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Throwers
Cage 2009 |
December
13, 2009
- Seasons
Greetings & Best Wishes for a Happy & Prosperous New Year
from your Throwers Club Executive.
- See
OMA Indoor Schedule - first meet is on
Sun Jan 3rd at York U starting at 12 noon. Throwing
events will be shot put & weight.
- Congrats to
Garry Bachman M87 for his election
to the OMA Hall of Fame at the Athletics Ontario Banquet on Dec
5/09. It was great to have all athletes at the
Awards Banquet from youngsters to Olympians to Masters.
Click here for more info on Garry's accomplishments.
- Remember is you
are planning to attend the World
Masters Championships Mar 1-6 in Kamloops you
MUST get your entry into Brian Keaveney by
Jan 4, 2010. Entry forms &
info are on the
CMAA website.
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October
25, 2009
-
Canadian Masters Throwers Rankings
to Oct 25/09 are posted.
This includes all results from the World Masters Games in
Sydney, Australia. Rankings are also updated on the
OMA website.
Many
thanks to those you have sent corrections or results that were
missing. If there are any mistakes or missing results please
send them to me by November 15th after which the 2009 Outdoor
Rankings will be closed.
- World
Masters Games Sydney, Australia Oct 11-18
- There were lots of great
performances by Canadians downunder. Doug Smith has prepared an
excellent summary of all
Canadian results
on the
OMA site. Full results are available at
World Masters Games Results courtesy
of New South Wales Athletics.
- WMA
Rules Changes -
New Age Grading
Tables will become effective May 1, 2010. There is a
good discussion on the development of these tables on
Ken Stone's Mastertrack.com blog We
have the new tables and are working on comparing results of the
WAVA2006 tables with the new version. For the Throws
Pentathlon, it looks like the younger groups (35-45) will see
some increase in points, the middle group (50-60) will have a
slight reduction but it seems to reduce the points the most in
the older age groups (65+) and especially 85+. More to come on
this.... The other major change is
for Women's age groups: W75+: Shot and hammer reduced from 3kg
to 2kg; discus from 1kg to 0.75km; weight reduced to 4kg.
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World
Masters Rankings 2009
are now posted at
http://www.mastersathletics.net/
The site
also has added an All Time World Rankings list. This site by
Martin Gasselsberger is excellent & has a lot of information
about many great Masters athletes from all over the world.
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September
29, 2009
- We
had a Marvelous Awards luncheon on
Sat Sep 26th - congratulations to everyone for an excellent season.
- Canadian
Masters Throwers Results & Rankings to Sep 26/09
are
posted. This update includes all the results from the
BC Senior Games as well as our final meet in Stouffville. Rankings have also been updated on the OMA website
at
www.ontariomasters.ca
. The final outdoor rankings for 2009 will be posted after
the World Masters Games in Sydney, Australia are completed
October 18th & all results are available. Please check
your listings & if there are mistakes or missing results please
use the update service on the OMA site.
- Results
for our final meet of the season on September 12th are
posted.
- Planning is
already in progress for next season; email updates will keep you
posted on the latest news. As always we welcome feedback &
ideas to improve our meets & masters throwing in Ontario &
Canada.
- Plans for 2010
include some training & coaching sessions as these have been
requested by a number of members.
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August
22, 2009
- Canadian
Masters Throwers Results & Rankings to Aug 20/09
are
posted. This update includes all the results from the
WMA World Championships in Lahti, Finland July 28-Aug 8/09 as
well as our last meet in Stouffville. Rankings have also been updated on the OMA website
at
www.ontariomasters.ca
.
- Results
for our meet Aug 15th in Stouffville are posted. Note
that I have added the summary page for seasons results - check
your standings - there is one more meet left to improve your
record. Many thanks to Peter St. Pierre & his family &
friends for a great job on officiating. Pictures from the
meet are posted at our our
Photo Galley.
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There were some
excellent results at our Aug 15th meet:
- Garry
Bachman M87 is back with an excellent Throw Pent of
4,313pts
-
Richard Parkinson M45 set a Can.
