December 16, 2008 РCCA Competition Manager, R̩mi B̩rub̩, who has been with the association for four years, has decided to accept a position with the City of Gatineau and move on. We have a long history with B̩rub̩ who was with Gestev Inc. for seven years prior to joining the CCA and we wish him all the best in his future endeavours. He sent us the following note regarding his departure.

It is a tough decision, but after four great years at the CCA, I have decided to step down as Competition Manager and accept a new challenge with the City of Gatineau as of January 5th.

I consider myself very fortunate to have been involved with the Canadian Cycling Association. On that note, I would like to thank the whole cycling family, but specially Mr. Brett Stewart and Mr. Bill Kinash who gave me that first opportunity to be involved with the national office. I have many great memories that will remain with me forever.

I also want to thank the two girls in my life, Kayla and Shelley, to have allowed me to perform my duties all over Canada in the recent years. Thanks for your patience and your understanding during all these years. I will be home now.

I am very pleased with the work accomplished over the last four years with event hosting. We are making steps towards creating a true domestic cycling scene. As a result, we are now two years ahead in nominating National Championship venues. We also have a very healthy mountain bike cross-country scene and we will have a UCI road race in Western Canada for the first time ever in 2009.

All of these achievements are very positive steps that must continue over the coming years, especially with the road scene. We need a strong effort to put cycling in the mass media to allow its full domestic development, and subsequently reach world performance that will make us proud.

I think we have a great team in place to tackle that challenge and I wish good luck to all of them. I will miss you all, but remain available if needed.

Truly yours,

Rémi Bérubé