This weekends events

This weekend Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist, World Cup Champion, seven-time National Champion, member of the United States Ski Hall of Fame – Diann Roffe, will add gold medal luster to the always successful Gore Mountain JIV Speed Camp.

Diann is a native New York skier from Brantling Mountain and is an Olympic Gold Medal winner at Lillehammer in Super G. Diann is uniquely qualified to share her solid fundamentals and world beating tactics with our JIVs and is excited to return to Gore Mountain.

The club is planning a "meet and greet" time with her immediately after training on Saturday, 1/30, afternoon. ALL parents and racers are welcome to come by the training center, have a snack, bring your camera and something to autograph. See attachment.

For JVs and JVIs: Save the date -- Sunday, March 14th will be the annual picnic and awards.

For JIVs and up: Save the date -- Saturday evening, March 27th will be the annual banquet at The Lodge On Echo Lake in Warrensburg.

Kathie Donohue is working on putting the finishing touches on the club directory, so if you want your family included, please join ASAP. I've attached the membership form. Please mail it to her (her address is on the bottom of the form) or give it & your dues to one of the club officers. Remember -- to attend the banquet on 3/27, you need to be a member...

We'd also like to express our condolances to Tanya Gaechter and her family. Her father passed away Monday night. For those who don't know Tanya, she works in the NYSEF office as our race/office coordinator. Bud Yablonsky, her brother, and his family are emeritus members of the club. Their Dad's obituary can be found here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/northjersey/obituary.aspx?n=michael-d-yablonsky&pid=138986548
Please note that the obituary incorrectly notes the funeral mass at 9 AM on Saturday. It is going to be at 10 AM.

Finally, on Tuesday this week, the Olympic Alpine Team was announced. Andrew Weibrecht (Whiteface NYSEF) made the team! For more details see http://www.usskiteam.com/alpine/news?storyId=2382

THINK SNOW!!!

Craig & Nadine Slemp
Gore Mountain Ski Club Presidents

Natural Forces

 

Well, it has been a while since my last post and I wanted to catch up with you all. As I sit here and watch another winter storm go by us; like an eighteen wheeler passing you on your way to work leaving just enough snow to use your wipers once or twice. Boy we sure did have some struggles over the holiday, rain on the first weekend and winds so strong on the last weekend it was blowing the horns off the deer! Now, don't mistake what I'm saying, it's not all bad, sure we really could use some snow and yes we can spend our idle hours coming up with ways to change the weather patterns. One thought I had was to make a really nice lake, heck lets make it a great lake over on the other side of Gore so we could start getting some of that lake effect snow, or if I can find the time to finish my experiment with plate tectonics, I'm pretty sure that something will change, I'm just not sure what at this point. The bottom line though, we just can't change the natural forces.

So, it really was a good holiday period. Everyone got plenty of skiing in, and overall everyone is skiing pretty well. It's great to have our group of college alumni in town during the holidays; they add an exciting element to the program. A big thank you goes out to those folks and an invite to keep coming back. This coming weekend officially marks the start of the racing season. The Hovey on Saturday, the J3's are at Whiteface Sunday and the J1 2's race at Gore on Saturday and West on Sunday. As you head out to these events please keep in mind that there have been some rule changes that everyone should be aware of. The first is in regard to gate keeping and or proper gate passage. This is only in regards to Slalom, but if you are an athlete racing or a volunteer gate keeper you should brush up and be familiar with these changes. The second is not a new rule but a reminder that only athletes and coaches/team captains are allowed on the race hill. That means that parents should not be inspecting with their athletes.

I guess I had better get out side and give Twister a ski. Yes, that's right Twister; it's almost ready to open. Burnt Ridge should open as well this weekend, I'll see you on Echo!

J5 World Cup Schedule

 

Here are the dates for the J5 races this season:

1. Saturday January 2, 2010

2. Saturday January 16, 2010

3. Saturday February 13, 2010

4. Sunday February 21, 2010

5. Sunday March 7, 2010