Alpine October Newsletter

Important Fall Dates 

10/9 - U14 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/10, 4 -7p.m. - Concussion Testing (U14 and older) Snow King Lodge Room
10/10 - FIS Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/16 - U16 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/17, 4 -7p.m. - Concussion Testing (U14 and older) Snow King Lodge Room
10/19-20 - JHSC SKI SWAP
10/22-23 - Boot fitting with Matt Schiller  (U16, FIS)
10/23 - Parents Education Series (College Night) (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/24 - U12 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/25 - U10 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
11/2-11 - FIS, U16, U14 Colorado Ski Camp
11/16 - Snow King opens for training (Snow/Weather conditions permitting)
11/17 - Referee update and Referee and Jury Adviser clinic (It's free! You need to be Jury Adviser to be able to be Start or Finish Ref)
11/27 - NGS Team Meeting
11/28 - Swix Ski Tuning Clinic
We will also do Level 100 Alpine Coaching clinic in December and we will do volunteer training on one afternoon in November. 

Colorado Camp

We are organizing Ski Camp for our U14 and U16/FIS athletes in Colorado from November 2nd -11th. 
U16/FIS athletes will free-ski and train at Copper and U14 will free-ski and train at Loveland. 
These camps are essential to be prepared for start of the season.
Please contact your coaches for details: 
FIS - Mike Syrovatka @ msyrovatka@jhskiclub.org or Seppi Stiegler @ sstiegler@jhskiclub.org
U16 - Ned Lazarevic @ nlazarevic@jhskiclub.org
U14 - Kevin Keane @ Kkeane@jhskiclub.org

Other

- Dryland trainings are great success and more and more athletes are committing to get in shape for the season. We are in progressions with U14, U16 and FIS athletes and we are starting with U12 trainings first week in October.
- We are still looking to hire a Race Secretary and an Alpine Program Volunteer coordinator. Please let me know if you, or anyone you know, is interested in either of these positions.
- Please renew your US Ski & Snowboard (formerly USSA) license for the season. You can do so @ www.usskiandsnowboard.org - Deadline to register is October 15th
- We will need volunteers for all our events in the winter. Volunteer sign up page will be up soon. 

Important Alpine program email addresses: 

Alpine Program Director - Branko Zagar @ bzagar@jhskiclub.org
FIS - Mike Syrovatka @ msyrovatka@jhskiclub.org or Seppi Stiegler @ sstiegler@jhskiclub.org
U16 - Ned Lazarevic @ nlazarevic@jhskiclub.org
U14 - Kevin Keane @ Kkeane@jhskiclub.org
U12 - Gordon Chapdelaine @ gchapdelaine@jhskiclub.org
U10 - Al Clausen @ aclausen@jhskiclub.org
2Day - Meaghan Wheeler @ mwheeler@jhskiclub.org
NGS - Julie Weinberger @ jweinberger@jhskiclub.org

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