School Year 24-25 -- Now Live!!!
* Our 2024 - 2025 School Year Schedule is now live (effective 9/1/24)
School Year 24-25 -- Now Live!!!
* Our 2024 - 2025 School Year Schedule is now live (effective 9/1/24)
* Our 2024 - 2025 School Year Schedule is now live (effective 9/1/24)
* Our 2024 - 2025 School Year Schedule is now live (effective 9/1/24)
We host our Party with the mentality of a 12 year old with an unlimited budget and can invite 100 friends! .We have a Candy Smorgasbord, a Full Size Sheet Cake with our EGC Gymnastics Logos, and 20+ Pizza's! Doug's Famous "Rabid Dog Punch" Plus a goodie bag to take home!
Costume Contests / All you can Eat Candy & Pizza Buffet / Halloween Games / Trampoline / Rope Swing / Dancing... and much much more!
SIZE IS LIMITED
We Start our annual Party with a Costume Contest! We have 1st thru 3rd Place, Cutest, Scariest, and Most Original - with prizes!
After the Contest, we start Halloween Games. Then, we spend hours, flipping, swinging, and stuffing our face!
Children LOVE to Climb, Jump, Bounce, Run, Flip, Crawl...!
That's what Erie Gymnastics does BEST!
Our Classes are fast-paced, fun, educational, and safe! Our curriculum (designed by USA Gymnastics - {same organization responsible for our Team USA Olympic Team} is fun, progressive & safe for Boys & Girls aged 18 months to Adult!
Our facilities are outfitted with over $500,000.00 in specialized FIG Competitive & Training Equipment including... 1 FIG Competitive Spring Tumbling Floor / 1 -54' x 42' Cheer Spring Tumbling Floor / AAI Elite Uneven Bars (5), High Bars (2), Competitive Balance Beams (6) / Parallel Bars (3) / Vault Tables (2) / Pommel Horses (2) / Ring Tower....
As well we have a plethora of Junior Training Equipment for the young ones including low Balance Beams, Junior Bars, Jr. Spring Boards.... If it's available for training Gymnastics, we have it!!!
Our AWESOME Coaching Staff (30+ strong) is comprised of dedicated, hard working Professional credentialed Gymnastics Coaches! Many are former Competitive Gymnasts with tons of personal accolades. ALL are educated & credentialed by numerous Coaching, Teaching, Safety, Safe Sport... classes required by USA Gymnastics.
ALL share a LOVE for both Gymnastics & Children and are dedicated to doing their best to advance ALL of their students to achieve their Dreams!
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Erie Gymnastics & Team Lightning Boosters again hosted the largest Coed Gymnastics invitational in the State of PA. On MLK weekend, we welcomed over 1,600 Gymnasts from 48 Gymnastics Clubs. to the Bayfront Convention Center.
The event was a huge success for both Erie Gymnastics and the City of Erie. The Erie Sports Commission estimates that our Stars & Stripes brings in over a Million Dollars in Sports Tourism to the area. A Huge Thanks goes out the the EGC Staff & Team Lightning Boosters for running a well organized and smooth running machine!
Of those 1600 Athletes, the TOP 60 Men & TOP 60 Women (National Levels) faced off at the Main Event on Saturday Night. Erie Gymnastics Center featured 6 of our home grown 'Team Lightning Athletes - Level 9 & 10 in the Main Event.
Ananya Patanakul - age 16 - handily won the Gold Medal AA in the Level 10 Competition with an impressive All Around score of 37.35 taking 1st on all 4 events.
Mikayla (Bubbles) Gorniak age 16 - won the Gold Medal AA in the Level 9 Competition. Bubbles won Gold on both Bars and Beam and had Silver on Vault & Floor
On the Men's side, we congratulate
On the Men's side, we congratulate Yanet Patanakul who placed 1st All Around in the Level 9 Competition. Yanet earned 4 Golds and 3 Bronze. Giles Viet - took Gold on Vault, and earned 3 Silver and 2 Bronze placing 2nd All Around in the Level 8 Position.
Liam Marshall - placed 1st on Vault, and earned 2 Silver & a Bronze placing 3rd in the All Around at Level 8 A GREAT WEEKEND OVERALL FOR TEAM LIGHTNING!
Thanks so much to the thousands of Fans who turned up despite the weather!!!
The entire Pershun Family would like to Thanks our extended Gymnastics Family (Team Gymnasts, Rec. Gymnasts, Parents, Alumni, Staff, Judges, USAG Clubs... for you support during our trying time. We appreciate the love, the kindnesses, and the patience you extended to us!
In Octoberish, start of the School Year and Competitive Season, I (co-owner) Douglas Pershun took ill. Initially, my illness was thought to be a 'flare-up' from an auto-immune disease - (Rheumatoid Arthritis) I had already been diagnosed with in 2020. As symptoms progressively symptoms got worse, the doctors tried more aggressive treatments to manage the disease.
It turns out that the RA symptoms were masking a more sinister disease - Leukemia. Leukemia (a blood cancer) like all cancers are horrible diseases. When it hits home - and a loved one (or yourself) is diagnosed with cancer - it's a real blow to all and forces a lot of immediate changes.
I am currently receiving treatments & chemotherapy, and the doctors are optimistic that I have a good chance of beating this.
What I want to do however is to THANK - profusely and from the bottom of my heart - ALL of you who have... sent cards, emails, blankets, cookies, meals to my family, prayers, designed / bought Team Lightning Leukemia T-shirts, visited....
