K2 & UP Parents, Athletes and Coaches

For those of you planning to attend the
Martock race the weekend of January 31 (Feb 1)
please note the following accommodation info:

SUPER 8 Motel, Windsor, NS;
$99.00/night - 2 double beds
Complimentary Continental breakfast
Pool
Just minutes from the hill;
website: http://www.super8motelwindsor.com/
Contact: 1-902-792-8888
Please book early:
When booking, reference Crabbe Mountain Race Club.

Poley Mountain race the weekend of January 24/25,

We have booked rooms in the All-Season Inn.
The Amsterdam and Fairway were booked solid.
This Inn is on main street towards Poley Mountain.

We have a block of 12 Rooms booked under Crabbe Mountain Race Club;

6 rooms have 1-double ($70 +tax/night) and 6 rooms have 2-double beds ($80 + tax/night);

website: http://www.allseasonsinn.ca/ ;
Contact 1-800-452-1616
Pretty decent restaurant - 10% off for guests;
Please book early as rooms will be released January 9, 2009
When booking, reference Crabbe Mountain Race Club.

Atlantic / NB / CMRC Race-Camp Schedule 08-09
(as of December 2008, subject to change; all races & camps are optional & fees are extra)

Nov 28-Dec 2 NB Alpine K2 & up Camp Mt. Ste. Anne
Dec 2 - Dec 4 Crabbe K2 & up Camp Mt. Ste. Anne
Dec 27-29 Atlantic K2 & up Camp Crabbe
Jan 2-4 Atlantic K2 & up Camp Crabbe
Jan 10-11 K 1 & J1/2 Race Mt Farlange
Jan 24-25 K1 & K2 Race Poley
Jan 26-28 K2 & up Technical Camp Crabbe
Jan 31-Feb 1 K2 & up Race Martock
Feb 7 K1 Fun Race Crabbe
Feb 8 Memorial Race Crabbe
Feb 14-15 K1 Race Ben Eoin
Feb 16-19 Atlantic Speed Camp Crabbe
Feb 20-22 K2 & up Race Crabbe
Feb 28-Mar 1 K1 Camp PEI Host
Feb 28-Mar 4 NB Alpine K2 & up Camp Crabbe
Mar 2-6 NB March Break
Mar 7-8 Atlantic Cup K2 & up Race Wentworth
Mar 14-15 Atlantic Snowstars Festival Mt Farlange
Mar 16-20 NS & PEI March Break
Mar 17-19 K1 & up Camp Marble Mtn
Mar 20-22 Marble Cup K1 & up Race Marble Mtn

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CAMPS AT CRABBE MTN

December 20-22 Pre Christmas CMRC Skills Camp (all levels)
December 27-29 CMRC CLUB EL - K1 Skills Camp
December 27-29 Atlantic K2-J2 Skills Camp 1
December 30-31 (until Noon) CMRC CLUB Team Building Mini Camp (all levels)
January 2-4 Atlantic K2-J2 Skills Camp 2
January 2-4 CMRC CLUB EL - K1 training

The Atlantic camps will include athletes and coaches from other hills as well. If any CMRC K2 athletes would prefer to participate in the CMRC camps only (EL-K1 Skills) instead of the Atlantic camps, please let Rien Meesters or Peter Andrews know.

Our own Claude Marquis recently received the TELUS Award for Alpine Canada Alpin for Official of the Year. With Claude are Andreas and Ariana along with Emily Brydon (far right) current member of the Women’s National Alpine Ski Team. The photo was taken on the weekend of December 6, 2008 at Lake Louise during ladies Weekend of the Bombardier Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup.

André Fortin Niv III, course conductor, AMSC

I took this picture at Sainte-Anne Dec 5, 2008. The enthousiasm of this coach Michele Leger, coaching the kids attracted my attention. After giving the task to each racer she added "have fun!" WOW! to her, mixing of training with the pleasure of the glide.

Racer night reminder

Just a reminder about the racer night at Skiwolf Oct 30 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Please note that a 20% deposit will be required on all purchases.
We look forward to seeing as many as possible there Thursday night.

Racer Night at SkiWolf

Hey everyone,
October 30 there will be no Dry land as the school is having a dance, so we will be having a racer night at SkiWolf.
This is a great oppertunity to try on sizes and get some assistance in choosing new gear. I know some of you have already made arrangements and that is great. But for those that are still in need of gear please come to SkiWolf between 7:00pm and 8:30 Oct 30.
Not really necessary but if you wanted to let me now if you will be coming and what you think you might need would be great.

