West Coast Impact Athletic League Impact Eco Challenge Information Meeting Feb. 9 th 2015.

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Information Meeting Feb. 9Information Meeting Feb. 9thth 2015 2015


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• What is WCIAL?

• Who are the leaders / coaches?

• Volunteers!! Please be thinking about how you can volunteer as we discuss the Impact Eco Challenge


• What is the Impact Eco Challenge?– An overnight TEAM endurance race– Teams of 6-8 compete in multiple challenges

while hiking a 20ish mile course – Teams will be scored on challenges and

overall time on the course– Challenge stations include rappelling,

orienteering, stealth recon, air-soft, brain challenge, team challenges and more


• How did the Impact Eco Challenge come to be?


• What’s the point?– The point of the Impact Eco Challenge is:– To build personal confidence– To experience and build teamwork – To gain experiences that will last a lifetime– To compete in a friendly environment– To have fun!


• Important Dates:– 2 training dates (participants must attend at

least 1) March 9th and April 20th

– Team registration deadline April 1st– Impact Eco Challenge Friday and Saturday

May 1st and 2nd

– Sly Park / Jenkinson Lake


• Walk through of race day Friday– Team must check in at the campground

Friday morning– Teams will be positioned for a “shotgun” start

at various places on the course– Event begins for all teams at the same time– Teams bed-down at a checkpoint for the night


• Walk through of race day Saturday– Teams will pack-up camp at the same time– Teams will continue on the course and finish

at the same checkpoint that they started at– Awards ceremony and dinner to follow


• Teams must be fully self sufficient and carry everything needed for 2 day event on your back

• Teams must be 6-8 members with a minimum of 2 girls

• Teams must provide a chaperone and at least 1 other volunteer


• Cost is $30 per racer and includes camp fees, after race dinner, awards and equipment used at checkpoints

• If you have multiple kids racing each additional racer is $25

• Parent participation IS required


• Checkpoint operation– Teams will check in at the checkpoint and

must be at the checkpoint for 1 hour– All items needed to complete the activity will

be at the checkpoint– Teams will be scored in various categories

including completion of task, teamwork, attitude, creativity and overall execution

– Teams will also be scored on overall time


• There are both personal and team equipment requirements

• Please pick up an equipment list before you leave


• Safety– There will be 4 (2 teams of 2) safety

personnel on the course– Everyone is a safety expert! If you see

something that you think is unsafe please bring it to the attention of an adult


• Hydration– Drink plenty of fluids in the days leading up to event– For proper hydration you have to monitor what’s going in

and what’s coming out. So, let’s talk about PEE!


• Contact info:– Bill or Jodie Joslin 916-402-5639– www.westcoastimpact.com

• Questions??

West Coast Impact Athletic League Impact Eco Challenge Information Meeting Feb. 9 th 2015.

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