Track and Field Club
Annual General Meeting, November 24, 2004
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 115 members (all
categories including Track Rascals)
EVENTS:
1) The club hosted four meets during 2004:
|
Event |
Date |
Num |
Comments |
|
Peninsula
XC Challenge |
Feb. 29 |
52 |
19 Pen
Track runners: Centennial Park is great venue |
|
George
Dean |
April 3/4
|
219 |
Good
weather; numbers up from 2003; 42 Pen Track |
|
Throws/Pentathlon
Meet |
May 30 |
55 |
43 in
Throws meet, 25 in pentathlon; great success |
|
Sidney 5
Km Run/Walk |
July 1 |
280 |
Big
increase from last year (202). Not on weekend |
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. Stable enrollment of 22 kids. Those who attended the program really had a ball. Great job done by Dan Daniels. Dan also ran a similar program at Durrance School.
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, Brent Chomack, Greg Dingle,
Emma Murowinski 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. Unfortunately, we are
losing Emily Alderson, who is off to University; Greg Dingle, who is now at
McMaster in Hamilton and Emma Murowinski who is going to South America.
4) Fall
Cross Country sessions. Eleanor
Richardson and Brent Chomack 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 athletes are currently participating. Some new members have signed up since
September.
5) Spring
Indoor Sessions: Held in the barn on
the Saanichton Fair grounds and run by Eleanor Richardson and Greg Dingle. Activities included running, jumping and
throwing so that our athletes could be well prepared when the Island Track
series in April. A similar program will
be held in the barn in January and February of 2005.
6) The club
has several members in the Masters category and they train with Dan Daniels for
the Seniors and Masters meets at the Parkland track and at the barn.
7) Members of the club manned water stops at two road races on the peninsula.
STATISTICS:
1)
Championship Meets (Provincial and National)
|
Meet |
Pen Track
Athletes |
Placing |
Comments |
|
Canadian
Legion Camp |
Thomas
Riekki |
1st
in 100mH, 4th 300mH, 5th 100m |
One of
only 15 on BC team |
|
BCJD
Pentathlon Championships |
8
athletes |
1 first,
3 seconds, 1 third |
4 all
time top ten performances |
|
BCJD
Championships |
8
athletes |
8 firsts,
10 seconds, 4 thirds |
3 all
time top ten performances |
|
BC
Juvenile Championships |
3
athletes |
|
Very
tough competition |
|
BC Senior
Games |
7
athletes |
Many
medals |
|
|
BC Summer
Games |
5
athletes on Zone 6 team |
3 firsts,
3 seconds, 2 thirds |
Part of
the very strong Zone 6 team |
|
BC Cross
Country Championships |
4
Athletes |
1 sixth
and 1 eighth |
Very
large field |
|
World
Masters Indoor Championships |
Dan
Daniels |
Third in
pentathlon (65-69) |
|
Pen Track
Athletes competed in many other meets off the Island. Full details on the club web site: www.pentrack.org
2) 2004
Vancouver Island Track and Field Series
(Sidney, Powell River, Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Victoria, Duncan). We had a total of 61 athletes (all ages)
competing in at least one meet. This is about the same number (60) who competed
in at least one meet last year.
|
No. athletes |
No. meets |
|
No. athletes |
No. meets |
|
5 |
6 |
|
10 |
3 |
|
11 |
5 |
|
13 |
2 |
|
9 |
4 |
|
13 |
1 |
Eighteen 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 with the Pen Track athletes winning at least one award. In The Best of Meet competition there were 3
firsts, 3 thirds, 1 fourth, 1 fifth, 2 sixths, 2 sevenths, 2 eights and 4
participation ribbons. In the Run,
Jump, Throw competition there were 3 firsts, 1 second, 1 third, 2 fourths, 1
seventh, 2 eighths and 3 participation ribbons. Peninsula Track was fourth in the team competition.
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) In the 2003/2004 Vancouver Island Cross Country Series 7 Pen Track athletes won series awards (ran at least four races). There were 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 fourth and 1 fifth. Peninsula came third in the team competition.
Four races in the 2004/2005 Vancouver Island Cross Country Series have been run with three more to be done in the spring of 2005. Thus far, we had one athlete at each of the first two races race, 7 athletes at the third and 10 athletes at the fourth. Our own race is scheduled for March 6, 2005.
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, Brent Chomack, Emma
Murowinski and Dan Daniels plus several
parent volunteers who helped out occasionally with the coaching.
