race team Telemark

This past weekend, Telemark did well at the 2023 Track attack Championships at Larch Hills, tying for first place with Hollyburn Cross Country Ski club (Vancouver). Great work everyone! Let’s see if we can keep the ball rolling at the 2023 BC Championships at Telemark in March!

Check out photos from our team in action (Thanks Chad!): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jQINVH3pITFeKhgs7rEF0VrSTTw1iUnH

2023 Teck Track Attack Championship Team Aggregate Points

Team	Total Points	Placing
Hollyburn Cross Country Ski Club	191	1
Telemark Nordic Club	191	1
Larch Hills Nordic Society	97	3
Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club	96	4
Strathcona Nordic Ski Club	88	5
Caledonia Nordic Ski Club	82	6
Sovereign Lake Nordic Club	70	7
Nechako Nordic Ski Club	51	8
Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club	46	9
Kimberley Nordic Club	35	10
Nelson Nordic Ski Club	32	11
Spud Valley Nordic Ski Club	26	12
Overlander Ski Club	23	13
Whistler Nordic Ski Club	9	14
Fernie Nordic Ski Club	6	15
Valhalla Hills Nordic Ski Club	3	16
Sea to Sky Nordic Ski Club	2	17
Methow Valley Nordic Ski Club/USA	73
Plain Valley Nordic Club/USA	16

Team Aggregate History:
To view the history of the Team Aggregate Trophy click on: https://www.crosscountrybc.ca/bc-track-attack-championships-team-trophy.

Great work everyone! The trials were super fast on our TT! We got some good work on our downhill race technique! Here are the results from today! The final course was:

• Start at the Squirrel/Race 1 junction
• Ski up Race two, continue up Fern to Easy street
• Easy street to roller coaster
• At the bottom of rollercoaster, climb up squirrel for lap 2
• Lap 2 was the same, minus Race Two

	Jan 28 TT
Start #			Start	Lap 1 time	Lap 2 time	Final Time
3	Miles	Hayden	00:30.0	09:17.0	07:03.0	16:20.0
1	Rowan	Bird	00:00.0	09:45.0	07:34.0	17:19.0
4	Ayla	Musselman Bell	00:45.0	10:00.0	07:30.0	17:30.0
2	Tayte	Proulx-Royds	00:15.0	10:10.0	07:45.0	17:55.0
9	William	Bertrand	02:00.0	10:18.0	08:04.0	18:22.0
7	Bronwyn	Sprules	01:30.0	10:23.0	08:02.0	18:25.0
8	Allie	Bridge	01:45.0	10:55.0	08:20.0	19:15.0
5	Maverick	Ahola	01:00.0	11:15.0	08:42.0	19:57.0
6	Eloise	Akins	01:15.0	13:32.0	14:00.0	27:32.0

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 – https://zone4.ca/register/VOD5B4/

Parents We need help organizing the race!

Please sign up for race volunteer roles here: volunteersignup.org/WHX8L

The objective of the Track Attack Championships is to bring young skiers together for a memorable and enjoyable weekend of competition and fun. This event follows a tournament format, where one school or club team ends up the overall winner. Points towards the club aggregate trophy recognize the efforts of as many participants as possible, including the achievements of both individuals and teams.
This event is suitable for beginners through to experienced skiers.

Highlights:* one year age categories for 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
* age appropriate courses
* emphasis on participation
* banquet* tons of Fun!!!
Host Club: Larch Hills Nordic Society

Location: Larch Hills Ski Area, Salmon Arm, BC
Date: January 28-29, 2023
Race Notice: Click Here

Race Day Plan; Coles Notes; Athletes and their skis (classic and skate) need to be at the race site by 8:30 am on Saturday. Pre-skiing of the race courses will take place at 9 AM Saturday with the coaches. 8 AM Sunday morning for the Sprint Courses. Skis need to be completely clean of all grip and glide wax before they come to the wax technicians at the event.

Relay Teams Relay teams are chosen by the head coaches. They are selected by the current season’s performances. The fastest skiers earn their spots on the fastest teams. We will require a lot of relay team names by Thursday this week.

