Dec 27 Training

Good Morning, I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Training for tomorrow is a go. Athletes should be ready by 8:45am.

The loop is open and the hill is expecting 15-20cm of new snow.

Coaches, I will see you at the hill at 8:30am.

Think Snow
Ben

Dry Land Training

Please Note that there IS dry land training tonight. This will be the last day for dry land until January 9th.

Second Notice: I have only received one notification for the K2 and Up Race at Poley Mountain on Jan 6/7. Race lists have to be in shortly so if you are planning to attend please contact me directly or leave your name with Ben Kershaw during Christmas Week Training.

As far as I know Crabbe will have the loop open on Saturday. I plan to be at the shack for 10:00 and will train athletes until 2:00. All athletes are invited to attend.

Rien.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

RACE NOTICE

I know that there seems to be little or no snow around but our first Race Notice has arrived. The first official race is scheduled for Jan 6/7 at Poley Mountain. This race is for all K2-Up athletes. I need to have an accurate number of participants to send to Poley. Please forward your intentions to me as soon as possible. I would also like to know if and which weeks you will be attending the holiday training. Although it is not mandatory to be at every day of training those planning to race at the first race need to attend as many days as possible. Please see the Training Schedule email to determine what days you plan to attend.

Thanks and have a good last week of school. Training will start on Sat/Sun if the loop is open at Crabbe. Athletes are asked to meet Rien at the race shack at 10:00 a.m. Saturday Morning.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

K1 and Entry Program Information

This note is for parents of Entry 8-10 and K1 11-12 Year Olds. The program this year will continue to focus on the Husky Snow Stars Program and levels. Athletes will be focused on achieving Level 6-7 by the time they leave K1 and Enter K2. This is based on the new CSCF and ACA model of Trainability and key ages for success. Lots can be learned about this program from the new website http://www.vivatexte.com/eprep/cscf/husky/ss_home_alt.htm This website is designed for parents and coaches for help with the snow stars program. Please feel free to check it out and email any questions to me.

I will be sending a copy of the Christmas Training and New Years Training Schedule to parents on Monday. Coaches are meeting this weekend to discuss.

We are also looking at alternatives for New Years week if the weather doesn't cooperate but of course we are all thinking snow.....right everyone :)

Christmas Camps and Races

As Christmas fast approaches it is very important to start determining what athletes will be doing and which events they will be attending. I will begin the process of contacting all athletes to find out their plans for Christmas and the new year. If you could email or call me to let me know what your plans are it would be a huge start. We are having two camps this Christmas: Christmas Camp Dec 27-31st and New Years Camp Jan2-4th. The Christmas Camp will focus on Fundamentals and starting the season. The New Years Camp will focus more on K2-Up for the Race that following weekend. I also need to know which athletes will be attending the first race at Poley Mountain on the 6-7 of January. I would suggest booking your rooms in advance of Christmas as it will fill up quickly. (The Amsterdam is our usual hotel) I know that this is a busy time of year for all but attendance at Dry Land, Camps and Races early in the season will definetly have a huge impact on your race results.

Thanks and have a Merry Christmas
Rien.

Racers Day at Ski Wolf

Note to Racers/Parents. Tim has opened the store up for Racers and Parents on Wednesday Night for an Equipment Night. This Wednesday 7:00pm. Ski Wolf for all athletes looking for equipment this season.

GS Skis for Sale

GS skis. Rossignol, last year's model. 176cm inlength, FIS approved for the girls. Bases are near perfect, nothing biggerthan a few scratches.

