Hello Wostaweans
Feb 2nd, 2012
HALLELUJAH, THE SNOW HAS COMETH !!!. Updates for the week:
Wostawea Trails – The grooming team is busy getting the trails ready, please try to stay off them till tomorrow (Thursday), this will allow the trails to set, and provide good conditions for many days.
Both Kingswood, and the Woodlot Trails will be fully groomed and tracked. Other groomers in the City and at Lindsay valley will also be grooming trails, expect good conditions everywhere this weekend
- Jackrabbits/ Track Attack/Arctic Hares and Adults lessons - 9:30 am Saturday morning at Killarney Lodge.. The trails will be Loppet ready, so come ready to ski. There are no activities at Odell Lodge this weekend!
- Track Attackers/Arctic Hares – Saturday, February 11, you will be travelling to Oromocto, to visit the Oromocto Biathon Club. You will get an opportunity to shoot at their range, and ski on their Biathlon Loop. Nathalie will talk to each of you regarding travel arrangements.
- Jackrabbit/Bunnies – you will be back at Odell Park on Saturday, February 11 at 9:30 pm.
- Sprint Championships will be held on February 18, in Charlo New Brunswick. This is the premier ski facility in the Province, and this event will be a great opportunity for the Jackrabbits to show off their skills. Wostawea Club have booked the entire Charlo Ski Lodge for this event. The Wostawea ski club has offered to help offset the travel costs for this trip, which we have set at $50/person (this may go lower once we know the final number of registered skiers). This price includes: registration, accommodations and travel. Skiers/parents are to provide their own food (the Charlo Lodge has a full kitchen). I have attached a registration form (PDF) for this event, please submit by Saturday, February 11. Please call (455-5553) or email me (Eric Luiker) if you have any questions.
- Lunar Ski for tomorrow night will be held at Kingswood – meet to the right of the Kingswood Lodge at 7:30. Moon Joyce (Phone 451-8386 or email moonj@nb.sympatico.ca) will be your host, and she will have some headlamps with her.
- Wostawea Loppet - SundayKillarney Lake Lodge - Sunday February 5 – registration 9:00 to 10:30 am, start time: 11:00 am.
Finally, after a two year hiatus, the Loppet will be a go for this Sunday. This loppet is a classic technique event, which means that the trails will be double tracked, and no skating technique will be allowed. The distances are 4 km, 8 km, 16 km, and 24 km. Participants can choose to ski the distance they prefer.
Registration is also be available online at zone4.ca. This event is open to all cross country skiers regardless of age. A hot meal will be provided at the lodge for participants when they have completed their distance. This meal is included in the price of registration. Entry fees are $20 per adult, $10 per student (age 13 +), $5 per child under 13
We want to see all club members, young and old, out for this Loppet, and if you can’t ski, please consider volunteering.
To help, please call: Nick Russon at nick.russon@gmail.com. We can always use more volunteers.
- Wostawea Ski Camp: The Nordic Trackers Adult Mixed Ski Camp will be held on February 25th and 26th at the Kingswood Lodge (note change of venue from last year) in Fredericton. On-line registration IS NOW OPEN at the following link: Zone 4 - Wostawea Camp ONline Registration Once again we welcome coaches Louise Breau and Line Beattie from Charlo. Last year's camp was well received and this year we welcome men and women skiers. We cap participation at 30 for each day, so register early. Camp is filling quickly. The Saturday camp is for skate skiing and the Sunday camp focuses on classic technique. You can register for one or both camps - your choice. Skiers must bring their own suitable equipment (skate ski or classic equipment). More information is provided in the attached documents
English (PDF)
En français (PDF)
Questions? Please contact Susan Thompson at (506) 454-2679 or Sara Wallace at (506) 447-2230, or send us an email at nordic.trackers.2012@gmail.com
- Events
- Club Race – we are planning on hosting a Wostawea club race, details to follow
- Wostawea Social/Awards Ceremony – March 4 at Kingswood
- Track attack back country ski at Kouchibougouac, March 11 – A backcountry weekend is planned to give Track Attackers a backcountry winter experience.
- Many newcomers to the club may not know of one of our more celebrated members, George LeFeuvre. George, a Wostawean member for many years is known internationally for his ski trail grooming expertise, and has been a keen mentor for our Wostawean grooming team. George will be inducted into the Newfoundland & Labrador Sports Hall of Fame on April 14, 2012 in the Builder category.
George has been involved in the sport of cross-country skiing for 34 years. His career as a volunteer trail groomer and track setter has taken him from the trails of Labrador City to the Calgary Olympics, around the Nordic World, and in 2010 back to Canada to the Vancouver Olympics. He has volunteered at 6 Olympics, 12 FIS World Nordic Championships and World Cup Races on the international level and many National and Provincial ski events.
In the 1970s George was one of the founders of the Menihek Nordic Ski Club when the first pass of trail grooming was done on snow shoes. He has set track for skies of all ages and abilities; young Jackrabbits, enthusiastic Loppeters, and elite athletes.
Congratulations George, the club is honoured to have such a valuable member of the cross country ski community as one of our own!!!
- Other Info
Due to amount of Wostawea information that is sent out every week, I thought that I would cut back on providing information on New Brunswick Loppets and Races. If you are interested in these events, please go to the New Brunswick Cross Country website, I have included a link to the calendar
- Email list – it has come to my attention that a certain member of our Wostawea Executive (El Presidente) whose name shall remain nameless, but first name begins with “R” and ends with “aymond” has been negligent in getting his registration in. He has asked for a reprieve of one week, so that he can remain on the email list. Well, being a democratic club, we will extend this to all club members. Next week the axe will fall on the old email list, and the weekly email updates will be based on this year’s membership list. Therefore, to continue to get the updates, you need to register.
- New for this year, the club has decided to give each club member, a tag identifying Wostawea club members. As this is a new program, we will be giving out these tags to members every Saturday morning during our ski lessons. If you have not received your tag, come by to Killarney this weekend, or to Odell the following weekend. The purpose of the tag is simply to identify skiers as Wostawea members, and to help promote our club on the trails in the Fredericton area. There is no requirement to wear these tags.
- Online Registration
After much huffing, puffing and pontificating, the Wostawea Club has decided to offer Online Registration. You can register at: Zone 4 - Wostawea ONline Registration , or access this URL from the Wostawea website membership page. You will need a Visa or Mastercard. Other than automating the transaction, registering online saves time for your Wostawea volunteers – so they can focus their energy on what they do best: Making sure you get the most out of the 2011-12 cross-country skiing season! Registration services are offered through Zone 4, a Canadian company out of Alberta that specializes in Skiing registration, endorsed by Cross Country Canada, and Cross Country New Brunswick. A special thanks to Robert Morimanno, our Treasurer, for taking the extra time to work through this process.
There is no additional fee to register Online!
Regarding Wostawea Club Membership Cards – because so many people have registered online, it has required us to change how we distribute Club membership cards. Therefore, this year, we will use our existing registration list, and send out these cards by email. Simply print off the card form, and sign it. I will send these out over the next few days.
Hope to see everyone at our Loppet!! Get out and ski!!!
Please keep supporting our partners, Kingswood and Radical Edge (all club members receive a 15% discount on cross country ski equipment),
Cheers
Eric L.
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