”
The USAG Region 2 web site has an excellent one page summary of the routines for all of the Junior Olympic levels, 1 through 10. This is a good place to start to find see a description of what our athletes do. To see what they do, visit the Tramp and Tumble group on YouTube.
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