Competition Schedule

Prov in c ia l, N ati onal & In t er nat i on al E ve n t s

N O V E M B E R , 2 0 2 2

Nov Western Canada Cup 26-27 Vernon Troy Hudson (250) 558-3036 info@sovereignlake.com

D E C E M B E R , 2 0 2 2

Dec 2-4 Nordiq Cup (COC)/

US Super Tour

Canmore, AB https://nordiqcanada.ca/races/ race-calendar/

Dec Teck Northern Cup #1 & 2 17-18 Teck Northern Cup Series Prince George Maddie Ghosh-Logan (250) 612-1225 raceoffi ce@caledonianordic.com

Dec 18 Teck Coast Cup #1 Teck Coast Cup Series Whistler DJ Hay (604) 789-7212 racesecretary@ blacktusknordic.com

J A N U A RY, 2 0 2 3

Jan 7-8 Teck BC Cup #1 Teck BC Cup Series BC College/University Series

Canada Winter Games Trials

Whistler DJ Hay (604) 789-7212 racesecretary@ blacktusknordic.com

Jan 14 Reino Keski-Salmi Loppet Salmon Arm Brad Calkins rksloppet@gmail.com Jan Teck Kootenay Cup #1 & 2 14-15 Teck Kootenay Cup Series Rossland Adele Pratt (250) 368-7787 adelepratt@hotmail.com

Jan 15 Teck Okanagan Cup #1 Teck Okanagan Cup Series Kamloops Natalie Manhard (250) 320-0486 nmanhard@shaw.ca

Jan FISU Worl d Univ e rsi ty G ames 17-22 Lake Placid, USA https://www.lakeplacid2023. com/

Jan Nordiq Cup (COC)/ 18-21 Nordiq Canada Sel ection Tri al s World Junior/U23/Senior Championship Trials Prince George Maddie Ghosh-Logan (250) 612-1225 raceoffi ce@ca le donianor dic. com

Jan 21 Cascade Cup Manning Park Jo Hughes (604) 668-5933 x 1339 jo@manningpark.com

Jan 28 Snow Valley Open Kitimat/Terrace Travis Carter (250) 635-6435 travisluvsbikes@gmail.com

Jan 28 Teck Northern Cup #3 Teck Northern Cup Series 100 Mile House Gary Carlson (250) 395-2063 carlsonglb@gmail.com

Jan Teck BC Track Attack 28-29 Championships Salmon Arm Alan Corbett (250) 463-4631 askacorbett@hotmail.com

Jan Toby Creek/Nipika Loppet 28-29 Invermere Candace Bruins Race Director racedirector@crazysoles.ca

Jan 28- FIS World Junior/U23 Feb 5 Championships Whistler DJ Hay (604) 789-7212 racesecretary@ blacktusknordic.com

Jan 29 Teck Northern Cup #4 Teck Northern Cup Series Burns Lake Agathe Bernard (250) 251-4305 info@ominecaskiclub.ca

F E B R U A RY, 2 0 2 3

Fe b 3-5 Western Canadian

Championships

Kimberley Jeannie MacDonald (250) 427-6513 jeanmacd439@gmail.com

Feb Teck Coast Cup #2 & 3 11-12 Teck Coast Cup Series Final Mt Washington Nicole Muchowski races@strathconanordics.com

Feb Teck Northern Cup #5 & 6 11-12 Teck Northern Cup Series Quesnel Peter van Leusden (250) 255-3434 vanleusdenp@gmail.com

Feb Canadian Birkebeiner 11-12 Edmonton, AB https://canadianbirkie.com/

Feb Huckleberry Loppet 11-12 Golden Joan Dolinsky (250) 344-0017 race@goldennordicclub.ca

Feb Teck BC Cup #2 18-19 Teck BC Cup Series BC College/University Series Revelstoke Mike Thomas (250) 814-4583 mike@urbanworkbench.com

Feb 19 Spud Valley Loppet Pemberton Delores Franz Los (604) 894-6189 dffl os@hotmail.com

F eb 2 2- FIS World Championships Mar 5 Planica, Slovenia https://www.planica2023.si/

Feb 25 Coast Outdoors P’ayak Whistler Sherryl Yeager (778) 887-7669 sherryl@callaghanxcski.ca

Feb 25 Moose Marathon Kitimat/Terrace Travis Carter (250) 635-6435 travisluvsbikes@gmail.com

