The Calico Gymnastics Club hosted an extravaganza this past Saturday during which member gymnasts performed various skills on the balance beam and uneven bars as well as displaying techniques in floor routines and on vault. During the event, the club also drew the names of the winners of the WestJet tickets, cash prize, and donated luggage set.
“The extravaganza gives our girls who have been working hard all year a chance to show family and friends and the general public what they’ve learned all year and the awesome skills that they can do,” said Val Graf, who’s on Calico’s board of directors and is in charge of fundraising. “We’ve got four different sessions going on, so all the kids that are in the provincial and recreational programs that are in the winter session are taking part in the extravaganza.”
With regards to the raffle, the club has been able to sell over 5,000 tickets, which raised approximately $27,500. That amount is before expenses such as the second place cash prize of $1,000. The third place prize is a set of luggage that was donated by Royal Bank of Canada.
After expenses, that money will be going towards a new facility for the club, one that will be as equally spacious, but more suitable to their needs. The club includes kids from as far and wide as Lanigan, Watrous, Bruno, Quill Lake and Lake Lenore and can range anywhere from three to 15 years old. They’ve also been seeing an increasing number of boys joining the club.
“Our boys program has really grown this year, we actually had to add an additional class because we had a waiting list,” said Graf. “There are lots of boys that are in other sports, but they just want to build some muscle and get some flexibility and these coaches give them a pretty good workout.”
