[Schedule - Main] BC Randonneurs: 2008 Schedules:

 Event/Distance (km)

 Date

 Start Location

 Start Time

 Route

 Organizer

 Phone
(All 604-)
Spring Social ($5)
& Social Ride - free - Details

 March 15

Social Ride starts:
(tba)

Party:
7 p.m.

Ride: TBA
(Party: Jeremiah's - Vanc.)

Tracy Barill

988-9827
 Pacific Populaire
 (25, 50, 100 km)

April 6
(Sunday)

 Vancouver
Riley Park
Community Centre

9 a.m.

 Vancouver, Richmond

Danelle Laidlaw

421-1717

VanIsle "Eau de Hell" Week : 200, 300, 400, 600 : April 12-18 : See V. Island Schedule page for details. **
 200 km
"Flying Beaver 200"

April 19

Sea Island (Richmond):
McDonalds Restaurant
on Russ Baker Way

between the Dinsmore
& No. 2 Road Bridges

7 a.m.

Tsawwassen,
Cresent Beach, Fort Langley

Manfred
Kuchenmuller

448-8892
 Flèche Pacifique

May 2 - 4
(Fri - Sun)

Entry Deadline is
Friday, April 11

Various - Your Choice

Danelle Laidlaw
Roger Holt

421-1717
-
 300 km
"Fraser Flats"

May 10

Vancouver
East 4th at Boundary
(near Boundary & Broadway)

6 a.m.

Tsawwassen, Ocean Park,
Abbotsford, Chehalis

Deirdre Arscott
Bob LePage

222-3587
 400 km
"Hell's Gate"

May 24

Vancouver
East 4th at Boundary
(near Boundary & Broadway)

6 a.m.

Abbotsford, Hope,
Hell's Gate, Mission

Michel Richard
Karen Smith

732-0212
732-0212
 600 km
"Merritt Loop"

June 7

Vancouver
East 4th at Boundary
(near Boundary & Broadway)

6 a.m.

Hope, Spences Bridge,
Merritt, Hope

Gary Baker
Jeff Oh

858-4928
-
 1000 km
"Gold Rush Trail"

June 21 - 24

Vancouver
Broadway & Granville
-

2 starts:
6 am?
8 am?

Hope, Lytton,
Lilloett, 100 Mile House

Michel Richard
Eric Fergusson

732-0212
733-6657
 Canada Day 141
 Populaire (141 km)
 Route - Info Page

July 1
(Tuesday)

 Fort Langley
Lions Hall
23022 88th Ave (at Glover)

 8 a.m.
- 9:00

Straiton, Vedder Crossing
Huntingdon, Aldergrove

Ali Holt
Roger Holt

946-8438
 200 km
"Four Coves & a Mountain"

July 5

North Vancouver
Harbourside Park

 7 a.m.

Deep Cove, PoCo, Richmond, Vancouver, Cypress Bowl

Tracy Barill

988-9827
 300 km
"Whatcom Wambler"

July 19

Fort Langely
Marina Park
(Behind Bedford House)

6 a.m.

Silver Lake
Alger, Lumni

Barry Chase

266-4214

Rocky Mt. 1200 : July23-27 : Go to: Rocky Mt. 1200 web site for details. **
 1000 km

August 2 - 5

Vancouver?

-

tba

contact:
Eric Fergusson

733-6657
 400 km
"Mission Hope"

August 9

Langley
7-11

203 Street @ 56th Avenue

6 a.m.

Hope, Mission, Hope...

Ivan Andrews

531-5808
 600 km* New start time ->

August 23

 Fort Langley
Lions Hall
23022 88th Ave (at Glover)

7 a.m.

Glacier, Arlington,
Fort Langley, Hope

Harold Bridge

941-3448
 200 km* New start time ->
 300 km*
New start time ->
 400 km*
New start time ->

August 23
August 23
August 23

 Fort Langley
Lions Hall
23022 88th Ave (at Glover)

7:30
7:20
7:10

...Glacier, Acme
...Arlington
...Rockport, Mt Vernon

Harold Bridge

941-3448
 200 km: Sunshine Coast
(Same route as 2006)

 Sept. 6

Gibsons
Mike's Place
(Lower Gibsons)

 9 a.m.

Gibsons, Egmont,
Madeira Park, Garden Bay

Robert Irvine

-
 200 km: Fall Flatlander

 Sept. 21
(Sunday)

Fort Langley
Lion's Hall
Glover Rd @ 88th Av.

 7 a.m.

Abbotsford, Chilliwack,
Rosedale, Vedder, Huntingdon

Keith Fletcher

530-9273
Annual General Meeting

October 5
(Sunday)

The AGM Ride and Brunch will be on Vancouver Island this year!
(Blue Peter Pub, Sidney - see VI Schedule for details)

Distance / Event

Date
  (populaire)

-
  (populaire)

-
  (populaire)

-
 200 km: Signs of Spring

 April 26
 300 km: Le petit tour de Peace

May 17
 400 km: Le grand tour de Peace

May 31
 600 km: Foothills Randonnée

June14
 200 km: The Dam Brevet

July 19
 200 km: Quiche Brevet (also 75 & 150 km routes)

 September 6

 Distance (km)

 Date

 Start Location

Start Time

 Route

Organizers 

 Phone
 200 km

April 26

Kamloops

 7 a.m.

