Dear Speedskating families and families interested in speedskating!
We hope you are as excited to get on the ice as we are!
Registration is up and running through icereg.ca (kelowna speedskating club). If you are unsure which group to register your child in, please read below or contact us so our coaching staff can be in touch. There is a lot of information in this email. Please read to the end!
Skating groups include:
Fundamentals
-new skater (fall): if you have never registered with the Kelowna speed skating club and your child is new to skating, please register here.
-group 1 returning skater: if you have previously registered with our club, and your child has not yet mastered cross overs, please register here.
Wednesdays 6-645pm; start date: September 20, 2023
Rink 2, CNC
Fee includes skate rentals; please estimate your skater’s foot size when registering
*all registrants require a parent to register as a volunteer for insurance purposes (this is free)
Junior Development (group 2)
Mondays 645-745pm and
Wednesdays 5-6pm
Start date: September 11, 2023
Rink 2, CNC
Fee includes skate rentals; please estimate your skater’s foot size when registering
*all registrants require a parent to register as a volunteer for insurance purposes (this is free). If there is more than one adult that helps with mats, they need to sign up too!
Active for Life (masters)
We currently have a wait list for this program. Please email us if you are interested in being added to the wait list.
Start date September 11, 2023
Skate rental required if you do not have your own,
Performance (group 3)
Mondays 430-545pm
Wednesdays 645-800pm
Thursdays 445-6pm
Skate rental required if you do not have your own.
Start date: September 11, 2023
*all registrants require a parent to register as a volunteer for insurance purposes (this is free). If there is more than one adult that helps with mats, they need to sign up too!
Officials
We LOVE new volunteers! If you can help us out with our meets this year, please sign up as an official. If you are new to the club and want to volunteer we can help get you started.
Equipment:
Your child requires the following equipment:
helmet (no bike helmets please)
winter mitts/gloves
knee pads/shin pads (either hockey pads or volleyball knee pads and soccer shin pads)
neck guard (bib version that covers the neck)
cut proof anklets (we will have some of these to purchase at our skate fitting session)
safety eye glasses (we will have some of these to purchase as well)
We will be placing an order for lycra and cut proof speedskating suits this year. If you are interested, please let us know. Order will be set by September 22, 2023.
Skate fitting
Skate fitting will take place September 6th at 6-730pm; Find us inside CNC in the south-west
Corner of the soccer fields.
Fundraising
Our club is a not-for-profit organization. We are able to keep fees down because our awesome coaches are ALL VOLUNTEER!!
We will be running our annual fundraising dinner and silent auction again this year. If you are a business owner or you have connections to businesses, we would love to start collecting silent auction items. The dinner will be held at Wings Restaurant in Rutland, Tuesday November 14th. We are requiring all members (full year skaters) to purchase a minimum of 4 tickets at skate fitting and join us for dinner. $30/ticket. Some of our older skaters will volunteer babysitting hours so you can enjoy!
We have an ongoing fundraiser at the bottle depot. You can drop your bags off using the number 250-470-9852
Open House
We will be hosting an open house Thursday, September 21, 2023 4:45pm-6pm. If you love skating, bring your friends to try it out! Registration information will be posted on our facebook page this weekend.
Finally, we are in the process of updating our facebook page. In the meantime, any new information will be posted to our Facebook page.
Any questions? Please respond to this email. if you know other interested families, please feel free to pass this email on to them as well.
Looking forward to seeing you on the ice!