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Volume 5, Issue 2 2008

2008 Ontario SummerGames Rundown

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Executive DirectorJim Crosscombe 416 426 [email protected]

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Manager, High Performance Brendan Arnold 416 426 [email protected]

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4 Executive Director’s Message5 This N’ That6 Coach’s Corner8 2008 Ontario Summer Games11 Ontario Youth Cup Recap14 ERA Bikefest15 Road Race Reports14 Cyclo-cross racing

Cover photo of Sheila Morris by phunkt.comAbove: Derek Zandstra celebrating Cross CountryProvincial and Series Title

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16 Ten Questions 18 2008 Provincial O-Cup Series

Final Weekend19 Mountainview Cycling Club20 Following an Ontario cyclist21 Crank the Shield22 Retread

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We are again at that transition time of year when most cyclists have finished racing forthe year. Of course there are a few who have not put away their cycling shoes as crossseason is in full swing. There is lots of fall racing for those that want to get out on the

skinny tires and dance with the leaves!The office staff is working to catch up with the last few items from the summer, grab a few well-

earned days off and begin preparations for the 2009 season. The summer saw a lot of activity onthe local scene with our members competing around the province at many great events. It was asummer of firsts; the 50th anniversary of the Tour di Via Italia, Road Provincials in Elliot Lake,Mountain Bike Provincials at Mountainview in Midland and last but not least DH Provincials atCamp Fortune with a FQSC and OCA sanction!! The return of road cycling to downtownToronto was also an important addition to the calendar. In the BMX world we saw the return ofa UCI race to Kingston and in September a major race on a supercross style track brought Prosfrom around the world. Ontario even had its first mountain bike stage race in Haliburton withCrank the Shield.

Athletes from all over the province met in Ottawa for the Ontario Summer Games with teamstravelling from as far away as Thunder Bay and Timmins to participate. The Mountain Bikeevents were held at Camp Fortune and the BMX in Kingston. Once again the introduction tomajor multi-sport games proved an inspiration to the athletes in attendance. On the Nationalscene Ontario athletes were second to none. There were excellent results in all disciplines for allage groups at the various national championships. Congratulations to all of the athletes on theirachievements.

One of the OCA’s priorities over the last two seasons has been to provide road cycling oppor-tunities for youth around the province. As a result of a number of clubs stepping up we now havea pool of 65 young athletes competing in our youth focused racing series. A number of organiz-ers have also helped facilitate dedicated youth racing opportunities. Through a unique partner-ship with the City of Toronto, local police and community groups the OCA again organized theTour of University Heights. This race was also the final race in the youth series. The winner ofthe race became the “Youth Champion” for their respective age categories. For the first time weincluded an open race as a showcase event for the day. Special thanks to the volunteers, OCAstaff, board members and team Ontario athletes. A special part of the day is introducing youthfrom around Toronto to road cycling. Through a number of community groups, the participantsare identified, receive bike skill training and basic race skills. The youth and their leaders thenparticipate in a race geared to their introductory skills. A number of the participating youth haveshown real interest in racing and for next year we hope that a team will form and compete in moreraces in the youth series.

As this is planning and meeting time for the OCA if you have any ideas or suggestions pleasedo not hesitate to write them down and send them off to myself or to our board of directors.

Yours in CyclingJim Crosscombe

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Where did the Summer Go?



THIS ’n THAT

2008 Road Ontario Cup Final StandingsFor complete results visit the race result section at www.ontariocycling.org

CADET WOMENPlace Name Team Total 1 BIETOLA, Laura 3 ROX RACING 1852 Laplante-Lamarche, Florence OTTAWA BICYCLE CLUB 1113 BROOKS, Cayley ARROW RACING 57

JUNIOR WOMENPlace Name Team Total 1 RUBY, Krista LA BICICLETTA / J. LINDEBERG 2482 SPITTLEHOUSE, Katie THE CYCLEPATH THUNDER BAY 1313 BESTER, Stephanie COACH CHRIS.CA / TED VELIKONJA 124

ELITE 1&2 WOMENPlace Name Team Total 1 COLLINS, Merrill LA BICICLETTA / J. LINDEBERG 1702 LOGAN, Heather COACH CHRIS.CA / TED VELIKONJA 1413 CARTMILL, Carrie CYCLE SOLUTIONS/ANGRY JOHNNY'S 119

CADET MENPlace Name Team Total 1 GALLO, Matthew MAZURCOACHING.COM 1902 DICKENSON, Trevor COACH CHRIS.CA / TED VELIKONJA 1683 KING, Jason CYCLEPATH OAKVILLE 147

JUNIOR MENPlace Name Team Total 1 DAL-CIN, Matteo EURO-SPORTS.CA/ FOODERY CYCLING 1782 CORNEL, Logan EURO-SPORTS.CA/ FOODERY CYCLING 1623 MASSICOTTE, Kevin CYCLEPATH MARKHAM 160

ELITE 1&2 MENPlace Name Team Total 1 SCHILLER, Jeffery LONDON HONDA-WESTHAVEN HOMES 1202 IVEY, Derrek MAZURCOACHING.COM 993 ROTH, Ryan TEAM R.A.C.E. PRO 95

DH Season Re-capBy: Pete Appleton

Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep, Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.

That sound has become very familiar in Ontario as of late. What isthat sound you ask? Well, that is the sound of the countdown theTag Heuer Timing system gives you as you’re about to launch intoyour Ontario Cup Downhill race run.

This year Sirbikealot Racing and the OCA introduced somethingspecial to DH racing in Ontario, the Minime class. This classallowed 13 and 14 year olds to race downhill for the first timeever, and what a success it has been! The OCA and SirbikealotRacing had contemplated this move for a couple seasons now andwith some new safety rules in place, 2008 was the year. TheMinime class alone saw over 40 different riders this season andcrowned Graeme Duff as the first ever Minime ProvincialChampion.

The 2008 season proved to be the most successful in thehistory of Ontario DH racing with overall attendance smashing pre-vious records, even with 4 of 5 races being drenched with rain (attimes even lightning storms shut down the race for half an hour).Brand new courses were built at almost every single event this yearwhich made sure that everyone had something to train hard forand nobody could just show up and go into cruise control. Severalcourse build days were put on a few weeks ahead of a few eventsand record numbers of amazing volunteers showed up to helpbuild not only the course, but the downhill community! It is amaz-ing what can be done in even just a day when 30 or 40 guys andgirls are armed with shovels, axes and wheelbarrows.

At the races the Cadet and Junior age groups continue to bringin record numbers of riders with over 50 to 60 riders per categoryat every race. It was only 5 or 6 years back when we were strug-gling to get more than 6 or 7 cadet riders out at a race. ManyOntario teams have started to bring in younger riders to theirsquads with the senior and veteran riders giving them plenty ofadvice both on and off the course. This mentorship keeps thedesire to succeed strong and ensures that DH racing will bearound for a long, long time to come in Ontario.

We couldn’t do this without the support of the OCA, CycleSolutions, Commençal bikes, Norco, Kenda, Titec, Allan Hawley, ProPatrol, Lee Allan, Krishna Somers and many other amazingsponsors.

2009 is bound to be another banner year; we hope to see youthere!

Junior WomenProvincialRoad RaceChampions.First- DeniseRamsden,Second- KristaRuby, Third-KatieSpittlehouse

Justin Brownon his way tobecomingProvincialChampion.

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COACH’S CORNER BY: Kev in S imms Team Ontar io MTB-XC Coach

Ah, Provincial Championships… ‘tis the season! Ahint of cooler temperatures, a chance to see who haslegs left on the final laps and hopefully walk awaywith some shwag. As a competitive cyclist, whetheryou are racing track, road, MTB, BMX or even your oldschool ‘Big Wheel’, looking back on your race seasonhas many benefits to improved cycling.

We all know this time of year we enter the wel-comed ‘Transition’ phase of our cycling season. Thatpoint where coaches get athletes to take time ‘off thebike’ and get some well deserved rest after a busyseason. I am telling you right now, my transition willinvolve getting in the last few days of wakeboardingbefore the waters of Lake Simcoe turn too icy to war-rant the dip.

