Amqui Classic....yup this is a classic pic

Robert Young....The Butt of Many Jokes seen here. Robert had an exceptional showing at Amqui...too bad all most saw was his posterior region. Looking Good Robert!!!

Amqui

Congratulations to Stefan, Philip, Robert and Lincoln for a great weekend in Quebec. From what I heard Robert finished 4th for K2. Lincoln also had a great result of 20th for K1 over 80 racers in his division. I also heard there was a lot of snow on Sunday and the POW was great.

Well done guys.
Please forward any pics to Rien for posting.

Memorial Race Results

Ages 6-8
Girls Leah Levesque (1st)
Boys Ian Logan (2nd)
Cooper Thomas-Clark (1st)

Ages 9-10
Girls Alexa Andrews (3rd)
Ariana Marquis (2nd)
Michelle Levesque (1st)

Boys Colton Thomas (2nd)
Baxter Thomas-Clark (1st)

Ages 11-12
Girls Cathleen Trafton (3rd)
Amy Appleby (2nd)
Michelle Thomas (1st)

Boys Calum Lovely (1st)

Ages 13-14
Girls Bess Teague (2nd)
Hannah Langille (1st) Recipient of the Steve Peppin Trophy for Fastest Juvenile Female Racer

Boys Scott McAllister (3rd)
Patrick Coolen (2nd)
Ky Hughson (1st) Recipient of the Steve Peppin Trophy for Fastest Juvenile Male Racer

Ages 15-16
Girls Christie Lawrence (1st)

Boys Cyril Kerr (3rd)
Sebastian Pacey-Smith (2nd)
Adam DuPlessis (1st) Recipient of the Dax Brown Trophy for Fastest Junior Male Racer

Ages 17-18
Girls Mandy Thomas (1st) Recipient of the Jane Naxon Trophy for the Fastest Junior Female Racer

Boys Cameron DuPlessis (1st)

The Golden Crutch was awarded to Nicholas Coleman as the fastest coach.

The Golden Binding was awarded to Maureen Levesque as the fastest mature female racer.

The Golden Binding was awarded to Kyle Jones as the fastest mature male racer.

The Old Boot was awarded to Jeff Appleby as the faster Over 40 racer.

Memorial Race a GO!!

Just a note to all that the Memorial race is on for tomorrow morning first thing. We are hoping to start by 9:30 to avoid slushy conditions. Grab those old race skis and downhill suits....wait maybe some of you should avoid the downhill suits :) and come on out for some great fun.

We will also be closing the shack up on Sunday so all skis etc must be out by Sunday afternoon as the power is going off for the season. I am hoping if it isn't raining to re-roll some of the fencing either Sunday or next weekend if we still are open for skiing. Please come out and lend a helping hand.

Another glorious late spring day is upon us in late March.....go grab some rays and enjoy the day.

Rien.

For the Techie in us all

Thanks to Darryl that found this awesome link. This one is for parents, racers, coaches etc that want to understand the how's and why's. It also has some great video footage along with it. It also starts to deal with concepts such as boot fitting, course inspection and variety of other technique oriented questions. Check it out for sure.

http://www.youcanski.com/en/index.htm

Silent Auction big success

The silent auction raised $2000 today to support our team. Thanks to all who helped, who bought and who donated goods towards the silent auction.

Farlagne Picture Gallery....sorry for the delay

Girls take monster load of medals at Farlagne




A Spoiler is that all it took?








Esau with great form and style, not like the old man.....LOL :)












Caroloine Larlee Charging the hill










Can you say I'm relaxed at a Race

K1 Results

Sorry for the lack of entries late but things have been a bit hectic. Anyway. We had a great weekend at the Husky Snow Stars Festival this weekend. The speeds generated in the speed trap were excellent.

Great Job to Cameron Duplesis with the fastest time of 97Km/h.

K1 Slalom Boys
Gold Medal : Lincoln Esau
Bronze Medal: Henrik Tonning

K1 Girls Slalom SWEEEEEP
Gold Medal: Caroline Larlee
Silver Medal: Cathleen Trafton
Bronze Medal: Michelle Thomas

K1 Boys GS
Silver Medal: Calum Lovely

K1 Girls GS
Silver Medal: Cathleen Trafton.
Bronze Medal: Bess Teague

Stay tuned for a new site for great tips and equipment fitting tips for next season.

Thanks to all that helped make this event a success. Good luck to Lincoln, Robert, Philip and Stefan in Amqui and Henrik at Whistler Cup.

Hope to see everyone for the Memorial Race....adults chance to break out the ole downhill suits and do it old school........

Local TD goes International

Congratulations to Claude Marquis who was selected to TD a World Cup Event in Japan......What a great success and experience. Best of luck Claude and let us know how things go.

Wednesday Night Training

Wednesday training is Cancelled due to inclement weather. The race for Farlagne is still on this weekend and information will follow from Diane.

Have a great week and pray for cold and snow......


J1 Nationals went really well with many good results. Congratulations to Adam, Cameron and Sebastian for good performance over the week. Final positions will be posted later in the week.

