Work party Sun 30 Oct + AGM Mon 7 Nov

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Hi Everyone,

We are holding our final work party of the year this Sunday to get the hangars back on ready for the start of the season which is not far away hopefully - they have already had snow in Scotland. As well as servicing and replacing the hangars we have a few other jobs to be done including removal of old snow fencing, grass cutting etc. The more people we get then the quicker we will be so if you can spare a few hours then please join us. There will be opportunities to train potential tow operators on the day so if you would like this training let me know when you arrive and we will fit it in through the day. We are hoping to start early at 9am but happy for people to attend later if necessary.

Our AGM is booked for the Honest Lawyer, Croxdale, Durham on Monday 7th November at 8pm and all are welcome. We plan to keep the business side of the evening very short and have lined up 2 excellent speakers who are giving talk/slide show/film presentations entitled "Sailing and skiing trip to South Georgia" and "Backcountry skiing in Japan". As well as this we plan to offer offer members the chance to sell or swap items of ski/board equipment and clothing so if you have anything that you no longer use bring it along and hopefully you can find a new home for things. This is especially helpful for those with young children who grow out of skis, boots, salopettes etc very quickly.

Steve

Work party report

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Firstly a big thanks to all those who turned out for today's work party in such awful weather in the morning. You all deserve a medal. The weather did improve and by afternoon it was beautiful.

We had a very good turnout with 15-20 people there and I am sorry I didn't catch everyone's name - please can you reply to this email if you were there just so we have a record of who turned up. I gather one person was hoping to be shown how to operate the tows but due to servicing the running gear on the tows today we were unable to run them until we had finished by which time you had left - if you contact me then I will add you to my list and ensure we get you some training.

We got a lot of work done today, mainly repairing fencing, clearing a lot of old fencing off the slopes, servicing the running gear along with a few other jobs.

The road up to Swinhope is beautiful tarmac and looks like a motorway now all the way up. The only issue is where the car park is at the very top where there is a drop of about 6-8" in places where they have built up the road surface but not the car park so be careful if you do not have 4wd using the top car park for turning etc.

We are nearly ready for the season now, the last job being to service the hangars and put them back on.

Bring on the snow.

Steve

Work party Sunday 16th

The Weardale Ski Club ltd

If any of you can spare a few hours on Sunday we are having a work party to try and tidy up the fell for the coming season and repair some of the damaged fencing amongst other jobs. The more hands we have the sooner we will have the slopes ready. We generally start the work parties at @ 10am meeting at the car park.

In preparation for the forthcoming fantastic season you may also note that we have had the road up to the slopes re-surfaced to cope with the expected surge in traffic!

Membership renewals are going very well but existing members have only 2 weeks left to renew membership without incurring the £10 late fee.

Steve

Work Party, AGM and Membership

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Hi Everyone,

Winter is approaching and they have already had snow in the Cairngorms. Membership is going very well and we currently have over 500 members who have joined and we will close membership once we reach 750 so do not delay if you intend to join. New members are now welcome and existing members have until the end of this month to rejoin and avoid paying the £10 joining/late fee. There have been very few problems with the on-line renewal process and most cases it has been due to change of email address - please use the email address you used last year to rejoin and the same log in details.

Work Party - we are planning another work party next Sunday (16th Oct) to finish off some fence repairs, complete the grass cutting, clear the fells etc and the more hands the quicker it will be. It will also be an ideal opportunity to train up a few more assistant tow operators so those of you who have expressed an interest and have not yet had training are more than welcome to attend. We will meet as usual at 10am at the car park.

AGM - save the date for your diary - Monday 7th Nov. Details wil be sent out later but we are planning a brief AGM followed by hopefully 2 films/slide shows and also either a "Swap Shop" for old ski equipment/clothing or possible and "Auction" of old ski equipment/clothing - it will depend on how much old kit members wish to try and offload. If you have equipment that you want to sell, donate, auction then please let me know so that we have some idea of numbers and more details will be emailed out nearer the 7th.

Steve