a 2009 walk at Baille Ard Trail
The First Group Walk Event for 2010
Start Point: 380 Esplanade, Sydney - Cambridge Suites Hotel
Date: Sunday, 21 March
Time:
Registration begins at 1:30 PM
Walk Time: 2:00 PM (step off at 2pm sharp)
This is The Cape Breton Island Hoppers 5k and a 10k walk event using our Year Round trail in Sydney. The trail begins at Cambridge Suites continues through Wentworth Park, Baille Ard Trails, George Street to Victoria Park, the Big Fiddle and return along the boardwalk to Cambridge Suites.
The "big fiddle" at the Joan Harris Pavilion, cruise ship docking area, location of our first convention walk on 28 May, 2010. This is the Start Point for the new CVF National "Dock and Walk Program", where cruise ship passengers who are volkssporters can do a Year Round Walk Event starting from a cruise ship docking area.
Come out and learn the the entire route as this will be the first walk event we will be doing for the 2010 Convention on Friday, 28 May. We need as many members as possible to be familiar with all of the Convention walks to assist our visitors along the trails.
Other routes will be rehearsed/pre-walked as well and there will be a schedule published at the next Committee Meetings for the 2010 Convention.
GENERAL MEETING/ALL COMMITTEES FOR THE 2010 CONVENTION
This is a National Convention where we will be hosting members/walkers from all parts of Canada and the USA and participants from Europe and possibly other nations.
All are welcome to attend
Let's show our Cape Breton hospitality.
GENERAL CONVENTION MEETING:
THURSDAY 25 March, 6:30
Subject: Convention 2010
Cape Breton Regional Library Headquarters
McConnell Memorial Library
Meeting Room
50 Falmouth Street, Sydney, NS
For further details please contact:
President CBIH Joe MacKinnon, 562-3117
Elsie Buck, VP, Chairperson 2010 Convention
E-mail joeandelsie@ns.sympatico.ca or bretonhoppers@hotmail.com
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE MEETING:
For those members on the WAYS and MEANS FUNDING COMMITTEE , your next meeting is:
Monday, 22 March 7PM
Contact Terry Crawley for further details tgcrawley@bellaliant.net
or Judy Lorway judylorway@hotmail.com
Entrance to Victoria Park, Ortona Drive
Victoria Park will be the 2010 Convention Centre for further details go to www.walkcapebreton.com
