Cross Country NWT

01/09/2024

Over December 12-15 (two weekday evenings, a full Saturday, and a half-day on Sunday) we’re hosting a Learn to Train On-Snow course in Yellowknife.

In Competition Coaching Introduction (CCI-L2T) coaches develop skills to deliver a well-rounded program for athletes aged 9-12 years old. The emphasis is on skill development within a fun, team-oriented environment that develops a passion for the lifelong health and fitness benefits of cross-country skiing.

Perquisites include the Community Coaching course, NCCP Make Ethical Decisions online evaluation and complete the NCCP Community Coaching Experience Form, available in the Document Centre. Ideally, you will also have L2T Dryland.

To learn more and sign-up, visit: https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/public/5713499

31/08/2024

We’re hosting a Community Coaching course in Yellowknife over November 28-30 (two weekday evenings and one full Saturday).

This 13-hour in-class and on-snow workshop teaches coaches how to lead a skill development program to children in the FUNdamentals stage of development (Jackrabbits).

To sign-up, visit: https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/public/5713498

30/08/2024

Do you want to help ensure competitions are safe, fair, and successful? Sign up to become an Official!

We’re hosting an Officials Level 2 course in Yellowknife over October 4-5. Sign up by emailing [email protected]

The prerequisite is Officials Level 1, which you can take online: https://nordiqcanada.ca/officials/how-to-become-an-official/

06/07/2024

A reminder that applications for our 2024-25 Post-Secondary NWT Skiers Grant are open and there's just over a week remaining until the deadline.

Grants from $200 to $2,000 are available. The grant is available to NWT skiers who are pursuing post-secondary education and skiing at specific competitive events.

Contact us at [email protected] for the application form and policy.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, July 14, 2024.

25/06/2024

Coaches, make sure you apply for your free 2024-25 coaching licence through Nordiq Canada here: https://nordiqcanada.ca/coaches.../coaches/coaching-license/

Benefits for Coaches:
- The license is free
- Third-party general liability insurance
- More licensed coaches means more Sport Canada funding to support you
- Email notification of new coaching resources

21/06/2024

Applications for our 2024-25 Post-Secondary NWT Skiers Grant are now open.

Grants from $200 to $2,000 are available.

The grant is available to NWT skiers who are pursuing post-secondary education and skiing at specific competitive events.

Contact us at [email protected] for the application form and policy.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, July 14, 2024.

19/06/2024

NWT coaches, it's that time of year again to register for your free coaching licence here: https://nordiqcanada.ca/coaches-and-wax-techs/coaches/coaching-license/

Learn more about coaching licences from Nordiq Canada:

Coaches have incredible influence and responsibility for athlete development. Nordiq Canada and provincial and territorial Divisions need to know who is coaching and what their coaching status is. The Coaching Licence also helps us collect the data we need to support coaches, assess trends and develop initiatives that benefit skiers.

You need a coaching license if you perform typical coaching or instruction tasks with a Nordiq Canada club, including delivering or helping to deliver practices with any age group.

The license is renewable annually and is valid from July 1 to June 30.

21/05/2024

The Cross Country AGM will be held over Zoom on Monday, June 17 at 6:30pm. If you'd like to attend, email us at [email protected] for details!

More information to follow soon.

15/04/2024

Join us Sunday April 21 for the 2024 Loppet!

First race starts at 12pm with heats going every 15 minutes until 1pm. Equipment rentals start at 11:30 am!

This a free event with no cost to use club equipment 😊

Thank you to Cross Country NWT for funding this event!

10/04/2024

These goofballs (aka coaches from across the NWT) spent the last three days taking the Training to Train course with Nordiq Canada Coach Development Manager Stephen Novosad. Loads of great knowledge, skills, and ideas for developing our amazing skiers in the NT. Thanks Cross Country NWT; what a fantastic opportunity!

27/03/2024

Cross Country NWT is proud to announce that we are recipients of $10,000 from the Nordiq Canada Equity Initiative, funded by Sport Canada’s Community Sport for All Initiative. This money will be used to support Reaching Our Communities programming this season. Thank you Sport Canada for helping us unite the youth of the Northwest Territories through cross-country skiing.

Cross Country NWT est heureux d'annoncer que nous avons reçu 10 000 $ de l'Initiative pour l'équité de Nordiq Canada, financée par l'initiative Le sport communautaire pour tous de Sport Canada. Cet argent sera utilisé pour soutenir Le programme Atteindre nos communautés au cours de la saison de ski. Merci
Sport Canada - Français de nous aider à éliminer les obstacles pour augmenter la participation au ski de fond des membres sous-représentés de notre communauté !

