Mt Baldy Racers

3rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner

2012-01-31T13:06:00.000-08:00

3rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction Fundraiser
Saturday February 18, 2012 6:00 pm

Mt. Baldy Lodge & Bar
This fundraiser is to support the Nancy Greene and the Kinder Ski Programs at Mt. Baldy. Our program is comprised of 25 talented and keen skiers aged 5-13 from the surrounding communities of Midway, Rock Creek, Oliver, Osoyoos, Penticton, Summerland, Kelowna and the Lower Mainland. Funds raised go to toward improving the program for all of our young skiers.
We hope we can count on your support either by attending the event, donating an item to the silent auction or considering a corporate sponsorship.

To donate or for more information please call Tracey:

250-498-2486 or 250-689-0142 Email: tracelm@telus.net

Mt Baldy Racers Qualify for BC Winter Games

2012-01-19T21:20:00.000-08:00

The news is spreading fast. Nils Rauhala and Nicholas Everton qualified for the BC Winter Games with Ben Myers listed as first alternate. The qualifying process involved the Apex Slalom results as well as the Sun Peaks GS results. Twenty three skiers from the Thompson-Okanagan Zone were chosen (12 boys, 11 girls) and our racers finished 4th (Nicholas), 6th-tied (Nils) and 13th (Ben). On the heels of our great result Coach Warren was also chosen as one of four coaches for the zone team. This is such a great moment for our young club. Congratulations everyone!

Sun Peaks GS

2012-01-16T09:23:00.000-08:00

Results here Sun Peaks GS K1/K2

Great race for Baldy Racers at the Sun Peaks Teck K Races on the weekend. All five K level kids participated and had good results amongst the field of 37 girls and 38 boys. A long hard-packed race course made for a real challenge for the kids. The race times were over a minute long with 37 gates to negotiate. Saturday's format was two races (one run each), which saw Nils Rauhala place 8th in both with Nicholas Everton pulling off a 6th in each. Ben Myers placed 19th and 14th and had a solid day. Participating in their first K level GS race Agatka Koczij and Daniel Everton really held their own as ten year olds in a field of mostly 11 and 12 year olds. Agatka finished 28th and 32nd and Daniel 29th and 27th to round out Saturday's competition.

Sunday's format was a two run combined race in very challenging conditions. Overnight it snowed 28 cms, which delayed the race by an hour. Course organizers went with one K2/K1 course-set and used the most challenging terrain on the race run. Once the course was slipped repeatedly Baldy Racers got off to a great start. Nicholas occupied 7th after the first run and with a strong second run ended up 5th. Nils held down 10th after the first run and clawed back to 8th after a very strong second run. Agatka had a great first run but ran into some trouble on the second to finish 31st. Ben sat 19th after the first run but DNF'd on the second run. Daniel unfortunately DNF'd on the first run, which ended his day early.

All in all a great race for the team. Everyone added to their points totals and even our youngest racers move up the points rankings giving them better start positions going forward.
And amongst those racers we still like to call our own... Baldy Racer alumnus Ella Pasin had a great day on Sunday finishing 10th in the K2 girls race. Silken Rauhala finished 9th overall in the Nakiska Meile Cup SL on Sunday... She rocked. Check out the result Meile Cup Result

Baldy Racers Kick-off Season with BC Alpine Review

2012-01-10T12:23:00.000-08:00

It was a great start to the general programs for Mt Baldy Alpine Club on the weekend. We had the K-racers training with Yanni-Lou our new Level 2 Coach from Quebec. She had many insights and coaching points for our young racers to consider while training hard for the upcoming GS race at Sun Peaks.
Sunday saw the start to our Nancy Greene Program with Coach Gary and Coach Greg taking the new recruits and returnees through their paces early. As an added twist to the start-up weekend we had Justine Parent, Club Development Coordinator with BC Alpine following our coaches while they trained with their athletes. She was able to offer insights into our program, reviewed our goals as well as give the coaches a course setting and drill refresher. Overall she was impressed with our program and liked how we incorporated fun with the core ski racing focus. She commented that we're ahead of many clubs in our ski racing development.

Straight A's! - Adam, Avery and Abbie

Yanni with some of our Ks. Parents getting tips too!

Christmas Training

2012-01-02T22:00:00.000-08:00

The K-level Baldy Racers did some training over Christmas, though it was difficult with out a well packed training run. We did manage to get some brushes in the snow and do some turn-shape drills. We also had Silken Rauhala of the BC Team work with the kids on technique and development of the perfect turn. There was also a powder clinic day and lots of free skiing. Attached is a link to some early season training videos.
http://youtu.be/O_dC1XjNFNc

Apex K Slalom Race Good for Baldy Racers

2011-12-20T22:34:00.000-08:00

It was a competitive line-up for the time-trail slalom race at Apex on Sunday. A new format "coaches" race utilized two Brower wireless timers (one belonging to Baldy Racers). K1s and 2s ran simultaneously on two separate courses which allowed racers to get in four timed runs (2 AM and 2 PM). Results were tabulated using the best morning and best afternoon run.
Our two newest 10 year old K racers Agatka Koczij and Daniel Everton placed 23rd in girls and 24th in the boys category. With over 30 racers in each category, our rookie racers faired very well in the big leagues. The big result of the day went to Nils Rauhala who pulled off a rocket of a second run to put him in 8th overall. Not far behind was Nicholas Everton in10th and Ben Myers in 16th. All in all a good day for the Baldy Crew.
Results in pdf format are on the Big White Racers sight click link for k1 boys or k1 girls

Please send pictures if you have them so I can post here.

