Wednesday 5 November
By Elly Pugh
Calisthenics has twirled into action at this year’s Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games, with Melbournians Rebecca Holman and Megan Night dancing to the top in the under 35 duets competition.
The pair were overjoyed to win gold in what is a highly entertaining and highly disciplined art form.
“The judges are looking for a lot of components, and it’s very subjective,” Megan said.
“The competition was very tight today, and it was close between us, second and third.”
Though only their first year as a duo at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games, like many, they have competed in the sport for almost their entire lives.
“We’ve been involved in calisthenics for over 20 years, and I started late, I started at seven,” Rebecca said.
“It’s kind of like a cult, but in a good way,” Megan laughed.
In a sport where appearance and theatricality can make or break a performance, the duo notes how painstaking the process is to create a winning frock.
“It took over five hours just to glue the sequins onto one top,” Rebecca said.
“Costumes are a big part of it all, and we really wanted to go all out and be a bit glitzy.”
The girls were especially thankful to their coach Emma, noting that coaches are integral to the success of a performance.
“It’s great to see that Emma was also given a medal, because in calisthenics, the coaches deserve it just as much as the participants. They create the entire performance.”
The new system was born here and filagra this is not something that we would like to see. Caverta although better in some elements but not important for us.