Negotiable Price
contact Markey at markey_m@hotmail.com

New FIS Regulations

SENIORS J1-J2
a. Skis
Ladies
Mens
DH minimum radius
45 m
45 m
DH minmimum length
210 cm /-5cm tolerance
215 cm
SG minimum radius
33 m
33 m
SG minimum length
200 cm /-5cm tolerance
205 cm /-5cm tolerance
GS minimum radius
21 m
21m
GS minimum length
180 cm /-5cm tolerance
185 cm /-5cm tolerance
SL minimum radius
-
-
SL minimum length
155 cm
165cm

b. Standing Heights
Ladies
Mens
Ski/binding/plate
55 mm
55 mm
Ski boots
45 mm
45 mm


CHILDREN K1-K2
a. Skis
K1
K2
GS minimum radius
14 m
17 m
GS minimum length
130 cm
130 cm
SL minimum radius
-
-
SL minimum length
130 cm
130 cm

b. Standing Heights
K1
K2
Ski/binding/plate
50 mm
50 mm
Ski boots
45 mm
45 mm

For Sale by Owner

Brooke is selling her Atomic GS LT11M Aero Speed, Length 176, Blue & White Skis with the Atomic Race Binding. We gave them to her for Christmas last year so they were only used one season. We are asking $575.00 Please Contact Susan Connolly at sconnolly@fredfm.ca if interested.

Ski Waxing Day

For all athletes available this weekend starting at 8:30 a.m. please email me your availabilty so I can refer this to the coaching staff at the event. I will be away at a coaching summit in St. Andrews but coaches will be on site.

Thanks
Rien.

Dry Land Plans

To All Athletes: If you are not currently completing Dry Land with the Club I would like to have a list of what activities you are doing to presently prepare for the upcoming season. I can also send you some ski specific training activities to complete in your work outs if you need them. Please email rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca with what you are doing, CMRC Dry Land or other.

Thanks and think snow.

Also anyone interested in Training at on snow camps in December with New England Ski Teams please contact myself or Claude Marquis to set up arrangements.

TRADE BUY or SELL

The team is looking to recover or trade any existing ski suits that are out there before we need to purchase new ones. If you have a suit that does not fit or want to sell please forward that information to Nancy Esau 444-9101. Thanks for all the support.

FOR SALE

1 Pair Salomon GC Race Skis (Length 177) GS Skis with Binding. One Season $575.00 retail for $1200.00.
1 Avalanche Ski Suit (Last Years Coach Jacket) Blue/Grey with grey pants. XL (44 Large and 36 Pant) Asking $300.

Please Call or email Rien
454-1203 or rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

Anyone else with skis etc that we want to try and sell or trade to club member please let me know and I will place on the blog.

Thanks

Field Testing

Field Testing will occur Tuesday night at the field house. All athletes are asked to come to the training session. Please make all the efforts to be here to get this baseline testing done.

Thanks
Rien.....whoooohoooo look at the snow

Dryland Testing/Training Cancelled

Due to the dance at Nassis Field House Testing for this week is postponed until next week. If the field house is closed due to the dance then there will be no dry land at all Thursday but if it is open we will run Dryland as normal.

Thanks and sorry for the short notice.

Training Cancellation

Due to the forecast of heavy rainfall and wind for this evening and into the morning I regretfully think it is best to cacnel tomorrow's day of training at Odell Park. Thanks to everyone that volunteered to help and to all of those that planned to attend.

Rien.

weather clothes and prep

Rember to dress appropriately for Sunday and bring a lunch, snack and water. You are also required to bring a journal book. Please dress for the weather as we are outdoors from 10:30 until 2:30. Also please email your intent on attending so I can make preparations.

Thanks Rien.
rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

Dry Land Training Dates

Dry Land Training will occur this weekend on Sunday according to the last hand out, Please let me know if you plan on attending. I will look into switching it to Odell Park. Just need to call the park. Will let you all know by Thursday.

Dry Land Season Testing next Thursday at the Field House, all athletes are asked to attend this Dry Land to get our base line data. Anyone not attending is asked to contact me to make arrangements for another date.

Thanks and see you at the ski sale.

Race/Training Day Postponed

Due to the poor weather and 80% chance of continued rain tomorrow the Dry Land Training Day and Race has been postponed until next Sunday following the ski sale. We are also looking at an alternate location to save everyone from driving to Crabbe, maybe Odell Park. Keep your eyes on the blog for updates and information.

