December 15: Year End Get-Together

A great time was had by about 30 - 40 athletes and parents socializing and eating hot dogs, hot chocolate and goodies. Click here for photos.

November 30: Peninsula Track AGM -- Panorama Leisure Center

About 20 attendees. Click here for reports, etc.

October 22: BC Cross Country Championships -- Surrey

Seven Pen Track athletes competed amongst a total of 528 athletes. Complete Results. Click here for Pen Track Results

October 16: Bill English XC Race -- Nanaimo

Thirteen Pen Track athletes competed. Complete Results. Click here for Pen Track Results

October 2: Bazett Farms Cross Country Race

Six Pen Track athletes competed: Rachel Ross, Tarryn Cote, Addison Cote, Halley Cote, Stuart van Campen and Dustin Sapala. Complete Results. Click here for Photos

September 30: Junior Development Awards -- announced

Two Peninsula Track Athletes will receive BC Athletics Junior Development Awards this year. Nolan Stubbs will receive his award for having an outstanding season including a gold medal winning performance at the JD Pentathlon Championships which placed him number 7 on the All Time Top Ten List. Rachel Ross also had an outstanding season including a throw in the shotput at the Duncan meet which placed her number 5 on the All Time Top Ten List. Congratulations to both these athletes.

September 25: Port Alberni Cross Country Race

Three Pen Track athletes competed: Mark McNeill, Dustin Sapala and Stuart van Campen. Complete Results. Click here for Photos

September 10: Peninsula Track BBQ and Awards Presentation

Approximately 140 people attended. The weather was nice, the food was nice and everyone had a good time. Many Thanks to all those people who helped make the BBQ a great success. Details of Awards.

Aug 25 to 27: BC Seniors Games -- Duncan

Five Pen Track athletes competed with many great performances. Results and Photos

July 24 to 31: World Masters Games -- Edmonton

Four Pen Track Athletes attended the World Masters Games in Edmonton. In the M75-79 category Maurice Tarrant finished first in the 5000m , the 8000m Cross Country and the 1/2 Marathon. In the F65-69 category Sandy Anderson came second in the Weight Throw and Weight Pentathlon (both Canadian Records), High Jump, Triple Jump and Pole Vault and third in the Long Jump, Hammer and Javelin. In the M65-69 category Les East came third in the Hammer and in the F45-49 category Anne Murfitt was third in the Weight Throw. Click Here for complete results.

July 23 to 24: BC Juvenile Championships -- Abbotsford

Thomas Riekki came 2nd in the 110m hurdles (PB of 15.23 sec), 3rd in the long jump (5.77 m) and 4th in the triple jump (11.38 m). Peter Root came 5th in the hammer (PB of 48.72m) and 6th in the discus (36.14m).

July 15 to 17: BCJD Track and Field Championships

18 athletes competed at the Championships. Our athletes brought home 7 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 9 bronze medals as well as 33 ribbons (4th to 8th place). Results

July 1: Sidney Days 5km Run/Walk and 2km kids run

Results and Photos. It was a great success with 200 runners and walkers. Thanks to all those who donated draw prizes. Thanks to all those volunteers who helped make it a success.

April 2 - June 12: Vancouver Island Track and Field Series

Results for the Best of 4 Awards, Run, Jump, Throw Awards and Team Awards are now posted. Please check for errors and omissions.

June 25: BC Junior Development Pentathlon Championships -- Richmond

Pen Track had 11 athletes competing. One gold and one silver medal plus 7 ribbons were won. Click here for Results ---- Click Here for Photos supplied by Mike Sapala

June 11/12: Garriock Memorial Meet and BC Masters Championships -- Duncan

Three Pen Track Masters and 30 other Pen Track athletes competed with lots of great performances. Many thanks to Richard Murowinski, Mike Sapala and others for the great photos of the meet. Final version of Complete results .

June 5: VIAA Pentathlon and Peninsula Throws Meet

Cloudy and cool but fortunately no rain. Many thanks to all those who pitched in and helped in setting up and running the events. Full report and Results will be posted shortly. Ribbons for non Pen Track athletes will be given out at the meet in Duncan on June 12 and 13. Final Results for the Pentathlon and Throws meet.

