“TRACK RASCALS” Details for 2010 Please note change of days Details for 2009 - Photos for 2009 Details for 2008 - Photos for 2008 Details for 2007 - Photos for 2007 Details for 2006 - Photos for 2006 Details for 2005 -- Pictures from 2005 Pictures from 2004 Also see Power Point Presentation noted below

In 2001 the club initiated a program for 6 to 8 year olds called the Track Rascals program.  The purpose of this program was to introduce younger persons to the sport of athletics in a friendly and non-competitive manner.  The emphasis is on having fun and developing physically, but at the same time the participants are shown some of the basic aspects of track and field. 

Following an exploratory program in 2001 under Dan Daniels, Pen Track’s first full Track Rascals program ran for 5 weeks from April 2-May 2, 2002. In following years the program has run for 45 to 60 min on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the month of April.

Year	Enrolment	Coaches
2002	16	Dan Daniels and Tom Dingle
2003	13	Dan Daniels and Tom Dingle
2004	22	Dan Daniels and Tom Dingle
2005	22	Dan Daniels and Tom Dingle
2006	34	Dan Daniels and Tom Dingle
2007	39	Dan Daniels and Tom Dingle
2008	40	Dan Daniels, Tom Dingle, Mette Fosberg
2009	29	Tom Dingle, Lesley Foster, Jack Thornburgh

The popularity of the program is evident by the numbers enrolled each year. Track Rascals are also exposed to the doings of older track athletes as the regular practices of the Peninsula club are held at the same time.

Peninsula Track Club owes a great debt of thanks to Dan Daniels who was the driving force in setting up the program and developing it for 8 years.

The Track Rascals program will be run again in the Spring of 2010.

Parental support was particularly encouraging, with approximately 2 dozen present at the closing session where the Track Rascals were presented with a T-Shirt and a certificate

What Track Rascals received in the program was basic instruction about and participation in activities associated solely with the normal track & field program.

(Click here for detailed program).

On January 22, 2005 Tom Dingle attended the AGM of BC Athletics and 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.