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Archives for February 2018

Chalet Expansion Project

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Our club is growing. In an effort to manage our growth, your Board of Directors is exploring options to expand our chalet and remodel the buildings in the vicinity of the stadium. Telemark members are invited to participate in the project. We are looking for your ideas and suggestions on the following topics:

1) Chalet Expansion

• How can we expand our building to accommodate the needs of our growing membership (e.g. wax room, rentals, eating area)?

2) Site Plan (stadium area)

• We currently have several external buildings (e.g. washrooms, storage shed, Quonset hut) on site. Are they meeting the needs of the club? Are we missing anything?

3) Fundraising

• The size and scope of the project will be determined by available fundraising resources. Please share your ideas on how we can generate financial capital for the project.

Action: we encourage you to write your ideas on the Ideas Board that is posted in the chalet. The poster board will remain up until the end of the season. The Telemark Executive will collate your ideas in the off-season and present options to the membership at the Annual General Meeting in October.

Questions? Please contact Brent Hobbs brent_hobbs@telus.net

Biathlon BC Cup #4 – BC Championships

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On Saturday March 3rd and Sunday March 4th the Biathlon BC Cup will take place at Telemark. Biathlon races are exciting to watch as they are centralized around the range, so there is lots of action. There will be few trail closures during this event. If you have some time to volunteer for next weekend’s race please click here. No prior experience needed.

2018 Teck BC Championships – Job Well Done

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The Telemark Nordic Club would like to thank the volunteers, parents, spectators, staff, members, first aid team, race committee and 664 individual competitors who made the last 3 days of racing a big success. One of the largest X-C  races ever held in BC and it was done safely, with no injuries. It was great to see other BC Nordic clubs coming to train on our timing system, for use during their races. Thank-you for pulling together.  Telemark is open Monday from 9-4 PM, and with the fresh power skiing and snowshoeing should be great.

Teck BC Championships – Sunday, February 18th – Snow

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Telemark blessed us with 30 cm of powder during the races today. The BC X-C Championships will continue on Sunday. Click here to read about trail closures. All skiing and snowshoeing trails are open at 02:00 PM on Saturday. The parking lot will be very busy until that time. For the best place to get Telemark trail information click here. Any bags, boots or bags left on the table of floor of the upper chalet on Sunday will be moved to the athletes lounge in the grooming shed.

 

Teck BC Championships – Saturday, February 17th.

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The BC X-C Championships will continue on Saturday.  Click here to read about trail closures. All skiing and snowshoeing trails are open at 02:00 PM on Sunday. The parking lot will be very busy until that time. The Jack Rabbit Ski League lessons are cancelled on Saturday. For the best place to get Telemark trail information click here. For race participants,  for safety reasons,  all day bags and skiing equipment must be stored in the aluminum grooming shed. None in the upper lodge this weekend please.

Trail Closures for This Weekend’s BC X-C Champs

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The BC X-C Championships are being held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 650 athletes are registered, so our parking lot will be very busy until about 2:00 PM.

Forest Lane and Memory Lane will be open. Telemark and Panorama can be accessed via Telemark trail, during race times. Stay to the right on the first hill of Telemark trail and be careful of race participants. Recreational Skiing access will be closed on the Fern Creek side until 2:00PM each day. All trails are open after 2:00 PM. The Doggy Ski trail is open during race times.

The Chalet Loop and Doggy Snowshoe trails are open all weekend. Pine Forest, Jack Creek and Crystal Rim snowshoe trails are closed until 2:00 PM on race days, this weekend.

2018 Teck BC Championships

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The Teck BC  Championships cross country ski races will be hosted by Telemark Nordic Club February 16 -18, 2018. We will see teams from throughout BC as well as from Alberta and the Methow Valley in Washington state.  Teams from the Thompson-Okanagan, Vancouver Island, and the Lower Mainland will be joined by the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club (Prince George) and the Bulkley Valley Cross Country Ski Club (Smithers), along with skiers from the Kootenays (Black Jack and Kimberley Nordic) and a large turn out from the Revelstoke Nordic Club. Other athletes are visiting from even further afield.  More than 300 athletes have registered and this event promises to offer some great competition for our local Okanagan skiers.

This three day event helps the Telemark club raise money for youth skier development and attract attention to the programs.

Telemark athletes are in the news with their accomplishments both locally in BC, across Canada, and abroad. Claire Littlefair posted a personal best at the Haywood NorAm Westerns and a bronze medal with it. Gareth Williams and  Hannah Mehain, are representing Team Telemark, and Canada at the World Junior Championships in Goms, Switzerland. Both recently posted first-place finishes at the Canadian World Junior Trials in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.

This is a great location to host this event and it is inspirational to watch these young athletes take on the challenge of a great course. Volunteer positions are still available; be a part of the fun during the event weekend. For more information email Alison or sign up online.

Alison Campbell-Urness (Media contact)
acampbellurness@gmail.com

Telemark Grooming Information Day – Saturday, February 24th

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Phil Klotz and his experience grooming team will be in the stadium from noon to 02:00 PM on Saturday February 24th to answer any questions you have about Telemark’s grooming. They will be rolling out all the grooming machines and equipment if you would like to learn more about Nordic trail grooming. Who ever asks Phil the best question wins two free trail passes.