CYCLING RACES
DATE: July 1, 2008
TIME: 8 am - 3 pm
CHIN Picnic Grounds/Roadway

Expect great action this year at the cycling races. Start/Finish line at the fountain between Queen Elizabeth building and better Living building.

Midweek Cycling Club Inc. is the GTA's only road racing development club, organizing four elite races every year, 26-week, day-a-week criterium series, learn-to-race programs for aspiring road and multi-sport cyclists, and clinic/training. Founded in 1995 and not for profit organizing, Midweek Cycling Club has over 100 members and is dedicated to road racing and development of new riders of all ages.

The Midweek Club also organizes several major racing events each year. The most prominent is the CHIN International Picnic Bicycle Race held every July 1 for the past twenty-six years at Exhibition Place in toronto, which Midweek has organized since mid 1990's.

The event, which includes races for men and women (from novice to elite level), as well as children's and community races, regularly attracts cyclists as far away as Quebec and New York State. It is one of Canada's "must-race" classics.

Midweek Cycling Club is affiliated with the Ontario Cycling Association, and sanctioned by both the Canadian Cycling Association and International governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale.

Midweek Cycling Club
Website: midweekclub.ca
Contact: Craig Fagan
Tel: 416 252 7903
Email: cfagan@sympatico.ca

BOXING ONTARIO CLUB SHOW
DATE:   July 1, 2008
TIME:    3 pm
VENUE: Better Living Building

Boxing Ontario is pleased to present a LIVE Club Boxing Show at the 41st Annual CHIN Picnic. This event will feature some of the province's best male and female amateur boxers.

Come and witness the thrill of exciting LIVE boxing, FREE of charge. The show will feature provincial and even national champions, in 8-10 bouts of boxing matches that count towards their records. Each bout lasts 3 or 4 rounds and is regulated by Boxing Ontario and Boxing Canada. This is an aggressive, but safe sport that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Whether you are a fan or simply enjoy the sport, you will not be disappointed!

KICKBOXING AMATEUR BOUTS
DATE:   June 28, 2008
TIME:    3 pm
VENUE: Better Living Building

PRESENTED BY TWIN DRAGON KICKBOXING CLUB. For the first time in Ontario, Amateur Kickboxing has arrived with C.A.S.K. Council of Amateur Sport Kickboxing. Twin Dragon has promoted live professional bouts for years and now will put the same energy into amateur! Brothers Michael and Martin McNamara will be presenting Twin Dragon Kickboxing amateur bouts at the CHIN Picnic and this is sports excitement not to be missed!

TEAM K9 PERFORMANCE TEAM
DATE:   June 28,29 & July 1 2008
TIME:   daily 2pm/4pm/6pm
VENUE: Better Living Building

(Free admission)

Don't miss the spectacular talent of the TEAM K9 Performance Team - with fun and exciting competitions such as flyball, agility, Frisbee, obedience, tricks, freestyle, musical hoops, relay races and high jumping.

Jackie Parkin is Captain and Co-Founder of the Northern Borders Flyball Team, and director of TEAM K9. Jackie has been involved in flyball since 1985 and has titled ten dogs of her own. She is currrently competing with Border Collies nad Jack Russel Terrier, and is training an American Bulldog and a Siberian Husky.

In addition to competing in flyball, Jackie also teaches flyball, disc dog, canine musical freestyle, steeplechase, 'fun'-gility, puppy classes and family dog obedience at Claddagh Farm just south of Brantford. She is an author writing on the topics of training,pet care, and breeding, and is the author of the books Flyball Training - Start to finish; and Click! You're on Canine Camera.

The Performance Team is made up of enthusiasts from all walks of life and all of the dogs are cherished family pets. Most of the dogs in the show are also competion flyball, agility and disc dogs.