Training for Apex K Slalom

2011-12-10T18:50:00.000-08:00

Third training session at Apex today. The K kids are really improving already. We're totally concentrating on slalom due to the upcoming K slalom at Apex next weekend. Baldyracers are positioned to do well. The snow is nice and hard. Perfect for racing.

Agatka

Nicholas

Officials Course in Oliver Tonight

2011-12-01T15:53:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder that we have our Level 1 Officials Course taking place tonight at the Oliver Parks and Recreation Meeting Room #1 from 7pm to 10pm. It looks like we'll have at least 14 people attending which will give us a good base of knowledge to run our South Zone RTANG race on February 5th. Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Ski Club Registration

2011-11-19T21:36:00.000-08:00

It's that time again... Registration! The season is fast approaching and we'd like to get the forms filled out as soon as possible so we can start processing payments. I'm hoping to get a sense of who's returning and who might want to sign up. Pass the form on to anyone you think might want to give it a try this year.
Fees are being reduced to $200 for Nancy Greene this year. The GM sponsorship has ended and there will be no raffle this year, so that meens a reduction of the $50 for the ticket books. Make cheques out to Mt Baldy Alpine Club, 2128 Sandstone Drive, Pencton V2A 8Y7.

Nancy Greene Schedule: Starting date - January 8th, 2012 for ten Sundays 9:30am-12:30pm

Cost Schedule:
Nancy Greene (E1, E2) $200
K1-K2 Level $1,100
K1 Development $400

Link to the ACA Registration and Waiver (1st item in the list - fillable form to print and send)
BC Alpine Registration Forms List

Zone Meeting November 2nd

2011-11-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

Just a brief update of the zone meeting that took place Wednesday night in Vernon. The season schedule was discussed as well as format for zone races, qualifications for BC Winter Games and Whistler Cup.

Points to note:

Mt Baldy will hold the South Zone "Cup Cake" race on February 5th, 2012. The format is up to our club but the focus has been on slalom the past few years. Last year's race at Crystal was a stubby slalom but everyone agreed that Baldy's glalom format was challenging, fun and suitable for the terrain. Zone finals are at Big White on March 3rd-4th and the Sun Peaks Festival is March 23-24th
We're trying to line up a level one technical training course for gatekeeping and officiating. Stay tuned for some dates. We'll need as many parents out as possible
K1 dates (all) for races and camps: We'll have to decide what we're going to.

December 18th Slalom time trial (5 timed runs) - Apex
January 14-15th GS - Sun Peaks
February 3-5th Speed Camp - Silver Star
February 23-26th BC Winter Games (6 boy/6girls and 1 wildcard from our zone)

SL, GS and SkiX (replaces kombi - time trial format i.e. one skier at a time)

March 17-19th K1 Provincials - Big White

SL, GS and SkiX (time trial format)

March 31-Apr 1st Zone Finals, Slalom & Dual SL - Revelostoke
Apr 6-8th - Whistler Cup - rule change - each club has a quota of 3/3. No provincial qualifying

BC Alpine has a new Entry Level Coordinator - Justine Parent. She was present at the meeting and will be coming around to most hills to deliver the EL Academy to coaches. Our date is January 8th which is our first day of training for NG. Should be interesting for coaches. Justine will be following us around and we'll need to have a training plan to show her
FIS age grouping changes coming into effect in 2013 (age as of Dec 31st of season start)

U10 - what was E1 4-9 year olds
U12 - what was E2 - now up to & incl 11 year olds
U14 - what was K1 - now up to & incl 13 yr olds
U16 - what was K2 - now up to & incl 15 yr olds

Ponderosa Work Party Sunday

2011-10-06T20:59:00.000-07:00

Baldy Racer families are getting ready to work on our next training run project on the mountain this Sunday October 9th. In order to have some quality giant slalom training we need to clear out a section of Ponderosa. It's anticipated that we could use the lower 75% of the run for GS and continue to use Tennings for slalom. This would potentially give us 30 plus gates with 20-24 metre spacing for GS.
Meeting time is 9 am at the lodge. Mt Baldy is having a general work party as well so we should try to have our own tools including, brush, chain and hand saws. Bring work gloves, good boots, water and snacks.

Mt Baldy Racers AGM

2011-05-25T09:47:00.000-07:00

Mt Baldy Alpine Club is holding its Annual General Meeting on May 25th, 2011 at the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen Board Room, 101 Martin Street, Penticton. Start time of the meeting is 7:30 pm and is scheduled to go no later than 9 pm.
Agenda:

Application for Gaming Grant
2011-2012 Plans

Coaching
Technical Course
NG South Zone Race
Summer Camp Funding

2011 Financial Statements
2012 Budget
FIS Rules - K age groups

Zone Finals at Big White

2011-04-05T09:00:00.000-07:00

The Baldy Team came prepared to race hard on the final weekend of the Kinder season at Big White. The Team had some success and a little trouble on Saturday but the potential for some high placed finishes was there. It was a two run combined tall gate slalom course that really tested the team. Most racers pulled off one good run but it was Nicholas who was able to pull two good runs together and capture 7th place in the K1 men's division. Ben also finished both runs with a crash on his second run and ended up 17th. Ella, Jess and Nat DQ'd/DNF'd on the first run and their second runs indicated top ten placings for all three and possibly a top five for Jess. Nils came out hard on his first run in the E2 category and was headed for a top five before straddling a gate on the second run.

