Check out amazing footage of Kathy Kreiner’s Olympic win 40 years ago!

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 11, 2016 | Member News

Kathy Kreiner won giant slalom GOLD on Friday the 13th at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics

Vernon Ski Club, Silver Star Mountain host Teck Speed Camp & DH Race

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 10, 2016 | Member News

Vernon Ski Club U16 Tori Todosichuk ripping around downhill artist Ian Chernencoff's fallaway section – PHOTO CREDIT: Murray Smith

TECK OKANAGAN ZONE SPEED CAMP & ZONE DOWNHILL RACE

Silver Star Mountain Resort, hosted by the Vernon Ski Club – February 5 – 7, 2016

Thanks to everybody for pitching in and making it a great weekend for the athletes – seeing lightweight U12's go down the 1829 metre track and then the more seasoned U16/U18's, one appreciates the growth and changes in the athletes over the years.  Many VSC members stepped into new ROC roles and learned a few things – so kudos for taking the plunge.  A big thanks to our non-VSC vollies for helping out!

VSC welcomed Big White and Prince George, while enticing a couple of die-hard athletes from Apex and Revelstoke (who had been down the track before and remembered how fun it was) back for more.

The course ran well even with some light snow on race day. This is the same track used in the famed "Over-the-Hill-Downhill" event at Vernon's Winter Carnival.  Many thanks to SilverStar for ongoing support of the event and Alpine Ski Racing in BC!

~ Murray Smith

Thank you to Ray Mills for sharing hundreds of amazing photos from Silver Star – you can enjoy them HERE

COMPLETE RESULTS HERE

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Men
1 VAN SOEST, Gerrit (Vernon Ski Club) 1:19.11
2 MCMILLAN, Luke (Big White Ski Club) 1:19.81
3 LAYTON, Hayes (Prince George Ski Club) 1:20.65
4 KASSA, Caele (Vernon Ski Club) 1:21.48
5 KURKJIAN, Anthony (Big White Ski Club) 1:25.28
6 CLANCY, Ethan (Vernon Ski Club) 1:25.51
7 KERSEY, Langdon (Vernon Ski Club) 1:25.72
8 FRICSKA, Adam (Big White Ski Club) 1:27.23
9 BALDASSARE, Alex (Big White Ski Club) 1:27.32
10 LITTLE, William (Big White Ski Club) 1:29.16

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Ladies
1 SHAW, Cara (Big White Ski Club) 1:24.78
2 SLANEY, Jaxon (Big White Ski Club) 1:25.00
3 CALLAGHAN, Gillian (Big White Ski Club) 1:25.76
4 SMITH, Rane (Vernon Ski Club) 1:26.31
5 JENKINS, Hallie (Big White Ski Club) 1:26.71
6 JORGENSON, Amy (Big White Ski Club) 1:27.30
7 TODOSICHUK, Tori (Vernon Ski Club) 1:27.99
8 DE, Wynter Anna (Big White Ski Club) 1:28.94
9 LAIDLAW, Chloe (Big White Ski Club) 1:31.68
10 KOBASIUK, Melinda (Prince George Ski Club) 1:31.99

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Men
1 VAN SOEST, Gerrit (Vernon Ski Club) 1:22.13
2 MCMILLAN, Luke (Big White Ski Club) 1:23.91
3 LAYTON, Hayes (Prince George Ski Club) 1:24.63
4 KASSA, Caele (Vernon Ski Club) 1:25.18
5 KURKJIAN, Anthony (Big White Ski Club) 1:27.83
6 CLANCY, Ethan (Vernon Ski Club) 1:28.44
7 KERSEY, Langdon (Vernon Ski Club) 1:28.80
8 BALDASSARE, Alex (Big White Ski Club) 1:29.40
9 FRICSKA, Adam (Big White Ski Club) 1:30.40
10 LITTLE, William (Big White Ski Club) 1:31.60

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Ladies
1 SLANEY, Jaxon (Big White Ski Club) 1:26.40
2 SHAW, Cara (Big White Ski Club) 1:26.56
3 CALLAGHAN, Gillian (Big White Ski Club) 1:27.35
4 SMITH, Rane (Vernon Ski Club) 1:27.98
5 JORGENSON, Amy (Big White Ski Club) 1:28.08
6 JENKINS, Hallie (Big White Ski Club) 1:28.54
7 DE, Wynter Anna (Big White Ski Club) 1:30.00
8 TODOSICHUK, Tori (Vernon Ski Club) 1:30.13
9 KOBASIUK, Melinda (Prince George Ski Club) 1:31.80
10 LAIDLAW, Chloe (Big White Ski Club) 1:34.05

