Mt Pisgah Ski Lift Fundraiser

   Mt Pisgah Ski Lift Fundraiser

The Saranac Lake Ski Club is hosting a fun ski event with U.S. Ski Team members at Mt Pisgah on Friday March 19^th from 4-6 pm. Ted Ligety, Andrew Weibrecht (not skiing) and a number of other Olympians are planning on being at Pisgah from 4-5:30 training with racers. An autograph session will occur from 5:30 to 6 in the lodge. $15 to ski at Mt Pisgah includes the lift ticket. Additional donations are also welcome. If you would like to donate but can't be present please send donation to Wayne Feinberg, Friends of Mt Pisgah, DBA Saranac Lake Ski Club, PO Box 1132, Saranac Lake, NY 12983.

A bit of history from Friends of Mt Pisgah  - It's a 501c3 corporation. Donations are tax deductable. 20 years ago volunteers raised money and installed snow making.  10 years ago volunteers raised the money and built a new base lodge and now the 1950's T Bar is beyond repair and on its last legs.  

 The U.S. Ski Team is also participating at a cocktail fundraiser Sunday the 21st at The Fireside Steakhouse in Lake Placid from 4:30 to 6 with U.S.Team members. Cost for admission to this fundraiser is $50. A photographer will be present so that our racers can have their picture taken with a Ski Team member.

 It will be a unique opportunity to ski and meet our U.S. Ski Team members. Please join the Saranac Lake Ski Club in this fundraising effort.

 
 

 
 

Congratulations

Congratulations to all our Athletes who competed at the J3 States this past weekend. Everyone did a great job, you should all be proud of your performance!

This weekend the Eastern Kandahar Race comes to Gore. Good luck to all our J3, 4 & 5's this is sure to be a great fun filled event.

Kandahar This Weekend!!

Dear Gore Ski Mountain Ski Club members and want-to-be members:

It’s snowing as I write this. YEAH!! FINALLY!!!

As you know this weekend is KANDAHAR!! We’re looking forward to 2 days of some great skiing, great racing, and great fun!! Maybe we'll have some powder?! If you don’t know the history of the Kandahar, it’s posted in the NYSEF training center, straight in from the entry doors on the bulletin board. It can also be found on NYSSRA’s website under the Qualifiers & Teams blue tab across the top.

Calling all bakers or wanna-be bakers -- we’re doing a fundraiser bake sale on Saturday morning. Please make/bring something yummy to sell during bib pick-up in the Training Center. Registration starts at 7:30AM, so please bring your treats over as early as possible. Whatever you bring, please package them so we can sell them each for 25 cents or 50 cents. Suggestions: Muffins, donuts, cupcakes, brownies, cookies, rice krispie treats, trail mix, muddy-buddy mix, etc… If it has nuts in it, please label it. The club will have coffee/tea/hot chocolate available in the morning to go with!!

We have a number of volunteers registered to help with all the activities. Both days we’ll have stuff for sale - bake sale items on Saturday and lunch tickets, raffle tickets, NYSSRA t-shirts, fleece hats & bandanas. Saturday afternoon we’ll be humming (dancing?) tunes, scooping ice cream, shoveling popcorn, and pouring drinks (the non-alcoholic type).

If you have any Gore Race Team logo clothing, please wear it. This will help if any visitors have questions, they’ll know who the “local” people are. Plus, it’ll show support for our team!!

We also need a few volunteers yet for the races. Please consider gate keeping on either day. You’ll get a close up view of the race! Thanks in advance!

GO GORE!!

Craig & Nadine Slemp

Gore Mountain Ski Club President
Ph. 518-373-1444
Gore 251-4397

Holiday week Training

The Schedule for this up-coming week is:



JI II - Training through the week

JIII - Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday. Also opportunities to train with the JI II group on the off days.

JIV - Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

JV - Saturday (race), Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday (race)

Please check emails from your groups coaches for more detail on training and times.

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