:( Sorry Rien

NO Dry Land on Halloween

Please Note there will be NO Dry Land Training on Oct 31st Halloween Night.

Thanks

Dry land will continue to be 7:30-9:00 UNTIL further notice we are working at trying to get it back to 7:00.

Rien

Pre Season Race

October 21st, 2006
10:30 a.m. Crabbe Mountain Race Club Shack

For more information contact Rien @
rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

Contact soon to get you start order and bib number......should be a lot of fun!!

Race Date Announced

Attention all Racers

The first race has been announced as a tentative date for this season. Race date is set for October 21st, 2006. Yes that's right October. Hold onto your hats and await race details. The race and dry land training will be held at Crabbe at the Race Hut. We will be racing!! Watch for the updates and confirmation on this date at the start of next week. We will be asking you to enter via email so that we know how many are available.

Get ready for a great Pre-Season Training Day

For Sale

For Sale: CSCF Jacket, XL need $229.00 for new model.

Anyone interested please call Rien at 454-1203

Dry Land Begins

Tuesday was our first night of Dry Land, thanks to Michele and Lauren who have started our dry land season and for Arianna, Michelle, Cyril and Scott for participating in our first night. We are looking forward to a great year of dry land with an updated program. We will also be providing athletes with a copy of the program to use on their own if they can not attend dry land at this time. This year we have also purchased our own dry land equipment which should really boost our program.

Please note that Athletes will be required to bring materials to Dry land and should get used to watching the Blog for notice. Starting next week athletes are asked to bring a Towel, Water Bottle and Journal Book to Dry Land. Athletes will need these three things every week. Lauren will be working with athletes on the importance and use of journals and for reasons you can already imagine you may need a towel and some water.

Thanks and have a great Turkey Weekend!!

Rien

Time Change for Dryland

Please note dry land is from 7:30-9:30 not 7:00


THANKS

Coaching and Dry Land

The following is the tentative list of coaches for this season:
J1/J2 Ben Kershaw
K2 Cynthia Bowie and Brittany Fowler
K1 Michele Leger
K1/Entry Lauren Fowler
K1/Entry Ben Hawkins

Dry Land Training will start this coming Tuesday October 3rd, 2006 at 7:30-9:30 at the Nashwaaksis Field House.

We look forward to a great year and keep posted for upcoming events.

New Season fast Approaching

With the new Season fast approaching our club will be preparing frantically. The AGM for the club will be on Tuesday September 26th at 7:00p.m. At that time we will be announcing our coaching staff for this season and our technical direction for the season. We will also announce the starting dates for Dry Land and the format for this.

I hope that everyone has had a great summer, stayed in shape and are ready for a great year of snow and CMRC Racing.

Thanks and see you soon,
R.Meesters

Amqui Classic....yup this is a classic pic

Robert Young....The Butt of Many Jokes seen here. Robert had an exceptional showing at Amqui...too bad all most saw was his posterior region. Looking Good Robert!!!

Amqui

Congratulations to Stefan, Philip, Robert and Lincoln for a great weekend in Quebec. From what I heard Robert finished 4th for K2. Lincoln also had a great result of 20th for K1 over 80 racers in his division. I also heard there was a lot of snow on Sunday and the POW was great.

Well done guys.
Please forward any pics to Rien for posting.

Memorial Race Results

Ages 6-8
Girls Leah Levesque (1st)
Boys Ian Logan (2nd)
Cooper Thomas-Clark (1st)

Ages 9-10
Girls Alexa Andrews (3rd)
Ariana Marquis (2nd)
Michelle Levesque (1st)

Boys Colton Thomas (2nd)
Baxter Thomas-Clark (1st)

Ages 11-12
Girls Cathleen Trafton (3rd)
Amy Appleby (2nd)
Michelle Thomas (1st)

Boys Calum Lovely (1st)

Ages 13-14
Girls Bess Teague (2nd)
Hannah Langille (1st) Recipient of the Steve Peppin Trophy for Fastest Juvenile Female Racer

