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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most of the residents who benefit from the Barcroft facility AREN'T competitive gymnasts.  Yes, the Aerials and the Tigers will be devastated at the loss of the facility, but the impact to the greater community is even larger.  Most partipants are children who are interested in rec gymnastics, no different than the rec bball or rec swimming.  Learning gymnastics at a young age is wonderful for building strength, developing balance and coordination, promoting fitness, teaching discipline and mental toughness and boosting confidence.  Most participants eventually move on to other sports, but the foundation formed in gymnastics can help them throughout life.  Stop treating it like it's some boogeyman.  You don't need to be a college level gymnast to teach rec classes.  Please get real. Let's also not forget that it is one of the only adaptive gymnastics programs out there and those families won't have other places to turn. [/quote]

A genuine rec-level gymanstics offerings could be run much differently and more cheaply than what the County is currently doing.[/quote]
But then it wouldn't be as quality of a program. That's not how gymnastics works. You need real equipment and real coaches.[/quote]

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