General registration for the Sprockids 2015 Spring Program will open on February 15th. As with past years, the registration will be done through the Zone4.ca registration system. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks.
Stefan Ritter enjoys last session before Junior CX Championships
Stefan Ritter, an up and coming Juventus junior, spent Sunday riding through the trails of Edmonton's river valley with his coach (Tracy Shearer) and teammates. He was taking care of his final preparation for the Junior World Cyclocross Championships. Stefan will test himself on Jan. 25 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands with a UCI Junior CX race, and from there will move onto Tabor, Czech Republic for the Junior World CX Championships on Jan. 31. Click HERE for the latest news from Tabor.
TP at first World Cup for Kinley Gibson
Juventus elite woman Kinley Gibson recently road for Canada on the Women's Team Pursuit Development team at Canada's UCI 1.1 Milton Challenge at the new Mattamy (pronounced Matt Amy) Velodrome in Ontario. The team performed well and trained together for the week leading to the third World Cup in Cali, Colombia.
The team of riders included Kinley, Annie Foreman-Mackie, Ariane Bonhomme, and Catherine Dessureault - all new to the World Cup scene. Learning can be a big factor in inaugural performances and the girls will be able to take advantage of this. Wind, pacing, and adrenaline conspired to a ride below their potential. Although disappointed, Kinley and her team returned to Canada with energized motivation and a commitment to future success.
Fizik saddle and Ranking Feather helmet for sale!
Check out our classified page (under Member Services) for these great bargains!
Do you have your 2015 Juventus membership yet?
Juventus Cycling Club membership runs from December 1st 2014 through November 30 2015. Benefit all year and join us!
2015 Juventus Cycling Club membership
Volunteer bond cheques are in the mail!
2014 volunteer bond cheques were placed in a mailbox in Edmonton on the evening of Wednesday December 3rd. The envelopes containing the cheques are addressed and stamped. If you believe you should receive a cheque and you do not, please contact the Juventus Membership Coordinator or Website Manager.
Juventus convenes for AGM and celebrates Award Winners!
On the afternoon of November 30th, Juventus gathered for our Annual General Meeting. President, Gail Wozny chaired the event. Club directors each gave a brief description of their program's highlights and elections took place.
Juventus spirit 2014
The AGM was followed by our annual Awards and Dinner. Here are some of our winners.
Abbey McGill - Top U15 Female 2014
Micheal Verveda - Most Improved 2014
Sidney McGill - Top U17 Female 2014
Stefan Ritter - Top U17 Male 2014
Devaney Collier was our Rookie of the Year for 2014. Here she is with Dave Embury before the presentations.
Evan Burtnik - Top U19 Male 2014
Kinley Gibson - Top Elite Female 2014
Scott MacKenzie - Top Elite Male 2014
Hairy competition in the LIVE Hairiest Leg contest. Adam Germaine is an easy winner for 2014
Clive Burke - Most Dedicated Cyclist 2014 - Definitely a crowd favourite.
Sean Germaine - Top Mountain Biker 2014
Peter Toth - Top Master Male 2014 and Gail Wozny - Top Master Female 2014
Dave Embury - The Jim Horner Award 2014
Scott MacKenzie - The Fastest Ten Mile Award 2014
The McGill Family - Volunteer(s) of the Year 2014
Bruce Copeland - ITT Award (again) 2014
Evan Burtnik - Track Cyclist of the Year 2014
Evan and Mason Burtnik - George Award Recipients 2014 (2 completely unrelated, but equally deserving bits of foolishness)
A couple of our award winners were unable to attend. Sam Poon (Top U15 Male) & Anna Talman (Top U19 Female)
Congratulations to both!
Congratulations to all of our award winners for 2014!
Juventus Club Awards 2014 was followed by dinner prepared by Chianti's and delivered by Lance. It was delicious. The time to relax, reflect and socialize with fellow club members was enjoyed by all - and the clubhouse was returned to training state by 5 pm. As always, well done Juventus!
City of Edmonton celebrates success of 3 Juves!
On Tuesday night, Edmonton City Hall looked more like the venue for a Hollywood awards gala. Large deep blue bubble stars decorated the background stairs at the event held to recognize the contributions of Edmontonians to arts and culture, community service, and sports. Peter Toth, Kinley Gibson and Evan Burtnik were recognized for their performances in Individual Cycling. Each has seen both national and international success. It was great to see them up on the stage and recognized among fellow elite athletes. Here are Peter, Kinley and Evan with City of Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Juventus Cycling Club President Gail Wozny.
