2012 Manitoba Cycling Association Awards- Portage Junk Yard Dogs Represent!

The 2012 Annual Awards Banquet was held at Rossmere Golf and Country Club on Saturday, November 24th.

Sport Manitoba Order of Excellence Winners for 2012 included:
Jenna Leonhart, John Palmer & Richard Allan


National Medalists included: 
Willem Boersma – 3rd Cross Nationals

Annual Awards-Nominees & Recipients:

Mountain Bike Most Promising Rider:
Willem Boersma-Nominee

Mountain Bike Top Young Female
Jenna Leonhart-Nominee
Keesha Otsuji-Winner









Mountain Bike Top Young Male Rider
Willem Boersma-Winner

Mountian Bike Commisaire of the Year
Shaun Leonhart-Nominee

Road/Cyclo Cross Most Promising Rider
Willem Boersma-Winner


Road/Cyclo Cross Top Young Male Rider
Willem Boersma-Nominee

Road/Cyclo Cross Most Improved
Jenna Leonhart-Nominee



Road/Cyclo Cross Top Young Female Rider
Jenna Leonhart-Winner





Road/Cyclo Cross Commisaire of the Year
Shaun Leonhart-Winner

Road/Cyclo Cross Organizer of the Year
Portage Junk Yard Dogs-Nominee

Road/Cyclo Cross Volunteer of the Year
Dori Boersma-Nominee
Phil Neudorf-Winner

Our very own JYD president Bob Guenther accepting on behalf of Phil Neudorf

Congratulations to all on nominees & recipients on their achievements this year!!!!! We are proud!!!!!

Local Cyclist Was Triumphant In Conquering His Competition At The Canadian National Cyclocross Competitions

Willem Boersma

Willem Boersma wins U17 Men category at BC Grand Prix CX in Surrey, BC

Willem entered the Junior Category which is above his age category and came in 3^rd. The following day he mastered the sport by leading the entire pack on the race course to secure his well earned Gold Medal for his age category.

http://www.cyclingcanada.ca/sport/cyclo-cross/news/wet-and-rainy-course-makes-for-wild-canadian-cyclo-cross-championships/

WAY TO GO WILLEM!!!!!

JYD Announces Clothing Lne

Portage Junk Yard Dogs now have a clothing line available. Please review the sales flyer with available merchandise. Click Here for Flyer

All orders are to be placed through JYD board member Jean-Marc Nadeau @ arctic.stitch@gmail.com

If people want to stop by Screen Door to try on the clothing that would be fine, but that orders must be forwarded to Jean-Marc.  

Screen Door will not accept order/purchases at the store.  Please note that each piece of clothing/bag will have a JYD logo on it (See photo above: the black/grey design but with the "red" collar.)   

Orders will be placed every 2 weeks unless number of orders dictates otherwise.

Get that Christmas Shopping out of the way early this year and be well dressed for the 2013 cycling season!!!!

Honorary JYD Michael Barry Announces His Retirement As A Professional Cyclist

Montreal 2012

Click Here for the Story

Republic of Manitoba Cyclocross Results

The Portage Junk Yard Dogs were pleased to see the great turnout for our race today (91 riders)!
 Thank-you to all who participated in our first cyclocross event. We hope you enjoyed the course & the days events. Our apologies to those in the B Race who should have raced for 40 minutes but only raced for 30 (small glitch that no one seemed to be complaining about )

Kids Results:

2 laps
Brandon Ferg      
Eryn Guenter    
Jonah Huebner    
Mia Sawatsky    
Thomas Wiebe      

1 lap   
Nelson Faurschou
Jacob Sawatsky
Kate Sawatsky  
William Sawatsky
Levi Wiebe        

C Race Results:

Citizen

Christopher Neufeld  32:38  1st Place

Sandra Carr              29:05  2 (minus 1 lap)

Joanne Wiebe           29:25  3 (minus 1 lap)

Cindy Hiebert             30:46  4 (minus 1 lap)

Women

Haley Warkentin       30:22   1st Place

Alex Barios-Novak     31:52   2

Jenna Leonhart          32:12   3

Cheryl Koop               34:31   4

Mary Prendergast      28:51  5 (minus 1 lap)

Janice Kenworthy      30:46  6 (minus 1 lap)

Miriam Huebner          34: 19  7 (minus 1 lap)

