Wednesday, September 19, 2012

MVNT News!
We are no longer using this website!  Please visit www.methowvalleynordic.com/juniors to find our updated website!

It is mid-summer now and as we await our NEW WEBSITE which will encompass MVNT, Methow Valley Biathlon and Methow Valley Nordic Club at www.methowvalleynordic.com; I will put a small post here about our upcoming PNSA Camp!

PNSA CAMP info:  registration info can be emailed to you by contacting Leslie at mvntdirector@gmail.com

We would like to have a pretty good head count by early August to arrange the food and housing.

summer hike at Cutthroat Pass


THANK YOU to all the waxers who dedicated some time to helping prep the rental skis for the summer!  We finally finished and the skis will be stored away until we are ready to put them to use again next November.  THANKS to:  Hannah Gonzales, Elise Putnam, Laura McCabe, William Worrell, Steve Oulman, Danielle Micheletti, Julie Grialou, Mike Putnam, Margo Peterson Aspholm and Jerry Bell for all of the waxing and organizing help.  And thanks to Rita and Winthrop Mountain Sports for keeping the rental program going.

Ski Rental Return Monday April 8 and Tuesday April 9 to Winthrop Mountain Sports during normal business hours.  Please make sure the skis, poles and boots are clean with no markings on them. 


CONGRATULATIONS  to all the J2+comp skiers who competed at Junior Nationals in Fairbanks AK March 8-17!  They had a solid week of good racing up there.  All worked hard.   Olivia, Paul, Elise, Ella, Maya and Claire all competed for MVNT and PNSA.  Results can be found at www.summittiming.com under the races link.

Good job to those skiers who traveled to Revelstoke BC for Midget Championships!  Results can be found at www.zone4.ca.  They may not post dance contest results so you'll have to ask the competitors about that: Peter Aspholm, Emerson Worrell, Novie McCabe, Walker Hall and Lyndsay Worrell all took part in the events in Revelstoke.

CONGRATULATIONS to all 15 MVNT athletes who traveled to the Western States Youth Ski Festival in Bozeman MT this past weekend!  Lots of great results and wonderful TEAMWORK.  Our Team placed 2nd among 9 strong western teams!  See the link to results below.


A beautiful day and Fun for all at the Big Adventure!  We had 41 kids show up and enjoy the wonderful McCabe trails and the fun obstacle course!  Great job to all those kids who got out there and gave it a try and a big THANK YOU to Hanz Scholz for all of his work and to all the other volunteers who made it happen.  A variety of kids earned a variety of awards!

FIND Race results:  Rodeo: http://www.mvsta.com/results.html
                                 Race of the Methow:  see RoM tab above!
                                 Teck BC Cup #2 Kelowa:  http://zone4.ca/results.asp?id=5276
                                 Sunnyside JNQ Bend OR: http://www.time2race.com/2013%20Results.htm
                                Soldier Hollow Super JNQ Utah: http://summittiming.com/races/race_results.php
                                 Spokane JNQ Sunday: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=6646  
                                  Spokane JNQ Saturday: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=6619
                             Western States Youth Ski Festival:  http://www.bridgerskifoundation.org/western-states/
                                Midget Championships: http://zone4.ca/results.asp?id=5648
                                Junior National Championships: http://summittiming.com/races/race_results.php

                                

REMEMBER to let Leslie know your kilometers that you skied so we can work towards our TEAM GOAL of 25,000 kilometers and ski more than halfway around the world!  You can use the Kudos for Kilometers sheets which can be found at the tab on this home page.  We are also about to put out an online tracking sheet! And here is a spreadsheet document you can use for kilometer tracking on line if you like:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtYGNrwaawJSdHdsb3Q3VDI2T1o5em1POW9wMVRnVXc
thanks to Holly Hall for this!


CHECK OUT METHOW TV's video of Race of the Methow!    http://methowtv.com/videos/race-of-the-methow/

CHECK OUT the METHOWNET GRIST at www.methownet.com/grist for a fun video of the Race of the Methow!!!

NOTES of INTEREST:  SADIE BJORNSEN won the 20km classic National Championship (1/6) and the Freestyle Sprint race on 1/8  and Erik Bjornsen won the 15km skate National Championship on 1/4 with Brian Gregg close behind in 4th!  Congratulations to our fast skiing alumni!!!!  See them in the calendars we are selling.