Website Last Updated
Feb. 9, 2010
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Welcome to the Penticton Pounders web site
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Neil Macdonald's house
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Penticton, Next meeting is Monday, March. 1st., |
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Feb 5 2010
The Penticton Lakeside Resort 5K will be held Sunday, March 7th in Penticton. This race is the second in the Canadian Tire Interior Road Race Series and is also the fourth in the Timex Road Race Series. This is a flat, fast course. $2 of each entry will go towards the BC SPCA. The entry form is available at the lower right-hand side of this page. Online registration will also be available shortly at Eventsonline.ca (no service charge). We hope to see you at the race!
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Oct 16 2009
Race Report
Mid-Valley Hospital 9th Annual Autumn Leaf Run October 3, 2009
www.autumnleafrun.com
We participated in this year's Autumn Leaf Run in the small town of Okanogan which is a short 10 minutes drive south of Omak, Washington (approximately 144 km from Penticton).
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Sep 25 2009
The Campbell Mtn. XC 6.5 race will be held on Sunday, Oct. 4th. The run is comprised of dirt roads and single track. The start is a steep climb for over 1 km followed by a fairly steep descent on the west side of Campbell Mtn. and then onto single track on the south side which leads onto the dirt road winding it's way to the finish. The cost is $8 ($5 for full BC Athletics members)
Course Map
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Sep 13 2009
Full results for the Bike Barn 10K may be found at the Interior Running Association
website. Thanks to all those who competed. A portion of your entry
fee goes towards the Big Brothers & Sisters organization. Also
thanks to those who donated and/or ran in the Terry Fox run
afterwards. Finally, a huge thanks to all our volunteers who donated
their time on such a sunny day to help make the run successful. See
you next year!
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: May 12 2009
Results for the Peach City Runners & Nordic Ski Blossom 10 Miler may be found at the Interior Running Association website. Thank you to all who participated and a big thanks to RD Deb Dunham and all her volunteers!
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Mar 8 2009
Results for the Penticton Lakeside Resort 5k may be found on the Interior Running Association website. Race photos, courtesy of Dirk Handke may be found here. Congratulations to all who competed on this very blustery day!
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Mar 3 2009
The Oliver 10 and 3K entry form is now posted on the website. The race is on Sunday, April 5th and the entry form is listed on the bottom right corner of the webpage.
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Editor: Jerry Mitchell
Date: Feb 24 2009
Pounder and Tri Club members enjoyed our annual bowling night on Feb 15. It appears from the pics that we all had fun.
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Editor: Jerry Mitchell
Date: Dec 11 2008
Jingle Bingo Run Dec 7.
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Editor: Jerry Mitchell
Date: Nov 29 2008
Lots of fun had by the Pounders who participated. Picture links are found on the stories page. Follow link below to pics
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Nov 27 2008
Photos have been posted in the 'Photo Journal' from some of the trail runs we've gone on this Fall.
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Nov 27 2008
On Nov. 22nd the Pounders Club and the Tri Club got together to celebrate a year of competition and friendship. The Awards given out went to....
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Oct 3 2008
The Campbell Mtn. 6.5K XC Race is happening Sunday, Oct. 5th. Cost is $8 ($5 for full BC Athletics members). Directions to the race may be found here. Race map is found here. For more info contact Neil Macdonald at 490-3334.
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Sep 9 2008
Congratulations to all who competed in the Bike Barn 10K! Thanks to your generosity, a portion of each entry will be going towards the 'Big Brothers and Big Sisters' programs. Results for the race are found at the Interior Running Association website and photos (thanks to Dirk Handke) are found on his website. See you next year!
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: May 11 2008
Congratulations to all those who braved the pouring rains to run the Blossom 10 Miler! Click here for full results.
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Jan 8 2008
Each Christmas the Penticton Pounders Running Club put on a Jingle Bell Run to aid a needy family in our community. The Club donates money and the participants bring food, gifts,& donations.
This year the club was able to fill the family's needs (a mother with two children) by donating over $500 in various gift items on the families wish list.The club would like to thank Valerie Tuhkala who organizes this event each year. Jingle Bingo pictures |
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Nov 6 2007
This years edition of the Penticton Pounders (Peach City Pounders) Haney to Harrison H2H 100K relay team consisted of 5 new team members and the team had its best result in the past 4 years 8:37:19 . 17th out of the 41 teams in the mixed division and would have been 6th if we had been in the 40+ division of which we have all reached that age of maturity. The new members were Jan Rhoddy,Wyn West,Mike Stokker,Karen Smith & Glennie Biagioni. Deb Dunham,Jerry Mitchell & Ellis Andrews previous team members made up the 8 member team.
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Oct 15 2007
Results for the Campbell Mtn. Race are listed in the 'File Downloads' in the lower right part of the page. Photos are available at Dirk Handke's photo page. Congratulations to all those who competed!
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Editor: Macdonald, Neil
Date: Sep 11 2007
The results and photos of the Bike Barn 10K are available at the following links:
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Editor: Ron Sherk
Date: Jan 17 2007
Sharing more from Dr. Mirkin. His New Years tips on subject like 'run faster', 'get stronger' , 'eat more whole grains'. He does back up what he says with research data.
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Editor: Ellis Andrews
Date: Nov 6 2006
The Penticton Pounders were well represented by our Penticton Pounders Posse Team this past Sat.at the Haney to Harrison (H2H) 100k relay race.
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