Looking back about 4 years ago, I had a fantasticopportunity to attend a cycling conference whereJoe Friel (Cyclist Training Bible author) was thekeynote speaker. The title of his speech was “Top25 Lessons Learned in 25 Years”. Now, I am only inmy 10th year of coaching cyclists and by no meanswant to compare myself to a legend such as Joe.However, since that experience, I have adopted theroutine of always reflectively learning from the pastseason in order to gain knowledge for future pur-suits. Although 2009 seems a snowboard seasonaway, these early fall months are a great time topull out your training plan, results sheets and yourfeedback journal. With those in mind, it is a per-

fect place to make your own list of ‘Lesson’sLearned’. Here is my TOP 10 list for your perusal:

#10. TESTING – I have 5 different ‘test rides’ that Iuse around my house. I use these rides as a meas-ure of my cycling fitness. They vary from TT to sprintsto climbs. Using a simple Polar Heart Rate monitor, Irecord a time value, an average HR and a PerceivedLevel of Exertion for these rides. Athletes who usePower to test will have a more accurate record ofprogress throughout the season. Regardless of thetechnological capability of your recording device,results tell the tale of your season’s Hi’s and Low’s.Results will show consistency, as well as changes infitness and physiology.

#9. RECOVERY – Its funny thinking of analyzinghow much ‘rest’ I took? In reality, research shows thatovertraining is a huge factor in decreased perform-ance. This may not be the actual ‘number of restdays’, rather I like to look at cross training, variety incycling events and even pure ‘gone to the beach’ holi-days. When I access the accuracy of rest, certainlythe rest day ‘red flags’ go up when I see training relat-ed injuries. Rest is equally as important as any otherphysiological component to your training.

#8. PHYSIOLOGY – When I worked under the for-mer provincial coach, he encouraged me to alwaysread and learn about physiology. At the end of everyseason, I like to look back and affirm that I havelearned something new about my own physiology. As

the seasons accumulate, your understanding of physi-ology will grow and directly improve your cycling. Nowthat I am a Master level athlete, with all this infoswirling around in my brain, I wish I could go backand have another go on the Elite Men’s MTB-XC cir-cuit. How close would I be to Derek Zandstra?

#7. BAD RESULT – Everybody likes to forget aboutthese, right? Still, the ‘hindsight philosophy’ can beextremely valuable to a cyclist. If you identify a badresult and dissect it, you may find that it is easier tocategorize the issue – whether it is nutritional, techni-cal or even something as simple as your pre-racewarm up. Surprisingly, you tend to learn MORE from abad result than a good one.

#6. SICKNESS – We all ‘hate’ getting the sniffles inthe middle of a training block. Not only are our bod-ies taking a hit, there is the added anxiety of not com-pleting the prescribed training from my coach!Sickness in a training sequence can directly identify afew of things: 1) possibly periods where trainingloads may have been too high; 2) possibly where trav-el to/from scheduled races may have impacted theimmune system; and 3) possibly the number of restdays in between intensity rides have been too limited.Bottom line… Sickness Sucks! Listen to your body!

#5. FAVORITE WORKOUTS – I look forward to my‘debrief’ chat with athletes at the end of the sea-son. I especially like asking the question, “Whatwere your all time favorite workouts this year?”There is always a big grin in the athletes’ face asthey take you back to place and time for thatfavorite workout. I must remember to video thatsequence of my debrief as it serves as a building

Lessons Learned

THIS ’n THAT 2008 XC Ontario Cup Final Standings

For complete results visit the race result section at www.ontariocycling.org

CADET + JUNIOR (15-18) EXPERT FEMALEPlace Name Club/Team Best 5/71 OLDCORN, Natasha Jet Power / Epic Ride 1222 BIETOLA, Laura 3 Rox Racing 1093 BROOKS, Cayley Arrow Racing 109

CADET (15-16) EXPERT MALE1 BAILEY, Mitchell Jet Power / Epic Ride 1252 MATTHEWS, Bretton Mountainview Cycling Club 1073 WAGLER, Preston Two Wheel Express 102

JUNIOR (17-18) EXPERT MALE1 WAGLER, Tyson Two Wheel Express 1252 HUGHES, Zachary The Hub Bicycle Club 1123 EVERIST, Christopher 3 Rox Racing 100

SENIOR ELITE MALE1 ZANDSTRA, Derek 3 Rox Racing 1252 MORKA, Adam 3 Rox Racing 1043 WATSON, Andrew Barrie Cycling Club 101

SENIOR ELITE FEMALE1 BATTY, Emily Trek Bicycle Store Team 1222 SIN, Amanda 3 Rox Racing 1163 VIPOND, Catherine Norco-Evolution Team 101

2008 DH CLUB CHALLENGE POINTS1 CYCLE SOLUTIONS/ANGRY JOHNNY'S RACING 13812 POISONFROG.CA 9943 UBIKETV.COM 7824 IMPALA BICYCLES 5235 FH RACING 4856 KAMIKAZE RACING 2867 PRIMARY-DEVINCI 2818 SWEET PETE'S 1549 NORCO - EVOLUTION TEAM 14910 JAMIES/BIKEZONE TEAM 135

2008 XC CLUB CHALLENGE POINTS1 CYCLE SOLUTIONS/ANGRY JOHNNY'S RACING 26412 HB CYCLING CLUB 23353 ARROW RACING 17354 TEAM HARDWOOD CYCLING AND SKI CLUB 16935 TEAM SPOKE O'MOTION 14856 MOUNTAINVIEW CYCLING CLUB 14447 TREK BICYCLE STORE TEAM 14058 LAPDOGS CYCLING CLUB 11269 THE HUB BICYCLE CLUB 94410 TRUE NORTH CYCLES 941

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same great trails.Come and take a look at our

exciting renovationsunderway all summer!

Hardwood Ski and Bike - your place toride this summer!

For more info on events, programs andriding go to: www.hardwoodhills.ca

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Open 9-5 weekdays8:30 to 6 weekends until September

Until 9 pm on Wednesday nights for ourWednesday Night race series.

platform for next year’s training plan!#4. CORE TRAINING – Did you know … It really

doesn’t matter how much Potential Power you haveto push those pedals! In reality, its how strongthose iddy bitty ‘stabilizer muscles’ are! Core train-ing is essential for cyclists. A strengthened Corereleases Potential Power. Ask yourself; “How muchtime did I dedicate to the dreaded CORE?” For me,I have Heather! She has a Pilates background,coupled with incredible biomechanical knowledge,allowing her to prescribe exercises which isolatethose cycling specific stabilizers. As you look back,if you don’t see a ‘Heather’ in your season, go findone for 2009.

#3. CONSISTENCY – If an athlete could consis-tently get 5% better every season, would they meetall their cycling goals? This is no doubt a Blogtopic but also inspires a look at our own level ofconsistency ‘on the bike’ last season. I am a hugefan of making sure my athlete’s meet consistencygoals before they strive for intensity goals. Have alook for ‘holes’ in your consistency and assess theimpact on your performance. If my 30 min TT is300 watts this year, an application of ‘more consis-tency’ will contribute to 315 watts next year on thesame test.

#2. WHAT HAS WORKED – So much of training is‘sequencing’ or ‘scripting’. The nuts & bolts of train-ing this week are likely to pay true dividends 3-4weeks down the road. As we all know, if multipleweeks of training are combined and blocked appro-priately, we should see improved results for that pri-mary event. I like to look back and assess

‘sequences’. Reflect on the ‘script’ leading into your‘A’ event and assess it effectiveness. For me, if myCycling Peaks Performance Manger Chart shows theappropriate separation between Chronic and Acutetraining loads, I know my script is one to ‘bank’ fornext year.

#1. FUN FACTOR – Finally, I love riding my bike!Ever since my days racing BMX, the fun factor camefrom preparing for race, travelling to new tracks andcompeting against new talent. The #1 reflectivemeasure for me after a season draws to a closeis….the ‘Fun Factor’. The level of fun with familyand friends is essential; make sure your Fun Factoris as high as possible! Thanks to all Team OntarioProject Participants for all the FUN in 2008!

