Attention all golfers! The RMSSC is planning a golf tournament and supper to be held at Montgomery Glen Golf Club (formerly Wetaskiwin Golf Club) on Wednesday, September 23. For an entry fee of $80, all golfers will be treated to a continental breakfast, 18 holes of golf, shared power cart, steak supper, prizes galore and lots of laughs. Tee-off is at 10 a.m. with a shotgun start. As always, all levels of golfers – and non-golfers – are welcome. More information, including directions to the course, can be found by clicking on this link: 2009 Golf Tournament Information
To enter, please print off the entry form below and send it, with your payment, to the address indicated. Deadline for entries is September 11th. If you have any questions, contact Bob Larson or Mike Tansey.
Wow – what a great 3 days of biking in and around Canmore! Aside from the odd sprinkle, the sun shone, the skies were blue and the mountain views were spectacular. The participants split into two groups for most of the rides, blue and black, and both groups had all the challanges (and fun) they could handle. The paved and gravel trails in Kananaskis, Lougheed Park, Canmore and Banff had lots of diversity to keep everyone on their toes. Every day threw something new at us, from a challanging single-track (Terrace Trail – see the video below), to the annual Goat Creek excursion, to velvety smooth new blacktop by the Vermillion Lakes, to bears in the Canmore Nordic area.
The apres-biking was just as fun, with a great welcoming meal on Monday evening, cleaning up the leftovers on Wednesday and a night out at one of the local restaurants on Tuesday. Thanks to Bob Holzer for organizing a terrific outing.
Join your friends for a scenic canoe ride through the centre of Edmonton. Start with a Bring Your Own Picnic Lunch at Laurier (11:30 am to 12:30 pm), then canoe from Laurier Park to Goldbar (16 km) and complete the day with a BBQ back at Laurier Park. The canoes will be provided by Canoeheads and they will transport the canoeists back to Laurier Park after their afternoon on the water. Cost is $40 per person for canoe rental and $6 for the BBQ. We have 14 canoes (room for 28 people) available for our use and reservation is on a first-paid basis. Click on the link below to download the information and sign-up sheet for this fun activity.
The annual bike excursion in the Canmore area is scheduled for June 15-18 this year. Participants will self-drive to Canmore on the Monday, June 15th, and book in to the Fire Mountain Lodge. We will bike in various areas around Canmore (Kananaskis, Canmore, Banff, etc.) on the 16th to 18th, then return home the evening of June 18th. This has been a great trip each year. Most of the routes are on paved trails. Click on the link to view and print the application form. All applications must be sent to Bob Holzer before May 22nd!
The new executive members for the 2009-2010 season were announced at the AGM on May 6. Normally, the executive positions are for a 2-year term. But since our club is only a year old, to maintain continuity on the executive some members only served for a 1-year term while others will stay on for the full 2-years. The new executive members are:
Social Director – Gayle Houston (replacing Gordon and Esther Oaks)
Tour Directors – Kathy Robinson and Arnie Wilson (replacing Gwen Williams and Stan Rust)
Public Relations – Dick Foose (replacing Inge Hess)
Vice -President – Mike Tansey (new position)
A vote of thanks goes to all the retiring executive members for the great work they have done in helping get our new club up and running so smoothly. And, of course, a big welcome is extended to our new executive members.
Our final ski trip for this season is now behind us but you can still relive it by reading the Tour Report and looking through the pictures. Links to both are provided below:
Thanks to all the organizers, hosts and tour participants for a great ski season. Now for a brief period of recuperation before we start our scheduled golf and biking!
For those members interested in going for a hike in the river valley on Wednesday mornings throughout the summer and would like a group to hike with, a number of our club members are also members of the Seniors on Skis (S.O.S.) cross-country ski and hiking group. Besides the river valley, they also have a number of hikes in the surrounding area- such as Waskehegan, St Albert, and Chickakoo. We have no official affiliation with this group but, since we have some common members and interests, the RMSSC is presenting this information as a service to our members. The upcoming summer schedule, as well as contact names and numbers, can be found by clicking on this link:
For the benefit of any tour participants who want to relive the fun, or for non-participants who want to see what they missed, the tour hosts have written reports describing their experiences on the various ski trips. Except for the upcoming Sunshine in April trip, all the reports for this season can be found by going to the “Ski Tours” page and scrolling down to the Trip Reports section. Just click on the link for the tour to see the write-up. Tours conducted to date are Sunshine in December, Sun Peaks 4-day, Sun Peaks 3-day, Marmot Ski Improvement, Silver Star, Kimberley, and Marmot in March (also known this year as Jas-brrr).
The RMSSC race team had a successful outing and a great time at the Alberta 55+ Winter Games in Lethbridge this past weekend. It was a highly enjoyable and very well-organized event, from the terrific opening ceremonies to the friendliness of the host hill for the races, Castle Mountain. The team raced a GS and a time-predicted run on Friday, followed by a 35-gate slalom on Saturday that really got everyone’s attention. The hill was great, just challenging enough, and the snow was perfect racing snow (firm, but not too icy). Castle Mountain has expanded into a fantastic ski resort.
Dick racing at AB 55+ Games
Club members took home a pile of hardware in the range of age groups, as follows: GS: Ilene-gold, Mary-silver, Ross-silver, Larry-silver, Dick-bronze, Richard-silver, Bob-gold, Doug Hunneman-silver Predicted: Mary-silver, Bob-bronze, Richard-gold Slalom: Anne Black-silver, Ilene-gold, Mary-silver, Larry-gold, Dick-bronze, Richard-silver, Bob-gold, Doug Hunneman-silver
There is a super web site: http://www.55pluswintergames.com/ that has results and lots of pictures of the skiing as well as other sports.
