Coach Tim turns 50!!! At a surprise birthday celebration, Coach Tim was surrounded with all the Northstars as they sang Happy Birthday. Thanks to Mrs. Lynch for the cake! And thanks to coach Tim for all his hard work spotting and coaching our girls on bars.

Tim has chalk dust in his soul. Since his college days he has given his time and energy to coaching gymnastics.    

Happy Anniversary, Kamelia.
January 2012 marks the tenth anniversary coaching at Jewart’s for our fantastic rhythmic coach. It’s hard to believe she has given us such amazing experiences: Hosting our first rhythmic meet at LaRoche complete with international competitors, attending her wedding in Bulgaria, and building our new gym for our rhythmic team. Kamelia’s girls have continued to represent the Northstars at the highest level for states, regionals and nationals. Her exciting addition last year of a high level “Group” team is really a feather in her cap. We wish her continued success.  

Christmas in Baltimore
December 10-11 the Northstars competed in the Christmas in Chesapeake Invitational hosted by the Docksiders. This invitational is attended by teams up and down the Atlantic Coast and gives the girls and coaches an opportunity to see what the Regional competition will look like later in the season. Highlights for the meet were:

Nicole Cheblowski won Level 9 floor and took home a coveted snow-globe for third place all-around. Leah Elmore won vault with a piked yurchenko just nosing out teammate Brittany Munn and Sarah Fritsch won balance beam. Level 8 newcomers, Alicia Hinnebusch placed third AA and Taylor Johnson took first on vault with a piked tsukahara.    

Stars and Stripes Invitational:
January 7^th and 8^th the Northstar girls headed up 79 North for their third meet of the season to attend the Stars and Stripes Invitational hosted by Erie Gymnastics. At Level 10 our own Tori Bianco won the Level 10 session. Team highlights were first place finishes by the Level 7, 8 and 9 teams. Highest team being the Level 7’s with a 110.50 led by 10 year old Sam Boris who scored a 37.00 Teammates Elena Burek won the 11 year old age group and Vanessa Pletz took second in the 12 year old division with a 35.9.
Level 8 top three finishers were Rachel Hornung, Anna McConnell and Taylor Johnson. On the Level 9 team Brittany Munn won the All-Around winning bars with a 9.175. Leah Elmore won 2 gold medals; vault with a 9.225 and floor ex with a 9.3. 13 year old Annie Haywood also won two silvers on vault and floor. At the IPO Level Logan Falk won second All-around and at Level 5 Annie Lynch and Lauren Jochims took second place all-around awards with a 35.975 and 33.60, respectively.   

2012 Steel City Invitational
The competitive season began with the 2012 Steel City Invitational. This year we had 383 entries for girls and 191 for the boys. It was the home opener for the Northstars as we played host to 20 girls teams and 16 boys teams. The gym looked great decked out in black and gold. “Black and Yellow” by local rapper, Wiz Kalifa’s was the perfect background music as the gymnasts entered the gym. Thanks to the Parent’s Club for helping us to get bleachers for the gym. It really makes the gym look professional. Both Northstar boys and girls won their share of medals. Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you to all of the parents who volunteered their time to make this such a special event. Check the website for individual places.   

October 15th 1 - 4 pm Proceeds will benefit Jewart's Gymnastics New Hope 

Fun-dationand & the Pittsburgh Northstars

*Crafts *15 Vendors * Basket Raffels *Festival Games

*Face Painting *Nails & Tattos *ZUMBA Party *Gymnastics Perforamance

*Food *Climbing Wall *Trampolines *Treasure Hunt  on the !NEW trail