Morgan's Big Night

Last night, Morgan's gymnastics club had the opportunity to participate in a meet with three other Doha-based gyms. This was her first experience in getting scored by judges, and also the first event she had been in where it took more than showing up to get a medal. The gymnasts had to demonstrate 10 skills for the judges, and received a maximum of 2 points for each skill, scored in half-point increments; it took a score of 14 out of 20 to receive a medal. The judging was not easy--perhaps half of the kids from the other gyms received medals. However, thanks to the fine coaching of Shelagh Innes and the talent and hard work of Morgan and her teammates, Morgan and all of the other kids from Gymnastics Academy received medals.

Morgan thought it was cool that the presenter was supposedly a member of the royal family.  She also liked the outfits of the kids who helped with the medal presentation, ornate red and gold brocaded robes, which reminded me of something the Three Wise Men would wear.

A few pictures are below.