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Registration and Fees

Pre-Registration

Fee: $22.00 ($17.00 NLAA members) Entry fee for non-NLAA members includes $5 One Day Race Permit
Location: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at Marystown Summer Games Building, Marystown. For more information contact Gordon Brockerville 279-0380 or Lyman Keeping 826-2787

Race Entry Form

Online registration

Online registration deadline: Thursday, June 3th, 2010 at 11:59 AM.
Race number pick up at 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5, Saturday, Garnish Recreation Center

 

Race Day

Fee: $22.00 ($17.00 NLAA members) Entry fee for non-NLAA members includes $5 One Day Race Permit
Location: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5, Saturday, Garnish Recreation Center
 

Payable

Race Fee: Make cheques and money orders Payable to Mariners Athletics Club.
One Day Permit or Membership Fee: Make Cheques Payable to NLAA or Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics Association.
 

Start Time

Race Start Time - 12:00 noon
 

Eligibility

The race is open to paid-up or one-day members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics Association (NLAA). Runners not yet registered for 2010 can obtain NLAA memberships at race registration desk prior to entry into the race. Annual NLAA Road Race membership is $25.00. One Day event Permit is $5.00. Registration for NLAA can also be done at Toyota Plaza at time of race pre-registration.
 

Timex Provincial Series

This is race # 3 of the Timex^® Provincial Road Race Series, where runners are awarded points according to their finishing positions, and score these points leading to year-end awards.
 

Awards

1. Medals will be awarded to the first three male and female finishers in each of seven age groups (Under 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69 and 70 & over)
2. Draw Prizes - PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY RACE PARTICIPANTS CAN CLAIM TIMEX WATCHES AND TOYOTA PLAZA T-SHIRTS. PARTICIPANTS MUST BE PRESENT DURING THE DRAW TO CLAIM A PRIZE.
   • Seven Timex^® watches will be drawn from a list of all finishers.
   • Toyota Plaza technical t-shirts.

 

Refreshments

Post-race refreshments will be available to runners and officials at the Awards Presentation at Garnish Recreation Centre. Approximately 1:30 p.m.
 

Race contact

Lyman Keeping (709) 826-2787 or Gordon Brockerville at (709) 279-0380
 

Course Description

The Garnish-Frenchman´s Cove CHCM Road Race is run over an out and back level course. The race starts in Garnish and runs through the community of Frenchman´s Cove before returning to Garnish.

28th Annual CHCM Road Race
25 Years in Garnish-Frenchman´s Cove
Looking Back - Looking Forward

The first CHCM 10 Kilometer Road Race was held in Marystown in 1981. The race started and finished at the Marystown Summer Games Track, with an out and back course on the main street through the town. It marked the first time that a major road race was held on the Burin Peninsula, with runners visiting from Central Newfoundland and the Avalon Peninsula. Paul McCloy and Colleen Martin from St. John´s were the respective male and female winners in a field of over 30 runners. In the second year, a smaller field of runners took to the road. Colleen Martin returned as the female winner. Joe Ryan, from St. John´s, took the senior male honors. Bill Hiller from Grand Falls won the masters category. The race was not run in 1983 and 1984 but was revived in 1985 using a new route and run in conjunction with the Marystown Kinsmen Summer Festival.

By 1986, members of Mariners Athletics Club (MAC) who organized the race were looking for a faster course. The club moved the race to Garnish-Frenchman´s Cove where it was established as a permanent site. This course is an out and back route which starts at the Garnish Recreation Centre, passes through Frenchman's Cove, with a turnaround point at the outskirts of the town.

The Garnish-Frenchman´s Cove course is flat making it conducive to fast times, especially when there is no wind. In that first year in Garnish-Frenchman´s Cove, Nicola Will from St. John´s set a female course record in a time of 36:20. In 1989, Olympian Paul McCloy, Newfoundland´s most successful distance runner, competing in his second CHCM Road Race, set a male course record in a time of 29:53. Fortune native, Brian Collier running under the MAC banner set a junior record in 32:33.

