New Zealand Nordic Sports Development Race Results

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photos: above NZNSD members train in Aust. for the international Hoppet race 2006, and below at the Snow Farm New Zealand

Friday, August 15, 2008

Australian/New Zealand Cup Race Series 2008 Cross Country Skiing Race Report

2008 FIS AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND CUP
Classic Race 10/15KM

SNOWFARM, 14TH AUGUST 2008

After snow overnight the sky cleared and the sun shone for the first race in the Australian/New Zealand Cup series held at the Snow Farm on Thursday. The race was a classic style mass start race with a strong field of both men and women for Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, and France.

In the mens race, a tight bunch of five skiers were in the lead on the first of the three laps, with the same five skiers still together after the second lap of the three lap course. Eventual winner Tomio Kanamaru broke from the group at the bottom of the last steep hill to finish ahead of Canadian Robin Mckeever and Masaaki Kozu from Japan. The Japanese skiers have been living and training at the Snow Farm. Kanamaru said” This is my first race of the season and I was very happy to win. We love coming to train at the Snow Farm and enjoy competing against the New Zealand and Australian skiers in these races. Conditions were fast and we had a great group at the front”
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First New Zealander home in the mens race was 18 year old Andy Pohl who led in his team mate Nat Anglem . “I was very pleased with my race and it is just so great to have a race with such high caliber skiers right here at the Snow Farm” said Pohl. Pohl will be racing the sprint and freestyle races on Saturday and Sunday this weekend and finishing off the season training and working at the Snow Farm. In November Pohl will return to Canada for a second season, racing in the domestic USA and Canadian competitions as a build up to the World Junior Championships to be held in Chamonix France in January 2009.

In the womens 10 km race Canadian Milaine Theriaul led from the start to finish, building up a solid lead after one lap and extending this to a one minute lead over Katie Calder at the finish. Calder is a recent addition to the New Zealand Cross country ski team after moving from Australia where she has established herself as one of Australasia’s top women skiers. In third place was Sumiko Ishigaki from Japan. The women had to battle with light snow drifting into the tracks as the wind built up later in the morning. This added a further challenge to the slow snow conditions caused by the overnight snow.

Wanaka 15 year old Anna Hogg put in a strong performance in the womens race as an invited participant, keeping pace with the strong Japanese womens team members Hogg is a member of the NZ Nordic Sports Development programme and has clearly benefited from the season's coaching under visiting American coach Alexei Sotskov.

coach Alexi Sotskov helps prepare skis pre race...

posted by Nordic NZ # 10:36 AM

Friday, August 1, 2008

Nordic Ski Race Series Sprint Race No 1 ‐ 13 July 2008

Results
Mens A Final
1 Nat Anglem ChCh
2 Andy Pohl Wanaka
3 Mark Hogg Wanaka
4 Alexei Sotskov USA
5 Kody Spencer USA

Mens B Final
1 John Hogg Wanaka
2 Roger Deacon Invercargill
3 JP Linburne Christchurch

Junior Womens A Final
1 Sarah Murphy Canada
2 Samantha Williamson Wanaka
3 Anna Hogg Wanaka
4 Sarah Lees Wanaka

Junior Womens B Final
1 Katie Conroy Wanaka
2 Emily Deacon Invercargill
3 Briar Alexander Arrowtown
4 Katie Deacon Invercargill

Womens Final
1 Lizzie Roberts Arrowtown
2 Kathy Deacon Invercargill

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Nordic Race Series
Race No 1 Classic 2.5/5/7.5km ‐ 12 July 2008
Results

Place, cat., distance, From, Time...

1 Kody Spencer M16 5 USA 0:21:00.8
2 Andy Soundy M16 5 Queenstown 0:21:23.4

1 Andrew Pohl M18 7.5 Dunedin 0:28:28.7
2 Mark Hogg M18 7.5 Wanaka 0:33:45.9

1 Nat Anglem MO 7.5 Chrictchurch 0:28:03.8
1 JP Lilburne M40-49 7.5 Christchurch 0:45:40.3
2 Tim Kannegieter M40-49 7.5 Australia 1:00:17.8
Bill Stewart M40-49 7.5 DNF

1 John Hogg M50+ 7.5 Wanaka 0:40:38.9
2 Roger Deacon M50+ 7.5 Invercargill 0:48:06.1
3 Mike Turner M50+ 7.5 Wanaka 0:50:37.5

1 Briar Alexander W12 2.5 Arrowtown 0:16:00.7
2 Katie Deacon W12 2.5 Invercargill 0:16:07.6

1 Emily Deacon W14 2.5 Intercargill 0:14:50.9

1 Anna Hogg W16 5 Wanaka 0:23:17.4

1 Sarah Murphy W20 5 Canada 0:23:15.2

1 Lynley Johnston WO 5 Oamaru 1:06:52.0
2 Barbara Cowan WO 5 Australia 1:07:03.1
Sarah Picard WO 5 Wanaka DNF

1 Sue Wales W40-49 5 Arrowtown 0:27:27.0
2 Kathy Deacon W40-49 5 Invercargill 0:31:56.2

1 Lizzie Roberts W50+ 5 Arrowtown 0:36:59.9
2 Liz Conroy W50+ 5 Wanaka 0:40:39.9

posted by Nordic NZ # 10:10 AM

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Appointment of new head coach for 2008

NZNSDA are excited to announce that we have secured the services of Alexei Sotskov as head coach for the 2008 season.

Alexei is one of the top junior coaches in the USA, and has held a number of senior coaching positions in Eastern USA since 1992 including his current position as head coach and snow sports director at Vermont Academy. He holds sports coaching qualifications from Russia and is a former member of the USSR Nordic team.

Alexei will add a new dimension to our programmes this year, and will be assisting NZNSDA in other administrative and management roles including coaching clinics and event management training. He will arrive in mid June and as well as running all of NZNSDA's programmes will be available for private and group instruction.

posted by Nordic NZ # 10:50 AM

Sunday, January 6, 2008