- CANCELLED: 1-day/week BKL Practice (January 20) January 20, 2015For safety reasons, we need to CANCEL practice today (January 20). The Garipay Fields have turned to a sheet of ice, and Dartmouth does not plan to groom Garipay today due to ice and water on the trails. Aricca; 603-715-7233; bkl.one.day@fordsayre.orgContinue reading →
- Practice Plan, Tuesday January 20th: One Day a Week Program January 19, 2015
Hello 1-day a week BKL families,
Last night’s rain was disappointing, but we think we still have enough snow to get around Garipay! As of today, Dartmouth is planning on grooming Garipay on Tuesday morning, which will minimize the potentially icy conditions.
Your children all deserve a huge round of applause for braving all sorts of conditions this year… Rain, wind, cold temperatures, ice, and minimal snow.
Location: Garipay Field Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: Classic Notes:
- JOIN OUR SNACK CELEBRATION, starting at 4:30! Thank you for those who have volunteered to bring something. Even if you didn’t sign up, please feel free to bring something to share if you able. Please sign out your child, and THEN join the snack celebration. Meet your child’s coaches and other parents and skiers! We are hoping to have all of the BKL skiers at Garipay Field tomorrow (1-day, 2-day, and 3-day a week programs), so it will be a great opportunity to have our full K-8 skiing community come together in one place! Be prepared for a full parking lot!
- APPROPRIATE CLOTHING: Temps are predicted at 20 F, with winds around 8 MPH. PLEASE send your children dressed in non-cotton layers and make sure they have dry, warm, non-cotton socks (e.g. SmartWool). Please minimize their exposed skin. A buff covering their neck and cheeks will be great – and you might cover the rest of their face in a lotion to prevent it from getting chapped.
- Practice Plan for Tuesday, 1-20-15 January 19, 2015
Information for the 2&3 Day Program:
Location: Garipay Fields Time: 3:30-4:30 Technique: Skate Wax Recommendation: glide wax Upcoming Race: Mansfield Duathlon (at Craftsbury) this Sunday. Go here for up-to-date event information. Or here to register through SkiReg.org (Parents, there’s a masters class for you, too!) Notes:
- Well, well… Not the optimal conditions for ski practice, but we can still pull it off! And there will be delicious SNACKS at the end, so all is well on the BKL ski front.
- PLEASE NOTE that we will make a final call on location tomorrow morning by 9am. We will send out an email, but as always, you can also find the information on our website.
- This weekend there are many events happening. We will support skiers who want to race in the Mansfield Nordic BKL Duathlon. Note that the race will be held at Craftsbury. A duathlon means you ski one half on skate skis, then quickly change skis and ski the next half on classic skis. It is a blast! See the links above for information and registration. We will have a club race organization google doc ready by Thursday so you can plan the timing of your trip. Kids can also attend the Eastern Mass BKL Sprints in Weston, MA, on Sunday, although our coaches will not be there. All skiers female! Note that the Annual New England Women’s Ski Day is being held on Sunday at Rikert. This is a fabulous event for girls and women. We recommend checking it out.
- Snacks for All on Tuesday, January 20th January 16, 2015
Dear 1-day BKL families,
We hope to bring together the 1-day, 2-day, 3-day a week BKL skiers to have a snack celebration this Tuesday, January 20th after practice. There will be hot cocoa and yummy treats, so plan to stick around for a bit, enjoy the company of your peers, and celebrate the half-way point of our season!
Please bring something to share (homemade or store-bought), and use the sign-up genius link to let us know what you hope to bring! We have over 125 kids in the 1-day program! (I’ll bring hot cocoa, water, cups, baggies, and paper towels.)
To sign-up, go to: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4dadaf23a1fe3-bklsnack
You may drop-off your contribution at 3:30pm or bring it to the party. Even if you aren’t able to bring a snack to share this time, please plan to join us after practice, meet your child’s coach and fellow skiers, and have fun!
Thanks,
Aricca; Ph: 603-715-7233; bkl.one.day@fordsayre.org
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Information for 2 & 3 Day skiers:
Thanks to Jane Phipps and Tracy Zuckerman for organizing our snacks this season. Please see their note below:
We hope to have an integrated 1 & 2 day program snack celebration this Tuesday, 1/20 after practice. There will be hot cocoa and yummy treats, so plan to stick around for a bit and enjoy.
Please bring something to share (homemade or store-bought). Let us know if you can bring something – we have over 100 kids in the 2 day program! Please e-mail Tracy. She can be reached at: tracyzuckerman@comcast.net
You may drop-off your contribution at 3:30pm or bring it to the party.
All of this depends on snow conditions, so stay tuned! If the snow at Garipay won’t accommodate 200 skiers on Tuesday, and we end up practicing at Oak Hill, we will still have snacks, but will do it with only the 2 Day program.
Thanks,
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Tracy Zuckerman & Jane Phipps