Megan Ferg                29:54  8 (minus 2 laps)

Men

Kurt Penno               28:51   1st Place 

David Hamm            29:27    2

Greg Mickelson        29:48    3

Jason Howden         30:01    4

Jackson Locken       30:46    5

Quinn Desrochers    30:46    6

Dave Bell                  31:36     7

David Newson          31:36     8

Steven Wiebe           31:43     9

Don Rose                 31:58     10

Mitchell Ketler           31:58     11

David Ristau             32:26     12

Jeff Fawcett              32:45     13

John Brubacher        32:50     14

Johnathon Millions    32:50     15

Teagan Algeo            33:20     16

Sebastian Kroupa     33:41     17

Robert Fraser            33:53     18

Bill Gendron               33:57     19

Jonathan Klassen     34:11     20

Sean Monaco           34:26      21

Hayden Rose            34:55     22

Colin Fast                 35:14     23

Philip Evans              30:37     24 (minus 1 lap)

Matthew Jackson      38:00     25 (minus 2 laps)

B Race Results:

Women

Melanie LeClair         36:45  1st Place

Charlene Guenter     31:53  2 (minus 1 lap)

Men

Oliver Evans           30:53  1st Place

Jake Allaire              32:51   2

Jon Carson             32:56   3

Jared Fawcett         33:01   4

Cameron McLaren  33:09    5

Peter Dueck            33:42    6

Ian Hall                    33:50     7

Carl Chandler         34:05     8

Mark Reimer           34:14     9

Gavin Faurchou      34:21     10

Aaron Carter           34:51     11

Johnny Sawatsky    35:02     12

Jaron Friesen          35:04     13

Gary Sewell            35:04     14

Bob Friesen            35:16     15

Phil Tripp                35:27     16

Trevor Ketler          35:33     17

Bill Algeo                35:48     18

Chris Yorke            36:03     19

Tim Runtz              36:27     20

Jarret LaBuick        36:27     21

Murray Braun         37:06     22

David Unger           31:08     23 (minus 1 lap)

Brandon Bertram   31:40     24 (minus 1 lap)

Mike Hutton           DNF

A Race Results:

Willem Boersma       60:51   1st Place

Don Sawatsky           61:14   2

Daniel Enns               62:19   3

Olli  Hyytiainen           63:15   4

Chris Huebner           63:24   5

Paul LaPointe            63:48   6

Greg Sherwin            63:51   7

Craig Penner             64:12   8

Rob Brigden              65:03   9

Graham Wiebe          65:35   10

Dan Lockery              65:36   11

Milo Del Bigio            60:51    12 (minus 1 lap)

Ari Robinson             61:14   13 (minus 1 lap)

David Coughlin         61:33   14 (minus 1 lap)

Hal Loewen              63:19    15 (minus 1 lap)

Jon Guenter             63:21     16 (minus 1 lap)

Marc Fournier          63:30     17 (minus 1 lap)

THANK-YOU!!!!  Hope to see you next year!!!!

Portage Junk Yard Dogs Proudly Present: The Republic of Manitobah Cyclocross September 22, 2012

The Republic of Manitobah Cyclocross September 22, 2012

Host Club: Portage Junk Yard Dogs with the cooperation of Portage Regional Recreation Authority Inc (PRRA).

Contact: portagejunkyarddogs@gmail.com

Date: September 22, 2012

Location: Republic of Manitobah Park

Driving Directions: Google Map Direction to the Republic of Manitobah Park

Eligibility:

The race is open to all those with a valid UCI/CCA/MCA license. MCA citizen license holders are eligible to race in the Citizen category only.

Categories and Start Times:

• Kids U11 kids and younger, U13 kids with less racing experience: 1:00 (20 min)
• C Race (beginner, U13 and U15 racers with less racing experience and MCA citizen, male and female): 1:30 PM (30 min)
• B Race (U15; U17; sport level male; sport, expert, and elite female): 2:15 PM (40 min)
• A Race (expert and elite male) 3:30 PM (60 min)

Online Registration:

Pre: Registration:

The pre-registration deadline is Thursday September 20, 2012 at midnight.

         Click here to register online

Race Day Registration:

Race day registration for the events opens at 11:00 am and ends 30 minutes before your event starts. Please print out and bring the entry form and waiver with you to the race. 

