Cycle Toronto looking for volunteers – apply by Friday!
Cycle Toronto (formerly Toronto Cyclists Union) is looking for new volunteers who are interested in helping out on the Bikewatch volunteer team this summer at various events.
If you like talking about cycling issues, and want to hang out with like-minded and friendly bike advocates, please apply by Friday, March 15.
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Competitive trail rider brings home top honours
Michelle Watling and Klein receive high point and high mileage trophies during Ontario Competitive Trail Riders Association awards
Competitive trail rider brings home top honours.
Competitive trail rider,
Michelle Watling and her horse Klein, brought home considerable hardware
from this year's Ontario Competitive Trail Riders Association awards
held Saturday (Feb. 16). Honours included a Highest Mileage award; Klein
has tallied more than 1,000 competition miles over the past five years.
Catherine Whitnall
Recently, Mrs. Watling was the recipient of several Ontario Competitive Trail Riders Association (OCTRA) awards recognizing her achievements - and those of her horse Klein - over the past year.
While there are four different types of competitions covered by OCTRA - endurance, set speed, ride and tie, where two people take turns riding and running the course, and competitive - Mrs. Watling and Klein only compete in the latter. With competitive riding, the individual and horse have a designated time to complete a course. Points are deducted for completing the course too slowly - and too quickly - but it's actually the horse's health that can mean the difference between going home with a win or simply going home.
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ATV ride nets $44,500 for cancer
Posted Mar 14, 2013 By Emma Jackson
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EMC news - Canada's first ATV Ride for Dad kicked fundraising into high
gear in early March, bringing in $44,450 for prostate cancer research
and support.
Submitted
Left, Theo
Janssen, the Nation Valley ATV Club's Ride for Dad co-chairman, joins
Ottawa Senators alumni and celebrity ride captain Brad Marsh, centre,
and Nation Valley ride captain Jeff Leizert at the club's first Ride for
Dad event on March 2.
The Nation Valley ATV Club based in Winchester led 256 riders on the 100-kilometre trail on March 2, attracting riders from across the province and raising more than four times their goal.
"Our original goal was $10,000 total," said club vice-president Mike Chicoine. "It was far beyond our expectations."
He said the $26,000 raised in rider pledges took them above and beyond what they expected, and combined with $4,400 from the silent auction, $7,500 from registration fees and a $5,000 donation from Scotiabank the total amount was staggering.
Riders came from Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Barrie and across the Ottawa Valley to participate in the event.
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ATV ride nets $44,500 for cancer
Posted Mar 14, 2013 By Emma Jackson
Click to Enlarge
EMC news - Canada's first ATV Ride for Dad kicked fundraising into high
gear in early March, bringing in $44,450 for prostate cancer research
and support.
Submitted
Left, Theo
Janssen, the Nation Valley ATV Club's Ride for Dad co-chairman, joins
Ottawa Senators alumni and celebrity ride captain Brad Marsh, centre,
and Nation Valley ride captain Jeff Leizert at the club's first Ride for
Dad event on March 2.
The Nation Valley ATV Club based in Winchester led 256 riders on the 100-kilometre trail on March 2, attracting riders from across the province and raising more than four times their goal.
"Our original goal was $10,000 total," said club vice-president Mike Chicoine. "It was far beyond our expectations."
He said the $26,000 raised in rider pledges took them above and beyond what they expected, and combined with $4,400 from the silent auction, $7,500 from registration fees and a $5,000 donation from Scotiabank the total amount was staggering.
Riders came from Niagara Falls, Hamilton, Barrie and across the Ottawa Valley to participate in the event.
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Head coach Jon Grimwood gets a work out on his cross-country skis
on Wednesday, Mar. 13, 2013 at the Kawartha Nordic Ski Club north of
Burleigh Falls. Clifford Skarstedt/Peterborough Examiner/QMI AGENCY
The club, founded by a group of avid cross-country skiers in Peterborough in 1976 and located about a 40-minute drive north of Peterborough between Haultain and Apsley off Hwy. 28, has experienced growth in recent years and seems to be growing and becoming more popular all the time.
There are currently 800 members, ranging in age from two to 80 and at all levels, which is a far cry from about 10 years ago when it was about half that. It has also fared well in day use skiing, with several thousand visitors coming out between its normal season of December to March. That included about 400 alone who came out over the Family Day weekend.
“Interest in cross-country skiing is growing in the Kawarthas and much of that is because of the facilities here and what we have done,” said David Woodfine, the club’s trails co-ordinator. “We are trying to attract more people and a lot has been done. We’re not that far from Peterborough. When people get here, it’s worth it.”
He said there are many reasons for the upsurge in recent years, including such things as introduction of a youth program, going to both skate and classic styles, improvement to the trail system with the help of state of the art equipment and the building of a clubhouse – among others.
Woodfine said the club has invested more than $400,000 in the past decade and have been helped by three grants (more than $200,000) from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).
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Milton seniors medal at Winterfest
Milton seniors medal at Winterfest.
Bob Walker (left) and Arnold Huffman display their Winterfest medals.
Graham Paine / Canadian Champion
It’s certainly not the first.
“There’s about 400 of us from all over southern Ontario called the SHNOBS. It stands for Ski and Hike Now Or Be Sorry,” said the 85-year-old Miltonian with a smile, no doubt anticipating the imminent laugh.
The acronym is quite humourous, but carries an underlying serious message about the importance of physical fitness — one that Walker takes to heart.
“I don’t go to the gym. This (skiing and hiking) is how I stay in shape.”
