Greetings Mid-A Juniors/Parents,
The 2009 Junior Olympics will be held in Truckee, Ca. The Mid-A Junior Committee has been working diligently to keep the costs as low as possible while still providing the athletes with the best service and racing experience possible. Those of you who have been apart of the trip in the past realize that the trip is a great value that exposes the athletes to the highest level of nordic skiing in the country. This year to make it more convienent for all we will depart from two airports. This adds to the cost of the trip but will save those coming from the furthest points of the state the added expense of travel, hotel, missed work etc.
The cost of this years trip is $2,475. which is due at the Final JOQ in Old Forge on Sunday Feb. 1st. Checks made payable to “Mid-Atlantic Ski Team”. If you need a Mid-A uniform, we will be ordering those and there will be an extra cost of approx $130 for the suit and $80 for the jacket. Since these uniforms have not changed in a few years there are a lot of them around. You may be able to borrow one! An advantage of keeping the stars and stripes of Mid-A!!!
The trip is funded by the fee the athletes pay. This fee is obtained by getting estimates of costs and dividing it amoung the number of athletes taken on the trip. Costs incurred prior to the trip are out of pocket for those running the trip and are recovered by the trip organizers after the trip fees are collected. This is why it is necessary to have your payment to the organizers at the selection of the team in Old Forge on Sunday Feb 1st. If you are unable to attend the team selection, please make arrangements with Bill Brooker (Mid-A Trip Leader) bbrooker@frontiernet.net and Margaret Maher (MId-A Head Coach) margm@nysef.org to get the paper work done and submit payment asap. This gives us a definate number for the trip, we can cover any out of pocket expenses that have occured for the organizers and we can start to finalize the particulars.
Additionally, if you are named to the team and accept a spot, you will need a USSA membership ($120) to compete at JO’s.
Now that we are all on the same page, let’s get excited about this years trip! We are excited that a lot of interest has come in from a lot of our top skiers! We should field a strong team from Mid-Atlantic.
We wish you well in your ski season and may you get out of it what you put into it!!!
Thanks,
The Mid-Atlantic Junior Committee
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