It has been very fun for all of us, the girls are always great to be around.  We arrived late on Wednesday and were up early Thursday to get organized, do all the prep and then walk to the gym (about 8 mins from the hotel).. once I post pics you will see how much you could miss Green Victoria.   We had to wear sunglasses to stop the dust from blowing up in our face.  The gym is at Grant McKewn Centre and its a wonderful bright gym and huge amount of bleachers which are great but do cut into the training carpet area.

The girls did their cardio and stretching in the upper mezzanine of the centre, and then fought their way to some warm up carpet space.  All Groups got 3 minutes each on the carpet which is wonderful and we were ready to start

The Group performed first on Thursday about 1:30 and they did very well, a few small glitches but a very solid routine.  Unfortunately there are 11 groups competing here but we are the only one in our category, lovely to be recognized for our achievement with Gold Medals, but even better is to note of all 11 groups, including 4 National Stream Groups,  our first day scores were the 3 rd highest, just behind the National SR trio, in second,  and only about 1 point behind the 1st performance of the Saskatchewan Open Group in HOOP. 

After group Cairo rested a bit and then worked on her ball and Clubs routines.  Both routines were solid and competition was tough, all four athletes were very good, and Cairo placed 3rd  in both with one score being .03 and the other .1,  which is considerably better than you scores from Provincials.   

The group girls were great supporters and were clapping and cheering for Cairo. 

After the rotation all of the VRG girls were busy helping with video taping and line judging and marshalling.   The Alberta organizers were very appreciative and told me numberously how lovely and giving they all were.

We rested and looked forward to even better preformances on the second day,   group was pretty much about the same level... we really missed our Victoria Crowd cheers, and Cairo did a nice Hoop but was disappointed with the few drops, and the deductions that took place.  

For me there were great, they felt good about their performances, and learned more about themselves and the many gymnasts around them, we saw more technicques, and great Choreography from Saskatchewan and enjoy the rest of competition

Last night finished off with a great banquet and hip hop dance instructor... as always we shone.

Lots of love from Edmonton from all 6 of us.  Enjoying west edmonton mall today