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Canberra Cross Country Ski Club Inc. 5 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 5 , 2 0 13 Off Piste President’s Piece activities). mittee or just interested, • a revised Constitution, free training is offered Inside this issue: This will be my last Presi- • a code of conduct, by ACT Sport & Recrea- dent’s Piece as I will be • a complaints procedure, tion • getting in a last week of tour safety forms in- (www.economicdeve lop Social Meeting News, skiing at Perisher and then cluding booking, ment.act.gov.au). Topics Trip Report — Guthega to The 2 Paralyser traveling overseas on 12 acknowledgement of include not for profit September. I will not be risks, emergency pro- boards, policy & proce- able to attend the AGM on cedures, incident re- dure, grants & fundrais- AGM Notice 3 25 September. port, and advice for ing, finance, insurance & tour leaders and partic- risk management. Trip Report — Victorian Race ipants, and a guide to 3-7 I will have finished my three Week years as President and can transport costs and passenger contribu- We will need a new Pres- not stand again. Snow Depth C harts 7 tions, ident, Vice President, Secretary, Tour Coordi- In the last three years, in But we need to build on nator and Meeting Coor- Ski Season Photos 8-9 addition to a healthy pro- these achievements. We dinator or Training Coor- gram of tours, training, dinator. can not afford to neglect KAC Race Photos 10 racing and social meetings, our governance again and CCCSC has recovered sig- risk falling short in our Lachlan has other priori- Committee Contacts, nificant governance includ- obligations or compliance ties next year, Jenny is 11 Gear for Hire ing: as an incorporated asso- moving down the coast • a strategic analysis to be ciation. and Ian has been posted Kosciuszko Tour Report & presented to the AGM to India. Margaret, Alan, 12 photos (with a strategic plan to While enjoying your ski- Jo-Anne, Gale, Ken and be developed), ing please give some Deb are happy to contin- • a risk management plan thought to nominating for ue. Kosciuszko Tour Results 13 for CCCSC, the CCCSC Committee at • a risk register for the Kos- See you on the snow. the AGM. Tour Program 14-15 ciusko Tour (with risk registers to be developed For those considering Bruce Porter, Club Social Meeti ng Program 16 for tours and for other nominating for the Com- President Newsletter Contributions • Photos of trips, lessons, snow country, meetings or social events. • Reports on tours, lessons and races and CCCSC events. • Letters to the editor. • Articles about XC skiing, snow conditions or related topics. • Items to buy or sell. • Please send emails to [email protected] • Deadline for next newsletter: 4 October 2013. Trish Woods (driver ) and S ue Williams (passenger) dog sledding at Dinner Plai n, 22 A ug 13. Photo: Ken Moylan Club Social Meetings We had great presentation Australia with a talk by Mat- job for more than a season or on skiing in Norway by Gaja thew Higgins on the history of two. So dig deep into your Klomm and Andreas Wragge's Observatory — the club loyalty.... Ravaand from the Norwe- weather station that was built gian Embassy at our last on the summit of Mt Kosciusz- And to wind up the season, at social meeting. Andeas ko in the late 19th century. our last meeting on 9 October, explained what it was like to Noel Carter, who worked on grow up with a dad who We have our Annual General the Snowy Mountains Scheme believed that with the right Meeting on Wednesday 25 from its earliest days, will give technique you don't need to September. Committee posi- a lively presentation on the wax skis, and Gaja put cross tions are going to be vacant. history of the Snowy Moun- country skiing firmly at the It is a really great idea for a tains Scheme . This scheme centre of family life in No r- club like ours to rotate people not only bought people with way. And congratulations to through our committee so that ski skills to Australia, but it Wally Blumenfeld, who in- people can volunteer to run built the roads which we now troduced himself to Gaja the club for a season, knowing use to access the mountains. and Andreas in Norwegian. that next season there will be Come along and make the last They were impressed! other volunteers. In later meeting for the year a great years they can return to the farewell to a rather strange For our next social club committee in another capacity season!! meeting on Wednesday 11 