Boys Scott McAllister (3rd)
Patrick Coolen (2nd)
Ky Hughson (1st) Recipient of the Steve Peppin Trophy for Fastest Juvenile Male Racer

Ages 15-16
Girls Christie Lawrence (1st)

Boys Cyril Kerr (3rd)
Sebastian Pacey-Smith (2nd)
Adam DuPlessis (1st) Recipient of the Dax Brown Trophy for Fastest Junior Male Racer

Ages 17-18
Girls Mandy Thomas (1st) Recipient of the Jane Naxon Trophy for the Fastest Junior Female Racer

Boys Cameron DuPlessis (1st)

The Golden Crutch was awarded to Nicholas Coleman as the fastest coach.

The Golden Binding was awarded to Maureen Levesque as the fastest mature female racer.

The Golden Binding was awarded to Kyle Jones as the fastest mature male racer.

The Old Boot was awarded to Jeff Appleby as the faster Over 40 racer.

Memorial Race a GO!!

Just a note to all that the Memorial race is on for tomorrow morning first thing. We are hoping to start by 9:30 to avoid slushy conditions. Grab those old race skis and downhill suits....wait maybe some of you should avoid the downhill suits :) and come on out for some great fun.

We will also be closing the shack up on Sunday so all skis etc must be out by Sunday afternoon as the power is going off for the season. I am hoping if it isn't raining to re-roll some of the fencing either Sunday or next weekend if we still are open for skiing. Please come out and lend a helping hand.

Another glorious late spring day is upon us in late March.....go grab some rays and enjoy the day.

Rien.

For the Techie in us all

Thanks to Darryl that found this awesome link. This one is for parents, racers, coaches etc that want to understand the how's and why's. It also has some great video footage along with it. It also starts to deal with concepts such as boot fitting, course inspection and variety of other technique oriented questions. Check it out for sure.

http://www.youcanski.com/en/index.htm

Silent Auction big success

The silent auction raised $2000 today to support our team. Thanks to all who helped, who bought and who donated goods towards the silent auction.

Farlagne Picture Gallery....sorry for the delay

Girls take monster load of medals at Farlagne




A Spoiler is that all it took?








Esau with great form and style, not like the old man.....LOL :)












Caroloine Larlee Charging the hill










Can you say I'm relaxed at a Race

K1 Results

Sorry for the lack of entries late but things have been a bit hectic. Anyway. We had a great weekend at the Husky Snow Stars Festival this weekend. The speeds generated in the speed trap were excellent.

Great Job to Cameron Duplesis with the fastest time of 97Km/h.

K1 Slalom Boys
Gold Medal : Lincoln Esau
Bronze Medal: Henrik Tonning

K1 Girls Slalom SWEEEEEP
Gold Medal: Caroline Larlee
Silver Medal: Cathleen Trafton
Bronze Medal: Michelle Thomas

K1 Boys GS
Silver Medal: Calum Lovely

K1 Girls GS
Silver Medal: Cathleen Trafton.
Bronze Medal: Bess Teague

Stay tuned for a new site for great tips and equipment fitting tips for next season.

Thanks to all that helped make this event a success. Good luck to Lincoln, Robert, Philip and Stefan in Amqui and Henrik at Whistler Cup.

Hope to see everyone for the Memorial Race....adults chance to break out the ole downhill suits and do it old school........

Local TD goes International

Congratulations to Claude Marquis who was selected to TD a World Cup Event in Japan......What a great success and experience. Best of luck Claude and let us know how things go.

Wednesday Night Training

Wednesday training is Cancelled due to inclement weather. The race for Farlagne is still on this weekend and information will follow from Diane.

Have a great week and pray for cold and snow......


J1 Nationals went really well with many good results. Congratulations to Adam, Cameron and Sebastian for good performance over the week. Final positions will be posted later in the week.

Good On Ya....Rien

Wednesday Night Training

Wednesday training is Cancelled due to inclement weather. The race for Farlagne is still on this weekend and information will follow from Diane.

