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October 2012
Co-editors: Cathy Sturgeon, Martine Grenon & Chris Dornan |
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PARTNERS AND SPONSORS |
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Funding partners:
- Sport Canada
- Own the Podium
- Jemini Foundation
- National Winter Sport Association
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From children learning to ski in our Jackrabbit programs to our National Ski Team athletes taking on the world, Cross Country Canada is there, every step of the way.
Help turn a young skier's dream into reality! |
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BMO CCC MASTERCARD |
Every time you use your BMO Cross Country Canada MasterCard to make a purchase, a payment is made to CCC from BMO Bank of Montreal at no additional cost to you. Reward yourself. |
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CCC Store...
2013 CCC BUFF!
It's the original multifunctional headwear that will keep you going this winter in more than 12 different ways! It wicks moisture and dries quickly, while staying breathable and lightweight! Get yours today to keep you warm this winter!
Order today through CCC's Store !
Remember that all proceeds from the Cross Country Canada Online Store go directly towards the National Ski Team, Para-Nordic Ski Team and CCC Youth Development Programs! |
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Cross Connections
Dear Cross Connections subscriber,
Thank you for connecting with us through our Cross Connections newsletter every month!
We have been hard at work all summer with the preparation of the new season, so stay tuned for exciting new projects and ideas to come! You won't want to miss a beat!
Remember to send us your feedback as we greatly appreciated it and helps us improve.
Martine Grenon-Lafontaine
Coordinator of Administration & Communication
info@cccski.com |
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Trail to Sochi Starts in Canmore: Cross Country Canada announces National Ski Teams for 2013 Season
The trail to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games for Canada's newly named World Cup Nordic teams will start at the Canmore Nordic Centre, thanks to Frozen Thunder.
The innovative stock piling of snow project at the Nordic Centre, which was originally piloted in 2009, provides the nation's cross-country skiing and biathletes with early season on-snow training on more than two-kilometres of solid skiable terrain. The project will now host its first major sprint race for more than 100 Nordic athletes from Canada and the United States. The inaugural WinSport Frozen Thunder Classic, presented by Buff, will be held on October 26. Qualifying will start at 9 a.m. with the head-to-head heats starting at 10 a.m.
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Join the team as we target Sochi 2014!
There has never been a more important time to support Cross-country skiing in Canada. After a remarkable 2012 season, we now stand firmly among the top ski nations in the world. The bar has been raised. Our expectations have never been higher. As a member of Project Podium you have an exclusive opportunity to be part of our team as we set our sights on Sochi 2014. Funding from this program will go toward providing our skiers with the coaching, training and support that they need to take on the world.
For more details, please visit Project Podium. |
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From December 6-9, winter will be on our doorstep and downtown Québec City will be dressed in its finest white for the Sprint Québec which will host the FIS Cross-Country World Cup. For the very first time in Québec City, the top cross-country skiers, among others the Canadian favorites Alex Harvey and Devon Kershaw, will be in town to tackle an 850 m track looping around Québec's National Assembly.
It will be the first Cross-Country World Cup to be held in the heart of a city anywhere in the Americas, with thousands of fans gathering for the event! The atmosphere will have a distinctly urban feel as the team and individual sprint finals showcase the elite skiers at this third FIS World Cup of the 2012-2013 season.
www.sprintquebec.com
Facebook.com/sprintquebec
Twitter.com/Sprintqc |
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 Harvey is Ready for the Alberta World Cup!
Canadian National ski team member and World Champion Alex Harvey talks about his preparation for the 2012 FIS Alberta World Cup, December 13-16 at the Canmore Nordic Center.
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Fall Annual Update for the 2012/13 Season
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Photo Credit: Marcel Druwe, Winnipeg, MB |
As the temperature drops and thoughts turn to winter, Cross Country Canada is helping its members get ready for the cross-country ski season with this online version of its Fall Update. This is your "one-stop-shop" where you can learn more about what we do, our programs and events, and plans for the upcoming season.
Whether you are a member, club president or with a provincial ski organization, we trust that you will find this information helpful. If you're not yet a member, then please check out the information and connect with a club today.
Let's continue building the cross-country ski community together!
