Very quiet day at Maskwa. It’s hot and sunny so I’m hoping more people will show up around lunchtime to take a swim. Thanks so much to Derek Bellemore who came early to help bail out the dragon boat for the recreational day campers. The lake was calm enough for the children to go out in the dragon boat this morning and they are enjoying the small yellow boats this afternoon. It's beautiful here this afternoon - where is everyone?????
Now it’s time to brag about Nationals:
Maskwa did a number of first. Jacob Steele and Robin Kendall got a gold in the Midget Men K2, which is a first as they are both bantams. And, a new Canadian Record was set in the Junior Women’s K-4 500m when Ciara Jerrett, Jillian Steele, Natalie Miller and Alexa Irvin won gold. Now, that’s girl power!
High Performance Paddling:
HP paddling starts this Wednesday at 4:30pm-6pm. I’ve had lots of emails about this and want to stress the following.
1. Anyone can join HP paddling – even if you didn’t do it in the summer and want to try it for a month then please sign up.
2. You must register and pay before you can start.
3. Fall Paddling runs all year and goes every day after school (you can pick which days work best for you if you are doing part-time) from 4:30pm-6pm and Saturday from 9am-10:30am.
4. Part-time is 3 days or less a week including Saturday and it’s $70 + tax
5. Full-time is more than 3 days and it’s $113 + tax
6. Keep in mind once you register it’s non refundable.
7. In terms of what you should bring: usual paddling gear and sneakers as they will be doing runs and workouts on rainy days. Once winter starts the coaches will be specific about what to bring and let paddlers know when those early morning swims will start.
End of year party for Atom paddlers (both girls and boys)
The club has arranged with Action Laser Tag a party for the Atom paddlers (again stressing here it’s for both girls and boys)
Place: Action Laser Tag
Outdoor Laser Tag Field
Located at 5249 St. Margaret's Bay Rd, Upper Tantallon, NS
Time: 11am-1:30pm
Price $5 per paddler
RSVP: Renee Field, Club Manager at manager.maskwa@gmail.com by Monday, September 5 to confirm attendance.
End of Year Banquet:
We’re changing it up a bit this year.
Maskwa BBQ at the club
Date: Sunday, September 18
Time: 2-5pm
Price $5/per person
RSVP: Renee Field, Club Manager at manager.maskwa@gmail.com for tickets by September 5, 2011.
There will be a cash bar/prizes and trophies handed out!
Maskwa will provide hot tea/coffee.
All plates, utensils, napkins and condiments for bbq
It is totally optional if you’d like to bring something to the end of year banquet. It certainly would be greatly appreciated and help to keep the costs down. Below is the list if you would like to bring something and please keep in mind that if you have children in more than one level of paddling please only bring one item. Again this is totally optional. Thanks so much.
Atom/Peewee paddler parents: Please bring a cold salad
Bantam paddler parents: Please bring a dessert (ie: cookies, squares, etc)
Midget paddler parents: Please bring drinks (pop/juice etc)
