Picture Day

Save the Date!!

Team Hardwood Picture Day

Saturday Dec 12, 2105

Mini and Junior Devo 1100-1200 (individual and group photos)

1200 full team photo

1200-1pm Provincial and National

Practice times as per usual (Senior 9am-12pm, Mini & Junior 1pm-4pm)

Trip Accomodations

Hello Athletes and Parents,

In preparation for the rapidly approaching race season, many of you have been asking about the race accommodations and plans.  Please find the below details for your planning and booking pleasure.  We have blocked rooms/suites at the below locations with the group/team rates as negotiated.  

For your reference:

-Midgets should be looking at going to Eastern's and Midget's

-Provincial's should be looking at the O'Cup's.

-Mini's should be looking at Midget's and can talk to their coach if they are interested in Eastern's, especially if they have a sibling already competing there.

**If you will be travelling with the team and looking for travel and roommate planning please reach out sooner than later so we can accommodate all needs.

Event	Date(s)	Details	Contact
WJT -O'Cup Thunder Bay	Jan 12-17	Towneplace Suites - all blocked rooms with 2 queen beds, kitchenette (fridge, microwave, cooktop, sink and dw)  *2 rooms blocked for Jan 9-17, 10 rooms blocked for Jan 12-17 (Sports rate $129/night +tax)    *block held up to 1 mos prior to arrival date, 24 hour cancellation policy   http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/yqtts-towneplace-suites-thunder-bay/	Nick 1-807-346-9000   550 Harbour Expy, Thunder Bay, ON
Eastern's -O'Cup Gatineau	Feb 4-Feb7	Les Suites Victoria - 25 rooms blocked until Jan 4.  All have full kitchen *choice of 2 queen beds and pull out couch $139/night plus tax  OR 1 king bed $129/night plus tax +$15/day parking.  Approx 9 mins from grocery stores   http://www.suitesvictoria.com/contact-us.php	Sakhone  1-819-777-8899  1 Rue Victoria, Gatineau
O-Cup - Temiskaming	Mar 3- Mar 6	15 rooms blocked  Waterfront Inn (1-800-461-4644), $155/night plus tax, includes continental breakfast   http://www.waterfrontinn-ontario.com/Waterfront-Inn-Contact.html	Amanda 1-800-461-4644
Midgets - Kawartha Nordic	Feb 26-28	The Village Inn  16 rooms blocked until Jan 26, all with 2 queen beds $119/night +HST , includes bar fridge, sink and continental breakfast (Banquet room booked, no charge, for team use on Sat night)   http://www.villageinn.ca/contact.shtml	Jessica 1-800-827-5678

Nationals:  Reservations can be made by calling the Gold Rush Inn (Whitehorse)  at 867-668-4500

The block number to quote is 1866. The Team Name they have is “Hardwood Cross Country Ski”

Arrival Thursday March 17 Departure Sunday March 27

Any rooms not reserved will be released back into general inventory on February 17th, 2016.

Best Western Gold Rush Inn

411 Main Street

Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2B6

1 Bedroom Suite: $147.00 (These have full kitchens. There are 2 of these.)

2 Bedroom Suite: $161.00 (These have full kitchens. There are 2 of these.)

Deluxe Room (2 beds, mini-fridge, microwave, coffeemakers, there are 14 of these): $105.00 

These rates are subject to GST and based on double occupancy. There is a $10.50 charge per additional guest.

Juniors and Mini's training at regular time this week 1-4pm

Saturday - Hardwood from 1-4pm

Please wear a costume
Please bring roller ski gear (helmet, boots, poles, knee pads), running shoes and dry clothes in case it rains

Nov 7- Ski Erg Sprints Fundraiser for Jennifer Jackson

Mini Devo Roller ski session video

Mini Devo Roller ski session

Ski Donations

We had a great weekend at the swap gearing up for the winter for our team inventory that will be used to get kids on skis this winter.

We have launched a few new programs to get kids on skis that include the ski-at-school program and the elementary afterschool program.  A big hurdle for these programs are always equipment, we are busting down that barrier by purchasing equipment for them to use.

If you have any old skis, bindings, poles or boots that you think will sit around collecting dust bring them by the training centre and we will add them to our inventory for the winter programs.

Waxing Aprons

For only $39.95 you can look sharp in the waxing hut and protect your fancy ski gear with the TEAM HARDWOOD waxing apron, 3 pockets in the front hold your scrapers and groove tools. Embroidered 2 colour logo and black Fabric ensure it will not be lost in the snow. Order now to ensure arrival before the ski season while helping to support the hardwood team wax box.

We would like to get an order in for next Saturday (Halloween) so we can arrange for delivery by the waxing clinic on November 14. You can pay Sydney when they pick them up. If you could ask people to respond to Sydney by email directly that would be great.

Parents Meeting recap

As a quick recap of this meeting and the National meeting held earlier in the season:

The primary means of communication is via the blogs which can be found on the Team Hardwood website:  http://teamhardwood.ca/   under the documents section.  This area is password protected (winter) and houses lots of great information including parent and athlete resources (team calendar, wax reference, team gear/clothing gear swap/buy and sell, etc).

Emails will be sent out as sparingly as possible to minimize what is coming to your in-boxes and to ensure that when you do receive them you will, hopefully read them and find them useful.  Emails will be sent to update you on upcoming events, races, help needed, changes to plans, etc.  If someone in your family is not receiving emails now, and would like to, please send their email to this address so that we can add them to the distribution lists.  We have only added the addresses that have been given to us this year.

Practice times, race times and locations do change from time to time (much like all other sports)...we find better snow, other opportunities so please check your blogs regularly.  Last minute changes are always sent out via email with as much notice as possible.

Uniform Update:  For those who ordered uniforms...Our uniforms are under production at Louis Garneau now and we expect shipment the week of Nov 30'th so stay tuned for details on delivery date.

Spirit Wear Order:  We are considering putting together a "spirit wear" order for next month (in time for Christmas) and wondered what the interest would be?  We would likely be looking at Team Hardwood Hoodies, Track pants, golf shirts, buffs, travel mugs, and any other thoughts you might have.  Cost would include a small percent toward fundraising which would go towards future camp costs to help keep our camp costs down. Please feel free to reply to this email and let me know your thoughts/interest either way.