16/03/2024

A few more (okay a lot more) skiing photos from the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Alaska.

14/03/2024

A few more of our favourite photos from Team NT of our skiers competing at the Arctic Winter Games in Alaska this week!

13/03/2024

Our Team NT skiers are in Alaska this week competing at the Arctic Winter Games. Go Team NT!

📷 Team NT

13/03/2024

Joe Curran won a pulsating sprint finish to Arctic Winter Games 10-kilometre freestyle race in Alaska on Tuesday, becoming Team NT's first cross-country skiing champion at this level for 16 years. [text and photos from Team NT & Cabin Radio NWT]

Curran took victory in the U18 male event by 1.17 seconds over Alaska's Dylan Autrey. The top four skiers were separated by less than four seconds in a race that took Curran 27 and a half minutes to complete.

No NWT skier had won a gold ulu since Oliver Hodgins did so as a 13-year-old in 2008.

"I spent the whole race strategizing about what I would do on the last little bit," said Curran.

"At the end, I saw a gap and I went for it.

"There's a massive hill right there. It's probably the hardest thing I've ever done ... but you've got to power through."

Clair Littlefair, the ski team's head coach and a veteran of multiple appearances as an athlete at Arctic Winter Games and Canada Games level, said she felt "instant tears" when she saw Curran crest the final hill in first place.

Littlefair has been working hard to learn more about waxing, the intricate process of choosing the right wax for the conditions and applying it to athletes' skis before the start of the race. Making the right – or wrong – call on the kind of wax to apply can have significant consequences over a 10-kilometre ski.

"They are kind-of hard decisions," she said. "And then to see the skis are pulling ahead and everything is coming together – you could see Joe's improving, the skis pulled through, and it's just, like, wow."

"I want to be a good role model for everybody who's younger and coming up," said Curran, acknowledging the length of time that has passed since an NWT skier was last atop an Arctic Winter Games podium.

"I think a lot of people get a little bit discouraged," he added, referring to the difficulty of winning in his sport at this level, "and it is possible, right? You can honestly go as far as you are willing to go."

04/03/2024

Trails are groomed and tracked after the winds and snow of the past two days! ⛷

Bundle up and enjoy the brilliant sunshine!! ☀️

02/03/2024

25/02/2024

16/02/2024

Adult ski lessons this weekend!

Classic and Skate Ski technique. Free for members, non-members please pay $10 trail free.

Classic equipment available to use but must have own skate ski equipment if interested in that lesson.

See you on the trails!

16/02/2024

Who's ready??

This year's Thebacha Loppet is coming up real quick. Registration link is now up, so sign up today 👉 https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=34790&lan=1&cartlevel=1

09/02/2024

February is Family Ski Month! Lots of happenings at the HRSC, so bring your families out as much as possible and enjoy all that the Club has to offer.
A shout out to our Bunnies/Jackrabbitts & TA families who continue to come out weekly to help with the program. We cannot thank you enough for your helping hands. Moving the masses is never an easy task when your resources are limited. The HRSC appreciates you! Thank you.
We have mock races planned in preparation for the Patrick Alexander Bobinski Memorial Ski Races (PABs). This annual event is fun for all ages even mom and dad can get involved and sign up to race for fun too! We will need extra help this month with planned activities/games and just because it's Family Ski Month - come and see how much your littles have learned!!
Hope to see you all Saturday at 2pm

09/02/2024

08/02/2024

Funding to support travel to attend the NWT Territorial Cross Country Ski Championships in Hay River over March 23-24. 2024 is available.

To apply, fill out the form on our website and email it to [email protected] by Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

https://nwtski.com/apply-for-funding-to-attend-the-nwt-territorial-cross-country-ski-championships/

11/01/2024

If you are interested in flying to the 2024 Arctic Winter Games, there will be a charter flying from Yellowknife NT to Anchorage Alaska. To find out more, please email [email protected]
Please note that this charter is not affiliated with Team NT or Sport North.

02/01/2024

Helping NWT Girls 14-17yrs find their Pathway to Success Through Sport

Online sessions Sundays starting Jan 14th

Full cost for the 5 month program: $50

19/12/2023

Grateful for another incredible year, and a heartfelt thank you to our amazing funding partner, the NWT & NU Lotteries. Your unwavering support for sports and recreation in the Northwest Territories is truly commendable. Together, we're making dreams come true and building a stronger, healthier community.