{"id":44591,"date":"2013-12-09T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=44591"},"modified":"2013-12-09T09:50:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T14:50:18","slug":"gymnastics-competition-kicks-off-december-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2013\/12\/gymnastics-competition-kicks-off-december-12","title":{"rendered":"Gymnastics Competition Kicks Off December 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A group of 416 female gymnasts between the ages of 6 and 18 and representing five countries, will compete at the The 2013 Atlantis Crown Invitational Women\u2019s Gymnastics Competition, to take place in Nassau, Bahamas, December 12th-15th.<\/p>\n

The event which will mark the organizations 3rd competition in The Bahamas will kick off with an official Opening Ceremony on Thursday December 12th at 7:30 p.m., in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis Resorts, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. \u00a0The competitive events will begin on December 13 th from this site in The Imperial Ballroom and take place daily.<\/p>\n

Said to be the largest gymnastic competition in the Caribbean, the event organizers have shared that it has grown over the last few years. \u00a0The returning countries include the United States and Trinidad and new this year will be Puerto Rico and Grand Cayman.<\/p>\n

Once again The Bahamas will have representation. \u00a0Eighty Bahamians from four clubs will be competing. \u00a0The Bahamian gymnasts hail from Bahamas Star Gymnastics, Nassau Nastics, Georgia\u2019s School of Dance and Grand Bahamas Gymnastics.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event will be highlighted by the attendance of Svetlana Boguinskaia, three times Olympian with 5 Olympic medals, who will be available for autographs and meet & greets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited, to be returning to what we consider our second home, to host the 3rd annual Atlantis Crown, \u201csaid Al Scharns, who with his wife Cindy have coordinated the annual event over the past three years. \u00a0The two are co-owners of Branch Gymnastics & KidsSports USA, Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Also attending \u00a0this year\u2019s event will be Dusty Ritter, USA Gymnastics Men\u2019s JO Program Coordinator. \u00a0According to the Scharns, discussions are underway exploring the possibility of the men\u2019s program, Trampoline & Tumbling and NCAA Women\u2019s Gymnastics joining the Atlantis Crown Invitational in the near future.<\/p>\n

Competition hours on Friday, December 13, 2013 are 11:00 am to 9:00 pm and Saturday, December 14, 2013, 8:30 am to 9:00 pm. \u00a0Tickets for the event are priced at $20.00 for adults, $15.00 for seniors and $10.00 for children ages 6-16. \u00a0Children five and under will be admitted free. \u00a0A special rate of $2.00 is being offered on Friday for children between the ages of 6 and 14 accompanied by an adult.<\/p>\n

Life in The Islands Of The Bahamas is as culturally diverse as it is vibrantly beautiful, from the carefree Out Islands to exciting Nassau\/Paradise Island and Grand Bahama Island. With world-class diving and fishing, gorgeous turquoise water and miles of picture perfect beaches the 700 islands of the Bahamas offer visitors the opportunity to do everything or nothing at all. For more information on travel packages, activities and accommodations, call: 1-800-Bahamas or visit www.Bahamas.com. To purchase one-of-a-kind items and mementos from the Bahamas, visit www.eshopbahamas.com.<\/p>\n

Bahamas Tourist Office<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

416 female gymnasts between 6 and 18, representing 5 countries, will compete at the Atlantis Crown Invitational Women\u2019s Gymnastics Competition, December 12th-15th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":44592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[109,131,51],"class_list":["post-44591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-atlantis","tag-sports-2","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}