May 28/29: Elwood Wylie Memorial Meet

38 Pen Track Athletes competed in very hot weather (Saturday) and hot weather (Sunday) Complete Results and Results for PenTrack Athletes

May 21: Zone 1 Tryouts for BC Senior Games -- Photos

There were about 40 seniors athletes (55+) from the lower Island getting ready for the BC Seniors Games at the end of August.

May 17/18: Vancouver Island High School Championships -- Victoria

There were 9 Pen Track athletes competing at this meet. Several of them will be attending the BC High School Championships June 3 and 4. Results

May 14/15: Dogwood Meet -- Victoria -- Photos

-- Final Final Results These have been updated June 2.-- Results for Pen Track Athletes

We had 60 athletes compete at this meet. The weather was bearable with only a few showers. Many thanks to all those who helped out at the meet.

April 30: Comox Valley Cougars Meet -- Photos , More Photos and Unofficial Results for Pen Athletes

We had 24 Athletes attend this meet. The weather was reasonable with only one shower. Complete Results (first draft, June 2)

April 5 to 29: Track Rascals Program

We had 22 Track Rascals in the program this year. They all had a great time. Many thanks to Dan Daniels for organizing and running the program.

Many Great Photos from Track Racals 2005 particularly on the last day.

April 16 and 17: Bob Dailey Memorial Track Meet and Photos

Results for Pen Athletes and Results for all athletes -- VIAA cumulative results after 2 meets

18 Pen Track athletes competed at Port Alberni under rather difficult conditions (rain and wind) particularly on the Saturday. It was great seeing so many of our athletes at the meet and congratulations to all of them for their fine performances. Official results will be posted when we receive them from the Alberni club.

April 2 and 3: George Dean Memorial Track Meet

Results

51 Pen Track athletes competed in our meet along with 130 athletes from other clubs. Although cool and grey, the weather stayed relatively dry so everyone had a good time. Many thanks to the all the volunteers who made this meet such a success. Pen Track's Bobby Eng won the George Dean memorial 1500m for midget boys (1990 and 1991) .

March 19: Mini-Meet #2

7 Pen Track athletes were among the 13 who had a great time at the second Mini-Meet hosted by Vic Track and pen Track. Click here for performances and photos.

March 12: Mini-Meet #1

11 Pen Track athletes were among the 22 who had a great time at the first Mini-Meet hosted by Vic Track and pen Track. Click here for details and photos.

March 9: Island Cross Country Series

The Cross Country Series is Finished. Four Pen Track athletes ran at least four races and were eligible for Series Awards. Jordan Cunningham and Dustin Sapala came First in their age group, while Mark McNeill came Second and Spencer Gaby came Third. Congratulations to all of them. Peninsula came Fourth in the Team Standings. Click Here for Cumulative Scores of all athletes who ran at least one race.

March 6: Peninsula Cross Country Challenge

13 Pen Track Athletes were among the 56 competing in dull, but dry weather. Results and Photos

February 24: Vic Track and Pen Track Sprints and Hurdles Clinic

Six Pen Track Athletes and two coaches attended. Barb Vida brought along another coach training at the National Coaching Institute. He is from Burundi and his own speciality is triple jump. Everyone had a great time and learned a lot. Further clinics are scheduled for March 3 (sprints and high jump) and March 17 (sprints and triple jump). All athletes and parents are encouaraged to attend as this is a way to gain high level coaching in these events. Full details.

February 20: Victoria Track Cross Country Challenge

Nine Pen Track Athletes competed on a sunny but chilly day. Photos and Results

We stand at fifth in the team standings but a good turnout at our meet on March 6 could move us up to four or third.

February 16: Dan Daniels

Dan Daniels has been home for two weeks and is recovering nicely. He is now walking 3 kilometers a day.

Two Pen Track Athletes competed in these races. Jordan Cunningham and Brandon Salter came first in their age groups. Complete Results

Our Track Rascals and Masters Athletes Coach, Dan Daniels, underwent open heart surgery last Thursday. Everything went well and he is recovering nicely. He came Tuesday. We wish him well and hope to see him back shortly.

Tom Dingle attended the AGM as Peninsula Track's delegate. He gave a 20 minute presentation on our Track Rascals Program. A copy of this presentation is posted here as a Microsoft Power Point File (10Mb). You can read the full version by clicking here. A shortened Power Point version (compressed slides and no pictures) can be downloaded by clicking here.

9 members of Peninsula Track and Field Club manned the water stop for the Pioneer 8km race. It was cold and gloomy but there were lots of runnerws. Photos