Lucky for me, after hearing Joe Friel’s speechthat night in Virginia four years ago, I ended up at atable sitting beside the man, enjoying the conversa-tion and a cold beverage. As a young coach, Iadded bits and pieces to the conversation butmostly listened in awe. I look forward to anotheropportunity where Joe is in attendance to affirmthat his ‘Lessons Learned’ session has influencedme as a coach and an athlete. For us here inOntario, as the leaves begin to turn color and yourtransition phase starts, I would encourage you toreflect back on your season and establish your ownset of ‘Lessons Learned’. Good Luck in 2009!

SimmerTeam Ontario MTB-XC CoachEarth Adrenalin Coaching Services

Chris Helwig and the Elite Men's Road Team helped Coach Chris.ca/Ted Velikonja score themost road club challenge points.

2008 ROAD CLUB CHALLENGE POINTSPlace Club Total O-Cup Youth

Series1 COACH CHRIS.CA / TED VELIKONJA 1328 1313 152 LA BICICLETTA / J. LINDEBERG 961 903 583 ST. CATHARINES CYCLING CLUB 935 548 3874 MAZURCOACHING.COM 902 902 -5 NEWMARKET EAGLES CYCLING CLUB 679 332 3476 PETERBOROUGH CYCLING CLUB 630 385 2457 OTTAWA BICYCLE CLUB 618 553 658 EURO-SPORTS.CA/ FOODERY CYCLING TEAM 585 585 -9 MIDWEEK CYCLING CLUB 488 483 510 KAWARTHA CYCLING CLUB 424 180 244

2008CYCLING

CELEBRATIONThe OCA invites you to the 9th

Annual Cycling Celebration takingplace once again at Whistlers Grille

in Toronto at 6pm on SaturdayNovember 22. Be sure to come out

and honour the top cyclists, organizers and contributors to thesport in Ontario for this season.

Special Guest:Leigh HobsonCanadian OlympicTeam Member

Tickets:OCA Members 19+ $35.00OCA Members 18- $25.00Non OCA Member $45.00

For more information andtickets check out:

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With the rainy summer we have had, and with the new track rebuild going on inKingston, the OSG BMX competition was looking a little 'weather threatened' when weheaded out to Kingston on August 13th.

Riders by the car load showed up to see a track that was still water logged, too wetto roll and in a new location in Woodbine Park. But were we worried? No way,because we knew that when Track President Todd Harper says it will be done, it will bedone!

The BMX moms made the smart decision to drive their own vehicle to Ottawa forthe Games, and we put all the dads on the bus with 40 loud, excited and totallywound up BMX racers. Don't know about the dads, but all of us moms had a veryrelaxing ride to Ottawa, (I did hear that a lot of Advil was used upon arrival to Ottawaby the dads!) Special thanks go to David Dine from Kingston for setting up the busfor everyone! Cheers Dave!

Upon arrival in Ottawa, riders received their info packages and headed to their resi-dence to check things out. Great accommodation was provided by the University ofOttawa for all that attended. We then got ready to board the buses to the OpeningCeremonies at 6pm. All the chaperones and volunteers thank the athletes for payingattention and being at the bus on time – we only almost left one of you behind!

The Opening Ceremonies were lower key than they were two years ago; a fewspeeches and a balloon release and then back to the residence after waiting patientlyin line for an hour for a bus. And what do we hear when we get back – "we are hun-gry" from every kid! So one large pizza order later, and the kids bedded down for thenight, I did a quick check in with Todd in Kingston – "bleachers are in place, registra-tion is in place, we will be ready". That was a great thing to hear. For some of theseracers it had been three weeks since they had been on a track due to weather andtrack rebuilds.

So after a great breakfast, the moms all got into their vehicles for a nice quiet driveto Kingston and the dads got on the bus with tired, and ready to ride athletes.

We arrived at the track to see a dedicated crew of volunteers helping Todd Harperget the track in race order. And boy did they – unable to roll the track due to it stillbeing moist, the Kingston crew made the best out of a seemingly impossible situa-tion. The kids were getting pumped to ride. After a short delay we started out with theIndividual Time Trials. These were to seed the riders into the Team Relay competitionthat would end the day. Thanks to Canadian Sports Centre Ontario for the use of theirgreat timing equipment! We got about halfway through when our good old summerweather hit, yep, we got rained on AGAIN! But after a 60 minute delay, we were upand running again.

So from Time Trials to Motos, from Motos to Relay, the kids all seemed to have agreat time, and the parents were awesome for cheering and supporting all the riders.

The OCA would like to thank all the officials, chaperones, volunteers and everyonewho made this work under such tough circumstances.

Podium Results:12 BoysGold Braden Wood Kingston BMXSilver RJ Guba Tim DaSilva BMXBronze Liam Clarey Kingston BMX

13 BoysGold Brodie Young Kingston BMXSilver Callum Schaus Saugeen Shores BMXBronze Brock Cruess Kingston BMX

14 BoysGold Corey Walsh Tim DaSilva BMXSilver Jayson MacKinnon Track 2000 BMXBronze Hunter Foster Tim DaSilva BMX

15 BoysGold Austin Harper Kingston BMXSilver Chance Herrington Kingston BMXBronze Brett Coulson Saugeen Shores BMX

16 and overGold Kyle Pearson Tim DaSilva BMXSilver Paul Goebel Kingston BMXBronze Ryan Wright Kingston BMX

GirlsGold Amelia Walsh Tim DaSilva BMXSilver Ashley Kenny Kingston BMXBronze Stephanie Huskamp Track 2000 BMX

TEAM RELAY RESULTS

Gold: North TeamTeam Manager Cathy WalshLiam Clarey, Travis Trach, Corey Walsh, Cole WoodPaul Goebel, Amelia Walsh

Silver: West TeamTeam Manager Don MacKinnonCody McRae, Brock Cruess, Jayson MacKinnon, Austin HarperKyle Pearson, Christine Robichaud

Bronze: South TeamTeam Manager: Mrs. TrachMichael Morris, Brodie Young, Cody ThompsonBrett Coulson, Nathan Abbott, Stephanie Huiskamp

TIME TRIAL RESULTS:12 Boys 13 BoysBraden Wood 40.32 Callum Schaus 39.09Liam Clarey 41.54 Brodie Young 39.60Michael Morris 43.08 Brock Cruess 42.90RJ Guba 43.84 Taylor Aylesworth 43.45Cody McRae 46.72 Brandon Kothe 43.87Scott Thomas 48.16 Travis Trach 45.13

Brad Van DeHogen 45.3814 Boys Nick McKay (crash) 55.39Corey Walsh 38.59Jayson MacKinnon 38.71 15 BoysHunter Foster 39.50 Chance Herrington 37.16Cody Guerin Thompson 41.92 Brett Coulson 38.31Cody Coulson 42.56 Austin Moore 38.72Carter Huffman 43.64 Austin Harper 39.64Justin Gallie 45.96 Cole Wood 41.35

Sterling Evans 41.4916 and over Boys Dylan Evans 41.72Kyle Pearson 35.68Paul Goebel 36.55 GirlsRyan Wright 38.20 Amelia Walsh 41.83Jonathon Babiak 39.54 Ashley Kenny 44.88David Dine 41.02 Christine Robichaud 51.80Kyle Lourenssen 42.19 Stephanie Huiskamp 53.89Nathan Abbott 44.09

It was then onto the individual race competition. Exciting races in all classeswith 1st and 3rd being separated by only inches – many thanks to the greatfinish line crew that kept track of everything.

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MTB By Brendan Arnold

This years Ontario Summer Games were held in Ottawa and included over3500 athletes; this is 500 athletes larger than the Winter Olympics!!

The Ontario Summer Games is the ideal place for young athletes to expe-rience what a multi-sport competition feels like. Some of the things include,opening ceremony, living in a village and travelling on a team bus. The OCAhas continued to use the OSG (Ontario Summer Games) as a step in athletedevelopment and it is a great stepping-stone to the Canada Summer Gamesand hopefully one day a chance to race for Canada on the National stage.

Wednesday – PracticeThe weather at Camp Fortune was nothing short of amazing for all 3 days

of competition, teams started to rock up around 9am ready to test out therocky and fast layout.

In the early session the reviews of the course were awesome and the ath-letes enjoyed some technical terrain that they don’t see too often in Ontario.The session ran nicely and without too many flats!!

