Sampo Rhythmic Gymnastics Club

COVID Update:  Due to the Community Use of of Schools continuing to be on hold due to COVID-19, Sampo's 2020-2021 program is delayed until local school boards are able to grant access to their gyms.We are hopeful that this may happen by January 2021. In the meantime, keep safe and stay tuned for further developments.Updated:  September 18, 2020

Sampo Rhythmic Gymnastics Club has a long tradition of excellence in rhythmic gymnastics. For nearly fifty years, gymnasts have been involved in a variety of community, provincial, national and international events.

In the early 1960s, under the direction of Maija Ceming, the popularity of Rhythmic Gymnastics began to grow. With the sale of Sampo Hall in 1994, Sampo's gymnastics classes were moved to local school gymnasiums. The Club continues to offer its programs for girls and women of all ages and levels of ability in local school gyms. Gymnastics Ontario certified coaches provide instruction.

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS is a sport in which girls and women can develop total body fitness including strength, flexibility, balance and endurance. Rhythmic gymnastics combines the grace of ballet, the athleticism of artistic gymnastics and the creative movement of dance while incorporating various apparatus such as ribbons, balls, hoops, ropes, scarves and clubs, all done to music. Each movement rhythmically follows and interprets the music.