Kajaks News Archives 2010December 31/10: Kajaks Annual Awards — 2010 Awards: Perpetual Trophy Winners; BC Athletics Junior Development Awards recipients 2010 December 14/10: 2011 Club Membership Application Forms and Track Rascals membership form are now available. Kajaks 2010 Annual Awards BanquetSunday, November 7, 2010 Guest speakers: Doug & Diane Clement Tickets: Adult $30 pp, Children 12 & U $15 pp Please join us for good food and good fun as we celebrate the past Track & Field season. October 16/10: Canadian
Masters relay record: October 13/10: Results from BC Elementary & Junior High School Cross Country Meet (October 9) Sep 16/10 update: Kajaks Track Rascals
program for ages 6 - 8 August 15/10: Richmond Olympic Oval 10k results August 10/10: LITTLE FLOWER'S HAMMER STAR Grover Covington was mean business. The big Hamilton Tiger-Cat was the CFL's top defensive player in 1988 and still holds the league's career sacks record -- an impressive 157. It happened in just 11 seasons, and might never be topped. So it's probably no surprise that Grover and his wife Natalie now oversee the athletic accomplishments of 14-year-old daughter Asianna, a student at Vancouver's Little Flower Academy and a rising star in a triumvirate of extraordinarily physical sports: the hammer throw, the discus and shot put. Asianna, who trains under Richard Collier at Kajaks Track and Field Club in Richmond, has had quite a year -- including four record-setting hammer throws at the recent B.C. Summer Games. Last weekend in Ottawa, the Olympic hopeful won the discus and finished second in shot put at the Legion Canadian Youth Championships. Kudos to the Covingtons for another generation of sporting excellence. Read more: www.theprovince.com/life/Morning+Briefing/3379398/story.html August 9/10: Kajaks Achieve Podium Results at Canadian Youth Championships 2010 This year we sent 5 athletes to the Canadian Youth Championships in Ottawa and all of them achieved podium results. Starting with Samantha Kennedy winning the women's U-18 hammer throw for the second straight year to be the Canadian Youth National Champion; next Serana Graf first year with Kajaks landed on the podium with the silver medal in women's U-18 javelin missing the gold medal by only 46cm, then Haley Stewart stepping up on the podium with the bronze medal in women's long jump U-18, followed by Nicholas Fyffe who stood on the podium twice, once with the bronze medal in men's triple jump U-18 and also a sliver medallist as a member of the 4 x 100 men U-18; and last our youngest Kajaks athlete on this years BC Youth Team was Asianna Covington. Asianna managed to step on the podium twice, once with the silver medal for women's shot put U-16 then on the very next day winning the gold medal in women's discus U-16. Congratulations to all the Kajaks Youth athletes and coaches -- you have made us proud. Richard Collier August 3/10: Kajaks performances at Canadian National Championships Richmond Kajaks sent 5 athletes to this years Canadian Senior National Championships in Toronto. All Kajaks athletes performed extremely well starting with Evan Dunfee winning 1st in men's 20k race walk, Chantel Spies also 1st in women's 1kg discus, followed by Trey Henderson 2nd in men's 7.26kg hammer throw and Yvonne Mensah 2nd in women's 400m hurdles. Another up and coming Kajaks race walker Heather Warwick who competed in her first senior national 20k race walk finished in 4th place amongst Canada's best race walkers. This year's national championship was the last day to qualify for the 2010 Commonwealth games to New Deli India. Evan has now achieved the B standard with his time of 1: 25:57.7h. Evan has been selected to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India. Kajaks have had very few athletes or none that has ever won this event at our national championships. Chantel Spies won a gold medal in women's discus beating out the nearest competitors by over a metre. Yvonne Mensah after a two year absence from injuries has now come back to take the silver medal in the 400mh. Trey Henderson who completed a very long season in the US still managed to finish second in the hammer throw. July 27/10: Canadian Masters T&F Champs, Toronto: 400m Mark Pinckard 58s 1st * Mark has reached new personal best and new club record in the
