XCNL Dryland Camps

The first XCNL hosted cross country skiing dryland camp of the year will be on, July 5-8, in Terra Nova.

See <http://www.avalonnordic.ca/tnnp2013/ > for camp info, and registration. There is limited space in the booked accomodation, so I encourage you to register ASAP.

Club coaches or parents wishing to help out should contact Will Fitzgerald < see executive tab >.

The second dryland camp will be October 10-14 in Gros Morne.

George LeFeuvre to be inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

Long-time cross country ski trail groomer and track setter George LeFeuvre has been chosen to be inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame at its 44th Annual Banquet & Induction Ceremony. The event will be held on June 8th 2013 in Dalhousie, New Brunswick.

George LeFeuvre: From Burin

·         Groomed trails and set tracks for 6 Olympic Games from Calgary to Vancouver, 11 international championships and several national competitions, including 4 Canada Winter Games.
·         Improved the JACA tracksetter machine, the international standard for snow grooming trails.
·         Awarded the Dave Rees Award by Cross Country Canada in 1999 for his long-term contribution to the sport of cross-country skiing.

Call for Nominations

Get involved.

Nominations are being asked for all CCNL executive (and non-executive) positions < see http://www.crosscountrynl.com/p/executive.html for list >. Please contact nominating committee chair Judy May (see exective page for contact info) for details.

Nominations are also accepted from the floor at the AGM.

[note the webmaster position will be open for 2013/1014. All technology is set up - you just need to keep posting news].

CCNL Annual General Meeting

• Tudor Room, Glynmill Inn, Corner Brook.
• Friday, May 10th at 7:00 PM, continuing Saturday, May 11th at 9:00 AM.

Ski Nationals 2013

XCNL had good succes at Ski Nationals in Whistler this past March 21-31st.

Special recognition for Patrick McIlroy's 4th place in the classic interval start distance race (1st place year of birth), Emily's 8th (5th year of birth) in the skate mass start, and Patrick's 2nd place year of birth aggregate standing.

• Results.
• Article. 
• Photos. 

Skiing Around Objects in the Classic Track

• Article.

Transfer Policy for NCCP Level 2 Certified Coaches

With the phasing out of the old "levels" coaching system to the new (ICC, CC, L2T, T2T, L2C, T2C, T2W) system; coaches fully certified at level 1, 2 and 3 will receive partial credit in the new system.

Coaches with a minimum of Level 2 certification in cross-country skiing in the old NCCP will automatically be credited with CCI (L2T) “trained” status in the new system.

However, to move forward in the new system, achieve CCI certification and advance to the CCI Advanced (T2T) level, a coach must complete the following additional steps:

1) Submit a signed Coach’s Code of Conduct to their Division Office.
2) Submit a completed Emergency Action Plan (EAP) to their Division Office.
3) Submit a completed Facility Safety Checklist to their Division Office.
4) Review Community Coaching (CC) and Competition Coaching Introduction (CCI) materials on Making Ethical Decisions (MED) and successfully complete the CCI MED Online Evaluation.
5) Register on CCC’s Athlete Development Matrix.

Level 2 coaches must complete the above requirements by March 31st 2014 in order to remain active.

Please the Division Coaching Coordinator for more information (see executive tab).

Level 3 coaches will be transfered at a later date.

2013 (38th) Great Labrador Loppet Report

• Results.

The 38th PAL Great Labrador Loppet was an exciting event to remember. It was very worrisome on Friday night with blowing snow, 60-80km winds and low visibility. But we persevered, sent our two pisten bullys (Menihek Nordic & Whitewolf Snowmobile Club) to Fermont 28K start at 2:00AM, held them there until 6:00AM and then came to the Duley Park 10K start and waited there until an hour before the start 10:00AM so we could achieve best possible track and skating course.

At 6:00 AM, on going out around the course start & finish areas, we found out that the snow had stopped, the winds were dying down and it 0'C. The 38th PAL Great Labrador Loppet was a go. The course was set, 129 people had signed up to ski or snow shoe, all the start finish areas were ready, all the venues, Menihek, Smokey, Whitewolf and the Club Lagopede de motoneige in Fermont were ready, Circular Road was barricaded, the railway from Bloomlake was shut and gaurded, the town trucks for the skis were at the mall the buses came, the skiers arrived and away we go for the Loppet.

It was a great day for skiing, the course a challenge but it was warm. Lots of hard luck stories, the first moose observed on the loppet trail. The rest stops, feed & refreshment stations were excellent, lots of volunteers and groups from Search & Rescue, H.O.W.L.S (Ham Radio), Patrol Whitewolf, Town of Labrador City, RNC & some Canadian Ski Patrol also skied the course.

The timing crew did a great job and people were really good sending in pictures of their loppet experience.

The awards ceremony for youth was at 2:00 at White wolf, a great job there with food and refreshments for all Loppet skiers. In the evening, there was a banquet and awards ceromonies and dance at Smokey Mountain Ski Club for skiers and volunteers, guest speaker was Min. Nick McGrath. Smokey did an excellent job on the steaks and food. The dance after was alot of fun.

Another succesful PAL Great Labrador Loppet for the history books. We are very appreciative to all our skiers, organizers, staff, volunteers, and sponsors, thank you all.

Looking forward to next year.........happy trails.