WSC work party cancelled and renewal update

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Another good work party again on Sunday attended by 10 people

 

Due to adverse weather and a waterlogged fell the planned workparty on Wednesday 26th September has been cancelled.

On Sunday the weather favoured us with sun and low winds all day

Simon Palmer, Roman Ivanec and Fiona and Philip Kramer got another layer of bricks laid around the perimeter of the "New" garage to stop the snow getting in

Hugh Bence has fixed faults on both the KB and the Polaris- fantastic

Mike Leatherland continued with the grass cutting on the Pistes after welding up the bracket on the back of the Flail machine

Shane Court created a new fence/barrier on the North side of the bridge below F2 engine- this will stop the Piste Basher sliding off and some skiers in icy conditions

Steve Luard. Graham Harrison and Daniel Hibell did the final preparations for the new composting toilet system

Also the area around the lodge was tidied up of the scrap and timber

A last mention to Steve Gallagher who did a stirling job last week on cutting further large areas of grass not withstanding recovering from a hernia operation

Thanks to everyone for the hard work- without the volunteers this club would struggle to operate.

The slopes are looking good and we could cope with a dump of snow tomorrow

 

We do plan to have a mini workparty in the coming weeks to give the lodge and the toilets a major deep clean in preparation for the new toilets arriving in November as well as some fencing to do and other small jobs.

So anyone interesting/prepared to help please let me know. We have no dates fixed yet until we know when the toilet will arrive.

Membership is filling up fast- Remember we will be opening membership to all comers from early October. Any current members who renew by then will be guaranteed a place but after then it is on a "first come first served" basis and we will close membership once we reach 750. Current members must apply the discount code sent to them to avoid paying the £20 new members fee - please read the instructions sent out. When we open to new members I will send out further details and also put instructions on our new website - if you have not seen it yet have a look at www.skiweardale.com - any feedback please let me know.

Membership cards will be sent out in the next week or two to those who have already joined - apologies for the delays caused by holidays!

Steve

WSC work party, special promotion and update

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

We had a successful work party today with about 15 of us there and managed to get all the hangars put on in preparation for winter, got the bulk of the pistes mown and a few other small jobs done. The weather was superb and the ground finally has dried out a little. There is still a lot to be done and the work planned for the next work party includes 1, Bricklaying around the base of the new garage 2, Rush cutting 3, More grass cutting 4, Snow fence repairs 5, Repairing the Rolba track 6, Preparing the lodge for the new toilets. There are many other jobs also needed to be done so if you feel that you can help out with any of the above please come and join us.


Sunderland snow sports centre at Silksworth have currently got some promotions on - 2 fliers for them attached for those interested. They also are doing a ski and board service for £10....grind,edge and wax - recommended by one of our members.

One of our members who wrote an article in our newsletter about skiing and boarding in Bulgaria has asked me to recommend this as a reasonably priced holiday and suggests looking at the link below. Could be an option for a cheapish main holiday or perhaps for that last minute second trip!
http://www.balkanholidays.co.uk/winter_ski_holidays/index.html?af=ms_400

Steve

WSC renewals and work parties

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

WSC membership has opened to existing members using the new online system and is proving very easy and quick using Sportident with approximately 100 members renewing in the last few days. When renewing please follow the instructions sent out to you and remember to  ensure that "noreply@sientries.co.uk" is on your safe sender list as all future communications will be to this address. We are currently only accepting renewals from existing members but early in October we will open to new members. I will send out instructions on how to join via this email for new members in October and we will also post details on the www.skiweardale.com website.

If any current members have not received instructions on how to renew please let me know but first check your junk/spam box to ensure it has not been sent there.

For those who have joined you will be receiving your membership cards through the post as in previous years but there will be a delay of a few weeks due to delays in getting the cards printed (we are awaiting confirmation whether Nevisport will sponsor them as in previous years but Peter's retirement has caused delays) and also due to the membership secretary going on holiday!

Work parties are planned for Sunday 9th September (Tomorrow), Sunday 23rd September and Wednesday 26th September and there is lots of work to be done (some semi-skilled and some simple manual work - fence repairs, drainage, stone-picking etc). Anyone with mechanical skills would be especially useful as there is work to be done repairing the tracked vehicle amongst other machinery. Carpentry skills will also be useful as we are preparing the lodge to install a new toilet system.

Hopefully see some of you tomorrow. Work parties start at 10am meeting in the carpark but if you turn up later we should be easy to find! There may be delays driving through Stanhope as the show is on this weekend.

Steve