WELCOME TO TEAM ‘CANADIAN OCTANE’

We are James McNaughton from Newmarket, Ontario and Bill Thomas from Sharon, Ontario.   We are World-Cup Bobsleigh Athletes and are ‘Pushing’ to represent Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Our team name is Canadian Octane, however you can also access this website with the url Canada Bobsled . com 

Join us on our journey to the Winter Olympics.  We want you to feel part of our team and hope to inspire younger Canadians to enjoy athletics of all kinds and to see where it can take you.

We will regularly update photos, video and stories and invite you to participate in our Upcoming Events and Contests.

We are able to focus on being elite level athletes thanks to the generosity of our Sponsors and Supporters.  Please visit our Sponsor page.

 


DOCUMENTARY ARTWORK

 

LAST YEAR Bill was part of ‘Team Spring’ the 4 man bobsled team that was piloted by Chris Spring.
Bill was on the sled that crashed in Altenberg Germany during a practice run.(see media page for Bills’ story)
A documentary film-maker wants to do a documentary on the team, the crash and their individual journies to get to the 2014 Olympics.
Here is a sample of some artwork sent from the film maker.

 

 

 

 HILLARY  WERTH IS THE ARTIST OF THIS WONDERFUL PAINTING. 

 Bill is on the far right.

 

THIS IS THE ARTWORK FOR THE DVD COVER.  

BILL IS SHOWN  2ND FROM THE LEFT


PUSH FOR OLYMPICS GOLF DAY FUNDRAISER

We have organized the date for our Fundraising Golf Day at the beautiful Silver Springs Golf course.

See our UPCOMING EVENTS Page for information.

See you there !


JAMES’ TV COVERAGE OF LAKE PLACID COMPETITION

Thanks to Leslie for snapping this picture off of her tv screen and sending it to me

 


THANKS TO THE BRADFORD BULLDOGS HOCKEY TEAM

The entire Bradford Bulldogs Hockey team sent me a great picture with all their get-well wishes. I really appreciate you thinking of me and I think you are all great athletes. Thanks to all.

You can see a picture of this great team and the story of how I met them on the MEDIA Page


BILL AND BRAYDEN IN LAKE PLACID

Thanks to my buddy Brayden who I met in Lake Placid when his team “The Bradford Bulldogs” were playing in a hockey tournament there. Brayden and his brother dropped in to see my mom and dad last night to give me a hand-written get-well card because he had heard of my crash in Altenberg, Germany. He included this picture of us together in the dressing room after his hockey game and also one of his hockey trading cards. You can read the story about their hockey game on our MEDIA Page.
Thanks Buddy.


Leafs Fan of the Game February 2012

Thanks to Rick Reininger for inviting me to the box to watch a Leafs game and to the Air Canada Centre for making me the Fan of the Game and presenting me with a Leafs Sweater