Hello Gators, All I Want for Christmas… The Garneau “SVY Multisport” store is now open and will remain so until December 15. If you would like to order a tri kit (one piece or two piece) or other Gator uniform items (jackets, bike jerseys/shorts, arm warmers, NEW leg warmers, NEW knee warmers, etc) go to the link below and place your order. No money is due at this time. Also, there will be an opportunity to try on various uniform pieces BEFORE (not during) our Thursday, December 17 Annual Member Meeting; if you are interested in trying something on, please plan to arrive around 6:30pm that night. For more details, contact our CUO (Chief Uniform Officer), Brent Voynar at bvoynar@gmail.com. Here’s the link to the store… https://www.lgpickpayride.com/SVYMultisport_160123PPR This week's news topics include...Accomplishments… Page 1, Gettin’ Dirty, and a Gator Hall of Famer!!!Who’s Next?... Funky Santa, Rehobethon, and 2016!!!Come On In… We’re looking for a few good members!!!Ironman Tri Club Points: Let’s be counted!!!Gator Fitness Challenge… Can you say (or more importantly “do”) 3:00!!!Mark Your Calendars… “Introduction to Triathlon and the Tri Club” presentation and Annual Members Meeting!!! Happy Birthday! Best wishes to the following Gators celebrating birthdays this week!Monday, November 30: Suzanne AngelaccioThursday, December 3: Tim Mosebey Accomplishments: Thanksgiving weekend was also a successful weekend!...Hall of Fame: Congratulations to Brent Voynar for his recent induction into the Tri County Sports Hall of Fame! Quite a year for Brent with his first Ironman finish and his Hall of Fame induction for his efforts in football and baseball at Pottstown High School and football at East Stroudsburg University. Way to go, Brent! Read more in these articles (nice IM Maryland photo was in last Sunday’s Pottstown Mercury, too!)…http://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-mercury-pottstown-pa/20151129/281943131801897/TextViewhttp://evan-brandt.blogspot.com/2015/11/five-phs-grads-inducted-into-sports.html Also, if anyone has a copy of the article, I’d like to post it on the lap pool bulletin board (I’d ask Brent for one, but I understand his 100 copies are going out with this year’s Voynar family Christmas cards). Saturday, November 28: We don’t usually post the results of 5k races, but every Gator participating made the first page of the results (top 28 out of 175 runners) and this was immediately following a one hour plus bike ride for some of them, so we’re making an exception…Share Joy 5K Run (Oaks, PA):Kelly Beauchamp was 3rd in her age group, the 4th female overall, and in the top 15% of all runners plus Kelly set a PR! Excellent, Kelly!!Vince Bellino finished 6th in his age group and in the top 20% overall. Great race, Vince!!Don Mack was 4th overall and first in his age group and just missed a PR.Tiff Pfluger was 2nd in her age group, 3rd female overall, and finished in the top 10% overall. Great job, Tiff!!Tim Pfluger won the race! Nice work, Tim! Congrats on joining our other Gator 2016 race winners Michelle Leonard and Kelly Beauchamp!Maureen Pinkerton won her age group, finished as the 5th female, was in the top 15% overall and crushed her 5K PR! Fantastic race, Maureen!!Brent Voynar paced Maureen to a great finish and also finished 5th in his age group as well as in the top 15% overall. He was also described by Maureen as a “Gatorman”… The Gator equivalent of a “Gentleman” for stepping aside for Maureen to cross the finish line first. Quite a weekend, Brent!!Sunday, November 29:Dirty Bird 15K Trail Run (French Creek State Park, PA): Tim Pfluger had his second great race of the weekend completing this tough 15K trail run 4th in his age group and 13th overall out of close to 400 finishers. Congrats, again, Tim!! Who's Next?: December and we’re still racing. Best wishes to all for a safe and successful event…Saturday, December 5:Rehobeth Beach Marathon and Half Marathon (Rehobeth Beach, MD):Marathon: Maureen Pinkerton and Mary KainHalf Marathon: Diane LynchSunday, December 6: In the shortest event in Gator history (until we have our Beer Mile)…Funky Santa 5K Relay Team: Vince Bellino/Trevor Bellino/Tim Pfluger… Not sure where they ended up with a team name, but I think “Two and a Half Ironmen” would be appropriate.2016 “Who’s In?” Member/Club Event Calendar: Just a reminder to get your 2016 anticipated event schedule in (send to NFLSteeler8@msn.com). Don’t worry… We won’t hold you to it if you change your mind later. BUT we would like to share as much info about it with our members as we can, so we’d appreciate your input by Sunday, December 13. Also, reminder that Piranha’s ridiculously low $49 sprint/$59 Olympic/$89 half Ironman sale ends on December 15!... Last year we were 3rd in the Greater Atlantic Club Challenge and we’d like to go for the gold in 2016, so if you are trying to figure out which events to select, see Piranha’s website… You’ll save some money and help the club in the process… http://www.piranha-sports.com/ Come On In: We are currently conducting a new member promotion. We started with an “Intro to Triathlon and the Tri Club” meeting on Monday night that was well attended. All prospective members receive a FREE December of club workouts (current Y members; non-Y members can also get a pass to join for a few of the workouts). If you have any family and friends that might be interested, please spread the word and have them contact Mary Kain (marykain756@gmail.com) or Diane Lynch (dianeskipper@comcast.net). Ironman Tri Club Points: It appears that many of our Ironman-branded race participants (70.3 and 140.6 events) have not registered with Ironman and affiliated themselves with our club. Until December 31 it’s still possible to have past events (at least from 2015) credited to our club, which will gain points for the club that could lead to discounts, early race entries, comp race entries, etc. If you have not registered and/or affiliated yourself with our club, please do the following sometime this month…Register at this link… http://www.ironman.com/triathlon/registration/sign-up.aspx#axzz3tOQBX2aYAffiliate yourself with our club, which is listed as “SV Multisport Gators” (search for “Gators”)Send an e-mail to agr@ironman.com with a list of your events (include past years as well) indicating that they should be credited to the “SV Multisport Gators” tri club. Gator Fitness Challenge: This week’s Gator Fitness Challenges:SBR Challenge: At least 20 minutes each swimming, biking, and running with a combined minimum total of at least 1 hr, 30 min.Plank Challenge: 3 minutes And don’t forget to keep track of your overall totals as you get bonus points each time you complete 10,000 yards of swimming or 5 hours of cycling or 50 miles of running! Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming events include…Thursday, December 17:7:00pm-8:30pm, Spring Valley YMCA, Corporate Conference Room: Annual Member Meeting. This is your opportunity to get up to speed on the club’s 2015 accomplishments and learn what we have planned for 2016!9:00pm-???: Gators TRAINing Night, Railroad Street Bar and Grill, Linfield. Immediately following the completion of the member meeting.Friday, January 1, 10:30am: RefrigaGator Swim III. As we’ve done the past two years, those of us that have recovered from the previous night but are still somewhat foggy will participate in the Pottstown “Polar Bear Swim” (or you can just watch, participate in the Christmas Tree Toss, and/or try to determine if the annual world’s largest bonfire will lead to a forest fire this year). For more details (you have to page down quite a ways)… http://www.pottstown.org/index.aspx?NID=136 Go Gators! Don M