Have a great week and pray for cold and snow......


J1 Nationals went really well with many good results. Congratulations to Adam, Cameron and Sebastian for good performance over the week. Final positions will be posted later in the week.

Good On Ya....Rien

March Break Training Schedule

Saturday March 4th - Regular Training Day (GS)
Sunday March 5th - Regular Training Day (Slalom)
Monday: Day Off
Tuesday March 7-Thursday March 9th March Break Camp- Technical Free Skiing, Gate Training, Dual Skills Courses and Dual Slalom Course.
Friday March 10th: Day Off
Saturday March 11th -Regular Training Day (GS)
Sunday March 12th- Regular Training Day (Slalom)

Please email your plans for attending these training days as it allows me to better staff each day. Thanks
rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

Good Looking Crew at the Atlantic Cup

Here's the gang after a good weekend of racing!! Results will follow. Good luck to those off to J1 Nationals next week and have a good March Break to the rest of you.

A big Success at Crabbe

To all Crabbe Mountain Ski Racers and Parents:

I am writing this on Monday morning while listening to the first run of GS from the Olympics. What a run from JF Bourque from a small place near Restigouche!

Many thanks to absolutely everyone for the work over the weekend to make the ski races happen. To say the least, we were challenged by the weather. Rain on Friday and bitter cold on Saturday and Sunday certainly took a lot of the fun away from it but I never heard an athlete complain. Our athletes shared the newly renovated race shack with other athletes from other clubs and it all worked out. We had help from other clubs to make it happen. Dan’s system of pairing gatekeepers was super, thanks Dan! We should remember their help when we visit other races; I know I will be gate keeping at Wentworth if they need me to.

Mandy made the front page of the local paper; I can’t ever remember seeing that happen. Hannah had a color picture in the sports section. Thanks to the Gleaner and Dave Smith who I am sure he had some influence in this happening.

I have to go to work but thanks again to everyone who helped in any role because every role is essential for a successful ski race!

Mel

Many Thanks from Rien

Many Thanks to all of you that emailed and gave support to me on Saturday at the race. I appreciate all your support and concern. I would also like to thank all the coaches and parents that stepped up to help while I was absent. I look forward to getting back on the skis and coaching at Wentworth next weekend for the Atlantic Cup.

Please email me your interest in attending this race, Friday,Saturday/Sunday. I need to get registration in on Tuesday night. Thanks again Rien

K2 to J2

Have Fun everyone at Speed Camp this week. Enjoy the little bit of new snow that we received last night.

For all those of you not training at the speed camp but attending the SG Race on Friday you must attend the Thursday Speed Training. Please make sure you have signed up for the appropriate races SG, GS and/or Slalom. This information should have been in to Amanda this weekend but if you were not at the hill or missed the sheet please email me asap as race deadline is tomorrow at 7pm.

K1 Score at Wentworth

Congratulations to all our athletes that at the last minute travelled to Wentworth for the Giant Slalom and Slalom Races on Saturday. It was a jam packed day at Wentworth with 2 runs of each GS and SL on Saturday. Thank you to all the parents that travelled the long road to Wentworth for this race and getting the kids to the hill on time.

In the Medals:

K1 Boys Lincoln Esau with Silver Medals in both GS and Slalom.
Entry Girls: Medals by both Michele Levesque and also Mina Teague.

I would like to get these results into the radio/newspaper but I did not get a copy of the official results. If anyone has the standings for Michele and Mina please email them to me.....thanks.

Way to Go Team.

P.S. the military base is an interesting experience, great place for a team to stay!!

K2-J2 Plans for Crabbe Race

Please have your race plans ready for the weekend to give to Amanda.

Name- Division - Which Days you are racing, for example

John Smith J1 Speed Camp, Friday SG, Sat GS and Sunday Slalom.

Give this to Amanda by Saturday at Lunch thanks

Nice Smile Adam
Hannah on the Pitch
Cyril Inside ski could be an issue!

Jacqueline in Position



Some of the Medal Winners....Who D'At....ROBERT!!!!!!!!!!

