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Details:

When: Friday March 4th 1:30pm- 4:30pm
Where: CNC
How: Skate and Classic equipment. Water bottles, warm clothes.
What we need: cookies and cupcakes, and helpers.

Plan of events:

• host a series of fun, intro to competition cross country ski event
for all CNSC Track Attack skiers.

o Yukon Challenge – a 2000 (k)m dogsled event travelling through some
of the wildest country in the world. A musher along with their team
of 8 dogs (unharnessed) must travel in linear pairs through the
‘classic’ section, followed by the ‘freestyle’ section of the race.
Dogs and mushers must change their gear at the half way point in their
journey. This is an interval start event. Endurance and happy
puppies are important for success in this race. The fastest team will
earn points for their team to win the coveted polar cup(cake) – the
prize in this annual competition.

o Siberian Salt Mine Relay – the next event in the Polar Cup
championship, an annual competition of polar nations, is in Russia
where skiers will visit a Siberian salt mine and participate in the
annual salt crushing championships. Skiers will strap on their salt
crushers (skis) and use three different salt crushing techniques known
locally as doublepoleovski (double poling); diagonalstridinov
(diagonal striding), and kickdoublepolinova (kick double pole). The
fastest team wins the most points for their team.

Warm up break: Hot Chocolate, and nimble.

o Norwegian Alpine Quest – Norwegians love skiing and going fast.
This mountainous country is home to some of the largest mountains in
norther Europe. In the third event of the polar cup, skiers
will complete ‘the Holmenkolen downhill run’ known as one of the polar
world’s most spectacular ski run. It incorporates all of the
characteristics of a classic race course including roller coaster bumps, jumps, and slalom elements. This race course even includes uphill sections. The fastest skiers earn the most points for their teams.

I will need some families to bake up some delicious cookies and cup cakes, Heather is organizing this as well as a few other volunteers to help with the day, setting up the course, helping with timing and results, hot chocolate maker and a photographer (I can provide my easy to use point and shoot- if you don’t have one). I will send out the finer details of helping out closer to Friday and with a few names penciled in.

Hope to see you all there.

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