QU'APPELLE
VALLEY
SKI CLUB

2001/2002 Highlights
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March 16, 2002
J4's Compete In Finals
Three of QVSC's J4 (9 & 10 year olds) athletes traveled to Big River to compete in the Provincial J4 Finals at Timber Ridge Ski Area.  John McNally coached Walter Dippenaar, Jocelyn Demaer and Michael Davidson to some very impressive results.  Both Walter and Jocelyn earned SILVER medals and Michael gained a lot of experience after each competitor had two runs in the morning and two more in the afternoon.  Results are determined by totaling the racers best morning and best afternoon time.  Congratulations to all three and thank you for so ably representing Qu'Appelle Valley Ski Club.

March 17, 2002
Timber Ridge Site For Nancy Greene Ski League Final
QVSC was unable to field a complete team for this event, however, we did have some excellent skiers there proudly representing our club.  Alwein and Walter Dippenaar, Michael Davidson and Brandon Walker raced very well in this year end event for the Nancy Greene Ski League.  Although our numbers were small our athletes had a lot of fun under the coaching of John McNally and we all hope that next year we will be able to put together a complete team.  Thanks to those who took the time to make the long trip to Big River and gave their children an opportunity to compete.

March 16 - 17, 2002
QVSC Competes In Manitoba Finals
Seven juveniles and five juniors of the QVSC Alpine Race Team competed in two days of racing that were part of the Manitoba Ski Associations finals.  On Saturday they competed in Giant Slalom, then raced slalom on Sunday.  These events were held at Asessippi Winter Park and were hosted by the Asessippi Ski and Board Club and the Springhill Ski Racing Club.  Our juvenile aged (11 to 14) athletes competed in the Juvenile Alpine Ski Series (J.A.S.S.) races and our juniors competed in the Manitoba Alpine Ski Series (M.A.S.S.) races which are open to any carded athlete 15 years and older.  Our team was once again led by our K1 girls who managed to sweep theK1  medals each day.  Following are the QVSC athletes top 15 results:

QVSC Alpine Race Team @ Manitoba Provincial Finals - and Tyson Montgomery from Ochapowace

March 19 - 20, 2002
Achtymichuk And Delaney Compete At Canadian Championships
Brady Achtymichuk and Kara Delaney represented Saskatchewan and QVSC at the Canadian Juvenile Alpine Ski Championships held at Panorama, B.C.  Both athletes are members of Saskatchewan's Juvenile Ski Team and were coached at this event by Dave Honeyman, Sask.'s Head Coach.  Brady had a fantastic result in Super G, placing in seventh place among a field of eighty-two of Canada's best juvenile racers.  Kara's best result came in slalom where she placed a very respectable 31st out of 66 competitors.  All of QVSC is very proud of you both!

March 22, 2002
Skill Awards Presented At Annual Banquet
QVSC held its' annual pot luck banquet at the Legion Hall again this year and once again it was a fantastic feast!  QVSC's president, Calvin Reed was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening.  He gave an overview of the past season and extended appreciation to the athletes, coaches, parents and the sponsors.  Tom McDougall gave a report on the Nancy Greene Ski and Snowboard League and Kirk Cochrane gave the Head Coaches report where he commended the coaches for the good job they did this year.
John McNally, the Saturday coordinating coach, introduced the N.G.S.L. coaches and they presented the members of the Nancy Greene Ski/Snowboard League their levels in the new Snow Stars program.  This skill development program has replaced the old Skill Awards program to reflect the changes in skiing since the old program was implemented.  Danny Ottenbreit presented the Nancy Greene Ski League athletes with "team" gloves donated by the Grenfell Co-op.  Members of the Development Team were recognized for their contribution to the overall club title and were called up to share in the photo ops of the team with a special cake made to mark the eighth straight QVSC Sask Cup Club Championship.

Coach Jill Wilson and Level 1	Coach Andrea Delaney and Level 2
Coach Ryan Ottenbreit and Level 3	Coach Joan Penney and Level 4 Plus
Coach Richard Rumancik and Level 4 Plus	Coach John McNally and Development Team

QVSC Snowboarder and Coaches


Showing off Co-op Gloves!

Last updated May 9, 2002
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