Annual General Meeting, December 11, 2003

Events Coordinator/Club Statistician Report -- Tom Dingle

For full details of all meets see the Club website: www.pentrack.org

MEMBERSHIP: Currently at more than 90 members (all categories including Track Rascals)

EVENTS:

1) The club hosted two meets during 2003:

Event	Date	Num	Comments
George Dean	April 12/13	198	Very rainy; numbers down from last year (225) because of the weather
Sidney 5 Km Run/Walk	July 1	202	Big increase from last year (170). Not on weekend
Planned Throws and Pentathlon Meet	June 8	50?	Cancelled because of fire at Parkland School

Thanks to all the parent volunteers who helped make these events such a success.

2) Ran the Track Rascals program for 6-8 year olds. Dan Daniels did most of the work with Tom Dingle assisting. Two 45 minute sessions per week for 5 weeks in April and May. Stable enrollment of 13 kids. Gained more valuable experience as to what to have in the program and those who attended the program really had a ball. Will do again next year but start organizing early and advertise widely. Great job done by Dan Daniels.

3) Regular coaching and practice sessions for athletes at the barn in Saanichton in January and February and at Parkland school during March to July. Coaches were Emily Alderson, Eleanor Richardson, John Root, Greg Dingle and Dan Daniels plus the occasional parent volunteer. Thanks to everyone, but a special thanks to the regular coaches who put in so much time and effort.

4) Fall cross country sessions. Eleanor Richardson ran an outdoor program at Centennial Park starting in September. At the beginning of November the program was moved indoors into the barn at the Saanich Fairgrounds once a week (5:00-6:00, Thursdays) and will continue until the end of February. 15 to 20 JD athletes and 3-6 seniors are currently participating. Activities will eventually include running, jumping and throwing so that our athletes will be well prepared when the Island Track series starts in April and the BC Summer games in July. Some new members have signed up since September.

5) The club has several members in the Masters category and they train with Dan Daniels for the seniors games and at the barn.

6) Members of the club manned water stops at two road races on the peninsula.

STATISTICS:

1) Championship Meets (Provincial and National)

Meet	Athlete	Placing	Comments
BCJD Pentathlon Championships	Thomas Riekki	1^st	Second all time Top Ten performance
BCJD Championships	Shauna Bertram	One 2^nd , one 3^rd and one 4^th	Won BC Athletics award for Sprints/Jumps
	Eric Christiansen	Two 3^rd and two 4^th
	Kieran Dunford	Two 3^rd , two 4^th, two 5^th and one 6^th
	Jonah Feil	Three 2^nd, two 4^th, two 5^th	Won BC Athletics award for Age Group
	Thomas Feil	One 3^rd and 2 8^th	Won BC Athletics award for Throws
	Carlie Martin	One 4^th, one 5^th and one 7^th
	Romaie Martin	One 3^rd, three 4^th , three 5^th and one 6^th
	Thomas Riekki	Four 1^st, one 2^nd and two 3^rd	Won BC Athletics Award for Hurdles and Pentathlon
	Peter Root	One 3^rd , two 4^th and one 5^th	Won BC Athletics Award for Throws
	Dustin Sapala	Two 2^nd, three 3^rd , one 4^th and one 5^th
BC Midget Games	Jason Ireland	One 2^nd, one 3^rd and one 4^th	Summer Game Alternative
BC Disability Games	Tye Landels	Four 1^st place ribbons
BC Senior Games	Sandy Anderson	Three 1^st, four 2^nd
	Dan Daniels	Two 1^st, one 3^rd and one 7^th
	MarjorieDaniels	Two 1^st
	Peggy Morfitt	One 6^th, two 7^th and one 8^th
	Eleanor Richardson	One 1^st, one 2^nd , three 3^rd and one 4^th
	Mike Woodworth	Two 1^st
BC Cross Country Championships	Danielle Delage Lindsay Seginson	8^th 14^th
World Masters Games	Dan Daniels Marjorie Daniels	Competed Competed

2) 2003 Vancouver Island Track and Field Series (Sidney, Comox, Alberni, Nanaimo, Comox, Victoria, Duncan). We had a total of 60 athletes competing in at least one meet. This is considerably more than the 31 who competed in at least one meet last year.

No. athletes	No. meets	No. athletes	No. meets
5	6	9	3
8	5	14	2
7	4	17	1

Twenty athletes did at least four of the six regular meets and so qualified for Best of Meet and the Run, Jump, Throw awards in the Island Series. These were Alicia Campbell (participation), Eric Christiansen (5^th and 4^th), Danielle Delage (2^nd and 2^nd), Kieran Dunford (2^nd and 3^rd), Thomas Feil (participation), Christine Ireland ( participation), Jason Ireland (5^th and 2^nd ), Anthony Manning (participation), Romaie Martin(3^rd and 2^nd ), Shauna McInnis (participation), Mark McNeill (participation), Shannon Phelps (participation), Thomas Riekki (1^st and 1^st ), Peter Root (6^thand 5^th), Dustin Sapala (1^st and 1^st), Katrina Schurmann (participation), Lindsay Seginson (7^th and 6^th), David Stewart (participation) and Ian Taylor (8^th).

