Events – Page 5

CONCERT ON THE LAKE!!!

July 16, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Niki Boyd

Live music from the ski dock! The SLSBC will be hosting Poppa Greg & The Chillin’ Dylans on Sat 24th from 6:30-8:30 pm. We want everyone to come and enjoy the live show! Listen from your property or boat. This is going to be a really fun event so spread the word around the lake!

Ski Clinics and Course: We hope everyone is enjoying the ski course this summer. Tessa Campbell hosted a fabulous ski clinic this past weekend and helped a lot of kids and adults improve their skiing. If you missed it, there will be a second clinic Aug14th-15th. Course maintenance is a lot of work and is done by a just a handful of people for the enjoyment of the entire Sakinaw Lake community. Please take care around the course, as the balls can be dislodged quite easily and this can be dangerous for waterskiers and boaters. Tubing and wakesurfing in the course is discouraged for this reason. If you notice a loose ball or problems with the course, please email info@slsbc. ca to let us know. Loose balls can also be placed on the waterski dock. For a refresher on safe boating, check out last year’s post here.

Photo Contests: The photo contests haven’t stirred up much interest this year, so we are going to cancel the last two weeks of contests. Hopefully people are moving away from virtual connections and back to face-to-face interactions!

Contests

Photo Contest Week #3

July 9, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Niki Boyd

Last year’s week #3 winner from Bev McGurk

We’re up to Photo Contest #3! Summer is in full swing and hopefully we’ve all been lucky enough to enjoy the lake. The contest will run for six consecutive days, starting Friday morning (today) and ending Wednesday, Jul 14th at 7 pm. During that time, post your best watersport pictures with a caption under the Facebook post announcing the weekly contest. If you don’t have a facebook account, you can email your picture with a caption to info@slsbc.ca and we will post on your behalf. People can ‘like’ any pictures and the photo with the most likes by end of day Thursday, Jul 15th wins! If you can’t get a photo posted this week, please remember, there will be a new contest starting Friday, July 16th, 2021. Take a look at last year’s week #3 winner above from Bev McGurk for some inspiration.

Contests

Photo Contest Week #2

July 2, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Niki Boyd

No photo description available. — Last year’s week #2 winner: Jake Hassan

It’s Friday, July 2nd, and Photo Contest #2 has started! And we are one week away from Tessa Campbell’s first weekend clinic. British Columbia has officially emerged from its 67 week state of emergency and I think we can all look forward to a fantastic summer. Last week’s heat wave may have been to blame for the lack of photo entries, but here’s hoping that this week, people will be ready to share some pics! As always, the contest will run for six consecutive days, starting Friday morning (today) and ending Wednesday, Jul 7th at 7 pm. During that time, post your best watersport pictures with a caption under the Facebook post announcing the weekly contest. If you don’t have a facebook account, you can email your picture with a caption to info@slsbc.ca and we will post on your behalf. People can ‘like’ any pictures that they think are deserving. The photo with the most likes by end of day Thursday, Jul 8th wins! If you can’t get a photo posted this week, please remember, there will be a new contest starting Friday, July 9th, 2021. Take a look at last year’s week #2 winner above from Jake Hassan for some inspiration.

We’re looking forward to seeing the next round of photos!

Clinics

Tessa Campbell’sJuly 10-11 Clinic

June 28, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Niki Boyd

In less than two weeks, Tessa Campbell will be running her first of two summer 2021 weekend clinics. This clinic is not just for slalom waterskiing. Tessa can also teach wakeboarding and beginner surfing. If you have already signed up, don’t forget to complete the online waiver. Email completed waivers to info@slsbc.ca. There is still some space left and you can sign up here. The cost is just $50 for two 30 minute sessions, or $30 for one 30 minute session. This clinic has space to run eight 30 minute sessions on each of Sat and Sun mornings (7:00am-11:00 am) and six 30 minute sessions on Sat evening (6:00pm-9:00pm). We will try our best to accommodate people’s preferences for session times, but may have to condense the sessions depending on how many people sign up. This is a great price and a super chance to learn surfing or to improve or learn skiing or wakeboarding. If you have been trying to get your kids out on the water, sign up for this clinic and let Tessa get them started! Participants are asked to provide their own boat and driver. If you are interested in participating and need help with getting either a boat or driver, email info@slsbc.ca and we can try and help.

Contests

Photo Contest Week #1

June 25, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Niki Boyd

The first photo contest of the summer has begun! Between 7 am Fri, June 25th and 7 pm Wed, June 30th, post a watersport photo with a caption by ‘commenting’ on this post. Pictures of tubing, waterskiing, surfing, wakeboarding, diving, swimming, or whatever you can think of are welcome. If you don’t have a facebook account, email us at info@slsbc.ca with your photo and caption and we will post for you. The photo with the most ‘likes’ by 7 am, Fri July 2nd wins! Check out last year’s week #1 winner from Petra Helfer for some inspiration. Good luck!