Rec. with 3,166pts
- Peter
St. Pierre M50 with 2,582pts
& John Olivierre M45 with
2,386pts had
PB's
- Max
Woerle M79 had an SB of
2,638pts
-
Evalds Viskers M83 at 1,905pts
& Jim Flowers M81 at
1,482pts had SB's in Triathlon
- Great to have
JP Mayer M61 back in action;
despite have little opportunity to practice in China, he shook
off any rust very quickly & threw a fine
13.34m in SP, 46.09m in DT & 36.22m in JT for a
Triathlon total of 2,420pts
- Jack
Boyd M71 who made the trip down from Sudbury with his
family threw 20.97m in DT
- Mike
Ransky M38 impressed everyone with 54.83m in DT close to his best this
season of 56.69m
- A warm welcome to new
member Elizabeth Hill W48 who competed in
SP - 9.83m & DT - 28.73m
- Finally it was great to
have Rudy Boghina drop by - we hope
to see him again at our Awards lunch.
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Next
& Final meet of the season is Sat
Sep 12th starting 10:00am at
Stouffville. This is your
last opportunity to better your season totals & set some PB's.
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Mark your calendar too
with our Annual Meeting & Awards
Luncheon on Sat Sep
26th at 1:00pm
in the field house at Stouffville.
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July 23,
2009
- Canadian
Masters Throwers Results & Rankings to July 20/09 are
posted. This update includes all the results from the
Canadian Masters Championships Jul 17-19th in Kamloops, BC. Rankings have also been updated on the OMA website
at
www.ontariomasters.ca
. If your results are not correct or are missing, send
corrections to
throwersclub@rogers.com
or use
the ranking update on the OMA website. The next rankings
update will be August 20-21/09.
- Results for the
Canadian Masters Championships are posted on the
Kamloops website.
- Follow Results
for the World Masters Championships in Lahti, Finland at
WMA Website.
Doug Smith, President of OMA will also be live on Twitter -
click here for more info
- Next Throwers
Club meet is Sat Aug 15th at Stouffville
starting at 10:00am. Mark you Calendars!!
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July 11,
2009
- Canadian
Masters Throwers Results & Rankings to July 5/09 are
posted. Rankings have also been updated on the OMA website
at
www.ontariomasters.ca
. If your results are not correct or are missing, send
corrections to
throwersclub@rogers.com
or use
the ranking update on the OMA website. The next rankings
update will be July 20-21/09. Many thanks to
Marek Glowacki (Alberta) &
Sandy Anderson (BC) for sending
meet results
- The entry list
for the Canadian Masters Championships in Kamloops is now posted
at
CMAA Entries
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July 6,
2009
- Results for the
OMA Throws Pentathlon Championships
are posted on the OMA website:
MEN
WOMEN
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The weather was
excellent & there were some great performances:
-
Kristin Dajia W46 in her first appearance this season set
new W45 Canadian Records for hammer (37.09m), weight (11.26m) &
total points at 3,461.
- Rhona
Trott W60 finished with a PB of 3,381pts &
Diane Bedford W35 with a PB of
2,734pts
- Tops in Men was
David Morris M70 at an SB of
3,435pts followed closely by Big John
Kasperski M65 with a PB of 3,410pts.
- M55 saw a great battle
between Bill Pearson M57 &
Ray Bzibziak M55 who finished with
PB's of 3,194pts & 3,098pts, respectively
- Peter
St. Pierre M50 had 2,406pts, John
Olivierre M45 at 2,336pts & Sharaz
Shaikh M35 in his first Throws Pentathlon at 2,102pts.
- Ralph
Cilevitz M55 was the ONLY athlete to complete both the
Throws Pentathlon & Jumping Quadrathlon - he finished at
2,061pts in the Pentathlon.
- Rounding out the field was
Kajalingam Kadirgamarajay M60 in
his first Throws Pentathlon finishing at 1,529pts.
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Special thanks to
Brian Keaveney who handled all the
officiating along with James St. Pierre.
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Next year we will build
on the success of this meet to make an even better OMA Throws
Pentathlon Championship
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June 25,
2009
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June 2,
2009
- The
Throwers Club website is finally back! After
battling on-line bureaucracy due to the collapse of our previous
hosting service, the administration of our domain name has now
been transferred to our new hosting service. Stay tuned
for upgrades & improvements to the website using tools in our
new service.