Sunday was great fun in the dual slalom format. It was a head to head elimination race that pitted the high seeds against the lowers seeds for the most part. Our K1s only survived two rounds of racing but competed like I've never seen them race before. They really pushed their limits to stay with the higher ranked athletes. The bright spot on Sunday was Nils in the E2 rounds. He made short work of his competition in the early rounds and got passed some tough competitors in the later rounds to finish third overall.

Congratulations to our racers for an all around great season!

Baldy Racers Wind-up Lunch

2011-03-14T22:13:00.000-07:00

We had a great dual slalom against the parents, siblings and old rivals on Sunday. The Nancy Greene portion of the season was wound-up with great progress from all our young skiers. Individual most improved awards were given out to our season standouts. The Mountain provided a great lunch to our 25 racers and Manager Matt was on hand to see his kids finish their season and daughter Molly get the green award. In the other award categories the Blue award went to Yolanda, Black award went to Anya and K award to Nicholas. Thanks to all the parents, coaches and staff for a great season and to the racers for making it all worthwhile.
Check out the huge collection of pictures at the Picassa site. Click on any thumbnail at the top of the page to access it.

A Great Zone Final in Revelstoke

2011-03-07T22:13:00.000-08:00

The zone finals were a great success at Revelstoke Mountain Resort this past weekend. The Revelstoke Ski club put a lot of time and effort into the race and the results showed. It was very well run and our Baldy Team had great results.

On Saturday the E1s were the focus and Baldy fielded three athletes. Avery Kane was our top racer with a ninth place finish. On Sunday the E2s ran a fine race with many top 10 and top 5 finishes. There were two one-run races on a technical 'kombi" course. In the 9 year old girls category Agatka Koczij was on the podium in 2nd for the first race and 3rd in the second race with Caprice Brown placing 9th in the first race. In the 9 year old boys category Daniel Everton grabbed 4th spot in the first and 5th in the second. Anya Nazaroff took 5th, then 4th in her two races in the 10 year old girls category. In the 10 year boys category we had Nils Rauhala in 6th and 10th and then had Jack Fenwick-Wilson pulling off two 6ths in the 11 year old boys category.

Congratulations to all the racers. It was a great showing for our small club amongst the giants of the Okanagan!

Fund Raising Success at the Spaghetti Dinner

2011-03-07T21:54:00.000-08:00

We had a great turnout at our 2nd annual spaghetti dinner fund raiser. The Baldy Bar was packed with patrons who appreciated the great work of our parent and racer volunteers. No table was left unserved. The kids were very thorough with their serving duties and the supporters opened their wallets to the auction items. Thanks to all the Baldy Racer supporters and volunteers.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser Saturday February 26th

2011-02-21T17:48:00.000-08:00

The excitement builds for Mt Baldy Alpine Club's 2nd annual silent auction fundraiser. We hope to see everyone out from last year and hopefully some new faces. Auction sponsors include: Osoyoos Watermark Resort, Pizza Factory, Nk'Mip Golf Course, OK Tire, Silver Sage Winery, Sunshine Health Centre, Bumwrap, The Bike Barn, Apex Ski Shop, Baldy Bobcat, Freeride Board Shop, Pentagon Board Shop, Fresh Air Experience, Bylands, Nature's Fare and Little Straw Winery among others.
A Baldy Racers video/image presentation has been assembled for the occasion and can be previewed at the following link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKx1cxwzd1I

Fundraiser Details:
Saturday, February 26th at 6:00 pm
Baldy Bar
Dinner includes salad, entree, and dessert.
Adults $17
Kids 12 & U $10

A Glimpse Into The Future

2011-02-15T09:13:00.000-08:00

While we were low on coaches due to illness and injury, we weren't low on racing talent. This weekend Baldy's own Silken Rauhala was on home turf training with the Ks and Nancy Greene racers. Silken grew up in our Nancy Greene program before moving on to K with Apex and into FIS with Big White. We had some challenging slalom courses set up that not only tested our young racers but gave Silken a good round of training before heading off to the Canada Winter Games in Halifax. It was great for our rising stars to see how far they could reach in a few years. So far this year Silken has trained in Germany and Panorama. She's raced slalom and GS at Lake Louise and Nakiska and she recently raced super G and downhill at Apex. Her coach Derek from Big White was kind enough to give her the weekend off to train with us. The attached link is to her FIS race history http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=163884&type=result

Crystal Mtn Hardware Haul!

2011-01-30T22:06:00.000-08:00

The cold weather of Crystal Mountain did not hold back the Baldy Nancy Greene Team at the South Zone race today. Congratulations on all the great results. We had gold medals from Anya (F2000) and Daniel (M2001). Nils and Jack pulled off a silver each in the (M2000) and (M1999). In the E1 category, Baldy's "Blue" team placed third and included Adam, Avery, Yoland and Nicole. Many photos have been uploaded to google pics. Click on the thumbnails at the top of the page.

