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DEFY gymnasts have best showing ever

READFIELD — Six-year-old Riley Crowley of the Down East Family YMCA gymnastics team placed first in two events and was named an all-around champion at Level 4 in last weekend’s 2013 Northeast Regional YMCA Gymnastics Championships. Riley placed first on vault and floor and second on bars and beam, placing first all-around by more than […]

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11 DEFY gymnasts are State Champions

OLD TOWN — In their best showing ever, the Down East Family YMCA gymnastics team captured 11 individual first places and its Level 5 and Level 6 teams each placed second in the YMCA State Championships. The 28 Ellsworth area girls, who train at Springers’ Gymnastics Center, faced off against more than 200 gymnasts from […]

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Seven DEFY gymnasts win top all-around honors

ELLSWORTH — Seven Down East Family YMCA gymnasts earned first all-around honors at a three-team meet last weekend hosted by Springers’ Gymnastics Center. Members of the DEFY team competed against opponents from the Central Lincoln County and Oxford Hills YMCA programs. At the Excel Platinum level, Natalie Klaver placed first on bars, beam and floor […]

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Springer’s Gymnasts Win Medals at State and Regional Competitions

ELLSWORTH — Young athletes from Springer’s Gymnastics Center turned in strong performances last weekend at state and regional competitions. Tyler Bechtold finished eighth on the pommel horse and 12th on the vault among boys ages 11 and over at Level 5 in the Region 6 USA Gymnastics Championships on Sunday in Springfield, Mass. The six-state […]

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Local gymnasts place third at USA Gymnastics sectional

WESTBROOK — A trio of girls from Springers’ Gymnastics Center placed third at Level 6 in the second sectional meet of the USA Gymnastics competition at the Maine Academy of Gymnastics last weekend. The six-member team — one at Level 4, two at Level 5 and three at Level 6 — from Springers’ center competed […]

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Boys’ gymnastics team wins Level 5 state title

ELLSWORTH — Four gymnasts from Springers’ Gymnastics Center captured the Level 5 team championship and three of them — along with two others — claimed individual titles at Saturday’s 2013 USA Gymnastics State Championships in Bath. Competing with more than 60 boys from five Maine gyms, Tyler Bechtold, A.J. Palmer, Andrew Gillette and Austin Snow […]

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Gym CLOSED

The gym is CLOSED this morning, March 19th. Stay warm everyone!

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Jump In Gym!

Parents! If you have a Toddler at home who is getting a little ‘cabin fever’ this winter, consider bringing them to Springers Gymnastics for our Jump In Gym Program! We offer a 45 minute open play time for kids 3 years old and under, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:45 – 11:30. This program […]

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Seven DEFY Gymnasts Win All-Around Honors

BANGOR — Nearly one-third of the 25 Down East Family YMCA gymnasts who competed in Sunday’s three-team meet in Bangor took top all-around honors in their age groups. More than 80 gymnasts from Down East, Bangor and Oxford Hills YMCAs participated in the meet. At the Excel Platinum Level, Natalie Klaver placed first on vault, […]

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Seven Springers’ gymnasts compete in New Hampshire

ELLSWORTH — A Level 6 trio from Springers’ Gymnastics Center placed third and a Level 5 gymnast won was a floor exercise champion at the 17th annual Winter Carnival in Stratham, N.H., last weekend. It was the first outing of the USA Gymnastics League season for the seven Springers’ gymnasts. “This is a really big […]

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