After presentations, both award winners and guests were treated to a delicious array of appetizers and the very popular candy dessert bar. Now this is a fantastic thing - all sorts of darling little cupcakes, jelly beans, gumballs, licorice, peppermints and more. You use a cute little brown bag to select all your favourites! Here is a picture of our 3 Juventus winners before they got into the candy.
Evan Burtnik and Stefan Ritter with National Podiums!
U17 and U19 National Track Champions 2014 - Stefan Ritter and Evan Burtnik
WOW! Spectators were treated to many amazing race dynamics at the Junior and U17 Track Cycling Championships held this past weekend in Burnaby BC. Juventus junior Evan Burtnik really kept the crowd guessing with his antics in the group races and his lightning speed in the timed events. By Sunday night he had accumulated 2 national jerseys! (the kilo and individual pursuit), as well as a silver medal in the keirin. If you are wondering what happened in the omnium - well, a little snafu in the scratch (involving a wheel and such) saw Evan gifted with -40 points. Yes, that is a minus and a tough break for sure. Evan was exceptional in the following five omnium events, but . . . Safe to say that while Evan is thrilled with his performance at his first track nationals as a junior . . . "he will be back"!
Evan Burtnik - U19 National Track Champion 2014
Meanwhile, the other U17 men in Canada had the pleasure of racing Juventus phenom Stefan Ritter. He quickly figured out that the easiest way to the top of the podium was to be first . . . in the flying 200, in the 500 TT, and in all of his match sprints! Congratulations on 3 U17 National Championships! Stefan is still putting polishing touches on his group racing and settled for silver in the U17 omnium.
Stefan Ritter - U17 National Track Champion 2014
If you check the tweets from the Burnaby Velodrome, you will see M. Burtnik showing up frequently in all the junior men's bunch races. That is because Mason likes to race and likes to make it tough on everyone else. Congratulations on a solid omnium performance to Mason Burtnik. Like his brother, we will look forward to more of his fast racing style next year.
Left to Right Juventus cyclists Mason Burtnik, Stefan Ritter, Evan Burtnik, and Anna Talman along with Alberta Team member Gabby Traxler.
Our Juventus women also had superb results in Burnaby. Anna Talman raced against some of Canada's fastest junior women and was a solid contender in each of her omnium races. But . . . prior to that she joined a mixed province team for a team pursuit - and an unfortunate crash meant Anna would have to compete in the omnium with some face rash. Still, consistent and strong performances got her within two steps of the podium - which makes for some great motivation for 2015. Anna pulled off a PB in her individual pursuit and had a great team sprint with a mixed province team.
Our newest Juventus cyclist at nationals was Devaney Collier. Devaney raced in the hotly contended U17 women's category. You can imagine that with 18 competitors on the track, Devaney had to be a quick learner. She was! Together with PBs in all her timed events, Devaney placed 6th in the U17 omnium!
Congratulations on all these stellar performances!
Juventus Juniors off to Track Nationals!
A select group of Juventus juniors and cadets will make their way to Burnaby for the Canadian Junior Track Cycling Championships November 21 - 23. The event was originally scheduled for October at the new Pan Am Velodrome in Milton, Ontario, but construction delays forced a change of venue. No problem - because that means Juventus is stronger and even faster now!
You can look forward to substantial results from our team (many riding in Team Alberta kit).
Best of luck to Evan Burtnik, Stefan Ritter, Devaney Collier, Mason Burtnik, and Anna Talman!
Sidney McGill CX U17 Canadian Challenge Champion!
Juventus rising star Sidney McGill will be returning from Winnipeg as the 2014 U17 Female Cyclocross Champion. Racing against a very strong field, Sidney proved herself as a tough competitor, navigating the complicated course with agility and speed. Fellow teammates cheered as she crossed the line in first place at the very well run event. We await good intel about her sister Abbey's race. We bet it was also strong . . . stay tuned.
Juventus also competed well in other categories. Sean Germain (racing as part of Team Alberta) debuted as a U23, turning in a solid performance. Sean led the group in early laps, and against a large field barely missed the podium finishing in 4th.
Meanwhile, in the Junior (U19) category Stefan Ritter (racing as part of Team Alberta) proved himself with another great ride for 2014, finishing in 5th. Michael Verveda was not far behind with an 8th place finish.
Connor Wilson raced against amazing elite men's field.
The Master men 50+ race saw veteran Juventus cyclists Ken Germaine and Tracy Shearer challenge every lap. They finished in 8th and 12th respectively in a field 38 deep.
Congratulations to this group along with all of our other Juventus members competing in Winnipeg at the Canadian Cyclocross Championships.