Thanks
Michele

NB Cup Awards

K1 Girls
1st Gabrielle Ouellette, Mt Farlange
2nd Rachelle Smith, Poley
3rd Ariana Marquis, Crabbe

K1 Boys
1st Anthony Gonzalez, Restigouche
2nd Willem Slauenwhite, PEI
3rd Andrew McLean, Poley

K2 Girls
1st Cathleen Trafton, Crabbe
2nd Michelle Thomas, Crabbe
3rd Carolyn Larlee, Crabbe

K2 Boys
1st Robin Overing, Poley
2nd Henrik Tonning, Crabbe
3rd Lincoln Esau, Crabbe

J1 Girls
1st Sarah Linkletter, PEI
2nd Nicola McLeod, PEI
3rd Jessica Jobe, Poley

J1 Boys
1st Mike Byrne, Poley
2nd Philip Soicher, Crabbe
3rd JC LeBlond, Poley

J2 Girls
1st Christina Love, PEI

J2 Boys
1st Sebastien Pacey-Smith, Crabbe
2nd Adam Duplessis, Crabbe
3rd Charlie McCardle, PEI

Amqui Classic Results

I have the results from K2 Boys/Girls. Still waiting to find K1 Results

Men

Lincoln Esau: 14th (Slalom), 10th (Giant Slalom) and 12th (Kombi)
Henrik Tonning: 17th (Slalom), 22nd (Kombi)

Female

Cathleen Trafton 28th (Slalom), 15th (Giant Slalom) and 32 (Kombi)
Lilly Coolen 50th (Slalom), 41st (Giant Slalom)

Congratulations to everyone on a great showing Love to see those Top 30, Top 15 and even Top 10 Finishes for Crabbe.

K2 Nationals Official Results

MENS Official results

Robin Overing - 12th GS and 7th SC (DNF SG and SL however in 2nd place after first SL run!)
Henrik Tonning - 61st in GS; 59th in SC; 64th in SG; 44th in SL

WOMENS Official Reseults
Michelle Thomas - 62nd in GS; 60th SC and 62nd in SG (DNF SL)
Cathleen Trafton - 54th in GS; 55th in SC and 61st in SG; 47th in SL


Overall in Canada District Robin and Cathleen were 1st boy and girl

Also NB finished 1st in Canada District
- and overall only behind the big 4 and the US - this with ONLY 4 athletes.

NB Provincial Finals Results

Here are the results from the NB Provincial Finals at Poley Mountain this past weekend, March 15 and 16th. Crabbe did great.

In Saturdays Slalom for girls
in K1 Ariana Marquis silver
Mina Teague 4th

in K2 Bess Teague bronze
Caroline Larlee 4th

In the boys
J2 Sebastian Pacey-Smith gold
Cyril Kerr silver
Adam DuPlessis bronze

J1 Phil Soicher bronze

K2 Henrik Tonning silver

In Sundays GS
Girls
K1 Araina Marquis silver
Michelle Levesque bronze

K2 Cathleen Trafton silver
Bess Teague bronze
Michelle Thomas 4th

In boys

J2 Adam DuPlessis gold
Sebastian Pacey-Smith silver

J1 Phil Soicher bronze

K2 Lincoln Esau gold
Henrik Toning silver

Great job by all athletes Have a great time doing some spring training and the very best of luck to all Crabbe athletes attending any other races, such as K2 Nationals, Whistler Cup and Amqui Classic.

Provincial Finals

Lift access opens at 8:00 a.m. Please be at the lodge and ready to go at 7:50 a.m. for all K1-J2 Athletes.

Coaches will confirm after the coaches meeting.

All Entry athletes are scheduled to race in the Husky Snow Stars Event on Saturday and are to meet Corey following the coaches meeting 9:00 a.m. in the Lodge to get bibs. Saturday for Snow Stars race start 10:00 a.m.

All athletes are asked to meet their coach after the race to find out about pulling the course if they are needed. Also athletes are expected to stick around to see the awards following all races unless discussed with coach.

Thanks and see you all tonight or tomorrow.

Rien.

Mont Farlagne Results

Here are the results from Mont Farlagne from last weekend.

