Happy Spring NENSA Community!
NENSA is accepting resumes for our next
Youth & Introductory Program Director
through April 9th. See box below for more information on this position and link to the full job description on NENSA.net.
NENSA welcomed our newest U1 member last week ~ Congratulations go out to our Competitive Program Director Justin Beckwith and his lovely wife Brie, on the birth of their son Redmond! See box below for the cutest photo and stats!
April 1st (no fooling) kicked off our
Annual April Fund Drive
. This month is an extremely important and vital month for NENSA fundraising.
Our "Gold Medal" goal is to raise 50k this month.
I hope you will join us in being as generous as you can and
make a donation today
. See box below for more information on this fund drive and all that NENSA does, and for a special incentive for donors who give $500 or more by 4/15!
Bid Sheets
for hosting Eastern Cup, Zak Cups, Marathons and U16 & EHS are out today! Click
HERE
for the link to fill out the google form. Bids are being accepted until May 1st.
NENSA is also accepting nominations for our
Annual NENSA Awards
. Every year, NENSA has the distinct honor of recognizing deserving members of our community for their energy, efforts and community engagement. The NENSA annual awards include the John Caldwell Award, new this year is the Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall Award, the Bill Koch League Leadership Award, the Club of the Year, and Coach of the Year. Click
HERE
for more information about all the awards and to nominate someone, a group or a venue for a NENSA Award this year. Nominations being accepted until April 18th.
Be sure to check out our Calendar of Events below ~ there is still time (and snow!) to sign up for Cochran's XC Challenge to be held on April 8th.
Best,
Amie
Amie W. Smith
Executive Director
New England Nordic Ski Association
Amie@nensa.net
Be sure to follow us on fb, Twitter and on Instagram @nensa_nordic
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NENSA News from the Field
Highlights and Notes from NENSA and the Nordic World
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NENSA IS HIRING OUR NEXT YOUTH & INTRODUCTORY PROGRAM DIRECTOR!
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The New England Nordic Ski Association (NENSA) seeks to find a dynamic, outgoing individual to be our new Youth & Introductory Program Director. This individual will be responsible for NENSA’s Bill Koch Youth Ski League programming, including the New England Bill Koch League Festival, Nordic Rocks for Schools programming, Bill Koch League coach and parent trainings, the U16 and Eastern High School Championship events, and the New England Women’s XC Ski Day. This person should be familiar with NENSA programing, and the New England Nordic ski scene. If interested, please read more
HERE
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NENSA's Annual April Fund Drive is ON!
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Please support NENSA as Generously as you can!
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Here is some of what we do:
- Coaches & TD education and symposiums
- Bill Koch League
- Eastern Cup racing
- Zak Cup Masters & Club Championships
- Marathons Series
- New England BKL Festival
- U16 Championships
- Eastern High School Championships
- NENSA Elite & Development Teams
- New England Junior National Team
- Eastern REG Camp
- Nordic Rocks programing
- Event Organizers trainings
- Women’s Day
- Roller ski race series
- Supporting Clubs
- www.NENSA.net as a resource for all things New England Nordic
All of these wonderful programs are run by NENSA, and the NENSA staff. Without NENSA, these programs for all ages, and top notch racing in New England would not exist. Many of our USST members, and medal winners on the World Cup, Olympic, World Championships, World Juniors, Supertours, US Senior and Junior Nationals, were all former Bill Koch skiers, who got their start in our local clubs, and/or are still training with New England based NENSA clubs today.
But NENSA is much more than these great results ~ it is a family enjoying the Bill Koch Festival together, it is a group of friends attending Woman's Day, is it juniors spending time with their friends at ski practice, and BKL'ers playing games and learning a sport that will stay with them for life, it is coaches learning new skills at our NENSA trainings, and it is masters having fun with their friends and teammates racing at Zak Cups and Marathons all winter long.
As a special incentive, any donations of $500 or more received by April 15th, will be entered into a drawing to win one of four free overnight stays! The raffle includes two one-night stays at the Trapp Family Lodge (use by 9/30/18), one 2-night stay at the WilloBurke Inn (use by 11/16/18), and one one-night stay the Craftsbury Outdoor Center! A special thank you to those NENSA sponsors for these donations!
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Welcome to NENSA's Newest U1 Member ~
Redmond Beckwith
Born March 28th
2:33pm
8lbs. 12 oz.
Proud Parents are
Justin & Brie
(Proud NENSA staffers are Amie, Amber and George)
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FAST & FEMALE with Kikkan Randall at
LLBean last Saturday
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Over 150 young women ages 8-18 got the treat of a lifetime ~ the opportunity to work out with Kikkan Randall in an
Hour of Power
at the LL Bean flagship store in Freeport ME last Saturday. There were Athlete Ambassadors from Bates, Bowdoin and Colby helping out, including these two lovely ladies who go to hold Kikkan's GOLD medal, while being photo bombed by Kikkan herself! That's the kind of fun a day with Fast & Female is all about!
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Thank you to John Lazenby for sharing his Supertour Final
photo album link
with NENSA!
Enjoy these great memories and the photos!
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Upcoming Events
A Look Ahead at the NENSA Calendar
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Full NENSA.net Calendar Listing
HERE
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New England Nordic Ski Association
49 Pineland Drive, Suite 301-A, New Gloucester, ME 04260
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