800m (Previous was 2:13.08) Fred and Mark were the only Kajaks participating in the National Championship and they both were rewarded with podium positions. July 27/10: Masters results from Summerfast 10k,
Vancouver, July 17 2010: July 9/10: Results from Review Kajaks International Track Classic July 5/10: Kajaks athletes set a high standard at this year's Canadian Junior Championships - starting with Katie Reid taking the gold medal in the women's 400m and setting a new Canadian Junior Championship meet record. Shai Davis also a gold medallist winning the women's 100m, and Joanna Franke-Kune also a gold medallist winning the women's hammer. Robbie Gallaugher finished a respectable 3rd place in the men's long jump. Kajaks athletes to represent Canada at the World Junior Championships in Moncton are:
June 30/10: Track Rascals offered this summer for ages 6-8! Build a foundation for success in all sports and physical activities. Summer session starting July 19th for 5 weeks, 10 sessions: Monday and Wednesday 6:45pm to 7:30pm. Maximum group of 12 participants. June 8/10: Full results are now posted for Kajaks Spring Meet (May 8). Updated June 14. June 5/10: Combined scores plus Team Awards added to 2010 BC Elementaries results June 24/10: Kajaks results at BC Masters T&F Championships, Langley, June 18-20, 2010. (PDF file) June 24/10: New Record Pending: Kajaks athlete Asianna Covington breaks 22 year old women's Midget Hammer record by over 2.34 metres. The old record was 50.30 metres set in 1988 by Kristen Johnston of Nanaimo. June 24/10: Salmon Festival Parade
We are asking all of our members and supporters to participate
in this fun event. We ask that you wear Kajaks apparel (and
medals, optional). Track and field equipment will be available as
props (javelins, discus, pole vault bar, shot put, etc). 
June 8/10: Article in The Province: Set for a return to the spotlight - For the fourth straight year, we’re back with our annual Shining Stars feature, which gives you the scoop on which of B.C.’s cache of track and field stars return to the spotlight in 2011. Here’s a look at some of the best based on their results at... read more... Congratulations to the following Kajaks athletes who are mentioned in the article:
June 8/10: Story on Katie Reid in June 05, 2010 - Vancouver Sun:
Reid takes need for speed in stride June 8/10: Masters Mile, June 5: Congratulations to Mark Pinkard and Fred Pawluk for winning their division. Mark's time: 4:46; Fred: 5:29 Also participating in this event were:
May 30/10: Results from BC Elementary Championships May 27/10: Story on Shai-Anne Davis in May 27, 2010 Province newspaper: www.theprovince.com/Davis+racing+record+book/3076707/story.html May 21/10: The entry deadline for the BC Elementary T&F Champs has been extended to midnight Monday, May 24th. There will be no entries accepted after that date and there will be no day of event entries accepted. May 21/10: New schedule and hotel information for Review Kajaks International Track Classic (July 9) May 17/10: 2010 RICHMOND SPORTS AWARDS: HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE - Shai-Ann Davis, Track and Field MASTER MALE - Fred Pawluk, Track and Field MASTER FEMALE - Gwen McFarlan, Track and Field JUNIOR MALE - Angus Taylor, Track and Field JUNIOR FEMALE - Heather Warwick, Track and Field SENIOR FEMALE - Jennifer Joyce, Track and Field 
May 17/10: Run Inn Sale at BC Elementary Championships! The Run Inn has track spikes in stock for any coaches who may want to purchase product early for their schools. They are also having a sale on footwear from Nike, Adidas, Brooks, Saucony, Asics, Mizuno and New Balance. They will also have a selection of footwear and apparel on sale at the meet at 50% off or more. See BCEC page for more details. May 12/10: Online registration is now open for Richmond Olympic Oval 10k May 10/10: The crew that worked the Kajaks Spring Meet would like
to send out a heart-felt thanks to all the athletes, parents and
coaches who were very gracious given the difficulties we
encountered with some of the track events. We worked as best we
