News Archives
2010:
June 24/10: Kajaks
results at BC Masters T&F Championships, Langley, June
18-20, 2010. (PDF file)
June 24/10: New Record Pending: Kajaks athlete Asianna
Covington breaks 22 year old women's Midget Hammer record by
over 2.34 metres. The old record was 50.30 metres set in 1988 by
Kristen Johnston of Nanaimo.
June 24/10: Salmon Festival Parade
Kajaks will be participating in this year’s Salmon Festival
Parade on Thursday, July 1st in Steveston.
In preparation for this, we will be holding a float decorating
event on Wednesday, June 30th from 6 to 8 pm. The location will be
determined shortly.
On Thursday, July 1st, the schedule is as follows:
- 8:00am - Float must be at marshalling area by Garry Point
- 9:00am - Participants meet at marshalling area
- 10:00am - Parade starts
- 11:30am - Parade participation over. Enjoy the festival!
We are asking all of our members and supporters to participate
in this fun event. We ask that you wear Kajaks apparel (and
medals, optional). Track and field equipment will be available as
props (javelins, discus, pole vault bar, shot put, etc).
We will have some of our athletes riding on the float itself and
others walking with the float.
Come join the fun!
June 8/10: Article in The Province: Set
for a return to the spotlight - For the fourth straight
year, we’re back with our annual Shining Stars feature, which
gives you the scoop on which of B.C.’s cache of track and field
stars return to the spotlight in 2011. Here’s a look at some
of the best based on their results at... read
more...
Congratulations to the following Kajaks athletes who are
mentioned in the article:
- Nick Fyffe
- Shai-Anne Davis
- Katie Reid
- Haley Stewart
- Serena Graf
- Asianna Covington
- Samantha Kennedy
June 8/10: Story on Katie Reid in June 05, 2010 - Vancouver Sun:
Reid takes need for speed in stride
www.vancouversun.com/sports/Reid+takes+need+speed+stride/3117186/story.html
June 8/10: Masters Mile, June 5: Congratulations
to Mark Pinkard and Fred Pawluk for winning their division. Mark's
time: 4:46; Fred: 5:29
Also participating in this event were:
- Gihan Wickremasuryia: 5:27
- Bill Wilson: 6:10
- JJ Schmidt: 6:11
- Bob Cheng: 6:13
- Jake Madderom: 6:31
- Arthur Gee: 7:15
May 30/10: Results
from BC Elementary Championships
May 27/10: Story on Shai-Anne Davis in May 27, 2010
Province newspaper: www.theprovince.com/Davis+racing+record+book/3076707/story.html
May 21/10: The entry deadline for the BC
Elementary T&F Champs has been extended to midnight
Monday, May 24th. There will be no entries accepted after that
date and there will be no day of event entries accepted.
May 21/10: New schedule and hotel information for
Review Kajaks
International Track Classic (July 9)
May 17/10: 2010 RICHMOND SPORTS AWARDS:
HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE - Shai-Ann Davis, Track and Field
Shai-Anne Davis has the world at her feet, and is making the most
of it.
The talented Richmond sprinter breezed to victories in the 100 and
200 metres at the B.C. high school championships in 2009, earning
personal bests in both. Her winning time of 11.82 seconds in the
100 and 24.24 seconds in the 200 were the best in Canada last year
for youth 17 and under. Davis also placed sixth in the 200 metres
at her first world youth championships last summer in Bressanone,
Italy.
MASTER MALE - Fred Pawluk, Track and Field
At 62, FRED PAWLUK IS AN Inspiration for masters athletes.
Focusing on middle distances (800 metres and 1,500 metres), he was
first in both distances in several meets including the Trevor
Craven at Swangard Stadium winning the 800 in 2:38.47 and the
1,500 in 5:17.87.
MASTER FEMALE - Gwen McFarlan, Track and Field
Gwen McFarlan,75, set the world age group record in the half
marathon in Kelowna last October, winning in one hour and 50
minutes—bettering the previous best by 12 minutes.
JUNIOR MALE - Angus Taylor, Track and Field
Angus Taylor is coming off a spectacular 2009 season in which
he won the hammer throw at the Canadian Junior National Track and
Field Championships in Charlottetown with a toss of 64.32 metres.
As a first-year student at the University of Washington, Taylor
qualified for the west regionals and made the Huskies’ all-time
top 10 in both the hammer and weight throws and finished 10th at
the Pac-10s. He also competed at the Junior Pan-Am Games in
Trinidad.
JUNIOR FEMALE - Heather Warwick, Track and Field
Richmond racewalker Heather Warwick capped a successful final
season as a junior athlete in 2009 by winning the BC 5,000 metre
championship in 27 minutes, 16.10 seconds. It was the seventh year
in a row she has won her respective age-group title.
Warwick’s achievements continued at the Canadian Track and Field
Championships in Toronto when she repeated as the 10,000 metre
champion in 56:09.
SENIOR FEMALE - Jennifer Joyce, Track and Field
Jennifer Joyce continues to set the standard for Canada’s female
hammer throwers.
In 2009, the Richmond woman placed first at the Canadian Track and
Field Championships in Toronto with a throw of 69.05 metres. She
was also second at the Harry Jerome Track Classic in Burnaby with
a throw of 67.55 metres, indicative of her consistency.
She also proved to be competitive in international events, placing
second in the Penn Relays in Philadelphia (63.85 metres) and the
Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe (67.67 metres).
May
17/10: Run Inn Sale at BC Elementary Championships! The Run
Inn has track
spikes in stock for any coaches who may want to purchase
product early for their schools. They are also having a sale
on footwear from Nike, Adidas, Brooks, Saucony, Asics,
Mizuno and New Balance. They will also have a selection of
footwear and apparel on sale at the meet at 50% off or more. See
BCEC page for more details.