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Trail Counts
EVER WONDERED WHO IS USING YOUR TRAIL AND WHEN? LOOKING FOR MORE THAN
JUST A STATIC COUNT OF TRAIL ACTIVITY? TELL OTHERS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF
PERSON IS USING YOUR TRAIL, WHAT MAKES YOUR TRAIL A POPULAR
DESTINATION...AND MORE!
4 decals per sheet - each decal is @ 6" (W) X 1.75" (T) or 15.24cm (W) X 4.44cm (T)
2 decals per sheet - each decal is @ 9" (W) X 2.25" (T) or 22.86cm (W) x 5.72cm (T)
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WE HAVE YOUR ANSWER.
Utilizing smartphone technology trail users can now complete a short survey that:
- Logs in the trip
- Single counts individual users
- Consolidates results for centralized reporting
- Consultation on survey content.
- We ask your questions - the facility manager asks what they want to know!
- Allows for separate trail counting
- Multi-season operation
- 24/7collection
- Identifies quality of trail experiences
- Provides you feedback loop
LOW MAINTENANCE
Using weatherproof decals our methods allow users to quickly and easily
provide you with information you need to assess, improve, direct,
re-direct, or provide information to the user - while on the trail. Our
proprietary method has been developed by over 140 trail users and with
the input of The City of Thunder Bay and Norfolk County Trail Managers.
LOW COST
$50.00 per trail per year (max 3 trails) includes:
- Decal design
- Decal Printing - max 6 sheets, various size decals
- More decals option (fee charged)
- Survey Set-up
- Survey reports
- All system maintenance
- Regional Comparisons
- Seasonal variances
- Trail differentiations
- Use patterns
PACKAGES
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- Blue - 4-10 trails: $300.00 plus HST and registration fees
- Maximum 20 sheets of decals
- Green - 10-20 trails: $500.00 plus HST and registration fees
- Maximum 40 sheets of decals
- Gold - 20 or more trails: Starting at $1,000 plus HST and registration fees
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VARIOUS DECAL SIZES TO MEET YOUR NEEDS!
8 decals per sheet - each decal is @4.5" (W) X 1.12" (T) or 11.43cm (W) X 2.8cm (T)
4 decals per sheet - each decal is @ 6" (W) X 1.75" (T) or 15.24cm (W) X 4.44cm (T)
2 decals per sheet - each decal is @ 9" (W) X 2.25" (T) or 22.86cm (W) x 5.72cm (T)
NETWORKED TRAIL TRAFFIC SERVICE -
Do you have a trail that comes into your area from somewhere else? Is it
managed by someone other than you? Ever want to know how much trail
traffic was passing through, staying. or going away from your place - on
your trail? Trails network and they cross jurisdictions. How much
maintenance are you doing for traffic that comes from someone else's
trail? We can answer that! Watch this space for our Trillium Trail (C)
Decal. It is designed specifically for trail networks
OTHER FACILITIES?
Do you have a trail that comes into park, runs around the arena or pool
and you'd like to know more about cross flow and traffic integration?
Ontario Trails can offer this same method to integrate additional
feedback from your other recreation facilities as well - producing for
you a comprehensive report on traffic, quality of experience at your
arena, pool or tourism destination - giving you a sense of aggregate
operation and our 4 F's - "fit, flow, funding and function."
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Trailhead Ontario
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Trailhead Ontario Website
Trailhead Ontario Registration - Early Bird Ends April 1, 2013
Our Plan for 2013 – "From Recreation to Tourism" There are a lot of new
trails and trail tourism partnerships in RTO8. The Ontario Trails
“Trailhead Ontario 2013″ Committee is is pleased to announce the Holiday Inn Waterfront Peterborough as the location of our conferencing. Site locations for our trail education program are being determined now.
NATURAL/ HISTORIC SITES
When you’re entering the region from any direction the noticeable
feature that differentiates Peterborough from other Cities or Counties
in Ontario is the distinct rolling hills. These hills, while beautiful
when full with fall foliage, have a unique history behind them. When
the last ice age was receding, it left behind large pockets of sediment,
which it picked up while proceeding to grow and freeze everything in
its path. These pockets of sediment are what create the rolling hill
effect you see now. The leftover hills are called Drumlins and
Peterborough is home to one of the largest Drumlin fields in Canada.
The reason is unknown, however when traveling along the trails or the
roads, makes sure you keep an eye out for the next hill and think about
how it really was created.
Become a Trailhead Ontario Presenter - tell us about yourself!
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Ontario Trail Projects - this page details our work in 32 areas of Ontario.
Ontario Trails Council
liaise with the province, and through membership input we conduct a
variety of surveys and create reports that guide decision makers at all
levels - these include:
- Trail Priorities
- Accessibility
- Land Use Planning
- Ontario Cycling Route Commentary
- Use of Maintenance Vehicles on Trails
- Community Development
- Event Planning for Trail Groups
- Safe Trails Manual
- Regional Tourism Trail Inventory RTO12
And more.
We can get you to a significant trails audience.
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Ontario Trail Council Membership
Membership renewals for 2013 started going out December 1st, 2012. Thanks to the 77+ organizations that have renewed so far!
On behalf of OTC we thank you for your support. If there is a group you know that is not a member contact us and we'll send them a note on membership benefits.
On behalf of OTC we thank you for your support. If there is a group you know that is not a member contact us and we'll send them a note on membership benefits.
THANKS! MERCI!
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| The Ontario Trails Council Appreciates the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation |
