Greetings NENSA Community!
It's only June, but I had so many items for KickZone this week, that I am saving some for next week! I love that, as it means our cross-country ski community is alive and kicking in the summer months too! June 1st also marks the start of our new membership year. See box below on how to quickly and painlessly
renew your NENSA membership
so you will be all set for the season to come ~ including our upcoming coaches education, roller ski races and all the great multi-generational on-snow events the staff is busy planning for you now.
The NENSA Facebook post on Herb Adams, our first
Wendall "Chummy" Broomhall Award
recipient, has already reached over 5,354 people, and been shared 18 times - a true testament to knowing we picked the right person for that inaugural NENSA award! Read all about Herb, and the awards namesake, in the box below.
Congrats go out to two of our NENSA junior athletes, Rena Schwartz (GMVS) and James Kitch (CSU jrs.) on being the top female and top male overall winners of the Eastern Cup Series, and winner of this years
Gallagher Cup Awards
. See box below for photos and full story.
NENSA and USBA is looking for a new full-time office Operations Manager for our joint office in New Gloucester Maine, on the Pineland campus. We are seeking a candidate who is well versed in customer service, websites and CRM's and/or a quick learner of each! This full time person would work half time for NENSA and half time for USBA. Please contact me if you are interested in applying for this position. The
full job description and posting
is in the box below.
US Ski & Snowboard has
announced their 2018-19 nominations for the US Ski Team, including 8 who are from or train here in New England ~ congrats to these amazing athletes ~ Simi, Sophie, Jessie, Ida, Paddy, Ben, Julia and Katharine!
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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Renew
your NENSA Membership today, and THANK YOU!
June 1st officially starts our new membership year. Take pride in joining the New England Nordic community with your NENSA membership in knowing your dues are coming right back to you in the form of NENSA programming and our ongoing support of venues, clubs, athletes and coaches across the region.
There are more reasons than ever to re-new your NENSA Membership! We now have NENSA Members Only Benefits & Offers on our website ~ Check back often as we will be adding more from our wonderful sponsors as the season progresses! Go to our "NENSA Members Only Benefits and Offers" tab, under Membership, on NENSA.net to see the latest offers!
Questions about renewing your membership?? Email
george@nensa.net
or call (207-688-6503) George in our NENSA office - he is there to help you!
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The First Annual Wendall
"Chummy" Broomhall Award Recipient is Herb Adams!
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Every year NENSA honors leaders in the New England skiing community with traditional annual awards. This chance to formally recognize the energy, effort, and engagement of some of our community leaders is one of the highlights of the year for the NENSA staff. Please join us in thanking these great folks and celebrating their accomplishments for our community.
NENSA is excited to to announce the inaugural Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall Award. This award is named after Chummy, who was the Chisholm Ski Club leader for 70 plus years, 2 time Olympian, and builder of the Olympic race courses for Squaw Valley, Lake Placid and Black Mountain. Chummy was a man who was able to enlist the best people to carry out the tasks needed to run ski races. He embodied the spirit of being a volunteer as he was a man who gave his time to generations. It is in this spirit that this award be in his honor for the unsung heroes of ski racing. This year the award is going to Herbert L. Adams, a Chisholm Ski Club member, ski racer, coach, and long time volunteer.
Link to full story
HERE
on NENSA.net Breaking News
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2018 Eastern Cup Gallagher Cup Winners!
James Kitch & Rena Schwartz
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James Kitch, from the Cambridge Sports Union, competed in all eight Eastern Cup races, where he was consistently in the top-10, and finished 5th on the year-end New England Junior National Ranking List. Kitch saved his best game for the 2018 Junior National Championships in Soldier Hollow, Utah where he had two top-ten distance finishes, scrambled for the winning U18 relay team, and won his first National Championship in the freestyle sprint. At the conclusion of the 2018 season he is the 82nd ranked male skier in the country.
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Rena Schwartz skied for the Green Mountain Valley School, raced in seven Eastern Cup races, with one victory and three podiums, and ended the year atop the New England Junior National Ranking List. She competed at Junior Nationals with a top finish of 4th place in the 10km freestyle event. Schwartz also competed at US Cross Country Championships and Super Tour Finals ending the year the 51st ranked female skier in the country.
