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Kajaks Junior Development & Youth (15 yrs)

This page has been written to provide useful information to Kajaks Junior Development and Youth athletes & their parents and to give recognition to the achievements of these athletes. Any suggestions for further information that you would like to see included will be gratefully received. Please report any omissions/errors to the author of this page by e-mail at .

Junior Development athletes are aged between 9 and 14 as of December 31st of the current year. Youth athletes are 15 as of December 31st of the current year. The Kajaks JDs/Youth follow the BC Athletics Junior Development program. Information on this is available on the BC Athletics website.

Training Times

9-12 year olds:

Season Time Location
Indoor
(Jan-Mar)
Mondays & Wednesdays
6:00-7:30pm
Donald E. MacKay Elementary School
7360 Lombard Road, Richmond, BC
Outdoor
(Mar-Jul)
Mondays & Wednesdays
6:00-7:30pm
Clement Track
Cross Country
(Sep-Oct)
Mondays & Wednesdays
6:00-7:00pm
Clement Track

Notes for 2010:

Indoor training program runs January 11 to March 17 inclusive. There will be no practices the week of Spring Break. Outdoor practices begin March 29.

For more information contact Vicky Forsyth, JD Coordinator at vickyforsyth@shaw.ca

Seasonal schedule:

  • Indoor training (in school gyms booked by the club) January to mid March / Spring Break
  • Outdoor training after Spring Break to end of July
  • Cross Country training September to end of October

The 9-12 year old age group trains together for some skills and will break into smaller groups for other training. This age group is encouraged to learn the skills for all the events, then once they reach high school age, they may decide to concentrate on fewer events.

13-15 year olds:

Group Time Location Coach Phone
Distance Call for days/times   TBA  
Throws Mon-Fri 5:00pm, Sat 9:00am Clement Track Peter Taylor, Manjit Bhandal 604 271-0851
Triple/Long Jumps/Sprints Tue.& Thur. 6:00pm, Sun. 1:00pm Clement Track Byron Jack 604 341-5879
High Jump Wed. 5:30pm Sun. 1:00pm Clement Track Sarah McDiarmid 604 885-3777
Sprints/Hurdles Sat. 3:00pm Clement Track Ken Johns 604-275-0708

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Kajaks JD Awards

To be eligible for a "Kajaks Junior Development" award, an athlete must have competed for Kajaks in at least three of the recognized BC Athletics JD track meets during the year and have met at least one age achievement standard as set out in the tables (PDF).

To be eligible for a "Kajaks Junior Development Outstanding" award, an athlete must have consistently placed first in his or her discipline in ALL of the recognized BC Athletics JD track meets attended (minimum 5) during the year and /or obtained a BC Athletics Top Ten Performance.

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JD Crests

Kajaks decided to order Crests from the BC Athletics Association for the first time this year, in order to recognize the hard work and achievement of more of our JD Athletes. Some (especially the younger ones) are not able to achieve the standards needed for the Kajaks JD Awards, and it was felt that this program would encourage them to continue in the sport.

See the JD Manual on the BC Athletics website for an explanation of how the program works.

See 2007 JD awards page for previous winners.

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