Track and Field Club

Annual General Meeting, November 30, 2005

Events Coordinator/Club Statistician Report -- Tom Dingle

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

MEMBERSHIP: Currently at 125 members (all categories including Track Rascals). This is 10 more than last year.

EVENTS:

1) The club hosted four meets during 2005:

Event	Date	Num	Comments
Peninsula XC Challenge	Mar. 6	58	14 Pen Track runners: roughly same numbers as 2004
George Dean	April 2/3	176	Rainy weather; numbers way down from 2004 (219); 49 Pen Track athletes competed
Throws/Pentathlon Meet	June 5	55	88 athletes competing. 35 did Throws only, 15 in pentathlon only plus 38 more pentathletes did at least one throw; numbers up from last year (53)
Sidney 5 Km Run/Walk	July 1	200	174 runners/walkers in 5km and 26 runners in 2km. down from 2004 (280) but reasonable given competition from HBC run.

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 4 weeks in April. Stable enrollment of 22 kids. Those who attended the program really had a ball. 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, Brent Chomack, Elissa Sunderland, Linda Riekki and Emma Murowinski plus the occasional parent volunteer. Dan Daniels helped coach the masters athletes. 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 and Brent Chomack ran an outdoor program at Centennial Park starting in September.  Ravi Gunasinghe ran an intensive cross country program for dedicated athletes 13 years and older. At the beginning of December the program will be 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 . Activities included running, jumping and throwing so that our athletes could be well prepared when the Island Track series began in April. A similar program will be held in the barn in January and February of 2006.

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
BCJD Pentathlon Championships	11 athletes	1 first, 1 second, 2 fourths	one all time top ten performance
BCJD Championships	8 athletes	7 firsts, 8 seconds, 11 thirds, 9 fourths
BC Juvenile Championships	2 athletes	1 second, 1 third, 1 fourth	Very tough competition
BC Cross Country Championships	6 athletes	1 seventh and 1 ninth	Very large field
BC Senior Games	5 athletes	Many medals	held in Duncan
BC Masters Championships	3 athletes	15 firsts, 1 second, 2 thirds
World Masters Championships	4 athletes	3 firsts, 5 seconds, 5 thirds	held in Edmonton

Pen Track Athletes competed in many other meets off the Island. Full details on the club web site: www.pentrack.org

2) 2005 Vancouver Island Track and Field Series (Sidney, Port Alberni, Courtenay, Victoria, Nanaimo, Sidney, Duncan). We had a total of 71 athletes (all ages) competing in at least one meet. This is ten more than 2004 (61) .

No. athletes	No. meets	No. athletes	No. meets
10	6	10	3
18	5	12	2
11	4	10	1

37 athletes did at least four of the six regular meets and so qualified for Best of 4 Meets and the Run, Jump, Throw awards in the Island Series with the Pen Track athletes winning at least one of the two awards. In The Best of 4 Meets competition there were 3 firsts, 3 seconds, 3 thirds, 4 fourths, 3 fifths, 5 sixths, 2 sevenths, 3 eights and 13 participation ribbons. In the Run, Jump, Throw competition there were 3 firsts, 5 seconds, 5 thirds, 4 fourths, 1 fifth, 1 sixth, 1 seventh, 1 eighth and 7 participation ribbons. Peninsula Track was third in the team competition, first in the boys team competition and third in the girls team competition.

Based on their performances during the track and field season, Pen Track Athletes earned 17 gold, 23 silver and 8 bronze BC Athletic Performance Crests in the 2005 season. Two athletes had performances which put them on the All Time Top Ten List. They have been awarded BC Athletics Junior Development plaques.

3) In the 2004/2005 Vancouver Island Cross Country Series 4 Pen Track athletes won series awards (ran at least four races). There were 2 firsts, 1 second and 1 third. Peninsula came fourth in the team competition.

Three races in the 2005/2006 Vancouver Island Cross Country Series have been run with four more to be done in the spring of 2006. Thus far, we had 3 athletes at the first race, 6 athletes at the second and 13 athletes at the third. Our own race is scheduled for March 5, 2006.

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 - Eleanor Richardson, John Root, Elissa Sunderland, Brent Chomack, Emma Murowinski, Linda Riekki, Ravi Gunasinghe, Shannon Marshal 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
• Vicki Leigh –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 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 athletes The clinics are designed to bring the coaches and athletes together to expand their development. Comox Valley Cougars ran a throws clinic in November.

3) 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), an electronic balance for weighing throwing equipment a digital clock dislplay and a video camera. The VIAA is looking into gettin a simple electronic timing system for the Island meets.

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:

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 2006 season

1) Meets we will host.

Event	Date	Comments
Cross Country Challenge	March 5	Centennial Park.
George Dean Meet	April 22/23	Will probably be about 200 athletes. Second meet of the Island series
Throws and Pentathlon Meet	June 4	All ready to go based on last years plans
Sidney 5 Km Run/Walk	July 1	Try to bring up numbers again.

2) Island Series Cross Country Meets -- 2005/2006

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

Date	Meet	Location	Host
Sept. 25, 2005	Alberni XC	Sproat Lake	Alberni Track
Oct. 2, 2005	Duncan	Bazett Farms	CEEVACs
Oct. 16, 2005	Bill English XC	Colliery Dam Park	Nanaimo T&F
Feb. 5, 2006	OceanSide XC	Quallicum Beach	Oceanside
Feb. 19, 2006	Victoria XC	Beaver Lake	Victoria T&F
Feb. 26, 2006	Campbell River	Campbell River	Campbell River Comets
March 5, 2006	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 2006.

Date	Meet	Location	Host
April 08/09	Comox Meet	Courtenay	Comox Valley Cougars
April 22/23	George Dean Meet	Sidney	Peninsula T&F
May 13/14	Dogwood	Victoria	Victoria T&F
May 27/28	Elwood Wylie	Nanaimo	Nanaimo T&F
June 5	Throws/Pentathlon	Sidney	Peninsula T&F
June 10/11	Bob Dailey Meet/ Zone 6 BC Summer Games Trials	Port Alberni	Alberni Valley T&F
June 24/25	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	Nanaimo
Jul	BCJD Championships	Chilliwack
Jul	BC Summer Games	Kamloops
Aug	Legion Camp	?
Oct	BC XC Championships	?

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.

7) Train some of the new parent volunteers in the various aspects of the club’s activities.

8) Send midget athletes and older and coaches to mini clinics organized by VIAA.