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Basia and Steph on their way to 2nd & 4th place finishes in the 0.8 km Classic Race at O-Cup #4 in February, Kamview Nordic Centre

Chandra Crawford Victory in A Final Canmore WC - Jan 26, 2008

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Kelly Henry is our Hottie of the Month.

Kelly is a dedicated Big Thunder member who arrives EARLY to every practice and puts her best effort in. Also of importance is that Kelly Henry has worked almost every Bingo if not every Bingo for the last year.

For these reasons, and also because you are so hot, you could be the Hottie of the Month!!

 

Ontario Tentative 09-10 Race Schedule

- CCO has posted the preliminary race schedule for the coming season, as follows:

O-Cups

#1 - Dec. 19 - 20, Lappe Nordic, Thunder Bay (also OWG selection race)

#2 - Jan. 16 - 17, Arrowhead Nordic, Huntsville (also OWGs)

#3 - Jan. 30 -31, Nakkertok, Ottawa (also NCD Easterns)

#4 - Feb. 13 - 15, Onaping Falls Nordic, Sudbury

Midget Champs - Mar. 6-7, Highlands Nordic, Duntroon

(June 26, 2009)

Thunder Bay NTDC 09-10

- Congratulations to the following BT athletes who have been nominated to the Thunder Bay NTDC for the coming season:

Luke Viljakainen

Christina Groulx

Ghislain De Laplante

Scott Sullivan

Chris Hamilton

Full lists for the Thunder Bay and Quebec NTDCs are available here.

(June 15, 2009)

Ski to School Scholarship

- Applications to the Ski to School Scholarship, awarded to individuals who combine excllence in both academics and cross-country skiing, are now available through the CCC website, at the following link.

(May 21, 2009)

10 Mile Road Race

- Congratulations to Chris Hamilton on his 4th place finish in yesterday's 10 Mile Road Race. There were a lot of great performances from BT skiers from the Mini-Midget through to the Masters age groups.

Top 10 finishers in their age-groups included:

Janice Watson-Ryan

Daniel Tesolin

Scott Sullivan

The following BT teams also took 1st, 3rd and 4th place in the 14+ relay races

- Jeff Cameron, Jimmy Gunka, Lachlan Armstrong, Gabe Viljakainen, Fergus Foster

- Angus Foster, Julien Frietag, Colin Pendziwol, Phil Luckai, David Ek

- Daphne Haggarty, Moira Haggarty, Steph Drost, Krista Luckai, Katie Armstrong

Full results will be posted soon at 10 Mile Road Race.

(May 19, 2009)

LSSD Dryland Camp Registration

- The registration form for the LSSD XC Dryland Camp is now available on the CCO website.

(May 19, 2009)

CCO Dryland Camps

- CCO has released the dates & some locations for the provincial dryland camps for 2009, including the LSSD camp to be hosted by Lakehead XC in Thunder Bay from June 30th - July 4th.

The full list, including Midget camps, is on the CCO site, here.

(May 7, 2009)

Coach Wins the Fresh Air 10K Run

- Congratulations to Adam on his victory in the Fresh Air 10K run this past weekend, he finished up with a time of 34 minutes, 59 seconds!

(April 28, 2009)

Ontario Ski Team Nomination List

- Congratulations to the following Big Thunder athletes who have made the 2009 Ontario Ski Team nomination list:

Juvenile Girls - Stephanie Drost

Junior Girls - Kara Jaspers, Daphne Haggarty

Junior Women - Christina Groulx

Junior Men - Ghislain De Laplante, Scott Sullivan

The full list is available at CCO website.

(April 24, 2009)

And the Winner is.....

- Big Thunder held its annual banquet on April 18th, and handed out the following awards:

Skier of the Year, Male - Ghislain De Laplante

Skier of the Year, Female - Kara Jaspers

Most Improved Male - Colin Pendziwol

Most Improved Female - Stephanie Drost

Sportsmanship Award - Krista Luckai

Hardcore Skier - Dudley Coulter

Coach of the Year - Frank Luckai

Volunteer of the Year - Kim Armstrong

Technique Award - Mia Serratore

Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches and volunteers for a fantastic year!

