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.

• 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

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.

The rain kept falling but it didn’t deter a sell out crowd from taking in the 2011 Riverport Duathlon on Sunday October 2nd.

And the post race meal was maybe the best chili and apple crisp … ever!

Congratulations to all the participants and many thanks to all the volunteers and supporters that helped make the challenging day a huge success. (see below)

Overall Winner – Classic

• Male – Evan Pemberton
• Female – Suzanne Ferrier

Complete Race Results for the Classic, Team and Do-a-DU : http://www.atlanticchip.ca/events/results.php?year=2011

Photos

• BTC Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10150307850021541&type=1
• TNS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150471554139816.459049.231588849815

Sponsors

• CIBC Wood-Gundy
• High Liner Foods
• Lahave Street Auto Clinic
• Lunenburg Bike Barn
• Quest Coffee
• Riverport and District Board of Trade
• Tradewinds Realty
• Triathlon Nova Scotia

Draw Prizes

• Bridgewater Pharmasave
• High Liner
• Karen Toews
• Lunenburg Bike Barn
• NS Health and Promotion
• O’Regan’s
• Superstore
• TD Canada Trust
• Triathlon NS

Thank you:

• Jason Lomond — Occupational Therapy
• Klee Bang — massage
• RCMP – Lunenburg Detachment
• The people in the Community of Riverport and area that let us share your beautiful part of the world on the first Sunday in October
• And especially the army of volunteers that came out to help out on race day!

We’ve started to plan for the 2012 Riverport Duathlon, tentatively scheduled for Sunday October 7, 2012.  We hope you can join us.  (UPDATE: the 2012 Riverport Duathlon will take place on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2012)

A record turnout with 33 participants for the BTC’s final practice in the 16 week Fancy Lake series on Wednesday Aug 17th.  Conditions were perfect — sunny skies, warm temperatures and  a light breeze — a welcome change from the rain of late.

Each finisher was given a lei by our greeter and coach extraordinaire — Tammy Slauenwhite.

The ‘My First Triathlon‘ group were very appreciative of Tammy’s efforts this summer and presented her with a very delicious cake. (that was enjoyed by all

The final practice in the BTC’s 2011 Fancy Lake series takes place on Wednesday August 17th.  It will be a triathlon (swim/bike/run) with two distances for members to choose from:

• The ‘Sprint’ is an untimed and includes a 200 metre swim followed by a 5k bike and a 2k run.
• The ‘Olympic’ distance is timed and consists of a 400 metre swim followed by a 10k bike and a 2k run.

The pre-practice meeting takes place at 6:30 and we’ll start the ‘Olympic’ participants at 6:40pm.  Its meant to be fun and a chance to put together all the pieces we’ve been practicing the last 15 weeks.

There’s a social afterwards with good eats and a chance to share stories.  Many thanks to Morgan Donat – Massage Therapist for providing the draw prize for this practice — a one hour massage … sweet!

The Wednesday July 6th practice at Fancy Lake will include a fun, untimed aquathlon (swim / run / swim / run).  Participants can choose from several distances appropriate for their fitness and training plan.

And thanks to the generosity of xterra wetsuits, there will be a random draw for a new, Vortex3 wetsuit.  Sweet!

Last night’s workout was a practice DUATHLON (run-bike-run) .   Six weeks into our program, it was an opportunity for newcomers to put the pieces together while vets could work on their training.

It was a beautiful night at Fancy Lake for the big turnout … is summer finally here ?!?

This concludes our bike/run bricks and we look forward to adding lake swims as part of the weekly program.

Lots of smiles last night (more photos on our FACEBOOK Group) … none more than Ken pictured above!

The Bridgewater Triathlon Club’s 16 week Fancy Lake practice schedule got underway on Wednesday May 4th with a record turnout.

New this year — ‘My First Triathlon’ — is a program meant for people new to multi-sport activities like triathlon, duathlon and aquathlon.  Tammy Slauenwhite provides the dedicated support for the program (thanks Tammy!)

ABOUT THE BTC

The Bridgewater Triathlon Club provides a safe and supportive environment for new and returning triathletes.

The workouts for the first 6 weeks will be bike/run ‘bricks’.  By mid June the water temperature is warm enough to start swimming.

Members receive a weekly email with details about the upcoming practice and related information.

If you are interested in multi-sport activities like duathlon, aquathlon or triathlon or would like more information about the Bridgewater Triathlon Club, you can contact us by email at bridgewatertriclub@gmail.com or drop by a Wednesday night Fancy Lake practice.  The post workout social starts around 7:30pm.