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Men, U12
1 HOSKINS, Jacob 1:29.35
2 MUNROE, Parker 1:30.06
3 YANOW, Simon 1:37.03
4 DANIELS, Hayden 1:37.60
5 RICHARDSON, James 1:37.89
6 SMITH, Rowan 1:44.91
7 MISHSHULL, Carson 1:46.43
8 LASCHELLES, Quincy 1:50.58
9 KERSEY, Tyler 1:50.64

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Ladies, U12
1 SWIFT, Kiera (Big White Ski Club) 1:31.90
2 LITTLE, Shayna (Big White Ski Club) 1:33.29
3 SEBULSKY, Grace (Vernon Ski Club) 1:36.20
4 MILLS, Ella (Vernon Ski Club) 1:36.55
5 ROBINSON, Jamie (Vernon Ski Club) 1:37.36
6 RICHARDSON, Claire (Vernon Ski Club) 1:38.55
7 CLANCY, Lauren (Vernon Ski Club) 1:40.06
8 PEASGOOD, Erika (Revelstoke Ski Club) 1:43.32

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Men, U12
1 HOSKINS, Jacob (Prince George Ski Club) 1:31.97
2 MUNROE, Parker (Vernon Ski Club) 1:32.98
3 YANOW, Simon (Big White Ski Club) 1:39.27
4 DANIELS, Hayden 1:40.29
5 RICHARDSON, James (Vernon Ski Club) 1:41.09
6 SMITH, Rowan (Vernon Ski Club) 1:47.82
7 MINSHULL, Carson 1:49.94
8 KERSEY, Tyler (Vernon Ski Club) 1:53.37
9 LASCELLES, Quincy 2:02.11

Sunday, February 7 Downhill, Ladies, U12
1 SWIFT, Kiera (Big White Ski Club) 1:35.28
2 LITTLE, Shayna (Big White Ski Club) 1:36.05
3 MILLS, Ella (Vernon Ski Club) 1:39.03
4 SEBULSKY, Grace (Vernon Ski Club) 1:39.81
5 ROBINSON, Jamie (Vernon Ski Club) 1:42.42
6 FUX, Natalie (Vernon Ski Club) 1:42.88
7 PEASGOOD, Erika (Revelstoke Ski Club) 1:42.99
8 CLANCY, Lauren (Vernon Ski Club) 1:43.11
9 RICHARDSON, Claire (Vernon Ski Club) 1:44.48

Rio Tinto Nancy Greene Ski League PHOTOS courtesy of Makena Kersey

37th Annual Parsons’ Memorial – Kowalczyk, Renzoni win overall awards

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 9, 2016 | Member News

Forty volunteers took early upload at 7am on day one to reach the Dave Murray National Training Centre in time for course preparation. Slip Crews were all skis on snow working feverishly along side course workers with shovels and rakes to clear the freshly fallen snow, in hopes the race could go off. Disappointment hovered as Doug Jevning, Chief of Race, had to make the call, “lets get it ready for tomorrow” he exclaimed, and the shovelers continued to move snow off the course, others rolled up nets in preparation for Super G Sunday and Monday…

Many athletes had a fantastic day hiking into flute bowl to get fresh tracks, then heading home to wax and prep SG skis for Sunday’s race.

Sunday’s weather was the best of the 4 day program with good light and well prepared snow thanks to our Volley’s and Whistler Blackcomb’s grooming team. The course was set by Jordan Williams and described by athletes as a turney Super G. Ladies started off with the following results:

1        Erin Dawson

2        Ella Renzoni

3        Julia Ross

4        Gigi Kranjc

5        Sierra King

6        Katrina Voss

7        Meg Swaffield

8        Lucia Plunkett

9        Gemma Bexton

10      Maja Woolley

Julia Ross first year U16, was also awarded Most improved, Gigi Kranjc also a first year U16 was right on her heels.

