LOPPET STILL ON FOR FEBRUARY12th

Preparations are well underway

for the 2012 Tay Valley Loppet.  (Click it)

Get your Loppet Entry Form (Click it) in early and

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Join the kilted fore-runners and ski in a kilt!

All kilted skiers will receive special items from Perth, Ontario’s Guiness World Record Kilt Run 

 

SNOWSHOE ALERT !!!

Andrea Wood, Baxter Conservation Area Manager and Interpreter

 is inviting snowshoers

to join her in a trail blazing adventure.

Get the scoop right HERE!!

How’s our Blog Doin’ ??

Check out the Word Press Annual Report of activity on our Blog Right Here!!

ALL ARE INVITED TO THE COUPE SKINOUK

We are happy to pass on this kind invitation. This will provide a good training opportunity to prepare you for the Tay Valley Loppet

 

Club Skinouk invites you to register to Coupe Skinouk to be held on January 14 and 15, 2012, on Gatineau Park trails, at Relais plein air du parc de la Gatineau.

 

 

Pierre Millette

Chef de l’épreuve

Chief of race

Club Skinouk

TIPS FOR PARENTS

Snowbunny and Jackrabbit parents can pick up some good advice and learn the lingo of the Cross Country Sport by clicking here on TIPS FOR PARENTS

TRIANGLE CLUB LOPPET ANNOUNCED

At a meeting on Friday, 16 December, the Triangle Ski Club scheduled their Annual Loppet Loppet for February 5 with a rain date of February 11, 2011. For more information, check out http://www.triangleskiclub.org/Site/Loppet.html  

Thanks to Valerie of the Triangle Cross Country Ski Club of Brockville for this post

NCD TROPHY BIB DESIGN CONTEST

Kevin Gibb, Treasurer of the National Capital Division has announced  a design contest for this year’s NCD championships trophies. They will be awarding the winning designed bib as the trophy for each of the race categories for this years NCD race series.  

Get involved!     DESIGN A BIB!!     Win a prize!!

Click HERE for the rules

39th Annual Well Attended

 The 39th Annual General Meeting of the Ski Club was well attended and went off without a hitch. Check  out the official Minutes of the 2011 AGM .  A membership table was set up and a number of people took advantage of the $5. discount by registering before or at the meeting.

Brad, Ray and Beth took in Memberships

The meeting got underway at 7:00 pm on the dot and after a brief business

 meeting of committee reports and elections, moved on to further agenda items.

President Don Boyle introduced a distiguished visitor, Ron Thornbury of the Perth and District Community Foundation. Frank Roy welcomed Ron to the meeting and thanked him on behalf of the Club for the $2000.00  which the Foundation granted to the Club in support of our Youth Development Program.  Details of this item may be followed at www.pdcf.ca/whats-new.htm#ski.

The feature of the evening were the guest speakers Claudia and Dirk van Wijk who gave a very interesting run down of their experience as track grooming volunteers at to 2010 Winter Olympics. 

 Claudia Kerchoff and Dirk Van Wijk

As a followup to her presentation,  Claudia sent the following to the Club: 

Fun to relive our Olympic moments with fellow ski enthusiasts.  Thank you for thinking of asking me to present to the Tay Valley ski club.  Dirk and I really had a good time.  Don’t normally get to present together.  fun.

Look forward to joining you on the trails this winter.  Cheers to tons of snow !

Claudia

 

For those of you who were unable to make the meeting, Claudia has kindly given us the link to her blog which records much of their adventure in pictures and words.

ps – If keen to relive even more, here is the link to my blog : 

 http://claudiavancouver2010.blogspot.com/

International Whitewater Canoe Champion to Speak at Ski Club AGM

 The Tay Valley Cross Country Ski Club’s 39th Annual General Meeting and social evening will take place on Monday November 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Dufferin Square Board Room, 105 Dufferin Ave. (Highway 7 above the Sears Store) in Perth. All are welcome.

 

The highlight of this year’s meeting will be a presentation by Claudia Kerchoff-Van Wijk. Claudia and her husband Dirk are co-owners of Owl Rafting on the Ottawa River and the Madawaska Kanu Centre. They are past international whitewater canoe champions. Their winter passion is cross country skiing. In particular, they have been a major factor in building the Nakkertok Ski Club to one of the top clubs in Canada. They are past participants in the Tay Valley Loppet. Dirk and (helper Claudia) were selected to lead the grooming crew for all the Cross Country events at the Vancouver Olympics.