Opening CeremonyThe opening ceremony was awesome, 3500 athletes, 2000 spectators,

200 volunteers and over 100 coaches and managers made this a greatspectacle and a great way to kick off the 2008 games. MTB and BMXmarched together into the stadium amongst cheers from their adoring fans. Imean parents (The biggest fans of all). Once the games were opened at9pm it was time to shift the focus to racing and Thursdays competition,which features an Individual Time Trial and a Team Relay.

Day 1 – Time Trial (Morning)The Time Trail was a one lap leg burner measured out at just under 3.5

km, this made for some very fast laps and some exciting competition out on

the course as the men and women both chased down valuable team points.In the men’s race it was the 2008 National Champ, Mitch Bailey (TeamJetpower) who was the favourite going in but with 1 km to go it was TeamWaterloos Preston Wagler who had the fastest split going into the last part ofthe course…. Unfortunately for Preston he flatted with fewer than 500m togo and had to settle for second place behind Mitch. In the Bronze positionwas Steven Noble from Team Jetpower. A big shout out to all the riders thathad never competed in a time trial…. You all did awesome.

In the Women’s class it was a battle between Team Arrow’s Cayley Brooks,Team Jetpowers Natasha Oldcorn and Michelle Everist from Team Hardwood.In the early going it was Cayley that was setting the hot lap, Cayley hung onfor the win with Natasha getting the Silver and bronze to Michelle.

Day 2- Team Relay (Afternoon)What an awesome event!!! 12 Teams, 4 riders per team and you have to

pass the bottle to change riders…..On lap one it was really close betweenTeam Jetpower, Team Arrow and Team Timmins. Team Jetpower slowly startedto inch away on lap 2 but Team Kingston/Ottawa was not giving up. The 3rdplace battle was up for grabs and both Team Arrow and Hardwood #2 werehanging in for the bronze medal. Unfortunately for a few of the teams therocky terrain caused more than a few flats in the relay and especially TeamHBCC, which suffered 2 punctures in the event.

The amazing stat from the Team Relay was that no team dropped a bottleon the course or in the transition zone or on the race course. A big shout outto all the competitors that played the “Team Game” in the relay – all the rid-ers cheered on all the competitors and made sure that they supported thereteam in any way they could.

An Athlete’s perspective on OSGBy: Sterling EvansHi my name is Sterling Evans and I am a BMX Racer!

In 2008 at the Ontario BMX ProvincialChampionships, I qualified to compete at theOntario Summer Games.

All the qualified athletes arrived in Kingston andboarded a bus for an energeticand noisy ride to Ottawa. Thisis where the 2008 OntarioSummer Games and theirOpening Ceremonies were held.

The whole experience wasgreat! I got to hang out with allmy BMX friends and meet kidsin other cycling disciplines as

well as kids from other sports too. (Especially thegirls volleyball teams!) We were able to stay in theUniversity of Ottawa residence and it was fantastic.We had fun and watched the X-Games on TV; met abunch of new friends and the breakfast was awe-some because it was a buffet and all of us piggedout!!

After a great breakfast, we took the bus back toKingston to race on a sick new track. The design wasso nice, tight and technical and while the conditionwas a bit sketchy due to 3 weeks of rain, thanks toall the volunteers and Todd Harper, they got it readyin time for all of us to race.

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The podium for the Team Relay was as follow, 1st Team Jetpower, 2nd TeamOttawa/Kingston and the Bronze went to Team Hardwood #2.

Day 3 – Mens and Womens XCOnce again the weather was perfect for the XC race and the course was in great

shape. The Men needed to do 4 laps of a 4km course while the Women were to com-plete 3.

Although this is a team competition the mood in the warm up zone was prettyintense….now I realise that everyone is supportive of there teammates but this raceis a chance to win not only points for your team but also take Ontario SummerGames glory.

The call up for Men and Women went 10 deep, these results came from the TT onThursday.

The following riders were called up in the Mens categoryMitchell Bailey Team Jetpower, Preston Wagler Waterloo Cycling ClubSteven Noble Jet Power / Epic Ride, Gabriel Charlton Team Hardwood 2Evan McNeely Team Kingston/Ottawa, Stuart Loney HB Cycling ClubKarl Hoppner Team Kingston/Ottawa, Bretton Matthews Jet Power/Epic RideJean Daniel St. Martin Team Hardwood 2, Conor O`Brien Team Kingston/Ottawa

The following riders were called up in the Womens categoryCayley Brooks Team Arrow, Natasha Oldcorn Jet Power/Epic RideMichelle Everist Team Hardwood 2, Jessica Demers Timmins Cycling ClubEmily Flynn Team Kingston/Ottawa, Deanna Booton HB Cycling ClubSamantha Demers Timmins Cycling Club, Sarah Lynch Waterloo Cycling ClubDana Cooper Bancroft Broken Spokes MTB Club, Kristin Brooks Team Hardwood 1

In the race it was once again Mitchell Bailey and Preston Wagler that jumped tothe lead with Evan McNeely of Kingston/Ottawa following, Stuart Loney from HBCCwas also looking good in the early going.

In the end it was Mitchell Bailey with the win followed by Preston Wagler and EvanMcNeely taking the Bronze.

The Womens race was a fast start with Team Timmins rider Jessica Demers jump-ing out to a good start followed by Natasha Oldcorn, Cayley Brooks, Michelle Everistand Team Ottawa/Kingston’s Emily Flynn.

On lap 2 it was Natasha that took the lead and rode it all the way to the Goldmedal, Cayley finished with the Silver and in a great race Jessica Demers fromTimmins finished with the Bronze.

The Team overall competition was also a tightly contested battle with the podiumfinishing in the following order:

Team Jetpower – 307 pointsTeam Kingston/Ottawa – 260 pointsTeam Hardwood #2 – 243 points

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An Athlete’s perspective on OSGBy:Cayley Brooks

Another Ontario Summer Games has come andgone, leaving athletes and coaches with many goodmemories. This year, my second trip to Ottawa forthe games, was even better than the last. The open-ing ceremonies on day one are always an eye openerand really help to get everyone excited for theirraces. Both Carleton University and the University ofOttawa offered great accommodations and mealsfor the athletes. Rooming with another athlete in theUniversity was an awesome way to get to knowsomeone new.

All the positive aspects of being on a team start-ed to show on pre-ride day when riding the always-fun course at Camp Fortune. We helped each otherpick out good lines on technical sections, and fastlines on smooth sections. One of my teammates gota flat while we were pre-riding, but working togetherwe had it fixed in no time. It was a great opportunityfor me to learn to work as a team to help team-mates succeed. Mountain biking being almost alwaysan individual sport, the team relay and team pointschallenge was a lot of fun. It was good to see howwell we could place as a team.

The individual races were also a lot of fun. They’rea great way to challenge yourself both mentallyand physically. The time trial is one of the mostexciting races to participate in, and to watch. Whileyou are racing, you don’t know what place you arein, so it is an all-out sprint. The XC race is a littlemore paced, and having 3 laps for the girls and 4for the boys, you need to know when to use yourenergy and when to save it. Being one of theyounger athletes in 2006, it was a great opportu-nity and challenge to race with the older girls. Thisyear as one of the older athletes participating Isaw the same excitement in the younger girls.

Overall, the experience ofthe Ontario Summer Gameshas always been a good one.The atmosphere amongcoaches, parents and ath-letes at Camp Fortune isalways positive and support-ive. The organization by boththe Ontario CyclingAssociation and the OntarioSummer Games Committeewas great.

Thanks for putting togeth-er such an awesome event!


It was great to see the momentum generated in 2007 bythe inaugural season continue into 2008. The OntarioYouth Cup Road Series provides an introduction into thefun, fast, and fearless world of road racing.

Over 100 youth from across Ontario between the agesof 10 to 16 competed in the series. The series consistedof 8 rounds and kicked off at the Calabogie Classic onApril 20th and ended on September 27th with the cham-pionship finale called the Tour of University Heights. Thefinale was a huge success with over 50 youth fromOttawa to Windsor converging on the Toronto circuit.

