Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits

1.  Photos from today (the snow was perfect for some extra fun!) And a photo from our last ski night at Windsor Park this past Thursday.

2.  Awards…  each year CCSAM asks parents (et al) to nominate “any number of deserving members of our ski family”.  The deadline for nominations happens to be TODAY!  So… if you have someone in mind, click HERE for the link.  These are the categories for which you may nominate a person or group:

• volunteer
• sport builder
• family
• coach
• club
• senior skier
• junior skier
• master skier
• most improved skier
• special recognition

The awards are given out at the annual awards banquet on Saturday April 7 at Rossmere Country Club.  Visit Zone4 to to purchase your meal tickets for the banquet: https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=17822
Deadline for meal tickets – Wed Apr 4th at NOON

3.  APJ wind-up:  APRIL 8, 2018.  Please read the previous post which contains the details and link to sign-up.

Hi Skiers,

Last ski of the year this Sunday March 18, 1:30!

Bring your favourite sunglasses too.  Also we have to work through left over wagon wheels,

See you Sunday!

Coach Ihor

Our very own, talented, APJ dad, Peter Sim, recently created a 2-minute video of everyone skiing at the park this past Sunday.  Take a look here! It’s great!

If you would like to watch Peter’s ski videos from previous APJ sessions, they’re located on the LINKS page of our website… they’re so fun!

Please mark your calendars for our APJ wind-up:  Sunday April 8, 2018.

It will be at our usual time and place:  1:30 – 3:00 p.m. at the Assiniboine Park Duck Pond shelter and surrounding area.

Please click this link  or type: http://www.PerfectPotluck.com/WIHC6617  to sign up for the easy potluck menu – and to let us know who is able to attend.  The Perfect Potluck website may ask you for a password.  Please use: APJ2018  The coordinator’s last name is Unger

Hello Ski families!

We will have a session Sunday March 11 1:30 in Assiniboine Park, usual meeting place.  The snow is fabulous and groomed really well: lots of skiers out there today!

We’ll see you there, skate skiing if you have it,

Coach Ihor

Jackrabbit Jamboree is an annual fun, family event at Windsor Park.  Skiers (12 years of age and younger) from all across Manitoba come together to play games, have races, eat lunch together and win prizes.  It’s a tradition you won’t want to miss.  Especially with all this fresh snow and a predicted -2℃ temp for Saturday!

Registration closes tomorrow (Wednesday March 7) just prior to midnight.  There are currently 34 spots remaining (at the time of this post).

Follow this link for more information and to access the Zone4 link to register.

Hey everyone: we have a team of APJ skiers and coaches in Thompson this week skipping school and not shoveling snow!  Actually we’re all working and skiing hard at the Manitoba Winter Games.  Racing are:

• Patrick McManus
• Hudson McMillan
• Don Han Lau
• Hayes McMillan
• Axelle Loiselle
• Nastassia Loiselle
• James Barwinsky
  and coaching, are:
• Katherine Styrchak (AKA Coach Katherine)
• Jeff McMillan (AKA Coach Jeff)

& Coach Ihor

What a day of racing: medals from Hudson, Axelle, Nastassia and James!

GO APJ!  More medals results potential in the free technique races on Wednesday.  Stayed tuned to this blog and this link: 2018 winter games hit the results link

Based on the diminishing snow and ski trails, in addition to the lack of coaches able to attend today, there will be NO session at the park this afternoon.

Coaches Ihor, Jeff, and Katherine are now on buses accompanying seven APJ members to Thompson for the MB Winter Games this week!   They will be coaching our skiers: James, Hayes, Hudson, Axelle, Nastassja, Don-Han, and PJ.

Opening ceremonies begin at 8:30pm tonight (Sunday March 4), & ski races will take place Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Live coverage is available through Shaw.

Congratulations to all who qualified for participating in these Winter Games and all the best as each of you compete!

Hudson & Don-Han (wearing their offical Wpg Team Gold & Wpg Team Blue jackets)

James, PJ, Nastassja & Axelle, Hayes & Coach Jeff

Also in the works… we are attempting to pin down a date for a wind-up where all coaches can be in attendance.  We are looking at dates in April (after Spring break).  More info will follow.  Traditionally the wind-up takes place on a Sunday (noon/afternoon time-frame).

Finally, next Saturday March 10 is slated as the Jackrabbit Jamboree – a fun, family day of skiing and LOTS of games and prizes at Windsor Park (preschool to grade 6).  Please keep checking in with the CCSAM website and our APJ website this week to see if the event will continue to run… melting snow and unpredictable spring weather is upon us!

If your calendars were already marked, great! – you won’t miss out on this coming Sunday’s APJ annual expedition to Falcon Ridge Ski resort!

Sunday’s session (February 25) will be at Falcon Ridge (Falcon Trails Resort) – NOT at Assiniboine Park.

You’ll find Falcon Trails at the end of the south shore road of Falcon Lake: there will be great snow, milder temps, and awesome terrain!  Google Falcon Trails for a map and great resort stories or http://www.falconridgeski.com/.

Please prepare to arrive for skiing at 11:00 am.  We will ski together as a large group (or two).

There is a yummy restaurant there, or bring your lunch.  Bring helmets (or rent) if you want to have some more fun tubing in the afternoon… or keep skiing!  Many families stay to the end of the day and all ages have had a great time.

It’s a provincial park so remember to bring your park pass!

Driving time from Assiniboine Park to Falcon is 2 hours.  Leaving the city by 8:30 will give you plenty of time to unload the vehicle once you get there.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Secondly, the annual Dash for Cash event is next week Tuesday February 27 at Windsor Park.  It’s a really fun, very short event for kids in Nursery School through Grade 6.  Only $1 per child.  Registration is on site from 5:30-6:30.  Races begin at 6:45 and are usually finished by 7:30.  All children win either chocolate loonies or actual cash loonies!  Winners also receive medals.  More details about Dash for Cash can be found here on the CCSAM website.

Third, APJ coaches Ihor, Jeff, Katherine, and Yan will all be in Thompson with their children (James, Hayes, Hudson, Axelle, Nastassja, & Don-Han) who are competing in the MB Winter Games along with fellow-APJer, PJ McManus, from March 4-7… so Sunday March 4 will not likely run as a formal APJ session.

Hi Skiers,

We will be skiing Sunday 1:30 in Assiniboine Park, Track Attackers should plan on a skate ski session before the hot chocolate!

Coach Ihor