Take some time out of your busy schedule to treat yourself to an evening of shopping, appetizers and cheer Speed Theory style.

Speed Theory proudly presents:

Ladies Night
Monday March 5, 2012
6pm – 8pm
2616 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver
25% off all ladies clothing and wetsuits
15% off accessories
10% off electronics in stock
Great Door Prizes

Do you know any young athletes who would like to try triathlon and have fun at a free clinic in Richmond on March 25th? Triathlon BC is hosting a free, introductory 5-hour sport Clinic, facilitated by certified coaches and aimed at youth between the ages of 8 and 16.

Download the : Triathlon BC is visiting Richmond Poster

Congratulations and well done to Mary Battell and Joanne Fox (with a new PB!) who raced in the Historic Half this weekend.

February 5, 2012

The Steveston Athletic Association completed their Charity Fund selection for this past year and KidSport Richmond was one of three charities selected. KidSport Richmond Chairperson, Terry Kehoe, receives a donation of $1,6667.00 from The Steveston Athletic Association President, Stephen Ptucha, at their annual AGM.

On behalf of our members, families and children that we represent we want to thank the SAA for their most generous donation and their continued support of KidSport Richmond. The funds received today from the SAA will go directly to benefit children and families, in financial need, and to offer them the opportunity to participate in the sport of their choice – So All Kids Can Play!

KidSport Richmond is affiliated with Richmond Sport Council

For those who did not receive Tracey’s e-mail regarding flip turns, please watch the following video on how to do them well.

TURNS/WALLS – Far-Hands Flip Turn from Glenn Mills on Vimeo.

Read the rest of the article here:
http://www.goswim.tv/entries/4042/freestyle-flip-turn—far-hands-flip-turn.html

SAA Member, Joanne Rooney, is blogging for the Province newspaper as part of their marathon training team.  Check out her latest post!

How am I able to do this?

To accomplish something as time-consuming as a marathon or an Ironman, a person cannot possibly do all that is needed on their own.  In this post I will share with you the people who are helping me on this journey.… Continue reading →

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.