New Zealand Nordic Sports Development

formerly the Snow Farm Winter Sports Academy with proven strategies and historic precedents

What we do...

Give young people opportunities for personal growth transcending age and international boundaries, using Nordic winter sports well known for their unique qualities of community.

Below - NZNSD members after many successes in the [international] Aust. Hoppet 2006

What we can offer - for all ages...

Three tiers of membership... more >>

Contact Us - email: admin@nordicnz.com

Queenstown and Wanaka weather forecasts by local David Crow... more>>

Vital Statistics for New Zealand...

12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+12).
New Zealand operates daylight saving time which commences on the last Sunday in Sept., when 2.00am becomes 3.00am, and ends on the first Sunday in April of the following year, when 3.00am becomes 2.00am, or GMT+13.
International dialing code is 64
Money is $NZ dollar and is usually less than the US and Aust. dollar. Credit cards and EFT POS widely available.
Language: English predominates
Health: high grade medical and emergency facilities available. 111 is the ph. number for emergencies.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

FIS / ANZ CONTINENTAL CUP race photos and Merino Muster coming up

Photos and text to inspire re. the up-coming Merino Muster Aug 23, 2008 [thanks Jan Wood from the Wanaka Nordic Ski Club]:

Robin McKeever...

Thrilling racing was to be seen on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday of last week, with competitors from Australia, Canada, Japan, France, Switzerland and of course New Zealand. NZ's Nat Anglem skied very well in the B Final of the Sprint on Saturday as did Andrea Fancy skiing for New Zealand in the Women's B Final. Katie Calder was unable to take part on Saturday due to bronchitis but did extremely well on Sunday in the Freestyle, coming in 3rd behind Canada and Japan. Andrea gained 5th place, with Sam Bondarenko 11th and Anna Hogg 12th. Stiff competition came from the two Swiss girls but Katie beat them both off. The Men's Freestyle final was won by Robin McKeever of Canada (a regular Snow Farm visitor) by 7 hundreds of a second over Masaaki Kozu of Japan. Exciting racing to be sure! Once again Nat did very well, placing 12th in a field of experienced World Cup skiers.

Masaaki Kozu...

MERINO MUSTER

The next big race on the horizon! This Saturday 23rd August. But you don't have to be an aspiring Olympic skier to take part in this race. Thankfully there are races for the ordinary folk too, so now it's everybody's chance to enter and have fun. Get your entry forms in to the office. Don't wait till the day to see what the weather's doing as it's more expensive to enter then. Just trust that it's going to be OK on the day and go for it. As usual, a number of volunteers are required to help out, so if you're not skiing, please get in touch with Sarah at the office and she'll assign you a job. If you have any friends who might like to help also, register them as well. Thanks a lot from Mary!