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Avondale Firday Afternoon Club (FAC)

Avondale Friday Afternoon Club
Friday, June 19 -  through - Friday, September 4
4:45pm – 8:45pm

Come to Avondale every Friday this summer to for the best  end of teh week party around. Live music, drink specials, great crowd, no worries.

With its central Vail Valley location and large deck, Friday Afternoon Club will be taken to a new level at Avondale. The theme is Friday Afternoon Sunset Deck Party.

•    Live Music – 30th Street Production has created a music program with a different band each week, backed up by local DJs. This company is well known through the area for their outstanding productions. Music will build up till about 7pm and then begin to quiet down.

•    Parents Night Off – 50% off price at Westin Riverfront Kids Club
•    3 bars will be available on the deck with Cocktail specials
•    ‘It’s Pizza Time’ specials and additional menu specials
•    Drawings / Giveaways - To be announced

**Planning is in the works for a special FAC on Friday, July 3 which is the Salute to America celebration in Avon.  Check back for details!

Friday is not the only day to visit Avondale; they offer some of the best dining in the Vail Valley go in and try one of their great entrees

visit the Restaurant Avondale Website for more information about this great restaurant!

IRONKIDS TRIATHLON SERIES LODGING SPECIALS

The IRONKIDS Triathlon Series is coming to Nottingham Park in Avon, CO on September 6, 2009.

 MORE IRONKIDS Series 2009 INFORMATION

Lodging Specials:

Beaver Creek West Condominiums:  Buy 2 nights get 3rd FREE!         Call Jake, Lorrayne, or Cody at 1-800-222-4840

2br, 3br, & 4br condominiums available, Great affordable lodging! Book now!

2009 IRONKIDS Triathlon Series Comes to Avon Colorado

The IRONKIDS Triathlon Series is coming to Nottingham Park in Avon, CO on September 6, 2009.

The IRONKIDS Triathlon Series Mission as stated from The Ironkids Website is:

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The IronKids’ mission is to inspire and motivate youth through the sport to lead an active, positive and healthy lifestyle. The national event series, targeting children ages six to 15-years-old, will offer an interactive weekend experience for the entire family.

The goal of the IronKids Series will be to host approximately 300-400 participants per event between the ages of six and 15 years old. Children will compete in age-appropriate distances with an emphasis on fitness, fun and safety.

WTC acquired IronKids from the Sara Lee Corporation who had owned the event series since 1985. IronKids’ Races have seen more than 40,000 participants in its history. IronKids has introduced some of the sport’s greats with past participants including seven-time Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong and U.S. Olympians, Hunter Kemper and Laura Bennett.

Michelle Payette, who joined WTC in 2008, will use her experience in event management to oversee the IronKids branded event series. Based in Phuket, Thailand, for nine years, Payette served as Race Manager for Ironman Malaysia and for the Laguna Phuket Triathlon. Most recently, Payette was managing events for Tourism Whistler (B.C. Canada) on behalf of the resort community.

The IronKids mission is to inspire and motivate youth through sport to lead an active, positive and healthy lifestyle.  IronKids provides families with a weekend event experience that is educational, interactive and fun.

To ensure IronKids leaves a footprint throughout the U.S., IronKids has developed a ‘Legacy Program’ that will focus on educating students on the importance of nutrition and physical activity, encouraging children to adopt the IronKids lifestyle.

The IronKids team consists of WTC staff, local contractors, host-city Parks and Recreation Departments, City workers (Fire, Police, Permitting, etc.), local Convention & Visitors Bureaus, Sport Commissions, ASI Photography, Prime Time Timing, Premier Sports Timing, local triathlon clubs and of course many, many volunteers.

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There are three categories in the triathlon junior, intermediate, & senior.  Competitors 6-8 years of age will compete in the junior category. Competitors 9-11 years of age will compete in the Intermediate category. The senior category will consist of competitors from 12-15 years of age. The Swim, Bike, and Run distances can be seen on the map image below

The support from the comunity and town of Avon is huge, all roads around Nottingham Park will be closed from 7am to 11 am  to keep all the competitors safe. The closure will  include the roads marked in blue on the map below.

Come out and support the IRONKIDS on September 6 at Nottingham Park in Avon  Colorado

For Lodging Specials Click Here for Beaver Creek West’s Buy 2 Nights Get 1 Night FREE!

Vail Snow Daze 2008 Rail Jam Recap

It was a cold evening in Vail Colorado for the 2008 Vail Snow Daze Rail Jam, With activities beginning shortly after 4 pm there was a great deal to see at this contest. The field was split into Amateur and Pro with the winners of the am division getting a shot to shread with the hot shots. The beginning of the event was a great show the amateur guys and gals killed it out there. As seen below Beaver Creek local Ben “Bennie” Hernreich cleans the dub-kink down flat down to catch the judges eyes.

and after doing so was very stoked (also referred to as excited)

The Skiers were also destroying the features at this years contest seen below locals “Coop Dawg” and “Johnny Blaze”show their skills on the down flat down rail, sooo much steeze!!!

After an hour of the amateurs killing it it came to be that The Rodriquez Brothers stood atop the amateur podium and moved into the finals. Ricky Rodriquez was standing a lil’ taller than his little brother today as the box for 1st was about 4 inches higher than 2nd.

above are the before victory shots of Billy and Ricky Rodriquez the looked just as stoked after they killed it out there.

The pro division was dominated by local pro Andrew “Droid” Steward, who was flipping off the Y-Rail at the bottom of the course and pressing his board in to all sorts of crazy contortions before spinning like a top back down to the snow. It really was a sight to see last Wednesday night as a variety of really incredible riders went at it for the number one spot. these riders included John Spriggs, Pat Milbury, Dave Lesh, James McCotter, Rob Bak, and many many others.

Seen below Billy Rodriquez is “handing the key to the city” to Andrew Steward

Andrew steward ended up winning the contest and his share of the 3000 dollars up for grabs. The Vail Valley local says he is looking forward to the rest of the season - “I don’t care what happens as long as I get to shread” - Andrew “Droid” Steward