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Quiet Revolution in Ski Jumping

In this post feminist age it’s interesting to note that women’s sporting horizons expanded this week with he worlds first World Cup ski jumping competition for women, in Liberec, Czech Republic.

Gold was taken by Lyndsey Van of the USA jumping 97.5m (243pts), Silver by Ulrike Grasessler (Germany) 93m/239 pts and Anette Sagen (Norway), 94m (238pts)

NRK Article On Event

2019 Update….In the end Women’s Ski Jumping made it into 2014 Sochi Olypics. The first Olympic champion was Carina Vogt.

Ski Centre and Squad Appear on Countryfile

In case you missed it, there was an article on nordic skiiing on the BBC magazine programme Countryfile this weekend. It featured a presenter learning how to cross county ski with Sandy Thorn and interviews with club members, Roy Young, Callum Smith and Andrew Young. The article was filmed last weekend at Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre.

We’re going to get a copy of the item to view from here.  Here’s the link to the episode on the Countryfile website.

link to episode

BBC Countryfile logo

Old Scarpa T2s

SkiCycleing (Like FreeCycle) these boots. Seen a bit of action but would still be useful if you want to try teleing in some plastic boots. Size 8.5 (UK).

SkiCycle to club members only.

Contact alan.telford@nordicski.co.uk

Andrews Compete in Dusseldorf

Club members Andrew Musgrave and Andrew Young are continued their world cup campaigns this weekend in the sprint races at Dusseldorf.

They both competed in the Sprint qualification races on 20th December. Andrew Newell qualified first with covering the 1.5km route in 3:03.77. Andrew Musgrave took 68th place 19.99 seconds slower and Andrew Young took 70th place 20.63 seconds slower. This leaves them both just over 10% off the fastest qualifier. Continue reading