GEM
CITY
GYMNASTICS
AND
TUMBLING
AND
QUINCY
TO
HOST
2012
ILLINOIS
STATE
TUMBLING
AND TRAMPOLINE
MEET
Just
announced…
Gem
City
Gymnastics
and
Tumbling
and
the
city
of
Quincy
have
been
named
the
hosts
for
the
2012
Illinois
State
AAU
Tumbling
and
Trampoline
Meet
May
19,
2012.
The
event
will
take
place
at
the
Oakley
Lindsay
Center,
Quincy.
The
meet
is
expected
to
draw
700-‐800
athletes
and
their
families
to
Quincy
for
the
event.
This
will
be
the
first
time
ever
for
Quincy
to
host
this
event,
with
past
events
being
hosted
in
larger
Illinois
cities
such
as
Springfield,
Bloomington
and
Chicago.
To
secure
the
hosting
rights
to
this
meet,
tumbling
team
head
coach
and
Gem
City
Gymnastics
and
Tumbling
co-‐owner
Zeke
Cernea
made
a
presentation
for
Quincy
to
host
the
event
to
all
gym
owners,
coaches
and
board
members
from
the
state
of
Illinois
and
won
the
hosting
rights
by
vote
of
those
individuals.
“We
are
beyond
excited
about
this
opportunity
for
both
our
athletes
and
for
the
city
of
Quincy!”
says
Cernea,
“We
are
so
appreciative
of
the
huge
help
provided
to
us
by
both
Rob
Ebbing
of
the
Oakley
Lindsay
Center
and
Holly
Cain
of
the
Quincy
Convention
and
Visitors
Bureau.”
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