Helly Hansen and WMSC join forces to outfit our racers and coaches!

Whistler Mountain Ski Club is very excited to announce a new outerwear/uniform relationship with Helly Hansen. Here is how our new partner, Damien Etchaubard, Marketing – Canada described the partnership: “Helly Hansen is proud to support the Whistler Mountain Ski Club as their exclusive outerwear partner for the next three seasons! The club is home to some of the country’s most talented skiers and they will be wearing top quality gear that is trusted by professionals worldwide. With one of the worlds most respected mountain resorts in their backyard, Helly Hansen and WMSC are proud to join forces to support the next generation of skiers.”

We can expect some exciting and exclusive member offers throughout the year as HH wants to delivery a family solution to the membership and alumni as a whole. Stay tuned for more news on these initiatives.

Regards,

Mark Tilston
Executive Director

New Uniforms Try-On and Ordering Sessions Deadline, Sunday, March 27

We have received samples of next year’s uniform. Please come by the Club Cabin – Boardroom for a Try-On Session during the following times

This Week from
Saturday, March 14 | U12 Womens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Saturday, March 14 | U12 Mens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Sunday, March 15 | U14 Mens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Sunday, March 15 | U14 Womens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Monday, March 16 | U16 Womens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Monday, March 16 | U16 Mens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Following Weeks
Thursday, March 19 | U12 Womens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Thursday, March 19 | U12 Mens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Friday, March 20 | U16 Womens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Friday, March 20 | U16 Mens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Saturday, March 21 | U14 Mens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Saturday, March 21 | U14 Womens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Sunday, March 15 | U18-U21 Womens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Sunday, March 15 | U18-U21 Mens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Thursday, March 26 | U18-U21 Womens from 2:30 to 4:00 pm
Thursday, March 26 | U18-U21 Mens from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Bursaries and Scholarships Deadlines

Rob Boyd Bursary – Deadline for nominations is this Sunday, March 15
Nominations may be made by teammates or coaches in writing.
Applications can be sent in writing to bursaries@wmsc.info.

The Dave Murray Bursary (Deadline March 31st)
The Jordan Schick Bursary (Deadline March 31st)

All applications can be sent in writing to bursaries@wmsc.info.

For more details about the criteria and application process for the bursaries listed above, please visit our Awards and Bursaries page.

WMSC & Whistler Secondary School Scholarship – Deadline for applications is Monday, March 30

To all U18 Athletes graduating from Whistler Secondary School, WMSC awards a $500 scholarship to support your post-secondary education pursuits. Please refer to “Whistler Storm Scholarships and Awards booklet” for details and criteria.
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Apply directly by email to lsmart@sd48.bc.ca.

WMSC and COVID 19 Precautions

As the situation around COVID 19 keeps evolving rapidly, were are following closely the guidelines of the Public Health Agency of Canada and Provincial health agencies. We just want to remind you that the health of our staff, members and athletes are top priority to us.

In accordance to the World Health Organization (WHO). we are cleaning our spaces thoroughly and frequently. All our staff have been instructed to follow the WHO’s best practices, including frequent hand washing, to keep themselves and others safe. We encourage you to do the same and to avoid any training if you have any concerns about exposure, or at the slightest sign of illness.

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Additional COVID-19 information and updates can be found here:

Government of Canada:
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection.html

Preventing COVID-19 to spread in communities:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/index.html

Mitigation strategies for communities:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/community-mitigation-strategy.pdf

Government of BC:

http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/coronavirus-(novel)

Follow the FIS BC Cup on live timing

FIS BC Cup

Feb 29 – Mar 8

Whistler Blackomb Mountain

“In the book Grit, Angela Duckworth highlights that “the most dazzling human achievements are in fact the aggregate of countless individual elements, each of which is, in a sense, ordinary”. In other words used by the U18/U21 program, excellence in skiing is a collection of simple things done savagely well. This sport demands attention to details in order to keep safe, competitive and, at times, mere hundredths of seconds ahead of competitors. The miniscule margin means every aspect of this sport needs appropriate attention. The season, WMSC has utilized HeadStartPro Performance Training to address the often under-appreciated mental aspect of ski racing with the goal of maximizing focus, awareness, mindfulness and performance for both athletes and coaches.

HeadStartPro Performance Training is designed to help “prevent the critical errors and decisions compromised by rushing, frustration, fatigue, and complacency”. This resource is helping establish new tools in our mental toolbox, while polishing pre-existing ones. It has provided an organized platform and mutually understood language in order to recognize, communicate and address mental states and subsequent mechanisms for change if necessary.

On Saturday February 22, 2020, the U18/U21 Program sat down for their second HeadStartPro Performance Training session. Reflecting on the opportunity, Conrad Pridy said, “I think it’s really nice to have it all laid out and organized with terminology and everything. I don’t think it is necessarily brand new material, but in this format it’s much more user friendly. The athletes are using the techniques to self-monitor and ‘self-trigger’ even after only two sessions, which is a nod to its accessibility”.

