Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits

Change of Venue for Sunday, 12 January 2014

Posted on 2014-01-12 by robertjmcmahon | Leave a comment

The Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits will indeed meet at 13:30 today, Sunday, 12 January 2014, but not in Assiniboine Park.

Instead, we will be skiing at Fort Whyte Alive. Meet at the Fort Whyte Alive Interpretive Centre at 13:30.

Admission for everyone is free today because Fort Whyte Alive is hosting the“5^th Annual Snow Trek: Winter in Motion”. Free admission. Free cross-country ski rentals. Free cross-country ski lessons (I believe I was told). For anyone.

Fort Whyte Alive indicates, “5th Annual SnowTrek”, “Celebrate Winter in Motion! Try cross-country skiing and we’ll provide the equipment, free of charge. Explore the frozen forest on guided snowshoe hikes or skate on our frozen lakes. Warm up with hot chocolate by the campfire. Sunday, January 12, 10 am – 4 pm.”

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Team APJ Wants You! Candy Cane Classic Relay Race (This Wednesday)!

Posted on 2013-12-15 by robertjmcmahon | Leave a comment

Like to classic ski? With a candy cane? Wearing “seasonal” attire? On a team?

If you answered “yes”, then the Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits would “reindeerly” love for your child (and/or you) to join us this upcoming Wednesday, 18 December 2013, at 19:30, at the Windsor Park Nordic Centre, to be part of one (or more!) Team APJ squads “racing” in the “Candy Cane Classic – Wednesday Night Race #3”.

Here are some important points regarding this event as posted at http://www.ccsam.ca/candy-cane-classic-wednesday-night-race-3:

We hope to see you … for our Candy Cane Classic. It promises to be lots of fun. We will provide hot chocolate, candy canes and LED lights for all to wear during the race.
The big kids will be skiing 3 x 1.2 km and the smaller kids will be skiing 3 x 800m.
Come dressed in seasonal attire and we will subtract 15 seconds from your team time. If the entire team has dressed for the occasion we will deduct an additional 15 seconds for team spirit. Yup, that’s right, up to one minute off if all members are dressed in seasonal attire… Santa hat, reindeer antlers, Christmas tree, snowman, etc.
The hand off baton will be a candy cane. If your candy cane travels the entire course without breaking, we will subtract an additional 60 seconds from your time.
Teams will be posted by Tuesday night so an early registration is greatly appreciated. Please tell others about registering earlier.

Additional points:

Cost is $7.00 for each participant.
Register at Zone4 (https://zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=6088) before Tuesday morning (I would guess).
Reply to assiniboinejackrabbits@live.com to indicate if your child (and/or you) will be attending (so that we know who will be part of Team APJ).
Check in at the “race desk” at Windsor Park Nordic Centre before 19:00 on Wednesday to pick up your child’s (and/or your) participation bib (as per http://www.ccsam.ca/competitive-skiing/event-information/wednesday-night-race-series).
Find a Team APJ coach to link up. Phone Coach Rob if we are out of sight.

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Update for Dec. 14, 2013, Weather Suits and Klister video

Posted on 2013-12-14 by Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits | Leave a comment

HI All!

Well, let’s start with the uniforms: we’ve set the deadline for suit orders to Monday Dec. 16 to allow us to get the suits here next month. If you are interested in getting one of these very versatile ski suits, please go here first, then go to the Podiumwear storefront website https://www.podiumwear.com/team-storefront/HMbbbbbbc/ and type in the password APJ2013. As requested, adult size toques have been added to the list.

NO APJ Session this Sunday December 15th (however):

Due to the extreme weather, tomorrow’s APJ session is cancelled. However, I along with a few other parents and skiers will be skiing at the Duck Pond at 1:30 tomorrow. Please feel free to come out and brave the cold. If you want, please bring your own thermos of hot chocolate for your skiers to enjoy as I won’t know how many skiers to plan for.

And for something fun while you are indoors:

This link takes you to a hilarious video of Klister, the Canadian Ski Team’s mascot. It’s really good:

http://bit.ly/1kGyjUl

Coach Ihor

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