Feb Teck Kootenay Cup #3 & 4 25-26 Teck Kootenay Cup Series Final Nelson Jaime Frederick (250) 354-4299 jaime@nelsonnordicski.ca

Feb Teck Northern Cup #7 & 8 25 -26 Teck Northern Cup Series Smithers Robbie Dunbar (250) 847-5510 race@bvnordic.ca Feb 26 Whiskey Jack Loppet Fort St. John Kevin Hunt whiskeyjacknsc@gmail.com

Feb 26 Sun Peaks Loppet Sun Peaks Phil Youwe (250) 578-7734 phil.youwe@gmail.com

F eb 2 7- Canada Winter Games Mar 5 Charlottetown, PEI https://www.2023canad agames.ca/ Maria Lundgren (604) 906-1081 coaching@crosscountrybc.ca

M A R C H , 2 0 2 3

Mar 3-5 Teck BC Championships Teck BC Cup Series BC College/University Series West Kelowna Mike Edwards (250) 707-5925 mike.edwards@ telemarknordic.com

Mar 11 Blackwall Bash Manning Park Jo Hughes (604) 668-5933 x 1339 jo@manningpark.com

Mar 11 Teck Northern Cup #9 Teck Northern Cup Series Final Vanderhoof Wanda Nemethy (250) 524-0550 bwruntwo@telus.net

Mar 11 Kelowna Apple Loppet West Kelowna Mike Edwards (250) 707-5925 mike.edwards@ telemarknordic.com

Mar 11 Black Jack Loppet Rossland Adele Pratt (250) 368-7787 adelepratt@hotmail.com Mar National Championships 11-19 Thunder Bay, ON https://zone 4.ca/e vent/2023/ E39 212D4/ raceoffi ce@ canadianskinationals2023.ca

Mar 12 Teck Okanagan Cup #2 Teck Okanagan Cup Series K evin D yc k (2 50) 3 28- 9264 pr esid ent@ n icke lpla ten ord ic .org

Ma r 12 Spirit of the North Loppet Prince George Maddie Ghosh-Logan (250) 612-1225 ra c eo ffi c e @ca led onia nor dic. c om

Mar Masters World Cup 18-24 Seefeld, Austria https://mwc2023.com/

Ma r 18 Wetzin’kwa Loppet Smithers Robbie Dunbar (250) 847-5510 race@bvnordic.ca

Ma r 19 Omineca Loppet Burns Lake Agathe Bernard (250) 251-4305 info@ominecaskiclub.ca

Mar BC Winter Games 23-26 Vernon Nancy Beaumont (250) 545-9600 programs@crosscountrybc.ca

Ma r 25 Vancouver Island Loppet Mt Washington Berend Henckel berendhenckel@gmail.com

A P R IL , 2 0 2 3

A pr 1- 2 Sovereign2Silverstar

Ski Marathon

Vernon Marcus Boyle (250) 307-3263 dir ec tor @ sov er eign 2silve rsta r.c om

Western Canadian CHAMPIONSHIPS

Fe b 3 -5, 2 023 Kimberley Nordic Ce ntre Kimberley, BC

The treadmill will be used extensively at provincial camps for the BC Ski Team, BC Development Squad, and the BC Talent Squad. It will also be used at higher-level coach development workshops such as the NCCP Training to Train (T2T) and Learning to Compete (L2C) workshops that take place regularly in our province. In addition, our clubs will be able to reserve and use the treadmill for their developing athletes throughout the year.

Cross Country BC is thankful to the many private donors and organizations that made the treadmill possible, and would like to thank Whistler Sport Legacies for providing the treadmill room in-kind. We look forward to continued partnering with Whistler Sport Legacies and CSI-P as we work towards our goal of putting athletes on the podium at both the national and international le vels.

pro vide both f or our long term vision of h osting na tiona l and world level co mpetitions, and a lso for the benefi t of our gene ra l me mbers. In ke ep ing with the philosoph y of always plan ning to ex pand, we developed ov erall plans for a snowmak ing syste m that would c over our 5 km homologa te d Free Technique co urse, our 5km ho mologated Cla ssic co urse and our 3km Para Nordic sit ski co urse. Fr om this, w e could then plan piping size, elec trica l c ab le siz e, etc. for the ea rly phases of the proje ct tha t w ould sup por t sub seq ue nt p has es.

