CVTC

CCC, in collaboration with British-Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec divisions, is announcing with great pride and anticipation the implementation of an expanded Training Centre system.From now on, the National Training Centre in Canmore, home of the core Senior NST program, will be complemented by four National Development Centres (NDC system) to attend to the development needs of a growing pool of the best performing Canadian athletes at the L2C, T2C and T2W stages of development.

After the opening weekend of the season in Vernon, the team headed over to Rossland for the next Noram. After a few days of training and hanging out in Rossland, the team had another good weekend of races with a 2nd and 8th for Geoffrey Richards and Colin Ferrie in the free technique sprint. In the 15km free technique mass start, Geoffrey was 5th and Colin was close behind in 9th. After the races, the team went home for a well earned Christmas break.

Off the back of the WJT races in Whistler, the team headed over to Canmore for the Western Canadian Championships. The 15km free mass start resulted in Geoffrey Richards being 1st in Junior Men, Jeff Kerkovius 7th and Colin Ferrie 10th. In the sprint, Adriene Underhill was 6th in Junior Women, Colin Ferrie was 5th  in Junior Men, followed by Martin Schrama in 6th, Geoffrey Richards 7th and Jeff Wood 10th. In the 10km classic race, Geoffrey Richards was 1st in Junior Men, Martin Schrama 3rd, Jeff Kerkovius 5th, Jeff Wood 7th and Colin Ferrie 9th.

Geoffrey Richards was the top Canadian in the men’s 20k skiathlon event today, finishing 20th after a strong skating leg (14th fastest of the day). Russians claimed 3 of the top 4 places. The other Canadian skiers in the field, Alexis Turgeon and Knute Johnsgaard, finished 31st and 49th respectively.  The race had a 10k classic leg and 10k skating leg.  Geoffrey is a member of the Callaghan Valley Training Centre team based in Whistler.  His home club is the Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club in Rossland.