Mike Edwards

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 .

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!

 

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.