Mike Edwards

Season pass/membership sales are going well so far.  Thanks to all those who have registered already!

Congratulations to the winners of the season pass draw prize for a $150 Fresh Air Experience gift certificate for those who signed up by Sept 15th.
Gilberto Serravalli
Mira Gataric
Joel Springer

Season pass/memberships are available on our Registration Page (You will be transferred to our registration page on Zone4.ca). The early bird deadline is Oct 31st and is coming up fast so get your season pass/membership soon!

In this warm summer weather, skiing and snowshoeing may be one of the last things on your mind but this is always on our minds.  We know that winter is just around the corner and we are looking forward to another fun season.

We decided to open up our Season Pass/Membership sales a few weeks early this year in order to enable people to sign up early for programs and to get a head start on Early Bird pricing. Many of our competitive programs start in September and Skill Development programs (bunny rabbits and jack rabbits) fill up quickly so it is a good idea to register early.

Click here to register now on our registration page.  (You will be transferred to our online registration portal hosted on zone4.ca.)

As an extra incentive, register by Sept 15th to be entered into a draw for one of three $150 gift certificates for Fresh Air  Experience. In addition, everybody who registers now will also be entered into our regular Season Pass contest which will launch later in September.

Telemark took part in West Kelowna’s Community Celebration event – Westside Daze –  last weekend. The highlight of  Westside Daze is always the parade.  The Telemark parade entry was a live band being towed on a flatbed trailer behind our Team Telemark van with 17 roller skiers from the Team Telemark racing program and a couple of biathletes too showing off their skills with mini races, slalom courses and handing out SunRype Funbites to all the kids along the parade route. Our entry was a big success as we were awarded first prize in the Music category and second prize in the Novelty category.

Big thanks goes out to…

• The band – ‘CRISPRR’.  (Darcy Allen -Vocals, Mac Mackay-Keyboard, Curtis Kieres – Guitar, Joel Malin – Drums and Club members Deepa Filatow- Vocals  and Barry Allen – Bass guitar). This band was formed by Telemark board member Barry Allen specifically for this purpose.  Thanks to all the great musicians for their time and work to bring this band together in such a short time.
• Team Telemark race program kids for roller skiing and handing out treats.
• Telemark board members and coaches who came out to support everyone.
• Okanagan Nation Alliance for donating the Flatbed Trailer.
• SunRype for donating the ‘Funbites’.

We also had a booth at the Westside Daze night market in Memorial Park. Our biathlon laser rifle system was a big hit with everyone. The system simulates shooting a biathlon rifle and gave everyone – old and young alike – a sense of what biathlon is all about. Thanks to Biathlon BC for the loan of the system.

Thanks to the Westside Celebration Society for putting on a great event. We had a fantastic time and are already looking forward to next year’s Westside Daze.

Click here for a video (WARNING: 1.2 GB file!)

 

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2019 BOUCHERIE GRIND – Sponsored by Mt Boucherie Estate Winery

DATE : Sunday June 23, 2019
LOCATION: 2781 East Boundary Rd West Kelowna ,B.C.
DETAILS: Hiking Event to raise funds for a local non profit Charity C.R.I.S. Adaptive Adventures. All ages/all abilities. Come on out to support our friends at C.R.I.S. EVENT POSTER
COURSES:  9:00 am  9.2 km  Boucherie Grind Extreme $30
9:30  am  6.5 km Boucherie Grind Loop $20
9:45 am  3.4 km Boucherie Grind $10
REGISTRATION: ONLNE AT  www.zone4.ca or on site in the Park 30 minutes before start times.

GLENROSA COMMUNITY BBQ

DATE: Sunday June 23, 2019
LOCATION: 2974 Glen Abbey Place – Glenrosa Middle School
TIME: 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
DETAILS: Telemark is an important part of the Glenrosa community. We will have a tent at the BBQ with info and displays and the Team Telemark Racing Program kids will be out doing some roller ski demos.  This is not a fundraiser – just a fun community BBQ. Come on out and let’s show our support for our local community.
MORE INFO

 

KELOWNA APPLE TRIATHLON

DATE: July 4-7, 2019
DETAILS: This  is a FUNDRAISING opportunity for the Team Telemark Racing Program.  The Kelowna Apple Triathlon is a large and important local sporting event. They need many partners volunteers to pull it off. The organizers of the Triathlon offer Telemark  $2500 in exchange for volunteers.  If you are interested in volunteering for the Triathlon and also want to help out our Club Programs please click on the link for More Info and volunteer sign -up

 

Last week, Biathlon Canada announced their National Training Teams for the 2019-2020 season. After a successful season, Kira Friesen has been selected for the U20 National Development Team. Congratulations Kira!

Biathlon Canada Announcement

 

 

Telemark Nordic Club board, staff and race team representatives presented a framed photo of the Telemark Nordic Club Race Team to Kelowna Toyota to say thank you  for their strong support of the Club over the last two seasons.

 

 

 

Telemark Biathlon athletes Kira Friesen and Natalie Benoit have just wrapped up an outstanding week of racing in the Canadian Biathlon Championships at Whistler BC. Friesen and Benoit each qualified to compete at Nationals having achieved outstanding results this Winter in multiple sanctioned Biathlon races, including the Biathlon BC Cup #5, which was held right here at Telemark Nordic Club.

 

At the Canadian Biathlon Championships, 100’s of athletes and coaches from across Canada were hosted by Whistler. Dozens of race officials, scores of volunteers and many excited families and supporters all made it happen. Racing kicked off mid-week with the Canadian Championship Sprint and Individual competitions on Wednesday and Thursday. Natalie collected a 10th and 7th place respectively in a field of 25 Youth Women from across Canada. Kira, who raced a field of 20 Senior Girls racked up a Bronze medal in the Sprint and added an impressive Silver in the Individual competition.

 

Friday 29 March was a training day. Then on Saturday, the Pursuit race saw Kira dominate the entire Senior Girls field to bring home the Gold while Natalie scored another top 10 finish in the Youth Women category. The weather was warm with sunscreen being de rigueur!

 

On Sunday, Kira and Natalie both raced in the relays. Natalie was paired with Cole Bender from Omineca (Burns Lake) in the Single Mixed Relay and this dynamic duo scored a 7th place finish and the top BC Youth team. Kira and her relay partner Ksenyia Lypko from The West Coast Nordic Club (Fraser Valley) each cleaned all of their shooting bouts to finish 3 minutes ahead of the Silver medalists. That’s right, Kira Friesen not only got a full suite of medals, she also hit double gold at these Championships! Both of these Telemark athletes have worked so hard, representing our wonderful club and province, honouring Sport, their fellow competitors and having a good dose of fun along the way.

Kudos to Kira Friesen and Natalie Benoit!

Way to Go Telemark! Shoot clean, ski fast!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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