Little Fort

Richard Blair
Bud Macrae

250 372-1873
-
 300 km

May 17

Salmon Arm

6 a.m.

Mabel Lake, Kelowna,
Westside

Richard Blair
Bob Goodison

250-372-1873
250-675-2879
 400 km

May 31

Kamloops

5 a.m.

Clinton, Merritt

Richard Blair
Bob Goodison

250-372-1873
250-675-2879
 600 km

June 14

Vernon

 5 a.m.

Monashee-Arrow Lakes

Richard Blair
Bob Goodison

250-372-1873
250-675-2879

Rocky Mt. 1200 : July 23-27
 1000 km

August 30
Sept. 2

Sorrento

-

-

Bob Goodison

250-675-2879

 Event/Distance (km)

 Date

Start Location

Start Time

 Route

Organizer

Phone (250)
 New Years Day Populaire:
"Auld Lang Syne"
 (Victoria, 55 km)

January 1
(Tuesday)

Victoria
Christie's Carriage House Pub
1739 Fort St.

Noon

Seaside/Goose/Lochside

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365
 Victoria Populaire
 100, 50 km
 
[Click link for VicPop info page]

March 30
(Sunday)

Beacon Hill Park
Heywood & Bridge Way
(by the Cricket Pitch)

10 a.m.

 Victoria, Saanich
[routes on VicPop info page]

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365
 "Tour of the Cowichan Valley"
 200 km

April 12

Chemainus
Dancing Bean Café

9752 Willow

7 a.m.

Cowichan Valley

Jenny Watson
Patrick Wright

370-9167

VanIsle "Eau de Hell" Week (Includes the April 12th "Tour of the Cowichan Valley" 200 above.) 2008 Info Page
 200 km (route linked above)
 300 km   (For 3, 4, 600 km rts
 400 km   refer to the routes from
 600 km   2007 - they're the same)

April  12
April  13
April 15
April 17

Chemainus
Dancing Bean Café

9752 Willow

7 a.m.
7 a.m.
7 a.m.
7 a.m.

Cowichan Valley
Sooke, Duncan
Cowichan Valley +
Gold River

Jenny/Patrick
Ken Bonner
Ken Bonner
Ken Bonner
370-9167
598-4135
598-4135
598-4135
 The Hills are Alive
 300 km

April 26

Victoria West
Shell Gass
Esquimalt & Tyee

6 a.m.

Duncan, Sooke

Lindsay Martin

208-1756
 Highway to Hell
 400 km

May 10

Victoria
Tim Horton's
Saanich Plaza, 3501 Ravine Way

3 a.m.

Union Bay

Lindsay Martin

208-1756
Northward Ho!
 600 km

May 31

Campbell River North
Mohawk Gas
Island Hwy @ Redwood

6 a.m.

Campbell River,
Buckley Bay, Port Hardy

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365
 Tour of Greater Victoria
 200 km

June 15
(Sunday)

Victoria
Moka House - Cook Street Village
Cook & Oscar

7 a.m.

Saanich-Metchosin

Mike & Brynne Croy
385-2769
 Hare & Tortoise 1000
 1000 km

June 21

Victoria - Tim Horton's
Saanich Plaza, 3501 Ravine Way
Organizer is riding, no late starts
BE ON TIME (reg. starts 2am)

3 a.m.

Port Hardy

Ken Bonner

598-4135
Tsunami
 300 km

June 28

Victoria
Moka House - Cook Street Village
Cook & Oscar

7 a.m.

Port Renfrew

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365
 Back Road 400
 400 km

July 12

Mill Bay
Tim Horton's
Island Hwy @ Deloume

6 a.m.

Buckley Bay

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365
 "Ultimate Island Explorer 2000"
 2000 km

August 12..

Victoria
(please pre-registration)

3 a.m.

Everywhere...

Ken Bonner

598-4135
 "Tour of Nanaimo
 & Cowichan Valleys"
 200 km

August 16

Nanaimo
Tim Horton's - Southgate Mall
10th & Lawlor

7 a.m.

Nanaimo, Genoa Bay,
Yellow Point
(bikely.com route)

Stephen Hinde
Carol Hinde

756-4756
 Fall Isle-Lander
 200 km

Sept. 14
(Sunday)

Victoria
Moka House - Cook Street Village
Cook & Oscar

7 a.m.

Victoria, Sooke, Saanich

Mike & Brynne Croy
385-2769
Annual General Meeting
(Ride and Brunch - $20)
Details: Info Page

October 5
(Sunday)

Vancouver Island
(Sidney)

10 a.m.

Vancouver Island
Blue Peter Pub
& Restaurant,
2270 Harbour Road, Sidney

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365

 

 Date

Time

 Location

 Organizer

 Phone
(604)
Spring Social ($5)
& Social Ride - free! Details

 March 15
(Saturday)

Social Ride starts:
(tba)

Ride: TBA
Party: Jeremiahs - Vanc.
(
party starts 7 p.m.)

Tracy Barill

988-9827
Annual General Meeting
(Ride and Brunch - $20)
Details: Info Page

October 5
(Sunday)

10 a.m.

Vancouver Island
Blue Peter Pub
& Restaurant,
2270 Harbour Road, Sidney

Raymond Parker
Amanda Jones

388-5365

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