Well Bridge City Beat Down 2013 is complete. Couldn’t have asked for a better weekend and better company to share it with. It is a amazing feeling when all your hard work pays off, and you get see/hear/feel the memories you helped to create. Anyone that has become a part of CrossFit in some way can attest to this feeling – it is just something you don’t get until you’ve experience it. I’m lucky enough I get to experience and live it each day, and in just a much larger way this past weekend.
A shout out to all the amazing ATHLETES throughout the weekend – lots of PRs set and memories to take home. I hope you all enjoyed yourself and will be back next year! A congrats specifically to all SYNERGY athletes that kicked some serious ass – here are their final standings:
BEAST – MALES
Matt Bathgate – 5th
Dale Hopkins – 10th
Eric Peterson – 11th
Leo Belcourt – 14th
Jason Trinh – 17th
Chris Thompson – 27th
Matt Walz – 30th
Chris Reid – 36th
Mark Calow – 40th
Jonah Litzenberger – 45th
Jared Janis – 51st
BEAST – FEMALES
Vanessa Degirolamo – 5th
Ilona Van Der Reijden – 8th
Monica Horn – 9th
Sarah Hills – 20th
Abra Thompson – 21st
Christianne Godart – 25th
Carla Roy – 32nd
BRUTES – MALES
Beastly Brutes (Devin R/Jess D) – 1st
Waky Arm Waving Inflatable Tube Men (Chris C/Ben M) – 4th
Big Daddies (Tyler P/Joel D) – 8th
Brutie and the Beast (Scott Z/Blair H) – 15th
Vicious and Delicious (Nathan N/Ted M) – 26th
Clean Before You Jerk (Riel S) – 27th
Breaking Dads (Rob W/Mark W) – 30th
Left and Right Turn Signal (Mike H/Ryles M) – 33rd
BRUTES – FEMALES
SYNERGY Squirt (Brooke A/Rochelle W) – 7th
Box-y Ladies (Jo Ann C/Lecina H) – 8th
Take U 2 School (Lariene B) – 13th
Beauty and the Boss (Courtney B/Desiree P) – 13th
Junk in the Trunk (Kimmy G/Crystal D) – 16th
Buns and Guns (Jenny N/Ashley N) – 22nd
Two Awesome (Aileen F/Chantal D) – 27th
SYNERGY Sistas (Ronda G/Joanne R) – 40th
Beastly Beauties (Terra A/Lara S) – 40th
We No Squat (Carmen R/Melissa J) – 40th
We-will-we-will-spak-yuz (Tania S/Janyce Y) – 46th
WOD Squad (Charlotte G/Becky L) – 50th
Lady and the Traps (Elanne K/Pam G) – 53rd
Sunshine Mornings and Big Weights (Jenny C/Cassandra L) – 56th
Sugar and Old Spice (Sandra N/Darlene B) – 58th
Tean Greenwich (Michelle D/Kathryn G) – 59th
To all the VOLUNTEERS – I can not say thank you enough. Your work leading up to the weekend and throughout it so greatly appreciated you will not even understand. I would like to make sure to thank each and everyone involved:
JUDGES: Sometimes a very thankless job as you have people getting made at you for holding them to high standards and so many other things going on like counting, filling out sheets. The toughest job of the weekend for sure and harder than competing – thank you thank you thank you for your hard work and patience. I’ll try to give you more time to eat next year 😉
Kerry Friesen
Erin Coates
Nicole Wegner
Ashlyn Newlove
Justine McCaffrey
Scotty Butcher
Malary Cloke
Cooper Sinclair
Andrea Fedorchuk
Daryl Cooper
Braeden Johnson
Lou-Anne Stefankiw
Sue Sebestyen
Dawn Ciona
Rob Krueckl
Charis Stromberg
Hilary Peterson
Jill Nutini
Randy Hills
Rik Anaka
Phil Shilling
Patti Johnstone
Melanie Johnson
Beth Kostur
Monica Patrick
Rick Fedorchuk
Alex Mackenzie
Sarah Benson
Randem Andre-Fan
Roxy Belzevick
Zachary Folster
Philip Rees
Janet Warren
Andy Reid
Summer Pham
CORRALLERS: You guys did such an excellent job of making sure all athletes where in order and ready to go for their heat, all while not being able to really enjoy/watch the action. So thank you for that!
Norm Fisher
Heather Meshka
Jeana Penno
Crystal Ilg
STANDARDS:
Leena Menon
Erin MacDonald
Summer Pham
REGISTRATION & ENTRY: Thank you ladies for being on the ball and making the athletes feel super welcome!
Lynne Weber
Brianne Hawkeswood
Cheryl Johnston
Janet Hills
Val Wellens
Alyson Rees
SCORE: To my amazing score girls – I so much appreciated all your help and being on the ball. I would have been a crazy mess without you!
Marlene Wilkinson
Marilyn Friesen
SET-UP/TAKE-DOWN/WEIGHT CHANGERS: The amount of set up before and during the events and making sure it is all right is a huge task. Also to those who stuck around to tear down after the whole weekend was done and you were exhausted, you’re extra awesome. Thank you for your muscle and efforts
Jared Bender
Jared Mackay
Bruno Sebastiao
Hannah Gillon
Alissa Pshyk
Erika Gudnason
Rochelle Chambers
Tara Mose
Laura Polsz
Cam Apperley
HEADS: You all has extra responsibility and managed them perfectly. Thanks for being so reliable and on it, and managing the stress that came along with it. It means tons!
Claire Hopkin – Head Judge
Tim McLellan – Head Judge
Dale Johnson – Head Standards
Laurie M – Head Weight Change
Randi MacDonald – Head Corralling
Also a few people I want to give a special thank you to:
Dustin Seidler and Rana Wright you guys were AMAZEballs! You made such a different to the feel of the event this year and had such a great balance in the approach you took. Thank you so much for being awesome.
And Chad Benko and Ian MacDonald. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to become a part of Synergy Strength in a full-time capacity almost 3 years ago. I feel so lucky to be part of something so great. With every week/month/year I feel we are getting better and better, and I’m looking forward to next year already (remind me that I said that :P) and my future with SYNERGY.
Thanx
The Big VP