The series included two types of formats. Part of theseries included races added to existing adult race days.The three Youth Cup races (Malvern, Newmarket, TOUH)were stand alone events that featured a time trial androad race with the winner being crowned based on general classification points.

For the series to continue to grow we need clubs and enthusiastic individuals to take up thechallenge of hosting races and creating youth teams.

Without the support from the youth racers, parents, clubs and officials, the 2008 series wouldnot have been possible. I look forward to seeing everyone back out racing in the spring of 2009for what promises to be another great season of youth cycling

Left: Tyler Lee (SCCC) winning theBrampton Criterium.Above: Bailin Xie (Ottawa BicycleClub) Tour of University HeightsPeewee Champion.

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SQUIRT BOYS (10) Total1 KENNEDY, Brandan KAWARTHA CYCLING CLUB 1032 STARRS, Robert OWEN SOUND CYCLING CLUB 1023 BROWNE, Cameron NEWMARKET EAGLES 80

SQUIRT GIRLS (10) Total1 ZAGAR, Ellen INDEPENDENT 502 DRUKEN, Marissa INDEPENDENT 403 TUCCIARONE, Jessica INDEPENDENT 25

PEEWEE BOYS (11-12) Total1 LEE, Tyler ST. CATHARINES CYCLING CLUB 1262 LEE, Brady ST. CATHARINES CYCLING CLUB 1133 MILOSEVIC, Stefan CHAIN REACTION 68

PEEWEE GIRLS (11-12) Total1 STACEY, Natalie INDEPENDENT 862 EARHART, Arden CYCLE SOLUTIONS/ANGRY JOHNNY'S 853 TUERO, Jenna NEWMARKET EAGLES CC 51

MINIME BOYS (13-14) Total1 SAMUEL, Travis PETERBOROUGH CYCLING CLUB 1552 OVSENEK, Kristopher LONDON CYCLING CLUB 673 HOPKINS, Matthew ST. CATHARINES CYCLING CLUB 65

MINIME GIRLS (13-14) Total1 STACEY, Julia INDEPENDENT 962 RUPAY, Brianne PETERBOROUGH CYCLING CLUB 633 BOULTON, Sasha INDEPENDENT 50

CADET MEN (15-16) Total1 CAMPBELL, Ian AQUILA RACING/RACER SPORTIF 1102 ENGLISH, Philip KAWARTHA CYCLING CLUB 783 MASSICOTTE, Jason CYCLEPATH MARKHAM 65

CADET WOMEN (15-16) Total1 TRIPP, Jessica BIKEFIT SUNFLOWER SQUAD 552 FISHER, Emily CYCLE SOLUTIONS/ANGRY JOHNNY'S 503 RASMUSSEN, Sarah NATIONAL CYCLING CENTRE HAMILTON 15


2008 ADRENALINE RUSH


For some of you out there the name Jay Miron might ring a bell,lets see ….. 9 X-Games medals, X-Games gold, he owns his ownbike company and is from the Northern Ontario town of ThunderBay…. Correct Thunder Bay, the place where winter starts inNovember and finishes in May. When I first met Jay back in 2007I was not only impressed with his enthusiasm but his vision forthe future of BMX racing in Canada.

For a number of years Jay and his company World BicycleSports have run some awesome dirt jumping and freestyle eventsand this was the company's first big crack at a BMX race andman did this race raise the bar.

For as long as I can remember, Canadian BMX racing hasnever received the support or hype that BMX receives anywhereelse in the world and I know that Jay wants Canada to be amajor player in the sport.

With the help of Todd Harper from Kingston, the idea of theworld's best BMX athletes coming to Kingston to compete forover $30,000 in cash was becoming a reality. The stage wasbeing set for one of the biggest BMX races that the country hasever seen and many people believed that this is the shot in thearm that was needed to get BMX in the news and create someexcitement after the Olympic games were over.

When I arrived on Thursday (practice), the buzz was alreadyunderway, there were cameras, grandstands, a great looking trackand some of the best riders on site to race for the biggest cashpurse ever offered in Canadian BMX history. I was blown away bythe production that Jay had set up for this event. Jay had evenconstructed a massive area for the athletes that kept them fedand hydrated all week.

As the Time Trial got underway on Friday, the reality of what Jayhad envisioned a year prior was starting to become a reality. Allthe riders really enjoyed the layout and the laid back style of theevent. Many of the riders commented to me that they were havingsuch a great time and they wished more races were set up likethis on the International stage.

Saturday was race day and even after the skies had openedup on Friday night, the track was in good shape, a lot of thecredit goes to Adams Muys and Dave King for keeping the trackfast and packed so that the racing would be safe and fun for allthe riders.

Finally it was 3pm and the race was underway. GT's Mike Day,

Haro's Steven Cisar and Redline's Raymon Van der Biezen weredefinitely the three favourites going into the race and anotherrider to watch out for was Redline's Denzel Stein who had beentearing up the Kingston track all week.

In the early motos it was Day, Cisar, Becerine and Pohlkampwho were looking good with Day winning his motos in solid fash-ion. The big surprise of the week was Jason Rogers – this guy wasgetting faster and faster with every race and eventually qualifiedfor the main event.

In the main, it was Day and Colombo who got the snap, overthe second jump it was Day who was able to jump a little bitlower and take a great rail line in the corner to block anyone fromthe inside. Cisar made some moves and battled with Becerinebut both these two could not match Day's overall track speed.Day finished down the last straight with a huge X-up for thecrowd and a victory finish line lap for all the fans. After the racewas over, the kids flocked around all the guys with most of themhanding out plates, gloves and whatever else the kids were look-ing for. I did see one kid asking a certain elite rider if he couldhave his bike and the response was " I would love to but I needto race next weekend".

After it was all said and done, Mike Day, the Olympic Silvermedallist took the win and the $10,000 first prize cheque,Steven Cisar took the Silver and Cristian Becerine from Argentinatook the Bronze.

The race was a huge success and Jay's vision had nowbecome a reality. A big shout to Todd Harper from KBMX for hishard work in making such a great facility to host such an awe-some event.

Final results:1. Mike Day, USA 2. Steven Cisar, USA 3. Cristian Becerine, ARG 4. Denzel Stein, USA 5. Jason Rogers, USA 6. Mike Brabant, USA 7. Randy Stumpfhauser, USA 8. Javier Colombo, ARG

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The Provincial ITT moved to a new venue for 2008. The 15km and37km courses rolled through the quiet back roads of a town out-side the Kitchener-Waterloo area. With the coveted ProvincialChampion argyle jersey on the line, the fastest TT specialists inOntario brought out their A game.

Two new categories were included this year. Shelly Gauthier ofthe Lap Dogs Cycling Club raced in the IPC-C2 category and JanetSilman of the Thunder Bay Cycling Club won the Master 50+women’s category.

In the Elite Men’s category La Bicicletta’s specialist Darko Fickowas beaten at the Provincial ITT for the first time since 2001 asRide with Rendall’s Michael Nash took the title by 12 seconds.Ride with Rendall teammates Erich Zappe and Gary Romkey alsotook the Master 3 and D titles respectively.

For more pictures and results of Provincial Championships andall the exciting racing action in Ontario visit www.ontariocycling.org

CYCLO-CROSS RACING IN ONTARIO

Ontario is a hotbed of cyclo-cross rac-ing and consistently turns out NationalChampions from Elite to Masters. TheSouthern and Eastern Ontario serieshave a full calendar of racing fromSeptember until the end of November.Calendar highlights this year includethe East vs. South Challenge inKingston, the UCI race weekend andthe Provincial ChampionshipsNovember 23rd in Toronto. Visitwww.ontariocycling.org for the latestinfo. Other great Ontario cyclo-crossresources include www.cyclocross.organd www.cyclocrossontario.com

ONTARIO PODIUM FINISHERS ATCYCLO-CROSS NATIONALSEdmonton, AlbertaOctober 11, 12, 2008

Mike Garrigan (Jetpower/Epic Ride)2nd place Elite Men

Derrick St. John (Stevens Cross) 3rd place Elite Men

Kyle Fry (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny'sRacing) 3rd place Under 23 Men

Peter Mogg (The Hub/DevinciCyclocross Team)1st place Master 30-39 Men

Steve Proulx (EMD Serono/Stevens)2nd place Master 40-49 Men

Ed Campbell (D'Ornellas)1st place Master 50-59 Men

Jewel in the WildernessProvincial Road Race

ChampionshipsElliot Lake, Ontario

August 23-24, 2008

Provincial Individual Time Trial

Plattsville, Ontario September 14, 2008

Road Race Reports

BY MATTHEW KNIGHT

Female race participants at Eliott Lake

2008 ITT Provincial Champions in the coveted argyle jersey.

U17 ITT Champion Laura Bietola

The Jewel in the Wilderness was a highlight of many riders 2008 season. Including the ProvincialRoad Race into an existing stage race format provided some challenges but with the help of theorganizer and officials, a fun and competitive weekend was provided for all competitors.

