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CEO Corner-From
the Desk of Peter Stokloza |
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- I hope you are all enjoying this first glimpse
of spring and the many fun activities it brings to you and your
family. As I look back on the season I am so proud of all that our
athletes have accomplished both in attaining their personal goals as
well as performing well academically and competitively on snow. I
am also so appreciative of the support of you as parents in loving
and supporting them in achieving their goals.
- WVBBTS enrollment figures hit record levels
this season-almost 400 athletes (over 100 of which were Academy
athletes) representing a membership of over 1100 athletes, parents
and siblings. Approximately 75 of these athletes were in our ages 8
and under development program which speaks so strongly for the
future of WVBBTS. With this growth it becomes even more critical
that we have the appropriate staff and infrastructure in place to
not only continue to deliver the same quality programs as we have in
the past but to make continued improvements in our offerings. To
that end we are already busy planning for next season. I have been
meeting with program directors, head coaches and Academy
administration over the past few weeks in order for us to identify
our goals, objectives and key initiatives for next season and
determine the staffing, equipment, resources and budgets necessary
to support all of this. I am very excited with the progress made on
the above process in just a few short weeks. I welcome and value
any feedback or recommendations that you may have as I complete this
process over the next few weeks.
- Enjoy the off season, ask your children what
their personal goals are for next season and remind them that great
snowsports athletes become even greater in the off season working on
age appropriate strengthening and conditioning. The nice weather
affords all types of opportunities to accomplish this in a fun
environment.
- Take care and we will see you next November!
Sincerely,
Pete |
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Development &
Communications Corner-From the Desk of Sharon Schmidt |
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- I want to thank the many parents who helped me
throughout the season with various events and fundraising
activities. I also want to thank the many families who have donated
to the Annual Giving Campaign.
- There are just six weeks left for WVBBTS to
achieve its Annual Giving Campaign goal. If you have not yet had a
chance to make your Annual Giving donation we ask that you please
consider doing so by the end of May. Donations can be mailed to
Sharon Schmidt, WVBBTS, PO Box 442, Waterville Valley, NH 03215.
A donor card is available at
http://www.wvbbts.org/donate_card.pdf.
- Your Annual Giving Campaign
donations are being used to support our athletes for the
following2006/2007 season initiatives:
- Salary increases for coaches, faculty
and staff
- Safety fencing, willy bags and safety
radios
- New mens and ladies bathrooms at the
Clubhouse
- Improved cleaning services at the
Clubhouse and Competition Center
- New microwaves for the Clubhouse
- Additional coach office space
- Hiring of a snowboard program
administrator
- Interior
and exterior maintenance and improvements at Waterville
Valley Academy
- Leasing of a new 9 passenger SUV and
significant upgrades to the rental fleet at Waterville
Valley Academy
Sharon
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Academy
Corner-From the Desk of Gary Benedix |
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- Congratulations to our seniors for their
college acceptances. A job well done!
Nathan Bryant
Saint Michael’s College
Mackenzie Carroll
University of Denver
Alicia Cavanaugh
Boston University
Clark University
Northeastern University
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of New Hampshire
Brittany Clough
Westminster College
Alexandra Ewanouski
Saint Michael’s College
University of Denver
University of New Hampshire
University of Vermont
Kevin Formalarie
Plymouth State University
University of Maine Farmington
University
of New Hampshire Manchester
Andrew Hathaway
Colorado University at Boulder
Devin Keller
Plymouth State University
Saint Michael’s College
University of Colorado at Boulder
Matthew Pothier
Champlain College
Johnson State College
Plymouth State University
Sierra Nevada (CA)
University of Denver
University of Vermont
Tom Sampson
Clarkson College
Montana State
Plymouth State University
Saint Anselm
College
Saint Michael’s College
University of
Massachusetts Amherst
Western State
Alyssa Sullivan
Babson College
Molly Testwuide
McGill University
Syracuse University
University of Denver
University of New Hampshire
University of Vermont
- The Headmaster’s Banquet was very well
attended this year and I must thank John and Tina Howard for
providing us such excellent food and atmosphere in their restaurant,
Diamonds’s Edge North, which, along with the presentation of the WVA
awards, proved to be a fine and fitting end to our Academy year.
