Rhonda McNish
6366 6th Concession Rd.
Brockville, ON
K6V 5T2
In addition, orders and money will be collected on Saturday, February 27, at the 2nd Freeze Your Buns Run.
Clothing orders are due March 5, 2010 and clothing will be available for pick-up on Saturday, March 26, 2010, the 3rd Freeze Your Buns Run. So hurry and get your orders in quickly. Commemorative long sleeve shirts will be available for purchase ($20) throughout 2010.
BRRC 25th Celebrations Planning Committee
This year, 2010, marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of our club and we plan to celebrate this auspicious occasion in style. A committee has been struck under chair Christie Reitsma to draw up plans for these celebrations. The first meeting was held Jan 4th and was attended by 15 enthusiastic and creative people. In a productive brainstorming session, many ideas were put forward. After discussion, debate, etc, the following major initiatives - there were others - made the shortlist:
- A publication in the form of a history of the club with a synopsis to Canadian Running
- A special commemorative t-shirt
- A runners' recipe book complete with individual contributor's favourite picture*
- A special banquet
*Note: Please send Eva Beattie ebeattie@ripnet.com, a running picture of yourself or family and a recipe as soon as possible. Eva wants to collect 50 recipes by the second FYB on Feb 27)
It is also planned to add and feature a celebration theme to/during one of our regular races, most likely the Canada Day or TIP.
We will keep you posted as plans develop, change, etc. Of course any ideas or suggestions how to add to the celebrations are most welcome. Forward your thoughts to Christie dc.reitsma@xplornet.com, Tony Dunbar tonyd@ripnet.com or Anne Hodgson mahodgson@ripnet.com.
Members Memories
In keeping with our marking of our club's 25 years, I'm inviting all members, but especially the long timers, to send me their memories and stories of their initial involvement with the Brockville Road Runners, what it has meant to them over the years, tales of triumph and failure, funny incidents, etc. I plan to create a special Members' Memories webpage featuring these stories. This will be a nice addition I feel to our efforts to make this a special year in our club's history. I look forward to receiving lots of submissions, complete with relevant pictures where available. My email is tonyd@ripnet.com
Pre-25th Bash; Friday Feb 19th at Sam's Brass Rack
Master Bunny Roger Hawksby is organizing what he calls a Pre-25th Bash to be held at Sam's Brass Rack on Perth Street at George. Members are invited to have a Road Runners social evening, listening to the Split Decision band, playing a game of pool and partaking of some refreshments. If interested in attending, please let Roger roger.hawksby@yahoo.ca know so he can advise Sam's Brass Rack re numbers.
Wedding Bells
Congratulations and best wishes to Cynthia Laforty and Mitch White who were married in early December. They honeymooned in Puerto Rico and are back home again in Kanata. We hope to see them back in Brockville at one of our events before long.
The Happy Couple
Way to Go Neal!
Congrats to Road Runner Neal Condron on his great performance at the recent Ontario Special Olympics Regional Games in Perth. Neal won gold medals in each of the 5K, 2.5K and 1K cross-country skiing races. This should put Neal in a good position to be selected for the regional team that will participate in the Ontario championships in Thunder Bay in February 2011. Congrats Neal!
Running Clinics
A couple of our running friends, Paula Wiltse (Elite Masters Runner) and Pat MacDougall (StayFit Global), are offering a series of 3 specialized running clinics starting February 10th. The venue for the clinics is Podium Sports on Parkedale at Ormond, with sessions on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm and Saturdays at 8:30am. The clinics are geared to preparing for the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon, tying in with the California Run and the Ottawa Half. For full details click here Clinic
Perth World Record Kilt 5 Mile Race
We've been asked to draw your attention to a novel race scheduled for June 26th in Perth. The organizers are hoping to
set a new world record by having more than 200 kilted runners participate. For full details click
Kilt Run
Freeze Your Buns #1; Sat January 30th
Race director Janet Wynands has provided the following report on Saturday's first in the series of three FYBs 1K/5K:
The Brockville Road Runners kicked off their 25th year with the 18th edition of their Freeze Your Buns races this past Saturday. Eighty-three runners braved bitterly cold conditions in 1 kilometre and 5 kilometre events that lived up to the series' name. Jayden Rowe won the 1 kilometre event in a time of 5:35, while Eric Wynands continued the family tradition in the 5k event, winning with a time of 18:38. Top female in the 5 kilometre event was Elizabeth Primrose in a time of 19:28. The next event in the series will be held February 27, at the Memorial Centre (10:00 am start).
1K
Jayden Rowe 5:35; Shin Bourne 5:39; Michaela Mustard 5;57; Asia Bourne 6:23; Fiona McCarthy 6:55; Taelyn Rowe 8:07.
5K
Eric Wynands 18:38; Rick Swift 19:25; Elizabeth Primrose 19:28; Lance Brazeau 19:30; Declan Colwell 19:47; Janet Wynands 20:06; Tom Marshall 20:13; Pascal Peladeau 20:23; Vincent Guyonnet 20:48; Al Cyr 21:31; Jason Price 21:46; Paul Heintzman 21:47; Kade Brazeau 21:50; Charles Beaudoin 21:51; Ed Wynands 22:11; Jenn Torrance 22:15; Rick vanRavenhorst 22:16; Laurence Jones 22:16; Gerry Tutecky-McDougall 22:17; Murray Tait 22:58; Rod Palmer 23:11; Fraser Blair 23:31; Shelley Steenwyk 23:32; Christie Reitsma 23:42; Keira Brazeau 23:52; John Bourne 23:54; Brian Campbell 24:28; Zack Boyd 24:40; Alan Perry 24:42; Eva Beattie 24:44; Kevin Hartley 24:51; JoAnn Evoy 25:00; Laurie Wheeler 25:09; Laura Oliver 25:09; Roger Hawksby 25:27; Jim Locke 25:27; Jean Birch 25:32; Natasha Boudreau-Munro 25:39; Bryne Francois 25:45; Merv Hodgson 26:02; Brenda Young 26:10; Alyson McNish 26:20; Catherine Tomlinson 26:35; Ken Smith 26:41; Wanda Barnes 26:41; Toby Irven 26:56; Shannon Steenwyk 27:14; Anne Taylor 27:14; Rick Steenwyk 27:15; Rhonda McNish 27:16; Denise Anthony 27:16; Jill Murphy 27:33; Abbey Palmer 27:53; Ruth McFarlane 28:03; Theresa Smith 28:07; Patricia Fuller 28:38; Phil Lowe 28:42; Michele Perry 28:43; Angela Hartley 29:00; Melanie Bale 29:09; Charlotte Nolan 29:43; Liam Cullen 29:43; Julie McCarthy 29:50; Jan Mustard 30:07; Melanie Hellyer 30:27; Anne Hodgson 30:31; Angela Prest 30:59; Katelyn Cormier 31:21; Mary Clayton 32:19; JoAnne Sytsma 32:41; Madame X 33:15; Ruby McCabe Locke 33:15; Terry Hodge 33:15; Sherri Hudson 35:17; Helen Anne Hudson 35:49; W. Pohl 44:38; Nieves Bonucchi 46:36
Happy Running!
Tony Dunbar