Updates

Wednesday Night Training - SLALOM
Saturday Training - Giant Slalom
Sunday (No Training for those athletes in Speed Camp)
Sunday Afternoon Fencing to be put up on the HORN for speed camp.

K1 Race in Wentworth
Details to follow for Hotels

Race Timeline
Lift will open for training runs at 8 AM. (athletes to be there and ready for 8a.m. sharp)
Course Inspection for the GS will open at 8:30.
Course Inspection will close at 9:00.
Forerunner will start at 9:20.
First run of GS will occur at 9:30.
GS runs will be back-to-back. There will be no reset between runs. Course inspection for the slalom will open at 12:30.
Course inspection for slalom will close at 1:00.
Forerunner will start at 1:20.
First run of slalom will occur at 1:30.
Slalom runs will be back-to-back. There will be no reset between runs.
Awards ceremony will occur after final tabulation of results. The target time is 4 PM.

Please email or call for confirmation: rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

Results are in

This past weekend the CMRC athletes traveled to Mt. Restigouche near Cambellton, N.B. for the second of the Mars/Subaru Cup Series. Crabbe posted excellent results winning more than half the all medals. Crabbe Mountain Racers are excelling this year in both the Slalom and Giant Slalom disciplines and will soon host the third race in the Mars/Subaru Series.

ResultsDivision Athlete Discipline Result
J2 Women Mandy Thomas Slalom Gold
Mandy Thomas Giant Slalom Gold
Julia Coleman Slalom Silver
Julia Coleman Giant Slalom Silver
J1 Women Jacqueline Soicher Slalom Gold
Jacqueline Soicher Giant Slalom Silver
K2 Women Kate Young Slalom Gold
Kate Young Giant Slalom Bronze
Hannah Langille Slalom Silver
J2 Mens Nick Hawkins Slalom Bronze
Nick Hawkins Giant Slalom Bronze
J1 Mens Adam Duplessis Slalom Gold
Adam Duplessis Giant Slalom Gold
Sebastian Pacey-Smith Giant Slalom Bronze
K2 Mens Robert Young Giant Slalom Silver

Big Congratulations

Way to go Crabbe Racers. More will be posted tonight so keep posted for results from the weekend.

K1 Checking on P.E.I. Will confirm tonight/tomorrow and contact parents. Please email me if you are planning on attending ( rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca ) Thanks and talk to you all soon.

Rien.

Atlantic Cup Notice

ATLANTIC CUP AWARDS BANQUET


All Welcome!
Racers’ ticket cost has been included in the race fee
Parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts & uncles can purchase tickets and join in the fun !—see below for info about how to reserve tickets

Howard Johnson Hotel Truro
Saturday Feb 25, 2006

Reception at 6 pm followed by
Dinner at 6:30 pm

Price $28.00
Limited seating available - book early to avoid disappointment
A great night for great athletes, their families & friends, including:

Silent Auction Table
FABULOUS items available!

Great Door Prizes!

Balloon Blitz
Every balloon contains a prize…you could win an Apple iPod Shuffle!!
($20 per balloon, cash only please*)

Proceeds to benefit the Nova Scotia 2007 Canada Winter Games Team
Reserve your ticket through:
Lorraine Burch
alpinens@sportnovascotia.ca
(902) 425-5450 ext 349

Speed Camp Forms

K2-J1 If you do not bring your Speed Camp Permission slips to Restigouche this weekend you may lose your spot in the camp. If you do not have a form you can pick one up at Restigouche in the meeting and get your parents to fill it out. Forms and Fees must be in ASAP or you may not get in. Space is limited and there are athletes coming from Poley, Wentworth, Farlagne and Martok. Let's get them in.

Looking Good at Poley

Nice Weather, Nice Pic....who's got the funky Pants??

Wednesday Night

Training on Wednesday night will be slalom and I hope that all can attend and prepare for this weekends coming race at Mt.Restigouche. We will be having a team meeting on Friday night at the Hotel at 9:00 after coaches return from the Coaches Meeting. See you on Saturday, have a good week at school.

