Newsletter #3 - Weekend Plans, Crabbe Registration, Staffing Updates & Volunteering Signup Site is Open

Newsletter #3

Thank you’s

• Thank you to everyone who attended the parent meetings this past weekend.
• Thank you to WSRC Dad & professional photographer Jeff Cooke (@Cooked Photography) for the group photos and fabulous footage featured on our Instagram page:  wentworthracing  Checkout the story bubbles on our site:  highlights / news / racers / training for some fabulous footage of programming.

Race Notices
(All previous ones are posted on the website under Racing)

Crabbe Race:  http://wentworthracing.goalline.ca/news_images/org_3755/files/Speed%20Week%20Race%20Notice%202019.pdf

Registration Deadlines:

• Crabbe Speed Camp:  January 19
• Crabbe Race:  January 26

This Weekend

38 WSRC athletes will brave the extreme cold forecasted for Edmundston, NB to attend the Farlagne Race.

Staffing Plans:

The coaches at Farlagne will be:

• Luke U10 / U12
• Lexie U16
• Sarah U16
• Mike U14
• Poppa G U10 / U12 / U18

The coaches in Wentworth will be:

•  Brian (Sat) U14
• Joey U12 & U14 (Sun)
• Regular group coaches U10

 
Staffing Updates

We regretfully wish Leigha Henderson good luck as she pursues new endeavours more suited to her field of study in University.  We welcome back WSRC alumni Connor Myers into our coaching staff.

In February, while Coach Luke attends the Canada Winter Games with the Nova Scotia Alpine Ski Racing team, we will have a guest coach:  Laura Vlahovic.

Laura grew up on the shores of Georgian Bay in Collingwood, Ontario, learning to ski and race at Toronto Ski Club and the National Ski Academy. She retired from ski racing at 18, after 3 years of FIS, at which time she segued from athlete to coach and moved on to pursue her education and other athletic endeavours. She attended the University of Toronto studying Kinesiology and Exercise Physiology, competing on both the varsity tennis and squash teams; seeing 3 OUA Championship titles.
 
Over the last 12 years, she has worked as a competitive coach in ski racing, tennis, and sailing. Her coaching goals include igniting a passion for skiing in the athletes she works with, and to always maintain an athlete-centered and interactive environment. 
 
Volunteering – Sign-Up Genius is up!!!

This in from WSRC Dad & Volunteer Coordinator, Duncan Gillis….

Hi everyone, hopefully your child/children have settled into their ski boots and are enjoying the program to date.  The volunteer program is up and running and ready for you.  We have updated the signup genius with the events and needs in the 2019 calendar.  Please take a few minutes to find a job that suites your ski plans for the year, the signup genius can be found in the parent page (under the volunteer button) on the web site (http://wentworthracing.com/page.php?page_id=92112).

For the u-12 and older parents please remember that this is your opportunity to earn back your pre-paid volunteer dollars while for the u-10 and u-8 parents volunteering is a great way to get involved with your skier’s events and or learn about the sport of downhill skiing.
 
Any questions about a volunteer position or any issues with a signup (like you committed but can’t make it or signed up for the wrong thing) please feel free to email me at duncgill@gmail.com.
 
Thanks for thanking the time to read this email and to browse the signup genius options.
 
See you on the slopes!
 
Silent Auction & Hopping Penguins Dance…March 2^nd

Christina Pace is busily collecting prize items for our Silent Auction.  If you have anything to donate, please e-mail her at Christina@rodddev.com 

Don’t know what to contribute? Consider putting together a themed prize basket.  Suggestion – ski race parent survival kit, movie night, ski chalet, outdoor fun, candy, gardening, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, the list is endless…