NYSEF Nordic

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The Saranac Lake High School cross-country running team that captured the 1995 Class C state championships included NYSEF Nordic alum Matt Cook, Sean Burke, Billy Demong and Tim Burke.

Link to Adirondack Daily Enterprise article
http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/503066.html

Check it out….the Adirondack chairs are covered!

skiing at MVH on Thursday, check out the ORDA webcams at http://www.orda.org/newsite/multimedia/webcams.php

We are taking orders for the new NYSEF Nordic race suit through next Wednesday 10/29. We need sizes by next Wednesday in order to get the suits by the end of December.

Suits will be made by PodiumWear. See the design template here nordic race suit

Payment will be due by Friday 11/7.

Adult Proline fabric is made of Swisstech Textured filiment lycra. Sizes XS-XL. Price $180.

Kids sizes available in your typical lycra race suit fabric. Sizes Small (approximately kids size 2-4), Medium (approximately kids size 6-8) and Large (approximatley kids size 10-12). Price $120.

We plan on using this new suit for the next 4 years. Get your teammates on board!

Email Margaret at margm@nysef.org with your suit size or questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvP998Pcxt4

Invitation for the party of the fall! (click here)

Saturday, October 18 at the NYSEF Training Center, Whiteface Mt

Demong, Spillane, Lodwick

Update from Dave Jarrett: NC Head Coach

  It was an historic weekend here in Lake Placid, New York. The US Nordic Combined and Ski Jumping National Championships were held in October. For the first time the National Championships were contested on plastic jumping and with a rollerski race to decide the winner. The 2009 US Nordic Combined champion is Johnny Spillane, second place was Billy Demong, and third place was Todd Lodwick. This was Johnny’s first career national championship victory. In the Ski Jumping competition, Anders Johnson was victorious followed by Johnny Spillane in second and Billy Demong in third. In the Women’s Class Lindsey Van was victorious and was followed by Jessica Jerome and Alissa Johnson.

On Sunday we competed in a SuperTour ski jumping event where Anders was again victorious. Eric Camerota had a great day on the hill and finished second followed by Nick Alexander in third. Check results here: http://skijumpeast.com/results/ussa-09/rslt09c.htm#training

Overall, it was a great weekend for competitions. The weather was great and we got a great crowd both days. Furthermore, it is great to see what Jochen has done with the Project X boys. They all have been posting very encouraging results in Europe and it will only help both sports raise the bar. Congrats boys.

ORDA and NYSEF play host to the 2009 US National Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Championships this weekend Oct 11-12 at the MacKenzie-Intervale Ski Jump Complex.

Link to Festival Information and Competition Schedule
http://www.orda.org/newsite/tosee/festivals.php

Link to results
http://skijumpeast.com/results/ussa-09/rslt09c.htm#training

Podium pictures from Sunday’s NYSEF SuperTour K90 Comp
http://www.usskiteam.com/public/news.php?&dId=4&sN=1&aId=3853

NYSEF’s Whiteface Climb to the Castle Uphill Rollerski Race.
Monday October 6, 2008. 9 AM start. Be there!

Morgan Arritola nearing the finish, October 2007.

Link to great photos from last year’s event:
http://www.teamtoday.org/Stories/tabid/391/ctl/Details/mid/763/ItemID/1002/Default.aspx

Links to area lodging:
Lake Placid  http://www.lakeplacid.com
Wilmington  http://whitefacenewyork.com/

Bring your skis to get stone ground for the winter at High Peaks Cyclery: http://highpeakscyclery.com

Vote for NYSEF/Lake Placid’s Nina Lussi to be Sports Illustrated for Kids athlete of the year! She has made it into the top 6 out of 6,000 entries! Keep voting so that Nina can make the cover of the December issue!

VOTE AT http://www.sikids.com/sportskid/index.html

For kids ages 8 and up, stay fit for the winter by cross-country running this fall.

Link to information:
IronKids Cross Country Running Program 2008

Nancy Battaglia

If you build it, they will come!

Uphill insanity on Roller-skis is set for October 6th, 2008.

Climb to the Castle is an uphill rollerski race on the Whiteface Mt. Memorial Highway. Mass start at 9am for the Women, 9:10 for the Men’s field. The US National Cross-Country Team is here and prepared to take that gold medal back from NYSEF Nordic alumni Duncan Douglas. Will Freeman stay with Duncan this year? Will Newell throw down?  Be there!

The pack...

       National Champions, Olympians and World Championship American athletes will come together in just under two months to compete for National Championship Crowns here in Lake Placid, NY. The showdown is October 11th….

Todd Lodwick (4x Olympian) has officially come out of retirment to compete in Nordic Combined again, how will he do against local boy Billy Demong (3x)? Johnny Spillane (3x), gold medalist from World Championships 03 is of course another contender. At 2:15 October 11th, check out the wildest, fastest and hardest rollerski race you will ever see at the Mackenzie Intervale Ski Jumps. Without a doubt its the steepest course made for only the toughest athletes. Who will survive?

Project X Member Nick Fairall

It is also exciting to see how the Project X Ski Jumping Team will perform on game day. The team is stacked with Eastern superstars Chris Lamb, Nick Fairall, and Nick Alexander. Will they show top dog Anders Johnson (06′ Olympian) how it’s done? K90 action begins at 11am.

Billy Demong in Summer Grand Prix action

NYSEF Nordic coaching staff are preparing their athletes for top results right now. Will Casey Colby watch Andrew Fuzzy Bliss break into the top 5? Can Peter the FROG Frenette show the US again he is the Man? Can Alex Madden and Colin Delaney show the NC Devo boys it’s their turn for a position on the team? We hope so…

 
              Marianne Fairall, 55, of Old College Road, Andover, NH died Sunday, August 10, 2008 at her home. She was born in Summit, NJ on July 27, 1953. She graduated from Kent Place School in Summit, NJ and Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH. She was in hospital administration and was employed by the New London Hospital for 10 years. For the past 14 years she had been on the Board and held all chairs including chairman of Havenwood-Heritage Heights in Concord, NH and was presently on the Trust Fund Board.
Marianne moved to Andover, NH in 1984. She volunteered many hours to her community, church, and school. Generous with her time, she ran the Andover Outing Club and then the Eastern Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Foundation in Lake Placid over many years. She adored her children. She was predeceased by her brother, Christopher Rooke.
Members of her family surviving include her husband, Martin of Andover, NH; three children, Beth, Gwenn, and Nicholas; her parents, Robert and Natalie (Davis) Rooke of Morristown, NJ and Bridgewater, NH; two brothers, Robert Rooke of Morristown, NJ and Thomas Rooke of Basking Ridge, NJ; nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Friends may call at The First Baptist Church, 461 Main Street, New London, NH on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 from 6-7:30 P.M.
A memorial service will be held on Wed., August 13, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at The First Baptist Church of New London.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Andover Outing Club, 313 Emery Road, Andover, NH 03216 or to the Eastern Ski Jump and Nordic-Combined Foundation, 52 Ski Jump Lane, Lake Placid, NY 12946.
Chadwick Funeral Service of New London, NH is assisting the family with arrangements.