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ANNOUNCEMENT
2024/2025 Club Modernization Pilot Program Updates to the Silver & Gold Programs

 

The Lindsay Skating Club is pleased to announce that out of more than forty applicants we have been selected by Skate Ontario as 1 of 5 skating clubs to participate in the Skate Ontario Club Modernization Pilot Program!
The Pilot Program will establish and implement a modern team coaching model that will promote group lesson instruction and supervised sessions. This coaching model will benefit all athletes, regardless of age, skill level, or financial situation. Lessons will be delivered to all athletes from all members of the coaching team. Lesson time will be billed directly through the club/skating school as part of the club membership/club program registration fees, eliminating the additional cost of private lessons from parents.
In addition, there will be an off-ice component which will be built into the programming at no additional cost. This includes an off-ice warm up session before the Monday and Wednesday classes for Silver and Gold levels. As well 2 physical literacy components will be offered to all Silver and Gold skaters, 1 on Sundays at Fortitude Fitness in Lindsay and a second TBD.
These changes will obviously result in increased coaching costs for the club. The Lindsay Skating Club is fortunate enough to have a reserve fund that we want to invest back into the club and our skaters. As a result, the Lindsay Skating Club board of directors has opted to only increase fees to our Silver and Gold program by a very minimal amount, last season a 2-day session for Silver and Gold was $850, it has increased to $900. In addition, we were able to gain an additional day of ice time for our Silver and Gold programs and we are offering a discounted rate for 3 days at $1,250.00. The board felt it was important to see how these changes work and impact the budget after the first year before increasing fees too much. We are also hopeful that we can phase in the increases over the pilot program or off-set the additional costs by increased fundraiser and/or sponsorships.
The Lindsay Skating Club and Skate Ontario will be holding 2 member information sessions for parents and skaters on Wednesday, September 18th, 2024 at 6pm and 7pm. We encourage all of our members to attend in order to understand the goals of our program. There will be an opportunity for members to ask questions. We hope to see as many of you there as possible!