Canada to Host Disabled NORAM Cup this Weekend

Canada to Host Disabled NORAM Cup this Weekend{mosimage}CALGARY (Alberta) January 27, 2005

This weekend, January 29th and 30th, will mark the first time that Canada will host a Continental Cup

NOR-AM event for disabled skiing. The tradition of hosting World Cup

events in Canada, along with the growth of disabled sport in Canada has

led to the organization of two super-G races to be held at Silver Star

Mountain Resort near Vernon, British Columbia this weekend. Norman

Kreutz, Director of Snow sports for the resort, is excited to see the

event grow to this level.

Alpine Canada Alpin is excited to welcome Mike Clarke, of Nelson, B.C.,

to the experienced team of coaches for the Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski

Team.

Mike brings 26 years of diverse coaching and ski experience throughout

B.C.

to this team of young aspiring athletes. Coaching at the club level for

17 years in Nelson and Salmo, B.C., Mike is eager to take on this new

challenge with the Canadian team and help guide them throughout the

remainder of the season on the domestic circuit.

The Canadian development team, made up of Arly Fogarty, Montreal (QC),

Kathleen Forestell, Ottawa (ON), Andrea Dziewior, Nanaimo (BC), Martin

Larose, Carignan (QC), and Gabriel Perreault, Montreal (QC), and Steven

Wall, Toronto (ON) will race in this Domestic series, the National

series and the Canadian Championships this season. All of these athletes

will be competing this weekend at the IPC-NOR-AM Silver Star Mountain,

B.C. except Steven Wall.

“After participating and seeing the ability level of the skiers at the

Kimberley World Cup, I am really excited to lead this team of amazing

people and superb athletes,” told Mike. ” I jumped on the opportunity to

work with the Canadian team, both for the young athletes and for my own

personal growth and development within the sport of ski racing.”

“The team seems focused and we are ready to go!” added Coach Clarke.

Coach Clarke explained that this new Nor-Am series in Canada is very

important for Canadian athletes to have an opportunity to race in a

higher level of competition. This provides a competitive race circuit in

Canada that welcomes exceptional athletes from other nations, namely the

USA and allows the Canadian team to race on home turf. The points won at

these races help to significantly move the development athletes up to a

world cup level of competition. TELUS has recently come on board as a

sponsor of the Canadian team allowing the athletes more resources to

strive for success.

Andy Mather, Chief of Race, has described the track as an excellent

development speed opportunity and expects to see a cross-section of up

and coming international talent with athletes from Canada, Great

Britain, New Zealand, South Korea and the United States represented at

the event.

This will be an excellent opportunity for our Canadian development team

athletes to gain valuable experience in the event. Three of Canada’s

senior CDAST team will also be in attendance including Matthew Hallat,

Coquitlam (BC), Brad Lennea, Whistler (BC), and Jeff Penner, Kitchener

(ON) who are fresh off of World Cup tour stops in the United States and

Canada.

The team will train super-G on Friday, followed by two super-G races,

Saturday and Sunday.

For more information about the IPC-NOR-AM Silver Star Mountain, BC or

other races on the Disabled skiing circuit, please visit the new

website@ https://www.asdracing.org/