Jumping News

Ford Sayre Alpine Racing Team skiers set the stage for their upcoming NHARA State Qualifiers with top finishes in the Bob Skinner Cup Giant Slalom at Mount Sunapee on Sunday, January 25. Lainie Taylor led the way for the Ford Sayre girls, winning the U14 class by over two seconds. Ford Sayre’s Pepper Joseph, Maya Holmes, Ellie Stannard, and Katie Stannard all packed in the top ten at fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth respectively. Siena Curtis nabbed her best result to date with a third place finish among the U12 girls, ahead of teammates Molly Hackett, Anna Testorf, Lilly Clapp, and Ella Goodney who finished fifth, eighth, ninth and tenth. For the Ford Sayre boys, Kyle Rozzi had the top result, taking second in the U14 boys class. Former Ford Sayre and current Cardigan Mountain racer Seth Gray grabbed fourth ahead of Ford Sayre’s Josh Chu. Eric Goodney and Jack Loftus each rode two strong runs to finish seventh and eighth. In the U12 boys class, Camden Dwyer tallied the best result in fourth, ahead of teammates Courtland Doyle, Jack Ross, Forster Goodrich and Connor Hamlin in fifth, seventh, eighth, and tenth. In another race, the Ford Sayre U14 girls placed five in the top ten at the Tina Sutton Memorial SL at Loon Mountain. Riley Craft placed 5th followed by Willa Mcgough 6th, Maia Garfield 8th, Isla Cotter 9th and Lucy Doyle 10th. James Healy skied to a 7th place finish for the Ford Sayre U14 boys. Ford Sayre U12 and U14 racers will all compete at Sunapee this Sunday for the first of three New Hampshire State Championship qualifiers. Ford Sayre Academy U16 and U18 skiers competed in the Tecnica Cup at the Dartmouth Skiway on Sunday, January 25th.  Three of Ford Sayre’s girls placed in the top ten.  Wren Smith placed 5th, Sadie Lingelbach-Pierce 6th and Caitlin Blinkhorn came in 8th.  On the boy’s side, Ford Sayre Academy skier Brian Seltzer captured 2nd place with a total time of 1:11.30.  Continue reading →

Information for the 3 Day Program:

Location:	Oak Hill
Time:	3:30-4:30
Technique:	skate skis AND BRING RUNNING SHOES
Wax Recommendation:	what you have on is fine
Upcoming Race:	The Mt Top Paintball Biathlon at the Mt Top Resort in Chittenden, VT  takes place this Sunday, February 1! Go here or here for information and here to register. We will post our race organization doc soon.

Notes From Dorcas:

1. We’ll talk about the biathlon and use our running shoes at the end of practice as base preparation for transitions back to spring sports.

 

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On Thursday afternoon, BKL kids had a change to try out biathlon target shooting in a test range set up on Garipay Field.  This is in preparation for the Mountain Top Paintball Biathlon on Sunday.

Thanks to Dennis Donahue, Heidi Lange, and Joe Galanes for making this possible.

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Hello Everyone,

As we get closer to the BKL FoxTrot on Feb 14^th, here are a few critical items:

• Volunteers! We are getting to the point where we really need to fill our roster.  If you have already committed to volunteer for the BKL or Eastern Cup race, thank you very much.  If not, we really need the help.  For example, if we don’t find a raffle chief this week, there will be no raffle!  We also need Parking attendants, Registration folks and Food/Bev assistants. Many jobs require only 2 hours of your day. See some specific examples below. Even if your children are not racing, this is your time to give back! Please email me, Lou Bregou, at lou@flume.net and let me know that you can and will help!
• Parking Attendant: 8am -10amParking Attendant: 10am – NoonFood Table: set up/serving 9am -11amFood Table: serving 11am – 1:00pm

  Raffle Meister: Limited work on day of event, mostly prep work. (Kids LOVE the raffle! We need YOU!)

• Items.There will be messages from our volunteer leaders asking to bring food etc. in the near term.  Keep an eye out.  Also, we can’t have enough tables, tents, water jugs, inflatable jumpy houses, etc. so if you have a useful item, email me.
• Register to Race ASAP: https://www.skireg.com/silver-fox-trot.  It would be great to have as many BKLers and their parents (there’s a low-key citizen’s race too!) participate in the race at our home event and primary fund raiser.  The kids really love to see their parents giving it a shot (just like we ask them to do).  We had a blast last year, and this year is going to be even better:  The more pre-reg signups we have, the easier it is to plan.  Plus, the public can see how many folks have already signed up online.  The more of us that sign up early, the more it becomes a popular race and others also sign up.

See you soon,

Lou Bregou

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To All Who Choose to Participate in the Wonderful Event that is the Paintball Biathlon:

We are psyched and hope you are, too! Please help us prepare for our coaching duties by adding your child’s name to the google doc here. Our race organization documents let skiers and parents know ahead of time when their grade level group will be meeting to preview the course and, in this case, practice shooting! We are also hoping skiers will remember that it is important to take a slow ski after they race. If possible on Sunday, coaches will use the cool down with kids to preview the course kids will race if they ski in the BKL Festival (taking place at Mt Top) at the end of the season.

Should be fun! Please make sure your child’s skis are fully prepared according to Jay’s instructions BEFORE you arrive at the race (check them again on the race org. doc. the evening before the race). We will not have waxing equipment on site.

Looking forward to it!

Ashley and Peter

 

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