Alpine October Newsletter

Important October-November Dates 

10/10 at 6pm - FIS Team Meeting (SK King's Grill)
10/15 at 6pm - U16 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/16 at 6pm - U14 Team Meeting (Snow KIng Lodge Room)
10/16, 4 - 6p.m. - Concussion Testing for U14 and older (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/18-19 - JHSC SKI SWAP
10/22, 4 - 7p.m. - Concussion Testing for U14 and older (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/23 at 6pm - U12 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/24 at 6pm - U10 Team Meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/24-27 - Boot fitting with Matt Schiller  (U16, FIS)
10/28, 4 - 7p.m. - Concussion Testing for U14 and older (Snow King Lodge Room)
10/30 at 4pm - 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)
11/4 - Parents Education Series - Brian and Club Culture: Values Curriculum plus Long-Term Athlete
11/6 at 6pm - 2 Day Team Meeting (Snow King LOdge Room)
11/8-17 - FIS, U16, U14 Colorado Ski Camp (Leaving on the 7th after school)
11/20 - Parents Education Series - Medicine Wheel Wellness-"The Winning Athlete"
11/25 - Snow King opens for training (Snow/Weather conditions permitting)
12/2-3 - Level 100 Alpine Coaches Clinic 
12/4 at 6pm - NGS Team meeting (Snow King Lodge Room)
12/4 - Parents Education Series - Teton Behavior Therapy-"Supporting Balance: Athletics and Academics"
12/9 - Parents Education Series - JHSC - "College and Career Pathways"

Colorado Camp

We are organizing Ski Camp for our U14 and U16/FIS athletes in Colorado from November 8th -17th. 
Athletes will free-ski and train at Copper and Loveland. 
These camps are essential to be prepared for start of the season.
Please contact your coaches for details: 
FIS -  Seppi Stiegler @ sstiegler@jhskiclub.org or Mike Syrovatka @ msyrovatka@jhskiclub.org
U16 - Ned Lazarevic @ nlazarevic@jhskiclub.org
U14 - Kevin Keane @ Kkeane@jhskiclub.org


First snow - October 2nd 2019

Important Alpine program email addresses: 

Alpine Program Director - Branko Zagar @ bzagar@jhskiclub.org
FIS - Seppi Stiegler @ sstiegler@jhskiclub.org or Mike Syrovatka @ msyrovatka@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 - Tobi Koekkoek @ tkoekkoek@jhskiclub.org

Volunteer opportunities: 

- We will need volunteers for all Alpine events organized by JHSC: 
      - 12/14-18 Western Region FIS Open Tech Series (3 days of SL and 2 Days of GS for 16 years and older - both genders) / Snow King
      - 12/20-23 USSA Sean Nurse Memorial (2 days of SL and 2 Days of GS for 13 years and older - both genders) / Snow King
      - 1/4 Club Series - Caroline Classic (Local GS race for U14 and younger athletes) / Snow King
      - 1/10-12 Wes Barron Speed Series ( 3 days of SG for 13 years and older - both genders) / JHMR    
      - 1/18-20 IMD U14 Qualifier (2 days of SL and 1 day of GS for U14 athetes - both genders) / Snow King
      - 3/22 Club Series - Parent/Athlete Dual SL (Local race for U14 and younger athletes) / Snow King
      - 3/13-15 Jackson Downhill (3 days of local DH racing) - JHMR
      - 3/17-22 WR Junior Champs (2 days of SG, 2 days of GS and 2 days of SL for 16 years and older - both genders) / JHMR
- Volunteer sign up page will be up on second week in October: https://jhskiclub.org/support/volunteer-jobs

Gate judge: 

For Alpine racing Gate judge is the most needed volunteer position. Please look at this video for duties of Gate Judge: https://usskiandsnowboard.org/sport-development/officials-development/alpine-gate-judge-video

Other

- This year will be first year that we will let athletes 6 years old to register with our U10 program. Athletes will have to show ability to ski at the U10 level.
- FIS and U16's are continuing with their year-round schedule, we started with U14 and U12 dryland and will start with U10's on October 8th. Dryland trainings are great success and more and more athletes are committing to get in shape for the season. 
- 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

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