- Mark your
calendars - our next meet is Saturday June
13th starting 10:00am at Stouffville. This is an
excellent tuneup meet for the OMA
Championships
the following week at York on Sunday June 21st. - see
www.ontariomasters.ca
for more information.
- Results from May
16th meet are posted. Rankings are in progress & will be
posted soon.
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April
19, 2009
- We had a
GREAT turnout for our
Spring Cleanup on Sat Apr 18th.
Thanks to everyone who came out. In about 4 hours we had
Arvid's place looking great.
Click here for photos of the cleanup.
- A reminder that
the date for getting your entry in for WMA in Lahti Finland is
fast approaching. Brian Keaveney needs the completed entry
forms in as soon as possible with a
final deadline of May 5th for him to
receive your entry.
Details on how to complete your entry are on the
CMAA website.
- Next cleanup &
facility repair will be Sat Apr 25th at
10:00am. We will be working on repairs to the cage,
circles & clubhouse.
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April
2, 2009
- There was a
great field of 21 in shot put & 14 in
weight throw with excellent performances at the Ontario
Masters Indoor Championships held on Sun Mar 29th at the Toronto
Track & Field Centre.
Complete results are posted on the
Ontario Masters website.
Doug has also posted lots of photos.
- Canadian Records
in throws were set by Danny Yoisten M45
in WT - 10.67m, Jan Graczyk M55 who
shattered the existing record of 12.51m with a throw of
17.79m & Rhona Trott W60 in
WT - 11.92m. There is a good
picture of Velta Tomsons W80 on the OMA site throwing shot
5.87m breaking the old mark of
5.75m but she had an even better throw of
5.94m at Mini Meet #2 on Jan 25/09.
- A tip of the hat
to the amazing Earl Fee M80 who ran
1:11.23 in the 400m to shatter the 1:15.58 M80 World
Record. How many people half his age can run that fast??
- Great to see
Big John Kasperski M65 back in
action with 10.75 in SP & 13.37m in WT.
Joe Myers M56 won M55 SP with
14.55m, the top throw by an
American this year. Bill Pearson M56
was 2nd with a PB of 12.70m.
Jim Wetenhall M55 was just shy of
20m in WT at 19.73m.
- Throwers Club
members had another banner year for awards -
Velta Tomsons W80 was presented the
Dorly Brechbuehl Award for the 2009
Ontario Masters Athletics Female Athlete of the Year by
Rhona Trott
W60 who won the award in 2007. Velta was also named
the
Female Thrower Of The Year
with honourable mention to
Barb Dabrowski W50. Rhona
was named
Female Jumps Athlete Of The Year.
- Jean-Pierre
Mayer now working in China won the Bob Moore Award for the
2009 Male Athlete
of the Year & also awarded the Male Jumps Athlete and Male
Throwing Athlete Of The Year. Dave
Morris M70, Marty Withers M45
& Garry Bachman M86 received
honourary mention.
Congratulations
to all on a great year!!!
Check out Doug's excellent photos of the winners.
- Check out
Bill Pearson's interview about
Garry Bachman M86 on YouTube. This was done on the
night of Garry's induction into the
Clarington
Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday October 25th by Jordan Rosenberg
who is currently working on a
documentary on Garry.
You
can also check
out
Doug Smith
talking about "What
is Ontario Masters?"
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March
23, 2009
- 2009
Schedule is now posted. First meet of season is
Sat May 16th - mark your
calendars!! Also included in the schedule are the major
championship meets for OMA, CMAA and USA Masters. Richard
Parkinson is also holding a series of Twilight meets at York
University throughout the spring & summer that Masters are
welcome to attend that are also shown on the schedule.
- Cleanup
day is Sat Apr 4th (Apr 5th if weather is poor).
Two days - Sat Apr 18th & 25th -
are scheduled for facility repairs.
- The
Ontario Masters Indoor Championships
are next Sunday Mar 29th with doors
opening at 9:00am. On-line entry
is available on the OMA website at
www.ontariomasters.ca .
Don’t forget to pay for your parking at
York. Shot put is scheduled to start at
9:30am with weight throw to follow
right after.
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January
5, 2009 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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