Yes, it’s August, but that doesn’t mean you’re not all thinking of snow, right??! Well, you’re Vorlage Race Club board has been busy over the summer on a number of fronts.

Firstly, at the AGM in June we elected many new board members. Your overseers for the 2019-2020 ski season are:  

• President – Dave Degroot
• Vice – President Operations – Jud Rasmussen
• Vice – President Race Readiness – Sean Rogers
• Treasurer – Ian Gunstone
• Secretary – Deanna Giles
• Volunteer Coordinator – Ilana Gregory
• U16 Coordinator – Andrew Tuck
• U14 Coordinator – Sean Loch
• U12 Coordinator – Jonathan Bodden
• U10 Coordinator – George Popadich
• Nancy Greene Coordinator – Vacant (Please let us know if you are interested!)
• Zone Rep – Rick Vail
• Past President – Christine Thomas  

Please feel free to approach the new board members if you have any questions at all, just remember to curtsy and not look them directly in the eye. You will be hearing from your age group coordinators shortly as we plan for the new season.  

New Website!   With a huge thank you to Jud Rasmussen, Deanna Giles and Andrew Parolin, the race club has a new website! You can find it at http://www.vorlageraceclub.ca We will be regularly posting updates on the site, so sign up to get the notifications directly.  

Dryland   And, let the ski season officially begin! Dryland starts on Saturday, September 7 running from 9-11am at Mooney’s Bay. We’ll also be doing Wednesday evening training (6-8pm) Starting at Mooney’s on the 11th and 18th, and then switching to Glashan PS on the 25th), this will be for interested U10s/U12s/U14s. For second year U14s and U16s, we will also again offer crossfit training out of Rideau CrossFit on Tuesday and Thursday nights, from 6:30-7:30. There are only 10 spots available for this training, and priority will be given to athletes who participated in it last year.   Cost is $110 for Saturdays, $110 for Wednesdays and $290 for Crossfit.   Please indicate your interest on the sign up sheet below, and please make sure to do so by September 3.   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fE4Esk7WoY5WbF-uxKhgdoXcSsbm9pEyjN1X6QB6-rI/edit?usp=sharing  

Thank you!