2019 AGM & Member Summit, November 1-3, Okanagan’s Predator Ridge Resort

by Kathy Stahr | May 1, 2019 | Member News

Coach Meeting, Member Summit, Offficials Update and Annual General Meeting 2019 

Save the date! Our 2019 Fall meetings are scheduled for October 31^st to November 3^rd. Because interest and attendance have been growing in recent years, we are excited to be able to take this event to a new level and invite all of you to the spectacular, luxurious Predator Ridge Resort just outside of Vernon. Over four days we will host our Member Summit, AGM, Coach Meetings, Coach Education and the Officials Update. We hope to attract even more of our members this year as we combine education, business and fun in a tranquil, scenic setting. The highlight of course will be the big Goldie Awards celebration and party we are planning! Details, guest speakers and agendas will follow in early September. 

Thursday, October 31st – Sunday, November 3rd at Predator Ridge Resort near Vernon  

Accommodation: https://www.predatorridge.com/resort/predator-ridge-lodge/:
The Lodge at Predator Ridge offers studio, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom suites. There will be lots of sharing opportunities, but everyone who wants will have a private room/bathroom – sharing kitchens and common areas in some cases.

Deadline for booking accommodation is the end of August!! Call 888-578-6688 and mention BC Alpine – CLICK HERE FOR GUESTROOM DETAILS AND PRICING

Agendas and guest speakers will be announced early in the fall.

Canada captures Whistler Cup; Coast Mountain Photo captured the images!

by Kathy Stahr | Apr 20, 2019 | Member News

ENJOY hundreds of action, candid, portrait and team photos captured by the experts at Coast Mountain Photography HERE 

April 11th to 14th, Whistler Blackcomb welcomed U14 and U16 alpine ski racers from around the world for the 27th Whistler Cup. This prestigious event has become the hallmark of the juvenile race calendar. Canada captured the overall title for the first time since 2013.

"It's absolutely fantastic to bring it back for Canada," said the team’s head coach and Alpine Canada’s senior manager of coach education, Jenni Stielow in an interview with Pique News. "The athletes really put their full effort into competition here, which was fantastic. They were very competitive and they paid attention to small-scale details, which I really think paid off in the long run."

Led by Arianne Forget (Prevost, Que./Club de competition Belle Neige-S1 Racing) who captured two individual gold medals in super-G and giant slalom, and silver in slalom, as well as gold in the team event, Canada captured 7 medals in U16 race action.

Alexis Barabe (Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que./Club de ski Saint Sauveur) captured silver in the men’s super-G.

Britt Richardson (Canmore, Alta./Calgary Racing Club) was among the multi-medallists at the event, having finished third in the U16 ladies’ giant slalom and slalom races, captured gold in the team event, and finished fourth in the super-G.

“I didn’t have a lot of expectations for myself (coming in) as I just wanted to race the best I can and see how I stack up against the other racers here,” said Richardson on the weekend. “I’m happy with my results over the past few days. There has been some very tight races and some great skiers.”

SUPER G

Arianne Forget (Team Canada) took the gold in one minute, 08.78 seconds followed by Noa Szollos of Israel and Emillie Bakkevig from Oslo, Norway was third in 1:09.71.

In the men’s U16 super-G competition, Alexis Barabe (Team Canada) placed second in the men’s super-G with a time of one minute, 08.63. John Herland of Norway won the gold medal in 1:08.44 seconds and Tollef Jostein Haugen of Norway was third in 1:09.03.

GIANT SLALOM

Arianne Forget was on top of the podium again in the GS with a two-run-time of 2:19.11 with Noa Szollos of Israel placing second, 2:20.81 and Team Canada’s Britt Richardson was third in 2:22.72. Other Canadians in the top ten include Makenna Lebsack, Calgary, Alta., was fourth in 2:23.23 and Cydnie Timmerman of Calgary 8th in 2:24.41.

In the men’s giant slalom, Tollef Jostein Haugen led Norway to a 1-2 finish clocking a two-run-time of 2:17.34. Hermann Fjeldavlie Lindberg, of Lillehammer, Norway was second in 2:18.07 and Manuel Horwitz of Chile was third, 2:18.74.

BC’s Hemming Sola was top Canadian, finishing just off the podium in fourth in 2:19.34.

