FW: Look 566 for sale

For anyone who didn't get Gary's original note...


Hello everyone,

After much contemplation and soul-searching, I've decided to sell my beautiful Look 566. Please see the attached for sale notice.

I would ask you to pass this on to the other Draughters whom I've missed on this email; I'm afraid my address book is not up to date.

Drop me a line or give me a call if you or someone you know is interested.

Best regards,

Gary

Still lots of riding left this year

First, I’m sending out this message with everyone’s e-mail addresses showing so that Andrew, Gord, Gerard and anyone else who organizes rides can update their mailing lists, as we’ve had a few people join recently.

 

Second, for those who didn’t get Gord’s note, we are doing a MTB ride tomorrow morning at 8:00 am meeting at the West Bragg Creek parking lot.  It should be a beautiful morning and a great ride if you have the time.

 

Third, cyclocross season started this morning with the Natural High CX in Okotoks.  Clark and I represented the Draughters well by not coming last (or even close to last, for that matter).  Etienne has a new bike and will start racing soon.  For anyone else interested in CX racing but unsure of what it entails (lots of people start on Mountain Bikes), I’m happy to host a CX skills ride in the park by my house on Wednesday nights.  I have no skills, but have watched some YouTube videos.  Maybe we’ll bring my iPad to the park.  Please e-mail me directly if you are interested.  And seriously think about trying CX.  It’s super fun and now that Clark and Etienne are racing, I won’t have to go for beers by myself after races, yeah!

 

Fourth, I’ve stopped doing the Face Punch rides on Monday nights so that I can spend more time with my boys.  If anyone wants to pick up organizing that ride or organize another ride on Mondays, feel free.

 

Finally, the design is done for our new jerseys (no snide comments about how long this has taken, this is a volunteer run team and all complainers are encouraged to volunteer) and they look awesome.  Contact Carber if you missed out on ordering and want the most stylish cycling kit in Calgary.  It’s a combo of part of the Electric Avenue Lager label on the front and the Natural Born Killer psycho goat on the back.  If none of this makes sense to you, you need to immediately go buy beer.

 

Ride on,

 

Mike

 

2014 ABA Casino

In case anyone is interested and available.  Please let me know if you do volunteer, and I’ll make sure there is beer in your near future…

 

From: Heather Lothian [mailto:heather@albertabicycle.ab.ca]
Sent: August-08-14 12:19 PM
To: Heather Lothian
Subject: 2014 ABA Casino
Importance: High

 

Dear Presidents of ABA-affiliated clubs:

 

I hope all of your are enjoying the cycling season, and things are going well for your respective clubs.

 

I’m writing in regard to our upcoming casino in Calgary, August 17^th and 18^th. To those of you who have already signed up to work a shift, a big thank-you. A substantial number of positions, however, remain to be filled at the casino. I would reckon that if each club contributed one volunteer, we would fill our remaining vacancies.

 

Casino fundraising constitutes substantial revenue for the Association, allowing us to continue with operations and programming at current levels.

 

Please have a look at the schedule/sign-up form here: https://www.volunteersignup.org/78DP9

If you, or members of your club, are able to contribute one or more shifts, we would be most grateful.

 

Finally, all workers are entitled to a free meal at the casino. Those working a count-room shift may arrive at 11pm, and will have time to eat before the counting begins.

Also, for those travelling from outside the city, we can compensate for mileage from the casino proceeds.

 

Thanks,

 

-Andy Holmwood

ABA President

403.707.8116

 

 

Action Requested: Team LoChanRulez $1,000,000 challenge for the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer

The Story:  Team LoChanRulez was formed in memory of my late wife, Lorraine Chan, an avid cyclist who succumbed to cancer on 22 April 2014.  To date, our ragtag team of 4 riders has raised more than $50,000 due to the overwhelming generosity of family and friends.  However, as our donations have slowed and with the Ride only four days away, we’ve asked ourselves what Lorraine would do?  The answer is clear, she would have set the bar even higher and so should we.  Our renewed goal is to convince 50,000 people around the world to donate $20 each.  That would push Team LoChanRulez past $1,000,000 and make us the top fundraising team for this year’s Ride.  What better way to pay tribute to Lorraine and the loved ones we all have lost to cancer through the years?  

 

Why you should donate:  It is always fun to be part of something ambitious and bigger than ourselves, and hopefully for many people $20 is an affordable amount to donate to this very worthy cause.  Cancer research benefits people around the world no matter where it is done.  In Lorraine’s case, the team at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre collaborated closely with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.  When information and research is shared, we are all one step closer to winning the war on cancer.

 

The Ask:

 

1.       If you have donated already, thank you again, you can skip to 2.  If you haven’t, please follow these nine easy steps (I didn’t provide a link so you know this isn’t a phishing e-mail or something else malicious): Google ‘Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer’; click on the website link; click on ‘Alberta’ at the top of the page; click on the green ‘Donate’ button at the top of the page; click on the circle by  ‘Search for a Team’; type in ‘LoChanRulez’; click on ‘Find a Participant’; click on ‘Mike Urquhart’; click on the green ‘Donate Online Now’; and then donate $20.

