Tuesday, August 5, 2008

GENERAL TEAM INFORMATION!

Hi team!

Some general information for you all.
  • Buses depart Medicine Hat at 2:30pm. Arriving schedule for the bus in your area, is included in your athlete package.
  • There are NO stops on the bus, so please bring your pillow, blankie and snacks/lunch.
  • Make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your bus departure time
  • Included in your athlete package is an athlete handbook. Please read it!
  • Luggage must be kept to a minimum and tagged with the yellow zone 5 baggage tags provided to you. Colors of tags match the geographic area so please use them!
  • Accomodation is at school sites. Matresses will be provided, sleeping bags and sheets will not, please bring your own, along with a pillow.
  • All athletes, chaperones and coaches are REQUIRED to stay in the prepared accomodations, no exceptions! Athletes are not allowed to stay with thier parents at a hotel no exceptions, please do not ask!
  • Please remember to bring any special snacks and bottled water you might want along.
  • Please bring sunscreen, bug spray and any medications you might require. No ibuprofen, tylenol, benedryl or advil will be available from staff at the games.
  • If you want to bring $$ for souveniers, it is a good idea!

Note to parents!

Your children are in the best hands with a high level of care! Athletes will not be allowed to roam the town or area without a coach or chaperone supervision. The team will be staying together at all times, or in small chaperoned by an adult group. The staff and security at the schools and track are superb and have your child's best interest at heart, so please forgive some rules that seem strict! Our coaches also have first aid training, and chaperones have submitted criminal records checks! We encourage you to be in contact with your child via cell phone, or please send the long distance phone code, there are phones in the schools! Email and computers may be available at some schools.

Any questions? please contact me!

UPDATE

The following athletes have not picked up thier registration package.

Following is the bus information for these athletes, please be in contact with the Alberta Summer games staff coaches, or your personal coach or please come to Foote Field on Tues/Wed Aug 5/6 to pick it up along with your team clothing. If you have previously made arrangements to have it brought to the games due to your vacation, that is fine!

ALEXANDRA ROBERTSON - your bus is number 502. It will pick you up in Sherwood Park, @ Millenium Place - 2000 Premier Way and leaves at 0830am sharp on THURSDAY AUGUST 7. Please arrange to be there 15 minutes early to board the bus.

RILEY SPENCE - your bus number is 801. It will pick you up at 12:30 am (midnight!!) at the Guesthouse in Whitecourt. This will be overnight trip and as a result, your breakfast, stopping break and lunch will be provided. Please arrange to be at the Guesthouse at midnight for 1230am bus boarding.

CONNOR HAYES - your bus number is 504. It will pick you up at the Tri Leisure Center in Spruce Grove, 221 Campsite Road on Hwy 16. It departs at 0830am on Thursday August 7, please be at least 15 minutes early to board the bus.

Thank you!

Team Meeting in Medicine Hat!

Hi Everyone!

Hope you all are getting excited for the games, and are ready to go. There have been several questions to the coaching staff regarding events at the games. As we mentioned before, this is a team effort, and all the events are scored based on the top 8 positions!!!! If all the athletes only came and did one or 2 events, we would certainly not defend our title from 2006 and beat zone 6!!! So please keep that in mind!!!

As well, if you have still not picked up your info package, (some of you are on vacation and very hard to reach) please email me!

There will be 3 team meetings in Medicine Hat!

After the staging and accreditation (pick up your ID etc, - the busses will take you straight there) there will be a brief team meeting and tshirt for zone 5 distribution prior to the opening ceremonies. Your coaching staff and chaperones will get you to the team meeting area!

There will also be team meetings for ALL athletes on the start of both track competition days, this means early in the morning, prior to the start of the meet, so be prepared!!!!

Please feel free to disuss event questions with the coaches, and remember, we are not taking a full squad so there are some event holes, and hopefully we can pull together and maximize our athletic skills!

Questions? Please email me directly!

I will be posting bus info for those athletes that have not yet picked up thier athlete packages due to vacation or out of town until the games! (later today)

Thanks everyone! Have a great 2 last days, getting ready and training for the weekend, its sure to be a hot one!