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INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:

Location:	Garipay
Time:	3:30-4:30
Technique:	skate
Wax Recommendation:	Whatever you have on is fine
Upcoming Event/Race:	Sunday 1/31/16 – Mt. Top Paintball Biathlon (skate skiing and shooting paintballs! What could be better?!) – Register here: https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.php?id=1792  Register before Friday = $20. Day Of Registration = $30.

NOTES: 

Hurrah for all the kids and coaches who skied with smiles on their faces in the midst of the rain and wet snow on Tuesday. These conditions are what make us hardy New Englanders. We can have fun in anything!

TOMORROW:

With these whacky conditions, please know that we MAY end up changing locations (not technique) tomorrow morning. Wish it weren’t so, but it’s the nature of the beast. We will send a post as early as possible tomorrow if we do make a change and will notify the schools as well. You can always check the FS site, as well. All posts end up there on our 2&3 Day page.

SILVER FOX TROT (SFT):

Our home race is scheduled for Saturday, February 27. Held at Garipay Fields in Hanover, this is one of the biggest races in New England and it is a blast! The BKL(K-8th grade) kids will race in the morning and the adults/high school ages will race in the afternoon. It’s a skate race for 3rd grade and up and a classic race for 2nd grade and below. We encourage you to register your child asap for the SFT so we can begin to understand the numbers we will have participating and so others are encouraged to register. Join in the fun! This is a fantastic time for newer racers to join the scene or for reluctant racers to come watch what happens at a xc race. Please go here to register:

https://www.skireg.com/silver-fox-trot

and for more info, go to the Silver Fox link on our Ford Sayre site:

https://www.fordsayre.org/nordic/silver-fox-trot/bkl/

As always, we are open to your comments and questions!

Cheers,

Ashley and Peter

bkl@fordsayre.org

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INFORMATION FOR THE 2&3 DAY PROGRAM:

Location:	Garipay – we will gather to the left as you drive in to the parking lot, please. (The one-day program will be on the right.)
Time:	3:30-4:30
Technique:	skate
Wax Recommendation:	CH8 if you feel like glide waxing your skis – if not, no worries
Upcoming Event/Race:	Sunday 1/31/16 – Mt. Top Paintball Biathlon (skate skiing and shooting paintballs! What could be better?!) – Register here: https://www.nensa.net/calendar/index.php?id=1792 This is one of our skiers’ favorites! Register before Friday = $20. DOR = $30.

NOTES: 

We had a great day at Craftsbury in the Duathlon. 24 of our skiers came out to participate! Thanks to parents for volunteering and to coaches and wax crew for supporting our skiers.

See you tomorrow at Garipay!

Ashley & Peter

 

 

 

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INFORMATION FOR THE 1 DAY BKL PROGRAM:

Location:	Garipay Fields (9 Reservoir Road, Hanover)
Time:	3:30-4:30
Technique:	Classic (No poles for children in grades K-1)
Forecast:	High 30s.
Upcoming Events	Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon at the Mt. Top Resort in Chittenden, VT, Sunday 1-31-16. Pre-register on SkiReg.

 

CALL FOR HELP! 

If you have a few minutes to spare at the beginning or end of practice, please help us with grade-level sign-in/out or hot chocolate. SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE!

 

SNACKS:

At the end of practice, we will have snacks. It’s a fun time for kids and parents to socialize after practice. We will have a table set-up and provide drinks (hot chocolate, lemonade), Oreos, and Chips Ahoy.

We are asking families to please bring something to share (homemade or store-bought).  Anything snackable is welcome – cookies, chips, fruit. You may drop-off your contribution at 3:30pm, or bring it to the party at around 4:20 and join us for nibbles and socializing!

 

LOST:

One of our coaches lost her daughter’s 120 cm black and yellow Fisher waxless skis at the end of practice last week. She left them near the K/1 table. If they accidentally ended up at your home, please let me know and I can connect you to their owner (the skis are labeled B. Pekala).

 

FORD SAYRE BUFFS:

If your child is new to the nordic program and didn’t get a buff last week (Jan. 19), please stop by the K/1 table and get one (Fleece for K/1s; fabric for 2nd grade and higher)!

 

PAINTBALL BIATHLON: 1/31/16 at Mountain Top Resort in Chittenden, VT 

Ford Sayre coaches (across the 1, 2, and 3-day a week BKL programs) support children in a variety of races throughout the winter. While we will tell you about upcoming races, you and your child can decide whether to participate. Racing can be exciting for many kids, but others may not be interested. With that said, the Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon race is a Ford Sayre favorite, is about an hour away, and many kids love the combination of skiing and shooting a paintball gun!  If you are interested, sign up on SkiReg and send me a note so I can make sure you get additional race information from our Ford Sayre crew.

 

Aricca, BKL.One.Day@fordsayre.org, Cell: (603) 715-7233

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Hello parents, and happy winter!

What a delight to have snow and seasonally cold weather — your kids have been a pleasure to work with, and we know they are excited to actually be on snow.

For those going to the Craftsbury Duathlon, please read the information below carefully.

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Race Info:

Format:
As many of you know, the Duathlon format will have the kids skiing one loop of classic, then changing skis and skating that loop again. (Using their skating poles for both loops.) It is a really fun format, and kids have had a great time over the years. They will need two pairs of skis to enjoy the format — if your son/daughter has only combi skis available, please let us know.

Race Info Sheet:
Before each race, we will be sending out a google doc with information and sign-up spots. It has critical information about timing for arrival, course preview, etc., and also place (in yellow) for you to sign your child up so we know they are coming, and place to sign up if you would like to volunteer in one of a couple different positions. (“Cheering happily” is a position that you don’t need to sign up for.) Please do make sure to sign your skier up, as it helps enormously with planning.
Link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Iia9DlE-h8c3Mux16-xc3DEn19kz8KAheCmtbE_jM1M/edit?usp=sharing

Registration:
As has been sent out before, here is the link for pre-registration which is both cheaper and also nicer for the race organizers.
https://www.skireg.com/mncduathlon

Also, Mansfield Nordic Club has asked if anyone would be interested in volunteering in the Finish Zone?  They are looking for a few more folks to help with timing at the morning races (meet at 10:20am) and also the afternoon races (meet at 1pm). Please add your name to the google spreadsheet above in the “timing help” category. We send lots of racers to this race and it would be wonderful if we could help them out!

Let us know if you have any questions, and we look forward to see many of you up there!
Jay Davis and Heidi Lange
BKL Head Coaches

headcoachbkl@fordsayre.org

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