Jumping News

Dear Friends and Fellow Skiers, Greetings from Boston where the snowbanks are high and the kids have forgotten that they actually go to school since it is cancelled so much. As many of you are aware, Sarah Glueck fell while skiing last Friday and broke her leg. She has been in Boston for the past number of days for surgery. She looks great and is in good spirits after a successful surgery yesterday and is looking forward to going home as soon as she is comfortable to withstand the journey and the roads are safe to travel.  Dave and Cindy are a bit weary but moving through this adventure with the resilience and positive attitude that we all know and love about them.  Sarah will have some time needed to recover and some constant attention needed.  She will have physical therapy and some needed patience to get back to her usual steam but is expected to make a full recovery.  No doubt, we will see her winning races before we know it. Given the strain this is to any family, let alone this superhuman one, many folks have wanted to help.  Jen Frost has stepped forward to coordinate the effort.   If you are interested in further family updates and/or wish to help bring dinner or assist in other tasks for this amazing family, please contact her- jpfrost2000@gmail.com.  Of note, given Cindy’s particular health issues it is very important that ill individuals (fevers, coughs, colds, diarrhea, vomiting or general wierdness) stay away from their house.  Cindy will be exposed to enough just from her family and we all want her to stay healthy at this important time. Also, many have appropriately wondered why Sarah needed to travel to Boston given the medical resources in Hanover.  She had a particular repair needed and the specially trained surgeon who normally performs this procedure happened to be out of town.  The physician on call felt it was prudent to send her Boston.  We are all grateful that Sarah sailed through this procedure and hope she continues to sail through the recovery. Cindy and Dave feel enormously fortunate for all the support from their community.  Thank you for all! Ann Celi Kitch (EMBK/CSU)

Hello 1-day a week BKL families,

What great snow – and what a change from January’s ice!

NOTES:

1. Skiing should be fantastic tomorrow. To celebrate, we are having snacks with the 2-Day a week BKL program. Please let me know if you can bring something, or sign-up at: SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0E4DADAF23A1FE3-bklsnack3/. Combined, we will be feeding over 200 kids, so all goodies are appreciated!
2. Crazy hats and costumes! Don’t forget to wear something zany to practice tomorrow! The coaches will be dressed up! What can YOU come up with?
3. SIGN-IN/SIGN-OUT: Please remember to sign-in AND sign-out your child!! (As a reminder, sign-out occurs by grade level, at the fluorescent K-1, 2, 3-4, and 5-8 grade signs.)
4. Our home race, The Silver Fox Trot, is this Saturday, February 14, at Garipay. This is a perfect race for our group and is tons of fun for families. If your skier isn’t excited to race, come watch and cheer for friends! Please register now so our organizers can be organized. Same day registrations are allowed, but make the race day a bit more chaotic.
5. Parents, sign up for the Silver Fox Citizen’s Race! You certainly don’t have to be a ski racer to participate! The race starts after the BKL awards and is a great, low-key race and a fun way to show your children that you, too, are willing to take the risk to participate. Last year we had lots of families join in!

Aricca, bkl.one.day@fordsayre.org, 603-715-7233

Information for the 2&3 Day Program:

There is a lot here, we know, but it all needs sayin’…

Notes:

1. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS SNOW!? We are loving it! The Kids and coaches alike have been reveling on the trails and in the powder and smiles abound! We’ll all have snacks tomorrow with the One Day program at Garipay to celebrate the awesomeness that is nordic skiing. Please let Tracy Zuckerman know if you can bring something to help by emailing her at tracyzuckerman@comcast.net. We will be feeding over 200 kids, so all goodies are appreciated.
2. Crazy hats and costumes! Don’t forget to wear something zany to practice tomorrow! You know the coaches will be dressed up! What can YOU come up with?
3. Our home race, The Silver Fox Trot, is this coming Saturday, February 14, at Garipay.  This is a perfect race for our group and is tons of fun for families. If your skier isn’t psyched to race, come watch and cheer for friends! Please register now so our organizers can be organized. Same day registrations are allowed, but make the race day a bit more chaotic.
4. Parents, sign up for the Silver Fox Citizen’s Race! You certainly don’t have to be a ski racer to participate! The race starts after the BKL awards and is a great, low-key race and a fun way to show your children that you, too, are willing to take the risk to participate. Last year we had lots of families join in (and some seriously funky race tights, too!). We’ll be there – will you?!
5. We’ve just been informed that the Sweetheart races in Woodstock that were planned for this Sunday, Feb 15, have been cancelled. We’re hoping to see our Woodstock friends here on Saturday.
6. A note from Heather Rowland, Food Table Guru for the Silver Fox BKL Race:

Hello All,

A tradition at the Silver Fox Trot is for our team to provide food and drinks for all of the participants to enjoy after their races.  To make this happen, we’d love for all the families to contribute something and here’s the plan for an assortment of treats.

