As the days grow longer, it starts to feel like ski season again. Registration is now open. Click here to go straight to Zone 4 to register for the 2012-2013 season! Click here for more information on registration.
The number of kids we can register really depends on the number of instructors and assistant instructors we get volunteering. If you are the least bit interested, please email Helen Buchanan.
See you at the potluck and AGM on Sunday! 5:00 until 8:00 Silver Springs Community Hall 5720 Silver Ridge Drive NW Bring a dish to share Coffee/tea/pop/juice will be provided If you have pictures to share for the slide show, please send to the Duska residence (sbduska@shaw.ca) A reminder that BWJR elections will take place at the AGM. Please consider volunteering for a position on the Exec Team! Please let me know if you have any questions: jennifer.koppe@ercb.ca See you on Sunday, April 22! Jennifer
Just a reminder for all sports day volunteers to meet Mark Sowinsky at the Biathalon Building at 11:30am.
Also, please bring your own plates/drinks/utensils for lunch. See you tomorrow!
Just a reminder that we are meeting in the biathlon bldg this week (past west end of pkg lot), not the main lodge. Lessons will be in the morning at the usual time, then Sports Day will begin at 12:45 pm. Bring your own cups & utensils.
For those taking photos tomorrow, please forward images you'd like to share to Naomi Duska, who will be putting together a presentation for the AGM ( naomi.c.duska@gmail.com ).
Should be nice weather - see you there!
Hi Everyone,
I have put together the list of volunteers for Sports day. Remember to bring your own plates and water/drinks. The club will be providing pizza and veggies for everyone. Lunch will be held in the Biathlon Building(12pm to 12:45)
Activity Stations Volunteers: Mark Sowinsky will let you know where you are assigned and what your tasks will be either by email or the day of. On sports day please follow up with him if you have any questions.
Russ Feschuk
Leslie Fiegenwald
Jeff krar
Nancy Krar
Steve Strawson
Frances Cole
Jaime Marino
Nicole Lukach
Erica Welsh
Steve Waters
Jerome/Sonja Yebema
Gordon Chow
Cookie Medals: 2 dozen/personal (or more if you wish)
Jenny Chow
Barb Clarke
Lisa Scott
Lunch Setup/Cleanup:
Nancy Selby
Lisa Scott
Heike Pauli
If there is any questions or if you can’t help out please let me know. Thank you so much to everyone for making Sports Day so much fun. It has been a great ski year.
Nancy Selby
After a great day of skiing our Jackrabbits introduced themselves to the local wildlife. More Photos in Member Photos 2011/2012 in the Photos Section.
Details for the BOW WATERS JACKRABBITS LOPPET WEEKEND and FAMILY DINNER are on the Optional Trips page.
Be sure to use the Volunteer Sign-up for the Family Dinner
40th Annual Lake Louise Loppet
Sunday, March 4, 2012 11:00 a.m.
Lake Louise, Alberta
Mass start on the lake at the Chateau
Early Bird Registration before February 28
Registration at Race 9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
http://www.calgaryskiclub.org/uploads/2012/LakeLouiseLoppet/Loppet2012Advert.pdf
Information on the Lake Louise Hostel under the Optional Trips Section
Dear Jackrabbit Families,
This is just a reminder that our lessons will be at the Canmore Nordic Centre tomorrow. We have Meeting Room B booked for our use from 9:00am to 1:00pm.
Day passes are required for use of the trails at CNC. If you do not have a season pass, please purchase a day pass at the ticket booth at the main lodge.
Passes will NOT be on sale in Meeting Room B.
Ticket prices are as follows:
Adult $10
Junior 12-17 $7.50
Child 6 – 11 $6
Child 5 and under Free
Children 5 and under are free but must have a pass.
See you tomorrow!
BWJR Exec
We are always looking for pictures from the weeks session, so if you have a camera handy, take a picture and either email them to us or just click the "photo dropbox" link to the left. The website will allow you to upload the photos to a secure folder. We will then post them in the Photo Gallery and the front page.
Hello Bow Waters members: I am passing on info from Roy Strum, the organizer and club host of this year's Alberta Youth X-C Championships, which will be held in Bragg Creek from Mar 2-4 and is for those born between 1998-2001. While BWJR is a recreational club and is not directly affiliated with these championships, I still encourage you to consider this event as it is designed as a friendly competition.
No lessons are planned for Mar 4, though it is the same day as the Lake Louise Loppet weekend. Choose wisely, but choose one!
Info can be found at the following link: http://www.xcbraggcreek.ca/assets/2012%20Alberta%20Youth%20Cross%20Country%20Ski%20Championships.racenotice.11.pdf
Deadline for early reg'n is Dec 15 ($90) - after that, cost is $150 https://zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=4072.
