Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 1 CONTENTS Welcome 1 Club Information 1 CANSkate Program 2 Coaches, Executive and Coordinators 3 Synchronized Skating Invite 4 Registration 5 Events 6 Schedule 7 WELCOME to our new CANSkaters this coming Season AND WELCOME BACK to our returning CANSkaters. Our 2015 2016 Official season starts on October 24th. ABOUT RIVERVIEW SKATING CLUB The Riverview Skating Club is a registered club of Skate Canada. The programs offered, the skills developed, and the instruction provided to our skaters all meet a specified standard that is consistent across Canada. Riverview Skating Club coaches are all certified through Skate Canada through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and they in turn train our volunteers to assist with on-ice instruction. Riverview Skating Club is the only Skate Canada registered club in West Hants. The club is non-profit and is run by a volunteer Executive committee and coordinators. The volunteers are comprised of parents of present and past STARskaters that have a keen interest in their children having a great skating club.
Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 2 CANSKATE Pre-School - CanSkate, CanSkate, & Junior Development CanSkate is Canada s only learn-to-skate program for beginners of all ages. The program focus s and delivers through: fun, participation and basic skill development teaching and mastering strong basic skills earlier to prepare skaters for all ice sports hockey, ringette, speed skating and figure skating on-ice delivery focusing on continuous movement emphasizes the use of newer and more dynamic group teaching concepts including the Fast Track, Fun Zone and station rotation all of which has been proven to increase practice opportunities and improve the rate of skill acquisition among skaters. visual aids and music are used to create a fun, stimulating and welcoming environment. report cards and an exciting new series of award ribbons to achieve, in addition to the Stage 1 to 6 badges PreSchool CanSkate is designed for 3 and 4 year olds. Children are taught to skate with an active play format through games and creative exercises in our 30 minute sessions. Skaters are working toward their Stage 1 Badge in CanSkate and focus on the fundamentals of skating: go forward, go backward, jumping, turning, falling down/getting up. They also learn the beginning stages of how to stop by learning to make snow on the ice. Skaters will receive various incentives throughout the season. On completion of PreSchool, skaters receive a certificate and will be encouraged to move into our mainstream CanSkate program. Junior Development is an optional program recommended for skaters enrolled in the CanSkate Stages 4-6 who are interested in completing CanSkate and possibly moving into StarSkate (Skate Canada s figure skating program.) In addition to regular CanSkate, skaters enrolled in Junior Development will receive a 15 minute group lesson with a certified Coach. For insurance purposes, ALL SKATERS must be registered before stepping on the ice. All Pre-School and CanSkaters must wear a CSA approved hockey helmet while on the ice. Bicycle and other sport helmets are not permitted. Each family is required to participate in the Club fundraiser for the session(s) they are enrolled in. All skaters enrolled in the Spring session will be invited to participate in our Annual Ice Show!
Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 3 Riverview Skating Club provides 1 or 2 (professionally certified by Skate Canada) Coaches and these Coaches are supported by trained volunteer Program Assistants during each CanSkate program. The Program Assistants during CanSkate and Preschool CanSkate are mostly comprised of the Club s STARskaters. Various theme days are planned throughout the year. Skaters have the option of adding private lessons by a certified coach. For more information about Skate Canada s CANSkate programs: http://skatecanada.ca/skating-lessons/our-programs/canskate/ THE Coachs, Executive AND Coordinators: Coachs Preschool - CanSkate Canskate Jennifer Harvie Talia Pay and Jessica Lake-Crossley Board of Directors President Monica Sweetapple Past President Joan Dawson Vice President Tanya Leopold Registrar Charlene Corbin Secretary Kristin Hubley Treasurer Laura Milsom Test Chair Shona Lake Coaching Representative Jennifer Harvie 1 st member at Large Kristi Haliburton 2 nd member at Large Charmaine Pothier Club Coordinators Valley Region Rep Canskate Coordinator StarSkate Liaison Coaching Liaison Ice Show Co Chairs Fundraising Chair Synchro Co-ordinator Ice Co-ordinator Music Co-ordinator Nominating Chair Website Co-ordinator Publicity Co-ordinator Merchandise Co-ordinator Joan Dawson Jamie Leary Laura Milsom Joan Dawson Shona Lake and Monica Sweetapple Charmaine Pothier Kristi Haliburton Monica Sweetapple Donna Wilson Shona Lake Steve Beaulieu Tanya Leopold Tanya Leopold
Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 4 Synchronized Skating Invite Riverview Eclipse invites you to try Synchronized Skating Sunday September 13 at the Acadia Arena from 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM and Sunday September 27 at Acadia Arena from 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM These Two Synchro Sessions are FREE!! You only need to pay your standard Skate Canada Fee ($33.00) to get on the ice (if not yet registered) These 2 weeks will be our TRY IT days. Not Try OUTS - Try IT!! This is the perfect time to see what Synchronized Skating is all about!! Skaters need to be in at least level 4 of CanSkate, and younger than 12 (as of July 1st, 2015). Coaches will be working with the skaters and finalizing teams during these 2 weeks. Synchro will then have a few more practices at rinks in the Valley (Acadia and Kentville), before settling into our 2015-2016 Home at the Exhibition Arena in Windsor in late October. If you miss these two Try It days but are interested in Synchro please talk to the Synchro Coordinator (Kristi Haliburton) and or the Coaches (Jennifer Harvie and Jessica Lake- Crossley).
Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 5 This Season we will operate our regular season from the Windsor Rink!! Starting October 24! (a short Pre-season 4 week Starskate and Synchro session in Sept/Oct out of Acadia and Kentville) REGISTRATION Brooklyn Elementary School: OR Windsor Exhibition Park Rink: Wednesday October 14 th 6pm - 8pm Saturday Oct 17 th 11am - 1:00pm 8008 Highway 14, Brooklyn 239 Wentworth Road, Windsor For insurance purposes, ALL SKATERS must be registered before stepping on the ice. Fall 4 weeks Acadia/Kentville FALL 9 weeks Windsor WINTER 14 weeks (Can split payments into 2 equal) Days SAT/SUN TOTALS SAT WED S&W TOTALS SAT WED S&W TOTALS Preschool $81.00 $126.00 CanSkate $90.00 $90.00 10% off $140.00 $140.00 10% off Junior Devel. $117.00 $117.00 10% off $182.00 $182.00 10% off StarSkate (Junior) $75.00 $128.00 $135.00 10% off $200.00 $210.00 10% off StarSkate (Senior) $75.00 $150.00 $180.00 10% off $235.00 $280.00 10% off Synchro - Begin. Synchro - Skills *10% Family *10% full year $TBD $TBD Skate Canada Fee $33.00 **Fundraising $60.00 $25.00 $30.00 TOTAL Receipt number *Discounts: 3 types of 10% discounts: family, skating twice a week, full year payment upfront. One can only have a maximum of 2 discounts. The family (two or more enrolled in a program) discount will be calculated based on the child with the least expensive program. ** Fundraising: All fundraising fees are mandatory for all skaters to be paid at registration. Fall $60 one box of bars; Late Fall $25 ($35 family) Lotto Tree tickets; $30 ($40 family) Sunsweep tickets. Synchro payments can be divided into 4 equal payments and the Winter Skating Session can be paid in 2 equal payments. Post dated cheques are required at registration.
Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 6 EVENTS On October 11 th, we will be hosting a BBQ and Bake Sale at the Pumpkin Regatta. We will also have a Parade Entrance by Riverview. Our theme is Wizard of OZ. We are in the process of obtaining a trailer for a float entry. We will need walkers to hand out flyers and candy. We will also need skaters in Wizard of Oz Costumes for the float. We are hoping that many can find their costumes from the Ice Show! We would love some CanSkaters to join us and we can help provide a costume. If we are successful in acquiring a trailer it is our intent to use many of the props from the Ice Show last year! Everyone had a wonderful time last year at this event and we raised money for the club! Last year Scotia Bank matched our funds raised and we have applied to get their assistance again this year. ICE SHOW April 17 th, 2016 Theme has already been selected Frozen 2 is coming out before Christmas and we anticipate much excitement about the second movie, characters and music.
Riverview Skating Club 2015 2016 Season Information Booklet P a g e 7 Note: This schedule was updated on October 25 th to include the earlier start of all programs by 10 minutes for Saturdays. Late Fall and Winter Program Schedules 2015 2016 Skating Season Windsor Exhibition Rink (October 24 th April 16 th ) time program duration Wednesdays 4:00-4:30 StarSkate Skills and Dance Jr and Sr 30 min 4:30 5:30 StarSkate Freeskate Jr and Sr 60 min 5:30 6:00 StarSkate Edge Sr (Jr with coach permission) 30 min 5:45 6:50 Junior Development - StarSkate 65 min 6:00 6:50 Canskate 50 min Saturdays 6:50 7:20 StarSkate Skills and Dance Jr and Sr 30 min 7:20 8:15 StarSkate Senior Freeskate 55 min 7:20 8:00 StarSkate Junior Freeskate 40 min 8:15 9:05 Synchronized Skating (Beginner) 50 min 8:35 9:05 Synchronized Skating (Skills) 30 min 9:05 9:15 Flood 10 min 9:15 10:20 Junior Development - Starskate 65 min 9:15 9:30 StarSkate Stroking Jr and Sr 15 min 9:30 10:20 Canskate 50min 10:20 10:50 Preschool Canskate 30 min Watch our website and Facebook page for program information and updates www.riverviewskatingclub.weebly.com www.facebook.com/riverviewsc E-mail Monica at richandsweet@gmail.com for questions on registration information If you were looking for some assistance with registration fees check out the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program for an application http://www.jumpstart.canadiantire.ca