” LARGE INVESTMENTS ….. = ….. LARGE RETURNS.”

It’s time. to mark your pole vault calendar….. Here are some important pole vault development opportunities for all Flying Circus Club members. We have scheduled some unique and positive environments for every pole vaulter of every ability. Join us whenever you can and share your spirit.”

• The Flying Circus Indoor Club Championships will be an exciting night at the Barn…. The Boys Championship Meet will be on Monday, February 10, 2025, with a sign-in at 4:15 pm., and the meet starts at 5:31 pm. Entry Fee is $50 per athlete up at the door. The Girls Championship Meet will be. Wednesday, February 12, 2025, with a sign-in at the door. at 4:15 pm and meet starts at 5:31 pm. Entry Fee is $50 per athlete at the door. Snow Date will be Thursday, February 13 at the same time

• The Flying Circus Beginners Pole Vault Clinic…..for all Middle School and HS freshman Boys & Girls who want to “Learn How to Fly on a Fiberglass Pole” will be on Thursday, April 3, 2025. at 6:00 pm – 9 pm at The Circus Barn. This. 3 hour introduction to Pole Vault will be a great start for the. spring season. Entry Fee is $125 per athlete and includes a Clinic T-Shirt and Pole Vault Booklet. Sign in At the Door. at 5:45 pm.

• The Flying Circus Summer Pole Vault Camps will be one week earlier this year. Both camps will be Co-Ed Boys & Girls. and will fill up very fast again. The dates are Flying Circus Camp #1 (All Abilities) on Saturday and Sunday, June 28 & 29, 2025 at the Circus Barn in Warwick, New York. Co-Ed Boys & Girls Camp #2 (All Abilities) will be—Monday & Tuesday, June 30-July 1. The 2-day Entry Fee is $330 per athlete and Entry Forms will be on our website (www.hvflyingcircus.com) on January 1, 2025, to be mailed. Camp includes every aspect of pole vault development… Camp T-Shirt. and Camp Booklet.

• The Flying Circus Pole Vault Summer Festival Meet…….. This is the ultimate pole vault gathering… with all ages divisions(14)…. lively music…. tremendous pole vault fellowship and hard-to-believe stories of flying and delicious JOE TEA. served. to all athletes after their last competitive jump! Two runways… Indoor. and Out… Southern Catskill Officials…. Middle School…High School…. Open… and Masters groups…. The Middle School Boys & Girls Meet and Freshman-Sophmore Boys & Girls Meet are Wednesday, July 2, 2025, from 11:01 am- 4 pm and the Master’s Men & Women begin at. 5 pm. The High School Junior & Seniors.Open Men & Women will be. Thursday. July 3, 2025. from 11:01 am – 6 pm. The Open Division for Men and Women will have a Cash Prize of $500 for first place. Registration. is still only $65 per athlete. and Registration will open January 1, 2025, at our website( www.hvflyingcircus.com). Join us. for. some genuine. Flying-Fun this year.

Thank you all for supporting our programs this year and past….. Coach Tim St.Lawrence & Flying Circus Staff

   CIRCUS NEWSLETTER #2 (October)

  Welcome to the start of INDOOR TRACK & FIELD.

  The Flying Circus Pole Vault Club has completed our Membership Program and we now have 110 athletes signed in for our professional pole vault instruction and many other pole vault activities for this year. Our private pole vault club wishes to thank all our parents….High School coaches and athletes for supporting our mission of Safe Pole Vault Instruction for all levels of athletes. Let us all RISE UP TOGETHER and enjoy the flying fun.

  The month of October was filled with many new stories of dedication….commitment…. and motivation. Athletes traveled. from long distances..just to feel the positive atmosphere of athletes cheering for each other….sharing ideas. and enjoying athletic fellowship. The Fall Vault Foundation phase was a huge success and sets everyone up for early-season success this winter. We are about ready to feature some very tough veterans and many new upcoming stars at Flying Circus.  BIG THINGS happen when you reach for the stars…… Keep your eyes on every result…every new PR… every new “flying positive vibe” in the coming months in that chilly old barn.

  * Winter Training Club sessions begin this week for athletes making it into our training programs….. as we sold out fast again and now have a Wait List in place. Coach Duffy and Coach Sorensen will still offer our Sunday Open College and Open High School Vault sessions for the winter. Our Vault Barn will be CLOSED on Fridays and Saturdays this winter… so the coaching staff can help coach at meets at West Point and the Nike Armory.

  * Our ESSX VAULT POLE RENTALS PROGRAM  at Flying Circus is now open and taking rental orders. Essx poles take 3 weeks to arrive for your rentals. ORDER YOUR RENTAL POLES NOW to be sure you have them for your first meet!!! We believe you must have the very best equipment to FLY HIGH….. go to circuspolevault.com to order NOW!!!!

  * At Flying Circus… we teach in SMALL DRILLS for HUGE VAULTS. You must break this pole vault event down into mastering the small parts…over and over again…. until you link up that muscle memory into the powerful complex vault. Look forward to mastering small drills ..small vaults… there are no shortcuts in pole vault development. Apparatus drills are just as important as full approach vaulting.  Many kids try to sidestep this fundamental process for a quick-fix solution to pole vaulting.Do not get trapped into this approach. Pole Vault for the Long Haul journey.

  *. ” RANDOM VIBES for SUCCESS “

         ~~~ Show Up every day with ENTHUSIAM and FULL ENERGY.

         ~~~ Dream BIG…..Train BIG

         ~~~ Look after one another.

         ~~~ “I shall not waste my days.” —- Jack London

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     The Coach Cauthers Scholarship Fund……. Thanks to the 36 Flying Circus pole vaulters jumping in last weeks Coach Cauthers Pre Season Ice Breakers meet…. we have raised $1500 for the endowed educational scholarships for the next few years to honor our Circus C-Founder. This educational scholarship will be awarded each spring… to a deserving boy and girl from the Monroe-Woodbury Central High School Track & Field program who most exemplifies the.  Spirit… and Kindness of Coach Hugh R Cauthers Jr.  Kids step up when it matters most…. 31 Personal bests in the meet and true sportsmanship and fellowship all night.  Congratulations to all parents….athletes….and volunteers.

     The Flying Circus will be CLOSED on Sunday, November 17(Next week) , as the Circus coaching staff will be a part of the Armory Camp pole vault sessions.

       “…. thou shall fly…. 

                        without wings.”