Check In:
All pre-registered riders must "Check-in" at the registration table.
Check in opens at 11:00 am and closes 30 minutes before your event start.

Cost:

$20 for pre-registration for those holding a UCI/CCA/MCA license

$40 the day of the race for those holding a UCI/CCA/MCA license

$10  for those holding a MCA citizen license
No entry fee for those U11 and younger or U13 with less experience racing in the kids race

Race Course:

The course will be open for pre-riding at about 11:30 am on race day. Length will be 2.5 km. The course will consist of hard packed gravel paths, grass fields and an ascent of “Lookout Hill”.

Assembly and Seeding:

•         Riders in the C, B, and A races will assemble 10 minutes before the scheduled race start and will be called to the start line in seeded order.
•      Seeding is based on placement in prior races of the 2012 season.
•      Riders who have not raced yet will start at the back of their group.
•      Riders must start in their seeded position or be relegated.

General Race Rules:

• Riders are required to wear a hard-shell ANSI or SNELL approved helmet while racing, warming up, and cooling down.
• Hand-ups (food, tools, or supplies) are not allowed anywhere on the course.
• A rider may NOT take on any additional water or food at any time during the race.
• Mechanical work, bike exchange, and wheel exchange may take place, but only within the designated pit lane.
• Riders may never cut across the course and may never backtrack along the course to get to the pit lane.
• Road, mountain, and cyclocross bikes are allowed in the C and B category, road and cyclocross bikes only are allowed in the A race. Tires in the A group are restricted to a maximum width of 1.5” for 26”wheels and 35mm for all others.
• MTB handlebars must not have bar-ends.
• All bikes must have functional front and rear brakes.

Please consult the UCI and CCA rules to see all applicable rules and regulations

Parking:

Parking is available at the site.

Courtesy and Safety:

The course is open and the public can access the course at any point. Signs will indicate that bike race is in progress, but be aware that marshals do not have authority to prevent people from entering the course. Keep your head up at all times. Be courteous to others.

Washrooms:

Washrooms available

Race Map:

Click here to view map

Bird's Hill Triathlon Sees Kids Of Steel Wind-Up the Season!!!

Despite chilly morning temperatures, there was a good showing for the last Triathlon even of the season. Weather conditions resulted in the swim portion being cancelled, changing things up to a duathlon.

Results for Portage Junk Yard Dogs: 

500m Run/5km Bike/1km Run

Brandon Ferg    24:27

1k Run/5km Bike/2 km Run

Alex McRae       43:46

Erin Morisseau   31:07

Sydney Strocen  32:07


1.5k Run/10 km Bike/3km Run

Hailee Morisseau  46:41  2nd place
Sonya Strocen     51:32  4th place

Naomi Kitchen     60:14  6th place

Victoria Newham  64:57  7th place

2k Run/10 km Bike/ 4km Run

Caven McRae  56:23  8th place

Try a Tri (Do a Du?) Adult Participants

Michelle Strocen  43:32  1st place

Rhonda Kitchen   48:26  7th place

A great season for all JYD KOS participants!!!!!! See you next year!

August 23, 2012 Portage Junk Yard Dog Time Trial Results

In no particular order...

Olivia Lovett  29:19

Kailen Shackleton 20:36

John Palmer  48:25

Rhonda Kitchen 44:01

Trevor Shackleton 43:33

Gord Sokolosky 38:12

Richard Allan 36:39

Willem  Boersma 33:43

Dale Cramer 38:09

Manitoba MTB Provincial Results -Portage Junk Yard Dogs Rocked the Ridge!!!

This years Manitoba Mountain Bike Provincials in Falcon Lake on August 26th, 2012 saw representation from the following JYD participants:

U9 girls   Ryleigh Lovett           1st place finish
U13 girls Olivia Lovett             2nd place finish
U15 girls  Keesha Otsuji          2nd place finish
U15 boys Kailen Shackleton    4th place finish
U17 boys Willem Boersma       1st place finish

Junior Expert Women Jenna Leonhart 1st place finish

Rockin the Ridge -Falcon Lake

Portage Junk Yard Dogs Bring Home Gold at Provincial Time Trials

Richard Allan, Jenna Leonhart, John Palmer

 All three scored first place finishes in their respective divisions in Altona.