Good On Ya....Rien

Wednesday Night Training

Wednesday training is Cancelled due to inclement weather. The race for Farlagne is still on this weekend and information will follow from Diane.

Have a great week and pray for cold and snow......


J1 Nationals went really well with many good results. Congratulations to Adam, Cameron and Sebastian for good performance over the week. Final positions will be posted later in the week.

Good On Ya....Rien

March Break Training Schedule

Saturday March 4th - Regular Training Day (GS)
Sunday March 5th - Regular Training Day (Slalom)
Monday: Day Off
Tuesday March 7-Thursday March 9th March Break Camp- Technical Free Skiing, Gate Training, Dual Skills Courses and Dual Slalom Course.
Friday March 10th: Day Off
Saturday March 11th -Regular Training Day (GS)
Sunday March 12th- Regular Training Day (Slalom)

Please email your plans for attending these training days as it allows me to better staff each day. Thanks
rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca

Good Looking Crew at the Atlantic Cup

Here's the gang after a good weekend of racing!! Results will follow. Good luck to those off to J1 Nationals next week and have a good March Break to the rest of you.

A big Success at Crabbe

To all Crabbe Mountain Ski Racers and Parents:

I am writing this on Monday morning while listening to the first run of GS from the Olympics. What a run from JF Bourque from a small place near Restigouche!

Many thanks to absolutely everyone for the work over the weekend to make the ski races happen. To say the least, we were challenged by the weather. Rain on Friday and bitter cold on Saturday and Sunday certainly took a lot of the fun away from it but I never heard an athlete complain. Our athletes shared the newly renovated race shack with other athletes from other clubs and it all worked out. We had help from other clubs to make it happen. Dan’s system of pairing gatekeepers was super, thanks Dan! We should remember their help when we visit other races; I know I will be gate keeping at Wentworth if they need me to.

Mandy made the front page of the local paper; I can’t ever remember seeing that happen. Hannah had a color picture in the sports section. Thanks to the Gleaner and Dave Smith who I am sure he had some influence in this happening.

I have to go to work but thanks again to everyone who helped in any role because every role is essential for a successful ski race!

Mel

Many Thanks from Rien

Many Thanks to all of you that emailed and gave support to me on Saturday at the race. I appreciate all your support and concern. I would also like to thank all the coaches and parents that stepped up to help while I was absent. I look forward to getting back on the skis and coaching at Wentworth next weekend for the Atlantic Cup.

Please email me your interest in attending this race, Friday,Saturday/Sunday. I need to get registration in on Tuesday night. Thanks again Rien

K2 to J2

Have Fun everyone at Speed Camp this week. Enjoy the little bit of new snow that we received last night.

For all those of you not training at the speed camp but attending the SG Race on Friday you must attend the Thursday Speed Training. Please make sure you have signed up for the appropriate races SG, GS and/or Slalom. This information should have been in to Amanda this weekend but if you were not at the hill or missed the sheet please email me asap as race deadline is tomorrow at 7pm.

K1 Score at Wentworth

Congratulations to all our athletes that at the last minute travelled to Wentworth for the Giant Slalom and Slalom Races on Saturday. It was a jam packed day at Wentworth with 2 runs of each GS and SL on Saturday. Thank you to all the parents that travelled the long road to Wentworth for this race and getting the kids to the hill on time.

In the Medals:

K1 Boys Lincoln Esau with Silver Medals in both GS and Slalom.
Entry Girls: Medals by both Michele Levesque and also Mina Teague.

I would like to get these results into the radio/newspaper but I did not get a copy of the official results. If anyone has the standings for Michele and Mina please email them to me.....thanks.

Way to Go Team.

P.S. the military base is an interesting experience, great place for a team to stay!!

K2-J2 Plans for Crabbe Race

Please have your race plans ready for the weekend to give to Amanda.

Name- Division - Which Days you are racing, for example

John Smith J1 Speed Camp, Friday SG, Sat GS and Sunday Slalom.

Give this to Amanda by Saturday at Lunch thanks

Nice Smile Adam
Hannah on the Pitch
Cyril Inside ski could be an issue!

Jacqueline in Position



Some of the Medal Winners....Who D'At....ROBERT!!!!!!!!!!

Updates

Wednesday Night Training - SLALOM
Saturday Training - Giant Slalom
Sunday (No Training for those athletes in Speed Camp)
Sunday Afternoon Fencing to be put up on the HORN for speed camp.

K1 Race in Wentworth
Details to follow for Hotels

Race Timeline
Lift will open for training runs at 8 AM. (athletes to be there and ready for 8a.m. sharp)
Course Inspection for the GS will open at 8:30.
Course Inspection will close at 9:00.
Forerunner will start at 9:20.
First run of GS will occur at 9:30.
GS runs will be back-to-back. There will be no reset between runs. Course inspection for the slalom will open at 12:30.
Course inspection for slalom will close at 1:00.
Forerunner will start at 1:20.
First run of slalom will occur at 1:30.
Slalom runs will be back-to-back. There will be no reset between runs.
Awards ceremony will occur after final tabulation of results. The target time is 4 PM.

Please email or call for confirmation: rien.meesters@nbed.nb.ca