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December 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. |
| PROJECT PODIUM | |
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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CCC Store...
NEW One Way Tuques!
Check out our fabulous new One Way CANADA tuques!
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Cross Connections
Dear Cross Connections subscriber,
We would like to take this special time of year to wish you and your families a wonderful Holiday season and New Year filled with health, happiness...and lots of skiing!
We look forward to keeping you up to date on all the latest news throughout the season. Please send us your feedback as we greatly appreciated it and helps us improve.
Happy Holidays!
Martine Grenon-Lafontaine
Coordinator of Administration & Communication
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Millions Watch as Quebec City and Canmore Open their Hearts to World Cup Athletes Credit: Dave Dyer
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Credit: Nordic Focus |
Acclaim and congratulations continue to pour in as TV viewers in Europe and North American were treated to an exciting 10 days of FIS World Cup racing in early December.
The Canadian World Cup Tour kicked off its North American schedule with the first urban sprint race in North American as a 800 meter loop on the steps of the Quebec National Assembly provided the stage for Team Sprint and Sprint action. Unique video and photo highlights can be found at the following site:
After a continental travel west, the Canmore Nordic Centre provided the setting for mass start, sprint and skiathlon competitions. Visit the Cross Country Canada photo gallery for shots of your favourite skiers.
Many thanks to the hundreds of volunteers and organizers who made the Canadian stop on the FIS Cros Country World Cup tour a tremendous success.
All five World Cup competitions can still be watched on cbc.ca |
Introducing Cross Country Canada's Inside Track Rewards Program
For just $30, The Inside Track Rewards Program provides members with exclusive, year-round discounts on a variety of great products and services from Cross Country Canada partners.
This program is designed with the cross-country ski community in mind. With benefits ranging from discounts on sporting goods and apparel (including ski gear!), travel and emergency roadside assistance, the Inside Track card will help members save money while growing our sport and providing critical program funding at both the national and local levels.
For each card sold to a CCC member, $10 will be directed back to that member's ski club. The balance of program proceeds will go towards providing critical funding for CCC development programs such as Jackrabbits and Track Attack, as well as the National Ski Team.
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Mark Arendz Hits the Podium in IPC World Cup Race
Canada's Mark Arendz took the country on his shoulders and delivered at the IPC World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland on Saturday. The 22-year-old skied to his 15th career IPC World Cup medal after winning the bronze in the men's standing 7.5-kilomtre short distance biathlon race.
Arendz, who has finished second overall on the IPC World Cup biathlon standings in each of the last two years, missed one shot in two rounds of shooting to clock a third-place time of 20:59.1.
"It was a solid start to the biathlon season for me today, but there is definitely room for improvement," said Arendz.
Full article
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Canadian Team Selected for Tour de Ski
Canada has named 4 athletes to represent the country at the 2012/2013 edition of the Tour de Ski. The team goals are daily podiums, top 10 overall results for each athletes and an overall TDS podium title. This year the Tour has been shortened to allow the athletes ample time to prepare for the World Championships that are held in the region of the final stage of the Tour. Racing begins on Dec 29th in Oberhof, Germany. Look for further updates, press releases and details on the CCC site and social media as we get closer to the race series.
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 Canadian Jesse Cockney records best ever cross-country ski results Credit: CBC sports
Jesse Cockney, who moved to Canmore with his family in 1997, was second overall after the qualifiers and was leading in the semifinal before getting boxed in and winding up ninth - his best ever World Cup finish and his first time in the top-30.
Congratulations Jesse!
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Credit: Nordic Focus |
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2014 Track Attack Buff Design Contest
Check out the new Track Attack Buff design contest for 2014!
For more information, please contact Cathy Harris, CCC's Coach and Athlete Development Coordinator.
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"The Road to Sochi 2014" Jackrabbit Toque Design Contest
This year's contest focuses on your sketching skills. In the box below use a pen, marker or pencil to draw something that reminds you of skiing or winter! This design will be printed randomly all-over the hat along
with the other winning sketches. Contestants must be a Jackrabbit enrolled in a CCC club to participate in this contest.
