WCSTA Award nominations

It’s that time of the year again 🙂 Your WC Snowmobile club is accepting nominations for the following end of year awards !

– WC Mike Asquini Volunteer Of The Year
– WC Rookie Of The Year
– WC Family Of The Year
– WC Trail Patroller Of The Year
– WC Safe Snowmobiling Ambassador 
– WC Outstanding Snowmobile Promotion

If you have someone you would like to nominate please email to contact@wcstai.com. Nominations will close on Sunday Jan 6, 2019.

Your board of directors will be voting on this at our monthly meeting on Tuesday Jan 8, 2019.

Please explain why you are nominating this important and amazing person ……………..

Thanks so much,
Scott

Landowner Appreciation Evening

Mark Jan 19, 2019 off your calendars for our Annual Landowner Appreciation event to be held at our newest supporter and event trail destination, The Marshes Golf Club in Kanata.


This $40 value is free to our landowners who help make our sport possible. It includes a Roast Beef dinner with dessert and coffee, cash bar and a DJ provided by Quality Entertainment until 1AM… Door prizes and draws…

We encourage you all to Sled or Drive in on Jan 19 in support of our landowners.

Dinner party Tickets $40 to Land Owner Supporters
DJ Entertainment Tickets: $10 from 8:30 PM-1AM.

RSVP Before Jan 9 
Email: Dan@Alvinausher.com
Text or call: 613 867-4437

Landowners, if we haven’t contacted you yet please let us know…
See you all there.

Don’t forget to opt-in!

Don't forget to opt-in!

There are just a couple more days to save $80 on your 2018-2019 Trail Pass. November 1 at midnight prices go up!

When you are purchasing your permit don’t forget to select “Yes” in the “I consent to the OFSC contacting me” dropdown menu to make sure you receive important OFSC messages as well as any email messages from our club. It’s on the first screen right above the opt-in menus for the Go Snowmobiling Ontario and Supertrax magazines.

 

Driver Training Course – Sunday December 9

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The WCSTA course is now fully booked.

There are other clubs holding courses, which can be found in the events calendar page of the Upper Canada Snowmobile Region website. For other driver training course locations and dates please check the UCSR Calendar

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WCSTA will hold a Driver Training Session on Sunday, Dec 9 for those who would like to obtain a snowmobile operators license.

A snowmobile operators license can be obtained for those over 12 years of age who do not have a valid Ontario drivers license. Those people 16 years and older, will be asked to submit a form to verify no Drivers license has already been issued to them.

It will be held at the Kinburn Community Center, starting a 9 am, and running until 4 pm

The course is 6 hours in length, going over snowmobiling safety, followed by a test. Proof of age, for example, by birth certificate, baptismal certificate, passport is needed, along with a parents signature of consent for their child’s attendance.

Registration forms will be filled out on day of course. If a parent cannot sign consent on that day, please contact Driver Training  Instructor to arrange filling out registration beforehand.

There is a fee for the course that is set by the province, at $40.00, payable in cash or cheque made out to W.C.S.T.A.I 

Our club will provide pizza lunch for students attending.

Class size is limited to 25 students.

To aid us with the registration process, please complete the pre-registration form below. Once this information is received you will receive a confirmation email within a day or two to verify that your application has been received. Please note that proof of age and parent signature will still be required when you arrive at the driver training.

You may also contact Eric Mesdag at drivertraining@wcstai.com, or phone 613 314 3933 for more info.

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    Buy your permit on or before Nov. 1 and save!

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    Some trails opened to limited!

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    We are happy to announce that some WCSTAI trails have opened back up to ‘Limited’ status. There are still a few areas that we cannot open just yet, but please check the Interactive Trail Guide (ITG) regularly to see which ones we can ride on. It’s been a long wait, and we will hope for a season that runs late this year.

    As always, PLEASE RESPECT TRAIL OPEN/CLOSED status as posted on the ITG. It’s been a frustrating season for all of us, and the last thing we need is closed trails due to riders ignoring trail status.

    Happy and safe sledding everyone!

    Weather Warning – Trails Closed

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    Weather Warning!

    We are closing all the West Carleton trails for Thursday and Friday this week because of warm weather and rain. We want to protect the base and will re open as soon as possible.

    Thanks for your patience. We have a good base that will give us all a good season. Colder weather will follow on the weekend.

    Thank you,
    Scott Hamilton
    president
    WCSTAI

    Trail Patrol Course – Wed. Jan. 10th

    Trail Patrol Course - Wed. Jan. 10th

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    Trail Patrol Course – Wed. Jan. 10th

    We are going to be training new Trail Patrol (trail wardens) on Wednesday January 10th from 7 to 9pm at Kinburn Community Centre.

    Trail Patrol are on trail ambassadors for snowmobiling. We are there to promote a safe snowmobile experience for everyone, give valuable information to fellow sledders and promote our sport.

    I should add this is also to get an update on your current training. We are moving to a district wide Trail Patrol not just by club. Come out to here about he changed as well. all good stuff.

    Please email trailpatrol@wcstai.com to sign up or get more information.

    The course is under two hours.

    Thank you,
    Scott Hamilton
    President
    WCSTAI