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. Members also officiated at the BC JD Championships, BC JD
Pentathlon Championships, BC Cross Country Championships, BC Summer Games and
the BC Disability Sportsfest .
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
§ Zone 6 BC Summer Games coordinator for Track and Field
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 athletes The clinics are designed to bring the
coaches and athletes together to expand their development. Comox Valley Cougars
ran several clinics in October and November and will run some more in March
2005.
3) The VIAA members have set up a training group for athletes
born in 1990 and older. The members of
the group (called True Gold Athletics) meet once a week (alternating between
Courtenay and Duncan) to train together, to develop individualized training programs
and to compete as a group in the early spring.
John Root is chair of this group.
4) Has been building up a stock of common equipment to be used
by all clubs at their meets. Currently,
the VIAA already has two wind gauges,
flags for the officials, a 100m steel measuring tape (for records) and
an electronic balance for weighing throwing equipment. The VIAA is looking into gettin a large
digital clock display for lap times and cross country races and a simple
electronic timing system for the Island meets.
Comox
Valley Cougars also ran a camp for Zone 6 Summer Games athletes after the
qualifying meet. It helped forge a team spirit for the Zone 6 team and was very
instrumental in the outstanding performance of the Zone 6 team at the games.
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. They have recently hired Peter Olgivie, a former athlete, to oversee the track and field programs in the province. His activities thus far give us hope for an improvement in this area.
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:
I have been
maintaining the website for Peninsula Track which I hope is easy to use and
which I try to keep up to date. Feed
back has been very favorable. Any
suggestions that you might have for improving this site, please let me know.
The address for the site is: www.pentrack.org
I also maintain a similar site for the VIAA
so that information about Island activities in Athletics are easier to come by.
Plans for the 2005 season
1) Meets we
will host.
|
Event |
Date |
Comments |
|
Cross
Country Challenge |
March 6 |
Centennial
Park. |
|
George Dean
Meet |
April 2/3
|
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 |
|
Sidney 5
Km Run/Walk |
July 1 |
Try to
bring up numbers even more. |
2) Island Series Cross Country Meets -- 2004/2005
Seven
races: four in fall and three in spring.
Need to compete in four races to be eligible for series award.
|
Date |
Meet |
Location |
Host
|
|
Sept. 18,
2004 |
Campbell
River |
Campbell
River |
Campbell
River Comets |
|
Sept. 26,
2004 |
Alberni
XC |
Sproat
Lake |
Alberni
Track |
|
Oct. 3,
2004 |
Duncan |
Bazett
Farms |
CEEVACs |
|
Oct. 17,
2004 |
Bill
English XC |
Colliery
Dam Park |
Nanaimo
T&F |
|
Feb. 6,
2005 |
OceanSide
XC |
Quallicum
Beach |
Oceanside
|
|
Feb. 20,
2005 |
Victoria
XC |
Beaver
Lake |
Victoria
T&F |
|
March 6,
2005 |
Peninsula
XC |
Centennial
Park |
Peninsula
T&F |
3) Island
Series Track and Field Meets
The draft schedule of the Vancouver Island Track and Field series for 2005.
|
Date |
Meet |
Location |
Host
|
|
April
02/03 |
George
Dean |
Sidney |
Peninsula
T&F |
|
April
16/17 |
Bob
Dailey |
Port
Alberni |
Alberni
Track Club |
|
April 30 |
Comox
Meet |
Courtenay |
Comox
Valley Cougars |
|
May 14/15
|
Dogwood |
Victoria |
Victoria
T&F |
|
May 28/29
|
Bill
English |
Nanaimo |
Nanaimo
T&F |
|
June 4 |
Throws/Pentathlon |
Sidney |
Peninsula
T&F |
|
June
11/12 |
Doug
Garrioch |
Duncan |
CeeVacs |
Athletes need to compete at four of the meets to qualify for the
Island series Best of Meet and Run, Jump, Throw awards.
4) Non-Series Meets that might be of interest to JD members:
|
Jun |
BCJD
Pentathlon |
Richmond |
|
Jul |
BCJD
Championships |
Kamloops |
|
Aug |
Legion
Camp |
Edmonton |
|
Oct |
BC XC
Championships |
Surrey |
Plus meets for the older athletes (see BC Athletics
website: www.bcathletics.org )
5) Try to expand and improve the Track
Rascals program for 6-8 year olds.
Develop more volunteers to run program.
6) Build up the Indoor Program in the Saanich
Fairgrounds Barn . Also develop a weight conditioning program for older
athletes.