With the assistance of Molly Testwuide, last year’s recipient of the
Headmaster’s Award, I was honored to award this year’s Headmaster’s
Award to Ali Ewanouski. Ali is in her senior year and has attended
WVA for 5 years, starting in the 8th grade. Ali is an
excellent student athlete and has been a vital member of our
community. Erin Fucigna, a junior, made a special presentation to
the seniors. Her presentation was a framed memento that she
personalized for each senior. This was our largest senior class and
many of them have attended WVA since their middle school years.
Through the years they have made a positive impact on life at WVA
and we will miss them but it is time for them to move on and I am
sure they will continue to do great things.
The academic awards
presented were: English; Katie Todaro, Alicia Cavanaugh, Fred
Berlanti, Allison Lee, Devin Keller, Gordon Ellinwood and Lindsay Todaro.
Math; Scott Nelson, Kerry Daigle, Ryan Storm, Stacey Bolger,
Alicia Cavanaugh, Brett Stein, Dario Baldoni, Erin Fucigna, Molly
Testwuide and Andrew Hathaway. Computer Science; Fred Berlanti.
Social Studies; Andrew Hathaway, Lindsay Todaro, David Powers,
Katie Todaro, Sarah McElheney, Alicia Cavanaugh, Erich Berberich.
Science; John Kalinski, Lindsay Todaro, Adam Dropkin and Ryan
Schmidt. Foreign Language; Ian Hart, Devin Keller, Lindsay
Todaro, Colin Hart, Chelsea Stevens, Garrett Quimby, and Erin Fucigna.
Art; Alicia Cavanaugh, Katie Todaro, Garrett Quimby, Mackenzie
Carroll and Ryan Schmidt. It was a wonderful evening and hard to
believe that another year is complete.
- To our students: Work hard and do your very
best to achieve your highest level of excellence in your academics
to insure a strong finish to your school year!
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Academy
Corner-From the Admissions Desk |
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- The dust has settled (pretty much) from the
past season and now we can begin to really look ahead. The first
meeting of the Admissions Committee will be this week and we will be
taking a look at the returning students. A letter will be going out
with prices and program lengths for returning students.
- Once we have a sense of space needs for those
students we can begin to look at incoming students. Applications
for the upcoming season have begun to come in and we will start to
look at those students as their application packets are complete.
Waterville Valley Academy does not have deadlines for admissions.
We have what is known as a “rolling admissions” policy. So to any
of you out there thinking of applying, it is recommended that you
get your application in sooner rather than later.
- If you or someone you know is interested in an
application, they can be downloaded from the BBTS website or just
call the Administrative office and I will be happy to send a packet
out.
- I am looking forward to a lot of new ideas and
changes for next year.
Kimberly
Berman
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Alpine
Corner-From the Desk of Tom Barbeau |
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- I would like to thank you all very much for
making this season very enjoyable and a success. I sure hope your
families had a good time. I hope your children learned about
skiing, about competing and about themselves.
- Even though it was a trying start to the
winter, it finished well. The mountain supplied us with great
training and many coaches gave excellent efforts and showed their
passion for teaching children.
- Many of you were out to the bitter end. Erin
and Abby Fucigna raced in Quebec, Canada and we were well
represented at the UNH Fundraiser. I saw the whole Crane-Mauzy clan
together making last tracks on Waterville Valley.
- The athletes’ and coaches’ love for racing
made for some excellent season ending results. However, besides the
racing there were many fun activities during the last weeks. The
Pond Skimming at the base of World Cup was hilarious. We did not see
the Mosenthal or the Dropkin families ski across the Pond arm in arm
this year, but we did see some great swimming by Peter Fucigna, Max
Lash, Alex Lash and Ian McKinnon. These are some very brave and
frozen young men. Jamie Crane-Mauzy made it across the water and
finished on one ski no less.