The race has become popular in the road racing community with experienced and novice participants running for personal best times. With a growing tradition of being one of several quality races organized outside St. John´s, the CHCM Road race was included in the 1990 Provincial TIMEX Road Race Series. The race continues to be part of the TIMEX road race series and the newly established Toyota Plaza series as organized by the Newfoundland and Labrador Athletics Association (NLAA). Mariners Athletics Club remains the host club and CHCM Radio continues to sponsor and promote the race. This year, the Club plans to add secondary sponsors. The Southern Gazette, the local Burin Peninsula newspaper, carries pre and post coverage of the race. The Garnish Town Council and the Garnish Fire Department provide support in making the race a community event.

In the 1990´s, as the provincial road race scene experienced a participation growth, so did the CHCM Road Race. Participation doubled in 1993 with 77 participants - walkers, joggers and serious road racers. Over the years the race has taken on an interprovincial - international flavor. A large contingent of runners from St. Pierre and Miquelon have joined the ever increasing number of runners from the St. John's - Mount Pearl Region, other track and field regions and other provinces.

Participation from most towns on the Burin Peninsula continues to increase each year. A number of participants are now making the race a family affair. Some participants are competitive, racing against other competitors in their age categories, while others jog or walk the course for the challenge of covering the 10-K, and other family members just come out to watch the race.

In the 27 year history of the race, the race has had several multiple winners. Claudio Arthur of St. Pierre has accumulated the most wins with six first place finishes - 1993, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Paul McCloy of St. John´s has won three times - 1981, 1989, and 1991; Scott Young of St. John´s also has won three times - 1995, 1996 and 1998. Ryan Brockerville from Marystown, has claimed the title twice - 2007 and 2009. Marie Decker of St. John´s has won the female division four times recording victories in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2004. Tracey Pope, originally from Grand Bank, has won three times - 1996, 1997, and 1998. Kate Vaughan of St. John´s has won twice - 2008 and 2009. Art Meaney of St. John´s, has the distinction of holding two course records - the male 40-49 age division record of 33.19 and the male 50-59 age division record of 34.46.

During the past 26 years, a number of male and female runners from the Burin Peninsula have taken top honours - Gordon Brockerville and Shelly Farrell (1985), Brian Collier (1987), Brenda Foley (1991), Lionel Foote (1992), Tracey Pope (1996, 1997, and 1998), Grant Handrigan (2006) and Ryan Brockerville (2007 and 2009).

In 2007, during the 25th anniversary run, a record number of 78 participants completed the race. In 2008 that number increased again as 85 participants toed the line with the oldest participant being 80. The course was re-certified in 2009 and will have road race markers showing kilometers completed and a large finish line clock. MAC organizers, CHCM and Garnish Town Council representatives are hoping to top 100 participants this year in celebration of 25 years in Garnish-Frenchman´s Cove.

This year, to make it convenient for local participants, there is an early registration with a mini-social at the Marystown Summer Games Building from 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. on Tuesday, June 1. As well, plans are being made to conduct on-line registration. Participants may also register on site between 10:00 A.M. and 11:30 A.M. just before race start at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, June 5. Runners who have participation milestones of 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and 20 years are requested to notify the race coordinators.

The registration fee is $17.00 for NLAA members and $22.00 for non-NLAA. This fee includes a $2.00 Team Timex surcharge and a $5.00 One Day Race Permit for non-NLAA members. A reception and medal presentation will follow the race at approximately 2:00 PM. A number of prize draws, which includes TIMEX watches, Toyota prizes and CHCM prizes, will be made during the reception.

For more information, interested participants may contact Lyman Keeping at (826-2787) / (lyman_k@hotmail.com) or Gordon Brockerville at (279-0380) / (gbrockerville@eastlink.ca). For more information about this race and other NLAA events you, may wish to visit the NLAA website http://www.nlaa.ca/ or the Garnish website http://www.townofgarnish.com/Road%20Race%20Page.htm

Please notify race coordinators if there are any errors or omissions.