(SAVANNAH, GA) Eat at Applebee's on Abercorn on Tuesday, June 22nd from 11am -
11pm.
10% will be donated to the Coastal Empire Weightlifting Team. Ask
for a blue ticket at the door to present to your server. This fundraiser for area athletes will help them to make it to the Schoolage Nationals in California June 25-27th and the
Jr. Olympics in Virginia, July 27-Aug. 1st.
If you are unable to attend, please consider an online donation to support our athletes: Here
SAVANNAH - The
Performance Initiatives summer athletic camp will be held June 14 – July 23.This unique camp is designed as a six-week
curriculum for ages 7 and up, exposing children to a variety of sports, while
educating them on nutrition.
The camp is
scheduled Monday through Friday from from 8:00 - 11:30 a.m. June 14 - July 23, and
it is beneficial for campers to participate all six weeks.
Only 25
campers will be accepted to the summer camp, as this is the maximum capacity. The
following programs will be offered:a
variety of sports, tumbling, arts and crafts, nutritional education, character
building, movies, games, community field day, and Olympic-style weightlifting.
The fee for
the summer athletic sports camp is $250, or $45 per week and $15 daily and the registration fee is $10.
For more
information call Coach Kerri Goodrich at 507-7106 or visit the Performance
Initiatives facility at 2021 Tennessee Avenue at the Aldersgate United
Methodist Church Family Life Center.
About Performance
Initiatives Performance
Initiatives is a non-profit 501c3 organization based
in Savannah, Georgia , USA Weightlifting Regional Training Center and the home
of Coastal Empire Weightlifting. The purpose of the organization is to
educate and mentor youth and adults by using athletics and fitness, with
Olympic-style weight lifting as the base.After-school tutoring is offered to area youth, along with Jiu-Jitsu
classes.The gymnasium is located at
Aldersgate United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 2021 Tennessee
Avenue.www.PerformanceInitiatives.org
U.S. Athletes Place in the Top Nine
at Pan Am U17 Championships
For Release: April 29, 2010
Back Row (left to right) Tayler Jakubsen, D’Angelo
Osorio, Alex Silon, John Bassler, Cullin Foosum
Front Row (left to right): Brett Guimard, Butch Curry,
Darrel Barnes, Darren Barnes, Derrick Johnson, Kerri Goodrich
SAVANNAH – Tayler Jakubsen, age 14, a student at Benedictine Military School, exceeded his personal weightlifting records as part of Team USA at the Pan American Under 17 Championships held in Chiclayo, Peru April 23-26, 2010.
Jakubsen, a member of Coastal Empire Weightlifting accompanied by Coach Kerri Goodrich, Team USA Team Leader , was part of the eight member U.S. Team. Jakubsen had new personal bests in both lifts, as well as five of his six lifts being successful. He snatched 105kg and lifted 132kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 237kg.
Competing in the 77kg division, Thomas “Alex” Silon of Seabrook, SC with Team Savannah, placed ninth with a new personal best snatch and clean and jerk of 101kg and 121kg, for a total of 222kg.
The Pan American U17 Championships was the final opportunity for athletes to qualify in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore. The U.S. men must place in the top four teams at the event to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games.. Teams that qualified for the Games will be announced at a later date.
Results for Team USA , each division are as follows and include the snatch, clean & jerk and total:
Men’s 56kg
2. Darren Barnes (St. Louis, Mo. / Lift 4 Life): 95kg, 120kg, 215kg
About Performance Initiatives
Performance Initiatives is a non-profit 501c3 organization based in Savannah, Georgia , USA Weightlifting Regional Training Center and the home of Coastal Empire Weightlifting. The purpose of the organization is to educate and mentor youth and adults by using athletics and fitness, with Olympic-style weight lifting as the base. After-school tutoring is offered to area youth, along with Jiu-Jitsu classes. The gymnasium is located at Aldersgate United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 2021 Tennessee Avenue. www.PerformanceInitiatives.org
SAVANNAH –Performance Initiatives Fundraiser
Spring 2010 Boston Butt Sale Friday, April 16th
Butts $20.00 ea. – with Coach Robbie’s Secret Recipe Sauce
or Hearty Meal: $10.00 ea. with Chopped Pork, Slaw, Beans, Tea & Capt. John Derst Bread
All orders must be received by Monday, April 12th. 912-507-7106 Pick up at Coach’s Corner 11 am– 6 pm on April 16th
All proceeds go directly to team costs for the Pan American 17 & Under games to be held in Peru and the upcoming Jr. Nationals to be held in California.
SAVANNAH – American Traditions Award Winner, Leenya Rideout will be singing for area youth at the Performance Initiatives Aldersgate gym facility on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:00 p.m.
This concert is free and open to the community. Ms. Rideout will be singing and engaging the audience in writing lyrics for a song, while sharing her talents and experience in the performing arts and music industry. www.leenya.com
American Traditions Award winner Leenya Rideout Free Concert
Time: 6:00PM Wednesday, March 24th
Location: Performance Initiatives Gym, Aldersgate Family Life Center Gym
2021 Tennessee Avenue Savannah, GA
For more information, contact Coach Kerri Goodrich at 912-507-7106.
