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Co-editors:
Chris Dornan, Cathy Sturgeon and Martine Grenon
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November 2011
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PARTNERS AND SPONSORS |
Funding partners:
- Sport Canada
- Own the Podium
- Jemini Foundation
- National Winter Sport Association
Major partners:
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Cross Connections
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Beckie Scott and Heinz Niederhauser Inducted into Hall of Fame Credit: Anton Schier
On November 2nd. 2011 the late Heinz Niederhauser and Beckie Scott were inducted into the Canadian Ski Museum's Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame Induction ceremony was held at the Chateau Cartier hotel in Gatineau and featured several hundred prominent snowsport representatives including as an honorary guest Senator Nancy Greene-Raine. Cross-country skiing was well represented with a contingent of over 40 guests including previous Hall of Fame members Richard Weber and Dave Rees.
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Alex Harvey Bolts into Fifth Spot in Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Opener
Canada's Alex Harvey couldn't have asked for a better start to the season, surprising even himself with a fifth-place finish at the World Cup opener in Sjusjoen, Norway on Saturday. The 23-year-old Harvey, of St-Ferr�ol-les-Neiges, Que., narrowly missed the podium with a time of 33:21.5 after fighting his way around the 3.75-kilometre loop, which features a nice balance of, speed and technical corners, in the men's 15-kilometre individual start skate-ski race. "I'm super happy with today and even a little surprised. A 15-kilometre individual start is a black horse for me," said the emerging rock star on the top international circuit. "I really had a goal of getting into the top-10 today, but my skis were awesome so I'm very happy." Harvey and his World Cup mates concentrated their off-season training on building strength for the longer skate-ski races this winter.
Full article
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World Snow Day - January 22 2012
In June, 2011, FIS announced the first World Snow Day. Designed to promote the healthy outdoor winter ski sports, WSD will feature an international footprint and bring attention to ski sports around the globe. Your club can become part of this international event by planning and registering your activity online with the FIS. It's easy and it's fun.
World Snow Day has seen a huge influx of registrations over the past month. As of 15:30, 11th November 2011 the official count of registered World Snow Day events stands at 81 events in 23 different countries. There are only four sites from Canada currently registered: Canmore and Sun Peaks in the west and Beaver Valley and Stoneham in the east. Your club or region can also become a part of the Global ski community by participating in World Snow Day, January 22, 2012.
Registration for World Snow Day closes on December 15th 2011 so be prepared this is not the final number of events! A TV and online ad will be produced along with loads of additional promotional material to be used in connection with your event.
Visit World Snow Day and join Canmore as one of the many ski events across North America engaged in this international event.
See you on World Snow Day to Enjoy, Explore and Experience the snow. Visit http://www.world-snow-day.com/ "Become an Event Organizer" and click on access to the Event Planning Guide, Event Ideas Guide and the Promotional ToolKit.
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Grant for NCCP L2T and T2T Workshops
Recently Cross Country Canada (CCC) established a grant for National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Learn to Train (L2T) and Train to Train (T2T) workshops held during the 2011/12 season.
The objective of this grant is to improve the standard of coaching within the CCC sport system by supporting divisions in the delivery of these critical steps in coach education programming (Competition-Introduction context). Eligible expenses include Learning Facilitator honorarium and/or associated travel expenses.
In addition to potentially allowing divisions to offer more workshops, CCC is also making sure that participants will benefit directly from this funding opportunity by capping the registration fees of funded workshops to 100$ per participant.
Make sure to check if your division will offer more L2T and T2T workshops in response to this funding opportunity!
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Track Attack Program Buff!
Buff season has arrived!
Check out this season's Track Attack Buff to keep your young skiers warm and toasty on the trails!
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Louis Bouchard wins Petro-Canada Coaching Award Louis Bouchard, was one of 44 Canadian coaches awarded a Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence award at the Coaching Association of Canada's Leadership Conference on Friday. The award recognizes coaches that have been a principal coach of athletes that have won medals at World Championship or Olympic/Paralympic competitions.
Louis won the award in recognition of his coaching of Alex Harvey, the co-winner of the 2011 World Championships in the Team Sprint, along with Devon Kershaw.