Contests

Get Ready for Photo Contests!

June 21, 2021April 13, 2022 - by Niki Boyd

We are continuing our weekly photo contests from last year. These will run for five weeks from June 25th until July 21st. Each week’s contest will run for six consecutive days, starting each Friday morning and ending each Wednesday night. There will be a new contest every week! During that time, post your best watersport pictures with a caption under the SLSBC Facebook post announcing the weekly contest. If you don’t have a facebook account, you can email your picture with a caption to info@slsbc.ca and we will post on your behalf. People can ‘like’ any pictures that they think are deserving. The photo with the most likes by end of day Thursday wins! This year’s prizes may just be bragging rights unless we have some extra water bottles to give away.

The first contest will start this Friday, June 25th at 7 am! No posting before then! Post your pictures between then up until Wed, June 30th. Vote for your favourite pictures on Facebook until Thurs, July 1. We will announce the winner when the week two contest begins.

Contests

Guess Where? Contest – The Results!

September 6, 2020May 19, 2021 - by Niki Boyd

Thanks to Barry Krangle for organizing last week’s Guess Where? contest. And thanks to everyone who submitted answers. Here are the winners and the answers:

Congratulations to the Guess Where? contestants. in keeping with our club’s emphasis on social and emotional wellness, everyone wins a ribbon.

Harvard Scholars: The Halloways and and Tana Bullock’s family

Honour Roll: The Flintoffs

Gifted Class: The Edgelows and Cindy Dekker

Prizes will be delivered this weekend. Here are the correct answers:

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is FullSizeRender-1024x534.jpeg — 1. Trevor Newton’s deck

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is IMG_4482-smaller-768x1024.jpg — 2. Belich’s dock house

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is FullSizeRender-1-1-1024x698.jpeg — 3. Langstaff’s deck

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is FullSizeRender-2-1024x768.jpeg — 4. Wayne’s old lifeboat in the northwest corner of Ruggles Bay

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is IMG_4490-smaller-1024x768.jpg — 5. Snake Island in Sakinaw Woods

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is IMG_4534-smaller-768x1024.png — 6. Towards Bear Bay by Herbert’s, Campbell’s red chairs

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is FullSizeRender-3-981x1024.jpeg — 7. The cabin immediately west, Sakinaw Parking Coop lot

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is FullSizeRender-4-1024x662.jpeg — 8. The channel between Watson Island

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is IMG_4525-1-768x1024.jpeg — 9. The petroglyphs and diving platform at the end of the lake where it meets the ocean

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is FullSizeRender-5-1-672x1024.jpeg — 10. Otis’s new home, south end of the lake

We hope that everyone enjoyed the contests and photo sharing this summer. Fingers crossed that things are safe enough next summer to allow us to resume the more traditional ski club activities!

Contests

Guess Where? Contest

August 28, 2020May 19, 2021 - by Niki Boyd

The summer is almost over. Despite not being able to run clinics or the tournament, it has been great to see so many people out enjoying the lake: swimming, skiing, surfing, tubing and wakeboarding.

This is our sixth summer on the lake, so we are relative newcomers. One of my first impressions of Sakinaw was of the amazing community and friendships. The people around the lake are so incredibly generous with their time and knowledge and that, along with the crystal clear and warm water, is part of what makes Sakinaw so great.

Sakinaw Lake is such a special place for all of us. To pay tribute to this, Barry Krangle has collected a series of ten photos from around the lake. How well do you know the lake? Test yourself and see if you can identify these special locations.

To enter, email your answers, numbered 1 to 10 to info@slsbc.ca by next Friday, Sept 4th. Winners will receive prizes – also collected by Barry! – that we will try and distribute over the Labour Day weekend. Good luck and happy guessing!

Contests

SLSBC PHOTO CONTEST – LAST WEEK

August 21, 2020May 19, 2021 - by Beverly McGurk

Where has the summer gone? This is your last week to share pics of the summer of 2020. It has been great to see so many great photos over the past few weeks. Let’s see what the last week brings. Post your photo with a caption by commenting here anytime between 7 am, Fri, Aug 21st and 7 pm, Wed, Aug 26th. Photo with the most like by Fri, Aug 28th wins! If you don’t have a Facebook account, email us your pic and caption at info@slsbc.ca. Good luck!

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SLSBC PHOTO CONTEST #7

August 14, 2020May 19, 2021 - by Beverly McGurk

It’s the second last contest of the summer! Post a pic with a caption by commenting on this post between 7 am Fri, Aug 14th and 7 pm Wed, Aug 19th. Be creative! If you don’t have a facebook account, email us at info@slsbc.ca with your photo and caption and we will post for you. The photo with the most ‘likes’ by 7 am, Fri Aug 21st wins! Winner will receive an insulated SLSBC waterbottle. Good luck!