No Squeezer This Year!

 No Squeezer for 2011!
Well, that sucks.  Hopefully, this will only be a one time thing and they can provide us next year with the race so many of us love, and expect to be our season ending event.  How can they do this?  Doesn't the 1000's of racers and supporters provide the Wine festival with that many extra visitors?  I don't know but the Squeezer organizers try and explain it here.

It's not the same, but there is the Fall 8hrs at Hardwood the day before and Chico is introducing a new race called the Tour de King for the following weekend. :(

Who am I?

I found this picture on the OCA race report.  Anyone know who the Black Fly is?

Squeezer

Taking up the rear

The Return

Start

Lamey First Fly In

El Capitano

Stitt blazing finish

Cam and Haase battle to finish

Muller with Tonic chasing

Pete - So close to beer

Fin

Black Flies from Behind, Squeezer 2010

The Squeezer 2010

(We forgot our camera so if anyone has pics, please share them!)

We had perfect conditions yesterday for the Squeezer!  The temp was about 15 degrees and the course was dry as a bone.   It very well could have been one of the nicest cross-country courses I've ever raced on. 
We had 11 Black Fly's racing with JohnL, ChrisB and Hazer doing the event for the 1st time and all were smiling at the end.  Too bad Foxy broke his frame the day before. :(   Time for titanium, buddy!
Black Fly Racing 2 (The Rurals) came in 9th overall and had it not been for a mis-registration Black Fly Racing 1 (The Urbans) would have also top 10'd it.
Despite her last 500m to go crash, Brenda still came in 8th in her Women 30-39 category.
The worst thing about The Squeezer is we have to wait 6 months until the next race.
Maybe we can find something in October...

Squeezer Pics

Denis
Marty
Ian
Stitt
Tony
Muller
Fox
Drew
Pete
Brenda

The Squeezer 2009

St. Catherines. A few of my battle wounds from a wet and slippery day. Story of 2009. Even though the weather today turned out to be pretty darn good with lots of sun, the damage was already done from the rain that hit the region last night. The trails were slippery, the roots and rocks were worse and the wooden bridges were downright dangerous. Take it easy and make up time on the road sections was my motto. I think we'll all remember this year for the shitty weather so here's hoping 2010 is dryer.

Check it out: The race made it onto cyclingnews.com

The Squeezer 2008

September 28, 2008. St. Catherines. We weren't planning on attending the Squeezer this year because we were expecting our baby around this time. Instead, Justin raced into the world 3 weeks early so we were able to drive down as a family and participate in the festivities. I must say it's very cool to have your child waiting for you at the finish line (even though he was sleeping!). Most of us were there and after a few flat tires and broken chains (Tony & Cam), we arrived at the finish line to have some well deserved snacks and drinks. Oh devil!

 

I see a Black Fly!

The Squeezer 2007

September 30, 2007. Niagara. It's getting a bit tricky remembering these events and I seem to recall the weather calling for rain, but in the end the day ended up being ideal for a bike race. Cam had a extra long race when he put in 2 more kms by making a wrong turn. In Cam's defense, some of these long bike races can get a bit confusing if there's no one in front to follow. I've done it too. After the race you can see us enjoying our samples of wine and the local cuisine. Yummy.

The Squeezer 2005

September 25, 2005. St. Catherines. Now this is a bike race! Not only is there over 1000 people to share the experience with, but there is wine and food waiting for you at the finish! The Niagara Grape & Wine Festival has it's last day in the same park as the Squeezer and you can sample lots of local flavours while reminiscing about the race you just completed. Lobster sandwiches anyone?