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ACU Archived Information & Notices
A letter from Mr. Michel Careau, ACU Secretary Treasurer (Sept. 19, 2005) Dear ACU Members - Chers membres de l'ACU I am pleased and honoured to officially announce the election of Andrew McLean, from Winnipeg, as Vice President of the ACU. Andrew has been elected by acclamation. Our new Vice President joins the Secretary Treasurer on the Executive. The position of President, vacant since the resignation of Peter Barrett, will be filled out shortly through the electoral process. (Mailing of the voting instructions and ballots should be done within three or four days). Congratulations, Andrew, and good luck in your endeavours. J'ai l'honneur et le plaisir d'annoncer officiellement l'élection d'Andrew McLean, de Winnipeg, à titre de vice-président de l'ACU. Andrew a été élu par acclamation. Notre nouveau vice-président rejoint donc le secrétaire-trésorier au bureau d'administration. Quant à la position de président, laissée vacante depuis la démission de Peter Barrett, elle sera remplie sous peu par le processus électoral. (Les instructions et les bulletins de vote seront mis à la poste d'ici trois ou quatre jours). Félicitations, Andrew, et bonne chance dans toutes tes entreprises. |
Andrew McLean and Sherry Heino win at Lethbridge, Lost Soul 100 Miler and smash the old course records. See all details at www.lostsoulultra.com/results.htm
The next World 24 Hrs Challenge is scheduled for 25 Feb 2006, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Canada will be sending a team and anyone interested should contact the National Team Manager as soon as possible.
The next World Cup 100K is scheduled for Oct 8th 2006 in Imjingak, Korea.
Canada will be sending a team, preliminary team selection will be done in early Spring 2006. Please ensure your performance are registered on the ranking list.
The IAU has announced the possibility of staging an Ultra distance trail and road Commonwealth Championship in 2007.
This might be an excellent way to cement the relationship between the ultra distance road and trail running. In order to be sanctioned as a Commonwealth Championship, there must be a suitable range of events provided for both men and women athletes. The events considered for a proposal for a Commonwealth Championship will be as follows:
100K (Road) ; 24 Hrs (Road); 12 Hrs (Road); 60K-65K (Trail); 70K-75K (Trail )
Any RD interested in more info please contact the National Team Manager.
Canada will be putting a bid for the World 24 Hrs Challenge 2007.
Michel Gouin and his team, organizers of the 12 Hrs and 48 Hrs in Drummondville, QC, have been working on this project for a while and after their participation at the World 24 Hrs in Austria last July, are confident that it will be a success here in Canada. The bid will be sent to the IAU for review and if accepted, the official announcement will be made at the World 24 Hrs Challenge in Taiwan in Feb 2006 with the passage of the national flag.
Jack Cook member of the National Team 100K for the last 2 years will be representing Canada at the European 100K Championship in Winschoten, The Netherlands on Sept 10 2005. All the best Jack.
The World Masters Athletics will be hosting the 2005 100K Mundial in Bariloche, Argentina, Dec 11th 2005.
Anyone interested please contact the National Team Manager
The OUS is conducting an online survey
Please help out the Ontario Ultra Series by giving them your feed back as an ultra runner. Look for them under the Links submenu on the Links page or click here.
The election process (Sep 21st) As there was only one nomination for the VP position, and the nominee accepted the position, Andrew McLean is therefore elected by acclamation. Please see annoucement letter directly below. Anyone wishing to voice their opinion with regards to this process should contact the executive. |
World Cup 100K 2005 Hokkaido Japan, June 26th
Please see the latest newsletter dated July 18, 2005, or click here. Or to view the team members and slide show, go to the Team & Results page or click here.
Congratulations to Laurie McGrath
for her outstanding performance at the 100K in Levis, Quebec on July 7-10 weekend.
Only 2 weeks after an outstanding performance at the World Cup 100K in Japan, Laurie carried on with an impressive 9:27.27 Hrs finishing first in the women division and setting a new Women's Course Record for the Ultra 100K in Levis. Also running an awesome time was the winner of the men's division, Ghislain St-Pierre with a time of 8:51.02 Hrs.
All info and results can be found at www.triathlon-levis.com
Appointment of New President
Ryne Melcher has been appointed President of the ACU. To find out more, read the June 14, 2005 newsletter located here.
ACU President Elect, Peter Barrett Resigns
Effective May 29, 2005, Peter Barrett resigned. Peter indicated he will continue to support the ACU in whatever capacity is needed to assist in a smooth transition.
ACU Election Results are now in!
It's now official. The election meeting took place at the residence of the Secretary-Treasurer on Wednesday, May 11, 2005. La rencontre a eu lieu à la résidence du secrétaire-trésorier mercredi le 11 mai 2005. To see the results, please click here.
IAU 24 Hrs World Challenge
To be held in Austria, July 15 - 17, 2005. It's now confirmed that Canada will be sending a team to this event. To find out more about the actual event, click here.
2005 Team Selections - February 5, 2005
The " prelimary selections " for the 100K Team, for 2005, have been made! See the Selection Process menu under 100K Teams, or click here.
Discussion and Bulletin Board/Chat Group
Please join our new discussion and bulletin board/chat group, which is hosted by Yahoo Sports Groups. You can access it through our ACU Chat submenu under Links above, or just click here.
New National Champions!
Congratulations to Patricia Sommers and Mark Bomhower, who were recently crowned the female and male ACU Series Champions for 2004. They both participated in the Horror Hill 6 Hour Ultra Trail Run on October 30, 2004, to complete the series. Congratulations also go out to Joanne Murray and Ryne Melcher who were the female and male winners of the Horror Hill 6 Hour Ultra Trail Championship.
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