SLALOM

On the ladies side, two Canadians were on the podium. Britt Richardson captured first-place, Arianne Forget, gold medalist in Super G and GS was second and Emilie Bakkevig from Norway took third-place.

Britt Richardson from Canmore Alberta (Team Canada) led the pack by 0.9 seconds over Team Canada’s Arianne Forget from Prevost, Quebec.

Cyndi Timmerman of Calgary was 6th in 1:32.13 and Penny Robinson of Thunder Bay, Ont., was 7th in 1:32.48.

In the men’s U16 slalom, Tamas Trunk of Hungry was the victor in 1:29.48, Tollef Jostein Haugen of Norway second in 1:30.51 and Nick Kirkwood of US third in 1:31.05.

Mathis Lafond of Bois-des-Fillions, Que., was fifth in 1:31.73, Brady Shears of Edmonton, Alta., sixth in 1:32.66, Aleksas Valadka of Oakville, Ont., seventh in 1:32.76, Ojas Ashok Dhaka of Alberta ninth in 1:33.38 and Matthias Shorter of BC was 10^th in 1:33.91.

TEAM EVENT

Whistler Cup U16 Dual Slalom:

1st place – Canada

2nd place – Norway

3rd place – Chile/Israel

The U14 Festival was held alongside the U16 races. Below are the top-three nations overall for that competition.

Nancy Greene Award (top performance by a Canadian female):

U14: Madison Donnelly – Ontario

U16: Arianne Forget – Canada (Prevost, Que)

Dave Murray Award (top performance by a Canadian male):

U14: Felix Shorter – WMSC

U16: Aleksas Valadka – Canada (Oakville, Ont)

Full results: http://bcalpine.com/calendar/#2628

Whistler Cup LIVE TIMING LINKS HAVE BEEN UPDATED, FIND THEM HERE

by Kathy Stahr | Apr 13, 2019 | Member News

Live Timing for Whistler Cup SG/GS https://vola-publish.com/whistlermontainskiclub/ 

Live Timing for Whistler Cup SL https://vola-publish.com/whistlermontainskiclub_2/

Live Timing for Whistler Cup Dual/Team Alpine https://vola-publish.com/whistlermontainskiclub_3/  

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RESULTS

BC’s Sola is top Canadian, finishing just off podium at Whistler Cup U16 GS

by Kathy Stahr | Apr 12, 2019 | Member News

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RESULTS

Canada takes women’s gold and men’s silver in Whistler Cup U16 Super-G

by Kathy Stahr | Apr 11, 2019 | Member News

COMPLETE OFFICIAL RESULTS

WHISTLER, B.C. – Arianne Forget of Provost, Que. and Alexis Barabe of Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. won gold and silver respecively in the women’s and men’s U16 super-G races on Thursday to open the 27th edition of the Whistler Cup. Over 400 athletes, ages 12 to 15, from 20 countries are competing at the renowned international youth ski race, a favourite stop on the race calendar. 

Arianne Forget (Team Canada) took the gold in one minute, 08.78 seconds followed by Noa Szollos, who trains in Austria but is representing Israel in 1:09.64 and Emilie Bakkevig from Oslo, Norway was third in 1:09.71. 

‘’The course was very technical, which was good for me,’’ said Forget, 15. ‘’I am very proud of myself.’’ 

Szollos was competing for the third time at the Whistler Cup. 

‘’It feels good to get a strong result,’’ said Szollos, 16. ‘’The course was great today and definitely harder than and other Super G I have skied on this year.’’ 

Emilie Bakkevig from Norway was third. 

In the men’s U16 super-G competition, Alexis Barabe of the Saint-Sauveur Ski Club in Quebec placed second in 1:08.63.  

‘’It was a good race and very fast,’’ said Barabe. ‘’I was very happy with the result today, I expected to be in the top five, but not to win silver.’’ 

Johs Herland of Norway won the gold medal in 1:08.44 seconds and Tollef Jostein Haugen of Norway was third in 1:09.03. 

‘’The course was very fast with lots of turns,’’ said the 15-year-old Herland in his first competition overseas. ‘’That is usually not ideal for me but I was able to overcome that.’’ 

Aleksas Valadka (Canada 2) and Chase Burns (BC2), were fifth and eleventh. 

Competition continues Friday with the U16 men’s and’s women’s giant slalom, the U14 girls’ slalom and the U14 boys’ dual slalom.