The weekend kicked off with the challenging 3.5km blast up to the fire tower lookout that is alsothe Provincial Hill Climb Championships. Saturday afternoon was the high speed challenge of thedowntown criterium. After a Saturday night banquet dinner the competitors were back at it onSunday for the road race.

Some notable Provincial Road Race champions include Team Ultralink riders Denise Ramsdenand Devon Novakowski who are both repeating as Junior Provincial champions. Team R.A.C.E Prohad the strongest team and savvy rides by Keir Plaice and Buck Miller saw them take the Espoirand Elite Men’s Provincial titles. Merrill Collins (La Bicicletta) won her third consecutive EliteWomen’s Provincial title.



Callum SchausBMX 13 Expert MenProvincial Champ

Graeme DuffFirst Minime DH ProvincialSeries Champ

14 years of age, born in North Vancouver,and now residing in Toronto

Downhill for 4 years. The last three, I havebeen riding in Whistler in AndrewShandro's Summer Gravity Camps. I rideBlue Mountain on a regular basis.

Winning the overall O Cup downhill in mycategory this year.

Racing at Crankworx last year. I had neverraced before and the course was tough ataround 4 minutes long. I ended up 42ndout of 82 riders.

Racing is fun, I like to go fast! My friendswho I bike with at Blue race too!

Steve Peat & Sam Hill. Steve, a little olderand still killing it and Sam destroying thecompetition with ease. Also, Cam McCaul asa great all around rider.

Pinkbike.com, nsmb.com, and newschool-ers.com are about everything I've beenreading. Bike Magazine is always a favourite.

I would be interested becoming a tram-polinist. For a winter sport, no question skiing.

Well, I think I would campaign for DH to bein the Olympics.

Honey Glazed. They're my favourite.

13 years old and I live in Walkerton.

I have been racing BMX for 3 years now.

Winning the UCI race in Kingston this past July.

Making the quarters at the NBL Grands inLouisville, Kentucky.

I enjoy the competition and the fact that it’san individual sport so you get out what youput in.

Donny Robinson because he won the bronzemedal at the Olympics this year and he is theman! He is also a great role model.

I am currently reading books from the extreme series.

I would be playing soccer.

Giving more money to BMX!!!

Jelly donut because it looks plain from the out-side but on the inside it’s a big surprise.

1 What’s your age andhome town?

2 How many years have youbeen cycling, and in whichdisciplines?

3 What was your greatestcycling achievement?

4 What has been yourgreatest cyclingchallenge?

5 Why do you race?

6 Who is your favouriteCyclist and why?

7 What are you currentlyreading?

8 If you couldn’t be acyclist, what would you bedoing?

9 If you were in charge ofSport in Canada, what wouldbe your first action

10 Which kind of donutbest describes you?

10 Q U E S T I O N S W I T H . . .


16 and live in the beautiful city ofBarrie.

I have been cycling for 8 years in MTB-XC, Road and Cyclocross.

Winning the 2007 Nationals and thendefending my title in 2008.

Turning the pedals around.

The competitiveness and the feeling ofpushing yourself to the edge.

Geoff Kabush, for obvious reasons.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Probably a cross-country skier... or professional gamer and Big Mac eater.

Try and fix the financial support for athletes’ situation.

None really. I’m more of a bagel person.

15 and live in Everett, Ontario.

I have been Mountain Bike Racing for4 years now.

Winning at Nationals in 2006.

Keeping up with all the training and trying to achieve my goals.

I like the high adrenaline rush of therace!

I like Marie-Hélène Prémont becauseshe is one of the best mountain bikersin the world and she’s Canadian.

Nothing but school books.

Probably running cross-country or playing volleyball.

I would definitely try and get more gov-ernment funding for athletes.

Probably the one that has all thecolourful sprinkles because I’m acolourful person.

16 years old and currently live in Greenwood.

This season, I will be wrapping up my5th season of mountain bike racingand 3rd year for Road. This is also mysecond year riding Cyclocross.

Finishing 2nd at the MTB Canada Cupat Bromont and finishing 4th in themountainous third stage of the GreenMountain Stage Race.

Overcoming my severe pre-racenerves.

It makes me feel free. It's something I need to do to feel satisfied. I want togo for more, and give everything Ihave to win.

Marie-Hélène Prémont. After a disastrousMinime Canada Cup race, she consoled meand told me not to worry because therewould be many other races.

I read my school textbooks occasionally.

I might be running and spending moretime with friends but it is very hard topicture my life without cycling!

I’d like to see more funding go towardsathletes so they can reach their goals.I’d also like to see funding for a trackin the GTA.

All donuts of course... because theymake you happy.

Mitchell Bailey Cadet XC Nat. ChampProv. Champ

Laura Bietola Cadet Women Prov. TT, RR & Hill Climb Champ

Natasha OldcornCadet XC Prov. &SeriesChamp



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2008 Provincial O-Cup Series Final Weekend By Nicky Pearson

On the Thursday before the final O-Cup weekend of the season,the weather forecast was looking very wet! The rain gods werecertainly not on our side this season, but all the riders and par-ents made the best of the adverse conditions.

After driving around in the brilliant sunshine all day Thursday– picking up T-Shirts, filling the van to the brim with trophies(pretty sad when I have to give my overnight bag to someoneelse because it just won’t fit in the van!), I had happy, sunnythoughts on my mind! Surely, the weather would stay thisgood!

We left early on Friday under overcast skies, but I just prayedthat the weather Gods would not rain us out of the most impor-tant race of the year for our Provincial riders. There is no waywe could get rained out 3 of 4 weekends – impossible!

I arrived at Saugeen after driving slowly and carefully (hardto speed with 35 boxes behind you!) to see the wonderful,technical new track that was rebuilt in June by the SaugeenCrew and Adam Muys from BC. What a great layout for the rid-ers and the spectators. Team Ontario and Provincial CoachBrendan Arnold held a race clinic from 4 to 7 on Friday nightwhich 30 kids attended. There were some pretty tired kids atthe end of the clinic but all had fun and the rain held off.Keep in mind, through all this, I was still praying to the weatherGods!

We woke up Saturday to grey skies, but it was dry!YAHOO!!! Deep breath and a silent thank you to the heavens!We were going to get our weekend in! The kids were going tobe stoked to ride this great new track and get some awesometrophies, jerseys and t-shirts at the end of it all.

Just before race start, our resident Weather Man, Gary Walshgives us a heads up that we may have 1 hour before we get hitby rain! So Martin Sharpe and his crew made sure that we ran

the motos with speed but safely.This was some of the most exciting racing of the season. You

could see the difference in the skill and conditioning of the rid-ers compared to Round 1 in Chatham. The track was tight andtechnical and brought out the best in everyone. Huge healinghugs go out to Kaitlyn Richard (wrist) and Ashley Kenny (collar-bone) after crashing in their first moto. Kaitlyn drove back toMississauga to get her wrist reset, then came back on Sundayfor the finals – what a trooper!

We managed to get 2 rounds in. Then the rain started.Unfortunately the start hill started to get slippery and the cor-ners a bit soft, so the call was made to stop the race. Garytold us to get everyone back to their hotels ASAP before we gotsoaked – so we all left.

After sitting and tallying up all the points, and waking up torain and seeing the weather forecast was for 100% rain onSunday, we had to go with our rainout plan and double up theSaturday results for the Sunday race. Certainly not the way wewould like to have had the Championships decided, but it wasthe fairest way, and all riders were aware that we may have todo this if we got rained out.

