Nancy Greene Festival at Sun Peaks 2007/03/27

On March 24th and 25th we had 28 kids head to Sun Peaks to participate in the 5th Annual Alcan Nancy Greene Festival. It was a great weekend for all families with over 330 kids from across the province participating. All E1 and E2 kids split the weekend with an E1 & E2 dual race and the Husky Snow Stars skills event consisting of a speed event, distance jump, moguls and a kombi obstacle course. The dual race event had E1s in a team format and E2s racing individually or as an optional team entry. Nancy Greene Raine was present the entire weekend meeting families, helping kids at the start gate, taking photos and presenting medals. Thanks to our coaches Tracy Marino, Ben Johnson, Gareth Brunt and Warren Everton (Mt. Baldy), as well as the Sun Peaks Alpine Club for hosting this great family event. Our kids did very well and here is a summary of our racers placing: E2 Individual Race 1997 boys: Shaun Taylor 17th, Andreas Bucek 20th, Avery Walline 22nd, Mitchel Marino 24th. 1996 boys: Connor Callahan, 6th, John Gay 31st, Aiden Gay 33rd. 1995 boys: Mitch Fowler 5th. 1996 girls: Megan Moffat 1st, Kari McDonald 14th, Hope Hay 18th. E2 Skills Events 1996 boys: Connor Callahan – Gold in Moguls and Speed; Bronze in kombi obstacle course. 1996 girls: Kari McDonald – Gold in Moguls, Bronze in Speed; Megan Moffat – Gold in Speed E1 Race (Gold, silver or bronze in each Snow Star level category, 3 teams in each cat.) Snow Star 1, div B Bronze - A combined team of Big White, Mt. Baldy and Grouse Mountain racers. Big White Racers were Lewis Brunt, Quinn Rasmussen and Hanna Eggeling. Snow Star 2, div B Gold – Ilana Prokop, Hannah Walline, Makena Heinrich, RJ Lukinuk, Ryder MacLeod, Tyler Clark, Maya Gay, Jenna Hay and Kyle Stefance. Snow Star 4 Gold – A combined team of Big White (6), Mt. Baldy (1) and Revelstoke (2) racers. Big White racers were Ryland Giebelhaus, Brooke Lukinuk, Liam McDonald, Ryan Moffat and Cam Rasmussen. E1 Skills Events 1999 girls: Brooke Lukinuk – Gold in kombi obstacle course. 1998 boys: Ryan Moffat – Gold in Speed and Jump; Liam McDonald – Silver in Jump