Claudia will give a talk and brief video presentation on her behind the scenes Olympic experience.

Also on the program will be an explanation of the details of the Club’s plans for a refurbished Jack Rabbit Program for children learning to ski. New Jack Rabbit leaders and instructors have recently been recruited. Club Vice-President Drew Lampman will be joined by swimmer Nancy Sweetnam, well known Commonwealth Gold Medalist and two-time Olympian, as well as Brian Rauwerda and youth coordinator Geoff Hodgins, to describe their plans. 

The Youth Program was given a boost this past year thanks to a grant to purchase new ski equipment from the Perth and District Community Foundation. A representative from the PDCF will be on hand to receive thanks from the club for their generosity.

Attendees will have an opportunity to purchase their 2011-12 membership, giving them unlimited skiing access to our beautifully groomed trails at Murphy’s Point Provincial Park for the entire ski season. Rates this year are $60 for a Family, $45 for an Individual and $25 for a Student, however all memberships purchased at the AGM or before will be reduced by $5.

Join us on Monday, November 7 for an evening of cross country ski-focused information, refreshments, fun and friendship. For more information, go to the Club website at http://tayvalleyskiclub.wordpress.com/ or contact Club Secretary Brad Mills at 267-5967.

AGM UPCOMING, NOVEMBER 7, 7 pm.

TVCCSC AGM
Greetings Everyone,

This is your invitation to attend the 39th Annual General Meeting and Get Together of the Tay Valley Ski and Fitness Club.

It will be held on Monday, Nov. 7th at 7.00 PM in the Dufferin Square Board Room, (Above Sears)

105 Dufferin Ave. (Highway 7 ). Light refreshments will be served.

Bring all those you know who are interested in Cross Country Skiing.

As you arrive you will have an opportunity to take out or renew your Club Membership which will give you access, for the upcoming season, to the entire network of tails located at Murphys Point Provincial Park. This year we are providing a $5.00 discount on memberships bought before or, at the A.G.M.

 

This is your occasion to meet with other local Cross Country enthusiasts. It is also your best opportunity to connect with, and hopefully, to join those persons who are providing the essential governance which sustains the great winter facility and programs offered at Murphys Point Provincial Park.

 

NEW JACK RABBIT PLANS TO BE UNVEILED

There will be an explanation of the details of the Club’s plans for a refurbished Jack Program. We are now fortunate to be able to announce that a number of persons new to the Club have been recruited, as Jack Rabbit Leaders/Instructors; mostly through the efforts of our Vice President Drew Lampman. This is expected to infuse new energy into this aspect of the Club’s activities

Drew will be joined by Nancy Sweetnam well known Commonwealth Gold Medalist and two time Olympian, as well as Brian Rawerda.and youth coordinator Geoff Hodgins, to describe their plans. They are eager to answer all your questions.

INTERNATIONAL WHITEWATER CANOE CHAMPION TO SPEAK

The highlight of this year’s meeting will be a presentation by Claudia Kerchoff-Van Wijk.

Claudia and her husband Dirk are co-owners of Owl Rafting on the Ottawa River and the Madawaska Kanu Centre. They are past international whitewater canoe champions.

Their winter passion is cross country skiing. In particular, they have been a major factor in building the Nakkertok Ski Club to one of the top clubs in Canada. They are past participants in the Tay Valley Loppet.

Dirk and (helper Claudia) were selected to lead the grooming crew for all the Cross Country events at the Vancouver Olympics.

Claudia will give a talk and brief video presentation on her behind the scenes Olympic experience.

All this will take place after a short business meeting which will address the following business agenda.

 

AGENDA

1)President’s Report

2)Minutes of the previous AGM – Brad Mills

3) Any business arising from those minutes – Brad Mills

4)Treasurer’s Report – Beth Graham

5)Membership Report – Ray Schmidt

6) Very brief Committee Reports

Trails – Don Frizell

Grooming – Dave Reesor

Youth Programs – Geoff Hodgins

Loppet – Jim Reain will describe changes to this year’s format

7)Election of Officers – Phil Laflamme for the Nominating Committee

President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer

8)Other Business

9)Adjournment

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