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Get Excited for the Cornwall BMX Summer Camp

By Victoria Klassen this camp is engaging for all levels
of athletes.
ornwall BMX will be offering Cornwall BMX is very excited by
Ctheir first week-long summer
the possibility of working with Ken
camp July 6th-10th. The camp will Cools and his team. Ken Cools has
be open to all skill levels and a wide been coaching BMX for most of
range of ages - from 4 to 65 years old.
his life, most recently as the High-
As of January, Cornwall BMX was Performance BMX Head Coach for
in negotiations with Olympic coach,
Cycling Canada. He began his career
Ken Cools, to have him coach for the in 1994 and has since coached five
last two days of the camp.
UCI Elite World Champions, over
“The idea of a summer camp 40 Challenge World Champions, five
is something our executives and ABA Pro Champions, and the 2012
volunteers have been discussing London Olympic silver medalist,
since we opened in 2018,” said Dan Sarah Walker.
Drouin. “Considering the number The camp will be held at the
of tracks in the province, we were
Cornwall BMX track at Guindon
surprised by how few were putting Park. Athletes will be encouraged to
together week-long BMX camps, so
learn and refine the skills required for
we figured this up-coming season BMX racing: starting gate techniques, Volunteers (L-R): Track Operator - Dan Drouin, Head Registrar – Krissy
would be a great time for us to put pumping, manualing, jumping, Bougie-Drouin, Club Member – Ethan Russell, Head Scorer – Shannon
in the work to put together a summer Shail, Track Director and Head Coach – TJ Shail, Track Official – Pierre-
corners, race lines, and tactical
camp program.” Alexandre Nadeau, Media Coordinator – Andree-Ann Richer
approach. Off-track components will Photo Submitted
Last season the club hosted eight also be covered, including self-belief
clinics for about 50 children. Drouin and confidence building, pre-race on Thursday and Friday under the Cornwall BMX, call 613-662-1790
said there was a lot of positive routines, goal setting, and race day instruction of Ken Cools, the cost is or e-mail: info@cornwallbmx.ca.
feedback about the clinics and they preparations. $150. You can also follow Cornwall BMX
will be using what they learned from The five-day camp will cost $350. on Facebook (https://www.facebook.
last year’s experience to make sure To find out more about the summer com/CBMXClub) or check out their
For those interested in only training camp or for general inquiries about website: http://cornwallbmx.ca.

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