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Good question that I brought up in a previous thread (but didn't really get an answer). If we are moving to the JO system entirely it does seem likely that its days are numbered...but I'm just speculating. I do think it's odd to have two streams in a small pool of athletes...the CPN program or levels 7/8/9 as a 9/10 year old. Many girls do CPN and then head back into the JO levels at age 11 anyway as they can't meet the minimum requirements for National Novice. It may be a good program for the few who can bypass JO straight to NN but why not just have them burn up through the levels like they do in the States? Having said that, is NN disappearing too, to be replaced by a level 10 that permits those ages as well? Anybody have some insight?
I wonder. The program has been around for many years, always shrouded in secrecy with barely any info available to parents. Now that there are so many changes happening, they put all the info out on the Gymnastics Canada website.
Can someone explain what are the comparative levels in the US with what we have here? Right now Novice isn't really like anything is it? Or is it?
Thanks - I notice that Open is on the National side. I heard they are dropping that.
Looking at the chart. Does that mean that National is staying as such - cause they have in Level 10 - not used in Canada.
I must have missed you asking...or I am having a brain fart. And I am only asking out of curiosity. My dd is Novice hopefully going Junior next year.
I would stay Novice is between level 9 and 10.
They do not have Junior and Senior in the USA. What do they have?
Level 10 then elite?
National open is now level 10 same age group as open. National Novice is now level 9 same ages as novice. Both will do provincial qualifiers and can qualify to Nationals at provincials as usual.
National open is now level 10 same age group as open. National Novice is now level 9 same ages as novice. Both will do provincial qualifiers and can qualify to Nationals at provincials as usual.
Gymnastics Canada no longer has a category for National Novice or National Open. They have switched to level 9 for those athletes that would have done "regular" novice and level 10 for those that would have done level 9. HP Novice, Junior and Senior are all still the same. This has been communicated to the clubs across Canada. Gymnastics Ontario would have to follow suit as there would be no opportunities to compete outside of Ontario for "regular" novice. I didn't say they had to qualify for Provincials at qualifiers I just said they will compete at qualifiers. I do not have confirmation on whether they will be treated as the other provincial levels in terms of "making it" to provincials. Also not sure if it is the same process at provincials for these athletes to get to Nationals as it has been in the past. That has not been communicated from GO yet.
Gymnastics Canada no longer has a category for National Novice or National Open. They have switched to level 9 for those athletes that would have done "regular" novice and level 10 for those that would have done level 9. HP Novice, Junior and Senior are all still the same. This has been communicated to the clubs across Canada. Gymnastics Ontario would have to follow suit as there would be no opportunities to compete outside of Ontario for "regular" novice. I didn't say they had to qualify for Provincials at qualifiers I just said they will compete at qualifiers. I do not have confirmation on whether they will be treated as the other provincial levels in terms of "making it" to provincials. Also not sure if it is the same process at provincials for these athletes to get to Nationals as it has been in the past. That has not been communicated from GO yet.
Gymnastics Canada no longer has a category for National Novice or National Open. They have switched to level 9 for those athletes that would have done "regular" novice and level 10 for those that would have done level 9. HP Novice, Junior and Senior are all still the same. This has been communicated to the clubs across Canada. Gymnastics Ontario would have to follow suit as there would be no opportunities to compete outside of Ontario for "regular" novice. I didn't say they had to qualify for Provincials at qualifiers I just said they will compete at qualifiers. I do not have confirmation on whether they will be treated as the other provincial levels in terms of "making it" to provincials. Also not sure if it is the same process at provincials for these athletes to get to Nationals as it has been in the past. That has not been communicated from GO yet.
Ok but there was never any competition opportunity for regular Novices from Ontario anyway. I was just saying this to someone else. Other provinces send their Novices to Easterns/Westerns and National Stream Cup but Ontario never does.
So yes, they will still have Novice in that they will compete to make HP.
I was wondering if you read somewhere that level 10 will not be an option for athletes under age 13? Will is strictly be for the age that used to be Open?
Also has anyone heard if the "scoring out of levels" that happens in the USA will be introduced here? There is a current thread on it here and it made me wonder.
Level 9 age 10 -12 (or whatever novice age is) and they can qualify to nationals. No other level 9 age groups can qualify to Nationals.
Level 10 is for 13+ only. No other age groups can compete level 10
So nothing has really changed other than the name they have assigned to those athletes and they will now be scored out of 10 rather than the FIG modified Canadian model.
Some nice changes... I would love to read more about this...do you have any reference material?
Novice doesn't affect my dd anymore...but level 10 will if she doesn't make junior or try junior this year.
In the old National Open they would separate out 13-15 and then 15+. Are they still doing this in Level 10?
Odd that L10 is restricted to 13+, definitely a step away from the USAG program. Lots of 12 year olds are capable of L10.
I am very intrigued to see what Quebec is going to do as it seems to be insisting on keeping the CPP going here. Makes competing out of Province a bit odd.
Yes but we are still far from the USAG on ages at the young end as well. We still can't do qualifiers until age 9. But did you hear that the "invitational" levels (2-5 maybe?) will have their own qualifying system and a provincial championship? That is an amazing idea to me!
I am afraid that the Quebec system not changing will detract from the appeal of Gymnix. I think lots more clubs will be crossing to the US where the systems are comparable.