Many thanks to Sue and Cathy for sitting at the kitchentable with me for 4 hours getting the points done! I also wantto thank Pearson Teesdale for arranging the ChampionshipAwards Ceremony at the Racquet Club. We were able to keepeveryone dry, and it was a great atmosphere!

So, all in all, the 2008 Ontario BMX Race Season was ahugely successful one. In addition to the O-Cups, KBMX held aUCI Race, the ERA Race and the Ontario Summer Games.

The OCA and I personally thank the amazing crew of volun-teers and officials, parents and racers who make this series thesuccess that it is!

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Female Cruiser Elite9 Female – Stacey Staynor 12&under – Luke Aulthouse Junior Female – Amelia Walsh10 Female – Emily MacPherson 13-14 – Hunter Foster Junior Male – Kyle Pearson12 Expert Female – Ronnie Seitz 17-29 – Paul Goebel Elite Male – Andrew Harper12 Female – Kaitlyn Richard 30-34 – Glen Cressman14 Female – Ashley Kenny 35-39 – David Frid15-16 Female – Ashly Ann Pereira 40-44 – Peter Fowler17-29 Female – Stephanie Huiskamp 45+ – Cam Milliken17-29 Expert F – Karin Newcombe Junior Male – Kyle Pearson

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At age 14, Thomas Wood of Midland had avision to create mountain bike trails atthe local ski area and to cultivate a group

of cyclists excited and keen on mountain biking.He took that vision and has made it a reality.

Wood spent his own time and money to cutand clear 3km of trails over an area that hadaccess by double track cross country ski trails.He utilized the up and down terrain, the standsof tight hardwood and pine forest, the creek bedand even the farmer’s field at the top of thehigh downhill slopes. In 2002, he set up threedifferent courses and opened up trails onThursday nights for the Singletrack Minds RaceSeries. The seed of the Mountainview CyclingClub was planted.

Over the next 7 years, Wood created moretrails, increasing the trail network to 10 km,adding twists and turns, and challenging singletrack climbs that took the breath away from thegrowing number of local riders. These ridersjoined Thomas to officially form theMountainview Cycling Club in 2007. Memberswere seen at various venues across the provinceand many earned podium finishes, gatheringexposure for the homegrown club.

Events at the ski center increased: along withthe weekly series, Wood initiated a 9 Hour Relayin 2004, throwing his own twist into the eventby offering points events for the teams such as

pie eating, bike limbo, tricycle races and a hillclimb. In the fall of 2007, the center saw thefirst “Race the Night”, a night race completewith a “ride-in” movie and popcorn.

Membership has also increased. In 2008,the club has 66 members, many of whom havebeen around since the start. Riders vary in agefrom 6 to their mid-50’s, male and female, com-petitive and recreational, families and individu-als. This year the club welcomed several youngwomen who took up the sport with a vengeance,learning and participating in club events as wellas racing and challenging themselves toendurance events, many times appearing on thepodium.

All members support each other at eventsand group rides, keeping the club personal,friendly and welcoming. The MountainviewCycling Club offers clinics for beginners, weeklygroup rides led by experienced cyclists who takemembers of similar skill on 90 minute rides,and fun social events such as BBQ’s, pizzanights, and pasta nights.

Over the past few years, Wood has beencoaching and mentoring a young racing crowdof teenagers, with amazing results. BrettonMatthews, at age 15 was called up this year tothe Ontario Development Team, participating inthe Nationals and Ontario Summer Games.Matthews, along with Davis Ross, Peter Lister

and Tom Guiot were unbeatable last year in four8 hour relay events. Ross, now at age 15, com-petes on single speed, as does Wood, and thetwo are often neck and neck in the O-Cupevents, finishing in the top 5 each time.

This year, Wood and the club hosted theProvincial Mountain Bike Championships organ-ized by Chico Racing. More than 600 cyclistsarrived on the doorstep of this hidden treasureand discovered what the local cyclists havebeen experiencing since 2001. The club washonoured to have the responsibility of hostingthe championships, and the community evenpitched in with assistance as well. Severalpodium appearances, including 4 first place fin-ishes by club members, illustrated just howstrong this little club has become.

Now 21 at Carleton University in 4th yearengineering, Thomas Wood does much of hiscourse design and race organizing via email,passing the physical construction on to otherclub members, including his dad Dale and sisterErin. Despite his busy lifestyle, Thomas still isable to find time to get down and dirty when hereturns home.

The Mountainview Cycling Club: a home-grown club with big ambition.

For more information about the club go towww.mountainviewmidland.com

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The Mountainview Cycling Club – Homegrown, Humble and Happening!

By Laurie Holman-Ross

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From north to south, east to west, racing thisyear has taken me to many different desti-nations. Starting the season with a good two

months of sunny and warm training in Tucson, AZ,my season opening races were the first twoNORBAs and the Sea Otter Classic, in the south-western states. Boarding a plane right fromCalifornia, I flew over to Europe for my first-ever-European World Cups. Expecting tough competi-tion, both races went pretty well, and I was happywith how I placed.

Returning home from what seemed like forever,I guess you could say I had a second seasonopener. After competing in the first two OntarioCups, we made the long trips into Quebec, for thefirst two Canada Cups, with Hardwood Hills host-ing the third C-Cup the following weekend. Afterplacing well in all three, I had been awarded aspot on the National Team to compete at theWorld Championships in Italy, accomplishing mybest result ever at a World Championship with a6th place finish in the Under 23 Women category.

Arriving back in Ontario for a only a few hours,

Adam Morka and I took a flightto Utah to race in the DeerValley NORBA, with the coursestarting at a mere 9,000ft.Following this gruelling race, myschedule was pretty empty forthe next couple weeks, exceptfor a lot of training and prepa-ration for the upcoming MTBNationals and home countryWorld Cups. In Quebec for thethird time this year, Nationalsproved to be another great racefor myself as I was able to cap-ture Gold in the U23 Women Category.

Travelling home and then back to Quebec foryet another two times, my excitement was at itspeak for the home-turf World Cups. I felt I had anadvantage for at least the first race due to racingthe same course the weekend prior. The secondrace however proved to be a crazy mud bathwhere your technical and cross skills were defi-nitely put to the test.

At home after an astonishingamount of traveling, I was sadto know the season would bewinding down soon, beginningafter my trip to New York, forone of the last few NORBAs. Thefollowing weekend was the finalOntario Cup before provincialsand the course was a slick andgreasy ride which made for agreat challenge.

Having another month withan empty schedule, I took sometime to enjoy the few remaining

weeks of good weather, as this summer had beenunusually wet. The final race of my season wasthe Provincial Championships, which was held ona fantastic new course in Midland. The raceproved to be the fantastic wrap-up to my seasonas capturing the Provincial crown helped meachieve one of my pre-season goals.

Can’t wait for next year!!!

With only 2 more races left on the horizon,the 2008 season is coming to a suc-cessful close. Let’s rewind back to

February. I started off for the second year in a rowtraining in the warm, sunny climate of Tucson,Arizona. Although not new to me, I had many newthings right around the corner. My schedule ofraces was to be totally revamped for 08 choosingto chase more American races and with themhopefully gaining more racing experience on aninternational level.

I was also riding with a new team in 08, 3 RoxRacing, based right here in our home province ofOntario. It began as a grassroots team andturned into breeding some of Ontario's most tal-ented riders along with names like DerekZandstra, Kyle Douglas, and Amanda Sin on theroster. The team gave me confidence in equip-ment and achieving my own goals. As all this wascoming together, training was going very well, Itook it day by day, and then week by week, andsooner than I can sum this wrap up, I wasalready at my first start line, NMBS#1 FontanaCalifornia, exactly 2 months later. This first racewas done and over, then the second, and afterSea Otter I was already headed back to Ontariofor O-Cup #1. The early season had flown byand I came away with my best results to date.

17th at NMBS#1, 14th at NMBS#2,(A top tenin the pro men short track,10th overall in the GCand the top under-23 rider.)

