Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Pentathlon Canada’s membership will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). The meeting will be held via web conference.
 
If you plan to participate, please confirm your attendance by emailing Shelley Callaghan at executivedirector@pentathloncanada.ca by April 26, 2024.
 
The purpose of the meeting is to: 

1. Review the financial statements of Pentathlon Canada for the financial year ending December 31, 2023, and select the Auditors for 2024;
2. Elect Pentathlon Canada Directors;
3. Consider any further resolution or business brought before the membership and directors before the meeting.

Please email President Rod Staveley at president@pentathloncanada.ca for any resolution, business, or questions to be considered during the meeting by April 23, 2024.
 
Please note that all are welcome to participate in the 2024 Pentathlon Canada AGM; however, only active members can vote. A roll call of active members eligible to vote will be taken before any vote.
 
To become a member or renew your membership, please visit the Membership Registration Portal at https://2mev.com/#!/memberships/pentathlon-canada-2022.
 
If you have questions about your current membership status, please email Pentathlon Canada’s Executive Director – Shelley Callaghan, at executivedirector@pentathloncanada.ca.

About Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon, a core Olympic sport, is the only sport created specifically for the Olympics. The founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre von Coubertin, developed the sport as the ultimate skill-and-strength test of a soldier. Modern pentathlon debuted at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and has featured in every subsequent edition of the Games. In 2000, the women’s competition was added. It is still the most varied and demanding multisport test in the Olympic family.

What does a Modern Pentathlete do?

Modern pentathletes compete in a four-discipline (five sports) competition consisting of one-touch épée fencing (round-robin and bonus event), 200-metre freestyle swimming, equestrian show-jumping and lastly, a combined laser pistol shooting and running event (referred to as Laser Run). The final Laser Run event is incredibly exciting. Athletes are seeded according to their total points accumulated from the three previous sports. The number of seconds each athlete starts after the highest-ranked competitor is determined by their points difference.

The first running lap is followed by four Laser Run laps. The first athlete crossing the finish line wins. Each Run is 600 metres. At the Laser pistol range, the athlete must complete five shots on the target’s bullseye within 50 seconds. Athletes who complete five shots before the 50-second time limit start running immediately.

The relay events (men, women and mixed) include all five sports, adjusted for teams of two.  

Note: following the Paris 2024 Olympics, obstacle course racing replaces equestrian show-jumping.

For more information, please contact:

George A. Skene, OLY
Media, Pentathlon Canada
Cell: 416-560-2571
media@pentathloncanada.ca

Shelley Callaghan
Executive Director, Pentathlon Canada
executivedirector@pentathloncanada.ca