Memo(s)

My father was training with Albert Scheltraete at Albert's velodrome. He was 24 years old at the time and was training for the 1000 meter time trial. He had for a limited period the Canadian track record for this amateur event. Plus he had won the Québec-Montréal race that same summer. He won this 250 Km race three (3) times during his road racing career (i.e. the LaPress Trophy became his most important trophy).
He had dedicated more than forty (40) years towards amateur & professional cyclying as either the President or Secretary of the CWA, as coach of the track & road teams for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, as judge for 6-day bike races and for road races throughout Ontario & Québec, etc.

Besides cyclying, he practiced many other amateur sports like gymnastics (vault, iron rings & parallel bars), boxing (Welter wt.) and hockey (defenseman). His philosophy was very straigthforward; to enjoy life, you had to have a sport per season.
Douglas L. Péron (jr.)

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