Baldy Training on the Weekend

2011-01-24T12:28:00.000-08:00

It was a good weekend of trainng at Baldy. The E1s and E2s have a race coming up on January 31st and we're ripping up the K-level slalom course in fine fashion. The Ks split their time between GS on Saturday and Slalom on Sunday and are getting used to switching back and forth. The picture below is of Nils giving it everything in the GS course. Impressive!

We've been hoping for good support from the Es for the race at Crystal this coming weekend. This is their first attempt at holding a race and they deserve good representation from Baldy. Every year that we've hosting races the Crystal team has been coming. On that note there is also an optional race in the Kootenay Zone at Phoenix Mountain on February 13th. We've always had a good relationship with Phoenix over the years with the Baldy Cup races. We need to know ASAP who's attending the race this weekend an indication for the Phoenix race in February.
Also if anyone takes pictures at the Crystal race or training for that matter, please forward them on to Coach Warren for use in the blog

Sun Peaks K Giant Slalom

2011-01-17T21:34:00.000-08:00

The K group had a great race weekend at Sun Peaks. There were two one-run GS races on Saturday and one two-run GS on Sunday. Not only were there Okanagan teams racing but there were teams from Prince George and Yukon making for stiff competition. Saturday in the first race we saw Jessica in 18th and Ella finishing 32nd after crashing. For the boys, Nicholas was 14th, Nathaniel 15th with Ben in 17th. In the afternoon we managed to get the second race in despite some lengthy delays. In this race Jessica was 20th, Ella was 21st, Nathaniel improved to 14th place, Nicholas was16th and Ben 19th.
On the second day we saw conditions drastically soften and the fog move in. Visibility was good enough to pull the race off but the times slowed considerably. Results were very good for Ella and Nathaniel who finished 12th and 11th. Both Jessica and Nicholas had chances to pull off top tens after the first run. Jess was in 10th and Nicholas 9th before Jess DNF'd on the second run and Nicholas fell back to 12th overall. Still very exciting performances by both racers. Ben pulled off a very respectable 17th and was the most consistent skier of the weekend.

K Racers at Sun Peaks E Racers Training at home

2011-01-13T22:28:00.000-08:00

The Baldy K Racers are off to Sun Peaks for the 2nd race of the Okanagan Series. Ella, Jessica, Nicholas, Nathaniel and Ben have been training hard and are looking forward to a good fast race. The format is GS with two one run races on Saturday the 15th and a two run race on Sunday. The E1s and E2s are training at home with Coach Gary on Sunday. They're gearing up for the first race of the Nancy Greene Series taking place at Crystal Mountain in West Kelowna on January 30th.

Baldy K Racers have good first result

2010-12-19T22:52:00.000-08:00

Well with four days of intensive slalom training under their belts the Baldy K Racers took to the slopes of Apex to tackle the first K races of the season. There were two stubby slalom races on Saturday and a combined two run tall gate slalom on Sunday.

Being their first race of the year, the team was not deterred by the strong competition from the second year K1s. Ella Pasin was the first to lay down some speedy tracks by placing 12th in the first of two races on Saturday. Nicholas Everton managed to pull off two12ths for the day. Nathaniel Larivee was ripping it up in his first run before crashing and having to climb back to a gate. Ben Myers was solidly in 15th and 16th for the day.

On the second day Ella looked like she was on her way to another spectacular finish when she hooked an arm on a gate and got spun around. She still finished and had a great second run (15th) for a 22nd place finish. Nathaniel put together two great runs to finish fourteenth. Ben looked smooth and improved on the second run to finish 17th. Nicholas put together two solid runs to place 11th, just missing the top ten by 0.6 of a second. He also received the medal for most improved first year K1.

Teck Cominco sponsors the K race series and provides beautiful zinc medals to the top three placings. They had officials on hand to hand out medals and congratulate the kids.

Tenning's Clean-up

2010-10-11T21:19:00.000-07:00

The Mt Baldy Alpine Club is off to a great start for 2010-11. The clean-up on Tenning's went surprisingly well despite the weather. We had 12 adults and 10 kids help at various points in the day on Sunday. The morning saw the volunteers soaked from the rain in the first 20 minutes of work. Later the rain tapered off enough to allow a few back after lunch to tackle the debris filled run. By the end of it all we had 15 burn piles stacked and had covered the lower steep section and part of the section above it. There's a lot more to go but we're feeling pretty good about what we accomplished so far. Thanks again to all those who helped out.
There was also a club meeting on Saturday after the strata meeting. It looks like we have five kids interested in the K program. Equipment and schedule was discussed as well as how to come up with a cost for K. We also discussed the financial numbers from 2009-10 and the reasons for not getting the gaming grant. We will be trying again next year for the grant and hope to hire a E1-E2 coach for this year. We will partner with the mountain to do so and maybe next season we can hire a K coach as well.
FYI the Big White Racers Ski Swap is on October 22-23. Be there early to get the best deals. The swap starts at 8:00 am at the New Life Church at 2042 Harvey Ave, just before Future shop if your heading North.

