The Kanata Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics Club is a volunteer-based, non-profit organization. Head Coach Dasa Lelli founded the club in 1975 as a recreational program offered to children of the City of Ottawa. The club has since expanded to include Recreational, Provincial and InterClub individuals, small group and aesthetic group programs. The KRSG club has approximately 75 advanced training athletes and over 70 recreational gymnasts.

Recreational training is offered in area schools and community centres to girls aged four and older. KRSG partners with the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre to provide an opportunity for a girl to try rhythmic gymnastics in our recreational program.

Gymnasts in the Provincial and Interclub Individual and Group programs compete at the Provincial Championships and invitational competitions throughout Ontario and Quebec. Provincial athletes can train up to 20 hours weekly, while InterClub athletes can train up to 10 hours weekly. Provincial and InterClub guidelines are described on the Gymnastics Ontario website.

Our four InterClub and three Provincial aesthetic groups train up to 6 hours per week and perform at numerous community events, as well as representing the club in Provincial and InterClub Aesthetic Group competitions. Our advanced gymnasts, both Provincial and InterClub, may also have opportunities to perform at the Canadian and World Gymnaestradas.

The club is run entirely by parent volunteers, and is a member in good standing of Gymnastics Ontario (GO). GO promotes all disciplines of gymnastics throughout Ontario, and has a membership of over 160 clubs and 60,000 individuals.

Kanata Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics Club is proud to acknowledge the support of the Trillium Foundation to improve the safety and quality of training for all participants by the purchase of a new rhythmic carpet. The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, receives $100 million annual from Ontario’s charity casino initiative.