Week of Sept 16, 2018

Good evening PG Blizzard families,
Welcome to the 2018/19 speed skating season! We are counting down to the first week of skating - regular sessions start the week of September 24th, with Learn to Skate skaters starting the following week on October 2nd.

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1. SKATE TIMES
Skate times are as follows:

FUNdamentals:
Tuesdays 5:45 to 6:30pm (parents are needed to put the mats on the ice at 5:15pm)
Saturdays 7:45 to 8:30am (parents are needed to remove mats at 8:30am)
- coaches Wendy Hudyma, Kathy Lewis, Becca Harlos with junior coaches Morgan Aucoin and Sylvia Masich

Novice:
Tuesdays 6:30 to 7:30pm
Thursday 5:45 to 6:45pm (parents are needed to put mats on the ice at 5:15pm)
- dry land training/warm up starts 45 minutes before ice time
- coaches Kari Rae and Sean Bernard

Advanced:
Mondays 7:00 to 8:30pm (parents are needed to put mats on the ice at 6:45pm and remove mats at 8:30pm)
Tuesdays 7:45 to 9:00pm (parents are needed to remove mats from the ice at 9:00pm)
Thursdays 7:00 to 8:30pm (parents are needed to remove mats from the ice at 8:30pm)
- dry land training/warm up starts 45 minutes before ice time
- coaches Taryn Vansickle and Kari Rae, with guest coach Keith Gordon

Youth Learn to Skate skaters will skate on Tuesday nights 5:54 to 6:30pm with the FUNdamental group.

2. KICKSTART CAMP

Kickstart camp and BCSSA Academy are running next weekend. Your registration should be in to BCSSA (Advanced skaters) or to Kari Rae (pgblizzard.president@gmail.com). I have attached the Kickstart form to this email for any late registrants. 

A reminder that the club is hosting a BBQ on Saturday evening at the Outdoor Oval building (thank you OIO). New families are welcome to join us. Please RSVP to me (pgblizzard.registrar@gmail.com) by Wednesday night. Skaters participating in Kickstart or Academy are free, additional family members are $5/person. Thank you to Anna-Marie Schmidt for coordinating our 2018 Kickstart BBQ!

3. ICE MARKING

A reminder to all ice marking volunteers to please meet at Kin1 at 6:30pm. Thank you to all the volunteers for your help to get the ice set up for the skating season.

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Watch for PG Blizzard Update emails weekly on Sunday evening. A reminder to all coordinators to please have any updates sent to me (pgblizzard.registrar@gmail.com) by noon on Sunday.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email. 

Have a great week!
Kessie.
Kessie Konwicki, Registrar
PG Blizzard Speed Skating Club
~on behalf of the PG Blizzard Board of Directors