Zone Finals at Silver Star

2010-03-05T15:40:00.000-08:00

It was an awesome performance by the Baldy team at the recent zone finals at Silver Star mountain. Saturday consisted of a GS course and a ski cross. In the GS Baldy's E1 Blue team consisting of Daniel, Agatka, Michel, Adam and three Revelstoke racers took the gold. Baldy's Green team consisting of Matthew, Christopher, Avery, Caprice and Nicole came fifth. In Ski-cross there were only medals to 3rd place and Daniel captured the bronze for the 2001 E1 boys.
In the E2 category on Saturday we saw Ella Pasin capture gold in both the GS and the Ski-cross. Way to go Ella! In the 1998 boys category we had Kevin in 4th. For the 1999 boys the top ten rounded out with Nicholas in 5th, Will in 8th and Nathaniel in 10th. For the 2000 girls we saw Anya take the bronze and to top it off she won the grand prize of a pair of Rossignol race skis for the day. Wow!
For Sunday's events the finals features a stubby slalom course and a short fun downhill course that the kids thoroughly enjoyed tucking through. Nicole took fourth place for the 2004 girls category while in the 2001 age group we had Agatka taking bronze for the girls and Daniel taking bronze for the boys. Amongst the 2002 boys Adam took fifth spot after some mix up with his time. For the 2000 girls we had Anya taking the silver medal this time - what a weekend for her! Nils was fifth for the 2000 boys. In the 1999 boys category there was some mix up but the final results show Will in 4th, Nathaniel in 5th, Nicholas in 8th and Ben in 9th. In the 1998 girls category we had Ella in the gold position once again - what a weekend for her! The big winner of the grand prize on Sunday was our own Hilary - another pair of great race skis! Awesome!
Everyone should have received the results by email. Stay tuned for pictures!

Ski Club Fundraiser Dinner

2010-03-01T09:45:00.000-08:00

Be sure to get your tickets for the Mt. Baldy Ski Club Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser! The dinner takes place on Saturday, March 6th (6 p.m.) in the lodge. Tickets are available in the ticket office or any racer and include Spaghetti Dinner, Salad, Garlic Toast, and Dessert for $17 Adults and $10 Kids (12&U). Bid on an array of great silent auction items such as wine, a custom orthotics package, a driveway snow removal package, golf passes and much more! There will be a movie playing downstairs for the kids. Come and have a fun evening and support your Mt. Baldy Racers!

South Zone Cupcake Race at Baldy January 30th

2010-02-04T22:23:00.000-08:00

That`s what it`s being called now...Well, our little mountain once again proved we can host a race as well or better than the big resorts. Hats off to all the parents and volunteers for pulling together a great experience for the 130+ racers. It was a wonderful day, conditions were great and the course was tough. Baldy Racers nabbed a total of ten podium spots tying Apex in the results. All of our racers dug deep and got the job done. It was wonderful to see them push their limits and all the coaches are very proud of our racers. See results link on the right side bar. The pictures shown here are just a sample of the extensive collection of pictures Coach Warren took. Shown here in order are Nils (9M 5th), Anya (9F 4th), Adam (7M 1st) and Ella (11F 1st)

Gates on the Shaft

2010-01-11T17:04:00.000-08:00

Sunday's training session was a relative success. We are getting some gates is on the Shaft though our turn-around time is understandably slow. The terrain is quite good with the steeper sections and rolling sections providing an increased fun factor for the kids. We also welcomed coach Valerie from Mt. Baldy ski school who has taken on the development of our blue team. She comes with highs credentials from Big White and Red Mountain. The double black team worked hard on their stance in order to carry speed and hold their line. The black team worked on similar skills while the blue team concentrated on maintaining parallel turns. Green was all about having fun while skiing consistently and getting used to the racecourse.
Post training included a parent meeting to discuss delegation of duties for the upcoming race and other administrative functions of running the club. Stay tuned for more details.

Pictures are of free skiing on Shaft. Nathaniel then Nicholas on a clear day over the holidays

First Training Day with the 2010 team

2010-01-07T22:24:00.001-08:00

Well we got off to a great start this past Sunday with 22 racers and we expect a few more for the coming weekend. Everyone looks like they've been working hard on their carving over the holiday. The the new kids have surprised the coaches with their ability and enthusiasm as well. We had our banner signing ceremony just before kicking off the training. This is our Canadian flag club banner that will hang in the Olympic village to help inspire our Canadian athletes at the Olympics. All clubs in BC are participating and the hope is that these banners will help bring home the hardware. The notice for our race on the 30th has been sent out to all clubs and appears in the links section. Also see updated images under the pictures link.

Schedule

2009-11-29T14:29:00.000-08:00

I hope all the Baldy Racers are getting excited about the coming ski season. Opening day at Mt. Baldy is December 12th. Christmas break is Dec 19th to Jan 3rd. We will start training on January 3rd from 9:30 to 12:30. The South Zone race is at Mt Baldy on January 30th. Take a look at the Baldyracers calendar posted in the links section.

