Let's talk about Season 10! Get a preview of what's going on with the upcoming NC NICA season.

• Conferences
• Elementary pilot program
• Core competencies Team expansion

Important Dates

Registration: 2 Sep (Coach and Team) 1 Oct (SA)

Preseason (15 Oct)

League Summit 18-19 Oct

GRiT (26 Oct)

Event 1 (1 Nov) - TBD

Regionals (8-9 Nov)

Event 2 (22 Nov) - Old Fort

*Note - you will hear me talk about the "628" problem - it is actually the 693 puzzle - If every league was the size of Utah, there would be 693,000 NICA student-athletes. In other words, how to we solve the 693 puzzle? This is a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) that was a prominent part of what John Burke, Trek CEO, talked about in his discussions with us at the NICA Leadership Conference in Waterloo, WI in June.

This month we're handing the mic to the student-athletes at the NC GRiT podcast! Check out their latest episode:

Episode 2 of the GRiT Podcast reveals the dates for the upcoming NCICL season with league director Brian Russell. Along with this we shared a recap of the past events that happened over the last few weeks. All in all the highlight of this episode is special guests Siana Rehman and Salma Elwafi who each got to talk about their Senior Ambassador projects which are outreach and the mentor program. Listen in to hear more details!!

You can subscribe to the NC GRiT Podcast wherever you get your podcasts or check them out at https://ncgritpodcast.buzzsprout.com

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Title: Shall We Play A Game?

Introduction (Shawn)

Quick numbers update: 235 coaches, 321 riders just one month in (171 HS, 150 MS)

Topic: GRiT Preseason Event Reflections (Brian)

Topic: Team Preseason Activities and Early season practices (Shawn)

• Appropriate progressions and taking care of new/inexperienced riders

Topic: Preseason Update (Shawn and Brian)

• NICA Regionals (9-11 Nov).
  • Race registration closed
  • Ride and general admission registration open until 8 Nov
  • Town Hall Wed 6 Nov at 8pmEST via Zoom
  • NC bringing a TTC activation: Lonnie Preslar and Claudia Baum being recognized as top hour earners for 9th grade in the entire region!

• 16 Nov (Adventure focus): new location - Wilkesboro Cub Creek

-Adventure sponsor shout out: Fidlock (Brian), Adventure passports

• 7 Dec (TTC focus) - NCCAR location

• Coach retreat still working dates/locations
• Rescheduled Coach clinic in January

Topic: Season Update (Brian)

• Hope to publish by 1 December
• We have dates and locations now, trying to get a western venue in

Topic: Hurricane Helene Relief campaign

Closing (All)

Dad joke