Archives for March 2019

The Telemark Nordic Club race program athletes recently returned from the XC Nationals in Quebec where they “Rocked It”.  Telemark finished a best ever 9th out of 61 clubs/teams entered in the Nationals and had several outstanding performances.  Telemark athletes all performed well and had many top 10 placings and personal bests. We won’t list all the results here but a few highlights include…

Silver Medal – Challenge Boys Team Sprint (Tristan Lee, Cole Turner)
Silver Medal – Junior Men Individual Sprint (Tallon Noble)
Bronze Medal – Junior Boys Individual Sprint (Cole Turner)
1st Overall  Aggregate Junior Men 1 – Ian Williams
2nd Overall Aggregate Junior Boys 2 – Cole Turner
2nd Overall Aggregate Juvenile Boys 1 Garrett Siever

Congratulations to all 20+ athletes and coaches!

Full Results here

You can tell that Spring is coming by the size of the icicles hanging from the roof of the lodge.

Conditions continue to be amazing at Telemark. The warm weather will be hitting us soon so come on out and take advantage of great skiing and snowshoeing while you still can. What could be better than taking the kids for some spring skiing/snowshoeing at Telemark during Spring Break!

Telemark will remain fully open until Sunday March 24th with the lodge open until 5pm daily and regular grooming.  After that we will have a modified spring schedule (TBD) for another week until March 31st. Final closure for the season will be determined based upon conditions.

Friday March 15th is last night that the lodge will be open for Night Skiing this season. After that the lights will be on until 9pm daily until March 24th but the  main lodge will be closed at 5pm.  The downstairs “Team Area” will continue to be open 24/7 so you always have a place to store your stuff, change and get warm. We plan to turn the lights off for the season March 24th.  So come on out and get in your last  night skiing of the season. Conditions continue to be incredible with lots of good snow.

Congratulations to all the winners  of the Team Telemark Raffle draw. The raffle is an annual fundraiser for The Telemark Nordic Club Race Program.  This year the raffle raised $7,500 to help our young athletes achieve their best and spread the word about what a great place Telemark is to ski for everybody.  Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser?

List of Raffle Winners

• Kelowna Paddle Centre annual family membership – Daniella Hamm
• Salomon Aero 9 skin skis/bindings – Donna Mendel
• His and hers Tubbs Mountaineer snowshoes – Gord McGarva
• $500 Fresh Air gift certificate – Aaron Miller
• Waterfront Wines dinner for two – Michaeleen O’Connor
• SilverStar Nordic package – Sandy Redman
• Ski outing with Canadian Olympic Biathlete- Kristine MacLeod
• Taylor’s Antiques gift voucher – Hugh Warkentin
• PetroCanada gas card – Tim Musselman Bell
• 1 hour IFM Therapy and Performance massage – Phil Swetlikoff
• OneLife Health and Wellness personal trainer session – Greg Kilroy
• Ships Ahoy Gift certificate – Deepa Filatow
• Johnson Bentley family swim vouchers – John MacGregor

A big thanks to our very special raffle sponsors: Fresh Air Experience, Kelowna Paddle Centre, Ecoscape, Waterfront Wines, SilverStar, Taylor’s Antiques, PetroCanada, IFM Therapy and Performance, OneLife Health and Wellness, Ships Ahoy and Johnson Bentley Aquatic Centre.

Also…

Don’t forget to follow our young athletes at the Canadian Cross Country Ski National  Championships at the Nakkertok Nordic Centre, Gatineau, Quebec from March 13 – 20, 2019. Event Website.  There are 20 Telemark Nordic Club athletes, coaches and support taking part.  Let’s Cheer on the athletes of  Team Telemark as they compete against the best in the country. Follow their Results here .