Please contact Cathy Harris, CCC's Coach and Athlete Development Coordinator, for more information. |
 Active For Life
Research shows there's a right way and a right time to develop the fundamental movement and sport skills that benefit kids for their entire lives. Learning these basic movement and sports skills is known as becoming physically literate.
Visit CCC's Active for life page for more information.
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Sprint Quebec World Cup Video
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Coupe Du Monde QC - Credit: Zacharie Turgeon |
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 Lappe Nordic Prepares for World Jr and U23 Championship Trials Credit: Dave Dyer
Members of the competition Jury met via conference call on December 21st to review current plans for the Jr/U23 Trials and received positive feedback as racing conditions at Lappe Nordic have been reported as good after the Fresh Air Time Trials on Wednesday, December 19. Although snow conditions in Thunder Bay are unseasonably low, precipitation that fell as rain over the weekend at the airport was snow out at Lappe.
"We have work parties planned for the weekend to reinforce the snow cover on our race trails and are confident that conditions will be good for the Trials," commented Werner Schwar, the Event Chair for the Trials. The Lappe stadium web cam can be viewed at http://lappenordic.ca/webcam.html . Updates will be provided later next week.
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Beckie Scott Making Sure to Lend Helping Hand Source: Calgary Herald
More than six years have passed, and Beckie Scott still can't comprehend the fuss over the whole ski-pole incident.
Yes, she won Olympic silver in the team sprint with Sara Renner thanks in no small part to the generosity of Norwegian ski coach. Bjornar Haakensmoen.
And yes, she will be forever grateful for Haakensmoen handing Renner a replacement for her broken ski pole in the final at the Turin Games - an act of kindness that ultimately cost his country a medal as Norway slipped to fourth place.
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A 35th Candle for the Gatinau Loppet!
Summer is not over and the first flakes have not yet fallen but the Gatineau Loppet's organizing committee is ready to celebrate the 35th edition of Canada's biggest cross country ski event which will be held from February 15 to 17, 2013.
Two new linear 38 km and 55 km classic style courses will link Lake Philippe to Mont-Bleu High School in Gatineau. The president of the Gatineau Loppet, Mr. Yan Michaud, is "extremely pleased to offer this 35th anniversary gift for ski lovers in the region and abroad."
Furthermore, the 55 km classic race is sanctioned by Cross Country Canada, allowing Canadian and international long distance skiers to collect points for the Canadian Points List.
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World Cup Klister Photo Contest
Congratulations to John Courtliff, our Klister World Cup Photo Contest Winner! John wins a night at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise!
Stay tuned to CCC's Social Media for more great contests like this one!
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Chandra Crawford on racing at home in Canmore at the Alberta World
Check out how Chandra felt before her great result on Saturday, about racing at home in Canmore and her work with Fast and Female.
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 Video - Girls Take Risks
Canadian Sport for Life Leadership Team member Dr. Vicki Harber discusses girls in sport at the 2012 British Columbia CS4L Conference presented by the Kamloops Sport Council.
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Dr. Vicki Harber - Canadian Sport for Life |
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Quote of the Month
"Hosting elite FIS World Cup racing on home snow is a critical component to our high-performance plan. Quebec and Canmore have some of the most passionate cross-country ski fans in the country so competing at home, and extending our reach east with hosting a World Cup race was very important to the continued progression of our national program. Given the thousands of people that lined the courses over the last two weeks, we believe our athletes brought the communities together in celebration of high-performance sport, while also inspired hundreds of young kids to get involved in sport. We applaud all of Quebec City and Canmore for your efforts in staging these incredible events, the media for your generous coverage of our sport, and thank everyone for cheering our athletes on."
Tom Holland, High-Performance Director, Cross Country Canada |
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Did You Know...
- Jesse Cockney, Graham Nishikawa, Emily Nishikawa all had personal best World Cup results at the Canmore World Cup
- Nearly 50,000 people packed the city sprint course over two days in downtown Quebec City
- Devon Kershaw, Alex Harvey, Ivan Babikov, and Len Valjas will spend the holidays in Davos, Switzerland in preparation for the upcoming Tour de Ski.
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