Where: Rockway Golf Course
When: Week of January 16th, 2021 to Friday January 22nd, 2021
Registration Link: HERE
How the Challenge Works: READ CAREFULLY!!!!
- Sign up using the registration link HERE
- At least one family member attends the evening virtual meeting on Thursday January 14th (you will get an email invitation once you register)
- Drop in to Rockway GC over the challenge week
- Time and day of your choosing
- Honour system for times
- Record times using up to 100th of a second. (i.e., HH:MM:SS)
- U10 and younger
- Ski the sprint course once and and submit your results online
- U12 and older
- For results submitted to be considered valid:
- Sprint course skied four times consecutively
- On the same day and within ONE HOUR total (suggest waiting for your heart rate to slow before you do the subsequent heat)
- Times/results need to be submitted in the order you actually skied them in real time, as we will be using the results to make ‘heats’ like in a real sprint. (e.g., your first lap is the qualifier, the second lap is your first heat)
- Sprint course skied four times consecutively
- Submit your results HERE
- For results submitted to be considered valid:
COVID and Other Considerations:
- Follow Waterloo Regional Public Health Guidelines at all times
- The course will have some low key signage: start, arrows, finish. CHECK THE Digital Map!
- This is not an ‘event’, racers assume responsibility for their own safety while on course.
- Trails will be open to other users, please ski safely
- Physically distance (2m) from others outside your family and wear masks if physical distancing is a challenge
PRE-CHALLENGE MEETING: Thursday January 14th at 9:00pm via google meet an invitation will be sent to those who register
Course Map: Digital Map (subject to change by chief of course)
Categories:
| Age | Distance (Freestyle) |
|---|---|
| Bunny U6 | 25m (classic) |
| U8 | 200m (classic) |
| U10 | 200m |
| U12 | 200m*Four times recorded – Heat Style |
| U14 | 200m*Four times recorded – Heat Style |
| U16 | 600m*Four times recorded – Heat Style |
| U18 | 600m*Four times recorded- Heat Style |
| OPEN | 600m*Four times recorded – Heat Style |
| PARA NORDIC | 600m*Four times recorded – Heat Style |
Wax: Low Fluoro or No-fluoro glide waxes
Results:
- Submit results by 9 pm, Friday January 22nd, 2021
- This is a self-timed event, each family times their own skiers
- Submit your results HERE
Prizes:
- We encourage families to provide their own hot chocolate / cookie / healthy snack for each athlete to celebrate race afterwards
- Winners may have their photo on the WRNSC web page!
- There will be times posted and prizes (TBD)
- We hope to have draw prizes as well! Sponsored by Amaryah, Adventure Guide and Insight Eye Care.
- Prizes will be determined depending on registration. It may happen shortly after each challenge, or part of a challenge series virtual banquet.
Other WRNSC Challenges to look forward to:
- THE COVID CLASSIC: Week of Jan 30 – Sprint (Classic Technique)
- THE DISTANCE DASH: Week of Jan 30 – Distance (Freestyle technique)
- THE CLASSIC CLASH: Week of February 13 – Distance (Classic)
- THE ROCKWAY ROMP: Week of February 13 – Distance (Skate)
Challenge Committee: Jess Sloss, Scott Dowling, Colin Rhodes (Chief of Course), Brett Woodman, Justin Faulkner, Rob Daniells, Corrie Ballantyne