Category — announcements

Well, it’s been a week and I want to let everyone know that I’m still excited about the fact that I volunteered to take over as President of the Board for the SAA. If you’re a new member or if we haven’t had a chance to chat in a while, please come up say, “Hi!” I invite you to do the same with our new board. You can find the updated contact information for our new and returning board members here.

In thinking about my new role with the club, I realize that I’m going to need your help. There are many ways that you can contribute to the club: by volunteering as group leader, by helping out at club events, and more. If you’ve more ideas about how you can help, please let me know!

Along these lines, there is a great opportunity coming up in Richmond that I’d like to let everyone know about. Our very own Coach Tracey is hosting the Community Coaching Course offered by TriBC (this course is a requirement for all of our volunteer leaders). I’ve taken this course and can recommend it highly – especially with a great facilitator like Tracey!

TriBC Community Coaching Course

from: http://www.tribc.org/coaching-development

• Community Sport – Richmond
• Date: Contact Tracey for details
• Location: Richmond – South Arm Community Centre
• Facilitator: Tracey Shelley
• Cost: $125.00-Triathlon BC Members only rate

Registration:

• Download PDF Registration form HERE
• Download WORD Registration form HERE

Coach Tracey’s SAA/SDTC Annual Swim Video Party!

Come and join your fellow swim stars at a viewing party on Friday, February 17!  This will be a potluck dinner event with good food, great people and awesome swimming footage!

Where:             Fort LaPorte (Mike & Michelle’s), 11200 Sixth Ave., Richmond (Corner of Regent and Sixth)

When:              Dinner 6 pm – 7 pm Video analysis: 7 pm – 8:30 pm

What to bring:        A dish for the potluck and a notebook if you wish to take notes on what,Coach Tracey says about yours and others’ strokes

What else:     Families are welcome, though swim team children are asked to refrain from cheeky comments and jeering when viewing their parents 

Please RSVP to Michelle so that she knows how many plates and chairs to set out: michelle@thesaa.ca

There is an allergy PDF form called: This dish contains. If you are bringing a dish, please fill in any ingredients which are on the form.

Today was the 23^rd annual running of the “First Half” half marathon, and the SAA was very well represented, and there were some fantastic results earned!

In no particular order we’d like to congratulate: Pat, Joel, Colin R, Benji, Carmen, Doug H, Marinus, Tanya, Joanne R, Jan F, Les, Susan G, Rob H, Michelle H, Erin L, Brian F, Dan, Andrew S, Mark P, Russell, Tammi, Jen, Suzy, Rob B, Carrie, Nicole, Ellen, and George. If I missed anyone, my apologies, and please let me know.  Well done, everyone!

Barton was also up in the Okanagon this past weekend skiing the Nickel Plate Loppet at Apex near Penticton (see www.nickelplatenordic.org).  This is a 30 km cross-country ski race using the classic technique.  Well done, Barton!

At the request of our coach Tracey, those attending swimming this Friday February 10th, make sure you bring a pair of medium length socks – not knee highs and not ankle one

If you took part in the video analysis, please bring a USB flash drive / memory stick with your name on it to swimming this Friday Feb 10th  so that coach Tracey can copy your files and return it to you.

Did you leave your Lululemon Convertible Mittens (gloves with magnetic mitten covers) at the SAA AGM on Sunday? If so, e-mail me at director@thesaa.ca to make arrangements for their return.

The new uniform designn was unveiled at the AGM with a fitting session to determine sizes for the upcoming order. If you would like to order cycling, triathlon or running items, please have a look through the attached summary of items available from Champion Systems, which includes a description and price (not including taxes). Also attached is the order form, please fill in your name, the items, size, etc you wish to order and send back to stephen@thesaa.ca Orders are due by Friday May 11th. If you have any questions about the items, sizing etc, please don’t hesitate to ask (stephen@thesaa.ca). Payment will be due when the order arrives in approximately 6-8 weeks.

Summary of items available can be found here: SAA uniform items
Order form can be found here: SAA-Uniform-Order-Form – Template

At the AGM, we said, “Thank-You!” to all of the board members who have served the club over the past year.  On behalf of all members of the club, we also presented Stephen and Susan with thank-you gifts in recognition of their contributions.

Thank-you Stephen and Susan!

The SAA AGM was held today with almost 40 members in attendance. A special thanks to our club sponsors; Dave’s Fish & Chips, Precision Health, Popeye’s Supplements Richmond, Aqua Sphere, Discrete Renovations, Finish Line Coaching, Niemi LaPorte & Dowle Appraisals Ltd, The Run Inn, Speed Theory and to Triathlon BC for the great door prizes.

The SAA Charity Committee, represented by Michelle LaPorte, was on hand to present the SAA Charity Fund recipients: KidSport Richmond, BC Cancer Foundation via Run Inn the Woods Event, and Richmond Pathways Clubhouse. The SAA donated a total of $5000 to the three well deserving charities which were nominated by SAA members.

The new SAA Board of Directors were elected as:
President – Joanne Fox
Vice President – Marinus Waterberg
Treasurer – Linda Hilts
Secretary – Ann Hayes
Directors at Large – Rob Herron, Michelle LaPorte & Erin Lee
Past President – Stephen Ptucha

A big THANK YOUto the past Board for their hardwork and welcome to the new Board!!

The new uniforms were unveiled which will be detailed in another post along with uniform ordering information.

Don’t forget the AGM this Sunday at 8:30am

- raffle prizes
- elections
- uniform unveiling
- refreshments & uniform sizing session (post run)

Agenda can be found here: SAA_2012_AGM_Agenda