- This photo below was of the winners of “Hat
Day” at WVA. Third place went to Tom Sampson (left), second place
was Neal Caldwell (right) and the Cone Hair Team of Alyssa Sullivan,
Molly Testwuide and Ali Ewanouski were the grand prize winners. I
sure am going to miss all the seniors graduating from WVA.
- Every March the OLD COACHES love to put the
racers through bamboo courses to show them how tough it was in the
old days. “Sixties Day” has turned into quite the event, but I still
believe we are waiting for one of our so called ski racers to finish
the bamboo course correctly. I wonder if we looked this bad back
then.
- What a great turnout for the Bash, everyone
showed true Black and Blue spirit. A big congratulations goes to our
Award winners:
- J5 Black and Blue Award:
Max Lash, Peter Fucigna, John Moore
Honourable Mention:
Ryan Schmidt, Elena Tomlinson
- J5 Most Improved:
Carter Mitchell, Andrew McCrossan
Honourable Mention:
Pate Campbell, Nicola Katz
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J4 Black and Blue Award:
Annie D'Elia, Alexander Julian
- J4 Most
Improved: Lindsey
Todaro, Julian Romano
- J3 Black and Blue Award: Nika
Mosenthal, Jamie Crane-Mauzy, Garrett Quimby
- J3 Most Improved: Lauren Ready, Ian
Harris
Honourable Mention:
Berkley Singer, Helen Anderson
- Masters’ Black and Blue Award: Jim
Stein and Kim Wolff
- J1 & 2 Club Champion: Maddy
Packard, Mark Mikos, Brett Stein
- J1 & 2 Black and Blue Award: Amy
McLaughlin, Neil Hansen
Honourable Mention:
Abby Fucigna, Kia Mosenthal, Nate Bryant
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J1 & 2 Most Improved: Alyssa Sullivan, Ryan Storm
Honourable Mention:
Rebecca Wong, Neal Caldwell
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Cardillo Award: Dan Cardillo would be proud of our
2006-07 winners: Alicia Cavanaugh & Mike
Bancroft
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A reminder about our Summer Ski Camps in Hintertux,
Austria and La Parva, Chile. If you are serious about your racing and if
your schedule allows for it, making turns in the summer is very
important. It is tough on the muscle memory to go for 7 months without
skiing. So if you can make it happen we would love to have you with us
and of course Moms and Dads are welcome.
Thanks, Tom Barbeau
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Freestyle
Corner-From the Desk of Nick Preston |
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- Snow still covers the mountains, as I write.
April frequently offers some of the best skiing of the season.
- The coaches extend their congratulations to
those honored at the BBTS Awards Banquet.
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MVP award: Recognizing outstanding athletics and
leadership
- ECS team: Erich
Berberich Allison Lee
- EQS team: David Mende
Lyndsay Mustard
- Freeride Team: Andrew Hathaway
Sophia Schwartz
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Most Improved award: Recognizing technical and
competitive improvement
- ECS team: Reed
Snyderman Alissa Pinkoski
- EQS team: Alex Breda
Jessica Breda
- Freeride Team: Matt Pothier
Tiffany Davenport
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Coaches Awards: Recognizing attitude, spirit, and
effort.
- ECS: Scott Nelson
- EQS: Willy Dresser
- Freeride: Alicia Cavanaugh
- Dan Cardillo Award, awarded in memory
of Dan Cardillo to the WVA student who most embodies spirit,
toughness, citizenship, and athletic excellence: Alicia
Cavanaugh
- Also, honored at the Holderness Winter Sports
Awards assembly were:
- Coaches Award for Outstanding Athletics:
Sophia Schwartz
- Most Improved:
Cody Bohonnon and Alissa Pinkoski
- Holderness Team Captains for 2008:
Nick Martini and Alissa Pinkoski
- I’m sure you can appreciate the coaches’
difficult task in selecting just a few among so many fine athletes.
25 of you attended JO’s returning with 19 medals. Several (not among
the list above) won Eastern Championship titles, A Slopestyle
events, and A Dual Mogul competitions! These accomplishments, like
so many smaller breakthroughs, result from hard work and dedication.
