Members of the Nakusp Secondary School ski and snowboard team attended a meeting in Revelstoke last Friday to discuss the details of hosting the 2015 BC School Sports Ski and Snowboard Provincial tournament. The event will be co-hosted along with Salmon Arm Secondary School and will be held at the Revelstoke Mountain resort ski hill in early March.
Salmon Arm put in a bid to host the 2015 provincial race event during the tournament AGM at last year’s host site in Whistler. The host school and hill rotates around the province every second year while every other year Whistler has agreed to host unconditionally. Nakusp approached Salmon Arm, offering to co-host the event.
Ski coach and teacher, Chris Stormgren who represented Salmon Arm, and Athletic Director and ski coach Ryan Willman attended the meeting from Nakusp. Revelstoke Mountain Resort was represented by Dan Sculnick as well as three members of the Revelstoke Ski Club.
The meeting revolved around the construction of a Snow-Cross race course and the location of the Giant Slalom course. The Revelstoke Ski Club has agreed to facilitate the design and construction of the race courses as well as provide the required certified marshals to sanction the event. Revelstoke Mountain Resort was incredibly accommodating and even seemed excited at the prospect of constructing a Snow-Cross race course on their mountain.
The provincial event will take place March 2 to 4 and will host school ski teams from all regions of B.C.
The Nakusp Secondary School ski and snowboard team operates under the umbrella of the Summit Lake Racers and will begin on-snow practices January 10. Last year at the Whistler provincials the NSS combined girls and boys ski team placed sixth out of nine participating schools and the combined boys and girls snowboard team placed third out of four participating teams.