Lucky 13 to Cyclocross Nationals!
Look for Juventus and Alberta Team colours on the podium - because we are sending a solid contingent of top performers to Cyclocross Nationals in Winnipeg. This year's event will be held October 24th and 25th and promises to be extremely competitive.
These riders will be rocking Juventus kit:
Sidney & Abbey McGill
Sam Poon
Logan Isaak
Connor Wilson
Dave Verveda
Cody Shimizu
Tracy Shearer,
Sean, Adam & Ken Germaine
Meanwhile these guys will be in Alberta Team colours:
Stefan Ritter
Mike Verveda
Race smart, race fast and Good Luck!!
Juventus Success at CX Provincials!
Wow! The hard work of training well and racing smart has paid off with multiple podiums for Juventus CX riders at provincials. Look at some of our fantastic results:
Sidney and Abbey McGill with a gold and silver punch in U17 girls!
Sam Poon with a solid silver in U17!
Devaney Collier pulling off a silver in Junior women!
Michael Verveda wearing silver and Cody Shimizu in bronze for Junior men!
And if you haven't noticed, Sean Germaine continues to move up the ranks in the very competitive Open Men category. He finished with a strong 6th!
A big congratulations to coaches Tracy Shearer who took bronze in the Master Men category and Ken Germaine with his very close fourth!
Our riders will due a final tune up and get ready to race in Winnipeg at CX Nationals on October 25 and 26. Get ready for more Juventus moxie.
AGM and Awards Dinner . . .
That's right, once again we will gather for a concise, but important Annual General Meeting. We will follow up with our annual awards and then dinner by Chianti's. Sounds pretty fun plus the people are nice.
Sunday November 30
2 - 4 pm -in the Juventus Clubhouse Gala Room!
Bike, Don't Drive!
This is what happens when Sprockids and LAMP kids drive rather than bike.
Final Day of Sprockids and LAMP Oct 4th!
Hey all,
The Sprockids and LAMP 2014 Fall Tour wraps up this Saturday, October 4th at Argyll Park. The clubhouse will host our final day ride, our "track" racing, and some treats for the kids.
See you all at 9:30 AM at the Juventus Clubhouse!
Edmonton International City Championships! Sunday Sept. 21!
Main stuff:
The 6th annual Edmonton International City Championships are on Sunday the 21st!
Registration is at 9:00 am ($25, t-shirt included!) (bring some loonies also.. in Groups of 3)
First race is at 10:00am
We will get you out of there shortly after lunch.
Groups:
A- and C+
Races (it's acceptable that you don't know what these are... come to the track and find out!)
Bavarian !
Australian Pursuit Qualifiers !
Canadian Turbo-snowball !
Sprint round 1
Japanese Keirin !
Italian Pursuit !
Sprint round 2
Australian pursuit Finals !
America!
Sprint round 3 !
Irish Keirin !
10 Mile!
Jim Horner Grand Prix
Jim Horner Grand Prix of Cyclocross - Saturday September 27 - This is our race and we like to run our races with style and class. It is also the front half of a double header with Hardcore Cycling in the Argyll ravine.
Click here for Registration. Juventus members have been emailed a promo code that can be used for a discount. Click here for the tech guide.
We are still in need of volunteers to help with setup, marshaling, and food.
Set up: 6:30 am - 9 am
Marshall 1: 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Marshall 2: 12:30 am - 3:30 pm
BBQ Chef 11 am - 4 pm
Joel Christianson is the volunteer coordinator. Email him at joelchristianson@gmail.com to assist! (This is your last opportunity to fulfill volunteer commitments this year.)
LAMP and Sprockids in Canmore
The LAMP and Sprockids programs have developed come fantastic youth mountain-bikers. So much so, that the dads now have trouble keeping up with the little-er ones . . . so the dads discovered this past weekend in Canmore. The group of hardcore mountain dudes:
A quote from the dads....
A number of us LAMP/Sprockids families went to Canmore last weekend and rode the Nordic Centre for two days. It was slick from the melting snow and we took the kids on EKG and they totally rocked. They are so proficient on their mountain bikes; it was so much fun watching them ride.
You may need to run a program for the parents next year so we can keep up to them :-)
Sprockids & LAMP Fall Cycling
The fall 2014 for Sprockids and LAMP Kids will begin Saturday, September 6th at 9:30 AM. This is the second year that we will be running a fall program.
It will consist of 5 weeks of cycling at 4 different venues around Edmonton. They will include Terwillegar Park, Devon, Sunridge, and Argyll.
To register for the program, please visit Zone4.ca or click on the link below.
