- Plan for Tuesday, 1-26-16 January 25, 2016INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:
Location: Garipay – we will gather to the left as you drive in to the parking lot, please. (The one-day program will be on the right.) Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: skate Wax Recommendation: CH8 if you feel like glide waxing your skis – if not, no worries Upcoming Event/Race: Sunday 1/31/16 – Mt. Top Paintball Biathlon (skate skiing and shooting paintballs! What could be better?!) – Register here: https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.php?id=1792 This is one of our skiers’ favorites! Register before Friday = $20. DOR = $30. - Plan for Tuesday 1/26/16 – 1-day a week program January 24, 2016
INFORMATION FOR THE 1 DAY BKL PROGRAM:
Location: Garipay Fields (9 Reservoir Road, Hanover) Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: Classic (No poles for children in grades K-1) Forecast: High 30s. Upcoming Events Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon at the Mt. Top Resort in Chittenden, VT, Sunday 1-31-16. Pre-register on SkiReg. CALL FOR HELP!
If you have a few minutes to spare at the beginning or end of practice, please help us with grade-level sign-in/out or hot chocolate. SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE!
SNACKS:
At the end of practice, we will have snacks. It’s a fun time for kids and parents to socialize after practice. We will have a table set-up and provide drinks (hot chocolate, lemonade), Oreos, and Chips Ahoy.
We are asking families to please bring something to share (homemade or store-bought). Anything snackable is welcome – cookies, chips, fruit. You may drop-off your contribution at 3:30pm, or bring it to the party at around 4:20 and join us for nibbles and socializing!
LOST:
One of our coaches lost her daughter’s 120 cm black and yellow Fisher waxless skis at the end of practice last week. She left them near the K/1 table. If they accidentally ended up at your home, please let me know and I can connect you to their owner (the skis are labeled B. Pekala).
FORD SAYRE BUFFS:
If your child is new to the nordic program and didn’t get a buff last week (Jan. 19), please stop by the K/1 table and get one (Fleece for K/1s; fabric for 2nd grade and higher)!
PAINTBALL BIATHLON: 1/31/16 at Mountain Top Resort in Chittenden, VT
Ford Sayre coaches (across the 1, 2, and 3-day a week BKL programs) support children in a variety of races throughout the winter. While we will tell you about upcoming races, you and your child can decide whether to participate. Racing can be exciting for many kids, but others may not be interested. With that said, the Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon race is a Ford Sayre favorite, is about an hour away, and many kids love the combination of skiing and shooting a paintball gun! If you are interested, sign up on SkiReg and send me a note so I can make sure you get additional race information from our Ford Sayre crew.
Aricca, BKL.One.Day@fordsayre.org, Cell: (603) 715-7233
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Hello parents, and happy winter!
What a delight to have snow and seasonally cold weather — your kids have been a pleasure to work with, and we know they are excited to actually be on snow.
For those going to the Craftsbury Duathlon, please read the information below carefully.
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Race Info:Format:
As many of you know, the Duathlon format will have the kids skiing one loop of classic, then changing skis and skating that loop again. (Using their skating poles for both loops.) It is a really fun format, and kids have had a great time over the years. They will need two pairs of skis to enjoy the format — if your son/daughter has only combi skis available, please let us know.Race Info Sheet:
Before each race, we will be sending out a google doc with information and sign-up spots. It has critical information about timing for arrival, course preview, etc., and also place (in yellow) for you to sign your child up so we know they are coming, and place to sign up if you would like to volunteer in one of a couple different positions. (“Cheering happily” is a position that you don’t need to sign up for.) Please do make sure to sign your skier up, as it helps enormously with planning.
Link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Iia9DlE-h8c3Mux16-xc3DEn19kz8KAheCmtbE_jM1M/edit?usp=sharingRegistration:
As has been sent out before, here is the link for pre-registration which is both cheaper and also nicer for the race organizers.
https://www.skireg.com/mncduathlonAlso, Mansfield Nordic Club has asked if anyone would be interested in volunteering in the Finish Zone? They are looking for a few more folks to help with timing at the morning races (meet at 10:20am) and also the afternoon races (meet at 1pm). Please add your name to the google spreadsheet above in the “timing help” category. We send lots of racers to this race and it would be wonderful if we could help them out!
Let us know if you have any questions, and we look forward to see many of you up there!
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Jay Davis and Heidi Lange
BKL Head Coaches - Plan for Friday, 1-22-16 January 21, 2016
INFORMATION FOR THE FRIDAY/3 DAY PROGRAM:
Location: Oak Hill Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: BOTH! Please bring both your classic and your skate skis and both poles. Make sure everything is LABELED. Wax Recommendation: V40 for classic kick wax Upcoming Event/Race: Mansfield Duathlon – more info coming tomorrow NOTES:
We will be practicing some strategies for the duathlon: switching skis, how to set up your skis, how to FIND your skis, etc. It is going to be Gearapalooza out there, so please make sure your child has labeled both skis and poles with bright duct tape and his/her name.
See you there!
Continue reading → - Please Wear Dartmouth Passes in Orange Armband January 21, 2016
All,
Dartmouth has asked that our skiers – coaches and kids – wear their season passes in the bright orange armbands during practice. They hope that by our wearing the bands, others will take note that a pass is required. Of course, when you are skiing at Oak Hill at other times, you should wear the pass as well. This is a new request. Thanks for making an effort to honor it. We are hoping it can become part of the routine when kids put on their gear.
If you didn’t send your child with his/her pass today, no worries, just try to next time.
See you on the snow.
Ashley and Peter
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