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Welcome!
The
Volkssport Association of British Columbia (VABC) serves to unify the
BC volkssport clubs and to promote their mutual cooperation, all within
the Canadian Volkssport Federation (CVF). We are a non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting healthy, non-competitive volkssport
activities for people of all ages throughout the province. Although
volkssporting activities include walking, swimming, cross-country
skiing and cycling, walking events are the most popular among
volkssporters in BC.
There
are eight clubs in British Columbia, offering a wide variety of
walks. Walks include parks, forests, urban
streets and
trails, and glorious lake and ocean views. In addition, VABC is
responsible for over 30 other walks spread throughout the province. We
invite walkers of all
ages to
join us on a walk. New members are welcome, but membership is not
mandatory in order to join one of our walks. We'd love to
meet you! And your first five walks are free! After that the cost is
just $1 or $2 per walk.
Explore
this website to learn more about volkssporting in British Columbia.
News
- April 9
The location of the walk to be held by the Comox Glacier
Wanderers on April 28th in Campbell River has changed. It will NOT be
at Elk Falls. It will now be at Beaver Lodge Forest Lands. Details and
directions can be found on the Calendar of Events page.
- March 7
Lea Tocher, CVF Awards Coordinator, will be retiring from that
position as of May 1, 2012. For the month of May you are asked to NOT
mail distance and/or event books. A new appointment will be announced
at the Convention in May. Following that meeting, you will be notified
of the new coordinator and address. If you are attending the
Convention, you can take completed books and give them to the new
coordinator.
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Jan 1. Bastion
City Wanderers' YRE 157 in Nanaimo starts from Perfect Cup at the
Country Club Centre. Perfect Cup is temporarily
closed. Until further
notice, anyone wishing to do YRE 157 should contact Ethel Hansen,
250-756-9796,
ethelh@shaw.ca.
- Several
walks have been added to the list of mail-in registration walks in
2012. Look here
for the full list of walks requiring mail-in registration and for
details on how to register for and complete the walks.
- Unfortunately,
we have heard that the Vancouver, Washington, International Discovery
Walk Festival will not be held in 2012 or beyond.
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The VABC Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting in Delta on April 21st, 2012. From
the left: David Cattrall, Joan Sanderson, Beverley Cattrall, Christine
Desjardins, Ethel Hansen, Brenda Dudfield, Kaye Farmer, (inset) Janet
Lewis
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Last updated 22nd April 2012