Ok Zone Race at Mt Baldy January 31st

2009-01-22T13:58:00.001-08:00

Just a quick note for the upcoming race. There is a race notice now posted on the BC Alpine Calendar. If you go to the link listed on the left of this blog and click on Ok Zone race listed for January 31st you will be able to open the race notice in Word.
To summarize, the race starts at 10am with inspection at 9:30. E1s race dual glalom and E2s race single glalom after the E1s are done. There will be a barbeque lunch available and awards at 3pm. We need parents to help out and those wishing to do so should contact Annika at baldyracers@gmail.com

Great Turn Out on First Day of Training

2009-01-05T22:04:00.000-08:00

We had our first training day on Sunday January 5th and everything went very smoothly. We have a great group of kids, with great numbers in every age group. It looks like our numbers will be about 20 kids, but if you know of anyone else interested please send them out this coming Sunday (January11th) at 9:30 am.
Our training day began with a warm-up and free skiing and then finished off with some brushes for practicing turn shape. The kids seem very eager to get into the gates. We just need a little more snow.
Dates for races:
Mt Baldy, OK Zone Nancy Greene Ski League Race - January 31st, 2009
Mt Baldy Cup, Invitational - February 21st, 2009
Apex, OK Zone Finals - E1 and E2s on separate days, Mar 7th and 8Th, 2009
Sun Peaks Nancy Green Festival - NGSL race and fun skills events, hosted by Nancy Greene herself, Mar2oth and 21st

Mt Baldy Ski Team Season is Here

2008-12-23T08:58:00.000-08:00

Hello All Racers and Parents;

The ski season is finally here and hopefully you all are geared up and ready to start training on snow. As stated previously we are starting our training on Sunday January 4th at 9:30am. Meet at the usual place between the Lodge and the Snow Sports Centre.
Just to update you on the tentative racing schedule for the year, we have our Okanagan Zone (South) race at Mt Baldy on January 31st. The Okanagan Finals are at Apex this year on March 7th and 8th. We'll also be trying to put together another Baldy Cup Challenge race with some of the other Southern teams and we'll update you as the information becomes available.

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and we'll see you on the hill.

2008-2009 Season Is Around The Corner

2008-11-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

Hello Parents, Racers and Skiers alike:
Well, the weather is starting to turn and racers are getting outfitted for the coming year. Hopefully everyone is keen to start racing again. We certainly had a successful season last year and our team should be just as strong this year.

Dates & Info for this year:
Start date: January 4th
Payment due date: January 4th
Price: $250

For parents still outfitting their racers what follows is recommended ski lengths by weight for E1 and E2 racers and a rough boot fitting guide. Remember to purchase good junior racing equipment because we don't want to hold back our racers full potential with poor equipment.

E1 Ages 6,7,8
weight 40-50 lbs ski size 100-110 cm
50-60 lbs 110-120cm
60-70 lbs 120 cm

E2 Ages 9,10
weight 60-70 lbs, ski size 120 cm
70-80 lbs 125-130 cm
80-90 lbs 130-140 cm

Boot fitting guide
Skier to try boots on without liner and push toes to front. There should be 1.5 to 2 finger distance between heel and liner maximum and err on the small side
With liners back together, boots on and done up skier should be able to easily flex forward in room temperature conditions
Boot cuffs shouldn't be too big. If the skier needs the upper cuff done up to max then the boot cuff is too big
Have the coach check your racer's boots if unsure of fit

Nancy Greene Wind-Up

2008-03-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

Sunday March 23rd was our Nancy Green Wind-up day with a dual slalom against the parents and the lunch put on by Mt Baldy. The racing action was fast and furious with the kids determined to beat all the parents, not just their own. There was even some races against grandparents who were shown no mercy by the kids. The lunch was excellent and hats off to the Mt Baldy kitchen staff for the excellent food.

The snowstars certificates were then given out. These show the kids where they are on the snowstars scale of 1 to 7. Following that we gave out the most improved trophy for 2008. That went to Will Foster for his impressive skill development this year.

Once again thanks to all the parents for their support. Thanks to Mark Weigeldt, Maxine Davison and Warren Everton for all their hard work coaching this year. Also thanks to Annika Everton for all her organization efforts. In the meantime please spread the word about our great racing program hear at Mt Baldy. See you next season!

K1 Provincials - Grouse & Cypress Vancouver

2008-03-23T21:39:00.000-07:00

March 15, 16 and 17th marked the K1 provincial finals in Vancouver. Madeleine and Silken were racing in the Slalom, Kombi and GS events along with 185 athletes from around the province. Madeleine's best finish was a 27th in the stubby slalom which was a great result for her first year in K1. The top twenty was dominated by the 2nd year K1s and amongst the 11 year olds she was 5th. In the Kombi and GS she posted a 48th and 56th. Silken had some great runs in Kombi and GS with a top placing of 4th in Kombi as well as a 4th in GS. She was ranked the number one K1 female in the Okanagan zone going into the provincials and should stay there with these results. Next up for the girls is the Okanagan zone finals at Apex March 29th and 30th. As well, we'll have Sebastien Larivee racing with other 10 year old E2s in this final k1 race. E2s are invited to this race to give them a taste of what K1 will be like next year.

After the Okanagan Finals Silken will be heading off to the Whistler Cup which hosts the best K1 and K2 racers from around the world. It should be another exciting race series. Good luck to Silken and good luck to the Canadian team which won the event last year for the first time in 15 years.

