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Local ski clubs have their planning to keep them cool
By Times Staff Writer
Published August 7, 2005
Thousandsof Tampa Bay area residents know the way to temporarily beat the heat: Think snow. The area's ski clubs are already holding their organizational meetings for the coming season. Here is a look at what the clubs plan, membership dues, if any, and upcoming activities:
- The Clearwater/St. Petersburg Ski & Sports Club will hold its organizational meeting and discuss membership and this season's trips at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bascom's Chop House, 3665 Ulmerton Road, between Feather Sound and 49th Street N, Largo. The club, whose members call themselves the Snow Sharks, will take trips to Colorado resorts and to Quebec City.
The club also plans to camp at Fort De Soto Oct. 21-23. There will be a picnic, bicycling and inline skating.
Annual membership is $25 for one adult, $35 for a household, free for children younger than 18. The Snow Sharks meet on the second Tuesday of each month, from August through May. For more information, contact Mason Curran by e-mail at MasonCurran@Yahoo.com or Jennifer England at jenengland@netscape the Web site is www.snowshark.org
- The Tampa Bay Snow Skiers, in its 35th year, has a kickoff party Sept. 9 at the Quroum Hotel, 700 West Shore Blvd., north of WestShore Plaza, Tampa. This month the group plans a tubing party on the Ichetucknee River and a scuba diving trip out of Dunedin Marina. On Sept. 10, the club will hold a golf tournament at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Tampa to raise money for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.
The club plans 28 ski trips this season, to destinations in Colorado, New Mexico, British Columbia and to both the Italian and French Alps. There are no membership dues.
For more information, contact club president Toufic Moumneat 813 854-1088 or by e-mail President@tampabaysnowskiers.com or vice president Pattie Housewright, 813 792-1240 or at VicePresident@tampabaysnowskiers.com The Web site is www.tampabaysnowskiers.com/toc1.htm
- The Onyx Ski & Sports Club of Tampa Bay plans five trips this season that include destinations in Colorado, Alberta and Italy. The club typically has afternoon meetings the second Sunday of each month, from September through June; locations vary.
Dues are $70 for a family, $45 for singles. For more information, contact Deloris Hammond at 813 215-1719 or e-mail her at http://onyxski.50megs.com;e-mail
- Veteran travel agent Nancy Reyelt, who has skied on several continents, is offering trips through her Rendezvous Ski Club in Naples. Final arrangements now involve a January trip to Cortina, Italy. Two or three more trips are likely.
Reyelt is also booking individual travelers' trips to the Italian Alps that include tickets to Turin for the Feb. 10 opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics.
Rendezvous does not charge a membership fee. Reyelt can be contacted by calling toll-free 1-800-639-3162.
- The 9-year-old Florida Ski Adventures has one trip arranged, to Jackson Hole, Wyo., beginning Jan. 28. The pretrip meeting will be held about two weeks before the trip, at Peter Glenn Ski and Sport, 10330 N Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa. The group has no membership fees.
For more information, contact C.K. Mills by calling 813 920-4010 or e-mailing kirvenski@aol.com
[Last modified August 5, 2005, 10:28:03]
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