Newsletter #12

How can this be?  That we are on Newsletter #12?  It seems only yesterday we were checking you all in for the season….well, maybe not quite yesterday.

Thank you's...

So, let’s see….who to thank this week? 

• Oh, just the 10 (!) people who donated chilli to the great chilli cook-off. (If you didn’t bother to come, you missed some serious fun.  What a great time in the clubhouse.) And … 
• The 60 (!) people who checked in for 12-hours of Wentworth.  This event was an unmitigated success based on participation alone.  A lot of people had a lot of fun; despite being a bit tired at training on Sunday.  (More communications to follow regarding prize pickups and outstanding pledges.)
• Thanks to Aerobics First for our base station and the prizes.  Tom Johns the celebrity bootfitter and Tom Hill the celebrity ski tuner were total troopers manning the booth for 12 solid hours (!!)
• Thanks to Lee Simms, Jennifer Havill, Duncan GIllis, Erika Jones, Roger Daya and Maurice Cramm for also working the base station.

So we move from Silent Auction to Ski-a-thon to the Roland Brunner Race….what a busy month (!!)

This Weekend….

• The Roland Brunner Race….WSRC parents are rallying; food signups are almost complete and we’ve heard rumours of folks intending to help out who have not quite signed up yet.
• Do your cold temp dance…mother nature while providing some gorgeous bluebird days this past week has not done much for the base….
• Remember:  if the hill is open, programs are a GO.
• Any parents from the younger age groups interested in learning about a race official position and shadowing during the race, contact Duncan Gillis , WSRC’s fantastic Volunteer Coordinator; text (506) 588-0355

 
Who was Roland Brunner?
 
Roland Brunner came to Nova Scotia in the mid to late 1960's as the Nova Scotia Provincial Ski coach. He was enticed to Nova Scotia by Kell Antoft who was very involved with Alpine Ski Nova Scotia at that time. It was Kell and Roland who developed the Nancy Green Ski League in Canada, which went on to be the foundation of many great Canadian skiers, and inspired participation in ski racing for youth across Canada. The skill levels that Roland and Kell developed are still used in national ski programs today.
 
Roland enjoyed coaching in Nova Scotia but he would go home to his native Switzerland for the summers, he lost his life in a cycling accident near his home. 
 
A short while after his death, Kell Antoft, Peter Kunz and Brian Todd purchased the Roland Brunner trophy in his memory for annual competition at Wentworth.  Iit has been raced for since about 1970.

The Annual Roland Brunner AAA Race event hosted by WSRC at Ski Wentworth...

This is WSRC's signature event of the season which attracts 100+ athletes from all over Atlantic Canada.  Open to U14-U21 athletes, this event includes Super G, Slalom and GS races.

This Coming Week….

• March Break Camp ay Wentworth for those of you remaining in NS.
• EL coaching course for 16+ by JoeyLynn, Monday-Wednesday.  Sign-up:  https://www.canskicoach.org/CSCF/?what=EVENTS_schedule_HTML&group=5&l=ENU

Next Weekend…

Poley U10+ race, Fri-Sat-Sun.  Registration deadline is tomorrow (!)

The Weekend After…

March 30^th – Club Champs Race and End of Season Social…WSRC ATHLETE CLOSING BANQUET- ALL SKIERS AND FAMILIES WELCOME!

The club will be holding out Annual Athlete Closing Banquet Saturday March 30, 2019 from 3:00-5:00 pm at  the Wentworth Recreation  Centre ( 13752 Hwy) .

Athletes and families are welcome to join us in celebrating this years’ tremendous athletes. There will be fun awards, a slide show and some yummy après ski treats.

The cover charge is one appetizer per family.  No chips/party-mix as this is provided please.

See you all there!

March 31^st – Make-Up Day:  We will be offering a make-up day due to the hill closure in February.  Please RSVP by March 24 so we know who to expect:  http://evite.me/hFzJtrqccb
 

Athletes Corner…
 
FIS Racing Update:  

JD Todd, Lauren Steinburg, Ian Keefe and Emily Todd all attended FIS races in Ontario last weekend and had some very respectable results at the Raymond James FIS GS Cup at Georgian Peaks March 11 and 12^th:

On March 11. Ian Keefe place 20^th of 89 and Emily Todd in her FIS debut weekend was 39 of 96.

On March 12, Emily was 35 and Lauren Steinburg was 49 of 93 and JD Todd was 27 out of 86.


Congratulations to NS Alpine Ski Racers Shane Sommers and Brenda MacDonald for being named Cleve’s Source for Sports Athlete of the Month for March !!!!  We are very proud of both these Nova Scotians’ accomplishments in Alpine Ski Racing on the National Stage….
 
(Halifax, March 12, 2019)- Shane Sommers is the Male Individual Athlete of the Month for March. The 14-year-old skier represented Nova Scotia at Canada Games where he took home a gold medal in ski cross. Along with topping the podium, Sommers also placed 13^th overall in slalom and 16^th overall in super- G. The competition hosted 136 competitors from across the county.
 
Brenda MacDonald is the Female Individual Athlete of the Month for March. The 20-year-old took home a silver medal in the para giant slalom event at Canada Games in Red Deer. The Martock Ski Race Club member was the only para athlete on the Nova Scotian ski team and plans to continue racing at the university and international level.
 
 For more information about the awards, please visit sportnovascotia.ca. 
 
 Have a great weekend!!