MARCH 2010 FIRST GROUP WALK EVENT AND CVF 2010 CONVENTION MEETINGS

  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