Chris Halldorson

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.