Sunday Men’s results:

1        Jack Forsyth

2        Myles Kowalczyk

3        Konstantin Petkovic

4        Jake Bennett

5        Nathan Romanin

6        Olin Wakkary

7        Dawson Yates

8        Lucas Gairns

9        Christian Callaghan

10      Griffin Brumec-Parsons

Ladies received a second run Sunday afternoon, following are the results:

1        Ella Renzoni

2        Erin Dawson

3        Sierra King

4        Julia Ross

5        Gigi Kranjc

6        Lucia Plunkett

7        Maja Woolley

8        Katrina Voss

9        Meg Swaffield

10      Gemma Bexton

Monday brought soft conditions with sunshine and an inversion of 4 degree difference from Peak to Valley. If we could have run the race on Lower Dave Murray we’d have had perfect snow conditions, Mother Nature messing with us again. The schedule called for two Mens races and one Ladies, however as the snow softened and holes opened “safety first” dictated an early close to the day's events.

Men were out of the gate first with the following results:

1        Myles Kowalczyk

2        Nathan Romanin

3        Jack Forsyth

4        Konstantin Petkovic

5        Christian Callaghan

6        Dawson Yates

7        Lucas Gairns

8        Tom Sushams

9        Jude Tear

10      Jake Bennett

Ladies results:

1        Ella Renzoni

2        Julia Ross

3        Sierra King

4        Lucia Plunkett

5        Katrina Voss

6        Aura Mullings

7        Gigi Kranjc

8        Maja Woolley

9        Gemma Bexton

10      Meg Swaffield

Award presentations were held at the WMSC Cabin, presented by Eric Konigsman of TECK, and Griffin Brumec-Parsons.

The Parsons Overall Lady’s award was presented to Ella Renzoni, by Jim Parsons

The Parsons Overall Men’s  award was presented to Myles Kowalczyk by Christine Leighton.

COMPLETE RESULTS HERE

Congratulations to all the competitors!

Written by: Corrie Paulsen

TECK – Parsons – Whistler
Whistler, BC, February 4 – 8, 2016

Saturday, February 6 Super-Giant Slalom, Ladies
1 RENZONI, Ella (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:27.55
2 ROSS, Julia (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:30.64
3 KING, Sierra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:30.91
4 PLUNKETT, Lucia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:31.25
5 VOSS, Katrina (Hemlock Ski Club) 1:31.35
6 MULLINGS, Aura (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:32.13
7 KRANJC, Gigi (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:32.50
8 WOOLLEY, Maja (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:32.79
9 BEXTON, Gemma (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:33.47
10 SWAFFIELD, Meg (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:34.38

Sunday, February 7 Super-Giant Slalom, Ladies
1 DAWSON, Erin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:24.08
2 RENZONI, Ella (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:24.09
3 ROSS, Julia (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:25.14
4 KRANJC, Gigi (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:25.26
5 KING, Sierra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:25.81
6 VOSS, Katrina (Hemlock Ski Club) 1:26.38
7 SWAFFIELD, Meg (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:26.67
8 PLUNKETT, Lucia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:27.02
9 BEXTON, Gemma (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:28.07
10 WOOLLEY, Maja (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:28.12

Monday, February 8 Super-Giant Slalom, Men
1 FORSYTH, Jack (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:20.12
2 KOWALCZYK, Myles (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:21.25
3 PETKOVIC, Konstantin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:21.32
4 BENNETT, Jake (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:23.29
5 ROMANIN, Nathan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:23.57
6 WAKKARY, Olin (Cypress Ski Club) 1:23.60
7 YATES, Dawson (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:23.75
8 GAIRNS, Lucas (Prince George Ski Club) 1:24.18
9 CALLAGHAN, Christian (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:24.56
10 BRUMEC-PARSONS, Griffin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:24.74

Monday, February 8 Super-Giant Slalom, Ladies
1 RENZONI, Ella (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:22.70
2 DAWSON, Erin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:25.41
3 KING, Sierra (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:26.14
4 ROSS, Julia (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:26.49
5 KRANJC, Gigi (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:27.52
6 PLUNKETT, Lucia (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:28.48
7 WOOLLEY, Maja (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:29.02
8 VOSS, Katrina (Hemlock Ski Club) 1:29.08
9 SWAFFIELD, Meg (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:29.19
10 BEXTON, Gemma (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:31.60

Monday, February 8 Super-Giant Slalom, Men
1 KOWALCZYK, Myles (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:21.52
2 ROMANIN, Nathan (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:22.72
3 FORSYTH, Jack (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:23.86
4 PETKOVIC, Konstantin (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:24.07
5 CALLAGHAN, Christian (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:24.18
6 YATES, Dawson (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:25.13
7 GAIRNS, Lucas (Prince George Ski Club) 1:26.17
8 SUSHAMS, Tom (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:26.37
9 TEAR, Jude (Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club) 1:26.38
10 BENNETT, Jake (Whistler Mountain Ski Club) 1:27.06

