Congratulations on your performance which has earned you a spot on the 2019 BC Team to compete at the National Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.
This email is a recap of the meeting held upon the completion of Team Training this weekend, and contains the following:
- Instructors – new athlete contact list
- Arrival/Departure and day-to-day information
- Hotel information
- Payment information
- Final BC Team roster
Instructors – new athlete contact list:
Instructors – please forward this email to all your BC Team athletes/parents as this is a new contact list and anyone who did not receive this original email should let me know so I can include them in all future communication.
Arrival/Departure and day-to-day information:
- BC Team athletes must arrive in Edmonton near noon of Wednesday May 1st. There will be a mandatory training in early afternoon so we want to ensure all athletes are settled and meet in the lobby prior to departing to training venue.
- All flights are the responsibility of the athlete and are booked yourselves.
- Coaches flights will be published in the coming week, if you want your athletes to fly with a coach you can book a matching flight.
- Any 12/13 yr old athletes must travel and stay with a parent at the host hotel.
- We will be using public rail (at a reduced cost of $10/athlete) to travel to/from the hotel/venues.
- General guide to this years Nationals includes:
- Wednesday May 1st
- Arrival near 12:00pm
- Team Training early afternoon
- Thursday May 2nd
- Weigh-in ~9am
- Team Training
- Team Dinner
- Friday May 3rd
- Competition
- Saturday May 4th
- Competition
- Sunday May 5th
- Competition
- Awards banquet (all athletes in attendance)
- Monday May 6th
- Travel home
- *Please keep updated with Karate Canada bulletins for more information*
- Wednesday May 1st
Hotel Information:
- Chateau Lacombe Hotel 10111 Bellamy Hill, Edmonton, AB Canada T5J 1N7
Tel 780.428.6611 Fax 780. 420.8379 Toll Free 1.800.661.8801
www.chateaulacombe.com - All rooms will be booked through the BC Team (including 12/13 athletes).
- Any parents not staying with their athletes need to book their own rooms.
- The rate is: $135/night + hotel fees/taxes
- The athletes individual share will be divided amongst all staying in the room.
Payment Information:
- There will be two payments to come for the BC Team going to Nationals.
- Payment #1 – Tracksuit
- Tracksuits are mandatory, if you have one from last year you do not need to purchase an additional one.
- BC Team athletic shirt is optional
- Payment #2 – Nationals Fees
- This fee will include athletes share of hotel room, division cost ($125/division), team dinner & transit pass.
- You will be sent a trackie link to pay for each of these fees in due time.
Final BC Team Roster:
- See the final Team Roster with all divisions HERE.
- Please check for clarification as this is the team we will be registering, and the divisions we will be registering you for.
Thank you everyone, looking forward to taking BC’s largest team ever to the Karate Canada National Championships!
-Rodney Hobson
BC Team Director
bcteam@karatebc.org
