AWG Raffle Tickets Ready for Sale

G'day everyone,   firstly I want to congratulate you all on your great skiing this weekend during the Don Sumanik ski races.  I hope you had fun !!  It was fantastic to see all your beautiful smiles at the chalet and on the trails.   Good on you guys !!!  Bravo,  vous êtes de superbes skieurs  !!!

Scotty (our Mascot)

was very impressed and very proud to see so many athletes out at the AWG trials and he said that you guys all looked super strong.   He loved to see you smiled and he wished he could have skied as well this weekend but his job is very demanding as a full time cheerleader and mascot.  He is planning to do lots of skiing during the Christmas break and hoping to see you guys out there on the trails.


AWG Raffle Tickets 

As you might know,  athletes who are going to the Arctic Winter Games are encouraged to sell raffle tickets to offset the cost of their trip to the Arctic Winter Games.   There is a participant fee for the Arctic Winter Games (it cover the cost for the trip and the equipment (lots of very cool fancy waxes and the coaches fees).    70 % of the profit from the sale of the tickets goes to the athletes account and 30 % to the prizes and administration for the raffle.   This is a great way to get community support for our athletes and offset the cost of your participation in the AWG.   Lots of athletes completely cover their participant fees by selling raffle tickets.  Get out there and sell!  People in our community love to encourage active kids.  Be polite,  explain what you are doing,  be proud and thank them …you will be surprised to see how easy it is !!!   I will be happy to buy tickets if you want to do a "dry run" and try your sale pitch :-)  Just come and see me !


Where do you get your Raffle Tickets

The Raffle tickets are available as of today at Sport Yukon.   Athletes can go to Sport Yukon,  sign out their raffle booklets and get going on their fundraising.    The Sport Yukon office is open until noon on December 24th and back on January 4th during business hours.   Athletes will sign out a sheet for their booklets agreeing to the rules for the raffle.   A parent can sign them out on their behalf.   Tickets are 5$ each (3.25$ goes to the AWG athlete for their participant fee).

If you have any question about the raffle or the raffle tickets,  please do not hesitate to call me.


I wish you and your family a marvellous christmas.  See you all on the tails !

Nathalie

How to stay up to date about AWG Ski Team

About this blog:  look up the tabs at the top of this blog to get all sorts of information that might be of interest to you about the upcoming AWG in Nuuk.   I will post relevant information as I receive it from our Chef the Mission to make sure that you are all informed and ready for the Games.




- Trials Information tab:  find info and détails about the trials for the XC Ski team (dates, categories, distance,  race maps,  etc)




-  Info Document tab:  find relevant AWG documents (including the Sport Schedule for the AWG 2016 for XC sking and other relevant information as it becomes available)


- Links to AWG websites tab:  see all the links and social media links to stay up to date before and during the AWG.   Consider liking (following) the Facebook,  Twitter and Instagram sites....at the last AWG Games,  some pretty cool prizes were available for those following the Games on social media (just saying).  If you are a parent and not sure how to do this....ask your kids :-) 




- The Team tab:   Once the 2016 AWG XC Team athlètes have been named (after the trials) we will post the team on this tab.  In the meantime,  please visit to meet Scotty !




- AWG Nuuk tab:  visit to find ineresting information about Nuuk and some fun facts.  You will also find some useful words to practice your Kalaallisut (prizes might be available on this at the Games) !!!




- New tabs will be added during the Games to report on our athletes success and share stories of the Games.






Alain and Amanda have linked this AWG blog to their Green Squad and Yukon Ski Team blogs so that you can find the information easily and all in one place.  You can also sign up on the right corner of the blog to Follow this blog and receive updates when the blog has new information.




Suggestions for information that you would like to see on this blog or that you would like to receive are very welcome.  Just contact me by email:  Nathalie.matherdugas@gmail.com or pinch me next time you see me at the chalet !

Information on Trials available

Please look up the Trials tab of our blog to find information about the upcoming Trials for AWG XC ski Team  - on December 19th and 20th.

Think snow so that we can have fabulous trials in a couple of weeks.  Snow dance,  snow songs,  snow poems are highly encouraged !!!

Thanks everyone.  If you have any questions,  do not hesitate to ask.

Info on AWG Trials

Hi Skiers,  here is some information about the Trials for the AWG XC Ski team  


Trials

The Yukon XC Ski Team Trials will take place at the Don Sumanik Ski Races

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES TRIALS:   athletes must participate in both days  

DECEMBER 19th and 20th

Back up trial dates of Jan 2-3 

The XC Team

The AWG Yukon XC ski team has a total of 27 spots

* 4 Midget Male and 4 Midget Female:  born in 2002 and 2003 (those born in 2004 are allowed to try out as a midget)

* 4 Juveniles Males and 4 Juvenile Females: born in 2000 and 2001

* 4 Junior Male and 4 Junior Female: born in 1998 and 1999

* 3 Coaches (Alain,  Amanda and Jan)

Athletes are allowed to ski up one category. 

Race distances for each category and maps will be available shortly.   Coaches will share the information with the squads when it is available.  Stay tuned !



The Games

AWG 2016 will be held in Nuuk, Greenland
Nuuk will host 15 sports for the AWG,  Hockey will be hosted in Iqualuit
The Games will be from March 6 to March 11 (travel dates are not confirmed at this time)
Team Yukon will have 305 athletes, coaches and mission staff
Nuuk has a population of 16,000  (they hosted the AWG with Nunavut in 2002)

AWG 2016 participating Sports
- Alpine Skiing
- Arctic Sports
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Biathlon - ski
- Biathlon - snowshoe
- Cross Country Ski (Yé !!)
- Culture
- Dene Games
- Futsal
- Hockey (in Iquluit)
- Snowboarding
- Snowshoeing
- Table Tennis
- Volleyball
- Wrestling

More information will be shared when it becomes available.

Thank you !  Merci !

Welcome to our Yukon XC Ski Team 2016 AWG Blog

Hi everyone,   I am very excited to be the Mission Staff for the XC Ski Team for the 2016 AWG this year.   I will be working closely with our Yukon Team Chef de Mission and Mission Staff for the other AWG teams to make sure that you have all the information you need about the upcoming AWG in Nuuk in March.   If you have any questions,  please do not hesitate to contact me.

To get you started,  I invite you to watch this video about Nuuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mAjUg1BDwHw#t=0


Enjoy our Blog !