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Here are the medal winners from the Canadian Masters National Championships held in Sun Peaks April 12-14, 2002. The crew seen here are the winners of the Dave Murray National Masters Cup. Congratulations!
It is day one of the coaches meetings at the Coast Canadian Inn in Kamloops. Coaches meetings continue Friday May 10 followed by the BC Alpine Awards Dinner at Storms' Restaurant in Kamloops at 6:30 p.m. The Spring AGM is Saturday May 11 with registration at 8 a.m.; meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. All are invited to attend and take part in these meetings.
If you have not yet booked your accommodation, please call the Coast in Kamloops at (250) 372-5201.
Meeting Schedule:
Thursday May 9 – Coaches Meeting Day One.
Friday May 10 – Coaches Meeting Day Two.
Friday May 10 – BC Alpine Awards Dinner at Storms' Restaurant.
Saturday May 11 – Annual General Meeting.
Meeting costs are $20 per day with the buffet Awards Dinner at Storms' $22. We hope to see you there!
National titles were on the line in Sun Peaks April 11-14 as 100 Masters athletes from BC, Alberta, Ontario, and the USA competed in super-G, giant slalom and slalom races for male and female athletes born before 1983.
In addition to the individual awards in 13 age categories ranging from 19+ to 80+, the coveted Dave Murray National Masters Cup is awarded annually to the provincial team which scored the most points from participants who finished in the top 5 spots in each of the age categories. Team BC was comprised of 38 athletes; more than last year, but it lacked in women and men in the younger age classes.
Team BC captured the National Championships, even though many top athletes were missing, winning total of 54 medals; 23 of which were gold.
With so many BC participants scoring at least one point towards the competitive provincial team challenge, Team BC wrestled the Dave Murray National Masters Cup away from Team Ontario with a score of 2,100 points against 1,920 points. Team Alberta came third with 1,650 points.
2002 Canadian Masters Alpine Champions
Combined SG/GS/SL)
Rolf Hauge 80+ (Midland, ON)
Gar Robinson 75-79 (North Vancouver, BC)
Doug Deeks 70-74 (Whistler, BC)
Grace Oaks 65-69 (Whistler, BC), Alfred Zeilberger (North Vancouver, BC)
60-64 Corneil Therrien (USA), Chris Jaegli (Kelowna, BC)
55-59 Denyse Houde (Thornbury, ON), Ed Fenwick (Kelowna, BC)
Marianne Fenninger (Sharon, ON), Howard Cole (Toronto, ON)
45-49 Mary Gillespie (North Vancouver, BC) Doug Carter (Oakville, ON)
40-44 Joan Wilson (Calgary, AB) Jeff Hatch (Kelowna, BC)
35-39 Mario Gagnon (Hull,QC) 30-34 Eric Kunstadt (Ottawa,ON)
25-29 Denis Sizov (Calgary, AB)
Sun Peaks plans to host the 2003 Canadian Masters Alpine Championships.
Prepared by Denyse Houde and Patrick Duffy
In the office, we can now put a face to a name as new women's head coach Nancy-Jo O'Neill (N.J.O.)has arrived ready to take on BC Alpine and the Provincial team. We look forward to working with her and welcome her back home to British Columbia.
Time is running out to send in your community newspaper clippings (highlighting BC Alpine athletes, events and sponsors) in exchange for the chance to win a Descente BC Ski Team jacket. The draw will take place on Saturday May 11, 2002 at the Spring Meeting in Kamloops. All articles received by May 9th will be entered into the draw. The odds are fantastic, currently about 1 in 200.