2.       Please forward this message on to 2 or more people who you know are people of action.  We only have four more days after all, and it should only take 8 rounds of forwarding to hit $1,000,000.   In particular, send it to people who aren’t in Calgary.  Lorraine and I lived overseas for 10 years, so hopefully we can make this go viral globally.

3.       Check the website periodically to see how we are doing towards the $1,000,000 goal.

 

On behalf of Team LoChanRulez and Lorraine, thanks for your support and have a great day,

 

Mike Urquhart

 

 

Jerseys, Rides and Beer

For everyone who hasn’t responded to Carber about buying jerseys and shorts, please do so as soon as possible.  We will be ordering soon and you don’t want to miss out.  Surprisingly (to me anyway) there weren’t many takers on the skinsuits, so you won’t have to block the image of me in a Draughters skinsuit from your mind any time soon.

 

The WNRS is a sprint double elimination tomorrow night for those who are interested.

 

Andrew and Gerard are unable to organize the Saturday ride for the rest of the month.  I will lead an early ride this Saturday leaving the Westside Church Parking lot (3939 69 Street SW) at 6:00 am.  Please let me know if you want to join.  We will adjust speed and distance based on who comes out.  This will be a no drop ride.  If someone wants to organize another ride later in the day, please let me know.

 

Gord will organize the Sunday MTB ride separately because that’s just the way he is.

 

I can’t do the Face Punch Ride again until Stampede.  If someone wants to fill in for me over the next few weeks please let me know. 

 

For the month of June the Charity Pint Program at the Taproom supports the Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer, so get your friends together and drink lots of Electric Avenue Lager and Natural Born Keller.  Go team LoChanRulez.

 

Finally, please keep registering with the ABA.  I now have 10% off cards for the Taproom for all registered team members.

 

Ride on and rain, rain, go away,

 

Mike

 

Draughters Rides

Gord is out of town this weekend, so things need to be shifted around a bit.  Further to Andrew’s recent note, if anyone is interested in doing the Highwood Pass on Sunday, please let him know.  If there are no takers, Andrew and I are going to do Highwood about 3 hours earlier, so if that is of interest to you, you can also let us know.

 

On Saturday I will lead a group ride from Bragg Creek to Elbow Falls.  We will meet at 8:00 am in the parking lot of the Bragg Creek Shopping Centre.  This will be good training for anyone riding the WNRS next week, which will be a road race on the same route.  Please let me know if you are planning to attend.  I’m happy to leave earlier if that is of interest to people.

 

Finally, the Face Punch Ride will be hill repeats at COP on Monday.  We will meet at the base of the hill at 7:00 pm.  Last week we had 7 people out and the training was awesome (and then we went for beers, which was great too).

RE: Draughters cycle ride - June 8th - Highwood Pass

Any interest?

 

If not, Mike and I are going to head out at an earlier time

 

Andrew

 

From: Andrew Wrenshall
Sent: June 01, 2014 7:32 PM
To: 'Gerard D'Mello'; 'Michael Urquhart'; amacnichol@progressenergy.com; 'Brian Anderson'; 'Carber Goodlet'; 'Clark Shommer'; 'Donna MacNichol'; 'Draughters Blog'; 'Etienne Poulin'; 'Evan Dann'; 'Gabriel Ollivier'; 'Garry McCulloch'; 'Gary Spicer'; 'Gord McMorland'; 'Janet Te'; 'Jim Brent'; jlurquhart@shaw.ca; 'Justin Chadwick'; 'Kari Gregory'; 'Kelsey Smart'; 'Lewis Gitelman'; 'Mike Huth'; 'Mike Shackleton'; monica.sloan@jksholdings.com; 'Murray, Krista (CA - Alberta)'; 'Nick Galasso'; 'Pam Hauck'; 'Paula Emery'; peritusyards@shaw.ca; 'Rae Ann'; 'Rick Green'; 'Rick Mazurkewich'; 'Rory O'Connor'; 'Stephanie Maxwell'; 'Veronica McCulloch'; Wilma.Braat@mnp.ca; 'sonjas@shaw.ca'
Subject: Draughters cycle ride - June 8th - Highwood Pass

 

Anybody interested in cycling Highwood Pass next Sunday, from the North side.

 

Option 1:

Park at King Creek , where the road is closed.  It's a 36km round trip, 480M climb.   Approx. 2:30 hrs round trip. 

Sonja and 2 others are planning to do this.  She did it last weekend and loved it.  Saw bears, moose etc

 

Option 2.

Park at Mt Kidd RV park.  82km round trip, 820 M climb.

 

We can meet at 9am, at the Petro-Canada gas station on Hwy 1, decide who wants to do which option and car-pool from there.

 

Let me know if there's any interest, so we can plan accordingly.

 

Andrew