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Congratulations to Sarah Hillworth, of the University of Alberta Pandas, who recently won the Women’s Canadian Universtiy Championship. U of A beat the McGill Martlets in the final 2-0, halting a 86 game winning streak in the process.
Matt Moulson, Jeff Tambellini, Pat Quinn, Troy Dalton
On Saturday I got a chance to play road hockey at the O-Zone in Richmond with Pat Quinn (Edmonton Oilers Head Coach), Matt Moulson (NY Islanders), Jeff Tambellini (NY Islanders), and BC’s Mayors. After we played the mayors all the kids in the crowd got to come out and don a jersey to play with the NHLers. It was such a cool Canadian experience!! Here is the link to the Vancouver Sun story and some pictures.
http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/2010wintergames/mayors+take+finest+Richmond/2596101/story.html
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So this post is being upadated from back in Geneva after the trip–the small french towns we stayed in did not have any available internet to travellers for a number of reasons 1) None of the hotels provided wireless 2) We think it was a holiday Weekend and none of the cafes were open 3) We stayed in some ski resorts and it is in between seasons so most stuff us shut down. Anyways I will provide a paragraph and lots of photos of each stage in one long post.
A quick summary–730km of riding in 7 days, 32 actual hours on our bike, approximately 17,000 meters of climbing, 18,000 meters of descending, with no flat tires, and one minor crash. Enjoy.
I have uploaded a bunch of photos at the end of the post. So we started in Geneva yesterday and rode 121km (about 4.5 hous riding time) to Martigny, Switzerland. Our group consists of: 2 doctors(three if you count our support driver), a lawyer, a dentist, a contractor and me. Basically you can get in an accident, get your teeth and body fixed up and sue at the same time!!! We were all fired up to leave, packed our support vehichle and sent him on his way and were going to ride 2 minutes down the road to take a group shot at the French border. Six of us roll out and exactly 28.3 seconds into the ride one of the guys shreds a cable. Haha. What a start, luckily there was a bike store close by and we got it fixed. We headed along Lake Geneva for about 70km of the day, taking some back roads as you cannot ride on the highway over here. It was really cool having the lake on one side, corn fields on the other, mixed in rolling through some small Swiss towns. We got rained on pretty hard for about the last 60km but it wasnt cold so it was all good. The day was actually supposed to be only 110km but we through in a 5 km …Continue reading »
Tyke Training at Spanish Banks Summer 2009
Colorado College
We are proud to announce that one of our hockey players, Tyke Boivin, has recieved a full ride scholarship to Colorado College (NCAA Div 1). Tyke who plays Junior Hockey for the Nanaimo Clippers in the BCHL is an offensive defenseman and a strong skater. He has been training at GWA for three years and over that time we have seen him mature as a hockey player and a person. CC has a great hockey reputation and has won the National Championship twice. Good luck this season Tyke!
Troy and Jon are competing in the epic seven day BC Bike Race beginning Sunday in North Vancouver. The mortorhome has been rented, driver signed up (Jon’s Dad!!), and the training hours put in. Now it is time to deliver on some of the most beautiful mountain biking trails in the world. The race begins in North Vancouver and then heads to Vancouver Island for four days of riding around Nanaimo, Cumberland, and Powell River. We then come back for the last two days in Squamish and the finish into Whistler Creekside. Check our blog nightly for race day recaps and highlights!! BC Bike Race has a great website if you want to learn more about the race www.bcbikerace.com.
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