could through a series of difficult situations. May 6/10: "Out in front and ahead of her time" - Province story on Katie Reid: www.theprovince.com/sports/front+ahead+time/2993392/story.html April 28/10: more updates to Kajaks Spring meet:
April 26/10: more updates to Kajaks Spring meet: Youth Boys/Girls - 300mH #34 & #36 April 19/10: Updates to Kajaks Spring Meet events: Please note corrections to the Midget Boys/Girls track events - #7, #10 - 1200m, #32, #33 - 200mH, #68, #71 - 2000m, #74, #77 - 300m. Updated info posted on event page. April 14/10: Track
Rascals 2010: Track Rascals program for ages 6 – 8 based
on Athletics Canada's Run, Jump, Throw. April 19 to May 26, 2010,
Mondays & Wednesdays 6:45 to 7:30, Minoru Track, Richmond,
B.C. April 9/10: updated Meet Information for Kajaks Spring Meet (PDF) - Use this file for reference until further notice April 1/10: Kajaks Spring Meet and BC Summer Games Zone 4 Trials, May 8: formerly Kajaks High School Meet - details and schedule March 29/10: Kajaks in the media - Shai Davis, Richmond
Review: March 17/10: Details for the Richmond Olympic Oval 10km Race on August 15 are now available here. February 9/10: Kajaks thrower Lauren Stuart is a finalist for the 44th Annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards presented by Telus. She is one of three finalists in the category of High School Female Athlete of the Year. See BC Athletics website for more information. http://bcathletics.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/44th-annual-sport-bc-athlete-of-the$ Lauren was the first athlete for many years to sweep all three throws events at the BC High School Championships last year. She also won the Outstanding Female Performer award at that meet. 
February 9/10: Now that the Minoru track and surrounding sports fields have been taken over and transformed for the Olympic O-Zone celebrations, our training groups are practising at other locations, such as UBC and Surrey. The Kajaks throwers were the last group to relocate. Picture at right shows them at Minoru last weekend. February 9/10: The Kajaks AGM took place February 3rd. Head coach Richard Collier reported on a very successful year for our athletes. Reports were also presented by Club Treasurer Bob Cheng and Registrar Susan Henderson. Susan said that new singlets, track suits, bags and other items in the club colours will be available soon. Club President Fred Pawluk outlined the main challenges facing the new Board. These are increasing the club membership, and the areas of marketing and publicity for the club. A Track Rascals program for kids aged 6-9 will be starting this spring, run by two of our Masters athletes. The lucky winner of the draw for two Long-Track Olympic tickets was Paul Brar. February 9/10: Two Kajaks athletes won BC Athletics Athlete of the Year Awards for 2009. Nicholas Fyffe won the Midget 15 Male category, and Shai Davis was one of two recipients of the Youth Female award category. Nick Fyffe broke the Legion games Triple Jump record, and Shai Davis had many outstanding perfomances, including competing in the World Youth Games. Four of our athletes were finalists for these awards. They were Emmalynne MacCorquodale (Junior Female), Angus Taylor and Evan Dunfee (Junior Male), and Jennifer Joyce (Senior Female). February 1/10: JD Training Schedule updated for Spring 2010. January 27/10: Date confirmed for Kajaks International Track Classic: July 9, 2010. Event list posted. KAJAKS 2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICEWednesday, February 3, 2010 – 7:30 pm The meeting will be held at the same location as last year: The Common Room of Benryk Mews Housing Co-op Parking: you can park in any stall marked “visitor” or on
Bennett Road Kajaks will also be holding a raffle for two tickets to the Olympic Long Track Speed Skating at the Richmond Oval on February 18th at 1:00 pm. Raffle tickets will cost $20 each.In order to participate in this raffle, you must be a current member of Kajaks and you must be in attendance at the Annual General Meeting on February 3rd.January 24/10: 2010 Board Meeting dates are now posted. January 17/10: Results from Ice-Breaker 8k are now available: Overall | Age Groups |