Based on their performances during the track and field season, Pen Track Athletes earned 17 gold, 22 silver and 5 bronze BC Athletic performance crests in the 2003 season.

3) Three races in the Vancouver Island Cross Country Series have been run with four more to be done in the spring of 2004. The addition of two races to the series led to the schedule being revised back to the original scheme of having races both in the fall and the spring. Thus far, we had two athletes at the first race, 5 athletes at the second and eight athletes at the third. Our own race is scheduled for February 29, 2004.

Full details of all the above can be found on the club website: www.pentrack.org

VOLUNTEERS:

1) We have a dedicated core of volunteers who make it possible for the club’s activities to run smoothly.

a) Coaches - Emily Alderson, Eleanor Richardson, John Root, Greg Dingle and Dan Daniels plus several parent volunteers who helped out occasionally with the coaching. Emily Alderson, Eleanor Richardson and John Root took the Level one technical course in the spring. John and Eleanor took the Level 2 Throws course in the fall and both are currently working on the level 2 Theory part.

b) Others: Lesley Foster – Registrar

Chris Lott – Treasurer and Sidney 5K coordinator
Linda Riekki – Secretary
Nancy Feil and Jackie Eng – Co-presidents
Jean Ireland and Nancy Feil –Concession organizers
Florence Dingle – Jack of all trades
Plus all the parents who helped out in various capacities.

c) Officiating: Peninsula’s responsibility at the Island Track Series is to man the timing crew and long jump jointly with Vic Track. Club volunteers officiated at all the Island Series meets (except our own). Members also officiated at the BC JD Championships and the BC Disability Games .

2) Outside contributions by club members to the sport of Athletics:

a) Dan Daniels :

§ Vice Chair of Board of Directors of Athletics Canada

Member of the Masters Committee of the IAAF
BC Seniors Games Society

b) Tom Dingle

§ On Board of Directors of BC Athletics

§ Chairman Vancouver Island Athletics Association

VANCOUVER ISLAND ATHETICS ASSOCIATION

This is the coordinating group that sets the schedules for Zone 6 (Vancouver Island and Powell River) and also develops programs for Island athletes. I am the chair of this organization.

Plans for the coming year:

1) See schedules for the Island series in the tables below.

2) Put on a series of clinics for midget athletes and older. The clinics are designed to bring the coaches and athletes together to expand their development. Comox Valley Cougars have scheduled eight clinics to be given in the fall and spring in Courtenay. The first clinic was on throws and four of our athletes plus John Root attended. I would like to see some clinics offered closer to Victoria and I am investigating how this might be done.

3) Comox Valley Cougars are going to run a camp for potential Summer game athletes after the qualifying meet in early May. Hopefully, it will help forge a team spirit for the Zone 6 team.

4) Build up a stock of common equipment to be used by all clubs at their meets. Currently, the VIAA already has two wind gauges. The plans are to buy flags for the officials and a large digital clock display for lap times and cross country races.

BC ATHLETICS

I am a member of the Board of Directors of BC Athletics which coordinates the sport of Athletics in British Columbia. BC Athletics is currently trying to navigate its way through tough economic times so its options are somewhat limited. Currently, I am the director overseeing program and technical development and am the liaison with the Junior Development Committee. Therefore, I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas you might have about improving Athletics both locally and on the provincial level.

PENINSULA TRACK WEBSITE:

This fall I developed (with the help of Greg) a website for Peninsula Track which I hope is easy to use and which I will try to keep up to date. Any suggestions that you might have fro improving this site, please let me know.

The address for the site is: www.pentrack.org

I am now in the process of developing a similar site for the VIAA so that information about Island activities in Athletics are easier to come by.

Suggested Plans for the 2004 season

1) Meets we will or might host.

Event	Date	Comments
Cross Country Challenge	Feb. 29	Centennial Park.
George Dean Meet	April 3/4	Will probably be about 200 to 300 athletes. First meet of the Island series
Throws and Pentathlon Meet	May 30	All ready to go based on last years plans
		Think about. Joint with Vic Track?
Dual Cross Country Runs	Spring?	Joint with Vic Track.
Sidney 5 Km Run/Walk	July 1	Try to bring up numbers even more.

2) BC SUMMER GAMES: The Games are being held in Abbotsford in mid July. In 2002, we had no athletes who qualified. This time round there are several athletes who have a good chance to qualify for the Zone 6 team. The team is comprised of midgets (born in 1990 or 1989) and the games are a great experience for those who go. Last time round, the VIAA held a two day camp for all athletes who could potentially be members of the team. This camp is also very worthwhile even if they don’t make the final team. We should support all our athletes in these endeavours.

3) Island Series Cross Country Meets -- 2003/2004

Seven races, three in fall and four in spring. Need to compete in four races to be eligible for series award.