Kirsten’s dog Heidi: “I love it when the pack goes skiing on the K9 trail because I get to come!  I get to cast aside my leash and explore and run hard and stick my nose way down in the deep fluffy snow beside the trail.  But today was extra special.  Today was the best day ever.  The sun was out, the wildlife was out, the snow was perfect, and the air was SOOO clean.  Can we go again tomorrow?”

The Telemark K9 trails are across the road from the main parking lot.  There is a 3.5 km classic & skate ski trail and 2 stunning 3 km snowshoe trails (turn sharp right at the trail head).  Everything on that side of the road is off-leash dog territory.  The humans require a season pass or trail day pass ($5.00 at the lodge or use the drop box at the trail head).

The trails are well marked for both clockwise and counter clockwise travel.  No need to bag your pet’s business but please flick it off the trail.

Note that you don’t need a canine companion to use these trails and they are really fantastic trails.  The snowshoe trails are amongst the best on our property.

This Weekend –  March 9-10 join us at the Telemark Nordic Centre for some fun events. Looks like the weather will be fantastic and the snow conditions seem to just keep getting better.

Saturday March 9th, 2019 – Ski League FUNTASTICS SKI FESTIVAL –  10:30 to 12 Noon. Skill testing adventures for all the Youth Program kids (Bunnies, Jackrabbits, Track Attack, Adventurers). This is the last Ski League session of the year.

Saturday March 9th, 2019 – Family and Friends of Telemark POT LUCK & BBQ  12noon to 3pm.  Following Funtastics join us to meet all the Kids, Coaches, Parents, Volunteers and Staff that make Telemark happen.

Sunday March 10th, 2019 –  Biathlon Days at Telemark –  Demo Day and Fun Public Race. Starting at 12 noon.   Try your hand at shooting and then follow it up with a fun race – Racing Experience not necessary. Information Poster

 

 

 

 

The last couple of weeks has seen Team Telemark Athletes very busy competing at a number of events.  A large part of what the Telemark Nordic Club does is program development and racing to help raise the profile of our sport and our club as well as help to build more cross-country skiers for the future of our Club and the sport of cross-country skiing.   Telemark congratulates all our hard working athletes, coaches and parents!

March 2-3  Telemark hosted a successful Biathlon BC Cup/BC Championships.  It was a wild and exciting weekend of Biathlon racing with perfect conditions. Our young biathletes had home field advantage and some great performances. Full Results

March 1-3   50+ Telemark athletes, coaches and parents alike competed at the XC BC Championships in Salmon Arm. This is the largest cross country ski event in the Province with over 600 participants.  BC Championships Results.
Telemark earned a best ever 2nd place in the overall aggregate standings and several athletes earned season long overall top 3 aggregate awards which were presented at the awards banquet on Saturday evening.  Overall Aggregate Awards.  Telemark is producing some of the best young athletes in the province.

Feb 23- March 3 Five Telemark athletes – Donny Boake, Clair Littelfiar, Talon Noble, Hugh Warkentin and Ian Williams –  competed at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer AB.  The Canada Winter Games is the premier multi-sport Games in Canada for Junior age athletes.  The Telemark athletes competed strongly with several top 10 finishes. Talon Noble won a Gold medal as apart of the BC Relay Team. Full Results

Feb 15-22  Team BC athlete and Telmark’s own Natalie Benoit came home from The Canada Winter Games Biathlon competition with a Bronze medal in the relay and several other impressive results. Full Results

Feb 21-23 Special Olympics – Telemark also has a strong Special Olympics program. The team competed recently at the Special Olympic BC Provincial Games at Sovereign Lake and took home several medals. Results
Global News video of Tracey Molesko and the Telemark Nordic  Club special O program

Still to come for Telemark athletes –  The Biathlon Nationals in Whistler March 26-31 and the Cross Country Nationals at Nakkertok March 13-20.

GO TEAM TELEMARK!

 

If like me you have had enough of the deep freeze, it is not as bad as it seems.  Looks like our winter has actually only been one month?  One looooonnnnnggg month…