(April 19, 2009)

Ontario Points List Available

- the following BT athletes achieved Top 5 rankings on the 2009 Ontario points list:

Juvenile Girls

Stephanie Drost - 3rd

Basia Gunka - 5th

Junior Girls

Kara Jaspers - 1st

Krista Luckai - 5th

Junior Boys

Jimmy Gunka - 5th

Junior Women

Christina Groulx - 2nd

Junior Men

Ghislain De Laplante - 2nd

Scott Sullivan - 3rd

Chris Hamilton - 5th

The full lists are available through the CCO website.

(April 17, 2009)

CCC Releases Preliminary NST Selection Points

- Cross Country Canada released it's preliminary National Ski Team and NTDC selection points listing, with the following athletes representing the top 3 BT results:

Men's Sprints

Sean Crooks - 5th

Christ Butler - 21st

Scott Sullivan - 43rd

Men's Distance

Chris Butler - 10th

Sean Crooks - 18th

Luke Viljakainen - 32nd

Women's Sprints

Christina Groulx - 17th

Karla Bailey - 23rd

Kara Jaspers - 34th

Women's Distance

Anna Crawford - 17th

Karlay Bailey - 27th

Christina Groulx - 32nd

The full lists are available here.

(April 7, 2009)

CCO Report on Nationals

- You can read CCO Coach Kateri Mills' report on the Nationals at the CCO website.

(April 3, 2009)

Women on Skis @ Kamview

- Rena's summary of the March 14th Women on Skis session can be found on the CCC website here.

(April 2, 2009)

24 Hours Relay at Lappe

- Congratulations to all who participated in the 24 hour relay at Lappe, and to Kelly Henry for setting a new distance record of 284.8 km for a solo female.

Results and pics are available through the Lappe website.

(March 22, 2009)

Nationals Wrap-Up

- Huge congratulations to all the Big Thunder and LU athletes, coaches and support crew on their achievements at Nationals last week, they really showed the strength and depth of Thunder Bay skiers. Here's a summary of the team and Top 20 individual aggregate points results from the event.

University Team - Womens

Lakehead - 1st

University Team - Mens

Lakehead - 5th

Club

Big Thunder - 3rd

University Individual - Mens

Chris Hamilton - 7th

Scott Sullivan - 11th

University Individual - Womens

Mallory Deyne - 4th

Anna Crawford - 5th

Hilary Schrama - 9th

Britt Bailey - 13th

Junior Girls

Kara Jaspers - 3rd

Junior Men

Ghislain De LaPlante - 7th

Luke Viljakainen - 11th

Chris Hamilton - 18th

Scott Sullivan - 20th

Junior Women

Christina Groulx - 8th

Juvenile Girls

Stephanie Drost - 11th

Basia Gunka - 17th

Open Men

Sean Crooks - 3rd

Chris Butler - 20th

Open Women

Karla Bailey - 12th

Anna Crawford - 13th

Kerrie Fabius - 20th

ParaNordic Standing Men

Fank Pollari - 2nd

All the results can be found at the Ski National Results page.

(March 19, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 8

- It was a strong finish to the Nationals for BT, with Ghislain De Laplante taking silver in the Junior Men 30 km Free Mass, Kara Jaspers coming in 4th in the Junior Girls 10 km, and Chris Butler finishing 5th in the Open Men 50 km.

Open Men 50 km Free Mass Start

Chris Butler - 5th

Sean Crooks - 12th

Jeff Cameron - 29th

Junior Men 30 km Free Mass Start

Ghislain De Laplante - 2nd

Luke Viljakainen - 16th

Dudley Coulter - 26th

Lachlan Armstrong - 40th

Open Women 30 km Free Mass Start

Anna Crawford - 17th

Karla Bailey - 21st

Kerrie Fabius - 30th

Junior Women 15 km Free Mass Start

Christina Groulx - 9th

Junior Girls - 10 km Free Mass Start

Kara Jaspers - 4th

Krista Luckai - 27th

Juvenile Girls - 7.5 km Free Mass Start

Stephanie Drost - 13th

Basia Gunka - 17th

Moira Haggarty - 28th

Full results can be found here.