May 12/10: Online registration is now open for Richmond
Olympic Oval 10k
May 10/10: The crew that worked the Kajaks Spring Meet would like
to send out a heart-felt thanks to all the athletes, parents and
coaches who were very gracious given the difficulties we
encountered with some of the track events. We worked as best we
could through a series of difficult situations.
At least the weather was great!
- The Kajaks Spring Meet Crew
May 6/10: "Out in front and ahead of her time" -
Province story on Katie Reid: www.theprovince.com/sports/front+ahead+time/2993392/story.html
April 28/10: more updates to Kajaks
Spring meet:
- Youth Boys/Girls - #75 & #78 300m
- Midget aged athletes who wish to be considered for
selection to the BC Summer Games Zone 4 Team must register
at the BC Summer Games Table that will be set up at the meet.
- Athletes wishing to enter the meet who do not have a BC
Athletics number or do not belong to a BC Athletics School
club member school should use "1234567" as their
"membership number" that is entered in the "USATF"
box on Direct Athletics.
April 26/10: more updates to Kajaks
Spring meet: Youth Boys/Girls - 300mH #34 & #36
April 19/10: Updates to Kajaks
Spring Meet events: Please note corrections to the
Midget Boys/Girls track events - #7, #10 - 1200m, #32, #33 -
200mH, #68, #71 - 2000m, #74, #77 - 300m. Updated info posted on
event page.
April 14/10: Track
Rascals 2010: Track Rascals program for ages 6 – 8 based
on Athletics Canada's Run, Jump, Throw. April 19 to May 26, 2010,
Mondays & Wednesdays 6:45 to 7:30, Minoru Track, Richmond,
B.C.
$60.00 fee includes 11 sessions, BC Athletics membership Track
Rascals t-shirt & participation certificate upon completion. Please
register and pay by April 16th, 2010. Enrollment limited to 10.
April 9/10: updated Meet
Information for Kajaks Spring Meet (PDF) - Use this file
for reference until further notice
April 1/10: Kajaks Spring Meet
and BC Summer Games Zone 4 Trials, May 8: formerly Kajaks
High School Meet - details and schedule
March 29/10: Kajaks in the media - Shai Davis, Richmond
Review:
www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/community/88839612.html#disqus_thread
www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/opinion/letters/89047822.html
www.bclocalnews.com/richmond_southdelta/richmondreview/sports/83060227.html
March 17/10: Details for the Richmond Olympic Oval 10km Race
on August 15 are now available here.
February 9/10: Kajaks thrower Lauren Stuart is a
finalist for the 44th Annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year
Awards presented by Telus. She is one of three finalists in
the category of High School Female Athlete of the Year. See BC
Athletics website for more information. http://bcathletics.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/44th-annual-sport-bc-athlete-of-the$
Lauren was the first athlete for many years to sweep all three
throws events at the BC High School Championships last year. She
also won the Outstanding Female Performer award at that meet.
February 9/10: Now that the Minoru track and surrounding sports fields
have been taken over and transformed for the Olympic O-Zone
celebrations, our training groups are practising at other
locations, such as UBC and Surrey.
The Kajaks throwers were the last group to relocate. Picture at
right shows them at Minoru last weekend.
February 9/10: The Kajaks AGM took place February 3rd.
Head coach Richard Collier reported on a very successful year for
our athletes. Reports were also presented by Club Treasurer Bob
Cheng and Registrar Susan Henderson. Susan said that new singlets,
track suits, bags and other items in the club colours will be
available soon.
Club President Fred Pawluk outlined the main challenges facing
the new Board. These are increasing the club membership, and the
areas of marketing and publicity for the club. A Track Rascals
program for kids aged 6-9 will be starting this spring, run by two
of our Masters athletes.
The lucky winner of the draw for two Long-Track Olympic tickets
was Paul Brar.
February 9/10: Two Kajaks athletes won BC Athletics Athlete
of the Year Awards for 2009. Nicholas Fyffe won the
Midget 15 Male category, and Shai Davis was one of two
recipients of the Youth Female award category. Nick Fyffe broke
the Legion games Triple Jump record, and Shai Davis had many
outstanding perfomances, including competing in the World Youth
Games.
Four of our athletes were finalists for these awards. They were
Emmalynne MacCorquodale (Junior Female), Angus Taylor
and Evan Dunfee (Junior Male), and Jennifer Joyce
(Senior Female).
February 1/10: JD
Training Schedule updated for Spring 2010.
January 27/10: Date confirmed for Kajaks
International Track Classic: July 9, 2010. Event list
posted.
KAJAKS 2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 – 7:30 pm
The meeting will be held at the same location as last year:
The Common Room of Benryk Mews Housing Co-op
#61 – 8631 Bennett Road (centre/back of the complex)
Richmond, BC
Parking: you can park in any stall marked “visitor” or on
Bennett Road
Directions: Bennett Road is one block south of Granville Ave/one
block north of Jones Road 8631 Bennett Road is between Garden City
Road and St. Albans Road
Kajaks will also be holding a raffle for two tickets to the
Olympic Long Track Speed Skating at the Richmond Oval on February
18th at 1:00 pm. Raffle tickets will cost $20 each.
In order to participate in this raffle, you must be a current
member of Kajaks and you must be in attendance at the Annual
General Meeting on February 3rd.
January 24/10: 2010 Board Meeting dates
are now posted.
January 17/10: Results from Ice-Breaker 8k are now
available: Overall
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