Jumping News

1. What a fabulous time we all had at the Mt Top Paintball Biathlon on Sunday! The skies were blue, the temps weren’t too low, and the wind left us in peace. It was beautiful. 43 skier-sharpshooters participated and smiles abounded. Congratulations to all of the skiers for whom this was a first time experience. We also appreciate the sportsmanship that participating in this type of race requires. Kids can’t control the paintball equipment and there are always glitches – it makes for an interesting and unpredictable race and teaches us to be flexible. Thanks to those kids who figured out how to smile and focus on the fun they had rather than on the technical difficulties! That’s what it is all about! If you have pictures you’d like to share, you can email them to me at bkl.@fordsayre.org and I will put them up on the site.
2. Another fun note from the nordic racing world…The IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships took place this past week in Wisconsin and our 5/6 coach and former Paralympic skier Rob Walsh sent along this report from the field: “Just a short report from here in Cable  Wisconsin, home of the Birkebeiner and  now the IPC Nordic World Championships. For anyone who is interested, there is information available on www.usparalympics.com. Commentary was provided by  Thetford resident Peter Graves.” Thanks Rob!  Can you believe the range of experience in our coaching staff?

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.

Information for the 3 Day Program:

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.

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.

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