(March 17, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 7

- A Big Thunder athlete medalled for the fourth consecutive day, with Kara Jaspers winning silver in the Junior Girls 5 km Classic. Other BT results were:

Junior Boys 7.5 km Classic

Gabe Viljakainen - 34th

Jimmy Gunka - 35th

Junior Girls 5 km Classic

Kara Jaspers - 2nd

Krista Luckai - 30th

Juvenile Girls 5 km Classic

Basia Gunka - 11th

Stephanie Drost - 20th

Moira Haggarty - 28th

Full results can be found here.

( March 17, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 6

- Another double medal day for BT skiers, with Sean Crooks winning the Open Men classic sprint and Christina Groulx taking the silver in the Junior Women's race. Results from BT athletes for the day were:

Open Men 1.3 km Classic Sprint

Sean Crooks - 1st

Chris Butler - 33rd

Open Women 1.3 km Classic Sprint

Karla Bailey - 13th

Kerrie Fabius - 24th

Anna Crawford - 27th

Junior Men 1.3 km Classic Sprint

Scott Sullivan - 8th

Luke Viljakainen - 11th

Ghislain De Laplante - 25th

Chris Hamilton - 26th

Dudley Coulter - 28th

Junior Women 1.3 km Classic Sprint

Christina Groulx - 2nd

Full results are here

(March 13, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 5

- BT skiers earned 2 more medals today in the classic sprint finals, with both Stephanie Drost and Frank Pollari winning silver! The team kept their hold on 3rd place in the club standings, with Nakkertok and Foothills in 1st and 2nd.

ParaNordic Men Standing 0.8 km Classic Sprint

Frank Pollari - 2nd

Juvenile Girls 0.8 km Classic Sprint

Stephanie Drost - 2nd

Basia Gunka - 16th

Moira Haggarty - 24th

Junior Boys 0.8 km Classic Sprint

Jimmy Gunka - 11th

Luke Viljakainen - 12th

Junior Girls 0.8 km Classic Sprint

Kara Jaspers - 9th

Krista Luckai - 34th

Full results are here

(March 12, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 4

- Another strong showing from BT athletes on Day 4, picking up the 2nd highest number of points among all 60 clubs competing and jumping into 3rd place in the club standings. Top individual results from the day were:

Open Men 15 km Classic

Sean Crooks - 3rd

Chris Butler - 18th

Junior Men 15 km Classic

Ghislain De Laplante - 4th

Chris Hamilton - 11th

Luke Viljakainen - 14th

Open Women 10 km Classic

Anna Crawford - 16th

Kerrie Fabius - 21st

Karla Bailey - 23rd

Junior Women 10 km Classic

Christina Groulx - 13th

Full results are here

(March 12, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 2

- After Day 2, Big Thunder has moved up to 5th place in the club standings, with the LU Women in 2nd place and the LU Men in 3rd in the university standings. The competition resumes on Wednesday with individual classic races. Below are the top LU / BT results from the day.

University Women's 5 km Free Skate

Mallory Deyne - 5th

Anna Crawford - 9th

University Men's 10 km Free Skate

Chris Hamilton - 5th

Overall Women 5 km Free Skate

Karla Bailey - 19th (18th Open Women)

Christina Groulx - 35th (9th Junior Women)

Anna Crawford - 39th (27th Open Women)

Junior Girls 5 km Free Skate

Kara Jaspers - 4th

Krista Luckai - 39th

Overall Men 10 km Free Skate

Sean Crooks - 22nd (19th Open Men)

Ghislain DeLaplante - 24th (5th Junior Men)

Luke Viljakainen - 31st (7th Junior Men)

