ENSC hosts its first ever BIKE & BLAST event! Sunday, May 6, 10:00-2:00

*** Everyone is welcome ***

Try biathlon without the snow.

Ride the ski trails and shoot air rifles or .22 biathlon rifles

Location: ENSC Biathlon Range
Strathcona Science Park - 17th Street just south of the Yellowhead
(behind Sunridge Ski Area)

Cost: $5/person or $10/family
hot dogs, juice and ammo included

Download more information here

Ray Cislo
Julia Keenliside
Biathlon Coordinators
raycislo at telus.net

Want to shape the future of cross-country skiing in Edmonton, Alberta, even Canada and the world?

We are looking for individuals to serve on the ENSC Board of Directors.

 ENSC is looking for interested members to serve in a number of executive positions on the Board of Directors. At the AGM this fall the following positions will be open for nomination:

·         Vice President

·         Secretary

·         Membership Coordinator

·         Cross Country Coordinator

·         Biathlon Coordinator

·         Adult Lesson Coordinator

·         Facilities & Grooming Coordinator

·         Sunday Jackrabbit Coordinator

·         Social Coordinator

·         Newsletter/Website Coordinator

·         Touring & Loppet Coordinator

 Incumbents in some positions are eligible to run again. Positions may be shared. Nominations and elections are carried out at the AGM in the fall. We will post job descriptions to this site as soon as these are updated. ENSC Bylaws with duties of officers are available here. For more information contact Keith Edwardson or Glenda Hanna.

Edmonton Nordic Ski Club has a new Facebook page (replacing the previous one which has been deleted).

Please join the page as another way of keeping in touch with ENSC events.

Kristen Hudson, who has been training with Edmonton Nordic for many years, will be competing, once again, in the Special Olympic Canada Winter Games. Kristen started skiing with Special Olympics in 2005. She also does alpine skiing and soccer with Special Olympics. This is the second time she has been selected for Team Alberta for National winter games. There is a profile of Kris on the SOA website.

The games begin February 28th and run through to the 05th of March. Kristen's first event is February 29th, then again the 01st and 2nd of March. Events begin at 9:30am. Due to lack of snow the venue has been changed from St Albert to Strathcona Wilderness Centre. Spectators are welcome and encouraged. Let's cheer her (and others) on. Go Kristen!!

JOIN THE CROSS COUNTRY CANADA SOCIAL SCENE AND "LIKE" US ON FACEBOOK!

·         Canada’s cross-country ski forum for Canada’s cross-country ski community

·         Get access to the latest news, pictures & videos, race results and much more

·         Special offers for Facebook users only (Coming soon!)

·         Photo contests

·         Share your views by posting comments

·         PLUS – Get connected to other cross-country ski fans!!

Facebook page here.

HOW DO SPONSORSHIP, ADVERTISING AND POLICY FIT TOGETHER AT ENSC? HELP US FIGURE IT OUT!

The Board is looking for several ENSC members to develop recommendations for a policy on sponsorship and advertising. We want to develop a consistent and fair framework for our relations with local companies, providing them with maximum benefit for their support while ensuring that the needs of ENSC are met. If you have any experience in this area, please contact Mike Dickinson, ENSC Secretary, at sdickinson@shaw.ca. by March 3, 2012.

MATT SAURETTE AT THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES

ENSC athlete Matt Saurette represented Canada at the Youth Olympic Games in Austria in January. Photos of Matt in action can be seen here; for more coverage about the Games, check out these stories on the Canada.com and Cross Country Canada websites.

ON SKIS AND ON TARGET

November 22 - a great article from today's Edmonton Journal about the Edmonton Nordic Ski Club biathlon program.

NEW HEAD COACH

The Edmonton Nordic Ski Club is pleased to announce the hiring of Ulf Kleppe as the new full time Head Coach of the Club. Ulf was born in Norway but his family moved to Sudbury ON, where he finished school, and worked as a school teacher and coach. He's coached skiing, rowing, volleyball and other sports. His passion is cross country skiing though, and he excelled in it as an athlete himself (even winning Nationals as a Masters skier). Ulf is a tremendous technical coach and Cross Country Alberta thought so much of his expertise that they brought him out to Alberta for its week-long summer Swift Camp four separate years. All of our Edmonton Nordic athletes who have had Ulf as a coach at one of these camps have raved about him and we are thrilled to have him join our club as its new Head Coach.

Ulf's job will consist of organizing team practices and training camp programs and coaching our high performance athletes in training and competitions. He will also help train and mentor our less experienced coaches to increase the overall capacity of our club. Ulf will start work with the club just in time for our annual Lake Louise Early Snow Camp the November long weekend. With 55 athletes and 10 coaches registered for the camp as well as a dozen or more parent drivers and cooks, he will definitely get an active introduction to our competitive ski and biathlon people and programs. When you meet him, please take the time to welcome Ulf to Edmonton Nordic.

Glenda Hanna, President
Edmonton Nordic Ski Club

CONGRATULATIONS TO KEVIN MOORE!

At the Cross Country Alberta Annual General Meeting on June 4, ENSC's Kevin Moore was named Facility Operator of the Year.

This award recognises the extraordinary work that Kevin and our trail maintenance volunteers do throughout the year to prepare and groom the trails at Gold Bar Park.

Many congratulations to Kevin and all the volunteers.