Spring is here and with it we embark on our outdoor season at NOC! This year’s Outdoor Training Schedule can be found, HERE!
Training
NOC 2017 Indoor Schedule
With 2017 just around the corner be sure to download the practice schedule for the upcoming months!
You can download the schedule HERE!
Can you take an hour to celebrate with us on Saturday April 26th?
This coming Saturday, at 11am, we’ll be doing some concentrated celebrating at the Club for an hour or so.
The Honourable Jim Bradley, MPP, with Mayor McMullan of St. Catharines, and a member of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (the Government of Ontario’s OTF) evaluation committee, Mr. Harvie Hagerty, will be joining us for a formal announcement that will help us to radically revamp our great facility later this year.
Please come and join us (we’re even providing coffee and some sweet treats!); invite your family and friends. It’s your opportunity to say thank you to the OTF, and the City for their financial and in-kind support for our athletes, and indeed young athletes from right across the Region, who use our unique facility every year at about this time and through to the summer.
We hope that you can come out and join us in celebration.
NOC competed as a cohesive team in the Nationals
Excellent comments from Coach Bill MacDonald:
As you can see by the posts, NOC had a phenomenal weekend in Vancouver, especially Heather, but what can’t be overlooked is the phenomenal performance by the NOC TEAM. Six athletes went to Vancouver, six athletes showed up on the line ready to race and six athletes made NOC proud. For Kristen, Avery, Kayla and Cailen it was their first experience at Nationals.
Some may say it’s just another race, but it’s not. The best athletes from across the country are competing. This is the pinnacle of the season. For our Grade 9 athletes, Avery, Kayla and Cailin this meant going from racing 3K at OFSAA to racing 5K at Nationals, which is a big jump. They made us proud they way they raced with guts and determination.
Laura, Kristen and Heather were team leaders, truly mentors for the younger athletes. Laura and Kristen had fantastic races, which is very difficult in such a long season, a testament to their hard work and dedication.
Overall, Team NOC placed 7th!
Well done TEAM NOC, you made us all proud.
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More Great Results for NOC Athletes
Extracted from the excellent coverage by Bernie Puchalski in The St. Catharines Standard:
KORSMIT BACK ON TRACK
Laura Korsmit knew something was wrong during spring’s high school track and field season.
“I ran very slow at track,” the Grade 12 student at Holy Cross said.
She discovered she was battling the same iron deficiency issues she had in Grade 9, and was able to resolve the problem.
“I’ve been really building, and I have been having a good season so far,” said the 17-year-old, who won the Zone 4 senior girls individual cross-country title Wednesday at Burgoyne Woods.
The multiple Zone 4 champion, who has made it to OFSAA on three previous occasions, ran a comfortable race Wednesday.
“It felt good,” she said. “I was running in a big pack with all my friends and it was nice to get out and run with them again. It has been a while.”
It was a relaxing run, with so many runners moving on to SOSSA next week.
“There’s not a lot of pressure, so it is mostly going out at my own pace.”
Niagara Olympic Club coach Sharon Stewart was expecting Korsmit to do well.
“Laura is really strong right now. She has had really great preparation for cross-country and she’s running with more confidence,” Stewart said.
Korsmit has been getting pushed in practice by Ridgeway-Crystal Beach’s Kristen Kuhn, who has joined the NOC.
“It is really nice to have someone my age to train with,” Korsmit said.
This is her final year of high school running and she is open to both American and Canadian scholarship offers.
“I want to go into accounting and I don’t know if I can do that in the States,” she said. “And I like a lot of the schools here, too.”
McMaster and Queen’s are on her radar, although Brock isn’t.
“I don’t know if I want to be that close to home,” she said with a laugh.
Before she thinks of university, there’s a high school season to complete.
“I don’t think there is any pressure, because I don’t think it will affect what will happen in my future,” she said. “I can make it happen without it, but I really want to do well this year.”
She has no specific goal for OFSAA.
“I want to run a really good time and push myself,” she said.
Where Eagles Dare, and Hawks Meet…
Sharon Shares:
Mohammed Ahmed headlines strong NOC summer
Hershey Qualifying Meet on June 1st. Registration opens at 9:30 am on the day of the meet. Please bring your registration forms and birth certificate.
Registration Form AND Schedule for Hershey Qualifying Meet June 1st are available by clicking on the form link in the left hand column of this web page under “NOC PDF Forms”. Thank you.
Important: AGM Postponed and Training Cancelled Tomorrow (Saturday Jan 26th)
From Sharon:
Due to unforeseen circumstances and schedules, the Annual General Meeting is postponed to Saturday February 9th at 10:00 am in the Clubhouse.
Practice for tomorrow is cancelled. Athletes who are competing on Sunday should do their pre-competition warm up at home.
We apologize for the short notice with the changes.
Coach’s Caveat…Last Minute
Last minute memo…. please bring your spikes tonight. Yes, SPIKES, Yikes!!!!
I hope you cleaned off the cross country mud and took your pins out!!
“Believe it, Achieve it”
Sharon Stewart
905 933-2762
Coach, Niagara Olympic Track and Field Club
Region's Top Track & Field Club for Members, Niagara Region Schools, & The Niagara Regional Community 