Please come prepared for Slalom Training



.

Congratulations Entry/K1

Way to go gang, Great results from our young racers.

Entry: Michele Levesque 2 Silver Medals
Ariana Marquis Bronze.
Alexa Andrews Bronze.

K1: Calum Lovely Bronze and Silver Medals
Lincoln Esau Silver
Amy Appleby Silver

Your coaches are proud of your results keep up the good racing!!!

2006 Crabbe Speed Camp Correction

Cost is $105.00/athlete for Crabbe Racers.

Depending on what terrain is open we may or may not be able to do a complete Race Simulation tomorrow. Training will still be Slalom on Saturday and G.S. on Sunday with a long course. We will attempt to have the timing set up as well. At least for the second run on Saturday.

thanks and see you all tomorrow.

K1 Parents for Gatekeepers

Calling all K1 Parents attending the race at Poley, we are looking for a "Few good people". Poley has recently contacted me for some names of parents that would volunteer as gatekeepers for the race. Can you please email me if you are available for this duty. I need to know prior to Friday at lunch so please get back to me. Thanks and wish your kids the best of luck and that we are all cheering for them back at Crabbe. GO CMRC GO!!

Who to watch - Olympic Hopefuls

With the olympics around the corner we should be on the look out for Canadian Athletes that may suprise the world with Olympic Hardware.......Thomas Grandi, Eric Quay and Genevieve Simard.....

Keep an eye on these and other athletes on the Road to Torino 2006

K1 still not on the list

There were some K1/Entry athletes away this weekend and I need to know who is/isn't attending the Poley Race. If you were signed up for the last race I will assume you are signed up for this one. Please email me if you are not attending. Thanks rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

This week at a Glance

Canada shines on the wold CUP>>> Eric Quay 13th at Super G and 5 th at Kitsbuehl Downhill......Way to go Canucks.

Wednesday night training (Slalom)
Saturday (Slalom Race Simulation)
Sunday (Giant Slalom Race Simulation)
Please be at these training days by 8:45 so we can get the race started, some have been slowly coming later making in much more difficult to train effectively.

Good Luck to the K1 Racers at Poley this weekend, please meet you r coaches at the Poley Lodge at 8:30 ready to go.

K2 and Up please ensure you have registered with Rien to go to Mt.Restigouche race Feb 4/5 and also for Speed Camp. (Speed camp is first come first serve with limited spaces)

Best of luck to all those writing exams this week and I hope you have had a chance to study!!!!!

2006 Crabbe Speed Camp

NB Alpine / Ski NB
2005 Speed Training Development Camp
Dates: February 13-14-15, 2006
Location: Crabbe Mountain, Lower Haynesville, New Brunswick
Technical Directors : CSCF Level III
$15 0.00 / athlete

Registration must be made by the Race Clubs (not individuals) before the registration deadline of February 8th , 2006

Please contact Rien if interested in attending, you will then receive an application form to be filled out and returned prior to the FEB 8th Deadline. Space is limited.

K1 Race Notice

Race Notice
K1 Mars Series
January 28th, 2006
Poley Mountain Racing Club

SANCTION NB Alpine Discipline, NB Division, ACA
ORGANIZATION Poley Mountain Racing Club
EVENT: Men’s & Woman’s GS and Slalom
Two runs for each event – combined times.
LOCATION: Poley Mountain – Sidewinder
ELIGIBILTY: K1 Men and Women (Ages 11-12)
Entry Level (Ages 9-10) welcome as Guest Racers
· (Subject to coach’s approval/recommendation)
· Medals will awarded to K1 and Entry Level categories.
DATES: January 28, 2006 Slalom in the morning – first run 10:00am Giant Slalom in the afternoon - first run 1:30pm.

ENTRY DEADLINE: January 24, 2006 @ 8:00pm

Cancellation Notice

Due to the Freezing Rain this morning and the continued Rain this afternoon Wednesday Night Race Training is Cancelled for this week. Regular Race training will continue on Saturday and Sunday.

