What's Happening!

Development Team (Age 13+) Programs Announced

Summer 2010 May 25th–August 26th 20 Sessions
2 sessions/week, Tues & Thurs: 4:30pm-6:30pm $150
May: 25, 27, June: 1, 3, 24, 29, July 6, 8, 20, 22, 27, 29, August 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26

Fall 2010 Sept 7th-Nov 25th 35 Sessions
3 sessions/week, Tues & Thurs: 4:30pm-6:30pm, & Sat 10am-12pm $300
Note that athletes wishing to attend the Winter Program will be required to partake in the Fall Program to ensure the required level of fitness.
Please email to register.

Winter 2010-11 Nov 27th-Mar 26th 51 Sessions
3 sessions/week, Tues & Thurs & Sat (Not Dec 25th & Jan 1st): 4:30pm-6:30pm $500
Note that athletes wishing to attend the Winter Program will be required to partake in the Fall Program to ensure the required level of fitness.
Particpants are expected to attend Jan 15 & 16: BC Cup #1, Feb 5 & 6: BC Cup #2 (Kelowna), Mar 26: Mt Washington Loppet.

Registration opens Sept 11th at Strut Your Stuff, Myrtle Philips School.

Skill Development Program Fall Dry-land Training

Sundays: Sept 19-Nov 21 (Dates TBC), 10 Sessions, Cost $5/session
Orienteering, roller skiing, ski striding, running & strength training

2010-11 Winter Skill Development Program Annouced

Registration opens Sept 11th at Strut Your Stuff, Myrtle Philips School
Age 5yrs upwards, Tuesdays AND/OR Saturdays
*Prices To Be Confirmed (Includes Jan 8: Coast Cup #2-Whistler, Feb 26: P'ayakentsut/World Loppet, Spring Special Events)*

Tuesdays, 10 sessions, 1.5hrs (Price TBC)
Lost Lake, 4.30-6pm
Jan 4, (8: CC #2-Whistler) 11, 18, 25 Feb 1, 8, 15, 22 (26: P'ayakentsut/World Loppet) Mar 1, 8

Saturdays, 10 sessions, 2 hrs (Price TBC)
WOP, Callaghan Valley, 10am-12pm
Nov 27, Dec 4 (No SDP Dec 11 CC#1), 18 Jan 8 (CC #2, Whistler), 15, 22, 29 Feb 5, 12, (No SDP Feb 19: BC Champs) 26 (P'ayakentsut/World Loppet)

Volunteer coaches are still needed for our programs. Please email if you can help.

Coaching & Officials Course Schedule Fall/Winter 2010

Oct 1-3: NCCP Introduction to Community Coaching Workshop
Oct 22-24: NCCP Learn 2 Train-Dryland Workshop
Nov 5-7: Officials Level 1
Dec 3-5: NCCP Learn 2 Train-On-Snow Workshop
Dec 10-12: NCCP Community Coach Workshop
Please email to register.

Volunteer Positions

SDP Coordinator Role: an off-snow volunteer position with the possibility of becoming paid if funding is found.
Registrar: an off-snow volunteer position with the possibility of becoming paid if funding is found.
Risk Management Role: The club is growing and needs a risk management policy and plan in place so we require a Risk Management Coordinator to start investigating the area of risk management. This is a volunteer position which involves some paper work and follow-up.
Please email if you are interested in finding out more about a role.

$150,000 GRANT FROM WHISTLER BLACKCOMB FOUNDATION FOR PASSIVE HOUSE

The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation has granted $150,000 to the Passive House project for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. It was a natural fit for the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation to come on board with the Passive House initiative, as this energy conserving building, will be handed over to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) for use by the Whistler Nordics and WORCA after it has been used as Austria House for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
For more information click here.

Long-Term Athlete Development

The new Canadian Long-Term Athlete Development Resource Paper - Canadian Sport for Life has been posted. We encourage you to view this excellent document, especially if you are a coach, since Cross Country Canada's revised coaching program is closely integrated with this model.

Whistler Nordics Ski Club is pleased to have received a grant from GM Canada. This grant will aid us in improving the skills of our coaches and give kids with a disability access to coaches trained in Adaptive Skiing as we continue our partnership with Whistler Adaptive Sports Program.

Whistler Nordics Ski Club has applied to Cross Country BC and SportsFunder to receive Lottery Funds for our 2009 - 2010 Community Coaching Workshop. The CC certification gives Club coaches a higher level of coaching skills which will benefit children in our Skill Development Program. The SportsFunder grant subsidizes 75% of the costs per participant in the course.