Chris Hamilton - 48th (14th Junior Men)

Junior Boys 10 km Free Skate

Gabe Viljakainen - 34th

Jimmy Gunka - 40th

Juvenile Girls 5 km Free Skate

Stephanie Drost - 18th

Moira Haggarty - 27th

Basia Gunka - 49th

Full results are posted at Zone 4 (University) and Zone 4 (BT)

Day 2 Sprint photos are here

(March 10, 2009)

Nationals Update Day 1

- After Day 1, the LU Women's and Men's teams lead the university team standings, with BT in 7th place in the club standings. The following athletes finished in the top 10 in their events:

University Men's Free Sprint Relay

Scott Sullivan & Chris Hamilton - 1st

University Women's Free Sprint Relay

Mallory Deyne & Anna Crawford - 1st

Hilary Schrama & Britt Bailey - 3rd

Katherine Hall & Ellen Ross - 5th

Girl's Free Sprint Relay

Stephanie Drost & Kara Jaspers - 6th

Open Men's Sprint Relay

Luke Viljakainen & Chris Butler - 7th

Adam Kates & Jeff Cameron - 8th

Open Women's Sprint Relay

Karla Bailey & Christina Groulx - 6th

Results are posted at Zone 4

Day 1 Sprint Pics are here

(March 9, 2009)

Big Thunder skiers bring home awards at the Sleeping Giant Loppet

- with many BT skiers away at Nationals in Duntroon, those who stayed home put on some strong showings on the fast trails of the Sleeping Giant Loppet this past weekend. Jeff Cameron placed 3rd in the 50 km, Rena Viehbeck and Marcia Migay came in 1st and 2nd in the 50 km Classic - Female, Matt Schoales place 2nd in the 50 km Classic - Male, HiIlary Mettam 1st in the 35 km - Female, and Julian Freitag was 3rd across the line in the 20 km. There were many other great results, you can find them all at sleepinggiantloppet.ca

(March 8, 2009)

Big Thunder dominates at Ontario Midget Championships - Big Thunder athletes aged 9-13 won half of the medals offered on the Sault Ste. Marie trails Feb 28-March 1. For results go to www.zone4.ca

(March 5, 2009)

The Ontario Cup race notice is now HERE!

Ontario Cup Race Maps are also here!

5km Skate

5km Classic

3.5km Skate

3.5km Classic

2.5km Skate

2.5km Classic

1.2km Sprint

500m & 800m Sprint

(Feb 9, 2009)

Ghislain DeLaplante skis in all 4 races at the World Junior Championships.  G-Man does Big Thunder proud with a 31st place finish in the 10km at the World Junior Championships.

(Feb 9, 2009)

Big Thunder sends team to Eastern Canadian Championships - races will begin Jan 31 and Feb 1st on the edge of Gatinea Park. Stay tuned for results.

(Jan 29, 2009)

NTDC Athletes race well in Minnesota Supertour event - On Saturday Jan 24th, NTDC placed two athletes in the top ten of the 10km Classic with Harry Seaton in 3rd and Michael Somppi a 7th. Sunday saw Big Thunder athlete, Luke Viljakainen place 4th in the 10km skate event with Somppi in 7th and Seaton in 8th. The Supertour event pays prize money for those athletes coming in top ten. Christina Groulx was 2nd junior in the Sunday event placing 16th overall.

(Jan 29, 2009)

Two Big Thunder athletes qualify for World Senior Championships - Sean Crooks and Chris Butler both qualified at the 11th hour to represent Canada at the World Nordic Championships to be held in Liberec, Czech Republic Feb.18 – March 3. Sean was selected based on his strong sprinting performances and Chris Butler his distance results. Best wishes to both competitors.

