The Best for 2023

Thanks to the Pacific Sun for for voting the Novato Gymnastics Center as the Best Indoor Children’s Sports Center in Marin for 2023! Novato Parks, Recreation and Community Services and Novato Gymnastics strive to be at our best for our community, especially when that effort helps our young participants be their best!

This is the second year in a row that we have received this honor, and fifth overall in this category. We are always grateful for our participants and their families, as well as their continued participation and support!

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Be Your Best for 2023

At Novato Gymnastics, we strive to be our best for our community! Over the next week, we celebrate and share that effort with our participants. We have the best participants, staff, gym, and much more! Keep an eye out this week for activities and examples of our best in the gym, and show us yours, too!

San Francisco Classic

The Novato Gymnastics Team kicked off its second season, featuring the Level 6, 7, and 8 Gymnasts. Georgia Thomas, Victoria Peraza, Lisa Ganzhorn, Tina Strack, and Maddie Iwami competed at the San Francisco Classic on January 14. Also pictured is Liliana Vasquez, who was unable to compete.

2022 NorCal Level 3 and 4 State Championships

Congratulations to all the Level 3 and 4 Novato Gymnasts for capping off a successful competitive season! There were numerous noteworthy performances at the 2022 NorCal Level 3, 4, 5 State Championships on November 11-13, held at Capital Sports Center in McClellan Park.

In the Level 4 competition, highlights include Avery Vuong’s first place on Beam with 9.750 in the Senior G Division. She also placed third All Around with 37.500. Ava Kennedy placed second on Vault with 9.425, and sixth on Floor Exercise with 8.825.

In the Senior I Division, Damen Heath won the Floor Exercise event with 9.125, placed second in the All Around with 36.950, and placed second on Bars with 9.625. Andie Fuetsch won the Vault with 9.700, and placed third on Bars with 9.475. Meanwhile, Sakura Knoles placed third on Floor Exercise with 9.025, and sixth All Around with 35.950.

Lyla Yee was sixth on Beam with 8.850 and 6th All Around in the Senior J Division with 34.850
Madison Lieberman placed third on Beam with 9.300 in the Senior E Division. Sofia Martinez placed 6th on Bars with 9.400 in the Senior B Division, while Yuki Chance placed third on Vault in the Child I Division with 9.000.

In Level Three, Phoebe Disharoon placed fourth on Beam and Floor, with 9.225 and 9.300, respectfully, in the Senior H Division.

In the Senior G Division, Kensie Stevens placed third on Floor with 9.275, and third All Around with 37.450. Also in the Senior G Division, Alexa Garcia won four State titles on Bars with 9.650, Beam with 9.775, Floor with 9.500, and All Around with a career high 38.275.

Way to go, Novato!

LEVEL FOUR

Child I Division

Yuki Chance

VT: 3rd (9.000); UB: 10th (8.725); BB: 12th (8.225); FX: T8th (8.650); AA: 11th (34.600)

Senior B Division

Sofia Martinez

VT: 11th (8.250); UB: 6th (9.475); BB: 11th (8.625); FX: 11th (8.400); AA: 11th (34.750)

Senior E Division

Madison Lieberman

VT: 8th (8.500); UB: 10th (8.425); BB: T4th (9.300); FX: 7th (8.325): AA: 10th (34.550)

Senior G Division

Avery Vuong

VT: 4th (9.250); UB: 5th (9.450); BB: 1st (9.750); FX: 4th (9.050); AA: 3rd (37.500)

Ava Kennedy

VT: T2nd (9.425); UB: 9th (8.850); BB: 10th (8.675); 6th (8.825); AA: 7th (35.775)

Senior H Division

Andie Fuetsch

VT: 1st (9.700); UB: 3rd (9.475); BB: 8th (8.550); FX: 9th (8.500); AA: 5th (36.225)

Sakura Knoles

VT: 8th (8.525); UB: 5th (9.225); BB: T7th (9.175); FX: 3rd (9.025); AA: 6th (35.950)

