Telemark will be in the Westside Daze parade on Saturday at 10:30am. We’ll also have a booth at Memorial Park from 4-8pm on Friday and Saturday. Come on out to support the parade and visit us at our booth!
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GREAT TIME AT THE GLENROSA BBQ
Thanks for coming out to see us at the Glenrosa Residents Association BBQ yesterday! We had a great time doing a roller ski demo and chatting with members of the community. Look out for us again at Westside Daze!
UPCOMING SUMMER EVENTS INFO
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
2019 WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS VIDEO
Check out this video to relive the great time that was had at the Western Canadian Championships back in February! Thank you to David McIlvride for the footage and editing.
KIRA FRIESEN SELECTED FOR BIATHLON NATIONAL TEAM
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!
THANKS KELOWNA TOYOTA!
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 ATHLETES SHINE AT THE CANADIAN BIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPS
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!
L-R Kira Friesen, Natalie Benoit
Team Telemark at the XC Nationals
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!