(Jan 29, 2009)

Crooks has tough day at the office - Sean Crooks was ski skating his way to qualifying for the team sprint finals until a competitors ski tip opened his binding. The team of Sean Crooks and Ivan Babikov had a good chance of advancing to the next round until the mishap occured. Canada finished the 3 days of racing on a positive note with a 3rd place finish by 20 year old Alex Harvey and veteran George Grey. It was an exciting day on the race course of next years Olympic and Para-Olympic Games.  And as Head Wax Tech, Yves Bilodeau stated, "It's not a great ending, it's a great beginning."  The future looks bright for Canada's youngest National Team member.

(Jan 18th, 2009)

Chris Butler places 14th at Whistler World Cup - Butler skied an outstanding race to finish 14th in the 30km Continuous Pursuit race held under unusually sunny skies for the Callaghan Valley area. Waxing was easy and conditions were fast for Butler who lunged at the finishline to beat Dan Roycroft to the line. Chris' finish made him 4th best Canadian on the day.

(Jan 18, 2009)

Congratulations to Big Thunder Skiers who have qualified to race the Callaghan World Cup.  Both Sean Crooks and Chris Butler will be racing one or all of the races. The races will be televised on CBC, please see link for the televised schedule.  Television and race schedule.

(Jan 12, 2009)

Congratulations to all Lappe Invitational Participants- for results see www.zone4.ca

(Jan 8, 2009)

G-Man Qualifies for World Junior Championships - Ghislain De Laplante is the first Big Thunder skier since Chris Butler in 2005 that will be participating at the 2009 World Junior Championships. This year the event is to take place in Praz De Lys France in February. Ghislain put in a solid showing in the distance events to qualify and was selected 5th. Unfortunately, because he was the picked 5th, he now has to front $3500 to participate. We are looking for donations to help Ghislain pay this fee. Any donations can be dropped off at Kamview. Please have the staff put into an envelope at the desk. Thanks for your help.

(Jan 8, 2009)

Hello and Happy New Year - The Beaten Path Nordic Ski Club is inviting skiers, snowshoers, and anyone else to French Lake for a bonfire and ice candle evening following our annual Sawmill Lake Classic Tour.

"Smokies" are provided, and you may bring potluck as an additional option.

Come take in Quetico Park's Centennial Celebrations Saturday,January 17th.

Call or e-mail if you have questions.

Chris Stromberg 1-807-597-4503

cstromberg@shaw.ca

http://atikokancanoe.tripod.com/beatenpath/

(Jan 8, 2009)

Groulx places 3rd in sprint at World Junior Trials - Christina Groulx narrowly misses 2nd place by inches and first by a metre. Christina fought hard to earn her way into the finals on the final day of the World Junior Championship trial races. For more Big Thunder and Lakehead U results please visit www.zone4.ca

(Jan 6, 2009)

G-Man places 3rd at World Junior Trials in Canmore Alberta. Ghislain DeLaplante, both a Big Thunder and Lakehead University skier had an exceptional race to put him in the running for qualifying for World Junior Trials. Many more Big Thunder and Lakehead athletes raced, see zone4.ca for more results. The racing continues with the continuous pursuit runnng today under much warmer conditions.

(Jan 5, 2009)

Big Thunder athletes attend the World Junior & World U23 Championship Trial races in Canmore. The first race was cancelled due to too cold temperatures. This pursuit race is rescheduled for Monday January 5th. With this change, athletes will be racing January 4th, 5th and 6th. The first race will now be a 10km and 15km interval start skate race, followed by the 10km and 20km pursuit, ending with the classic sprints. Wish them well!

(Jan 2, 2009)

Congratulations to former Big Thunder Ski Club member Drew Nixon for his 14th place at Ofsaa last weekend.  Just remember, we taught you everything you know about racing!

(Nov 4, 2008)

Anna Crawford makes 2009 FISU World University Games -Big Thunder has another athlete named to the World University Games to be held in China next February. Other local athletes are Mallory Deyne of Lakehead University and Harry Seaton of the NTDC Thunder Bay. This is the largest multi-sport event outside of an Olympic Games.

