What's Happening!

Twoonie Race - Mar 4, 2010: Après Location - Quinny's Cafe

Location: Lost Lake Trails Headlamp Mandatory - not all trails are lit!
Sign In: Cross Country Connection, 5:30pm
Race Start: 6.15pm
Race Map: TBC See the Maps page
Race Cost: $2.00
Après: Quinny's Cafe
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Must be a Whistler Nordics Ski Club member (visitors to Whistler welcome $5/race - one time)
Must have a valid Lost Lake trail pass
These races are suitable for all age groups and abilities with a social après afterwards.

Thank you to Cross Country Connection and Riverside Junction Cafe for sponsoring last week's race and après. The course started by Mons Ticket Booth with a choice of hills and the steeper (but faster) Hydro Hill proved the most popular with the racers. The race attracted approx. 45 racers who had a choice of 1x4.5km lap or 2 laps/8km. Thomsen D'Hont is becoming our weekly champion, he skied the fastest 2 laps in 20mins 45secs. All the racers and volunteers attended the après at the Riverside Junction Cafe who laid on big bowls of delicious chili for everyone. Cross Country Connection gave away re-usable drink bottles to each participant and two lucky draw prize winners walked away with a pair of Olympic tickets each.

The Twoonie races break for the Olympics and resume on March 4 and 11.

2009/10 Twoonie Race Schedule

Dec: 10,17 (CANCELLED)
Jan 7: Sponsored by Ingrid's
Jan 14: Sponsored by Salomon | Whistler Golf Club | Tourism Whistler | The Nordic Shop | Whistler Olympic Park |Dave Burch & Whistler Real Estate | Cafeteria Class of Pemberton Secondary School
Jan 21: Location Brewhouse
Jan 28: Sponsored by Lift
Feb 4: Sponsored by Cross Country Connection & Riverside Junction Cafe
Mar 4: Sponsored by Quinny's
Mar 11: Sponsor by Rainbow Electric, Stussy Sport, RimRock Cafe and Soo Valley Electric

BC Midget Championships Mar 6-7

Host Club: Larch Hills Nordic Society
Location: Larch Hills Ski Area (15 km east of Salmon Arm)
The objective of the Midget Championships is to bring young skiers together for a memorable and enjoyable weekend of competition and fun. This event follows a tournament format, where one school or club team ends up the overall winner. Points towards the club aggregate trophy recognize the efforts of as many participants as possible, including the achievements of both individuals and teams. This event is suitable for beginner through to experienced skiers. One year age categories for 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Registration is open at Zone 4: https://www.zone4.ca/onlinereg.asp?id=2703
Volunteer opportunity: We are looking for a parent to help fundraise for the event taking place in Salmon Arm, click here for information on this year's event. The $50 entry fee includes 2 days of racing and a banquet. We are looking for someone to start now to help raise funds for accommodation, travel and food. Please contact any of the executive if you are interested.

Skill Development Programs - registration is now closed

Nov 28: First Youth On Snow Skills Development class of the season.
Volunteer coaches are still needed for our programs. Please contact Margot or Lorraine if you can help.

Masters Programs - Limited spots available!

For more information please go to the Masters page. Online registration is no longer available for the Masters programs. Please contact coach@whistlernordics.com for more information.

2009-2010 Nordics season membership

Thank you to those of you who have already signed up as members! With the growing popularity in our club, we'd like to remind you to sign up soon. Memberships are available to purchase online with a credit card through Zone4's online registration. If you do not have a credit card, please download the membership form, and mail the completed form with your cheque to the address on the form.

$150,000 GRANT FROM WHISTLER BLACKCOMB FOUNDATION FOR PASSIVE HOUSE

The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation has granted $150,000 to the Passive House project for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. It was a natural fit for the Whistler Blackcomb Foundation to come on board with the Passive House initiative, as this energy conserving building, will be handed over to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) for use by the Whistler Nordics and WORCA after it has been used as Austria House for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
For more information click here.

2009/10 Trail passes

Lost Lake, Whistler Olympic Park and Callaghan Country 2009/10 trail pass pricing has been released. Don't miss the early bird deadline of Dec. 4th, 2009. See the following websites for more information or to purchase your pass:

Long-Term Athlete Development

The new Canadian Long-Term Athlete Development Resource Paper - Canadian Sport for Life has been posted. We encourage you to view this excellent document, especially if you are a coach, since Cross Country Canada's revised coaching program is closely integrated with this model.

Whistler Nordics Ski Club is pleased to have received a grant from GM Canada. This grant will aid us in improving the skills of our coaches and give kids with a disability access to coaches trained in Adaptive Skiing as we continue our partnership with Whistler Adaptive Sports Program.

Whistler Nordics Ski Club has applied to Cross Country BC and SportsFunder to receive Lottery Funds for our 2009 - 2010 Community Coaching Workshop. The CC certification gives Club coaches a higher level of coaching skills which will benefit children in our Skill Development Program. The SportsFunder grant subsidizes 75% of the costs per participant in the course.