In this way we can share the September we return to load, and no one has to take a Lachlan Kennedy The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 25 September at the Turner Scout Hall. Trip Report — Guthega to The Paralyser — 31 Aug 13 Upon arrival at Guthega the ground between the There's still plenty of deep mist was still swirling steep drifts that had built up snow on the Guthega side and around Mt Twynam and the behind each peak. once it settles there should be higher peaks and a cold good skiing for the next month wind was blowing. We then headed back past the at least. So don't be despond- Trig and made a fair fist of the ent at the poor cover over on Paul Room, Linda Groom, heavy conditions on the way the Nordic Trails; cross coun- Margaret Mahoney and Mike down the ridge to Guthega try trail skiers were allocated Hinchey then decided to do dam. We had finished the the poorest snow fields by the the Paralyser Circuit as the Circuit by around 2pm and the Park anyway and we should summit Trig was visible. We day was replete with Linda look further afield . headed up through the re- shouting us all afternoon tea sort with Paul having a bit of at Kyilla. Mike Hinchey “… there should be trouble getting his f reshly good skiing for the waxed skis to grip. Linda next month “ saved him a wasted day by kindly volunteering her ski skins which made all the difference. The day steadily improved weather wise though the snow was spring corn on the heavy side; hard work to turn in and difficult to get yourself sorted once you'd had a tumble. We made good time to the summit of Paralyser and had finished lunch by noon. So we head- ed over towards the other uncairned summits of the Paralyser but found bare Margaret Mahoney, Mike Hi nchey & Linda Groom. Photo: Paul Room Page 2 Issue 5, 2013 CCCSC Annual General Meeting (AGM) Wednesday 25 September 2013 at 7:45pm Turner Scout Hall, 5 Masson St, Turner Please come along and have your say on how we can best run the club and vote in the new club committee. Matters on the Agenda will include: • Acceptance of Minutes of the 2012 Annual General Meeting. • Committee Reports. • Election of Committee and Non-Committee positions for 2014. • Mission statement: the club's vision, values, core competencies and goals. • Activities for 2014. • Other Business. Trip Reports — A Week of Training for the Hoppet — Victorian Race Week, August 2013 My ski season this year was the shelter and lunch. Lucki- Ridley, Sue Williams, Keith interrupted due to a late ly, we found the others and Vallard, Trish Woods and June accident at home, in- everyone was happy. myself on a tour of The volving my groin, a vacuum Horn, Mt Buffalo, and on a cleaner and some wax. Wax of the Day section of the cross-country Thick fog lay on top of newly trails near the car park. The My physiotherapist said that fallen snow, which indicated Horn poked into the low “ ……. so much grip I couldn't ski for six weeks red stick. It worked well all cloud, so the views at the that balls of snow and even had to take three day, giving excellent glide top were rather fuzzy and wanted to go up the hill white. weeks off riding my bike, so and sufficient grip. with me.” I was worried that I'd be too unfit to ski the Kangaroo Training Wax of the Day Hoppet. The first day I was A short day that was not at The day's snow was another allowed back on snow was all taxing on my injured layer of fresh snow, which the Sunday before the big muscle. We were on this time was drier. I used race. I would have only six groomed snow all day, so I yesterday's wax which days to regain my ski race think I could have used my turned out to be excellent fitness and be ready. track skis (no metal edge) for the climb up the Horn - instead of the old rock skis. so much grip that balls of snow wanted to go up the Sunday, 18 August hill with me. It wasn't going 2013 Monday, 19 August to be much fun going down Alan Levy led Da niella 2013 from the top, so I scraped Rime covered l eaves at Chierego, Gale Funston, Mike Alan Levy led Danie lla Mt Buffal o, 19 Aug. McLoughlin, Keith Valla rd, Chierego, Gale Funston, John (Continued on page 4) Photo: Alan Levy Trish Woods and myself on a tour from the Nordic Centre at Windy Corner, Falls Creek. It was a very windy day with poor visibility, so we stuck to the trails running through the trees above the Nordic centre and returned to it fo r lunch and a respite from the weather.
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