The spring has flown by, it seems like just a couple weeks ago that we were racing in Quebec and the world was melting around us. Those weeks of relaxing and no structured training gave everyone a chance to relax and catch up on some of the things we had been neglecting, i.e. school work, […]
Team Black Jack – Hellman Canoe took part in the 2012 Ski 2 Sea in Kelowna BC. The grueling multi-stage event was well contested and Team Black Jack – Hellman canoe put up a great fight. Nick lead off with the Alpine leg, which included arguably the hardest part of the race with the run […]
Under sunny skies and in temperature up to the 20’s, Black Jack put everything on the line for the 2012 Haywood National Championships in Mont St Anne, Quebec. Club members Rebecca Reid and Geoffrey Richards lead the charge, both taking several trips to the podium throughout the week, and finishing second in the Junior Women’s […]
Julien Locke and Geoffrey Richards placed 7th in the Haywood Ski Nationals Classic Sprint Relay on the Plains of Abraham March 17th 2012:
The team had a successful day of team sprint relays on a great course right on the Plains of Abraham. Everyone had fast times, promising good competitions for the coming week of individual events. Our top performance was Julien Locke and Geoffrey Richards, surging through the finals. They were the only junior team to advance […]
The Black Jack Squad had a phenomenal day of distance racing today. Although the racing conditions at Soldier Hollow were rather unfavourable, the team managed to pull off some impressive races. By the time the J1 Class started at around 11:00 am, the course was chewed up and slow, and was even worse when the […]
Day 1 at the US Junior Nationals in Soldier Hollow – Classic Sprint. Julien was the lone qualifier today as Blackjack got our first taste of American racing this year on a short, hard 1.3k loop. Nick, Peter, and David all narrowly missed qualifying for the heats today, but were right in the mix. Nick […]
The BlackJack team just arrived in Soldier Hollow for the U.S. Junior Nationals. The team was out training and trying the course for the classic sprints tomorrow. Photos courtesy of Peter Locke
With all them old folks down in Utah for the US Junior Nationals, there were only a couple of us left to attend Black Jack’s own Kootenay cup and Loppet this past weekend. Many of the young Jackrabbits came out though, and made up for the lacking numbers in theolder categories. I only made it […]
With the US Junior Nationals less than a week away, Team Black Jack spent some time in Sun Valley to acclimatize to the altitude and put in some good quality training. With amazing skiing at Lake Creek, the Sun Valley trails and the route up to Galena, our mission was accomplished. Many thanks to the […]
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