7 PM Zoom Meetings will take place Friday and Saturday. It will be the same link for both meetings.

Track Attack Championships Team Meeting 7:00 PM

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6517419242

Meeting ID: 651 741 9242

Nordiq Canada Selection Trials Videos we had good representation from Team Telemark in these videos. Click the links below

• Classic Sprint Race
• 20 km Classic Mass Start Race
• 20 km Classic Women’s Mass Start
• 10 km Interval Start Race

Values: Adventure, Camaraderie, Integrity and Excellence

Congratulations to all of the skiers who competed last week in the World Junior Championships Trials! All of our Telemark Nordic skiers had great performances during the week of racing in Prince George. Our young team shows a lot of promise for the future. Garrett was able to easily take the top U20 spot in the 20 km Classic Mass Start race which automatically qualified him for the World Junior Championships in Whistler next week. Complete Nordiq Canada Team is available Here!

Feel free to contact me by email with questions or concerns. Thank You, 
Adam Elliot

Congratulations goes out to Breagh Bridge, Garrett Siever and Ian Mayer for qualifying for this upcoming Canada Winter Games! The Canada Winter Games is a huge multiport event held every 4 years and our team members were able to qualify last weekend at BC Cup #1. Our skiers will represent Team BC in Prince Edward Island and will get to race at the newly renovated Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park.

Joining our athletes will be Coach Adam, who will be supporting Team BC at the nordic events, and Coach Chris, who will be supporting Team BC at the Biathlon events.

You can read more about the qualifying races on Kelownanow.

Hello racers!

Here are the race details for the upcoming weekend of racing in Whistler!

Race Notice: https://www.hollyburnxc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Event-Notice-2023-Teck-BC-Cup-1-20221230.pdf

Volunteer sign up: volunteersignup.org/KMB7X

Clothing

Make sure to bring lots of dry clothes, and extra gloves/tops. There is a good possibility for rain, so be prepared for the weather!

Skis

• Skis clearly marked with name
• Totally cleaned and marked grip zones
• All skis must be glide waxed, scraped, and brushed.

Glide Wax recommendation: Toko Yellow or Swix Red

Friday Jan 6th

• Chris will be driving the team van to whistler
  • Pick up for Kelowna athletes will be at 7am at Coach Chris’ house
  • Pick up for West K athletes will be at 7:30 at the West Kelowna Library
• We should arrive ~ 2pm and will have until 4:30 to pre-ski the courses.
• Those who plan on arriving on Saturday morning or later Friday evening, should arrive with enough time to ski your course on race day. Reminder: no skiing on course once the races have started.
  • Race courses can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13EKhoVnirrsdpSwHxLhzqOGLbhEVK6TR?usp=share_link
• We will have a pre race team meeting on Zoom at 7:30pm on Friday.

Chris Halldorson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: BC Cup 1 Zoom meeting

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3335046302?pwd=L2hSSUd2aFNxQnpCWEJUODZwd2tkdz09

Meeting ID: 333 504 6302
Passcode: 2hbN2X

Saturday Jan 7^th Classic Sprint

• Please check Zone4 to see your start time
• Please have your skis to the wax tent MINIMUM 1.5HRS before your start time.
• Young skiers will be led by a coach for their warm up, look for our wax cabin and tent for your warm up time.
• You should be at or heading to the start pen 10minutes before your start (we will have coaches to help with that)
• A designated parent or coach will pick up all the race bibs for the team and have them by the wax tent. 
• Make sure you verify your results to see the heats

Sunday Jan 8^th Skate race

• Please check Zone4 to see your start time
• Please have your skis to the wax tent MINIMUM 1.5HRS before your start time.

Hello Biathlon Families! It’s time to register for the Okanagan Regional Biathlon Race and 2023 BC Winter Games Zone 2 Trials. They are being held at Telemark on January 15th.

Check out the Event Webpage here: https://race.teamtelemark.ca/okanagan-regional-biathlon-race/

Registration is done here: HTTPS://ZONE4.CA/REGISTER.ASP?ID=30665

We need volunteers! Parents please sign up here: volunteersignup.org/99RT9