The Irish Invitational

Taylor and Amber competed in the Irish Invitational track meet today, held at Notre Dame, just a few minutes from home.  I worked this morning, so I only caught a few of their events this afternoon.  It was a windy day that began with rain and ended with sunshine.
Taylor was involved in four events.  She ran the midget 100m in a time of 14.59, ran the anchor in the 4x100m relay, ran the 400m anchor leg of the junior sprint medley, and also did her long jump with a jump of 3.97m.

Amber was very excited to come in third with a personal best in her 100m with a time of 13.10.  

WAY TO GO GIRL!!!!

Amber also did long jump with a jump of 4.23m placing her in 6th in that event, and she also ran the 200m leg of the senior sprint medley.
It was exciting stuff to watch...So proud of you ladies!  I am looking forward to the next one!!!

Running the 4x100m anchor today meant "chase those girls down!"

Running the anchor 400m leg of the junior sprint medley.

It takes a tough girl to run the 400m!

200m leg of the senior sprint medley

Off to a Good Start!

On Tuesday, Amber and Taylor had a great day at their first official track meet of the 2012 season.  It was the OCSSAA track meet held at York University.  (This was the Christian school meet.)  Taylor competed in the long jump (5th), triple jump, 100m (4th), and the 4x100m senior relay (3rd).   Amber ran her fastest time this season in her 100m heat with a time of 13.25.  She came in 3rd in the 100m final, with a time of 13.41. The first place time was 13.39...needless to say...it was a tight one!  Amber also came in 2nd in triple jump with a 9.93m leap, 4th in long jump, and 3rd with the senior 4x100m relay team.  

So it appears that all their hard work and training is paying off...CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS!!!

They are off to a good start but there is hopefully much more to come so I shall keep you posted!!!

TCS Titans Hockey 2012

The two biggest boys in this house spent some time together at the hockey rink this winter.  The TCS Titans' hockey team participated in two tournaments (as well as an exhibition game against Dundas, which they won!) 

Levi enjoyed developing his skills and having fun with his friends on the ice, and Rick always loves any opportunity to put on his own skates and help out. 

After watching his brother at one of the practices, David said, "that just makes me want to play!"  (I'm glad he has a few more years to grow before he tries out for the hockey team.)  

Work and things of that nature kept me from going to the tournaments this year, but Taylor went with her friend to the tournament in Stouffville...(the girls were on a break between semesters.)  

I was very thankful that she went as the "Schenk photographer"...so thankful, in fact, that I let her take MY camera!

  The following pictures were taken and edited by her.  ♥Thank you so much Taylor!!!♥

Here are the "sports reports" that were put together by the team manager and published by TCS:

HOCKEY DAY IN GUELPH CANADA

On Thursday, January 19, fifteen determined hockey players rose early in the morning to travel for the annual Guelph District Hockey Tournament in Fergus.  Always a highlight of the sporting season, the hockey team practiced hard in preparation for a competitive day of hockey that included Christian schools from Guelph, Burlington Christian Academy (BCA), Kitchener and Brantford. 

The competition at this year’s tournament proved to be very strong for the Trinity Titans.  Although we began the day as the reigning Guelph District Christian School Hockey Tournament “AA” Champs, the day ended without a victory.    The team improved with each game and the players were a pleasure to coach and supervise.    Congratulations to all the players!  Well done! 

The team would especially like to thank our coaches, John Regeling, Jack Olewniczak and Tim Valters for all their help and all the parents who were able to drive.  We are looking forward to our next tournament in Stouffville on Friday, January 27.  We will keep you informed!

Rick Schenk

Hockey Night in Burlington

The hockey season at TCS has come to an end.   Fifteen young men strapped up their laces and took to the ice on Friday, January 27 in Stouffvulle to represent our school at the final tournament of the season.  Under the tutelage of head coach, Tim Valters and assistants John Regeling and Jack Olewniczak, the team improved significantly from the previous tournament. 

The tournament included teams from Stouffville, Barrie, St. Catharines and two from Burlington, including BCA and ourselves.  The team was faced with some tough competition and finished the tournament with a record of one win, one tie and two loses.  The scores included the following:  Stouffville 3, Trinity 2; Barrie 3, Trinity 3; Trinity 8, St. Catharines 3; and BCA 3, Trinty 1. 

The entire coaching staff was very excited about the level of commitment and effort from the hockey team.  After a rousing exhibition game against Dundas Calvin Christian School on Thursday, the team transformed from a group of hockey players into a team.  

A special thanks to all our volunteer parent drivers and the coaching team.  We are very thankful for the opportunity to lead this wonderful group of students and we look forward to another exciting season next year.

Rick Schenk

Team Manager

Air Canada Centre ~by David Schenk

To preface this post, I just want to say that we were blessed to be gifted with some tickets to a Raptors game...it was a lovely gift and enjoyed by the entire family.  On another note, I did not ask David to write a report about our trip to Toronto...he had so much fun he just had to write about it.  I did, however, ask him if I could type up what he wrote and share it, and he agreed, so here is his take on our exciting outing to Toronto!  Enjoy! 

On February 3, 2012, our whole family went to the Air Canada Centre to watch the Raptors vs the Wizards.  On our way, there we saw a dead animal on the road. Did you know the Air Canada Centre can transform from Basketball to Hockey? When we got there we got Skittles, M&M's, big M&M's. When they were introducing the teams, for the Raptors they set off fireworks and there was fire that burst from behind the net. During the game, the dudes would just shoot and it would go right in. They would only have to jump a tiny bit and they would be able to slam dunk it. Most of the guys were 6 foot something, only two people on the Raptors are 7 foot something. At the end of one of the periods, the Raptor mascot jumped on a trampoline and flipped and dunked it. For the half time show kids came and played basketball and any time they did a good shot the commentator would say, "good shot there kid." The people said that if the Raptors got 100 points or more everyone who came gets a free piece of pizza from Pizza Pizza. The Raptors did score 100 points so we get free pizza. In the end the Raptors won. The final score was 106 over 89 for Raptors. On the way home we took a detour. It felt like it took a long time. We were in Toronto for a long time. By the Air Canada Centre were lights that lit up with different colours. There also was a tree that had stars on it, it looked really cool. When we got home I started writing what I am writing right now. In the end I stayed up till 11:03.  The End.

OFSAA 2011

The King's Christian senior ladies basketball team went to the OFSAA Championships held at Ridley College this past November, and we were more than a little excited for this opportunity to cheer them on for the second year in a row.  They played four very tough games, and finished in 9th place out of fourteen teams. Needless to say, we were very proud of them all and thankful for their wonderful coaches, Eric Bulthuis and Elspeth Jones, who were there to lead them. They might not hold the OFSAA title, but they do hold the OCSSAA title...see here. Congratulations on a wonderful season!!  We are looking forward to the next one...DV.

After the last play...a final cheer...

Silver Medalists

This was a Silver Medal week in the Schenk home.

Levi's volleyball team came in 2nd place at the elementary school tournament held in Hamilton yesterday, and today Taylor's basketball team came in 2nd place in the HSSAA Tier 2 championship game.  Many thanks to her coaches Eric Bulthuis, Elspeth Jones and Richard Stewart for all their leadership, encouragement and dedication.

Congratulations Taylor on a wonderful season!!!