Senior I Division

Damen Heath

VT: 5th (8.900); UB: 2nd (9.625); BB: 5th (9.300); FX: 1st (9.125); AA: T2nd (36.950)

Senior J Division

Lyla Yee

VT: 8th (8.650); UB: 7th (9.125); BB: 6th (8.850); FX: 8th (8.225); AA: T6th (34.850)

LEVEL THREE

Senior G Division

Kensie

VT: T4th (9.375); UB: 4th (9.450); BB: T4th (9.350); FX: 3rd (9.275); AA: 3rd (37.450)

Alexa Garcia

VT: 4th (9.350); UB: 1st (9.650); BB: 1st (9.775); FX: 1st (9.500); AA: 1st (38.275)

Senior H Division

Phoebe Disharoon
VT: 7th (9.100); UB: 7th (9.225); BB: T4th (9.225); FX: 4th (9.300); T6th (36.850)

Tools of the Trade

We always enjoy the smiles of our participants and staff using the variety of equipment and mats we have to work with. It is so valuable to have the tools to help them learn, and to have variety to keep the learning fresh and fun!

The images above are a few of the newest mat shapes and equipment at the Gymnastics Center. The staff are always excited to challenge our participants through a wide range of options, and these new pieces will only add to the curriculum. We hope these colorful additions will inspire and challenge all of our participants and their bright future!

What We Did on National Gymnastics Day

Check out some of our activities on National Gymnastics Day on September 17th! Saturday is a typically busy day of classes at the Gymnastics Center, while the Novato Gymnastics Team competed at their first meet of the season!.

One of our popular Saturday morning classes at the Novato Gymnastics Center.

Best of Marin!

The Novato Gymnastics Center has been named the Best Children’s Indoor Sports Center of 2022 by the Pacific Sun! This is the fourth time that Novato Gymnastics has received this honor, and we are so grateful for the love from our local community!

As a division of the City of Novato Parks, Recreation and Community Service, it has been a joy and privilege to serve this community at the Gymnastics Center since 1999. We have seen generations of children participate in movement education, preschool, recreational and competitive gymnastics opportunities, that offer a healthy foundation to an active lifestyle. We could not do it without your participation and support, and look forward to working with the Novato community for years to come!

Thanks for helping us #BeYourBest!

At Our Best!

A compilation of video clips from camps and classes this past week

Catch some of our camps and classes at their very best! It has been so fun to see so many happy and active participants this week!

Be Your Best!

We are grateful for the chance to engage and encourage our young participants to learn through gymnastics! At Novato Gymnastics, some of the best qualities we can teach gymnasts is to maximize their effort and potential! Whether a chance to enjoy movement or accomplishing a skill, we aim to empower these youngsters to reach their potential here in the gym and beyond. What better way to celebrate this concept than to share effort and achievement with those around us! Over the next couple of weeks, you may notice images, posts, and signage centered around a special theme and all our participants.

Novato Gymnastics Team Returns to Competition

The Novato Gymnastics Team competed at the Accel Invitational held on January 22 in Burlingame.

The Level 7 and 8 gymnasts started off their season at the Accel Invitational, held on January 22 in Burlingame. In the Level 7 Older Division, Lisa placed 3rd on Beam with 9.350, 4th on Floor with 8.300, and 4th All Around with 35.125. In the Level 7 Middle Division, Tina placed 4th on Beam with 9.450, and 2nd All Around with 36.650. Addie placed 3rd on Vault with 9.200.

In the Level 8 Division, Maddie won the All Around category with 35.825 and Beam with 9.150. She also placed 2nd on Bars and Floor with 9.000 and 9.275, respectively.

While we congratulate these gymnasts for their success at the meet, we applaud their bigger achievement in competing in their first meet in nearly two years. Their resilience amid an uncertain and wavering environment is now rewarded with more opportunity in the upcoming weeks. Way to go, Novato!