SAVANNAH – Iron Will Jiu Jitsu will celebrate their first year anniversary at the Performance Initiatives gym with a belt test and seminar on March 20th. The testing and seminar are open to the public to educate on the art of Jiu Jitsu martial arts.
Iron Will Jiu Jitsu was just accepted into the USA Jiu Jitsu organization http://www.usajj.com. Will Hiott is the head of the Iron Will Jiu Jitsu school in Savannah, where he currently has 29 students in his program. Most students are on scholarships through Performance Initiatives, the non-profit organization that works with children who may not have the opportunity to participate in a program of this kind.
Hiott’s mission with his students, who all range between 7-18, is to teach kids to not fight and to develop themselves. Jiu Jitsu forces participants to learn self-control and self-discipline. Hiott wants his students to deal with verbal conflict before resorting to physical conflict. “With skills taught at an early age, we hope to keep kids in school and off the streets,” said Hiott.
Hiott includes his two year-old twins and seven year-old in his program. “It’s never too early to start setting a good example,” he said. As the only volunteer with Iron Will Jitsu, Hiott is currently looking for volunteer help to expand the program.
If you go: Iron Will Jiu Jitsu School inside Aldersgate United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 2021 Tennessee Avenue. Date: Saturday, March 20th Time: Belt Testing 9 a.m. Seminar at 11:00 am
About Performance Initiatives
Performance Initiatives is a non-profit 501c3 organization based in Savannah, Georgia and the home of Coastal Empire Weightlifting. The purpose of the organization is to educate and mentor youth and adults by using athletics and fitness, with Olympic-style weight lifting as the base. After-school tutoring is offered to area youth, along with Jiu-Jitsu classes. The gymnasium is located at Aldersgate United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 2021 Tennessee Avenue. www.PerformanceInitiatives.org
Weightlifting Youth Athletes to Compete at International and National Levels
For Release: March 14, 2010
SAVANNAH - Coastal Empire Weightlifters brought home gold medals from the Open Championship meet at Flowery Branch, Georgia on Saturday, March 13th. Wilson Cobb, Jeff Crosby, Javier Richards, Nikki Hanebrink, and Alex LeFavi qualified for the USA Weightlifting School Age Nationals which will be held in June in Foster City, CA.
Coastal Empire Weightlifter, Tayler Jakubsen qualified for his spot on the USAW Pan Am 17 & Under team in the 85kg division at the 2010 Jr. Nationals, which were held in Rochester, MN February 27-29th.
Jakubsen will go on to compete in Chiclayo, Peru in the 2010 Youth Olympic Continental Qualification - Pan Am Youth Championships 17 & under to be held April 20-25.
The USAW Pan Am 17 & under team will be competing to earn a spot for the USA team in the first 2010 Youth Olympics which will be held in Singapore.
SAVANNAH –Coastal Empire
Weightlifters, Erica Hall, Alice Kohler and Tayler Jakubsen have qualified and will
be competing at the 2010 National Junior Championships in Rochester, Minnesota
on February 26thThis
competition is a forum for junior athletes ages 20 and under.
Hall, age
14, attends Savannah Christian, and will lift in the 48kg division.Jakubsen, age 14, attends Benedictine, and will
lift in the men’s 85kg division. Alice Kohler, a sophomore at Georgia Southern
University, will be lifting in her last Jr. National event, as she will be
moving into the next age division in 2011. Hall and Jakubsen will be among
the youngest competitors at this sporting event.
The National
Juniors is a primary qualifier for the 2010 17 & Under Pan Am Youth Championships April 20-25
to be held in Peru. The Coastal
Empire Weightlifting coaches are Kerri Goodrich and Don McCauley
SAVANNAH - Young Savannah athletes competed in the Host South Jr. National Qualifier event for Olympic weightlifting on Saturday, January 30th. The standing room only event was held at Performance Initiatives, home of Coastal Empire weightlifting, located at 2021 Tennessee Avenue.
Performance Initiatives was just notified on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 they are now a qualified USA Olympic Weightlifting Regional Training Center.
At the Host South event, Erica Hall, 48kg, age 15, took first place with a 51 kg total. Erica is now qualified for the Junior Nationals and School age Nationals. Nikki Hanebrink, 69kg division, age 13, took first place with personal records and Best Female Lifter in her age category - lifting a 35kg snatch and 44kg clean & jerk, which qualified her for School age nationals.
Host South is sponsoring the Qualifier meet for the USAW
Junior Nationals on January 30, 2010.This is an open competition for all ages, genders, and weight classes.Registration must be received by January 25th.
For first time lifters, there is no lifting fee, if a member of the USAW.All other entry fees are $20.00 with USAW
membership.Lifting will get underway at
10:00 a.m at the Performance Initiatives gymnasium, Aldersgate Family Life
Center a 2021 Tennessee Avenue in Savannah, Georgia.Awards will be presented at 2:00 p.m.For more information, please contact
Performance Initiatives at 912-507-7106.This is a USA Weightlifting sanctioned event.Download Entry form host_south_qualifier_entry_2010.
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