Tag: Nova Scotia Cross-Country Ski Team
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Celebrating our 2024 Award Recipients
by Cross Country Nova Scotia, Staff, Sept. 27, 2024 Cross Country Nova Scotia is pleased to announce our 2024 award recipients. Annually, dedicated volunteers and provincial team athletes are recognized for their dedication to cross-country skiing and achievements. Nominations are submitted by club members and voted on by our board of directors to determine volunteer…
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CBC Mainstreet NS – Emma Archibald, 2023 CWG Competitor
by Cross Country Nova Scotia, Staff, January 20, 2023 Emma Archibald, provincial team para-nordic skier, shares her excitement about competing at the upcoming 2023 Canada Winter Games; on CBC Mainstreet NS with host, Jeff Douglas. “I’m excited to be back competing with the Nova Scotia Ski Team. They’re such a great group of people. It…
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CANADA WINTER GAMES – CALL FOR WAX TECHNICIAN APPLICATIONS
by Cross Country Nova Scotia, November 7, 2022 2023 Canada Winter Games Cross Country Nova Scotia is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced individual to work with the support team for the 2023 Nova Scotia Canada Games Team for cross country skiing. Role Expectations The time commitment for this role is February 26th – Mar. 6th,…
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Saltwire NS – Provincial Team Skier, MacMillan
by Colin Hodd, Saltwire, June 23, 2021 A ‘Classic’ Challenge Jack MacMillan has come a long way on his skis in just over four years. The Lockview High School Grade 12 student is on the 2021-22 provincial ski team despite not putting on a pair of skis before grade 9. I had some friends that…
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Saltwire NS – Provincial Team Skier, McIntyre
by Colin Hodd, Saltwire, March 18, 2021 Even for young people, like 16-year-old provincial cross-country skier Grace McIntyre, sport can be a serious pursuit. There’s training, competition, injury, recovery, and responsibility. But before all that, at the foundations, there is fun. “Martock, it’s a pretty big place when you’re a little kid,” says McIntyre. “There’s…
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Saltwire NS – Provincial Team Skier, Doyon
by Saltwire Network Nova Scotia, Colin Hodd, February 24, 2021 (original article) Lynden Doyon has been skiing since he was three years old. The first outing he remembers was in Cape Breton, skiing a mountain on Christmas Eve with his father Kris and Daniel Murray, who is now his coach with the Nova Scotia provincial…
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1998 Canadian Birkie Gold for NS Skier
by Cross Country Nova Scotia Staff, December 8, 2020 (updated Jan 30, 2022) As registrations for the 2022 Canadian Birkie Ski Festival continue, we remember a historic victory for our province, by a twenty-two-year-old Nova Scotia skier. Daniel Murray recorded the fastest male time in the “1998 Birkie Full”, which is a 55 km cross-country…
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Racing for Honey “77
by Cross Country Nova Scotia Staff, May 8, 2020 Bryan Scallion’s Idea The origin of Nova Scotia’s longest running loppet and why a pot of honey still rewards skiers at this annual event. A conversation with Dianne Powell about the history of the Honeypot Loppet. Bryan had this idea of organizing a ski race in…
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