I want to Thank my wife (co-owner) Tina- my 'Rock' who tried to hold down the business doing double duty there while also serving a new role as Nurse.
I want to Thank my 2 Children for stepping up - not just for me, but for my wife and the gym to make sure everything still went smoothly.
I want to Thank my Staff, who understood immediately that they needed to step up and take additional hours and roles to allow our family time to adapt and keep the gym running smooth.
I want to Thank my Team Lightning Optionals... who took direction well from my Asst. Coaches and worked hard to make us proud this season.
And again, I want to Thank our extended Gymnastics Family who showered us with support and anything and everything we needed.
We can't tell you how much all the little things have touched us and helped us through this most difficult time. We are so Thankful and Fortunate to have you as part of our Family!
In one of the most contested State Championship Competitions each year with over 60 USAG Teams from all corners of Pennsylvania - Team Lightning Xcel Platinums take 1st Place Team!!!
Outstanding Work Ladies, and many of these ladies earned prestigious State Medals and All Around Titles
Senior Captians
Jalen Plaster
Isabella Kinslow
-- Team Members
Cailyn Allen
Sydney Betza
Alyssa Cieslak
Lauren Ferrante
Kaylin Harrington
Kinslie Larson
Alaina Martucci
Alexandra Rinderle
Despite our rocky start, Team Lightning gymnasts and coaches stepped up and had a fantastic year! This year we had 4 (Yes 4!!!) Team Lightning members qualify to the National Championships.
Ananya Patanakul - Age 16 - USAG Level 10 competed at the Level 10 Regional Championships in April vs. the most powerful Teams & Athletes from PA, NJ, DE, VA, MD, & WV.
Ananya had an awesome meet placing in the top 7 Gymnasts from Region VII who go on to the USA Gymnastics National Championships in Oklahoma City, OK.
Ananya had her best meet of the year and placed respectfully 15th of the 58 best gymnasts from across the USA and helped Region VII take 3rd amid the Regional Battle.
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A huge congratulations goes out to 3 of our Team Lightning Men's Team members who qualified to the USA Gymnastics Men's National Championships hosted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Yanat Patanakul, Level 9, has qualified for his second consecutive year to the prestigious National Championship. Yanet secured his spot at Nationals by scoring a 12.00 on the Men's most difficult event - Pommel Horse. This effort earned him a Regional Silver Medal!
This year however Yanet is coming home as the National Champion and Gold Medalist on the High Bar!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Liam Marshall, Level 8, qualified for his first time to the USAG National Championships. Liam's been working extremely hard all season long improving his skill difficulty level and technique.
It has paid off in that Liam has earned the National Silver Medal on the Pommel Horse! The Pommel Horse is the most difficult Men's Event to master.
We also want to congratulate Giles Veit who competed at the Regional Championships and qualified to Nationals, but unfortunately could not attend this years event.
A Huge Congratulations to our 4 local Team Lightning National Qualifiers who help put Erie on the National Map!
We're so proud of you and the many, many other Team Lightning Gymnasts who kicked butt this year and earned National, Regional, & State Titles!
Our exciting School Year Programs are up and running. Class sizes are limited and typically fill, so Sign Up NOW!
Go to the top of our website to the 'Classes' drop down Menu Bar. You can scroll through ALL of the classes by selecting 'Classes' or specifically hone in on the catagory of your choice - Ex. Preschool or Beginner.
We will have all the classes offered listed there for both of our Facilities. Click the 'Register' button on your selected class and it will bring up our Jackrabbit Management Software where you can get your child/children signed up right from your phone, ipad, or computer.
Keep your kids active and healthy during the Winter with our Fun & Educational Gymnastics & Tumbling Classes. We start children as young as 18 mos. in our Mom & Tot (Dad's too) classes - all the way to 18 years.
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Our Coaches & Teachers are hired based on their love for both Children & Gymnastics.
Our Coaches must demonstrate an interest for ALL types of children with all types of goals. In some clubs, they are only interested in children who are striving to be the next Gymnastics Champion. We strive to serve each child equally for there are many reasons and goals for joining our club. For some, it's improved physical fitness. For others it's to develop social skills and make friend. Whatever your goal is, our coaches treat each child as the special individuals they are and try to meet everyone's wants & needs.
Erie Gymnastics has been the premier Gymnastics / Acro training center in the Erie area for over thirty years.
Master Coaches Doug & Tina Pershun come with near 75 years experience.
Many of our Loyal & Dedicated staff have grown up at EGC and returned to share their experience and expertise.
We belive the continued education is critical to our success, and our staff are highly trained. At minimum, our staff have a year of apprenticeship working with our lead teachers & coaches. As well, they are required to have 'Background Clearances' / First Aid & CPR / USAG Safety Cert. / Safe Sport / as well as must pass the "Mackenzie Test"
Parents & Children coming to Erie Gymnastics have all sorts of goals & expectations. We strive to serve each child's & parents goals.
One was we accomplish this is our very small and personal classes. We keep an 8:1 Student / Teacher Ratio for each class so that each child gets a lot of individual attention.
For some of our students, it's showing them how fun 'gymnastics' can be. For other students it's 'to enhance their physical or mental abilities. Some may wish to challenge themselves with our prestigious "Team Lightning" Competitive Programs. Yet for others it might be 'school readiness' or 'socialization'.
Whatever your & your child's goals are, we're here to help them achieve those goals.
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