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Volcanoes, Glaciers and Rollerskis: 2012 Training Season Update with Coach Wadsworth
Justin Wadsworth is the Head Coach of the National Ski Team.
It's funny. The athletes came into this training season more excited than ever, when one would think that after such a successful last season it would have been just the opposite. The amount of work this team has done over the last two years has been exhausting and I thought maybe people would slow down a bit and need to be encouraged back into training mode. Well, that couldn't be further from the case.
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Our team is in a better place than ever and it's an exciting time for everyone involved in cross country skiing in Canada. Without the support of our CCC members, fans and partners we would not be where we are today. Thank you!
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Beckie Scott Inducted Into Olympic Hall of Fame
 Olympic legends join the exclusive group of individuals inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame at the Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremony at the Air Canada Centre.
"The medals are in a drawer, the skis went to a museum, and what I cherish the most from nearly two decades of sport are the friendships: the old friends, the new friends, the best friend who became my husband, and remains a best friend," Scott said. "The adventures, the laughs, the tears, the celebrations and the struggles - moments that were memorable and meaningful because of the people I was with."
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Meet Cross Country Canada's New Mascot!
Join us in welcoming CCC's new mascot KLISTER to the Canadian cross country ski community!
Be on the lookout for KLISTER at the Quebec and Alberta World Cups in December and on the trails this season...yes KLISTER will ski!!
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 Women's Committee Initiative for the Girls at Eastern Training Centres By: Camille Pépin
What do we do at a retreat for the training centre girls organised by Cross Country Canada's Womens committee? We don't ONLY sing and dance around in our pajamas and we certainly don't complain about men. At all. I mean it. We trained hard, had a lot of fun, and worked on building a world leading women's cross country skiing program. More specifically, Pavlina Suldrich, coach of the Ontario Ski Team, Dr. Sharleen Hoar, performance psychologist of the National Team, the NDTC Thunder Bay girls and the CNEPH girls got together last week-end in a house in Mont Saint-Anne.
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Para-Nordic Ski Team Training in New Mexico
The Para-Nordic Team was recently training in the thin air of New Mexico. Check out Kris Klebl showing serious speed!
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A Jackrabbit Among The Pros By: Caroline Bisson
"Now you are starting to look like a skier!", says Para-Nordic National Team Head Coach Robin McKeever as he watches me haul my body up the last portion of Highlander Trail - a 1.5K beginners' loop I treaded over a hundred times since my arrival.
It is day 15 of an 18 day training camp. There was no need to ask what I could possibly have looked like in the first two weeks, the answer comes quickly enough: some kind of tourist "shuffling on skis" Robin tells me. I laugh. A glance at my wrist confirms that I must, indeed, be doing something different. My heart rate is hitting the roof while my legs are screaming for me to stop this nonsense.
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 Thank You to our Volunteers!
Volunteerism is considered the backbone of Canada's sport and recreation system. Currently, Canada has over 6.5 million volunteers with 35% of those being involved in sport. Sport volunteers encompass people from all walks of life, from active and retired athletes, coaches and officials to professionals, parents and youth (and more) who want to help out in their community. Volunteers are the key to making sport possible for the physical, social and emotional development of children and adults, so it's important that we recognize and value their contributions to the sport community.
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New for the 2012/13 season: "Devon Kershaw Jackrabbit Dryland Awards"!
Devon Kershaw dryland award: The goal of this award is to promote pre-ski season club' sessions and outside of the club activities engaging at least the following skills: good ski striding and running techniques; flexibility routines; balance and technique drills/ skills' course. |
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Did you know...
- Frozen Thunder is modeled after snow preservation projects in Europe that allows the Canmore Nordic Centre to be the first nordic venue in North America to provide on-snow training.
- The men's team roller skied up more than 60,000 feet of vertical over 12 days during an altitude camp in Maui this summer
- The World Cup season starts November 24 in Gellivare, Sweden.
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Quote of the Month
"The amount of work this team has done over the last two years has been exhausting and I thought maybe people would slow down a bit, and need to be encouraged back into training mode. That couldn't be further from the truth. The athletes came into this training season more excited than ever. Our team is in a better place than ever, and it's an exciting time for everyone involved in cross-country skiing in Canada. Without the support of our CCC members, fans and partners, we simply would not be where we are today!" ...Justin Wadsworth |
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