Okanagan Zone Nancy Greene Finals

2008-03-10T22:24:00.000-07:00

Well the little squad that could, did it again! Mt. Baldy's E1 black* team took the silver medal at the Okanagan Finals at Big White over the weekend. There were a hundred and seventy racers from Sun Peaks, Harper Mtn, Revelstoke, Silver Star, Big White, Apex and Mt Baldy. It was great race on the lower Paradise that challenged the kids with some steepness and icy turns. The only team that finished ahead of ours was Silver Star's best team. There were more successes for the Baldy squad through the weekend starting with our blue team finishing in seventh place.
On Sunday it was the E2s turn with Mt Baldy fielding three racers including Ella Pasin, Foster Kane and Sebastian Larivee. The field was 115 strong this time but our team still managed to do quite well. In the nine year old girls category Ella was 20th. In the ten year old boys category Sebastian cracked the top ten taking the tenth place medal with Foster following in 18th.
Congratulations to all the kids! Not only did they perform but they were the sharpest dressed on the mountain with their new team vests.

We will have some professionally taken pictures posted later in the week. Stay tuned.

*(Black - highest skill level, Blue - mid level, Green - beginning level)

Mt. Baldy is not resting on it's success just yet. We are off to the Provincial K1 (11 & 12 yr olds) championships at Grouse Mtn and Cypress Bowl in Vancouver this weekend. Racing starts Saturday with slalom, then turns to the kombi event on Sunday, finishing with the GS on Monday. After that we have Apex coming to Baldy to train on Friday March 21st. We are hoping to use the lower shaft for some GS and Slalom training. Then the Okanagan K1 series wraps up with the finals at Apex on the 29th and 30th. Our E2s are invited to that race to give them an early taste of what K1 will be like next year. It should be another fun and exciting weekend.

Ski Club Update

2008-02-28T22:31:00.000-08:00

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks for the ski club. After our big Baldy Cup win the K level kids had a race at Revelstoke on the 15th and 16th. It was an awesome weekend for Silken with two firsts and a fourth in the three GS events. Madeleine had a crash in the first race but did well in the second placing 13th. The revelstoke club did a wonderful job of putting on the event and built lots of fun into the weekend with an after race social gathering on Saturday. The mountain itself is very impressive with the expansion of terrain giving it almost 5000 feet of vertical. A few parents were able to break away from the race action to sample a few runs on the upper mountain. Everyone was very impressed.

The schedule remained busy for Silken for the following week Feb 22-24th. She was part of a select group of kids from the Okanagan to race at the BC Winter Games in Kimberly. Some of the highlights for her were an 8th in GS and 6th in Kombi. The kids from the Okanagan really dominated which helped put the Thompson-Okanagan zone over the top for the overall win.

In the meantime the Nancy Greene kids have been training hard for the upcoming Okanagan finals at Big White on March 8-9th. The kids are very determined this year and have shown it in the results so far. Training is set again for this sunday at 9:30 am as usual. Any parents wanting to help out with course setting can meet out on the Face at 8:45 am.

More details to follow on meeting times for the Big White race and also for the wind-up festivities. It looks like we'll have our wind-up on either March 22nd or 23rd. We are planning to have a parents against the kids race and a lunch in the lounge.

Baldy Cup Mountain Challenge Race

2008-02-12T21:56:00.001-08:00

Well, it's official. The Baldy Cup has returned to its riteful owners and it did so in a big way. Our team racked up an impressive set of medals to pull in front of Apex, Phoenix and Sitzmark to reclaim the coveted trophy. Way to go kids!

Our medal total included, in the five year old category, Adam Koczij with gold and Yolanda Fenwick-Wilson winning silver. In the six year old girls category Agatka Koczij won gold and in the boys Mitchell Townsend took gold with Daniel Everton in the silver position. For the seven year old category Mia McBryde won gold in the girls group with Nils Rauhala winning gold and Samuel Foy in fourth for the boys. In the eight year old category we had Jessica Schoyen with gold for the girls and a Baldy sweep of the podium in the boys. This included Nicholas Everton winning gold, Will Kane in the silver position, Nathaniel Larivee in bronze, Ben Myers in fourth and Jack Fenwick-Wilson in sixth. In the nine year old girls group Ella Pasin won bronze. In the ten year old boys group we had Jake Townsend in the silver medal position, Sebastian Larivee in bronze and Foster Kane in fourth. In the last two groups we had Madeleine Everton winning gold in the eleven year old category and Silken Rauhala winning gold in the twelve to fifteen year old category

Nancy Greene Race #1 Apex

2008-02-04T21:40:00.000-08:00

Great results for Mt. Baldy at the Apex Nancy Greene race February 2nd. Our E1 blue team (Agatka, Mia, Daniel, Mitchell, Jack and Adam) took the gold in the blue event and our E1 black team (Jessica, Nathaniel, Ben, Nicholas, Will and Nils) took the silver in the black event. Way to go E1s!

Our E2s also did quite well considering the depth of the Big White and Apex teams. Ella Pasin placed sixth in the E2 9 yr old girls category. In the 10 year old boys category Jake Towsend was 6th, Sebastian Larivee 7th and Foster Kane was 10th. Check out the link to the left for great shots of the race.

Next up for the Mt Baldy race team is our Club Challenge Baldy Cup Race this Saturday, Feb 9th at 9 am. Check the race schedule in the earlier post below.

