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EVERYONE:

Attendance form! Please fill this out weekly to help us plan.
Training plan: still here.
Activity Center access: will be limited for the next couple weeks while the Craftsbury Energy Committee builds window inserts for local households. If you’re waiting for a family member to do practice, you may not have easy access to indoor space.
Winter training: starts for each group on the dates outlined on the winter programs info page.
Winter program registration: if you’re intending to register for winter programs but haven’t yet, please do so ASAP via your membership portal. Check out our program info here for all the details. If you have landed on a waitlist, PLEASE don’t panic.
Jakroo Uniform Purchase Window - closes THIS WEEK. We are once again working with Jakroo on team jackets & uniforms. You buy directly from Jakroo on their online storefront. We’ve set up a bulk order window that ends Oct. 29, and should ship by Nov. 20 — in time to have them for Thanksgiving. We have youth (BKL) sizes this year in addition to adult sizes! The more we order as a club, the lower the per-item prices get (once we hit 6 for any given item, the discount jumps to 30%—I expect we’ll hit 6+ for both Ruka uniforms and Arendal jackets). The storefront will switch to “on-demand” after Oct. 29, so it is possible to buy uniforms later in the season, but this is your chance to get in on lower bulk pricing. Their ship times are also likely to get longer later in the season.
Uniform rentals: if you are planning to rent and want to be guaranteed to get your size, you need to place a uniform rental by 10/29. Otherwise it’s first come, first served, and we will not be ordering more uniforms for rentals.
Scholarship grilling/bake sale fundraiser: thanks to everyone who helped out! We raised $1200!
Rental fittings: we’ve added a few more time slots and will continue adding them but would like to wrap up the bulk of rental fittings by mid-November.

JUNIORS:

Sunday, 11/1 is the official start of winter training! That’s when we’ll go to 5 days/week of team training.
Equipment: we actually made a separate blog post for this. It’s here. PLEASE check in with coaches ASAP about your gear needs for the season—it will help you get ahead of the scramble. Reminder that the team night deadline is tonight, 10/25. Realistically Anna won’t look at that list until the morning of Tuesday 10/27 so you have a sneaky extra day.
Rental equipment: if you are planning to rent items, putting that into our system sooner rather than later is extremely helpful for making sure we have the right inventory to support your needs.
Mandatory fall team meeting: will be on Sunday, November 8th, in the late morning (after practice). This is when we’ll get into some of the nitty gritty details about winter.
OMG Eastern Cups. These are a ways off still but will come up fast. We will likely have more people wanting to do team travel than we have capacity for (we can typically take 20-22). Priority will be given to those who have shown the most commitment to training this summer and fall! More details to come, but here are our tentative lodging plans to this point for any families who want to be nearby:
- EC #1 @ Holderness: Frontenac Lodge (where we stayed last year) in Plymouth; no space for additional people but close to other lodging options
- EC #2 @ Quarry Rd: Best Western Waterville (usual hotel; has competitive rates and lots of rooms; plenty of room for families to stay there too)
- EC #3 @ Lake Placid: 2 houses on Hurricane Mtn Rd in Keene (no room for additional people beyond 20ish athletes)
- EC #4 @ Oak Hill: Pierce’s Inn (where we stayed last year) in Etna; no space for additional people.

U14s:

Equipment: most of you will likely continue to rent equipment through the club as U14s, and that’s great. Looking ahead, though, it’s good to have an idea in the shifts around equipment expectations as you get into high school. We made a separate blog post about equipment, and though it largely focuses on juniors, it’s worth taking a look. Find it here.

BKL:

Our last fall practice is on Thursday this week!

MASTERS/ADULTS:

Business as usual for y’all this week.

BIATHLETES:

Schedule notes:
- Sunday marks the start of the winter practice schedule.
Race Opportunities:
- Winter 2026-27 Race Information. We tried to put all the things in one document. Take a look, then let us know if you have questions.

Weekly Dryfire ideas
- 3-4 days per week if you own your own rifle at home.
- Pick a position 3x5 minute holds
  - Alternate eyes closed/eyes open after every 10 breaths

Training week of 10/26