Roy provides his 'top ten' reasons for participating, below:
Reason #10 - travel subsidy for clubs travelling from further than 600km (one way) to Bragg Creek
Reason #9 - hilly trails that have never hosted a provincial level event
Reason #8 - great trail grooming by Kananaskis Country and the Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association
Reason #7 - friendly parents and organizers from the XC Bragg Creek ski club
Reason #6 - a low key, low stress event - this will not going to look like the olympics, world championships, nationals, or any 'serious' competition
Reason #5 - a fun saturday night skating party (on ice skates)
Reason #4 - medals to 10th place in each single year, single gender competition category
Reason #3 - a chance to be part of an event that your children will later say "i was there, at the most fun kids cross country event, ever"
Reason #2 - experience a camp style event where kids eat all of their meals together as a provincial ski community, sleep in bunkrooms with kids from their club, travel with their team to and from the event site via parent volunteers from their own clubs,
Reason #1 - develop a provinciial ski community that encourages relationship building with kids from other clubs at an event focused only on cross country skiing where kids attend as part of a team representing their ski club.
For more info, you can email Roy directly at roystrum@gmail.com
Hello Bow Waters members,
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The new season's schedule is now posted in the Calendar Section Unfortunately, the Canmore Noridc Centre could not be booked for our group on December 4, 2011. Given that snow conditions are unreliable elsewhere that early in the season, we are hoping to hold a welcome event in town. Details forthcoming.
For the second consecutive year, CCC is distributing its annual information to clubs and divisions (formally referred to as the Fall Club Mail-out) via its website. Please visit the following link for the latest info on the 2011 / 2012 season: http://www.cccski.com/Membership/CCC-Annual-Update.aspx
Welcome new Jackrabbits families.
Please use the following link to register for Bow Waters Jackrabbits:
https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=2191
Details of the new season will be emailed to you as the snow starts to fall. Our first ski is tentatively planned for Sunday December 4th, 10:00am, at the Canmore Nordic Centre.
Please review the post below for information on Canmore Nordic Centre memberships.
Sincerely,
Stacey Page,
Registrar, BWJR
Registration
Registration for new members will be open on October 15th at which time we will post a link to the registration site.
Fees for 2011-2012:
Until Oct 31st /Early Bird: $ 100.00 per child to a family maximum of $235.00
Nov 1-30st $ 120.00 per child to a family maximum of $275.00
Canmore Nordic Centre (http://www.canmorenordiccentre.ca/)
We will again be using the Canmore Nordic Centre for seven of our lessons. We encourage members to consider purchasing a season’s pass to the Nordic Centre.
Pass rates Day Season
Adult (18 and over) $10.00 $150.00
Senior (55 and over) $ 7.50 $125.00
Junior (12-17 years) $ 7.50 $125.00
Child (6-11 years) $ 6.00 $100.00
Child (Under 6 years) Free
Family of 2 $200.00
Family of 3+ $250.00
A 10% discount on skier fees applies for BWJR members. This discount applies only to passes purchased prior to October 31.
Such great food!Thanks for such a great year. The AGM and potluck was a success, and the food was fantastic. We will continue to update the website over the spring/summer, so you may want to check in once in a while.
Have a great Spring and Summer. Thanks to all the volunteers and instructors.
Location: Silver Springs Community Centre.
5720 Silver Ridge Drive Northwest
When: Sun, Apr 10 - dinner at 5:30, AGM begins at 7:00
Please refer to emails sent out Mar 30 and Apr 3 for further details.
Hi Everyone,
I just finished post-processing everything I shot during Sports Day. I took over 100 images and have since shrunk that number down to 80 images.
I always shoot everything in RAW format, then convert to TIF format as this allows me to manipulate the original image in a number of ways - such as creating Web based images or creating print quality images. Unfortunately, TIF images create massive file sizes of approximately 60MB per image so the images you see here are much smaller versions of the originals. This is accomplished by reducing DPI and significant pixel crunching, I mention all this to point out that these images are just web quality, they are not print quality.
Some of the images are 620 pixels wide and some are 929 pixels wide. All the online images can be found by clicking on the link below and then clicking on the set titled 'xc ski' which you will see on the right hand side of the page. To view them in their largest web based sizing make sure you click on the 'Original' view (which is not print quality). For now here's a few examples. Hope you like them!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/staylortravelling/
It’s almost here … Bow Waters Sports Day is coming Sunday March 20 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.
This year Sports Day will run a little differently. Since the cold weather has caused us to miss lessons, there will be regular ski lessons from 10:00am – 12:00pm. Then a free hotdog lunch (hotdog, fries and hot chocolate) will be provided for the kids, compliments of the Club. Parents can purchase the hotdog lunch for $2.00 (Pay Nancy Selby on Sports Day) -
Lunch orders are now CLOSED - Sorry if you did not order in time.
Sports Day activities will run from 1:00 – 2:30ish. There will be lots of fun games culminating in a “cookie medal” for everyone. Anyone wishing to volunteer for Sports Day can contact Doreen Taylor at doreentaylor1@hotmail.com.