In the slalom on Saturday under beautiful skies
Girls
K1 Michelle Levesque gold
Mina Teague 4th place

Boys
J2 Sebastian Pacey-Smith gold
J1 Phillip Soicher silver
K2 Lincoln Esau silver
K2 Henrik Tonning bronze

Sundays GS was a bit more challenging with massive amounts of snow. While the host ROC the TD and the groomer from the resort made it possible to race the athletes had a great time free skiing in the POWDER. Incredible.

Girls
K1 Ariana Marquis 4th
K2 Cathleen Trafton 4th

Boys
J2 Sebastian Pacey-Smith gold
K2 Lincoln Esau silver
K2 Henrik Tonning 4th

Great weekend by all athletes, some of whom did better then ever before. We as coaches were very proud of how they all performed.
Very glad to know that everyone made it home Sunday safely the roads were horrible but that is just another part of ski racing.

See you all this weekend in Poley

Marble Cup Race Results

Congratualations to all who attended this year's Marble Cup. With a small but effective team we nearly took the cup.

Results

Sebastien - 4 gold
Phil - gold, silver, bronze (one each)
Henrik - 3 gold - one bronze
Cathleen - 2 silver; 2 bronze

Also K2 male overall - Henrik
J male overall - Sebastien

Mont Farlagne

The official race results are not on the ACA site as of today, so we will create a poat here on the BLOG as soon as they are. We want to make sure we do not miss anyone who made the podium or needs other recognition.
Please keep checking here, we expect the results soon. See you all at Poley this weekend.

Wednesday Night Training Cancelled

due to the closure of school training is cancelled tonight.

Atlantic Cup Race Results

K2 Girls
Cathleen Trafton Gold in SG, Gold in SG (2)
2nd fastest female overall in SG 1

K2 Boys
Henrik Tonning Silver SG, Bronze SG (2) Bronze GS
Lincoln Esau Silver SG (2) Silver SC, Silver GS

J2 Boys
Adam Duplessis Gold in SG, Gold SG (2)Gold SC, Gold GS
Fastest boy overall in SG (2) and GS.

Sebastian Pacey- Smith Silver SG, Silver GS

J1 Boys
Philip Soicher Silver in SG,


Honorable Mention:

Bess Teague 4th in GS

Great Job Gang......

J1/J2 Race Notice

Wentworth Race Notice has arrived, please send me an email if your son/daughter does NOT plan on attending. All others will be placed on the race list.

Rien.

Wednesday Night Training

Due to the cancellation of schools and the upcoming weather; snow, high winds and rain, tonights training has been cancelled.

Rien

K1 Wentworth Race

CMRC had 4 K1 athletes and 4 Entry athletes at the Wentworth race this past weekend. The conditions were a challenge for then with more "slippery" stuff then we have had at Crabbe in years. However, they all handled it with great athletic skill and determination.
Our athletes climbed onto the podium twice, with Ariana Marquis(K1) taking a third place bronze in the first slalom on Sunday and Leland Morehouse of the Entry group taking second in the Kombi Saturday afternoon.
All the athletes worked hard and represented CMRC and themselves very well. We are very proud of everyone.

Coach Michele

GS Training and Fun Race

There will be GS Training on Saturday (longer radius) bring SG skies if you have them for the camp.

Sunday Fun Race please tell me you are attending on Saturday so I can make a start list. Handicap system same as last year. GS.

See you on the weekend and think SPEED!!!!

Wednesday Night Training Canceled

Due to the weather forecast and the low numbers thinking of attending there will be no training tonight at Crabbe. Ther will be no training next week during speed camp either.

Thanks Rien

Wednesday Night Heads UP

Please keep an eye on the Weather for Wednesday night. If it is raining we will not be running training on Wednesday. IF it is very warm and has rained in the day please plan to do GS as the ruts are less difficult to deal with.

Thanks

Martok K2's

What a weekend for Crabbe at the Martok Races, the weather was a bit cold but our skills came through....

Podiums this weekend by

Cathleen Trafton 2 Gold in GS and a Silver in the Dual
Lincoln Esau with Bronze in Sl, Silver in GS and Bronze and Silver in the Kombi's.

Just off the podium were both Henrik Tonning and Calum Lovely...just a step away.

K1/Entry Poley Results

Great weekend for our athletes two weekends ago at Poley, sorry for the delay in the results.