(Sept 2, 2008)

Very Belated Congratulations go out to two Big Thunder athletes who qualified for the NTDC- Thunder Bay. Congrats to Luke Viljakainen and Christina Groulx. Your hard work has paid off and you are taking an important next step towards your lofty ski goals. Best wishes.

(Aug 5, 2008)

Big Thunder & Lakehead Welcomes New Coach Adam Kates -

Adam brings a wealth of racing knowledge to Big Thunder along with more than a few National Championship medals. Adam, a native of Sault Ste. Marie and a high school teacher by training, has already been teaching his athletes about work ethic, discipline and determination.  Just some of the pieces of a "Successful Athlete" puzzle. Good luck Adam.

(Aug 5, 2008)

Congratulations to Lisa Patterson for being named Female Coach of the Year by the Coaches Association of Ontario(CAO). The event was held in Toronto on Thursday marking another highlight in Lisa's career. Lisa has done an amazing job as head coach of Big Thunder and the Lakehead Varisty Team, and we all wish her the best of luck for her new position within CCC.

(April 26th, 2008)

The Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club is looking for a full time head coach to join their successful and growing cross country ski racing program in Thunder Bay.

Qualified candidates should have:

   - minimum NCCP Level 2

  - experience as a athlete or coach in a competitive racing program

  - excellent communication skills

  - good understanding of Sport Canada's Long Term Athlete Development program

Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club is one of the premier clubs in Canada located in one of the most supportive nordic ski communities. The club has a long history of successful athlete and coach development. We offer a competitive salary and professional development opportunities.

Interested candidates are encouraged to send a brief resume with 3 references to:

Bert Viljakainen

President Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club

bviljakainen@shaw.ca

807-475-7662

Closing Date May 9, 2008

Congratuations to Kara Jaspers for bring nominated to the tenative 2018 National Team. Kara is currently in Duluth and doesn't know of her success, she is sure in for a suprise when she gets home. For a complete team listing follow link.

(April 19th, 2008)

Lisa Patterson says good bye to Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club and Lakehead University Ski Teams - Head Coach Patterson will be taking a position with Cross Country Canada starting April 15th. For details from CCC - click here.

Details from Lakehead Athletics - click here.

(March 11, 2008)

Big Thunder hosts City Championships/NTDC Invitational - Race conditions were ideal for the 11am start and saw Becky Puiras and Phil Wood take the continuous pursuit event. For more results click here.

(March 11, 2008)

Congratulations to the Ontario Winter Games Participants - Day 2 saw many of the LSSD athletes do extremely well as they participated in the Team Sprint event. Medalists included: Gold - Steph Drost & Katie Armstrong, Fergus Foster & Ryan Pendziwol; Sadie White and Catriona Downie; Bronze - Julian Frietag & Nicholas Dumontier. For all results click here.

(March 11, 2008)

Midgets, Mini-Midgets and Juveniles do well at Ontario Winter Games - Big Thunder/Kamview saw a number of athletes earn them selves medals and produce best ever results. Sadie White, Basia Gunka, Steph Drost and Fergus Foster will be bringing some hardware home from day one. To see results from Day one - click here. Athletes compete in the Team Sprints today and results can be found on www.zone4.ca

(March 7, 2008)

Marcia Migay is World Champion - Marcia earned herself a gold medal in the 15km Cl and 10km Skate (and even beat a girl named Svetlana - that's gotta be worth 3 medals!) Many of our masters are representing our club at the World Masters in Idaho. Look for results from Iain Mettam, Susan Fabius, Karen Greenfield, Sam Niemi and Marcia Migay. Click here for results.

(March 7, 2008)

Hart wins 50km Sibley Ski Tour - Steve Hart, new Big Thunder member, former Lakehead University Varsity skier and ass't coach of Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club, finished ahead of the pack at this years 31st annual Sibley Ski Tour. The ski was a slow grind with the addition of fresh dry snow and cold conditions Friday. Congrats Steve! Big Thunder athlete Luke Viljakainen and coach Lisa Patterson take the 20km event.

(March 3, 2008)

Congrats Chris Butler on his 21st place finish at World U23 Championships - to read his article, click here.

