ONTARIO MASTERS
CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2015
The
2015 Ontario Masters Championships in Parry Sound went without a hitch. A good group of skiers turned up to race … in
excellent conditions. The weather was perfect
… not too cold, and trail conditions were super. Close to 90 skiers took part, and enjoyed the
warm hospitality of Georgian Nordic.
Thanks to the whole organizing committee for
a great event!
ONTARIO MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – 2016
At the Annual General
Meeting held on Friday, February 27, a consensus was reached that the format
for 2015’s Ontario Masters will remain ‘similar’ for one more year (at
least). The outline will be as follows:
Friday 2 pm 10 km race skate
Friday eve Social and AGM
Saturday 10 am 20
km Skate
Saturday eve Banquet
Sunday 10 am 20 km Classic
The Bruce Ski Club, in
Hepworth/Owen Sound has volunteered to be hosts and the date will be in
January, exact date TBA. We hope to have this finalized for the April
newsletter.
LOPPET POINT SERIES
CHANGE OF
DATES:
The Leprechaun
Loppet will be on Sat. Mar.21 at Highlands Nordic not Sat. Mar. 15 (sic) as
stated on our fixture list posted in the Dec. newsletter. The Porcupine Ski
Runners Loppet, scheduled on Sun. Feb. 22, was postponed due to extreme cold
and has been rescheduled for Sun. Mar. 22.
Leprechaun
Loppet www.highlandsnordic.ca/events
Porcupine Ski
Runners Loppet www.porcupineskirunners.com
The current
standings for the Loppet Points Series, up to March 8 (Scenic Caves Loppet) is
attached. Only skiers who had at least 2 results from the recent Ontario
Masters Championships in Parry Sound are listed, as 2 races from the Ontario’s
must be included in the 5 race total. Please report any errors or omissions to
Russ Evans: revans@cogeco.ca. The final point standings will be posted on
the new Ontario Masters website (see below) shortly after March 22nd.
MEMBERSHIP
We finished the
season with 103 members including our 3 honorary members. Thank you for the
purchase of 58 ski draw tickets and donations totalling $383. The draw will
take place in late March after Bruce LeGrow, our national president, has
returned from the Masters World Cup in Russia. We had several new members
attend the Ontario Masters Championships in Parry Sound. We hope that you
enjoyed the weekend and we will see you next year. Thank you to the Georgian
Nordic Ski & Canoe Club for a great weekend of skiing and socializing with our
fellow members.