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Initially, we had some challenges getting skiers to take part in this event but in the end it was a whole lot of Fun and everyone will be back in force next Year!

Telemark took part in West Kelowna’s Community Celebration event – Westside Daze –  last weekend. The highlight of  Westside Daze is always the parade.  The Telemark parade entry was a live band being towed on a flatbed trailer behind our Team Telemark van with 17 roller skiers from the Team Telemark racing program showing off their skills with mini races, slalom courses and handing out SunRype Funbites to all the kids along the parade route. Our entry was a big success as we were awarded first prize in the Music category and second prize in the Novelty category.

Big thanks goes out to…

• The band – ‘CRISPRR’.  (Darcy Allen -Vocals, Mac Mackay-Keyboard, Curtis Kieres – Guitar, Joel Malin – Drums and Club members Deepa Filatow- Vocals  and Barry Allen – Bass guitar). This band was formed by Telemark board member Barry Allen specifically for this purpose.  Thanks to all the great musicians for their time and work to bring this band together in such a short time.
• Team Telemark race program kids for roller skiing and handing out treats.
• Telemark board members and coaches who came out to support everyone.
• Okanagan Nation Alliance for donating the Flatbed Trailer.
• SunRype for donating the ‘Funbites’.

We also had a booth at the Westside Daze night market in Memorial Park. Our biathlon laser rifle system was a big hit with everyone. The system simulates shooting a biathlon rifle and gave everyone – old and young alike – a sense of what biathlon is all about. Thanks to Biathlon BC for the loan of the system.

Thanks to the Westside Celebration Society for putting on a great event. We had a fantastic time and are already looking forward to next year’s Westside Daze.

THANK YOU Telemark team for supporting once again our annual Kelowna Apple Triathlon. 

This year’s event was a success and we sure could not have done it without the dedication and endless energy of those of you who were able to help out. 

To the young athletes who showed up…thank you for leading by example. You are the future leaders of our club and you know what it takes to be part of a team!

Valentina

Our hard working Val Miller is needing your assistance to help out at this years Kelowna Apple Triathlon. Consider this volunteer effort as first, a way to give back to sport, support our youth as many of us were once supported in the past. The added benefit is your participation also earns some money for Team Telemark. The Kelowna Apple Triathlon Society will give a $2500 honorarium in exchange for volunteering hours during the weekend of July 4-7, 2019.

Val has created a google sheet, see link below, for athletes and families to use for sign up. Val picked the shifts I thought would work best. The older athletes can help out with set up and tear down like last year and the younger ones can tend the aid station with some parent supervision. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J7_K0H5ueIyAcnpE7wjnNyDuqkAbcfrYE7RlDP11fpw/edit?usp=sharing

There are plenty of other shifts that can be filled over the weekend if the ones on the sheet don’t work. Athletes can sign up directly on this link https://signup.com/go/KCzHssg and chose the shift they prefer or they can email Val at appletrivolunteer@gmail.com with their preference.

This is a quick shout out to recognize our athletes that continue to excel off the snow. This past weekend, Breagh Bridge was the second to best female for the bottom to top race at the Boucherie Grind! She finished in a time of 22 minutes and 57 seconds. This is was the 4th Annual running of the Boucherie Grind, which is a Fundraiser Event in support of C.R.I.S. Adaptive Adventures. Congratulations Breagh!

We’d also like to acknowledge: Evan Edwards for ripping it up on the mountain bike circuit this spring; The Shaw girls for scorching the tarmac and on their road bikes; and Jonah for battling to earn his Third Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. Please keep me posted of other athlete’s accomplishments so they too can get the kudos deserved.

This weekend some of our athletes are at it again in the Jack Brow Memorial Track and Field Meet here in Kelowna. Good luck to Jacob, Nathan, Breagh, and Nikhil!

The schedule at the Apple Bowl has changed this week and we will need to be off the track by 5 PM. So we will start at 4 PM instead. Remember that T2T are welcome to join us.

It turns out the Glenrosa BBQ is at Glenrosa Middle School. We are still looking for some Roller Ski Demo volunteers.

Details in the prior post. Thanks,

Adam Elliot

We are needing some Roller Skiers to take part in two events to showcase our club team.

The First Opportunity is on Sunday June 23rd 2019 at the Glenrosa Middle School. We would like to do a Roller Ski Demonstration at 1 PM for the Glenrosa Community BBQ.

The Second Opportunity is during the Westside Daze Parade on July 13th 2019 at 10 AM. You would be in the Parade with the team van and a float with a Rock Band!

If you are interested in taking part in these events please email me; adam_elliot556@hotmail.com.

Also, Next Thursday, June 20th at 6 PM, is another opportunity for the T2T’s to Run with the team at the Apple Bowl. This is on our Calendar as well.

Thank You,

Adam Elliot