Team Ontario beat Team British Columbia by 0.1% to take the Gaat Trophy home as the winning provincial team at the Canadian Cross Country Championships in Vancouver on Saturday, November 29th.
M45 Troy Cox (79.9%), M50 Geoff Peat (80.95%), M45 Derek Hackshaw (80.21%*), and M55 Jerry Kooymans (84.48%) were the top four scorers. Jerry had the highest score overall.
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Snow fell overnight before the race making for perfect conditions for the championships
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Start photo
(courtesy Brian Tartt)
The Junior and Masters awards were held in the cosy Jericho Beach Sailing Centre
W35 Winners
Corinne Issel
Carrie Byer
Myndi Quirion
M35 Winners
Nathan Kendrick 1st
Joe Boland 2nd
W40 Winners
Tina Connelly 1st
Lisa Harvey 2nd
M45 Winners
Troy Cox 2nd
Derek Hackshaw 1st
(Bruce Deacon was 3rd)
W45 Winners
Michele Harvey-Blankenship
Veronica Biggar 2nd
Nicola Everton 3rd
M50 Winners
Geoff Peat 2nd
Mark Bennett 1st
(Andrew Tuovinen 3rd)
M55 Winners
Jerry Kooymans 1st
Gary Duncan 3rd
(Michael Lax 2nd)
M60 Winners
Mike Secker 1st
Bill Krezonoski 2nd
Clifford Russell 3rd
M65 Winners
Fred Pawluk 2nd
Grant Towns 1st
Paul Wood 3rd
M70 Winner
Vern Christensen
Some of the Club Team Awards;
M50 Newmarket Huskies
Dan Fiorini
Chris Deighan
Veronica Biggar
Geoff Peat
W35
Calgary Phoenix Striders
Myndi Quirion
Rhonda Clark
Donna Dixon
W40
Kooteney Chaos TC
Nicola Everton
Sharisse Kyle
Becky Bates
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W50
Calgary Phoenix Striders
Amy Anderson
Zita Mulligan
(Barbara Mercier)
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Ontario Masters President Doug Smith and
BC Masters President Jake Madderom
shake after a close battle for the trophy
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