Archives for February 2020

Ski Waxing Fundraiser, Wax Clincs & BBQ Saturday

February 28, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

Join us Saturday Feb 29 for some Leap day festivities…

This Saturday only have your skis waxed professionally by the Telemark Race Team athletes and coaches while you wait. Only $20 and all proceeds will go towards the Telemark Race Team Program.

Learn more about waxing for yourself at a wax clinic. It is planned to run four different 1/2hr wax clinics from 12pm to 2pm on Saturday hosted by Telemark coach and wax guru Paul Shipley. Admission by donation.

On top of all that you can also buy a BBQ lunch at our last BBQ fundraiser of the season – Saturday from 11:30 until the food runs out.

See you there.

Team Telemark Special O at National Winter Games

February 27, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

Eight Telemark skiers and three coaches are off to The Special Olympics National Winter Games in Thunder Bay Feb 26 to 29, 2020.

Roy Stephens and Dimitri Konstant are excited to attend their first national games. They, and all of Team BC, will be supported by the veteran leadership of Tracey Melesko, Maria Schmitke, Francis Stanley, Glen McIntyre, Jordan Lige and Kelsey Wyse who have experienced success at multiple National and World Games. To prepare for Games, the athletes started dryland training in the spring and have been training on snow since mid November. All of these athletes competed in the Apple Loppet and many have competed in several generic races this year as part of their training. The athletes will be joined by coaches Garth Vickers, Annabel Stanley and Ray Huson. We wish the team well at The Special Olympics National Winter Games. Follow the Team and Look for race results on the Games Website

Team Telemark Fundraising Opportunity – Nordiq Canada “100 Campaign”

February 24, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

This year the Team Telemark fundraiser is joining the Nordiq Canada Nationwide “100 CAMPAIGN”. This is a fundraiser aimed at raising $100,000 for Clubs to celebrate 100 years of XC skiing in Canada. Click for more info. Our goal is to raise $20,000. Telemark is the top fundraising Club in BC so far. Let’s keep it going! 95% of the funds raised by Telemark donors come directly back to Telemark to support the Team Telemark competitive programs.

Tax Receipt: Normally Telemark cannot offer tax receipts for donations but with this fundraiser a tax receipt will be given through Nordiq Canada. Take advantage of this while you can.

Matching funds: Cross-Country BC is adding a matching funds incentive with $800 in matching funds on the first $1600 raised. In addition an anonymous donor has committed $4000 in direct matching funds just for Telemark. So the first $5600 raised by Telemark are matched by an additional $4800 bringing the total up to $10,400 which is more than half way to our goal.

Please click here to go the donation page to find out more and donate. Please help us to reach our goal and support our Club programs.

Spring Hours and Amazing Conditions

February 21, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

To take adavantage of the longer spring days Telemark will be open until 6pm on Saturday, Sunday and Monday starting this weekend – Feb 22nd. We will remain open until 9pm as usual on the other days until later in March. You can always check out our Hours of Operation webpage for the latest information.

With plenty of snow and perfect temperatures Telemark is experiencing some of the best skiing we have ever seen. Come on out to Telemark and put a big smile on your face with some incredible skiing and snowshoeing!

Telemark Athletes off to the BC winter Games

February 19, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

Ten young athletes and three coaches from Telemark boarded a plane on Wednesday Feb 19 bound for the BC Winter Games Feb 20-23 in Fort St John BC. Telemark will be well represented at the Games with seven cross-country skiing athletes and three biathletes all competing for Zone 2 – Okanagan/Thompson. The BC Winter Games is a Multi-sport event for young athletes which emulates bigger Games like the Olympics/Paralympics. Hundreds of athletes from across BC will compete in 15 sports.

Read the full Press Release with more details about Telemark’s contingent

We wish them all good races and good Luck!

Photo L-R: Catherine Robinson (biathlon) Camille Hanry, (biathlon) Sofie Steinruck (xc ski) Justin Siever (xc ski) Evan Edwards (xc ski) Finn Redman (xc ski) Alessia Galvagno (xc ski) Nathan Achtem (xc ski) Timur McNern (biathlon) Coach Kyle Hawes (xc ski) missing from photo Jacob Miller (xc ski), Coach Michele Wolfe, Coach John McNern

Telemark Receives $3,500 City of West Kelowna Grant

February 18, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

Each year the City of West Kelowna – Council carefully consider ‘Grant-in-Aid’ funding requests from not-for-profit groups that provide valuable social and community services to West Kelowna residents. Telemark would like to thank the City of West Kelowna for awarding $3500 to the Telemark Nordic Club this year. The funds will be used to purchase equipment to enhance the Club’s Youth Programs.

The City of West Kelowna is a valuable partner for the Telemark Nordic Club and helps the Club in many ways.

Happy Family Day Weekend – Free Trail Passes and Rentals for kids (18-Under) on Family Day

February 14, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

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 warm and beautiful.

Telemark is offering free trail passes and rentals for all kids (18-under) on Monday Feb 17th in celebration of Family day.

Celebrate Family Day at the Telemark Nordic Centre

Telemark Shines at the PACIFICSPORT Community Sport Hero Awards Reception and BC Winter Games Team Announcement

February 7, 2020 Posted by Mike Edwards

The Mary Irwin Theatre at the Rotary Centre for the Arts in Kelowna was packed to the rafters with local athletes, coaches and parents…brothers and sisters in Sport for an evening of award presentations, funny anecdotes, inspirational speakers and an introduction of Athletes attending the BC Winter Games. Telemark was well represented at the Gala. Our Team Telemark Biathlon delegation brought along their loud cheers and even cow bells to ring in the award recipients, two of whom were Telemark Club members. Telemark was also well represented at the BC Winter Games athlete announcement.

Sport Hero Award Recipients included:
Devin Rubadeau – Sailing, Marc Bowles – Multisport, Celeste Bazzana and Barbara Dieno – Bocce, Ron Koch – BMX racing, Phil von Unruh – Ice Hockey and Special Olympics, Guy Posella – Baseball, Leana Marton – Rugby, Darcy Rysz – Baseball, Cathie Pavlik – Field Hockey and Multisport…and Telemark’s Murray Carlson. Yay! Go Murray!

Athletic Excellence Awards went to:
Emma Cannan – Athletics, Ashley McMillan – Swimming, Logan Leach – Para Alpine Skiing, Brayden Kuroda – Freestyle Skiing, Brock Hoel – Triathlon, Anne Cherkowski – Ice Hockey, Reece Howden – Ski Cross, Hanna Hartwick – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu…and Telemark’s own Kira Friesen. Way to go Kira!

The BC Winter Games… will kick off in Fort St John from Feb 20-23. The Okanagan (Zone 2) athletes were called up on the stage for a presentation. Telemark athletes were represented on stage by 13 year old Evan Edwards. Telemark qualified the largest number of athletes ever from our Club. Athletes from Telemark Nordic Club who will be competing at the BC Winter Games are:

Telemark Biathlon: Catherine Robinson, Camille Hanry and Timur McNern. John McNern is the Biathlon Zone 2 Rep and Coach.
Telemark XC: Finn Redman, Nathan Achtem, Evan Edwards, Justin Siever, Jacob Miller, Alessia Galvagno and Sofie Steinruck. Michele Wolfe is the Zone 2 Rep and Kyle Hawes is Assistant Coach.

GO TEAM!!!