We w e re v er y for tuna te to ha ve pr oduc e d a signifi c an t le ga c y fr om the 20 19 Wor ld C ha mpion ships, w hich we the n us ed a s a ma tch in g c ontr ibution fo r a n ND IT g ra nt tha t e nable d o ur se con d pha se to ex pan d our s now mak ing syste m. T his sec ond ph ase a dde d a third T R 8 fa n g un, a s ec ond bo oster pum p, 14 00m of pip e an d 12 mor e hyd ra nts w hich e xte nde d th e snow ma king syste m to c ove r ap pro xima tely 2 .5 km of our F T c our se and 1 .5 k m of o ur P N sit s ki cou rse (a go od ba la nce of tec hn ic a l tra ils with m ore re c re atio nal te rr ain) . As an a dd ed bo nus, w e w er e a lso suc ce ssf ul with a $ 250K B C

the crowd, and was overcome with new determination to perform for my cheering squad. Without them and my awesome dad, I would never have done so well. In the end, I managed to squeak into 13th place.

On the fourth day of racing, the pressure was off . I was just doing one 90-second sprint qualifi er, before watching the others compete in a team sprint. My qualifi er was one of the faster ones I have ever done, and therefore I was pleased, although disappointed that I was stuck on the sidelines for the rest of the day. While watching the others compete however, I realized the importance of being a team, being loyal to each other, supportive, and having good communication. Even though my team was at home in Nelson, each one of them helped me get here with their love and support, and in future I look forward to racing the team sprint together, dressed up in glitter, costumes, and our Nelson Nordic gear.

The fi nal day was rough. I had a position at the back of the mass start race (free technique), and had to fi ght for every position, while rainwater ran down my back and dripped off my chin. We were the last racers to go, and the conditions were the most treacherous I have ever seen. The offi cials changed the course during our race because they deemed the course too dangerous. Every few kilometres there was evidence of carnage: a broken pole here, drops of blood from someone’s nose a little ways on, a girl crying with a broken ski and her bib turned out. This race separated the fl exible, positive, determined and brave skiers from the faint of heart snowplowers. And while many of the brave skiers paid the price of crashing, so did the snowplowers. For me, this race taught me the importance of putting my head down, hoping for the best, and grinding it out. It was not a fun race, but it taught me a lot about the importance of character and positivity in an athlete.

Nationals, for me, were a range of highs and lows, but the one consistent thing was new experiences, friends, and memories that I will cherish and hold on to throughout my racing career. I can’t wait to represent our club alongside my teammates in the future, and my message to all Nelson Nordic athletes is that nationals is not just about racing, but about learning skills for the rest of your life, making friends, and discovering just how far you can push yourself. No matter how you place, ski racing is worth it, and I look forward to showing all younger athletes the magical experiences of racing alongside 700 other people who share your interests, feelings, successes, and failures. It is a week I will never forget, and I want to thank all the people who helped me get there. Gaming Capital Grant which allowed us to:

1) almost double our water capacity (325 GPM to 600 GPM) with the installation of a second high capacity groundwater well;

2) double our electrical capacity (400A to 800 A);

3) double our booster pumping capacity (adding a 2nd 75 HP pump) and,

4) purchase two more TR8 fan guns.

We saw the immediate benefi t of this second phase of the snow making project this past season, when we hosted both the 2022 Teck BC Championships as well as the 2022 Biathlon National Championships. This provided us not only incredible snow conditions in our stadium areas, but also provided us with signifi cant amounts of snow on the race courses which held up very well through both competitions.

A third phase of the snowmaking expansion is currently being installed (to be completed Aug 2022), which was made possible by a large generous private donation, which we matched with a NDIT recreational infrastructure grant of $300k. For this third phase, we purchased four more TR8 fan guns, are expanding the water pipe and electrical lines a further 1400m, and are adding 15 more hydrants. This will provide snowmaking coverage to the complete 5 km homologated FT course as well as the complete 3 km Para Nordic sit ski course.

We are incredibly excited with this latest expansion as this will provide us with one of the largest and most modern snow making systems at a Nordic ski facility in Canada. It will provide incredible benefi ts to our members and our community, and provide amazing snow and skiing conditions as we prepare to host the best skiers in the country in 2023, and the best in the world in 2024!

Summary information:

• Total snowmaking coverage - stadium areas, 5 km homologated FT trails, 3 km Para Nordic sit ski trails

• 3400m of water pipelines/electrical lines

• 32 water hydrants/electrical outlets

• 2 high capacity groundwater wells (~600GPM)

• 2 - 75 HP booster pumps

• 9 - TechnoAlpin TR8 Fan Guns

Total investment to date: approx $1.6 million