We are excited to announce a partnership with UBC Hockey School and The Farm Hockey Training. The Farm is in charge of all the strength & conditioning for participants at their annual hockey school. As a UBC hockey alum I am excited to get involved with the school and teach and educate the kids!
Jeff Tambellini who has been training here for two off seasons signed with the Canucks last week! He was working out at GWA when he got the offer and did not have to consider what it meant to be a Vancouver Canuck for long before deciding to accept. Congratulations Jeff! Here is a link to the Canucks video interview with Jeff, Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province articles.
On Sunday Jon and I competed in the Subaru Half Ironman in preparation for the Ironman. It was an overcast day and a 6:30am start into the ocean at Jehrico Sailing Club for two loops of 1000m…let me tell you it wasn’t warm. After that is was 90km on our bikes in the form of 4 loops with a climb up UBC hill in each one followed by a half marathon (21km) down Spanish Banks. Jon had an amazing race at 4:42, knocking almost 30 min off his time from 2 years ago. Troy did 5:01 and would have broken 5 hours if he didn’t have trouble putting on his shirt. Try it: purchase a skin tight Under Armour shirt, step in the shower, step out and try and pull it on hahaha.
Yesterday Alan Horkoff and GWA participated in Norquay Elementary’s Health and Wellness Day. Organized by Genvieve Adams the day exposed students to: fitness, yoga, nutrition, and games. We had the opportunity to lead 120 grade 6 and 7 students through some ladders and use medicine balls and educate them along the way.
Top Instructor: Alan Horkoff
Alan leads a Grade 7 class
Jon coming out of the swim in white
Jon and I did the Oliver Half Ironman this weekend as part of our preperation for the Penticton Ironman at the end of August. It was an overcast day in Oliver–great racing weather. The event was a 2 km swim, 93 km ride, and a 21 km run. Jon finished with splits of swim 37.47, bike 2:42:38 and run 1:33:43 for a total time of 4:59:50. I had splits of swim 39:09, bike 2:47:46 and run 1:28:43 for a total time of 5:05:58. (Including transition time) Highlights were Jon finishing 78th overall and me finishing 20th overall in run split in a field of 1000.
Cam & Curtis
Cam Sedgwick and Curtis Hodgson captured the first National Lacrosse League championship for the Washington Stealth last night.(click on their link for more details) In front of a loud crowd of 8600 the Stealth beat the Toronto Rock 15-11. Sedgwick got the game winning goal with just over six minutes left. Congratulations to both of them!
Cam raising the Cup!
Well….the night was a great success. Final numbers are still to be determined with some donations still coming in but we acheived our goal of $3000 for sure!!! Thanks to everyone who donated and participated. Lots of photo’s follow.
We invite you to come down Friday to our ‘Train the Trainer’ event in support of Right to Play. Come on down and enjoy some wine or beer on us and take in the festivities. Feel free to bring anyone you would like!
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We played the Ontario Champion, Dundas last night and tied 4-4. We had a 3-1 lead heading into the third and needed to win by three goals to finish first in our pool. We pressed hard and Dundas capitalized on their chances to tie the game up. Tonight we face the defending Allan Cup Champion Bentley Generals, who are coached by former NHL player Brian Sutter and have the brother of LA King’s player Ryan Smyth. Winner advances to the semi final, loser goes home. Yesterday the tournament featured the Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe trophies on display.
Last night we played the Prairie Champion, the South East Prairie Thunder, and lost 4-2. The game was 1-1 heading into the third period when the Thunder got two quick goals to take the momentum. We came out flying in the first period and were all over them 5 on 5, but took 10 minutes of minor penalties that took some steam out of our game. Today is a day off with only a practice and tomorrow we play the Ontario champion–Dundas. Follow along here for live game updates.
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