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Vote for Canada's best athlete of 2011: Devon Kershaw needs your vote! Credit: CBC Sports
It's hard to believe that 2011 is almost done. Seasons come and seasons go but sport never sleeps and suddenly thoughts are turning to the inevitable measurement of which Canadian athlete has shone above the rest in this calendar year. Devon Kershaw is one of the twelve candidates for Canada's athlete of the year! Full article
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Para-Nordic Profile: Margarita Gorbounova, ON
Margarita Gorbounova is an experienced Para-Nordic athlete with vision impairment who lives and trains in Ottawa, Ontario. Margarita raced at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics and wants to be one of the Canadian Para-Nordic team members at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics. To accomplish this she is looking for one or more guide skiers (i.e.: training/racing partners). She would like to train with this/these person(s) 2-3 times a week on rollerskis and later on snow and then go on to race with them this winter. A guide skier should be at least 10-15% faster than the racer they guide and ideally, should also have racing experience. Visually impaired Para-Nordic athletes and their guides compete as a team in ski races but do not have to be the same gender. The races listed below are in Margarita's plans for this season and funding support to assist with expenses is typically available to a dedicated ski guide:
- IPC World Cup races in the USA: Jan. 24 to Feb. 5, 2012,
- Ontario Cup races
- Ontario ParaSport Games in Huntsville, ON: Feb. 24-26, 2012
- National Championships: March 17-24, 2012
If interested, please contact Margarita at [email protected]
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Club profile: A Canmore Nordic Ski Club Case Study Credit: Roy Strum
Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Plan is a document created in 2004 that provides direction to coaches, parents, sport organizations about optimal athlete development priorities for all ages of people. Cross-country skiing has been a model sport in the implementation of the LTAD priorities for coaching and athlete development. LTAD literature recognizes that the Train to Train (TT) age group (11-14 in girls; 12-15 in boys) is a period of growth development that includes large individual variance in the start, rate, and tapering of physical growth characteristics including muscular, skeletal, and hormonal growth. It is quite common in cross-country ski competitions for this age group to have boys who are 150-160cm in height competing in the same age category s boys who are 170-180cm in height.
Full article
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Like Us on Facebook!
It's time for you to ''like'' Cross Country Canada on Facebook!
We are using this great tool more and more, for day-to-day communication with the public and also as a platform to exchange ideas between members. Few days go by when we don't update our page with a news item, photos, article, a contest, etc. Looking forward to connecting! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cross-Country-Canada/138553616175807 |
Women in Sport Encouragement Fund: Grants Available!
The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS) is offering twelve grants of $900 to active girls and women and/or organizations offering sport programs targeted to girls and women. The WISE (Women in Sport Encouragement) Fund was developed in 2004 in response to the ongoing financial need within the sport community. The fund is designed to help support MSO/NSO/PSO sport initiatives in an effort to financially assist members of the sport community in Canada. This fund is provided by CAAWS, with support from Sport Canada. Since 2004, CAAWS has supported 92 individuals and organizations through this fund, dispersing over $82,800 to members of the sport community.
Please feel free to forward this information within your community as you see fit. National and Multisport Service Organizations, as well as their provincial affiliates, clubs, and teams are encouraged to apply. Coaches, officials and sports administrators may also apply. Please note that CAAWS will no longer be accepting applications from individual athletes. All details related to the WISE Fund submission criteria, application process and deadlines can be found online at www.caaws.ca/e/grants/wise Applications will only be ccepted between November 21, 2011 and December 9, 2011. Any applications received before or after these dates will not be considered. The 2012 WISE Fund recipients will be announced in February 2012.
Thank you for your cooperation in promoting the WISE Fund within the sport community.
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Website Updates - RSS Feeds
With the recent upgrade to the website you have a few different ways to keep up to date on all of your cross country skiing news. The easiest way to stay updated is with the RSS feed. For those that don't currently use RSS you just subscribe to the feed (click on the orange logo) and you can use Google Reader or MS Outlook (or any other news reader). Every time CCC adds a new article you will get the update in your news reader.
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Skill Development Camps 2011
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Quote of the Month
"It was an okay start, but I was looking for a little more today. I started sixth last, and that many guys racing around the same 2.5 kilometre loop for 15 kilometres beats it down pretty good, and some of the hills were quite icy. It was good to have this race to test your body and dial in your technique before the World Cup."
...Alex Harvey on the start of his international race season
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Did You Know.....
- Devon Kershaw was profiled on Swedish TV. Click here
- The Canadian Olympic Committee injected an additional $5 million into the Own the Podium program to support Canada's athletes pursuit of excellence bringing their total since 2009 to $25 million
- Lenny Valjas' 18th-place finish in the 15-kilometre skate-ski race in Bruksvallarna, Sweden was his best-ever international distance finish
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