From the Coaches

Hello Ski Fans,

We have just returned from the Rainiest training camp week ever to take place in Whistler. Hopefully we can dry out before training on Tuesday. Telemark skiers showed that their training has paid off by posting great race results when compared to the other BC ski team skiers. Half the podium spots were Telemark. We have a great week planned for you!

If you missed the information meetings that we have had for our various groups over the last few weeks the information can be found here on our website.

Saturday October 23rd 2021 is our Team Ski Swap Fundraiser.

We still need volunteers to make this event a success. To sign up, click here and follow the instructions on the page. It only takes a few seconds. Thank you for volunteering!

• LOCATION: Kelowna Cycle 2949 Pandosy St
• MAIN CONSIGNMENT DROP OFF: Friday Oct 22nd –  5pm to 8pm
• EARLY BIRD CONSIGNMENT: Friday Oct 22nd – 12pm to 5pm
• CONSIGNMENT FEE: $2 per item
• ONE DAY SALE: Saturday Oct 23, 2021  10am to 3pm
• PAYOUT & EQUIPMENT PICK UP: 4pm to 6pm Saturday Oct 23rd 
• COVID: The Swap will take place mainly outdoors but with physical distancing measures in place. Please wear a mask.

Tuesday October 19th Rose Valley Elementary School Run

• L2C 5-7:30 pm
• Track Attack 6-7:30 pm
• Train to Train 6-7:30 pm

Thursday October 21st Parkinson Tennis Courts Ski

• L2C Classic 5-7:30 pm
• T2T Skate 6-7:30 pm

Athlete and Parent Agreement

The Athlete and Parent Agreement plus the Confidential Medical and Emergency Contact Information forms should be filled out as soon as possible. They can be found HERE. The Parent Committee Chair would like to collect these on Sunday October 24th.

Sunday October 24th 2021 Telemark Day Camp

Learn to Compete

• L2C Depart Gellatly Nut Farm at 9 am Skate.
• Ski to Glenrosa Middle School by 10 am
• Meet T2T Skiers at Glenrosa Middle School and ski with them to Cattle Guard and prepare to Time Trial
• Glenrosa 3.5 km TT
• Lunch
• 12:30 Afternoon Team Building Adventure, Agility, Obstacle and Trail Love stations (Running Shoes and work gloves)
• Done by 3 pm

Train to Train

• L2C Depart Gellatly Nut Farm at 9 am Skate.
• T2T Skate Ski from Glenrosa Middle School by 10 am
• Ski with L2C to Cattle Guard and prepare to Time Trial
• Glenrosa 2.2 or 3.5 km TT
• Lunch
• 12:30 Afternoon Team Building Adventure, Agility, Obstacle and Trail Love stations (Running Shoes and work gloves)
• Done by 3 pm

Track Attack

• Track Attack Meet at Glenrosa Middle School for a Skate Roller Ski Session at 10 am
• Coaches Lance and Alex
• Ski to Helen Gorman School?
• 11:30 am Shuttle up to Telemark
• Lunch Break
• 12:30 Afternoon Team Building Adventure, Agility, Obstacle and Trail Love stations (Running Shoes and work gloves)
• Done by 3 pm

To Bring List

• all gear for skating roller skiing (skate roller skis, poles, boots). We will have some Telemark Roller Skis available
• Mandatory Roller Ski Safety Equipment (Helmet, Gloves, Reflective Vest and optional Knee Pads)
• Food for the day
• Water bottles and Carrier
• running shoes
• work gloves
• yoga mat (optional for strength)

The Mission of the Telemark Race Program is to deliver a good experience for the members while providing a supportive encouraging and progressively structured training environment so that they may achieve their goals of sports excellence

Here is a link to Ross’s Improving knee drive and ankle mobility to improve ski technique page; also under strength on athletes resource tab

Learn to Ski Faster!

This should be a great week! Feel free to contact me by email with questions or concerns. Thank You, 
Adam Elliot

Values: Adventure, Camaraderie, Integrity and Excellence

Thank you parents, athletes and coaches for making our second annual bottle drive a success. As with all fundraisers many hands make light work, we had lots of help on sorting day. The more bottles we have the larger the total at 10 cents per can/bottle. Were your kids begging you to take them to collect bottles from friends & neighbours, ha mine neither, was it tricky to fit it in around everything else on your schedule, yup us too…pat yourselves on the back busy parents for making it happen and showing up with carloads some of you made multiple trips.

One family that couldn’t make it on sorting day let us know that they returned the bottles they collected and have $82 to deposit in the account, that is commitment! Another parent was driving around collecting the day after the big sort from a couple folks who missed the pick up deadline. Thank you everyone for doing your part!

Please note: Bottles can be dropped year round at any Return It, location in BC (tell the in-laws) the general TM phone number is the Return It account number 250-707-5925

Why do we fundraise? Team registration fees cover approx 50% of expenses (coaching is our main expense, we are fortunate to have 3 paid coaches) Fundraising budget for this year is $40,000. We could all just pay more and not fundraise but do you really want to pay 50% more in fees? And how awesome is it to have the kids out there working to offset team costs?…it’s super awesome.

Do you have any fundraising ideas you can run with or help with? contacts for potential team sponsors? get in touch anytime to discuss sonyabridge@gmail.com

Up next raffle prizes, our annual raffle is the largest fundraiser we have. Deadline for prizes Nov 20th. Can you help add to our prize list? Need a donation letter? reach out to Sonya. Alcohol can not be a prize but gift cards for wineries are accepted. We can match small prizes with larger items. Many Thanks.