January 16-22nd

Dryland training times have changed. I believe it is now 7:00-8:30 which does mean we will have less Entry level and K1 athletes due to the time. K2 and up are still expected to complete as much dryland as possible.

Wednesday looks like a little warm weather but not nearly what was called for earlier in the week and with the cold weather today and tomorrow they should be able to blow enough snow to help the Horn. Wednesday training is a go as normal.

Saturday and Sunday will be GS/SL accordingly with a demonstration of ski tuning at 11:00a.m. in the race hut followed by a pot luck lunch. The weather looks warm again but training days are far and few between so turnout is important.

COMMIT YOURSELF TO YOUR RACING
When you are on course, there is no room for being tentative. If you let up or back off going in the middle of a run, you are going to be in trouble. At best, you will be slow. At worst, you will fall and could injure yourself. One of the most important things you must do when they get into the starting gate is to be totally committed to going as fast and hard as you can.

Cancellation Notice

Training on Sunday is Cancelled due to the weather. Please stay posted for further updates for Wednesday Night Racing and this weekend. Thanks and pray for snow.

ATTENTION K1

The Race at Poley this weekend has been cancelled due to the WEATHER. Contact was made today by Brian Belyea that due to the rain and continual deterioration of the hill racing is not possible. We will be training at Crabbe Weather Permitting. Please bring suitable rain gear. Due to the limited days of training we must Make Every Day Count. I will update this in case of hill closure.

Thanks Rien.

This Weeks TIP

To start you on your way towards better mental
preparation, ask yourself the following five questions before each run.
1. What is my goal for this run? (e.g., be aggressive, run a straighter line)
2. What is my focus for this run? (e.g., keep my arms in front)
3. Can I see myself doing it? (use imagery to mentally practice what you want to
achieve)
4. Am I at my optimal intensity level? (Am I too psyched up? Too relaxed?)
5. Am I committed to making this run? (Will I give it 100% and fight all the way
down?)
Then, commit to MAKING EVERY RUN COUNT. You will soon notice the improvements.

Weekend Heads up

Best of luck to the K1 racers on the weekend at Poley.

For K2 an up we will be training weather permitting on Saturday/Sunday. Slalom/GS. Wentworth will also be sending some athletes to train with us so please make them feel at home.

For all those of you interested in Tuning skis here is a link for information www.racewax.com/tuneedge.html

We will also be having someone from Radical Edge coming to do a tuning session on Saturday January 21st, 2006.

Have a great week. Rien.

K1 Race at Poley

Attention to all parents of Entry Athletes. Athletes are only allowed to compete in this race if they are 9 and up. If you have signed up for this race I will simply remove their name from the start list. There will still be training on Sat/Sun as usual with Marc. Thanks and sorry about the confusion.

Julia Coleman on her way to GS Gold 

Weekly Reminder

Dry land Training Continues this week on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at the Field House
Wednesday Night Training Starts this week at 6pm

K1 Race this weekend at Poley Mountain.
Athletes are expected to meet Coaches (Nick and Karen) at the Poley Lodge at 8:30 a.m. ready to go. Race inspection usually starts at 9:00 so it is important to be on time and ready to go. Athletes will receive their bibs and passes at this time.

K2-Up
Saturday G.S. Training
Sunday Slalom Corridor Training

Crabbers Excel at First Race

Photo: Julia Coleman (GS) by Mel Soicher

Congratulations to the racers of the first Mars/Subaru Cup Race at Poley.
Medals Won by:

Sebastian Pacey Smith Gold in Slalom, Silver in G.S.
Marky Martin, Bronze in Slalom
Remi Poirier Silver in Slalom and Giant Slalom
Jacqueline Soicher Gold in Slalom and Silver in GS
Julia Coleman Silver in Slalom and Gold in GS.
Mandy Thomas Bronze in Slalom
Adam Duplessis Gold in GS
Kate Young Bronze in GS