Mt Baldy Training for NG Race No.1

2008-01-27T21:15:00.000-08:00

January 27th was a great day of training for the Nancy Greene kids. We trained dual slalom in the early part of the day and switched to singel GS near the end of the day. All the kids were really pumped and worked hard on their techniques. This coach feels that we have a very strong team that should do well next weekend at Apex.

For the Apex race, meet at the Apex Ski Club Cabin left of the T-bar at 8:45 am. We are putting together two teams for the E1 race and the E2s will race individually following the E1 race.
See the following link for the official race notice...
http://bcalpine.com/dyndata/calendarfiles/389.pdf

Big White K Level Slalom

2008-01-27T21:04:00.000-08:00

January 19th and 20th K level slalom at Big White was a success for Mt. Baldy. Madeleine Everton placed 11th in the first race and 17th in the second. Silken Rauhala placed 4th in the first race and 5th in the second. It was a very well run race by Big White and the coaching staff was gracious enough to let our team train with them on Friday befor the races. The attached picture is Madeleine in the 1st stubbie slalom course on Jan 19th.

Nancy Greene Training

2008-01-13T21:48:00.000-08:00

Well, the first two training days are complete in the Nancy Greene Racing season. Mt Baldy has been very supportive, giving us the Face run to use for gate setting. Coaches Warren, Maxine and Mark have been impressed with the level of skiing with this year's athletes. It looks like Mt Baldy has a team to be reckoned with. Parents have been great supporting the program each week. Thanks to parent volunteers for all your time and effort.
Just a reminder that fees are due and the first race in on February second at Apex. Our club challenge race will not be held January 27. We are now trying to arrange it for February 9th.

First Day of Nancy Greene Ski League

2007-12-30T10:19:00.000-08:00

Mt. Baldy's first day of ANGSL (Alcan Nancy Greene Ski League) starts January 6th. The day will start at 9:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. Please meet at the hut/deck area outside the lodge. The cost of the program is $250 and includes Alpine Canada insurance for racer and one parent, membership in BC Alpine (http://www.bcalpine.com/), certified coaching and instruction, subscription to Ski Canada magazine and a book of ten tickets for BC Alpine's Pontiac Torrent raffle. These tickest can be sold to other people to recover some of the cost or used for your own chances to win.

Please make sure that all racers have a helmet, poles and skis/bindings in good repair set-up properly for their weight, height and ability.

Please note that the Nancy Greene Ski League is not a learn to ski program, it is a program focusing on improving skills by encouraging a love of skiing with introductory competition. Supplementing this is the Snow Stars skill development program for young skiers designed by skiing professionals and delivered by our certified coaches. This seven-step program offers the key skills required to progress from beginner to athletic skier and eventually to learn the basic tactical skills needed for a ski racer. See the complete outline at http://www.canski.org/webconcepteur/web/alpine/en/programs/nav/developmentprograms.html?page=details.jsp&iddoc=78341

There are two optional races during the season including the first at Apex on Feb, 2nd and the Okanagan Finals at Big White on March 8th & 9th. As well we are planning on having the Baldy Cup club challenge race on January 27th. Be ready to volunteer!

Program Contacts:

Warren & Annika Everton (250) 498-0551 or baldyracers@gmail.com

K Race No.1 Sun Peaks

2007-12-18T21:20:00.000-08:00

The first K level (K1 - 11 & 12 yr olds, K2 - 13 & 14 yr olds) was held on Dec 15th and 16th at Sun Peaks. It was a very successful race for Baldy's Silken Rauhala who placed 2nd on the 1st day and then two 3rds on the second day. Both days featured a full length GS course that really tested the kids emerging skills. It was the first K race ever for Madeleine Everton who continued to improve over the weekend and cracked the top 15 in the final race of the weekend. All in all it was a very fun and motivating experience. As well as K racers there were J level racers (15-18 yr olds) and teams from the Okanagan, Prince George and even a team from Australia. Next race is a slalom on Jan 20th & 21st at Big White. We are planning on starting some stubbie slalom training over the holidays at Baldy. If there are any E level kids around they are welcome to join in for some early Nancy Green training. More pictures are on the Baldy Team Picture link on the left side bar.

The Start of a New Season

2007-11-27T21:07:00.000-08:00

Hello racers and parents. The Alcan Nancy Greene Ski League at Mt. Baldy will begin on January 6th, 2008. The cost this year is $250 and includes the Pontiac Torrent raffle ticket book (a fifty dollar value if you sell all the tickets). The season will consist of 12 Sundays for three hours 9am to 12pm. We are planning for more training this year with more terrain on Mt Baldy at our disposal with the installation of the new Sugarlump quad chair. We are also planning more varied training including group discussions, Husky Snow Stars and World Cup videos as well as an introductory level of video training. Emphasis will still be on "fun"damentals with games and activities that foster a love for the sport. All parents are encouraged to dedicate some time to the program, whether helping to organize and execute races or helping manage a group of kids on a training day. We could have as many as five coaches this year so we can handle a large group of kids. Let's get as many signed up as possible and build the program for the future!

Mt Baldy Ski Team Blog

2007-10-25T14:37:00.000-07:00

Hello Racers! This is the new home of the Baldy Ski Team. Here we'll post information for parents and racers including contact information, schedules, results, pictures and anything else relevant to our passion for the sport of ski racing at Mt Baldy. Stay tuned for more information.