(March 3, 2008)

Chris Hamilton named Lakehead Athlete of the week. Chris was a three time gold medalist at this past weekends OUA Championship in Sudbury. Along with his gold medals, Scott Sullivan earned every colour of medal, Anna Crawford a gold and Christina Groulx a gold, Lauren Stoot, Katherine Hall and Ava Rudachyk a bronze in the relay. Congrats athletes, you deserve all the accolades you receive. A true team effort. (read about our Hottie of the Week to see just how much of a team effort it truly was!)

(Feb 16th, 2008)

Congratulations to LU Skiers for their 4th win in a row. This was a true team effort as every skier counted in both the men's and women's Ontario University Championship win. Above, the women hold yet another banner for the Thunderdome, but it will hang at Kamview for the remainder of the season.

(Feb 16th, 2008)

Check out Chris Butler's article on his Eastern Adventures (with photo's). Go to Big Thunder News under the Club News heading.


Notes from Canmore - Conditions are perfect here in Canmore as the four race week is just about to begin. Fresh snow fell last weekend and with cold temperatures following, the track is hard packed and perfect. Forty Eight women are registered for the Pursuit as well as fifty-eight men. Smaller than normal World Cup fields, however, a few athletes may be saving themselves for the classic sprint scheduled for Wednesday. I will keep you updated on pictures and stories.

(Jan 22, 2008)

Chris Butler named to U23 World Champ team - Chris will participate in the World U23 World Championships to be held in Poland this February. Chris qualified for the team due to his stellar results at the U23 Trial races held in Duntroon, ON earlier in January. Congrats Chris!

(Jan 18, 2008)

Kamview Classic cancelled due to cold temperatures.

Kamview Classic to be held this Friday evening Jan 18th.

Ontario Cup #2 Synopsis - Many of our athletes have completed 6 days of racing in 10 days and are due for a rest. We had many successful and satisfying results over the weekend. Many thanks for putting your best efforts in as athletes, and thanks to all who helped in the race organization, coaching and waxing. A best effort was put in by all and it was by far the most successful race weekend so far. I will try to update photos daily.

(Jan 15, 2008)

Chris Finally off the Plane - I finally stumbed off the plane Sunday night after a full week of trying to get home from Quebec. After 7 different flights, 2 bus tickets, 2 lost bags, 1 Broken Ski and 1 barf bag, I've finally arrived home in time for Christmas Eve. Now a week of rest before we have to do it all over again for World Junior Trials.

(Dec 24, 2007)

  

Big Thunder Nordic Ski Club - proudly received the GM Coaching Grant. This $2000 grant will be used to continue developing and certifying our great volunteer coaches. Big Thunder offers it's members the most and best trained coaches in Ontario if not Canada. Frank Luckai is the latest to benefit from this grant, completing the Level 4 Waxing and Ski Preparation task in Duntroon.

Many thanks again to Jean E. who put her awesome writing skills to work to help us earn another well needed grant.

(Dec 20, 2007)

Missing - Chris Hamilton last seen getting on a plane for Winnipeg from Quebec City on Monday Dec 17th. But wait a minute, wasn't he supposed to fly into Thunder Bay? Many thanks Air Canada for fine service yet again. Air Canada is following through with it's motto, "We're not happy, until you're not happy!" Chris is expected home next Saturday, exactly 6 days late.  However, that is better than arriving home Christmas Day which is what they quoted him at if he flew through Toronto. His skis as well as Luke's are still missing in action.

(Dec 19, 2007)

Congrats to Sean Crooks and Chris Butler for their fine racing efforts so far this year. Sean finished 22nd in a World Cup sprint race and Chris Butler brought home a bronze medal at the first Nor-Am Cup of the year in Sovereign Lakes. Great job boys!

(Dec 19, 2007)

Luke, Ghislain, Chris and Mallory are representing Big T at the third set of Canada Cups in Val Cartier Quebec. Click here to see what they are up to.

