YOU COULD WIN ONE OF 5 BRAND NEW BICYCLES FROM MANSER'S BIKE SHOP!
If you are 14 years old or younger you have a chance to win one of 5 brand new bicycles from Manser's Bike Shop if you walk, run, rollerblade, skateboard or bicycle part of the Yarmouth HeartLand Tour.

Our route this year leaves from the Grand Hotel and heads out along quiet coastal roads and goes through small communities and villages with wonderful views of the rugged coastline. HLT riders this year will see marshland, fishing boats and wharves while riding along rolling roads before turning inland to ride through farmland and forests. As we travel further we ride along the lakes and get to cycle up a few challenging hills before making our way South again to head down to the Yarmouth Lighthouse taking in the wonderful harbour views as we pass several sandy beaches.

The last leg of the Tour will be from the Lighthouse back to Town. During this leg we will join walkers, runners and skateboarders who will accompany us along Water Street for the last few Km's.
Meet us at the Grand Hotel at 8:30 am pick up your free HeartLand Tour T Shirt. Adults will be able to register online at http://www.heartlandtour.ca/reg_all.htm and youth will have their parents or guardian register them and sign a waiver before starting to ride a stage of the tour. Youth must be accompanied on the Heartland Tour Stage by a parent or guardian.

Meet us at these locations and start times:

8:30 at the Yarmouth Grand Hotel to bicycle the full 97 km
10:15 am at Par En Bas School to bicycle 69 km
12:00 pm Port Maitland School to bicycle 39 km
1:45 pm Yarmouth Lighthouse to bicycle 15 km
2:45 pm Hospital Grove Rd Parking lot to bicycle 6 km and join runners
3:00 pm Tim Horton's/Wendy"s Water St to bicycle 3 km and join walkers
3:30 pm End of HeartLand Tour at Beacon United Church with great prizes.

Youth with their parent or guardian can join us at the Lighhouse to bike the last 15 km of the stage or join us at the Grove Road Parking lot for a shorter leg of 6 km.

Join the Yarmouth HeartLand Tour as part of a healthy and active lifestyle.
Check out our 2011 Route at Map My Ride at :
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/30756134

For More Information Contact Jack Harding at jackclare@eastlink.ca or 740 5208

JackHarding |

Mike and Ruth Saulnier admire one of 8 cycling posters showcased at the HeartLand Tour Dance and Fundraiser. This particular photo was taken by Doug Hayami of the HLT Core Team during the Yarmouth stage in 2010.

The Yarmouth HeartLand Tour Committee would like to thank the following musicians for their wonderful support to help make the Dance a great success. They are The Grinders, Cross Border and Natalie Lynn who is the 2011 CBC Radio School of Rock Contest Winner.
As well we would like to thank these businesses and individuals who donated items for the auction.
Aberdeen Paving, BMO, Bobby-Lou Reardon (and Yarmouth Runners), Canadian Tire, Clare Shopping Mart, Gateway Fuels, Johnny's Welding, Lafarge, Kent's Building Supplies, Liz Walker, MacDonald Chisolm Trask Insurance, Manser's Bike Shop, Simply for Life, Spears and MacLeod Pharmasave and Yarmouth Kia. We appreciate the great team work of Auctioneer Stephen Sollows and his assistant Mike who both made everything run smoothly.

To everyone who came out and danced and enjoyed the music and purchased auction items we thank you for helping us promote the HLT message of healthy active living. Will see you all at the Yarmouth HeartLand Tour Stage in July.

Thanks so much for your support, it is greatly appreciated.

JackHarding |

2nd Annual Heartland Tour Dance and Fundraiser
Featuring:

The Grinders and Special Guests
Saturday 9th April 2011 at the Grand Hotel. Doors open at 8pm, the Auction starts at 8:30pm and the Dance starts at 9:30pm.
Tickets only $10 each and are on sale now at Pharmasave in Yarmouth, Yarmouth KIA, Manser’s Bike Shop and Acadie Fit in Saulnierville.
Tickets also available at the door.


JackHarding |

We had a bit of mist and a lot of sun and big smiles all around. We had a great breakfast, started the HeartLand Tour stage by riding over scenic country roads and those who ran in the Sheila Poole race soon joined us for the rest of the bike ride and we followed that by being a part of the Seafest Parade, what a day! Thanks to all of you who participated to make this year the best HeartLand Tour ever. Yarmouth knows how to get active and lead healthy active lifestyles and have fun at the same time. You all did your part to encourage others to be active.

Thanks to our many volunteers who helped everything run so smoothly.Without our volunteers we could not have had such a successful event. Every community across NS had increased participation for this years HearLand Tour. Many people chose to participate in 2 or more HeartLand Tour stages. In the Yarmouth HLT stage we had people come join us from as far away as British Columbia. A big thanks to Tom, Dave and Brydon who organized and ran the HLT support van and provided everything from bike parts, bike repairs and granola bars and always with a smile. You guys are great.

Youth participation this year was way up which was a main goal for the planning of this years HLT. The Heartland Tour has a way of bringing people together, bringing communities together and bringing the province together. Many of us have made very good friends by meeting wonderful people like you from across the province and across the country. The Yarmouth Heartland Tour Committee is already starting to plan next year's event.
Thanks for being a part of the 2010 Tour.

JackHarding |

The Yarmouth HeartLand Organizing Committee sincerely thanks the following supporters for their contribution to enable a great HLT on 17 July 2010!
Aberdeen Paving Ltd.,Acadie fit-Acadie Co-Ed,Bank Of Montreal,Beacon Church,Blacklight,Bluewater Cycling Club Yarmouth,Canadian Tire,CIFA,CJLS,Clare Leisure Services,Cooks Dairy,Figures,David Olie,The Grand Hotel,The Grinders,Heart&Stroke Walkabout, Johnny's Welding, L and N Signs Ltd.,Lafarge,Manser’s Bike Shop,Municipality of the District of Yarmouth,Nova Scotia Egg Producers,Pharmasave,RCMP,Rain Over St Ambrose,Scotsburn and Dairy Farmers Of Canada,Simply For Life Yarmouth,Subway,Tim Hortons,
TheTown Of Yarmouth and Yarmouth Kia.


JackHarding |

The 2010 Yarmouth HLT Route has been announced and finalized. We have kept some of the best from last year and added some new roads to make this years ride a hit with everyone! Members of the Yarmouth HeartLand Organizing Committee and the Bluewater Cycling Club will soon take a preview bicycle ride of the 2010 route.

At the end of the HLT ride all walkers, runners, skateboarders and cyclists will be joining the Yarmouth Seafest Parade to lead out the parade for this year. A few lucky youths will be winning a brand new bicycle and there will be great prizes for all age groups at the closing ceremonies of the HeartLand Tour at Beacon Church after the parade. More news to come soon and will be posted on this site.

Jack Harding


Wayne |