Leonhart won the women's junior division 16.1-km race in a time of 27:28, Allan won the men's 50+ 19.2-km race in a time of 33:02, and Palmer won the men's 70+ 16.1-km race in a time of 37:35.


Click here for the article in the Portage Daily Graphic

Cross Season is Here!!

CrossLabs - Free Casual Cyclocross Practice

Everyone is welcome! Join for a fun cyclocross practice session and workout that will mix skills and drills with games and challenges.  All you need is a bike (any bike will do) and a helmet. Suitable for all ages and abilities. 

When: Tuesday nights in September at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Canadian Mennonite University (North Campus), 500 Shaftesbury, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Free informal sessions led by local members of the cross community for people completely new to cyclocross or those looking to improve their skills. They are open to all comers. 

Honorary JYD Michael Barry Competes This Week

Honorary Portage Junk Yard Dog Michael Barry will be competing again this week in two Canadian cycling events. 

Grand Prix Quebec September 7, 2012
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec, UCI WorldTour event presented in North America, is a major step on the way to fulfilling one of the primary objectives of the UCI WorldTour: the globalization of élite cycling. This tour stop in Québec City joins the list of existing officially sanctioned events in Europe, Oceania and Asia.

Grand Prix Montreal September 9, 2012
The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, is back with a bang for its second season! Now part of the UCI WorldTour, which organizes the world's top road bicycle races.

Follow his blog link below:
http://michaelbarry.ca/

or the Grand Prix link
http://gpcqm.ca

Portage Junk Yard Dog Completes Ironman Canada

Congratulations to Portage JYD John Ferg who completed Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton, British Columbia with a time of 13:50:23. (Swim 2.4 miles/Bike 112 miles/Run 26.2 miles)
This was the 30th Anniversary of Penticton Ironman and it was announced this past Thursday that it would be the last one held there.
John did the JYD proud and even worn the JYD cycling jersey for the bike portion of the race.

Getting into game mode

5 hours into 112 mile bike ride

 

With fellow Portager Dave Foley at the finish!

 

 

Three Portage Junk Yard Dogs Have 1st Place Place Finishes at the Manitoba Provincial Time Trial Championships

Congratulations to:

Women Junior 16.1 km -   Jenna Leonhart    27:28   1st Place
Men U50+  19.2 km -       Richard Allan       33:02   1st Place
Men 70+     16.1 km -       John Palmer         37:35   1st Place

Jenna Leonhart preparing for upcoming road race.

Carmen Triathlon Sees JYD Participation Yet Again!!!

Congratulations to all JYD KOS and adult participants this past weekend in Carmen.

100m Swim/5km Bike/1km Run

Ryleigh Lovett   29:13

200m Swim/5km Bike/2 km Run

Abby Davidson   34:52 

Olivia Lovett       40:08

Erin Morisseau    43:40

Sydney Strocen   43:42


300m Swim/10 km Bike/3km Run
Emily Davidson        45:30  3rd place
Hailee Morisseau     46:08  4th place
Sonya Strocen         52:09  6th place
Naomi Kitchen         57:01  7th place

Adult Tri A Tri
300m Swim/10 km Bike/ 3km Run

Sue Davidson         49:04  4th place
Michelle Strocen    50:21  6th place

CANCELLED - July 26th Time Trial

 The Armwood Windows and Doors Time Trial (TT)  for July 26th is cancelled. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause!
See you on August 23rd at Old Bridge Road for the next Time Trial.

JYD KOM/KOS Bring Home Some Medals

Congratulations to all Portage Junk Yard Dogs KOM/KOS participants at the 2012 Summer Games this past week. It was awesome to follow each of you through your Summer Games experiences and we are proud of all of you for participating!!!!

Special mention to our medalists:
Keesha Otsuji         Gold:  Cycling Individual Cross Country XCO MTN Bike 13 & 14 years Junior Female
Keesha Otsuji         Gold:  Cycling Individual Mountain Short Track  13 & 14 years Junior Female
Jaxon Blight            Silver:  Cycling Individual Cross Country XCO MTN Bike 11 & 12 years Junior Male
Jaxon Blight            Silver:  Cycling Individual Mountain Short Track  11 & 12 years Junior Male
Olivia Lovett           Silver: Cycling Individual Cross Country XCO MTN Bike 11 & 12 years Junior Female
Hailee Morisseau    Bronze: Triathlon Individual 12 & 13 Youth Female

Jaxon Blight receiving his Silver Medal

Keesha Otsuji smiling for Gold!