(Dec 11, 2007)

Big T Christmas Gathering - Dec 18th after workout. Bring a homemade baked good or cd for the gift exchange. Also at this time, you will have a chance to order Big T warm up jackets and race suits.

(Dec 11, 2007)

Silver Star Update

Lisa and 5 athletes have arrived in Silver Star. Skiing has been good, but would definitely benefit from more snow. Sovereign Lakes is better groomed for skiing but rocks are showing. We had a great day of classic skiing under sunny but cold conditions. Stay tuned for more updates.

(Nov 22, 2007)

Stephen Hart is Big Thunder's New Assistant Coach -

Big Thunder welcomes Steve Hart to the coaching ranks. Steve will be a great addition to our already stellar volunteer coaching contingent. He offers a current perspective on training for high level races. Congrats Steve.

(Nov 22, 2007)

Pizza Night and Coaches Meeting - Nov 8th - Kamview following evening workout.

(Nov 7, 2007)

VAUHTI WAX NIGHT - Nov 9th 6:30pm at Fresh Air Experience: Come out and meet Seppo Lappalainen of Canadian Winter Sports as he talks about the latest techniques in waxing and ski preparation. He will discuss and show how to use the latest liquid and powder waxes from Vauhti. He will also be showing and describing how to use the latest brushes from Red Creek. Seppo will be in the store all day on Friday if you want to come in and talk about waxes or skis.

(Nov 7, 2007)

Lakehead University Ski Team Holds Successful Fall Camp at Quetico Provincial Park: LU Skiers had a great weekend of trail running, canoeing, hill running, strength training and trail building. Quetico Park Superintendant, Robin O'Reilly, was a great host and provided us with a deal we couldn't pass up on. The 3+ hour canoe to the Pines was the highlight of the weekend. Thanks to our volunteer coaches, Frank and Karen.

(Oct 31, 2007)


Moira Haggarty makes CCC website - go to http://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=doc&ID=4657&lan=0

(Oct 11, 2007)

Big T Membership NOW DUE!

Please print off the membership forms. They can be found on the programs page (don't click on the yellow pull down tab). Complete all three forms and hand in ASAP.

Many thanks.

(Oct 3, 2007)

Red Rock to Nipigon Trail - Saturday saw 30+ members participate in the hike from Red Rock to Nipigon. Regardless of not running the correct trail, a good workout was had by all. Special thanks to our guest Big Thunder athlete and only club Olympian - Sean Crooks and his family for attending the event.  See photo above.

(Sept 10, 2007)

Big Thunder Membership and Program Registration Forms Now Available

Please go to Programs and click on links to download. Both the Programs and Membership form must be submitted along with a WAIVER form. The waiver form will be added shortly.  Once the webmaster has been given notice of your Big Thunder Membership, you will be given a website login and password which will allow access to the Video & Document Catalogue, as well as the Discussion board.

(Sept 4, 2007) 

 

Waterfall Workout

  Big Thunder Athletes spent a day at the Wolf River waterfall trying to beat the heat. After going for a 45 min to 1 hour run, the athletes cooled their hot bodies under the waterfall.

 (July 27, 2007)

LSSD Camp Huge Success

  The LSSD Camp ran from July 3-7th with up to 45 participants over the 5 days. Participants came from all over Ontario including: Kenora, Red Lake, Timmins, Marathon, Sault Ste. Marie, Toronto, Barrie and Midland. Many thanks to all the volunteers who made this a great camp. The food was outstanding yet again. Thanks also to the coaching help of the NTDC team. We hope the participants will return again next year. For photo's, please visit our photo gallery over the next few days. (July 10, 2007)

  Website Information!

  The website is in the process of being completed and is available to be viewed on www.lakeheadxc.com. Once you pay your membership, you will receive a login in order to access member pages only such as: training schedules (under Coaches Corner), a discussion board, calendar, and video cataloguing system. You will be able to login at the bottom of the home page. Stay tuned for new updates and exciting features in the near future. (June 10, 2007)







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