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Hello Jackrabbit Managers,

Today’s session (Sunday, 9 November 2014), known as “First Formal Session! (1)” on our schedule, has now been cancelled!

Sorry for the short notice.

It was the intent of the coaches to hold a session today if the weather conditions were similar to the previous three dryland conditions.

However, this will not be the  case today.  Air temperature is currently forecast to be -6 degrees Celsius with a -13 degree windchill with winds gusting up to 40 kmh from the northwest.  Plus snow.  See http://spotwx.com/products/grib_index.php?model=meteocode&zone=r1.15&tz=-6&title=FPWG11&lat=49.89975&lon=-97.13749 for details.

Oh, also frozen and wet goose poop.

We will try again next Sunday.

Hello Jackrabbit Managers,

I know.  I know.

You watch your kids having fun skiing with the Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits and you say to yourself, “Self:  Gosh, this looks like fun!  All these kids zooming around.  I like to zoom around too on my skis!  And I have been skiing a while.  Gee, I also have pretty decent technique.  Hey, if I became a coach, I could zoom around with all of these great kids on skis, and we would all have have great skiing fun.  I could even teach them a skiing technique or two (or dozen or more).

So, you say, how could I become a certified cross-country ski coach?  Easy!  First, take a two-day course with like-minded skiers, in the comfy Sport For Life Centre building located just kind-of-a-stone’s-throw from the Manitoba Museum (you know, another fun place for both kids and adults alike).  This course, “Introduction Community Coaching (ICC)” is conveniently scheduled for Friday evening, 14 November 2014, and Saturday, 15 November 2014.

See the Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba (CCSAM) website for details (http://www.ccsam.ca/event/intro-community-coaching-icc-workshop).

Contact Coach Rob (or any of the coaches you already chat with) if you are kind-of-sort-of-interested but want to talk first to find out what might be involved, or if you are already to register.

And yes, we do indeed have enough certified coaches to run the club, but we can always use more!

Hello Jackrabbit Managers,

Just a reminder that today, Sunday, 2 November 2014, is “Dryland Fun 3”, again meeting at the Assiniboine Park Duck Pond Shelter at 13:30.

Remember the “fall behind” time change that occurred early this morning.

Temperature is forecast to be a balmy +8 degrees Celsius at play time today!  So, please remind you kids to dress in layers so that they may remove clothing once they warm up.

Just a quick reminder to everyone that today is the very first APJ ski club session (on land, of course!) at Assiniboine Park.  Meet at the Duck Pond Shelter at 1:30 p.m.  Please wear shoes appropriate for “hiking” along the park’s riverbanks.

Hello Jackrabbit Managers,

This Sunday:

• Join us this upcoming Sunday, 19 October 2014, between 13:30 and 15:00, in and near the Assiniboine Park Duck Pond Shelter, for the Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits Ski Club’s “Orientation + Dryland Fun 1”, our first non-snow session of the 2014-2015 cross-country skiing season!
• Bring your whole family. Bring your friends. Bring your friends’ friends. Forward this information to anyone who might be interested. Everyone is welcome!
• Bunnyrabbits, Jackrabbits, and Track Attack skiers should all come prepared to run around in the great outdoors for most of this session.

Some highlights for the upcoming 2014-2015 season:

• Twenty-four (24) sessions have been scheduled for the whole club.
• An additional seventeen (17) sessions have been scheduled for keen Jackrabbit and Track Attack skiers looking for even more skiing.
• Two (2) fun, out-of-town, come-if-you-can, day trips have been scheduled for the whole club.
• Hot chocolate and wagon wheels will again be supplied as après ski refreshments most snowy Sundays.
• Cost is still only $45 per child. Same price for your second child. All additional siblings are $10. Parents and caregivers are free!
• Coaches Ihor, Robert, Katherine, and Jeff return this season for more skiing fun.

Interested?

• Visit our overhauled website for more information.
• Please immediately go to the bottom right-hand corner of your web browser and single-click + Follow. Up will pop a dialogue box that says, Follow “Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits”.  Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.  Enter email address.  Then click Sign me up. You may add additional email addresses as needed.
• Please note that for the 2014-2015 season it is the intent of our club that all ski club information will be posted only to our website. By clicking on + Follow you will then be automatically notified via e-mail of any changes made to the website.

Thanks,
Coach Rob
(on behalf of Coaches Ihor, Katherine, and Jeff)

The APJ website is currently undergoing a variety of updates.  Hang on to your boots… some exciting new content is being added to our web page!

Thanks to everyone for the great potluck food today! It was scrumptious and well enjoyed! 🙂

We ended up with a few spoons that belong to ??? Can you verify if they are yours from the attached photo? If so, let me know. They’re at our house now. If we don’t hear back from anyone, we’ll assume they belong to the Tuxedo Community Centre’s kitchen and return them there this week. Thanks.

Have a safe and wonderful summer and see you in the Fall.
Gina

Hello Jackrabbit Managers,

Tomorrow, Sunday, 25 May 2014, between 13:00 and 16:00, is not Picture Day, but rather Hand Out Picture Packages Day!

Yep, come to tomorrow’s Assiniboine Park Jackrabbits Wind Up, eat a variety of foods, play, chat, and receive your bundle of photos.

Thanks,

Coach Rob

(on behalf of Coaches Ihor, Katherine, and Jeff)