Olivia Lovett Proud Moment with Silver Medal

In addition, Keesha Otsuji was chosen as the Team Central Flag Bearer in the closing ceremonies. Way to go Keesha! 

JYD President Participating in Fundraiser to Support Justice and Compassion in Our Inner-City Communities

Best wishes to our JYD President Bob Guenther who is riding from Calgary to Kelowna in a fundraiser cycling tour starting July 22. 

For more on the ride visit www.Ride2012.ca.

Off To The Summer Games

Today our Portage Junk Yard Dogs Cyclists & Triathletes headed off with the rest of Team Central to Swan River for the Summer Games.

Team Building at the Summer Games Pep Rally July 7, 2012

Our JYD Cyclists will be:

U13 Olivia Lovett, Megan Ferg, Jaxon Blight, Tyler Otsuji, Nicholas Penner
U15 Keesha Otsuji, Grace Kearley, Kailen Shackleton

Our JYD Triathletes will be:
Naomi Kitchen, Emily Davidson, Hailee Morisseau, Caven McRae, Sonya Strochen, Victoria Newham, & Brett Foley

Good luck to all the participants!!!

Check out the website to see how they do...www.manitobagames.ca

Portage Junk Yard Dogs Tackle the Half Iron Man

Congratulations to Portage JYD's Barb Moffat & John Ferg and Portage Resident Dave Foley for completing the Half Iron Man this past weekend at Morden, Manitoba!

Barb in the transition zone ready to begin her 90 km bike ride.

The competition was tough with 72 participants (49 males & 18 females). 

Participants completed a 1.9km swim, 90 km bike, and 21km run. 

Barb Moffat finished 1st place in her age category with a time of  5:51:06.4  (27th overall)

John Ferg finished 2nd place in his age category with a time of  5:55:14.6     (30th overall)

Dave Foley finished 3rd in his age category with a time of  5:58:02.3            (33rd overall)

Dave & John posing in front of the ambulance post-race and glad that they are still standing on the outside!

Kids of Steel - 3 First Time Triathletes Give Morden Manitoba Triathlon a "Tri"

Congratulations to Portage Junk Yard Dogs: Brandon Ferg and Ryleigh & Olivia Lovett who tried their very first triathlon this past weekend. 

Brandon & Ryleigh (front) and Megan & Olivia (back) prepare to start the Morden Triathlon.

Results for Portage Junk Yard Dogs: 

100m Swim/5km Bike/1km Run

Ryleigh Lovett   31:03

Brandon Ferg    27:46

200m Swim/5km Bike/2 km Run

Megan Ferg        32:42

Olivia Lovett       32:53

Alex McRae       34:27

Sydney Strocen  44:44


300m Swim/10 km Bike/3km Run
Sonya Strocen  52:47  2nd place

500m Swim/10 km Bike/ 4km Run

Caven McRae  61:10  4th place

Way to Go JYD!!!!

Bridge Road Time Trial, June 28, 2012

Great turn out today to battle time and wind. Thanks to all the volunteers for quick set up, marshalling, recovery food and take down.

	Start	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Lap 5	Lap 6	Finish	Place
2 laps
Erin Morisseau	:30	11:40	23:12					22:42	1
Sarah Nadeau	1:30	12:40	24:42					23:12	2
Sydney Strocen	1:00	13:34	27:53					26:53	3
3 laps
Rhonda Kitchen	4:00	11:29	19:14	26:52				22:52	na
Hailee Morisseau	3:30	11:17	19:10	26:53				23:23	1
Victoria Newham	2:30	11:55	21:34	30:59				28:29	2
Sonya Strocen	3:00	12:30	22:10	31:39				28:39	3
Naomi Kitchen	2:00	12:21	22:05	31:02				29:02	4
6 laps
Richard Allen	5:30	12:00	18:37	25:15	32:01	38:44	45:44	40:14	1
Sheldon Strocen	4:30	12:48	21:40	30:50	40:01	49:46	58:49	54:19	2
Allen Cuthbert	5:00	13:03	21:01	29:14	37:23	--	--	--	na
Bob Guenther	6:00	12:14	18:30	24:57	--	--	--	--	na