SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF PEOPLE AND PLACES-2000 SEASON
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Birkebeiner Congrats
WMA site moved
Membership Renewals
Where your $15 goes
CERAX- from Alan Ball
Larch Hills Fun Race Special
New CERAX ski Polymers
JORGEN DAHLIE- A Master's Master
Are you Y2K ready? Come find out
Jack White on Mariazell
Jack White on the WMA meeting held at Mariazell
Profile of a Master Skier- LISA VAN SCHIE-WYNNE
From John Roberts
Fall is here can SNOW be far behind
Make plans now for the 2000 Canadian Masters Championships and the Worlds at Kiruna
For a triple whammy consider going to the US Masters
The sprints are coming
So you want to be faster- Training for Master Skiers- by PER GAARDER- Special to BC Nordic Masters
JUNE 1999 NEWSLETTER
Welcome new and renewal members
As for me
What your $15 gets you
Speaking of websites
Silver Star Canadian Championships
Thanks Richie
Millenial Membership
Membership Fees
Welcome new and renewal members
This newsletter is especially to welcome new members to the Canadian Masters Cross Country Ski Association and to welcome back those who have rejoined as a result of the Championships held at Silver Star this spring.
What do you think of the name? Its what I could come up with, but not that original- do you have suggestions for a name? What about the format and layout?- ideas welcome.
First of all I need your help. What do you want to see to remain a member of the Association. You have joined or rejoined at the Silver Star Canadian Masters Championships and MCC is eager to count you as happy members in future years as well as this one. But we need to know what will keep you here. There are plenty of accomplished Master skiers in BC, but a good number are not involved in our Association. Just compare the names of Masters in the BC Loppet results to the membership in our organization; we miss quite a few Masters. Master's cross country is too small to be fragmented and to lose the ideas and talent.
As for me
Because I am new to the Association in the grand sounding role of director for BC here is a bit of my skiing background. I have skied cross country since about 1975 when I lived in Whitehorse, and began my skiing with two other novices Henk Waterreus and Peter Steele. We used to get together at lunch from our respective jobs for a ski (read race) around the Whitehorse 10k trails almost at any temperature. Racing each other every day was a great, if tiring, way to start and we kept each other honest.
In 1981, when we in Whitehorse hosted the first World Cup races in North America I was president of the Whitehorse Cross Country Ski club. It was an exciting time. By then our group of three masters had been skiing for some years and we competed in the masters categories at those events without total ignominy. Henk and I are both still at it.
In 1984 my family and I moved to Nova Scotia and I found out what the skiing is like there- bad. It snows alright, but it almost always melts right away so you pretty well have to be out there when the storm is on.
When I returned to BC a few years later I had pretty much given up skiing; my daughter got me back on the right track after a few years of not putting on skis. Since then I have competed in as many of the BC loppets as I can make and I thoroughly enjoy the competition. In 1997 I went to my first World Masters at Fogaria in northern Italy- a great time which I thoroughly enjoyed.
My most recent competitions were the Masters Championships at Vernon in March about which more later.Two locals who keep me working hard are Per Gaarder and Jim Bishop as I try to catch up to them.
For work I am a consulting geologist- that's a euphemism for unemployed these days. But I do quite a lot of volunteer work for several professional geoscience organizations.
What your $15 gets you
In case you wondered your $15 pays for Canadian Masters membership benefits including voting rights within MCC and this newsletter three times a year. Membership also entitles individuals to compete in National Masters and World Masters Championships. It allows members to buy the MCC racing suit (WOW- that too!) and to participate in the annual draw for skis, which benefits the CCC National Junior Program. As well MCC membership supports strong representation of Canadian views at the World Masters level and entitles MCC to bid on hosting the World Masters Championships. Membership further supports Provincial units to bid on the Canadian Masters Championships each year and helps maintain the MCC website.
Speaking of web sites
The Association has a new web site: http://x-c.com or http://x-c.com/clubs/masters/master.htm
Add your name and email address to the database so you can be notified of developments when they happen. Also post your opinions in the "Speak your Mind" section and read other opinions. There is information on summer training, peaking for races, and staying at your peak. As well the association Newsletter is all there if you prefer to see it digitally. This is a great site maintained by John Roberts who you may have met at the Canadian Masters Championships in Vernon.
And the World Masters Association site is:http://www.spectraweb.ch/~jschel/frame_e.html
This is another great site for masters with a complete guide on rollerskiing, a section on how to manage your training and conditioning year, a section on hill training, another good one called "Are you training hard enough?". There is a section on warmups and cooldowns, how to do sit ups correctly, and a whole lot of stuff on dryland training including ski bounding, running versus walking and lots else. This site also has about as many links world wide as you will ever want. If you haven't seen this one its time you did.
While we're on the subject don't forget the Cross Country Canada site at: http://www.canada.x-c.com This site is focused on the National Ski team and Junior racing but there is lots for masters here as well with schedules and training tips etc. Also here you will find links to clubs across Canada as well as the various provincial organizations for cross country. I have no idea how many members have web access. Let me know your email address when you return your fees so I can get a feeling of how many can not get this information and then judge whether it would be worth to abstract some of the material on the web for the newsletter.Silver Star Canadian Champs
In Vernon this March about 150 people participated in the week-long Canadian Championships, which were fun, well organized and held on great trails, with lots of snow, excellent grooming and brilliant weather; it couldn't have been better. The Sovereign Lake club and especially Stan Eaman and Ray Wagner did BC Masters skiing proud; they deserve thanks and a big pat on the back. It was great to see so many masters there, especially from BC and Alberta, and as usual there was a good Ontario contingent and surprisingly, to me, from Newfoundland; too bad Quebec was not represented. If you are interested to have a copy of the race results I can send them. The information is also available on the web at x-c.com.
Thanks Richie- a job well done
For us all I thank Richie Mann for a job well done over the past four years as BC Director for the Association. Volunteer jobs represent a significant commitment of time and energy. Richie brought the warmth of his personality, his long-time commitment to Master's skiing and his thoroughness to our organization and we thank him. I aim to build on his efforts.
Millenial Membership
The badge herewith is for new members. By the way the year for the Association runs from May 1 to April 30. The membership card is for your wallet- if you don't have enough other stuff in there. Strictly speaking the membership you paid at Silver Star is for the 98-99 Season which ends April 30, 99. But as that was pretty late in the year and in order to keep you coming your fees will count also for the next season. So you are paid up till April 30, 2000 and automatically become a Millennium Master. But we still need you to sign the membership form for liability reasons. For your convenience I include the Membership renewal form and have completed the information you supplied when you joined. If the information is correct you need only sign where indicated and return it to me. If incorrect please indicate changes.
Membership Fees
Canadian Masters Cross Country Ski Association has decided to eliminate the second Family member fee. This means that the annual fee shall be $15 for each member of the family. Thanks to Marcia Beckner Marcia Beckner provided the centrefold photos reproduced here. They show some of the people who were there and give an idea of the conditions. Thanks Marcia.