Capturing Podiums were:
Michelle Levesque with Silver in both Kombi's
Ariana with a Bronze in Kombi 2
Alexa Andrews with a Silver

Michael Leger with Gold's in all 4 Events he participated in...Great job....

Dry Land Jan 31 and Feb 7

There will be no dry land on Jan 31 and Feb 7 as the facility is being used. Please take note of these dates.

I would like to say a big THANKS to everyone that have been coming to dry land as athletes and the other coaches, it has been a great season and we can see the results on the mountain.

Dry land will continue until the end of Feb then we will do final testing. Dates and time for that will come soon. We would like to see as many out for that as possible.

See you at the hill

K1 Poley Race Results
The first K1 race of the season was this past weekend at Poley Mountain in Sussex. There were about 60 athletes in total and the Crabbe athletes did very well.
The following athletes all made it to the podium
Alexa Andrews Bronze in the first GS
Michelle Levesque Silver in the first Kombi
Michele Levesque Silver in the second Kombi
Ariana Marquis Bronze in the second Kombi

And Michael Leger of our Entry group was Golden in all 4 events on Saturday.

Congrats to all athletes on a very sussessful weekend, this is just the start.
Good Luck to the K2s this weekend in Martock

Dry land Tuesday Jan 15

Please note that due to school distrcit 18 being closed today Jan 15 for the recent storm there will be no dry land this evening as scheduled.

Training Schedule this weekend

Due to the conditions and other factors:

Saturday Slalom Training - Horn/Flume for Entry K1
Sunday GS Horn

Most training will be done from the Coffin down as snow may now be an issue but we will move up the hill if there is enough snow that can hold gates.

March Break Camp / Races etc

Just an FYI if you haven't looked at the schedules and are planning on March Break trips around. Over the March Break there are two races on the second weekend (March 8-9) At the moment the K1's are scheduled to travel to PEI for a race and the K2's are scheduled to travel to Farlagne for a race (may change to K2-J2 with recent cancellation but will keep you posted).

Please try to let me know if you know that you will be away and not availble for training on

March 1-2

March 3-7 (looking for dates for a camp)

March 8-9


Thanks Rien

Race Cancelled

Due to the ski conditions at Farlagne the race has been cancelled. Please contact the Chateau Edmondston to cancel your accommodations.

Training as normal at Crabbe on Sat/Sun.

Wednesday Night Training

Wednesday Night Training will begin next Wednesday January 16th at 6:30 p.m. at the Race Shack. Training will be Slalom.

Please let me know you are attending by this weekend.

Rien.

For Sale

One Pair of 178cm GS Salomon GC Skies and bindings. Used two seasons with moderate use. Still in great condition. Regular $1100 on sale now for $350.00 to get them out of my house.

Let me know, Rien

Use of Mouth Guard

CMRC is now suggesting to all parents and athletes that athletes wear a mouth guard for training and for all races. Research suggests that the use of this equipment greatly reduces the chances of concusion from impact related falls. In the near future CMRC will be moving to mandatory use of these but wanted to allow time for athletes to try options.

Option one : Boil and bite (available at most Sport Stores)
Optino Two: Dental Prepared (more expensive but better fit and breathing).

Suit Order

Suits are available for a re-order. Sizes available immediately are 8-10 and 12 (small sizes) and may be able to trade with someone who wants a smaller size. Check around club. IF you want to order larger they will make them, cost slightly more $280.00 instead of $200.00 and will take about 4-6 weeks but I think they make the team look great and would really like to have all in the suits.....

J1/J2 Race Notice

Please let me know if you are not attending the J Race in Farlagne this weekend. I will be submitting a race list by Wednesday to Mt.Farlagne.

We will not be travelling up for the optional training on Friday as we had a great break of training.

Chateau Edmondston has reservations held under Dianne Pelletier's name for the club if you would like to reserve a room.

We must have 4 parents minimium to help with race, please let me know if you are available.

J1/J2 First Race

First Race will be at Mount Farlagne on January 11-13th. Dianne Pelletier has reserved a block of 6 Double Rooms at the Chateau Edmondston. Rooms should be called in and reserved on credit card prior to that date. I also need to know who if any are interested in the Optional Training day on Friday? Please let me know by the 6th. If interested we will travel up on Friday Morning leaving early and arriving to train around 10a.m.

Race format will be announced shortly but there are some changes in the works.

Thanks Rien.