Late September Greetings NENSA Community~
A huge THANK YOU to the Dublin School in NH for sponsoring and hosting our 2019 NENSA Fall Coaches Symposium and TD & Event Organizer trainings this past weekend. The weather was picture perfect and we so appreciate all the coaches, TD's and venues reps that came out to be a part of our weekend. A special shout out to Perry Thomas of UVM and our own Peter Graves, for being a part of our evening speakers program (along with NENSA's Justin Beckwith). And to Bryan Fish and Matt Whitcomb of US Ski & Snowboard for coming out as coaches for the L200 coach certification, and the L100 technique clinic. Team work makes the dream work and that is certainly evident here in New England!
October is fast approaching and NENSA has two more Rollerski Race Events in our series coming up. The first on Saturday 10/12 ~ the Rossignol FreeFall in Jericho VT, hosted by MNC. The second event will be on Sunday 10/27 ~ the Maine Event, an agility rollerski sprint race, plus, learn to rollerski AND 5k run extravaganza at our NENSA Pineland Campus in New Gloucester ME. More info on the Rossi FreeFall below ~ Registration is open on SkiReg.com.
Check out the current RANKINGS of our NENSA HPC Rollerski Race Series
HERE
. Top three men and top three women split a $2000 season's end cash purse (best 3 or 6 races).
See boxes below for a great VIDEO from our coaches symposium last weekend, a recap of our Lake Placid 2-day mini-tour (with photos), and, a fond farewell message from the Ford Sayre club to two of their long time coaches who have retired, Scottie Eliassen and Dennis Donahue.
It's not too early to start making plans and booking rooms for our NENSA Eastern Cup Opener at Sugarloaf in ME, December 21 & 22. See the attached two flyers at the bottom of this newsletter, for special discounted team and friends & family rates to stay right there on the mountain!
And finally, we share an open invite from Tom Kendall's family, to attend his Memorial service this coming Sunday September 29th from 1-3pm at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, NH.
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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Enjoy this VIDEO on
Games Based Coaching for Cross Country Skiing: Rollerski
from our NENSA Coaches Symposium last weekend!
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Follow NENSA on Instagram @nensa_nordic
and like us on Facebook!
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Next Up in the
NENSA’s High Peaks Cyclery Rollerski Series:
Rossignol Free Fall - October 12
The
Free Fall
is hosted on a closed course at the Ethan Allen Rollerski Track. Men (U18 and older) will ski a three lap 12km, while Women and U16 Boys will complete two laps for 8km.
New for 2019
- immediately following the distance races there will be a Cross Country Cross Sprint (XCX): competitors will ski two timed laps of a feature-filled XCX course! Top 3 finishers in each race receive 30, 20, and 10 bonus seconds, respectively, that will be deducted from their Free Fall race time and determine overall rankings for the NENSA High Peaks Cyclery Rollerski Race Series. This is a spectator event that is a lot of fun, so bring your friends, your skis and get rolling!
Prizes: EnjoyWinter.com, Groupe ROSSIGNOL
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Adirondack Rollerski 2-day Mini-Tour ReCap
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Lake Placid was the setting for two days of cutting edge rollerski racing the weekend of 9/14-15, as the Adirondack Rollerski Mini Tour rolled into town. This is an innovative two day race format featuring three separate events: a 3km Freestyle Prologue, 1.5km Cross Country Cross (XCX) Sprint, and the 5 mile uphill Climb to the Castle.
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A Message from Ford Sayre Nordic Ski Club
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With the hiring of its first full-time Nordic Head Coach, Ford Sayre is having to say goodbye to two beloved coaches.
Scottie Eliassen and Dennis Donahue
have been synonymous with our program and the Upper Valley nordic ski community for 25 years, and we are incredibly grateful for their dedication and for the program they built. The impact they had on hundreds of skiers in their program extended far beyond fast skiing, and was evidenced by the character of their Junior Nordic Team. They inspired a life-long passion for the sport through their own personal examples, and instilled in their athletes a level of personal responsibility, empowerment, respect, and sportsmanship that was the hallmark of their program and noted by many, far and wide, over the years. This mark is indelible and their legacy continues through the ongoing journeys of those athletes.
We at Ford Sayre will miss them dearly.
Follow
this link
for a full description of the remarkable accomplishments of our Junior Nordic Team over the past 25 years.
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Dennis (far right) and Scottie (second from right) with their Ford Sayre JN bound athletes (and coach Evan) ~ February 2018 after the Holderness Eastern Cup races.
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SafeSport Program
U.S. Ski & Snowboard, our National Governing Body (NGB) requires the following individuals complete training provided by the U.S. Center for SafeSport:
Individuals associated with Member Clubs (that means any NENSA club)
- Adult athlete members of Member Clubs, except Short Term Athlete Members due to their limited participation and Master Athletes who do not i) have regular contact with minor athletes or ii) have authority over minor athletes
- Adult members (who are not athletes) of Member Clubs who i) have regular contact with athletes, or ii) have authority over athletes
- Employees and Board Members of Member Clubs
- Individuals providing services to Member Clubs, including but not limited to contractors, volunteers, interns, who i) have regular contact with athletes or ii) have authority over athletes
- More info here: https://usskiandsnowboard.org/safesport-athlete-safety/safesport-training
NENSA urges ALL New England coaches, parent volunteers, venue volunteers and anyone working with youth to take the SafeSport on-line course and get certified. NENSA requires this of all our staff and volunteer coaches and wax techs at JN's and REG Camps. Please take time this season to be sure all your club volunteers and coaches are SafeSport certified. Do it today. Go to:
https://www.safesport.org
Further information on SafeSport, and important updates made as of 4/15/19 to the SafeSport Program, can be found on our NENSA website
HERE
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NENSA Announces
GET SKIING
FREE Membership
for First Time Members
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2019-2020 NENSA
GETSKIING
MEMBERSHIP: FREE!!!!
Good for First-Time NENSA Members only
Yes, you heard that correctly ~ we want everyone to
GET SKIING
, so we are offering anyone, of any age ~ Youth, juniors, seniors, masters, parents, grandparents, a FREE membership to NENSA
(if you have never been a NENSA member before)
. This is a great way to try our NENSA programing this coming season and join in all the summer, fall and winter fun! You can try out that rollerski race, BKL program, an Eastern Cup race, a Citizen’s race or a coaching clinic, and your NENSA membership is FREE!
If you are already a NENSA member ~ THANK YOU! Click here to
RENEW
your membership today. June is the official start of our new membership year, so take a few minutes to renew, or join for free, and
GET SKIING
today!
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Upcoming Events
A Look Ahead at the NENSA Calendar
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November 3
NENSA Fall Board of Directors and Committee meetings ~ Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT
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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