Archives for February 2019

The excitement is building for Biathlon BC Cup #5 to be held at Telemark  March 2-3.

100 biathlon racers, their families and coaches from across BC and Washington State will be here at Telemark for an exciting weekend of biathlon racing.  You can see most of the action right from the Telemark biathlon stadium – starts, target shooting, penalty loops and finishes all occur there – come on out to watch and you’ll feel like you are in the middle of the action.

11:00am Saturday March 2nd – Biathlon Sprint
10:00am Sunday March 3rd – Biathlon Pursuit

More detailed Information

Telemark will remain fully open to members and the public with only a couple of minor trail closures on trails near the biathlon stadium.

 

Fresh snow,  perfect temperatures and BBQ hot dogs. It doesn’t get any better!

Join us for a great day of XC skiing at Telemark and bring your appetite for our Race Team BBQ fundraiser – Hot dog and a juice for only $5 starting at 11:30am and going until the hot dogs are gone.

See you there!

 

Come on out to the Telemark Nordic Centre on Family Day for  some family fun in the snow. The ski and snowshoe conditions are the best they have been all year and the weather is perfect.

Telemark is offering free trail passes and rentals for all kids (18-under) on  Monday Feb 18th in celebration of Family day.

The 2019 Kelowna Toyota Western Canadian Championships and Teck Okanagan Cup  were a big success!

The snow conditions were incredible, the racing was competitive and  racers, coaches and volunteers alike  had big but tired smiles by the end of the weekend.

Thanks to all the volunteers.  Without dedicated volunteers this event could not have happened.

Special thanks to the grooming crew –  especially staff groomer Colin Thomson –  for all the late nights and early mornings and for  consistently great trails and grooming.

Thanks to all the racers, coaches and support people for coming to Telemark to contribute to an exciting,  competitive and fun event.

Thanks to all the Telemark Nordic Club members and public skiers for your patience as the event took over the Telemark Nordic Centre for the weekend. Back to normal now.

The Telemark Nordic Club sent a strong contingent of over 50 athletes to compete in the Western Championships and Okanagan Cup. Our Telemark Team athletes had several amazing performances over the weekend including many individual and team relay medals.  Team Telemark contributed greatly to  British Columbia dominating the event and winning the overall Aggregate title over the other Western provinces.  Click here for full Results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today (Sunday Feb 3) midnight is the early registration deadline for our TECK Okanagan Cup race next Saturday.  This is a low-key fun race geared to young first-timers or adults who are not still trying to make the National team!  It is your last chance this year to try out racing and to pick up one of those big beautiful TECK medals to show your classmates at school.  Click here to register.  (Missed early registration?  You can still register at regular prices until noon Wednesday Feb. 6!)

This race happens Saturday afternoon after Westerns racing has wrapped up for the day.  Come up and watch some of the top Canadian cross country ski athletes compete in Westerns in the morning and then go do it yourself in the afternoon Okanagan Cup. Here is the OK Cup race schedule:

Teck Okanagan Cup

1:30 PM Atoms Boys & Girls (age 6-8) 1 km

1:45 PM Pee Wee Boys (age 9-10) 1.5 km

1:50 PM Pee Wee Girls (age 9-10) 1.5 km

2:00 PM Bantam Boys (age 11-12) 2.5 km

2:05 PM Bantam Girls (age 11-12) 2.5 km

2:15 PM Masters Men (age 20+) 15 km

2:20 PM Masters Women (age 20+) 10 km