Lac La Biche gymnastics club hosts fun drop in event

Dax Quintal practices using a flow rope. In gymnastics, flow ropes are used for training shoulders and back as well as enhancing the vestibular system of the body. Chris McGarry photo.
Katilina Neville uses paralettes (wooden bars) to assist her as she performs a handstand during the drop-in event hosted by the Lac La Biche gymnastics society that took place Tuesday at the Bold Center. Chris McGarry photo.
Ali Ulliac appears a bit on edge as she practices a backflip. Chris McGarry photo.
Delacey Swainson gets her daughter, Imogen, familiar with one of the large rolling barrels that had been set up inside the Bold Center during the session. Chris McGarry photo.
Ruth Mukininwa practices her gymnastics skills on a training bar. Chris McGarry photo.
Seina Oh took advantage of the training bar set up inside the Bold Center to practice gymnastics on. Chris McGarry photo.

LAC LA BICHE - Youth were given the opportunity to learn the basics of gymnastics during a drop-in event that took place Tuesday afternoon at the Bold Center and was hosted by the Lac La Biche Gymnastics Society. 

The fun session, which taught kids skills such as backflips, cartwheels, rolling and balancing, was also a way of keeping interest in the local gymnastics club, which had to close the doors of its gym area last month, and continues to look for a new home. The club had been operating out of the Key-Way-Tin Bible Camp property located just two kilometres east of downtown Lac La Biche since 2017.

The Lac La Biche Gymnastics Society will be holding another drop-in event at the Bold Center on April 16. Club officials are continuing to look for a new, permanent space.

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