This weekend’s races are cancelled because there is no snow currently.

The forecasters are talking about some snow so fingers crossed for the weekend.

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The last of the 2011 Under 12 “JDS Plus” sessions ran today. We even had a light covering of snow to increase the fun and glide so pretty much everybody had a good time.

There was a survey for children  and parents to see how often and when  and if the group should run in 2012. The general opinion was that twice a month would be great from August to December. That may require a slight increase in the number of coaches or helpers to so that every body doesn’t have to turn out twice a month, but it’s a very encouraging vote from the participants.

Thanks very much to all the children and parents for turning up over the last few months, it’s been a great time for the coaches!

The pre-winter work party was pre-emted by the arrival of winter today. Volunteers turned up to find most of the rollerski track under a thin coating of snow. Despite the cold conditions the team cleared leaves and pine needles and encroaching undergrowth from the matting and parts of the rollerski tracks. Many thanks to Peter Thorn, Steve Young, Colin Miller, Hilary Musgrave, Ian Cooper for turning out on such a chilly day and Dr Dave for organizing.

You can find some more pictures from the work party on Dave’s Facebook page.

Volunteers warm up over a cup of tea

Pete has issued a new version of the winter program for 2011/12. The JDS dates are still provisional. Here’s a copy of the recent newsletter if you haven’t already seen it

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The Club AGM was held at the ski Centre on October 27th. The committee remains the same, except Malcolm Cooper is welcomed to the committee as an events organizer.

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Huntly Nordic Ski Club has received a grant of £3,000 from the Snowsport Scotland to buy some new classic roller ski equipment. This is primarily aimed at improving the range of skills children can acquire dry land training during the winter Junior Development Squad, but members will also be able to practice their classic technique on club  nights using this equipment.

Thanks to Snowsport Scotland for supporting development of cross-country skiing!

There’s another opportunity for girls/young women to do some sport with the Action Girls weekend on 26th/27th November. It’s aimed at the 10 to 16 age group and any fitness ability and will be held at Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre.

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Here’s a couple of flyers from the ski centre.

Coming up is the Fast & Female weekend which promises “Dancing, Running, Jumping, Skipping, Bounding, Hopping, Crunching and Gliding” for girls aged 10-16. Sarah Young and Olwen Thorn are running it so I’m sure it will be a blast.

Also the winter programme for the ski centre which includes lots of activities for the Tattie Holidays, it’s probably still not too late to book your children in. It’s worth pointing out the Sunday group under 12 sessions are not included in the leaflet but are still going ahead, read all about those in the post at the top of the blog.

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