Great job at the mini-meets this week everybody! The District Final meet is just around the corner onTuesday, May 26that Point Grey Secondary School, 5350 East Boulevard (near the Kerrisdale arena). Your child should have attended at least one mini-meet during the season in order to attend this Final Meet, or have special permission from our coaches. We ask that students wear their Tennyson orange t-shirts to the district meet. If you don’t have one already, you may purchase one from Jacqueline Crummey ([email protected]).
The following students are registered to participate in the Final Meet. If this information has changed and your child needs to be added or removed from the list, please let me know asap. Also, please make arrangements with other parents if your child needs a ride to or from the meet. All drivers must have a completed VSB driver permission form signed by Mme Lavoie.
Juniors (grades 3-5) participate from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm, please arrive at 8 am to check in with coaches.
Seniors (grades 6-7) participate from 1 pm until 3/3:30 pm. please arrive by 12:45 pm to check in with coaches
2) Harry Jerome Classic Track and Field Exhibitions - Monday, June 8, 6:30 to 9 pm, Swangard Stadium
You may recall from the last update that our Tigers have been invited to enter 8 relay teams in the Junior Development exhibition races that take place during this competition. Kinda like an NHL hockey halftime show in which young local teams compete in exhibition games during NHL games. This is a fabulous opportunity for our Tigers to rub shoulders with some of the best elite track athletesin the world as they compete in the final qualifying event for the 2015 Pan Am games!
The starting line-ups for events at this competition are impressive and currently include: Allyson Felix, USA, who won 3 Olympic gold medals in 2012 (200m, 4x400, 4x100) , Wallace Spearmon, USA, who placed 4th in the 100m in the 2012 London Olympics and many other inspiring athletes from around the world. Our exhibition relays take place in the midst of this action between the women’s 1500m and women’s 400m events. Check out the website here: http://www.harryjerome.com/events/
We have been invited to field 8 relay teams (4 girl teams and 4 boy teams of 4 Tigers each): please email me at [email protected] if your child is interested in participating - include your child’s name, year of birth and which adult they will be coming with. I need this information by Monday, May 25. Rides can be arranged, but as this is an out-of-school event, these will be done informally among parents. Email me ([email protected]) if you are having trouble arranging transportation for your child.
Registration in this event is free.
3) Mini mini meet for K-2s Our K-2’s will participate in a mini-mini meet on Wednesday, June 3 at 8 am. More info to follow!