Cobble Hills Racing

NEW PICTURES

Over 100 new pictures have been posted April 17/09

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Hi,
Hopefully you all had a wonderful march break and got a little end of season skiing in with the beautiful weather we had.

I wanted to send out more details about the banquet. It will be held on April 17 at Cobble Hills and we will start eating at 6:30pm. We will once again do a pot luck meal. I am asking that each team bring the following:

The Nancy Greene teams: Salads

The K1 teams: Main course

Will's K2 team: Main course

Corey's K2 team: dessert

Learn to Race: Dessert

If you have any questions please let me know. Looking forward to seeing you all in April.
Erin
Posted Mar 22/09

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March Break Tremblant Camp

Skier Performance Improvement Program March 2008

Posted Feb 24/09

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There are no more practices unless your team has moved on to the finals

Posted Feb 21/09

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Hi Everyone,
Cobble has not officially closed for the night, but are on the verge of doing so. In this case, Tim has opted to cancel practice for tonight and will run a full practice on Saturday.
erin
Posted Feb 18/09

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Hi Everyone,
I have the finalized schedules and here is where you are all racing this weekend:

K1
Blizzard (Gary's team) Feb 21 at Osler Bluff **** this race STARTS at 9:30 am so you will need to be at the club earlier than you normally are.
Avalanche (Mark's team) Feb 21 at Oshawa Ski Club 10 am start

K2
Typhoons (Will's team) Feb 22 at Georgian Peaks ****** this race STARTS at 9:30am so you will need to be there earlier than you normally are
Rush (Corey's team) Feb 21 at Chicopee Ski Club

Have fun this weekend!!!!
Erin

Posted Feb 18/09

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Just wanted to remind everyone of some important dates as we are getting to the end of the season!!!
March 1- club championship race: open to all members of Cobble Hills.
April 17- Race Banquet: more details to follow.Erin
Posted Feb 15/09

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Feb 14 K1 Milton

May I suggest that the team meet at the Sunset Lodge first, get their gear on and ski over to the Milton Heights Clubhouse to get their bibs and lift tickets. Maybe meet at around 8am.
The parents that are skiing should get their gear on at the Sunset Lodge too. All the bags could be left there. It should be safe. Hardly any public skiers go over there.
The Sunset Lodge is to the right of the pedestrian bridge. The Milton Heights Clubhouse is to the left, down the crossover path towards where the race course and the GE chalet are.

Gary Masters

Posted Feb 11/09

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Wed Practice Cancelled

Cobble is closed due to rain

Erin Posted Feb 11/09

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Hi Everyone,
As the season is starting to wrap up, I am sure are looking forward to semi finals for K1 and K2. I just wanted to give you the heads up that AOS will not be publishing the schedule any sooner that Thursday Feb. 19. I will get this information out to you as soon as I see it come through. Erin

Posted Feb 10/09

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Hi Everyone,
We are considering running a formal racing camp over the March break this year. The cost would be about $100 per racer (not confirmed yet) and we would run for 4 hours for 3 days during the week. We are looking at approx 15 racers total divided between two coaches.
We are just wondering what kind of interest there may be in this before we go ahead and set it up. If you are at all interested please let me know via email ASAP.Thanks,Erin
Posted Feb 4/09

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Surprise!

So, after talking to Ski Big 3, we actually had a THIRD prize to give away this year as well.
Congratulations to John Unger!!!!
Erin

Posted Feb 2/09

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Hi Everyone,
Today was the draw for our Ski Big 3 trip. The winners of the two trips are: Leah Harrington and Zeljko Knezevic. Congratulations to our winners.

Posted Feb 1/09

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For any K2 aged racers interested in participating in the Gooch cup this year.

ROBERT GOOCH race notice.doc

Robert Gooch Entry Form.xls
erin Posted Jan 31/09

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Just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware that the Nancy Greene race on saturday at Chedoke (Mount St. Louis moonstone) is an 11am start
time. Please be at the hill by 9:30am
Erin

Posted Jan 29/09

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Hi Everyone,
Since there is only room for one kid per team to attend the event noted below, if I could please have all interested participants send me an email by Feb 10 and then I will do a random draw for the two peopel to attend. This would be the fairest way to do it.
Erin

PLEASE FIND ATTACHED THE NOTICE FOR THE NANCY GREENE FAMILY DAY EVENT - FEB 16 AT CRAIGLEITH A FEW CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR TO MAKE THING EASIER ALL ENTRIES WILL COME FROM CLUB AND PAYMENT WILL BE BY CLUB CHEQUE OR CREDIT CARD TO CRAIGLEITH DESIGNATED COACH WILL PICK UP BIBS FOR ATHLETES IN AM AND DISTRIBUTE TO ATHLETES PLEASE RESPECT THE DEADLINE OF FEB 11 AS WE WILL GIVE SPOTS AWAY ON FEB 13 TAKE CARE

NANCY GREENE FAMILY DAY EVENT.doc

Posted Jan 22/09

Hello to all the Nancy Greene parents,
We have our home race coming up this weekend on Jan 24. I will be in need of volunteers to gate keep, help with course setup/take down and bibi collection at the end. If you are interested in helping out please let me know. Also, I am asking that you all bring a treat/snack of some kind as we are providing the all the racers with lunch. some healthy and not so healthy treats would be great.
If you are interested in volunteering please send me an email.
Thanks, Erin

Posted Jan 19/09

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Hi Everyone,
Our first week of racing went off well with our K2 team doing a great job at their first race of the season. Please note that there have been schedule changes to the Nancy Greene schedule (these will be posted to the website shortly). The upcoming race this weekend (Jan 17) is now going to be held at Milton Heights!!!!! Please speak to your coaches.
Erin
Posted Jan 12/08

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Jan 31/09 Race Info

This link has information for the hotel in Barrie. Many of the families from both teams are skiing on Friday (PD Day) and staying at the Hotel.