- All of us can look back on this season with
both satisfaction and with many lessons learned. Next season. I look
forward to significant initiatives addressing freestyle
administration, travel and study supervision, and overall safety
standards. I thank CEO Pete Stokloza, Headmaster Gary Benedix, and
Athletic Director Tom Barbeau for their support thus far, and as we
move forward as a program.
- I wish to thank our full-time coaches, Rob
Day, Dan Shuffleton, Greg Ruppel, and Nori Lupfer for their depth of
commitment and hard work throughout the season. Our weekend staff,
Jesse Chapman, Hannah Braunstein, Ryan Day, and Eric Horton, all
coached, shoveled, and helped our athletes tirelessly. Kristine
Lotoski also proved immensely valuable as our fitness and sports
science coach. Thank you.
- With the enormous help from parents and
volunteers, we managed to produce 2 well-organized weekends of
events on excellent courses. Much thanks goes out to the Waterville
Valley Ski Area for their unmatched commitment to our venues and
events.
- Personally, I had a wonderful time coaching
and traveling with so many of you. I look forward to many coaching
opportunities with you this summer, and on into next winter.
Nick Preston
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Snowboard
Corner-From the Desk of Sam Harding |
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- The final newsletter of the season is here,
and in good timing with all this wonderful new snow. I want to send
my thanks out to all the families for a great season, and
congratulations to all of our athletes who made Nationals, and for
their fine performances. Despite this tricky, and unpredictable
weather, we trained well, and competed well this season. I hope next
season arrives with some early snow, but somehow I don’t think that
will be the case. Either way, we will make it work as we did this
year, and continue on with our successes.
- Upon request, I would like to
uncharacteristically recap on who received what for the end of the
year awards.
- For the Academy:
- Coaches Award: Charles Alex Sykes
- Rider of the Year: Sam Hulbert
- Most Improved: Mackenzie Joyce
- For the Weekend Program:
- Coaches Award: Dan Rosen
- Rider of the Year: Millie Chapman
- Most Improved: Andrew Aldridge
and Tyler L’heureux
- Here are the results of our top 15-place
finishers at Nationals:
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GROUP 1 (Grom Boys/Girls)
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Daniel Mcgonagle (Our only Group 1 rider) 25th
Half Pipe, 31st Slope Style
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GROUP 2 (Menehuene/Breaker boys/girls)
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Olivia Wiggins 15th Half Pipe, 11th
Slope Style
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Libby Aldridge 5th Slalom, 14th
Giant Slalom, 11th Boarder X
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Kelsey Gough 4th Slalom, 9th
Giant Slalom
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Kai Wiggins 16th Half Pipe
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Merrick Joyce 10th Half Pipe, 11th
Slope Style
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Brendan Hart 14th Slope Style
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GROUP 3 (Junior/Open class Men/Women)
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Brendan Chadwick 14th Half Pipe
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Ian Hart 9th Slope Style
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Ian Thorley 2nd Slope Style
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Sam Hulbert 4th Slope Style
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Brandon Reis 6th Slope Style
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Micheala Precourt 10th Boarder X
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GROUP 4 (Youth Men/Women)
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Millie Chapman 8th Half Pipe, 6th
Slalom, 8th Giant Slalom
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Samantha Bouchie 9th Boarder X
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Nick Doucette 2nd Slope Style
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Tyler L’heureux 10th Slope Style
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GROUP 5 (Senior Men/Women)
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Matthew Swan 11th Half Pipe, 16th
Slope Style
- Well, that’s all for now. I wish everyone a
very safe and fun Spring-Summer-Fall, and remember to check out
those summer snowboard camps for a little extra summer fun, and a
head start on next season.
- Thanks again to all the families, our best
regards go out to you all.
Sincerely,
Sam Harding
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Upcoming Events
in Waterville Valley |
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Alpine Dryland Training Camp-J1-J5
athletes-Monday, July 23-Friday, July 27-Join us as a day camper or
an overnight camper. Click here for details
http://www.wvbbts.org/camps.html .
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