Kids Program Extended All Year Long!
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Last year the Boardwalk RC started a pilot project to get more youth involved in track and field. This year it's back and better then before. Club shirts have arrived, Athletics Canada accreditation received, track meets are set up, coaches have planned workouts, everything is underway. All thats left is the running!
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35th annual Longboat road races
September 8th, 2013 A favourite race of the Boardwalk running crew. This years edition boasted 1500 entrants, and provided another year of great results, times and a boatload of hardware that almost sunk the ferry on the return trip from the island! 5K results: 6th place, Jimmy Semes 18:12, (1st M35-39) 7th place, Mark Duff 18:17, (2nd M50-54) 13th place, Norton Woo 19:03, (1st in team category) 15th place, Glenn Duncan 19:09, (1st M40-44) 22nd place, Cameron Woo 19:39, (1st in team category) 25th place, Tanya Sakharov 20:03, (2nd overall, 1st F30-34) 81st place, Tom Switzer 24:32, (2nd M60-64) 92nd place, Caroline Simmons 25:09, (3rd F40-49) 94st place, Maria Weber 25:15, (2nd F50-54) 104st place, Justin Woo 25:50, (1st in team category) 169th place, Tristan Woo 28:34, (1st in team category) 10K results: 7th place, Bill Bentley 35:56, (2nd M30-34) complete results can be found here *5K results have been adjusted from original to include runners from team category. |
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2013 Ontario Masters Championships
July 6-7, 2013
The Boardwalk RC sent two of their veteran athletes to compete in the 2013 edition of the Ontario Masters Championships. Mark Duff was representing the Mens 50 category, and Jimmy Semes was representing the Mens 30 category. Both Men were looking to build on last years successes. In 2012, Jimmy won gold in the 3000m steeplechase, and the 1500m last year, while Mark walked away with a silver for his efforts in the 1500m.
This year both men competed in new events. Jimmy contested a very hot and humid 5000m on the track and finished in a well paced time of 18:15, which was enough to secure gold.
Both Mark and Jimmy ran in the 800m later in the afternoon. Mark ran first in heat three, against some great competition. He knew it was always going to be a race for bronze with James Earl. The two men fought nearly side by side for the entire two laps, but Mark Duff did well to use all the training he's put in, to take Earl to a speed he could not match. Duff rose to the occasion and took his place on the podium.
Semes was nearly a scratch after his 5000m effort, but decided to race, and use the 800m race tactics he's been employing with the kids he coaches. He started slowly, and sat near the back of the race for the first lap which he ran in 65, he moved up slowly at 500m, took 4th place at 600m, and timed his sprint to beat out Kevin Farr, a runner he has never beat, by a slim .03 second margin. 2:13.17 to 2:13.20. Jimmy took home his second provincial medal, this time a silver.
The 2013 Canadian Masters Championships will be in Regina this year. So far, no members of the Boardwalk RC have committed to running.
July 6-7, 2013
The Boardwalk RC sent two of their veteran athletes to compete in the 2013 edition of the Ontario Masters Championships. Mark Duff was representing the Mens 50 category, and Jimmy Semes was representing the Mens 30 category. Both Men were looking to build on last years successes. In 2012, Jimmy won gold in the 3000m steeplechase, and the 1500m last year, while Mark walked away with a silver for his efforts in the 1500m.
This year both men competed in new events. Jimmy contested a very hot and humid 5000m on the track and finished in a well paced time of 18:15, which was enough to secure gold.
Both Mark and Jimmy ran in the 800m later in the afternoon. Mark ran first in heat three, against some great competition. He knew it was always going to be a race for bronze with James Earl. The two men fought nearly side by side for the entire two laps, but Mark Duff did well to use all the training he's put in, to take Earl to a speed he could not match. Duff rose to the occasion and took his place on the podium.
Semes was nearly a scratch after his 5000m effort, but decided to race, and use the 800m race tactics he's been employing with the kids he coaches. He started slowly, and sat near the back of the race for the first lap which he ran in 65, he moved up slowly at 500m, took 4th place at 600m, and timed his sprint to beat out Kevin Farr, a runner he has never beat, by a slim .03 second margin. 2:13.17 to 2:13.20. Jimmy took home his second provincial medal, this time a silver.
The 2013 Canadian Masters Championships will be in Regina this year. So far, no members of the Boardwalk RC have committed to running.
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12 yr old Bantam Cameron Woo runs 39:08 at Sporting Life 10Km!
May 12, 2013 Bantam Boardwalk RC athlete Cameron Woo has been on a roll of late. He broke the 20 min. barrier in the 5k in April at the Beaches Spring Sprint for the first time in his career, then he followed that effort up with a 4th place overall finish at the Game of Life 10k. Today, Cameron has conquered another barrier by running under 40 min in the Sporting Life 10k. Cameron is excited to continue training this summer with the club, and list lowering his 1500m time this summer as his main goal. |
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Team Semes takes down Team Duff!
Apr 6, 2013
Seeing as it is on our home turf, the Boardwalk, most members of the club competed at the 26th annual Beaches Spring Sprint. Keeping with Tradition, the Boardwalk Rc split their team in two. Team Duff squared off against team Semes. Teams were divided by the master himself, Al Baigent (who never seems to be on a losing team). Team Semes won this years battle led by fast newcomer Jason Skilacorn in 17:18, results can be found here.
Apr 6, 2013
Seeing as it is on our home turf, the Boardwalk, most members of the club competed at the 26th annual Beaches Spring Sprint. Keeping with Tradition, the Boardwalk Rc split their team in two. Team Duff squared off against team Semes. Teams were divided by the master himself, Al Baigent (who never seems to be on a losing team). Team Semes won this years battle led by fast newcomer Jason Skilacorn in 17:18, results can be found here.
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