Two Saturdays ago, the team made its way to Nelson Nordic Ski Club for the always fun and exciting Kootenay Cup event. Athletes from the Atom through Junior categories left early Saturday morning with their families for the 10:00am race start. All races were mass start skate. The youngest categories started first with Annika Merg […]
This past weekend fifteen Blackjack athletes competed in the BC Midgets Championships in Kelowna. We arrived at the Telemark Nordic on Friday afternoon so everyone was able to ski their courses and prepare for Saturday’s classic interval race. We then checked into the Cove resort and all thoroughly enjoyed the great amenities on offer there: movie theater, basketball, mini-golf […]
After a fun weekend in Kamloops, the team was looking forward to a fun day of racing on our home trails for the annual Black Jack Loppet. Kids of all ages from the club came out for this event and it was great to see everyone having fun out there. Some of the younger skiers […]
After a short break from racing, most of the team piled back into the van on Thursday morning to make our way over to Kamloops for BC Championships. Unfortunately, Rémi couldn’t come on this trip due to a fall at Junior World Championships that caused a concussion. Meanwhile, David flew to Japan to enjoy some […]
For this trip, the team split up. We had 13 Track Attack and Junior racer skiers participating in an exchange with the Nakkertok Nordic Ski Club along with 7 skiers from Nelson Nordic Ski Club. On Tuesday evening, those who weren’t participating in the exchange piled into the van for a quick drive to Kelowna […]
Here’s a little throwback to the NorAm races in Vernon and Rossland before Christmas. The team had a great time on the fantastic trails in SilverStar and racing at home was a blast. We also pulled off some fantastic results, which lead up to a fun holiday season. Thanks to all the race volunteers, the […]
Black Jack Ski Club Trip to Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park July 25-30, 2016 By: Lukas Piggot (Track Attack) In the last week of July, some members of the Track Attack group from Black Jack Ski Club went on a hiking trip into Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. The group consisted of six children, ranging in age […]
Following the Revelstoke camp some of the Black Jack members such as Remi, Chiaki, Michaela, Sophie and the track attackers headed over to Kimberley for the weekend. Unfortunately Bronwyn and Sage were unable to attend the camp this year. The camp started off with a two hour bike ride, most people road biked but a […]
Team Black Jack kicked off the cross-country running season this past weekend with our annual fun run and fundraiser, the Golden City Grind. Thanks to the hard work of John Snelgrove and Shelly Ackerman of the Alpine Grind Coffee House, and countless other volunteers the race was a huge success. This year 106 racers of […]
Subsequent a successful Haig Glacier camp, in July, we planned to return to the site in August. However, due to hot weather, the glacier was closed for the summer before we could go back. This was an unfortunate, but not unexpected turn of events, and we had considered what we would do if something like this were […]
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