Junior Olympics Website for 2011 North American Junior Olympics
INFORMATION FOR 2011!
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Forget the banner above, this is 2011!
In 2011 there are two North American Junior Olympics Festivals, the Western one at Golden, Colorado and the Eastern one at Tariffville, Connecticut.
For the west see: http://juniorwhitewaterusa.org/west.html
For the east see: http://juniorwhitewaterusa.org/east.html or read on!!!
The east JO Festival takes place July 30-Aug. 7
Here is a description of some of the activities that will take place:
Junior Olympics in Connecticut-Need kids
Here is an opportunity for youth, particularly cadet age through 14 to get to know paddling in the best possible ways. The Junior Olympics program is a week-long experience and specialized for the needs of cadet age (and promising juniors) as a fun and instructional festival. In addition to some slalom races, there is a lot of time during the week for general paddling along with a wide variety of youth from other parts of the country. I know of one 9-year old (who is pretty good) coming from Colorado.
In addition to slalom activities there are down river and freestyle events. There will also be a BoaterCross and maybe some other activities involving kayaks and canoes in easy rapids. I am not sure of the difficulty but it is summer on a natural flow river near Hartford, CT.
The schedule starts July 30 for registration and free paddling, on-river activities with the first event, a zip slalom on Sunday afternoon, July 31. The final events will be on Sat. and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7.
At Tariffville there is free camping next to the river and the Mill. The Mill contains restroom and shower facilities.
There are nice rooms and motels in the area as well as restaurants.
Registration cost is $75 (unless the kid actually goes to the JO event in Colorado when it is only $50) and includes entrance to all activities for the week, a T-shirt, a final dinner, and opportunities to obtain membership on the cadet teams for slalom, wildwater, and freestyle...where these cadet team members will receive both a hoodie and a back pack and some trinkets (a stainless water bottle, a flashlight, and a multitool).
Please call me for any interest... 814-222-0052. e-mail is possible, but I will be away from July 5-22 and very inconvenient for e-mail.
Attached is a word 2007 as well as a word 97-2003 registration form.
The PDF fill-in form is located HERE. You fill it in and immediately send the filled in form via e-mail to our registrar, Michele Barbin at mlb10@verizon.net (Michele Barbin) Your check is delivered on arrival at Tariffville.
See you then!
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The 2010 North American Junior Olympics Festival will be held July 10-18 at the Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, NC
The REGISTRATION FORM is found by clicking HERE
The PDF version of the REGISTRATION FORM is found by clicking PDF HERE
Information about the locations of various events and types of events can be obtained by clicking the underlined title here. Welcome to the 2010 JO Festival.. This letter is actually a bit out of date with regard to the schedule of events being held and planned.
Here is the current schedule of events:
Sat. the 10th sign in at Kurtz' Honda Odyssey Van (blue) near the Ranch opposite Wildwater LTD. and go paddling on the Nantahala or other rivers.
Sun. the 11th. 15:00-18:00 Zip Slalom...shorter and take as many runs as desired.Multi-class entry.
Mon. Downriver sprint the length (about) of the slalom course.
Tuesday Freestyle prelims.
Wed. Classic DR
Thur. BoaterCross
Fri. Championship Slalom
Sat. late afternoon (3:00 PM) Fun Slalom in cooperation with a number of local kids camps. evening Awards Dinner, 7:30
Sun. the 18th. FreeStyle finals 10:30)..
We will also be playing a lot of water polo in the early mornings, waiting until the water gets up to its daily level.
HOUSING ...(1). Teams and individuals will need to make their own arrangements for housing at the Festival. These include possibly some cabin space at NOC and Basecamp. Call 1-888-662-1662 for availability and pricing.
... (2). The Mach One Team has arranged group housing - indoor- at the Wildwater LTD "Barn", a new building with five rooms of 4 double decker bunks (8 people) available. Each room has its own washroom and shower which are separate rooms suitable for changing clothes. We call it the Ranch. The Ranch housing includes use of a large kitchen and a meeting room large enough for all to meet at one time. Call Dave Kurtz at 814-222-0052. The Barn has a rule of no smoking nor any pets. The cost per person (bed) is $80 for the 8 days we have reserved (the nights of July 10-17). This housing is listed on the registration form.
... (3). Other vacation housing is available through the White Rose Reality Co. 800.528.0760, Carolina Mountain vacations, 877-488-8500, and others in the area.
The Festival will be featuring Slalom, Wildwater, and Freestyle competition with BoaterCross and other events for Cadet and promising Junior paddlers. New this year will be a polo tournament held on the Nantahala River as it flows slower than normal in the early morning hours (7:30-10:00).
2010 Qualification Packet for race organizers of slaloms, wildwater races, and freestyle competitions.
Certificate of Qualification Congratulations
Instruction Letter to those Qualifying
Age Group Table for the 2010 North American Junior Olympic Festival
For more information contact David Kurtz, National Chairman USA Canoe/Kayak Junior Olympics Program, call 814-237-7727 or 814-222-0052 (cell) Contact also can be made at d1k@psu.edu
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DISCLAIMER: While this web site is a placeholder of the Mach One Slalom Team, the Mach One team does not influence it, control it, or be otherwise directing it. It simply is a free server location which in these acute economic times is valuable. Thank you.
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The North American Junior Olympics reaches out to you to feed the needs of national youth paddling for the 2010 Ray McLain JO Paddlers Fund. The 2008 campaign received $1320, paid out $1178 for medals and costs at the 2008 Festival in Wausau, WI. The Ontario Festival campaign received $1385 and paid out $1258. The new Festival scheduled for July 10-18 at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City, NC will have similar expenses. In addition we would like to help out the 2010 National Junior Slalom Team for individual expenses to Foix, France for the Junior World Championships.
Philanthropic Giving for 2009: Goals in 2010:
Stop Watch 20 Backpacks + decals for members
Katharine Edmonson of all 3 cadet teams $800
Jane Mermelstein
Martin & Laurel Stahl Medals at JO events 500
Gate Judge 50
Sandy, Jim and Rick Powell Special awards, team and
Sprint 100 Individual, at JO events 200
John Cripe/Amy Freeman
John Grubb & Amy Beringer Other award costs 200
Duffek 200
Sheldon & Deborah Mermelstein T-shirts for registerees by 6/21 500
Ontario River Runners
Chief Judge 500
Robert & Andrea Forster
International Judge 1000
Total received with sales was $1385
Philanthropic Giving for 2010:
Spectator $10
Stop Watch 20 Pitch in and help this chart grow.
Gate Judge 50 Make your checks out to USACK, JO fund and
Sprint 100 send your Tax Deductible Contributions to
Duffek 200
Chief Judge 500 Sandy Powell, JO Recording Secretary,
International Judge 1000 601 W. Fifth Ave., Parkesburg, PA 19365.
Click here for further information! They are fully Federal Income Tax deductible.
NEWS FLASH
The 2009 Festival selected the following 2009 US National Cadet Teams:
US Slalom Cadet Team Members Listed
US Wildwater Cadet Team Members Listed
US FreeStyle Cadet Team Members Listed
Each person received a book back pack and and also for each team made a decal. Nic Borst also presented a special award. Members of each team were the top individuals in the combined cadet and cub cadet classes.
The 2008 Festival selected the following 2008 US National Cadet Teams:
US Slalom Cadet Team Members Listed
US Wildwater Cadet Team Members Listed
US FreeStyle Cadet Team Members Listed
Each person selected received a special hand-made plate crated by Nic Borst and a book back pack with an embroidered patch for each team he/she made. The selection of the team used the combined Cadet and Cub Cadet results from the final competition scores.