Kimberley Alpine Team hosts Teck Kootenay Zone GS; Kimberley, Feb 6 – 7

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 9, 2016 | Member News

TECK Zone – Kimberley
Kimberley, BC, February 6 – 7, 2016

Saturday, February 6 Giant Slalom, Ladies, U16+
1 KOPER, Lauren (Black Dogs Ski Club) 1:45.66
2 MARTIN, Cory (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:47.60
3 CICALESE, Lorena (Black Dogs Ski Club) 1:48.77
4 KING, Abigail (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:49.52
5 CARR, Samila (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:50.87
6 DUMBA, Sadie (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:52.26
7 LEGER, Chanel (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:52.91
8 JONES, Aliza (Whitewater Ski Team) 1:53.95
9 SCHULZE, Hanna (Red Mountain Racers) 1:54.04
10 KOLES, Emily (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:54.06

Saturday, February 6 Giant Slalom, Men, U14 – 1 Run
1 MOUM, Kutter 54.22
2 IHNS, Heiko (Red Mountain Racers) 55.20
3 KING, Jacob 55.39
4 PANKE, Kristof (Red Mountain Racers) 56.33
5 LEISHMAN, Henry (Whitewater Ski Team) 56.66
6 BROWN, John (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 56.83
7 OOSTHUIZEN, Yael (Whitewater Ski Team) 57.43
8 BEAMAN, Joshua (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 57.87
9 HEALEY, Jack 58.25
10 GIBBONS, Derek (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 58.59

Saturday, February 6 Giant Slalom, Ladies, U14 – 1 Run
1 KOPER, Lauren (Black Dogs Ski Club) 55.43
2 KING, Abigail (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 56.47
3 DUMBA, Sadie (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 57.13
4 CARR, Samila (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 57.55
5 CICALESE, Lorena (Black Dogs Ski Club) 57.80
6 NUTTALL, Sasha (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 58.90
7 SCHULZE, Hanna (Red Mountain Racers) 58.92
8 LEGER, Chanel (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 59.40
9 LASSILA-CLACK, Emily (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 59.52
10 STEFANI, Sage (Red Mountain Racers) 59.70

Sunday, February 7 Giant Slalom, Men
1 MOUM, Kutter 1:44.27
2 PANKE, Kristof (Red Mountain Racers) 1:47.61
3 IHNS, Heiko (Red Mountain Racers) 1:47.97
4 KING, Jacob 1:48.06
5 HEALEY, Jack 1:48.83
6 OOSTHUIZEN, Yael (Whitewater Ski Team) 1:50.96
7 MAYERCHAK, Joshua (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:51.05
8 BROWN, John (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:51.62
9 LEISHMAN, Henry (Whitewater Ski Team) 1:51.72
10 BEAMAN, Joshua (Fernie Alpine Ski Team) 1:51.79

Stefanie Fleckenstein 3rd U21, 2nd best Canadian at Quebec Nor-Am Cup SL

by Kathy Stahr | Feb 6, 2016 | Member News

Stefanie Fleckenstein (BCST/WMSC) 3rd best U21 at Quebec Nor-Am Slalom (Norway 1st, USA 2nd)

FLASH QUOTES:

Stefanie Fleckesntein (BCST/WMSC) – “I am very excited about my result and skiing today, but I know I have a lot left in the tank for the upcoming races. I was able to adapt and fight hard through both runs, in places that I would have given up last year. The conditions out east have been unreal, considering the shortage of snow this season. The race organizers and hills have done an awesome job preparing the race runs for the competitors.This is my first race of the month and I'm very happy with how it has been going. I have managed to pull through and claim some career bests. It's a long season and we still have a lot of races so I'm still looking ahead to what's next!”

Ryan Jazic (Head Coach Women's BC Ski Team) – "It was not an easy race today, the hill here is tough and the snow is very hard. You had to ski with a plan and really fight to the finish. Stef did a very good job with that today, and to be on the podium in a Nor-Am was our goal, so it was a very good day today and should really help with the confidence of the whole team to prove we can ski at this level when it gets tough. Very proud coach today!"

Tremblant, QC – Ladies' Nor-Am Cup Slalom – Feb 6, 2016

Fleck on the Jr Nor-Am podium in Tremblant