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A cool and successful Teck BC Cup 2

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2013-01-12 13.27.26It was a little colder than usual this weekend at Telemark Nordic Club in West Kelowna, but that did not stop close to 400 athletes from taking part in the second of the Teck BC Cup race series. The cool temperatures after a week of heavy snowfall meant the courses were in great shape for both days.

Saturday featured two different classic sprint courses running side by side simultaneously. There were a few spills on the hills and around the tighter corners.  The fast-paced event was exciting for both the racers and the spectators. The multiple distance courses were short and not too hilly but still a good challenge for all age categories.  Local highlights saw Telemark’s Jonah Hawes and Justin Siever finish second and third in the Atom Boys A Final. Other results included: Grayson McKinnon 3rd Bantam Boy, Ian Williams 4th Midget Boy, David Walker 5th Juvenile Boy, Alexandra Myshak-Davis 3rd Junior Girl.

Evening News – Nordic skiing
About 400 competitors took part in the B.C. Teck Cup this weekend. Robert Buffam reports

Read it on Global News: Nordic skiing – Evening News – Videos | CHBC News

Sunday was an interval start skate event. The racers started 15secs apart and raced  “against the clock”. Course distances ranged from 1km for the Atom categories, to 10km for the Open and Masters Categories. The courses were challenging but fun. The majority of climbing was in the first half of the 5 km loop and the downhills provided swooping corners and rollers. Local highlights again saw Jonah Hawes and Justin Siever finish second and third in the Atom Boys. Other results included: Jasmine Filatow 5th Atom Girl, Ian Mayer 5th Pee Wee Boy, Michelle Kraetzer 5th Bantam Girl, Ian Williams 5th Midget Boy, Gareth Williams 2nd Juvenile Boy, David Walker 4th Juvenile Boy, Alexandra Myshak-Davis 2nd Junior Girl.

Saturday’s Results:

Qualification times: http://zone4.ca/results.asp?ID=5268&cat=all
Sprint heats: http://zone4.ca/results.asp?ID=5279&cat=all
Sunday’s Results:
http://zone4.ca/results.asp?ID=5276&cat=alll

 

Photos from the event can be downloaded here from DropBox:

Drop Box Photos Teck BC Cup 2

 

Cross Country BC, the provincial governing body for cross-country skiing in British Columbia, is a non-for-profit, club-based organization of more than 16,000 members. Cross Country BC offers programs and services to support the continuous development of cross-country skiing for all ages and abilities, from introductory experiences to international excellence. Teck Resources Ltd. is the title sponsor of Cross Country BC’s Skier Development Program, thereby supporting excellence in sport and providing youth with experiences that will help them prepare for the future.

Thank You Jill Stamp

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Hoping to not diminish the contribution of all our volunteers this weekend, I am going to single out Jill Stamp and I want to be the first to say a HUGE than you to her for all the time she put in over the past 4 weeks to choreograph this BC cup.  In the volunteer role I was honored to be awarded this weekend, I got to see the underbelly of a major race and I for one had no prior concept of the amount of pre-planning and real-time decision making that happens and Jill Stamp is at the center of  it all.

Further, there is an entire “black ops” team of people, spending as much time as any athlete or race parent, who pull everything together for race day.  For example, think about how it came to be that the entire course is already groomed to perfection and marked out when you arrive at 7:00 AM!   Please take the time to go back and re-read the “competition committee” list in the race notice and give each of them a special thanks next time you see them.

Thank you to the athletes and parents who stood in the cold selling raffle tickets today.  The results were better than I expected, your time was worth it!

Barry

BC Cup #2 January 13, 2013 West Kelowna