The gist is the State-to-Error Pattern. Certain physical states typically lead to 4 types of errors that increase risk to performance. HeadStartPro Performance Training teaches individuals to “rate their states” on a scale of 1-10 for how much rushing, frustration, fatigue or complacency is a present influencer of performance. This awareness enables the individual to then employ HeadStartPro Performance Training mechanisms to “self-trigger”, changing their states that might lead to critical errors and impaired performance to ones that encourage their peak-performance zone.

Like anything, practice makes progress. HeadStartPro Performance Training has provided a step-by-step mechanism that coaches and athletes can use to keep the mind appropriately engaged. The end goal is to minimize risk and maximize performance. We have already seen progress being made in terms of awareness of states which leads to an opportunity to intentionally encourage peak-performance zones, and are looking forward to more occasions for practicing using these self-management tools.”

WMSC Teams: Bronrad Willric and Titus take 1st and 2nd place on the 36th Peak to Valley 2020 race!

The average GS race has roughly 35 gates with a vertical drop of 250 metres. The Peak to Valley Race is a test of determination and endurance. Running from nearly the top of the Saddle all the way down to Dusty’s in Creekside, this course is approximately five consecutive GS’s put together. It has a vertical drop of 1,443 metres, with approximately 180 gates over a 5+ km long track.

In its 36th year, Peak to Valley 2020 seems to be aging like a fine wine. In conversations with other athletes it was confirmed that the conditions for this year’s event were second to none… at least in comparison to the past 5 years. Friday was balmy and beautiful with the sun illuminating the entirety of the 5+ km track. Saturday’s race wasn’t as lucky, with a dusting of fresh snow the night before making the conditions a bit rough, but visibility remained intact.

The WMSC entered two teams in the event.

Bronrad Willric (Britt Tiltson, Conrad Pridy, William Goneau, and Kike Guerra Cusi) posted up lighting fast runs to take the W with a collective time of 21:12:97. On Friday, Britt Tilston skied into second place in the Women’s Category (fifth overall) with a time of 5:25:23, and Conrad Pridy raced his way into second place for the Men and second overall with 5:04:27. Saturday saw Kike Guerra Cusi slice his way into third place for the Men’s Category and third overall with a time of 5:27:92. Kike, a man of few words, had this to say between deep breaths of air about his experience: “Exhaustion accomplished”. On the same day, William Goneau, fresh off the FIS racing tour, posted the fastest time of 5:15:55.

Titus (Roman Torn, Meg Cumming, Jack Crawford, and Madison Irwin) put up a good old fashioned fight for first with a collective time of 21:30:51, but ended up bested by Bronrad Willric. On Friday, Jack Crawford not only won the Men and Overall Categories, but posted a sub 5-minute result and new track record (4:53:62). In the same day, Madison Irwin topped the Women’s Category and was fourth overall with a time of 5:19:40. In Saturday’s event, Meg Cumming also stood on the top step of the Women’s Category, coming seventh overall with a time of 5:48:30. Reflecting on her experience Meg said, “My first time racing the Peak to Valley did not disappoint me or the lungs. Such a fun experience surrounded by so many enthusiastic skiers!”. Last but certainly not least because he posted the fourth fastest time, Roman-The-Ringer Torn flew down the track in 5:29:19.

The event was an absolute blast! The coaches collectively reminisced about feeling the nerves pumping in the start gate again and lactic acid burning in the finish, and have officially decided to start training more gates to break off the thick coating of rust.

Training starts now for the 37th Annual P2V.”

NOTICE OF 2019 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club will be held on Saturday November 16th, 2019 at 11:30 am at the Whistler Secondary School, 8000 Alpine Way, Whistler, British Columbia for the following purposes:

1. To approve the Minutes of the 2018 AGM;
2. To receive the Report of the Board of Directors;
3. To receive the Financial Statements for the year ended April 30, 2019;
4. To appoint Auditors for the current fiscal year;
5. To elect the Vice-Chair of the Club;
6. To set the number of directors for 2019/2020 at 10;
7. To elect directors for 2019/2021; and
8. Other business

We look forward to seeing you at the Club’s Annual General Meeting on November 16th.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Legg, Chair

Pursuant to By-Law 9.5 the following information is provided:

Director recommended by the Club’s Nominating Committee to be elected as Vice-Chair:

• Robert Toole

New nominee director recommended by the Club’s Nominating Committee:

• Scott Griffin

Incumbent director standing for re-election

• Rand Neeves

Directors continuing their terms:

• John Legg (Chair)
• David Brownlie (Finance Director)
• Steven Fleckenstein*
• Nicole Stefenelli
• Sarah Renzoni*
• Graham Ross
• Jason Shorter

“*” Independent by reason of not having children in Club programs.

If at the AGM the number of nominees equals or is less than the number of vacancies, then the nominees for Director will be acclaimed. If at the AGM the number of nominees exceeds the number of vacancies, there will be an election and the nominees will be ranked in order of votes received; the nominees receiving the most votes will be elected fill the vacancies and to serve for a term of two years.

Pursuant to By-Law 9.8, members may vote by proxy. Members wishing to vote by proxy must complete the Proxy Form and return it to the Club office at least 48 hours prior to the AGM. Members are urged to either attend the meeting or return their completed proxies to ensure a quorum (10% of eligible members) is present at the meeting. Non-receipt by any member of any notice through error or omission will not invalidate the proceedings of any general meeting.