Jan31racehotelinfo.doc

Posted Jan 8/09

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League Rule Books

J-2.pdf

K1-3.pdf

K2-2.pdf

NG-2.pdf

Posted Jan 7/09

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WAX

If anyone is interested, RaceWax.com has increased the racing clubs team discount to 10%. The discount code is COBBLE.
This is a great site with tips, tools and products. Worth checking out. www.racewax.com
They ship by United States Postal Service so shipping costs are low. (No brokerage fees at the border.)
Maybe get a few people together to order a few things, to reduce the shipping costs.

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There will be a slight change in coaches for the Nancy Greene Storm team. Haden had a small accident this past weekend while skiing and has broken his arm which means he is unable to ski for the next six weeks. So, your new team coach will be Tim!!!!
Erin

Posted Dec 30/08

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Sunday Racing Camp Cancelled due to weather

Posted Dec 27/08

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XMAS Camp/Parent Meeting

Dec 27-30 9-11 am
Parents meeting on Dec 29 at 10:30am
Thanks,Erin

Posted Dec 24/08

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For K2 or J racers who are interested in attending the extra race camps, I believe that you are able to go in and register for these camps on your own at the AOS website. K1 racers- for any racers who are interested in attending these camps, please let me know which camps you are interested in as we have a quota of how many racers we are able to send. I will have to send in the registration from my end and will be working on that with AOS over the course of the week. All of the information on the camps is available on the AOS website. Review which ones your child would be interested in and let me know. Nancy Greene- there are multiple skills camps available to you. I think that you are able to apply for these on your own. If there are concerns with this please let me know. Erin

Posted Dec 2/08

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Parent Meeting Minutes

parents meeting minutes

Posted Dec 1/08

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Just a reminder that tomorrow I will have the clothing for sale if you would like to place an order please bring along appropriate payment to be included with your order. I have attached the order form for this year as an FYI. Laurie Baker

Clothing Order Form

Posted Nov 28/08

Hi Everyone,
Please come prepared to be outside for our last day of dryland training. Also, we will be having the parents meeting right at the beginning, so come with your questions if there are any.
erin Posted Nov 24/08

Looking out the window, it's pretty safe to say we will not be biking tomorrow. I've looked into tobogganing and that is not possible either for a number of reasons.
I'm working on a plan for activities, but it will involve both indoor and outdoor, so winter boots, hats, mitts, etc. would be a good idea as would dressing in layers.
Corey Rickert

Corey is planning on doing a bike ride next weekend, for those who are interested. HELMETS ARE MANDATORY. for those who choose not to partake we will have other activities.Thanks,Erin

Hello everyone,
Well here we go with another season and we have around 55 kids signed up already to join us this winter with the Cobble Hills Racing League. We are all very excited for the upcoming season and are looking forward to seeing those of you returning from last year, and getting to know those of you who are new to our program. Below is the schedule for the Dryland training.
November 8 10am to 12pm
November 15 10 am to 12 pm
November 22 10 am to 12 pm
November 29 10 am to 12 pm- parents meeting will be held this day at 10am
If you have any questions on concerns please contact me either by email or you can phone my house (519-685-1030). I will not be as visible this year due to my other committments, but am dedicated to ensuring the kids have a great season and get the most out of our program. You can contact me at any time. Erin

The New (and improved) Online waiver is available for your membership to create their NEW Family Profile

**Please start creating your profile using the “PARENT” option and then add additional family members**

Once your profile has been created you will be redirected to the Alpine Ontario Online Registration

The ski swap is coming up this November 1 and 2. Make sure to get the kids signed up for the membership and racing!!!!! Dryland training starts immediately on November 8- more details to follow! Erin
Posted Nov 27/08

In the past few years we have sold Cobble Hills race wear- in particular are the hoodies. Are people interested in being able to purchase this again this year? Please let me know so that if we have enough interest we can get it arranged and take orders at Dryland training. Erin

Due to increasing demand and interest, we are able to offer a formal development program for kids aged 4-6. This program will target kids who are interested in racing at the Nancy Greene level but have not made the age requirement yet. This program will be based on the snow stars program, and offer all of the learning opportunities that the Nancy Greene program offers. There will be racing drills, gate training, general knowledge of racing and fun home races for the kids to participate in each week. Coaching ratios will be approximately 2 or 3 kids per coach. Parent volunteers are welcome to help with course set up and getting kids on and off the lift. We ask that your child be able to turn, ski in control and come to a complete stop INDEPENDENTLY. The intent of this program is to take really strong little skiers and introduce them to the racing world! Please see the attached poster for more info. The cost of the program DOES NOT include lift tickets/membership fee. If you have any questions please email me. Please be advised that we are only going to accept 8 children into the program this year as a trial run. Erin
200809ski\development racing flyer.doc

I hope you have all had a wonderful summer!!!!! We are starting to gear up at Cobble Hills for the ski season and I am starting to get things organized for the year. I was just wondering if everyone could please just drop me a quick email as to whether or not your children will be returning for the race season this year so I have an idea with numbers and coaches I need to have lined up.

Also, if you are 15 years of age or older, are interested in becoming certified as a CSCF level 1 coach and you are interested in taking on a team this year please let me know. You MUST be certified to coach. You can go to the CSCF website www.snowpro.com to look for a level 1 course being offered this winter.

If there are any questions of concerns please let me know.

Erin
Posted Sept 7/08

The Alpine Ontario 2008 Fall Fitness Testing will be held at York University October 4th & 5th 2008