Month: November 2020

As the 2020 Cross Country Season draws to a close, the Valley Royals would like to acknowledge some amazing athetic performances from the 2019 Lower Mainland Series:

• Alexia Smith placed 2nd for Girls age 10
• Riley Simmonds placed 3rd for Boys age 11
• Teagan Scholander placed 3rd for Girls age 13  

The Lower Mainland Cross Country Series has been an annual event in BC for many years and highlighted some of the top athletes in the province. Unfortunately, this racing series was disrupted in 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The club’s annual awards banquet was also disrupted so award plaques from the 2019 Lower Mainland Series were presented outdoors at Clearbrook Park during Cross Country practice this fall.

These awards are based on scores from the athlete’s 4 best race performances in various meets that qualified for the Lower Mainland Cross Country Series. The points for each race were assigned as follows: 1st = 30 points, 2nd = 27, 3rd = 25, 4th = 23, 5th = 21, 6th to 25th each place drops 1 point. Any ties were decided by position in the BC Provincial Championship event. Plaques were awarded to the top 3 boys and girls in each age group.

Congratulations to Alexia, Riley and Teagan for acheiving such great racing results last season and for continuing to train with the Royals in the 2020 Cross Country season as well.

Congratulations on a great fall session. We had a large, enthusiastic, and hard working group of first rate athletes who were dedicated to their running. We competed in two meets and represented our club proudly and we will know shortly if we will have the opportunity to compete at BC Championships.

We have been training at Clearbrook to date and as we move into our winter session we will be changing venues starting next week:

• Starting Tuesday, November 10th, we will be moving to the Delair Park Rugby Pitch

• Thursdays, starting  November 12th, we’ll be at Jane and Gerry Swan Track, Rotary Stadium.

• Saturday mornings we will remain at Clearbrook Park.

Practice times will remain the same.

When-November 12 – December 12th

Thursdays 4:30-5:30 PM & Saturdays 10:30-11:30AM

Where-Rotary Stadium

Cost-$100 for 10 sessions

Space is limited to 15 participants

Instructors are Parmvir Waring and Cassidy Hutchison

On Thursday November 12th, parents need to accompany their child to the Valley Royals shed for a brief check in at 4:20

Dress warmly!

Contact Christa McAuley at [email protected] if you are interested in joining.

Note: JD Winter Conditioning is not normally offered because JDs are encouraged to try other sports in the winter. This is best for their growth and development (see Long Term Athlete Development page). However, due to Covid causing many other sport programs to be cancelled, the club has created the JD Winter Conditioning in an effort to fill the gap.