Blockhouse Island, Brockville, Ontario

We invite you to bring your kids (11 and under - boys and girls) to Brockville, for the Wylie Ryan Downtown Kids' 1Km Run.  It is a neat downtown run around Block house Island starting and ending at the Train Tunnel.  It is traffic free and the Brockville and Area YMCA is looking after it.

Bring the kids out to watch their Mom, Grandmother, sister, cousins, and friends run the 5Km, 10Km, the triathlon or duathlon, and also enjoy their own 1Km. If you enter on time, you get a souvenir shirt, a timing chip, a finish medal, and refereshments. To learn more about the Brockville Downtown 5 & 10Km Run, click here.

charity of the event/club of the event

We are pleased and proud to announce that the Brockville and area YMCA is the Official Charity and the Club of the EVent at the Thousand Islands Triathlon, Duathlon and Downtown Run. We encourage you to visit their booth on site. Many 'Y' volunteers and members will be helping out at the various points on the course and with pre-race preparations, so please say hi, and thanks!

For 150 years, the Brockville and Area YMCA has been active in the community as a charity dedicated to helping individuals grow in spirit, mind and body, and in service to others in an environment open to all. With help from our financial Assistance program, more than 1000 individuals of all ages and walks of life accessed the Brockville and Area YMCA facilities, programs and services even though they could not afford to pay full fees.

As a Somersault event participant, you have the opportunity to support the Brockville and Area YMCA by choosing to make a donation when you are entering online, or by clicking here to download a Pledge Form, which you can print and submit to a Brockville and Area YMCA representative when you arrive at the event.

For more information about the Brockville and Area YMCA, please visit www.brockvilley.com.

event distance
1 Km  Walk, Jog, or Run - Parents may Jog-A-Long with the kids for free.

entering online is recommended
We encourage you to enter online. That way you receive an immediate confirmation of payment. Avoid the hassle of writing a cheque and mailing or dropping off your form, by using the ENTER NOW button at the top of this page.

entry fees

entry fee conditions
There are no refunds for any reason - this includes event cancellation or event changes. Credit cards are accepted for online entries only, up to Sunday August 8th.  All entries received after Sunday August 8th are $10 (Cash Only), and must be made at a Race Kit Pick Up time and location.

Souvenir shirts are included with your entry up to Sunday August 8t). Entries received after Sunday August 8th are not eligible for the souvenir shirt.

entry form drop off

Wylie Ryan Downtown Kids' Run entry forms can be dropped off at the Brockville and Area YMCA up to Sunday Midnight August 8th.

race kit pick & late entry

Race Kits can be picked up at the following times and place:

            Saturday, August 14
            Brockville Rowing Club

            3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
            Water St. & West Market

            Sunday, August 15
            Brockville Rowing Club

            6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
            Water St. & West Market

important deadlines

awards and prizes
All participants receive a souvenir shirt, a finisher's medal, a chance at lots of draw prizes. We do not provide awards for placing in the top 3 overall or in each age division, as we believe that winning is its own reward.

official performance certificate
We are pleased to offer each race finisher, the opportunity to download and print an official certificate of their event performance. That's right, after each event you will be able go online to the event web site, punch in your race number and obtain a certificate that highlights your race, finish time and place in the race.

zoomphoto.ca photography
We are pleased to be able to offer a photo program for participants in the Wylie Ryan Downtown 1Km.  Zoomphoto will be offering you classy photos commemorating your participation.  Just go to http://www.somersault.ca/results.htm the day after the event for your photo

souvenir shirt
A souvenir shirt is included in the entry fee up to and including August 8th. Those entering after Sunday August 8th are not eligible for the souvenir shirt. Please note that you are not eligible for the souvenir shirt after the event, if you do not pick up your participant kit on event weekend.

refreshments
Enjoy fruit, a bagel and a drink after the run.

championchip timing - by sportstats
We use ChampionChip Timing at all Somersault races. This timing system requires that all participants wear a ChampionChip Bracelet on their ankle (Anklet) during the race. This bracelet contains a computer chip that allows the kids to be timed. 

The kids are responsible for obtaining their ChampionChip Bracelet on race morning from the timing people at the Sportstats Tent near the Finish Line.  Do this at least 30 minutes before their race - you will need their race number to obtain the chip. 

The ChampionChip Bracelet must be returned immediately after the kids cross the finish line.  You are responsible for the bracelet cost if it is not returned - and it is expensive.

results (age of december 31, 2010)
The kids personal results will be posted very soon after they finish the race.  Please check the results as soon as you can, to be sure they are accurate.  If  there are discrepancies, go to the Sportstats Van near the Finish Line and provide them with the information you think is correct. 

Remember we use the participant's age at December 31, 2010- not their race day age - for result purposes.

Results will be posted at http://www.somersault.ca/results.htm within 24 hours of the race and are available at RunersWeb.com.

event day schedule

course description 
The runners start at the corner of Bolockhouse Island driveway and Water St.. The kids run on a closed to trraffic course with a double loop around the park on Blockhouse Island, and back to the finish line on top of the Train Tunnel.

rules & regulations
Visit the Rules and Regs page.

volunteers
A parent or adult supervisor must accompany all participants.  One adult may accompany several participants. You may be asked to assist at the event.

Email us at info@somersault.ca if your club/school/group would like us to make a donation in return for your providing 10 or more volunteers.