Last Saturday (January 30th) saw both the awards banquet and the AGM. The awards banquet was well attended, with over 80 people at the Banook Canoe Club to eat, drink and generally be merry. Many thanks to all who helped out with the evening; big kudos to Sarah Wood for pulling it all together and herding the cats, to Luke MacDonald from A1 and Peter Eagle from Maritime Campus for a table of sweet draw-prizes and to our guest-speakers local ultra-runners Dave Nevitt and Ray Williams.
We also recognised our champions from 2009; Ryan MacDonald and Heather Doucette won the Provincial Championship race over the Oympic distance at Bridgetown back in August. This is the second time that Heather's name has been engraved on the Provincial Champions' trophy, but it was the first time that Ryan's name makes an appearance. We suspect it will not be the last. Bridgetown also saw the inaugural Provincial Sprint Championships, won by Emily Wood and Parker Vaughan. All the top-three winners at Bridgetown received plaques at the banquet from RD Mike Parker.
2009 Olympic Provincial and Points Series Champions; Ryan MacDonald and Heather Doucette
A full list of age-group winners, based on overall performance in all TNS events over the season, will be posted on the website, but both the womens' and mens' series saw a tie at the top. For the ladies, eleven events run over a variety of distances were unable to separate Emily Wood and Heather Doucette, whilst in the men a similar state of affairs left Ryan MacDonald and Parker Vaughan at the top.
2009 Point Series and Provincial Sprint Championship winners; Emily Wood and Parker Vaughan
The 2009 TNS Community Award was awarded to Jennifer and Jason Lawton, and Jason was present to accept the award on behalf of them both. Jennifer and Jason are stepping back from their coaching duties at TNS but have left behind them a robust coaching scene, having established a cadre of trained coaches who work at the Elite and community level. The award also recognised their work in relation to the Canada Games. where they coached athletes who more than held their own against the triathlon powerhouses that are British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec and firmly put Nova Scotia on the national triathlon map.
Jennifer and Jason Lawton at the 2007 PATCO C'ships in Edmonton
A few affairs were sorted out at the AGM that preceded dinner. Treasurer Philip Caulier presented the finances. Last year he presented a balanced budget and we came in right on the nickel. This year, the budget is $900 in the red. We have enough in the bank to cover this shortfall this year, but we will look more closely at both fund-raising and costs.
After much discussion it was not felt necessary to change the fee-structure and it remains unchanged from last year. It will cost $40, $25 and $10 to be full adult, youth or KOS members respectively. Juniors (16-18) will pay the adult fee. Day-fees are $20 for adults and youth and $5 for KOS. As with this year, if you do two races as a day-member, you will eligible to be a full member. Unfortunately, the TNS Prospective Member Tracking Software is as defunct as the TNS Member Tracking Software ever was (surely we can get a computer to do this) so for the time being you'll have to gently remind us at the TNS table in TZ that this is your second race as a day-member and it will be done. There is also a $30 day fee for teams. You will be able to pay your 2010 membership on-line at Atlantic Chip soon.
The board was also elected. We welcome Ken Grandy back to the Board, in the position of Athlete and Coaching Development. Kevin Piggot was elected to the Board for the first time, taking the position of Elite Team Manager. Also on the Board for the first time is Brett Philips, as a member-at-large. Rounding out the numbers are Andrew Dacanay (President), Kevin Doran (Vice-President), Philip Caulier (Treasurer), Linda McLeod (Technical), Sarah Wood (KOS Director) and as members-at-large, Paul Shaw, Mike Todd, Ryan Kemp, Pat MacDonald and Shannon Read. Good luck all as we go into another year.
Many thanks to everyone for both the AGM and the awards; good work was done at the AGM and good fun was had afterward at dinner. It was great to spend an evening amongst friends, and we hope you had a good time too. By the way, the TA forgot it's collective camera, so if you have any photos of the evening you'd like to share with the TA, and by extension the TNS family, please send them on.
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We also recognised our champions from 2009; Ryan MacDonald and Heather Doucette won the Provincial Championship race over the Oympic distance at Bridgetown back in August. This is the second time that Heather's name has been engraved on the Provincial Champions' trophy, but it was the first time that Ryan's name makes an appearance. We suspect it will not be the last. Bridgetown also saw the inaugural Provincial Sprint Championships, won by Emily Wood and Parker Vaughan. All the top-three winners at Bridgetown received plaques at the banquet from RD Mike Parker.
2009 Olympic Provincial and Points Series Champions; Ryan MacDonald and Heather Doucette
2009 Point Series and Provincial Sprint Championship winners; Emily Wood and Parker VaughanThe 2009 TNS Community Award was awarded to Jennifer and Jason Lawton, and Jason was present to accept the award on behalf of them both. Jennifer and Jason are stepping back from their coaching duties at TNS but have left behind them a robust coaching scene, having established a cadre of trained coaches who work at the Elite and community level. The award also recognised their work in relation to the Canada Games. where they coached athletes who more than held their own against the triathlon powerhouses that are British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec and firmly put Nova Scotia on the national triathlon map.
Jennifer and Jason Lawton at the 2007 PATCO C'ships in EdmontonAfter much discussion it was not felt necessary to change the fee-structure and it remains unchanged from last year. It will cost $40, $25 and $10 to be full adult, youth or KOS members respectively. Juniors (16-18) will pay the adult fee. Day-fees are $20 for adults and youth and $5 for KOS. As with this year, if you do two races as a day-member, you will eligible to be a full member. Unfortunately, the TNS Prospective Member Tracking Software is as defunct as the TNS Member Tracking Software ever was (surely we can get a computer to do this) so for the time being you'll have to gently remind us at the TNS table in TZ that this is your second race as a day-member and it will be done. There is also a $30 day fee for teams. You will be able to pay your 2010 membership on-line at Atlantic Chip soon.
The board was also elected. We welcome Ken Grandy back to the Board, in the position of Athlete and Coaching Development. Kevin Piggot was elected to the Board for the first time, taking the position of Elite Team Manager. Also on the Board for the first time is Brett Philips, as a member-at-large. Rounding out the numbers are Andrew Dacanay (President), Kevin Doran (Vice-President), Philip Caulier (Treasurer), Linda McLeod (Technical), Sarah Wood (KOS Director) and as members-at-large, Paul Shaw, Mike Todd, Ryan Kemp, Pat MacDonald and Shannon Read. Good luck all as we go into another year.
Many thanks to everyone for both the AGM and the awards; good work was done at the AGM and good fun was had afterward at dinner. It was great to spend an evening amongst friends, and we hope you had a good time too. By the way, the TA forgot it's collective camera, so if you have any photos of the evening you'd like to share with the TA, and by extension the TNS family, please send them on.
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Section on day-member/full member conversion has ammended; the section is correct now.
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