- Putney Classic Relays 2015 February 19, 2015Get ready for the Putney Relays 2015! For our upcoming BKL race, the Putney Ski Club has decided to dust off the old “Putney Relays” brand and run a classic style relay event with an emphasis on participation and fun. To promote participation by recreational skiers from all clubs, we’re using a unique format:
- Each team will be comprised of one skier from each age group.
- Boys and girls will race in the same race with no separate results or special categories for mixed teams. We’re all in this together!
- Each age group will ski their own lap (different length course for each group).
- Skiers may “ski up” a group, provided they ski the appropriate distance for the leg. (For example, if a 5/6 skier goes in the 7/8 leg, they’ll race the 7/8 course.)
- Skiers are not allowed allowed to “ski down” into a younger age group.
- Falun Nordic World Ski Championships February 19, 2015
The Falun Nordic World Ski Championships began February 18. The schedule of events is here and you can download the interactive apps. Below are video invites from Kikkan, Jessie and Liz that are posted on YouTube.
Please pass this info to your friends and families and post it on social media. We are trying to raise awareness of this great event and increase US viewership so we can make a case to USSA to get future cross country events on NBC TV.
Video invite from Kikkan Randall
Video invite from Jessie Diggins
Video invite from Liz Stephen
Continue reading → - Some Interesting Items February 16, 2015
A few items for this week:
- We have had one family cancel for the Zealand Hut ski this coming Saturday/Sunday. As a result, there are three spots open. If you are interested, please email Jonathan Chipman at jonathan.chipman@gmail.com to find out more.
- Putney BKL sent us this information. “While we are not sponsoring this race, it sounds like a blast! Get ready for the Putney Relays 2015! The Putney Ski Club has decided to dust off the old “Putney Relays” brand and run a classic style relay event with an emphasis on participation and fun. To learn more go here.”
- Stowe Derby is happening on the 22nd! Go here for more info.
- WATCH THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS! The Falun Nordic World Championships begin February 18. Click here for the schedule of events. And here is a link to a video of Jessie Diggins (remember her from the SMS T2 clinic?) telling a bit about it. The US nordic scene is trying to raise awareness of this great event and increase US viewership so they can make a case to USSA to get future cross country events on NBC TV.
- Updates and Reminders: BKL 1-day a week program February 15, 2015
Congratulations to the many Ford Sayre skiers who participated in this weekend’s Silver Fox Trot race in Hanover. It was wonderful to share in your excitement – and to witness the sense of community that continues to build around the Ford Sayre nordic program!
Thanks go out to everyone who helped make the event possible. Many, many families volunteered time – some hours, some days – to pull it off. Watching everyone put up the event, run it, and take it down with smiles on everyone’s faces was a spectacular thing. We would like to give enormous thanks to Lou Bregou, our Race Director. Lou spends many months preparing with his teams for this event. It is a herculean task, and he pulled if off beautifully once again! Thank you, Lou.
We hope you all enjoy this week of vacation and rest. Please remember that we will not hold practices this coming week since it is vacation week for the Dresden school district. We’ll see everyone again on Tuesday, February 24, and will wrap up our regular season on Tuesday, March 3. Please also mark your calendars for an end-of-year potluck celebration on the evening of Friday, March 13 at the Richard W. Black Recreation & Senior Center in Hanover (more details to come).
Continue reading → - Glad to Be a Part of This Team Called Ford Sayre February 15, 2015
Wow! What a day we had yesterday! The weather cooperated, the skies were blue and there was such a wonderful sense of community out on Garipay fields. We came home on a high feeling so fortunate to be part of this wonderful family that Ford Sayre nordic is.
Thanks go out to everyone who helped make the event possible. Many, many families volunteered time – some hours, some days – to pull it off. Watching everyone put up the event, run it, and take it down with smiles on everyone’s faces was a spectacular thing.
Especially, we would like to give enormous thanks to Lou Bregou, our intrepid Race Director. Lou spends many months preparing with his teams for this event. It is a herculean task, and he pulled if off beautifully once again! Thank you, Lou.
We hope you all enjoy this week of vacation and rest. Please remember that we will not hold practices this coming week since it is vacation week for the Dresden school district. We’ll see everyone again on Tuesday, February 24.
Cheers and have fun in the snow!
Ashley and Peter