The Bridgewater Triathlon Club’s 2012 16 week summer practice series started on Thursday May 3rd at the Fancy Lake Picnic Park.  It was a record turnout for the practice and all indications are that this will be the busiest year yet in the club’s ten year history.

For the second year, the club is offering the ‘My First Triathon’ program.  Pictured above are the participants for 2012.  Under the watchful eye of coach Tammy, they will all swim, bike and run … completing their first triathlon.

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The Bridgewater Triathlon Club provides a safe and supportive environment for new and returning triathletes.  We also host the annual Riverport Duathlon.

The Bridgewater Triathlon Club’s 2012 Fancy Lake practice series kicks off with a Welcome and Introduction night on Thursday April 26th at the HB Studios Sports Centre conference room starting at 6:30pm.

Everyone is welcome to attend the short presentation followed by a questions and answer session about the club, the Fancy Lake practice series, the My First Triathlon progam and anything else triathlon related.

The 16 week Fancy Lake practice series starts the following week — Thursday May 3rd.

A 13 week run interval practice will start on Wednesday April 4, 2012

The hour long practice will be coached by Colin Edwards and will be held at various locations between Bridgewater and Lunenburg such as the MARC, Millar Point Park and track(s)

This event is open to everyone and you do so at your own risk.

The first night (Apr 4) will be at the MARC in Dayspring and will include a presentation by Matt Keith — a runner and physiotherapist from Nova Functional — on run injuries and injury prevention.

The cost is $25/person and all proceeds after expenses will be donated to PROKIDS, a program that encourages kids participation is sports.

Questions?  contact Tom Rogers : tom.rogers57(at)gmail.com

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Interval runs are an effective way to increase your speed and are an important component in a run program.  It is a hard effort so there is an increased chance of injury.  The workouts start with an easy warm-up, followed by a hard main set and then a cooldown.  There is an optional group stretch at the end.

The BTC will hold their 5th annual Spring tri-camp on Saturday April 21, 2012 at various locations around Lunenburg.

Over the day, participants swim, bike and run under the guidance of coach Colin Edwards giving them an indication of their fitness level as we head into the 2012 race season.

It is open to all BTC members.  There is a limit of 12 for the swim portion.  The cost will be about $40.

Interested?  Questions? … please contact bridgewatertriclub@gmail.com

For 2012, the Bridgewater Triathlon Club is very pleased to reoffer the very popular ‘My First Triathlon’ program as part of the Fancy Lake practice series.  Once again, triathlete and personal fitness instructor Tammy Slauenwhite will lead the sessions that take participants through all the stages required to successfully complete a triathlon.

The program is suitable for all fitness levels, ages 12 and up.

Do I need a bike? I don’t swim, will you help?? What is triathlon??? … bring all your questions to a free information session to be held at the HB Studios Sports Centre conference room on Thursday April 26, 2012 from 6:30 to 7:30pm.

To sign-up or if you have any questions before then, please email us at bridgewatertriclub@gmail.com

More:

• Length: 10 weeks
• When Thursday May 3rd to Thursday July 5th
• Time: 6:15 to approx 8pm
• Where: Fancy Lake Provincial Park, about 5kms from Bridgewater
• Cost: $50 ($45 before April 30th)
• space is limited to 12

At the conclusion of the 10 week ‘My First Triathlon’ program, participants are welcome to join in the regular  Fancy Lake program that continues until Thursday August 16th.

Wishing triathletes everywhere a safe and happy holiday season and the very best for 2012!

• Janelle Knickle – President
• Gail Mercer – VP
• Caitlin Cormier – Secretary
• Tom Rogers – Treasurer

The minutes from the meeting provide a summary of what happened in 2011 and some of the plans for 2012 : http://bit.ly/BTC-2011-AGM-Minutes

AGENDA

• a brief review of 2011
• a peek at some of the ideas for 2012
• elect a new executive

MEMBER FEEDBACK

Member feedback has been received from the Fancy Lake survey and the End-of-season Member survey.  If you have anything else that you want included on the agenda, please send it to bridgewatertriclub@gmail.com by FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18th.

ELECTION

Members can vote in the election.  The following have offered for the 4 positions :

• Janelle Knickle – President
• Gail Mercer – VP
• Caitlin Cormier – Secretary
• Tom Rogers – Treasurer

On the 26th before the election takes place, there is a call for other nominations.  If there are any other nominations, there will be a vote, otherwise the following are in by acclamation.

REFERENCE

Minutes from last year’s AGM : http://bit.ly/2010-BTC-AGM-minutes

This past weekend, TNS held their annual banquet and they passed out a number of awards. BTC recipients included:

• Liam Patterson – 1st – age 14-15 – Youth
• Janelle Knickle – 1st – age 25-29 – Sprint
• Tim Brooks – 1st – age 35-39 – Sprint
• Kevin Johnson – 2nd – age 40-44 – Sprint
• Tom Rogers – 3rd – age 50-54 – Sprint
• Steve Saunders – 1st – age 55-59 – Olympic

Also, Jen Worden received the ‘Official of the Year’ award.

Congratuatlions to all!

The food was … exceptional … continuing the belief that triathlon really has a fourth discipline

The Point Series goes to the Female and Male that have the highest number of points in their best three races.  The recipients this year were Janelle Knickle and Liam Patterson.

The Warrior Award goes to the member that participates in the most number of races during the year — any type, anywhere.  The recipient this year was Steve Saunders.

The P-Series Award goes to any member that completes all three club events — a duathlon (run-bike-run), an aquathlon (swim-run-swim-run) and a triathlon (swim-bike-run).  Medal recipients included Caitlin Cormier, Diana Saunders (pictured above), Freda Cormier, Gail Mercer, Janelle Knickle, Karen Weagle, Ken Snook (pictured above), Kevin Johnson, Liam Patterson and Llew Chase.

And Tammy Slauenwhite was recognized for her outstanding efforts with the ‘My First Triathlon’ program this year.

Congratulations to all the award recipients and to all the members … it was an outstanding year!  Some of the 2011 memories are captured in our Photo Album, online at : https://picasaweb.google.com/bridgewatertriclub/

The last club activity for 2011 is our Annual General Meeting on Saturday November 26, 2011 where we review 2011, look ahead to what’s coming in 2012 and elect a new executive.