Hot in the Synergy

Happy 31-degrees C, everyone!

Is anyone interested in doing the Team Time Trial in Canmore this upcoming Saturday? If so, please respond to synergyracingcc@yahoo.ca and we may be able to get a team together. Otherwise, good luck to those of you doing the Individual Time Trial this Sunday!

Congratulations to Reid Dalgleish and Frank Kovacs who took home National Champion jerseys on the track just over a week ago. John Plant was also in the thick of
things at the Championships.


Speaking of Plants, Sherwood Plant has been representing Alberta for the past number of weeks at both the National Track Championships, the Road Championships and at the premier junior race in North America, Le Tour de l'Abitibi. One has to wonder if
Sherwood will have anything left in those legs for August!

Big up to Craig Debellefeuille for being the most consistent racing-Synergist of the year and for recently flying the Synergy colours at BC Superweek.

Bon voyage to Felix Haspel and Colin Walsh, who are on their way to Redmond, Washington for the FSA Grand Prix Track Race and Whale of a Crit! criterium this
weekend.

This is long overdue news: We're all smiles at knowing that Craig Good has now had a girlfriend for over 6 months. And she rides! It didn't Dr. Good long to put that PHD to use.

Speaking of riding, Chris Hooper was back on his bike and racing hard this past Thursday at the track. Chris and his wife Maura had their second child (a boy
named Jack) back in May and their offspring have kept them busy--and deservedly so!

I hope everyone is looking forward to the Bowness Hill Climb and Provincial Criterium in less than two weeks. We've always done well there and having recently
checked out the pot-holed course, I can assure you that it'll be an interesting race.

While some of you are looking forward to cooler weather, some of our juniors riders are looking forward to the Alberta Youth Championships at the end of August. We've a great crew of younger riders this year and we're delighted to have them (especially the Walsh clan)!

Finally, best of luck to Bailey McKnight, our one dedicated mountain biker, as he and his father tackle TransRockies from Panorama to Fernie from August 12-18!

Look forward to more Synergy heat later in the summer. We'll have a get-together at the velodrome sometime when racing cools off.

-cp