Archive for February, 2011

J. English Cup 2011

February 7, 2011 | Comments Off | NEWS

The K1′s and Entry Levels had spring like skiing this weekend for the J. English Cup Race.  Mackenzie Carr received two silvers in the K1 Boys races while Kate Freeman placed fourth in both the K1 girls races.  In the Entry Level competition, Erin McCarthy received two golds, Lindsey Myles a silver and Nathan Callaghan a Bronze.  Congratulations to all of you!

On the volunteer end of things a big thank you to all the parents that helped make this race a success.  There were many of us who never organized or worked a race before, a job well done!  Special thanks to Shelley Lane and Blake Johnston who led us through the process this weekend.

We also had a Ski Cross Race planned for Sunday, much work was put into this event by the volunteers, Ski Martock Staff and our Ski Cross Rep’s but Mother Nature had something else in mind.  The athletes were able to experience the course in training but unfortunately the race was cancelled due to high winds. Never-the-less, volunteers managed to pull-off an unofficial snow shovel cross (see MSRC’s YouTube site for proof). 

All in all the kids seemed to really enjoy this new event. See photos of the weekend on Flicker.

NG racing

February 3, 2011 | Comments Off | N. GREENE

Martock NG in PEI

Martock had 10 Nancy Greene skiers of all ages go to PEI for the race on January 22/23. Here they all are lined up and waiting for the warm-up in the picture. The racers had a great time and everyone had lots of fun at the race.

 
We also had one brave Nancy Greene racer go to Cape Breton on the following weekend for the Huskey Snow Star Festival.
 
This weekend coming up is the J English Cup (Saturday February 5th) and the Martock Cranberry Cup Ski Cross Race (Sunday February 6th) for K1 and Entry Level (9 and 10 year old Nancy Greene). We have several NG registered for both events. A big thank you to all the Nanacy Greene parents who are volunteering their time. If you have a younger skier and are not familiar with racing and how the course is set, come by and cheer on our athletes. The Ski Cross is particularly exciting as 4 skiers will be competing with each other at the same time. Don’t forget your cow bells!!
 
Also, there are still cupon booklets and tickets available for sale in the office.