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6 April 2018 Issue #65 www.sportsenergynews.com

Local Athletes Attend RBC Olympic Training Event

By Angela Aubin

ix local young athletes attended the
SRBC Training Ground event held at
Queen’s University in Kingston on March
24th 2018. RBC Training Ground is a
national program created in partnership
with RBC, CBC, and the Canadian
Olympic Committee with the purpose
of identifying and supporting the next
generation of high performance athletes
in Canada. These six young female
athletes tested their power, their speed,
their strength, and their endurance in
front of top coaches and sports officials
in Canada. Their results have been
compared to national sports-specific
performance benchmarks. All of these
young local athletes have achieved above
average and average results in comparison
to these national benchmarks. It was
truly a wonderful experience to see my
daughter compete with other athletes
with similar goals. The support displayed
by all the athletes for each other was
inspiring. One hundred of the top
finishers at the local qualifier events will
be asked to attend the Regional Finals
held in Toronto. Roughly 30 athletes
from across the country will receive
high-performance sports resources and From left to right: Sydney Seymour, Alyssa Contant, Michaela Contant, Alexandra Aubin, Kelly Brissard
funding to achieve their podium dreams. Absent from photo: Madison Grant Photo Submitted

Pommier Jewellers presents

MOM of the month

Tammy Larin

This issue’s Mom of the Month is Tammy
Larin of Cornwall. Tammy is currently
the Recreational Director at the Cornwall
Gymnastics Club and a competitive
gymnastics coach. She certainly has the
background for it: She’s been coaching
since the age of 16 and was a provincial
competitive gymnast herself.
Tammy coached the fledgling St Joseph’s

Panthers gymnastics club for two years
and had athletes compete at the OFSAA
level during both seasons. This year she’s
on sabbatical from high school coaching
to complete the Social Service Worker
program at Saint Lawrence College.

“Gymnastics has always been part of my life,’ she says. “I love the excitement of seeing
my athletes achieve their personal goals.”
Tammy is still busy with sports. She has two daughters, two step-sons, and two
grandsons. Her daughter Sydney Seymour is a national level 7s rugby player at the u18
level. “Sydney keeps me the busiest,” she laughs. Tammy and Sydney recently returned

from Langford, BC, where Sydney was part of the team that won Ontario’s first ever gold
medal in women’s U18 rugby. “I’m lucky I have help,” she says. “My mom is there when
I can’t be.” Her mom is Lyne Bergeron.