Ye Olde Christmas Race Notice, Corner Book, Jan 7/8

• Race notice

Jack Rabbit Ski League at Menihek Nordic

Jackrabbits has started at Menihek Nordic ski club and is in full swing, we are open for more registrations after Christmas. With the Introduction to Community Coach course complete, we now have more new leaders. The program is alot of fun and gets kids and parents active and out doors to healthy
living and new techniques and experiences.

Shown in the pictures are kids in the ski playground at Menihek Nordic and instructor , Guy moores demonstrating waxing techniques to the young skiers. Pictures Rosalind Norman.

From CCNL Cross Country Newfoundland and Labrador

From CCNL Cross Country Newfoundland and Labrador

Labrador On-Snow Camp

• Article from Head Coach Andrew Casey.
• Article from Eastern High-Performance coordinator Lisa Patterson.
• Results, classic race.
• Results, skate race.

From CCNL Cross Country Newfoundland and Labrador

From CCNL Cross Country Newfoundland and Labrador

Gros Morne Dryland Camp Video

• Video

Officials Course, Jan 13-15, St. Anthony

There will be Level I & Level II Officials Courses offered in St. Anthony. These courses will be of interest to all those interested in organizing and running cross country ski races and will be of particular interest to those previous Level I & Level II officials who attended their courses more than five years ago as they must now recertify to remain current.

Those not recertifying will be dropped from the Officials Registry.

Prerequisites are as follows:

• Level I:
• Recommended minimum age of 16 years.
• Level II:
• Hold Level I officials certification (this can be obtained by attending the Level I course Friday evening and Saturday morning and passing the post course exam).
• Have performed at least three different "secondary officials" duties in sanctioned cross country ski events.

 Details:

• January 13(evening), 14th & 15th, 2012.
• Location to be advised.
• Time:
• Level I; Friday 7 to 10 PM, Saturday 9 AM to Noon 
• Level II; Saturday 1PM to 5PM, Sunday 9AM to 5PM
• Enrolment On line at http://learn.cccski.com, enrollment key for Level I is 20120113 and for Level II is 20120114 .
• Cost $25. Level I, $30. Level II, $45. Levels I & II. 
• You Will Need Current copy of Officials Manuel Current Cross Country Canada Rule Book; both available free from the CCC website. 
• Don't Forget In addition to the pre course quiz for each course you must complete the post course exam in order to be certified. The post course exam for Level I is the pre course quiz for Level II.

Contact Gordon Brewer (see executive tab) for questions.

CANSI Ski Instructor Courses

Keith Nicol is offering CANSI ski instructor courses (not be confused with the NCCP courses for the coaching of bunnies / jackrabbits / and racers ).

Any club would like to have a CANSI Level 1 course this winter they should contact Keith so that he can schedule it. He has have already had 1 request from St Anthony but other clubs may also be interested. Last winter 2 courses were run in Labrador City and Goose Bay. A CANSI course is a 2 day course and we need a min of 6 people and a max of 8-9. This course trains skiers to be entry level ski instructors so that they can run basic ski lessons for skating and classic skiing. These lessons might be given to adults or kids in your club. Skiers need to be able to do the diagonal stride, double pole, snow plow turns and 1 skate before beginning the course. This video shows these techniques .....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxNI26GFXHs. The course cost is $190 per person and the host club needs to supply accommodation, meals etc for me. CCNL has a budget to offset some or all of the travel associated with the course.

Contact me by email (see the Executive tab) or phone at 709-639-1770. I have also posted many other x-country ski technique videos on you tube and they can be viewed at k2nicol channel on youtube.