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The Richmond Kajaks Track and Field Club is both a recreational and high
performance level club based in Richmond, BC, Canada with over 200 members—ranging from elementary school
athletes to masters (35+ years) athletes. Click
here to read our Vision Statement.
Our club hosts a number of
quality meets and races throughout the year, giving all athletes
the opportunity to test themselves in competition, while raising
the funds necessary to maintain the high level of coaching and
support Kajaks is known for.
We look forward to meeting you—find out how
you can become a member today!
| Club News |
updated November 14, 2008 |
November 14/08: Race Info posted for 2009
Ice-Breaker 8k, taking place February 1st. Registration
is open now!
November 10/08: Results
are now posted (PDF file) for the BC Elementary &
Junior High Schools Cross Country Meet
November 1/08: Rachel Ruus finished 2nd in the TransCanada
Run with the Champions Timex Series Finale 10k road race
(Ottawa, Oct 18th) with a time of 36:44.6, and helped the BC Team
to a second place finish. She also won the Women's division of the
Royal Victoria 8k road race on October 12th (Victoria, BC)
with a time of 28:39. Way to go, Rachel!
At the BC Cross Country Championships (Stanley Park,
October 25th) Rachel Ruus was our only female athlete,
coming in 7th in the Senior Women's 6km race in a time of 23:18.4.
In the Masters Men 8K race, Steve Hosford M55 finished
15th in 32:29.9; Fred Pawluk M60 25th in 35:53.4; and George
Agnew M65 finished in 55:19.4. Jeff Schiebler M35, a
former long-time Kajaks international athlete, finished in 2nd
place in 28:18.4.
Evan Dunfee, competing for UBC, finished in 10th place
in the Junior Men's 7km race in a time of 23.53.1, and Gurjot
Bal (Juvenile Men) put in a solid run over 7km to finish in
14th place in 26:04.1.
Two of our JD athletes were also racing, both running 2km. They
were Christopher Gaio (M12) finishing 5th in 6:29.1, and Connor
Forsythe (M11) 14th in 7:09.9. Christopher Gaio took
2nd place overall in the JD Lower Mainland Cross Country Series
with 78 points, and Connor Forsythe finished 8th with 55
points.
October 30/08: 2009 Club Membership
Application form now available.
Previous news is archived - click here to read.
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