If your last name begins with:

A through H – please bring baked goods (muffins, cookies, breads, etc.). There will be no plates or utensils. If bringing breads or bar cookies, pre-cut would be preferable.

I through S – please bring drinks (juice, cider or water) and/or paper hot beverage cups to match. A large of cooler of water will be provided.

T through Z – please bring fruit (apples, sliced oranges, bananas, grapes etc).

If anyone would like to help with the food tables on the day of the race, please contact Heather Rowland at h_rowland@hotmail.com or call 603 277-9746. It would be good to have at least one adult there throughout the day to monitor the tables, clean up spills and to help with setup and cleanup. If 2-4 people volunteer, it should make it easy to rotate folks in and out and enable you to see your children race.

All contributions are greatly appreciated!!

See you at the Silver Fox Trot!

Heather Rowland

Hello 1-day a week BKL families!

A few announcements to share:

1. 5:00 End of Practice: The days are getting longer and the snow is dreamy, so from here until the end of the season, our 1-day a week BKL skiers will practice from 3:30 until 5:00!
2. SNOW and SNACKS! We are trying AGAIN!  A combined 1 & 2 day program snack celebration is scheduled for this coming Tuesday, 2/10 after practice.  There will be hot cocoa and yummy treats.  We hope that you will bring food to share (homemade or store-bought) & join the festivities. We will have over 200 kids! Please e-mail me if you plan to contribute, or sign-up to bring something at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0E4DADAF23A1FE3-bklsnack3/
3. Costumes and crazy hats! Both programs will be skiing at Garipay on Tuesday and it should be a blast. To get psyched for the Silver Fox Trot races, we are inviting coaches and skiers to come clad in zany costumes and/or crazy hats. Crack open your costume box, pull out a tutu, your magician’s hat – whatever, and get ready for some fun!
4. Join our Facebook community: We’ve posted a few pictures to the Ford Sayre Facebook page – and hope to add more after the coming practices. Check them out at: https://www.facebook.com/FordSayre
5. Thanks to all of you who have volunteered some of your day on Saturday, February 14, to help with the Silver Fox Trot at Garipay fields. We appreciate your willingness to help. Unlike a soccer or a basketball game, ski races are major events and require months of planning and multitudes of volunteers. Please remember that we hope every family will can participate in the Silver Fox Trot in some fashion. Even if your child does not race, please reach out to Lou Bregou at lou@flume.net, our race director, and offer your help. Helping at the Silver Fox Trot is a fantastic way to see some fun skiing, the whole family can be on skis, and you can feel good about giving back.

The Silver Fox Trot is our local Ford Sayre Bill Koch League race – designed specifically for kids up to 8^th grade. It is scheduled for Saturday, February 14^th at Garipay Fields in Hanover. While racing is not a focus of our 1-day a week program, I’d like to encourage our skiers to participate since many of them will think this is great fun!

The official information and registration for the Silver Fox Trot are located at: https://www.fordsayre.org/nordic/silver-fox-trot/bkl/

However, because many of our families are new to cross-country skiing, I wanted to share a few details that you should know:

• The race occurs in the same spot as our children practice, so they are familiar with the venue.
• Ford Sayre coaches will be available to support your child(ren) in the race – and will preview the race course with them, help your child at the starting area, and be present to cheer them on during the race. Next week I will send out an e-mail with more details.
• The Silver Fox Trot has several different age groups/categories:
  • The Lollipop race (for our youngest skiers) is not timed, children do not receive places, and children usually receive a chocolate bar at the end. It is only 200 yards long – and is a FANTASTIC introduction to racing!
  • The 1^st/2^nd grade age category is not timed, but children are ranked by their finish times. Their race is only 1 km! (This will seem quite short to many of our 1^st/2^nd graders).
  • Skiers in grades 3 and higher will receive a time and a ranking. Distances increase by grade level. For more details, see: https://www.fordsayre.org/nordic/silver-fox-trot/bkl/
• The Silver Fox Trot is a Mass Start This means that a big group of kids all start at the same time.
• The Silver Fox Trot is a “classic” race for Lollipop skiers and for children in the 1^st/ 2^nd grade category. But, it is a “freestyle” race for skiers in the 3^rd/4^th, 5^th/6^th, and 7^th/8^th grade categories.
  • This means that the older skiers can use any technique that they wish, and most will use the skating technique. All children in second grade or younger MUST use the classic technique (no skating is allowed in a classic race).
  • Note: Our 1-day a week children have only been taught the “classic” technique. It is perfectly OK to use the classic technique in a freestyle race, but your child shouldn’t compare their race time or place to children who are skating since the techniques are so different.

If your child isn’t interested in participating, we’d still like to encourage them to come watch! And, if you are available, we’d love to have your help as a volunteer. Volunteers are involved in many different ways, so please contact Lou Bregou at silverfox@flume.net if you are interested.