Your club executives are:

Warren Todosichuk – President; Ed Guenther – Vice President; Chastity Andrusiak – secretary – treasurer; Allan Bear & Ed Guenther – Nordic Coordinators;  Paula Mayer is Alpine coordinator; Grants Coordinator is Paul Keys & the Social Coordinator and Membership Coordinator positions are currently vacant.

 

Nordic Report:  The 2012 Nordic loppet is scheduled for February 25.  Bruno Lemire has agreed to co-chair this event in order to pass his years of wisdom on to Paul Keys, Allan Bear, and Greg Podovinnikoff.

   At the executive meeting held this past week Greg from the Park attended to share the news that ALL the cross country trails have been cleared and will be open this winter!

The park did a lot of work using cats and various other machinery to take care of the water problems that had plagued the trails in recent years.

 

Alpine Report: in the 2012 season the club will again offer five Saturdays of ski or snowboard instruction.  Warren Todosichuk (Level 1 Ski Coach) with the help of Chastity Andrusiak will take the lead on this program.  We’re hoping to coax Kathy and Dale out to lend some expertise when they’re not somewhere hot this winter.  The lesson package is $50 and the club will pay for any rental equipment required for the kids.  We’ll begin lessons in mid-January and will stagger them around the race schedule.  Contact me for more information.

   Our club has been attending Nancy Greene / Snow Stars races for the past couple of years and the kids have had a blast!  For those that may not be familiar with Nancy Green’s philosophy, it is that children's competition should promote participation and fun and de-emphasize winning.  The experience of attending a race is a great one for the kids, and any of the kids 5 – 13 that take our lessons can join us.  Those that travelled over the past couple of years have taken the name DART (Duck Mountain Alpine Race Team) and seem pretty proud to represent our club.  This year’s executive has agreed to pay all entry fees and lift passes for every kid that wants to attend a race from our club!

   Cecil Abrahamson is the new manager at the ski hill and will be offering a snow board instructor’s course in early January at the Duck.  As the club’s mission statement is to promote Nordic & Alpine skiing and snowboarding, the club will reimburse anyone wishing to take the course upon the individual passing the course as long as the individual agrees to help teach during club lessons at Duck Mountain.  Reimbursement is 100% of the fees and when they teach for the club they can ask to be paid for their time if they wish.

     Ski instructors are needed at the club level as well, and if we have interested people we will either host a course or help you attend a course offered at another hill.  Same deal… the club pays 100% when you pass and come back to help teach our youth.

 

Membership:   You’ll find the annual club registration form with this letter – don’t be shy about copying it and asking your friends to join us – the more the merrier!  We look forward to a successful club year.  Please include your email address on the form this year for ease of communication.

   My favorite communication is email, so drop me your suggestions to: warren@thetoddsfamily.com