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March 27-29, 2000
QVSC Well Represented At Westerns
Qu'Appelle Valley Ski Club placed four members on the team representing Saskatchewan at the Western Canadian Juvenile Alpine Ski Championships held at Marmot Basin near Jasper, Alberta. Kara Delaney, Rhiannon Jones, Allysen Reed, and Darsey Godwin represented our club in the SuperG, Giant Slalom and Slalom races. Although the athletes did not get the best of results, each had a positive experience, and by all accounts were great ambassadors of our club. Allysen's best result came in SuperG competition placing 9th. SuperG is where Darsey also had his best finish, a 19th. Rhiannon and Kara each had their best day in GS competition placing 17th and 23rd respectively. It should be noted that Kara was one of the only K1 (11-12 years old) athletes participating at this event.
QVSC thanks Sheridon Godwin for taking the time to go along as a chaperone and helping coach our athletes. Sheridon says that everyone had a very positive experience.

April 1-2, 2000
Simmons Among The Best In B.C.
The Saskatchewan Juvenile Team traveled to Kelowna, B.C. to compete in the Okanagan Zone Finals at Big White Ski Resort. Brittany Simmons led the team with fantastic results in both days of Giant Slalom competition. In K2 competition Brittany won the SILVER medal the first day, and followed that with GOLD as well as placing first OVERALL! Joel Taylor also had a great two days, gaining SILVER in men's K2 competition both days. Allysen Reed, also competing in the K2 category managed 11th and 8th place finishes, very good results among this level of competition. Meanwhile, Kara Delaney, Saskatchewan's lone K1 competitor, placed 9th and 5th among K1 women. Congratulations and well done to all four, QVSC is very proud of each and every one of you!

April 16-20, 2000
International Competition For Three QVSC Athletes
Three QVSC athletes, Allysen Reed, Brittany Simmons, and Joel Taylor, participated at the Whistler Cup, an international juvenile (14 and under) or K2 and K1 race at Whistler, B.C. Over 200 racers from across the world, including most Canadian provinces, U.S.A., Japan, France, Italy, Croatia, Chile, Italy and Germany were at this exciting event held from April 16 to 20. The K2 events were Slalom, GS, and Super G.

Three other Saskatchewan skiers were there as well, coached by John Crichton, assisted by Tyler Pochynuk.

QVSC racer results at the Whistler Cup were (out of 90 men and 88 women)

SL : Joel - DNF, Allysen - DNF, Brittany - 24th

GS: Joel - 53rd, Allysen - 66th, Brittany - 31st

Super G: Joel - 38th, Allysen - 63rd, Brittany - 34th.
-submitted by Pat Taylor