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Read full write up
HERE
from NENSA.net Breaking News
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SafeSport Programs
SafeSport, a program we have been offering NENSA clubs for a number of years now, is first and foremost on the national agenda for all sport national governing bodies, including US Ski & Snowboard, to ensure that all athletes are protected, and coaches and volunteers are educated, to the importance of SafeSport. NENSA urges ALL New England coaches, parent volunteers, venue volunteers and anyone working with youth to take the SafeSport on-line course (it only takes about an hour) and get certified. NENSA has been requiring this of all our staff and volunteer coaches and wax techs at JN's and REG Camps for several years now, and now it is federal law. So please take time this summer to be sure all your club volunteers and coaches are SafeSport certified. Do it today.
The USOC provides a wide range of SafeSport resources, including
online education and awareness
. All coaches and those in a position of authority over athletes are required to take the online SafeSport course. To create an account with SafeSport, please use the following access code and follow the instructions on the SafeSport registration page.
Go to
usskiandsnowboard.org
, scrool down to the bottom of the home page, and under Governance, click on the
SafeSport
link.
- US Ski and Snowboard SafeSport Access code: NBUD-E6QB-WGT3-BW7Z
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2018-19 US Ski Team Nominations Announced!
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Park City, UTAH (May 24, 2018) – U.S. Ski & Snowboard has announced its U.S. Ski Team cross country nominations for the 2018-19 season. Nominations include those active athletes who qualified based on published selection criteria in the prior season.
The team had a historic 2017-18 season with Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) and Kikkan Randall (Anchorage, Alaska) winning the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. in the team sprint. Diggins also finished the season ranked second in the overall and third in the distance World Cup standings, with Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.) finishing third in the sprint standings. Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.) also had a breakthrough season with four individual podiums, landing herself sixth in the overall World Cup standings. The 16-member team will look to carry that momentum into the 2018-19 World Championship season.
Each athlete accepting their nomination to U.S. Ski Team receives world class program support, along with access to the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Center of Excellence, as well as athletic benefits including an elite coaching, sport science, sports medicine and high performance staff, and education opportunities.
An official team announcement will be made in the fall.
Congrats to all the USST nominees, and especially those from or training in New England marked in
RED
below, including the newest New England member of the team, Ben Ogden!
A TEAM
Men
Simi Hamilton (Aspen, Colo.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 5/14/87)
Women
Sadie Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 11/21/89)
Sophie Caldwell (Peru, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 3/22/90)
Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 8/26/91)
Ida Sargent (Orleans, Vt.; Craftsbury Green Racing Project; 1/25/88)
B TEAM
Men
Erik Bjornsen (Winthrop, Wash.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 7/14/91)
Kevin Bolger (Minocqua, Wisc.; Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation; 4/11/93)
Patrick Caldwell (Lyme, N.H.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 2/18/94)
Scott Patterson (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 1/28/92)
D TEAM
Men
Ben Ogden (Landgrove, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; 2/13/00)
Gus Schumacher (Anchorage, Alaska; Alaska Winter Stars; 7/25/00)
Ian Torchia (Rochester, Minn.; Northern Michigan University; 3/8/96)
Women
Hannah Halvorsen (Truckee, Calif.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 2/19/98)
Julia Kern (Waltham, Mass.; Stratton Mountain School Elite Team; 9/12/97)
Katharine Ogden (Landgrove, Vt.; Stratton Mountain School; 11/17/97)
Hailey Swirbul (Aspen, Colo.; Alaska Pacific University Nordic Center; 7/10/98)
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NENSA & USBA seek full-time Operations Manager for our Pineland Maine Office
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NENSA and USBA seeks Operations Manager for our joint office in New Gloucester Maine:
Job Overview:
The Operations Manager is responsible for the oversight of NENSA’s and USBA’s membership and systems operations, including the management and technical support of all software tools/platforms, and Website maintenance. This position is the office presence and office administration for NENSA and USBA. You will be in charge of our CRM management and marketing, as well as NENSA membership management and renewal campaigns, running member reports for clubs and staff. This role requires strong inspired leadership with a collaborative spirit to galvanize and to work with our Nordic community. In keeping with the NENSA mission, the Operations Manager will position NENSA as a central resource for our community and as a national leader in athlete, coach, and club development. And in keeping with the mission of USBA, the Operations Manager will provide support the clubs and athletes of the United States to develop the sport domestically and prepare athletes for competition internationally. The Operations Manager is an empowered position, requiring energy, vision and attention to detail in advancing all of NENSA’s and USBA’s programs.
Link to full position can be found
HERE
on NENSA.net in Breaking News
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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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