Next up was the famed SeaOtter Classic. First day was a shorttrack which I used to test my legsand I rode to a solid 9th place. Thenext day was what counted for me,I had set a goal of being top 5,and fell just short of it. I finished ahappy 6th place in the pro men race, my bestresult to date. It goes to show the developmentthat Ontario brings to its athletes. In 2004 as asecond year junior I came to California to com-pete at the Sea Otter Classic and placed 9th inJunior Expert Men. Now just 4 short seasonslater, I had climbed up to sixth in pro men evenat the young age of 21. Ontario’s talent pool isexceptionally deep and filled with up and comers.

This year I had 3 second place finishes in theOntario Cup series and placed 4th at the CanadaCup at Hardwood Hills. I started the season withone single objective, be consistent and race theentire season to the best of my capabilities(something I have struggled with in the past)which is a problem because when a sport isbased around recognition and exposure you mustalways be in everyone's face in order to succeed.Being consistent pays off, and did pay off. It leftme with the following results:

-Under 23 overall NMBS series winner-Under 23 overall Ontario Cup series winner-2nd Place overall Ontario Cup seriesBut of course with happy there comes sad

and one of my biggest disappoint-ments of the year was having aDNF at the Canadian NationalChampionships. Three minutes intothe race, a collision with anotherrider left me with a dislocated andtorn ankle. It was a huge let down

for me as I went to that race with only one mind-set, I was there to win. If I could give any adviceto aspiring athletes it would have to be that confi-dence is everything. If you think you are capableof standing on the top step of the podium, wellyou’re probably going to end up on top of thatpodium. It’s you who decides where you finish. Ittook me three weeks off the bike, and a few vis-its to The Urban Athlete in Toronto to recover fromthat ankle issue, and with only two weeks totrain for Ontario Provincials I came in with somegood fitness but was swallowed up by Ontario’sfinest. I was content with my 6th place finishbecause I knew I did as much as I could withinthe time frame I had to work with.

I have great new goals for next season, I learnmore and more every year, and with great supportfrom Ontario and everyone around me there isnothing stopping me from achieving great thingsin this sport. So now that you are all caught upand my season is fairly wrapped up I would liketo say thank you to everyone and make sure towatch out for me next year.

Following an Ontario Cyclist

Adam Morka

Emily Batty



Stage 1: Buckwallow Cycling Centre to Camp Kandalore

SEPTEMER 19th, 2008 – Stage One of Crank theShield, Ontario’s first three-day stage mountainbike race, hosted by Chico Racing, kicked offunder sunny skies, and pleasant temperatures.Riders were met with a challenging Stage 1, a75km course that took racers from BuckwallowCycling Centre near Gravenhurst to CampKandalore, near Carnarvon.

Riders reported the course as wet and boggyin some sections, due primarily to the unsea-sonably wet summer; however, these sectionswere balanced by excellent logging road and drysingletrack sections.

Derek Zandstra of 3 Rox Racing led the over-all race, as well as the Solo Under 40 Male cat-egory with a time of 3:13:12. Derek reportedthat the first stage was “fun, muddy and an epicday on the bike – it was the perfect mix!”Zandstra’s time was closely followed by MatthewHadley of Xprezo/Solid Edge with 3:13:13. PeterGlassford of Trek Bicycle Store Toronto, AdamMorka of 3 Rox Racing and Robert Parniak ofTall Tree Cycles finished out the top five.

Solo Women Under 40 was led by Kate Ardalfrom Hardcore Bike in Alberta with a time of3:53:36. Tricia Spooner of EMD Serono/Stevens:The Cyclery and Tracey Schinkel of The HubBicycle Club finished with times of 4:11:40 and4:20:10 respectively.

Many riders loved the inaugural day of theevent. Andrew Watson of the Barrie Cycling Clubsaid that “This is what Ontario needed to moveforward with racing!” Many other riders had agreat day, and enjoyed the demanding condi-tions. However, even riders leading the pack hadtheir challenges with the terrain: Matt Hadleyreportedly asked Derek Zandstra how deep acertain section of a mud bog was – when hestepped in, he fell to his waist. “Roughly, thatdeep”, Derek mused.

Stage 2: Camp Kandalore to the Village of Haliburton

SEPTEMBER 20, 2008 - Crank the Shield, fin-ished Stage 2 in the middle of Haliburton, atHead Lake Park. To get there, racers rodethrough the town of Minden, and enjoyed someof the rough; multi-line riding that centralOntario is known for. Stage 2 of Crank theShield was a very pivotal stage, as one racerwas quoted: “I’ve ridden BC Bike Race, andTransrockies, and that was the hardest stage I’veever ridden!” Holding true many GC positions

were decided on Stage 2.The course also combined rail-

trail, gravel and paved roads inaddition to the 50 km of true off-road riding for a total courselength of 85 km. The weather wasperfect for the riders and specta-tors alike, with warm sun shiningdown the entire day.

Adam Morka of 3 Rox Racingled the stage with a time of3:58:34, followed by PeterGlassford of Team Trek StoreToronto less than five secondslater. Derek Zandstra of 3 RoxRacing, stage 1 winner, came inthird place for this leg of the race.Matthew Hadley of Xprezo/SolidEdge and Robert Parniak of TallTree Cycles finished out the top five.

In the Women’s Solo Under 40 category, itwas a repeat of Stage 1 with Kate Ardal ofHardcore Bikes again winning the stage with atime of 5:14:52. Tricia Spooner of EMDSerono/Stevens: The Cyclery came in secondwith a time of 5:19:07. Tracey Schinkel of TheHub Bicycle Club finished with a time of5:38:04.

After Stage 2, the Solo Under 40 Men catego-ry had Peter Glassford of Team Trek Store Torontoin the lead with a time of 7:11:53, followed byDerek Zandstra of 3 Rox Racing and AdamMorka, also of 3 Rox Racing. Kate Ardal ofHardcore Bikes continued to lead in the WomenSolo Under 40 category, followed by TriciaSpooner of EMD Serono/Stevens: The Cycleryand Tracey Schinkel of The Hub Bicycle Club.

Stage 3: Camp White Pine to Haliburton Forest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 – The last stage of Crankthe Shield began with a brisk morning in theheart of Ontario’s cottage country, finding riderswaking up in Camp White Pine to single digittemperatures.

An early morning breakfast, followed by anOntario Provincial Police escorted 17km neutralride was exactly what most of the riders neededto shake out the pains of the past two days ofriding. Derek Zandstra put it; “That was exactlywhat my legs needed, especially after the pun-ishing Stage 2.” Riders were looking forward toStage 3, as it had a great mix of technical sin-gletrack, big climbs, and fast fire road sections,finishing in the Haliburton Forest base camp,after 55kms of rocky off-road racing.

Matthew Hadley of Xprezo/Solid Edge wonthe day’s stage and the Solo Under 40 Men’scategory with a time of 2:27:22, narrowly beat-ing out Derek Zandstra of 3 Rox Racing by lessthan two seconds. Peter Glassford of Team TrekStore Toronto was less than three secondsbehind Hadley’s time, and Adam Morka of 3 RoxRacing and Robert Parniak of Tall Tree Cycles fin-ished out the top five in this category.

Peter Glassford of Team Trek Store Torontowould win the overall with a three-day combinedtime of 9:39:18. Derek Zandstra and AdamMorka, both of 3 Rox Racing, would place sec-ond and third respectively, with Matthew Hadleyof Xprezo/Solid Edge and Robert Parniak of TallTree Cycles rounding out the top five.

In the Solo Under 40 Women’s category, itwas a three-day repeat of the top three femaleriders: Kate Ardal of Hardcore Bikes won thestage with a time of 3:11:47 and the overallrace with a time of 12:20:16, followed by TriciaSpooner of EMD Serono/Stevens: The Cycleryand Tracey Schinkel of The Hub Bicycle Club.

For a full list of results, please refer to"http://www.cranktheshield.com/results.php"Chico Racing, would like to thank everyone whosupported this event, especially all of our spon-sors, volunteers, and the racers themselves formaking this first year event a huge success. Lookfor registration for 2009 to open earlyNovember.

For more information about the event, pleasesee the Crank the Shield web site at"http://www.cranktheshield.com"

Crank The Shield Ontario’s First Three-Day Mountain Bike Stage Race puts riders to the ultimate test

Riders prepare for the start of Stage 2


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