Hey skiers,

What a sport! We've survived a deep freeze, the big thaw, an unexpected vacation and a wind storm. Now it seems we're back on track and may have the best perserved trail system in town and a race to put on next Saturday (Jan 31). After that, we've three weeks until the region championships on February 21st and 22nd, and we select our top boys and girls to take to the state meet in Fairbanks on Feb 26-28. Beyond that, there are some great spring skiing and racing opportunities that we'll make sure you know about, but first we need to host our race next week.

I'll be looking for parent volunteers to put on a concession stand at our race and help the ski club with the running of the race. If you are the parent of a skier or friend of the team, contact Tom and we'll set you up with a job for the race on Saturday. If parents want to take it on, we can also look into baloon decorations for the start finish area, and other bells and whistles that can make our race more memorable to the visiting schools. Hope to see you all out there.

Tom and Petra

Besh Cup Soldotna Info:

Two cars driven by Tom Grenier and Tyler Greeson's dad will leave Anchorage between 4 and 5 pm Friday and arrive in Soldotna between 7 and 8 pm. Tom's cell # is 242-9153 and the Greeson's can be contacted at 229-6354. Michael Bramer, Tyler Greeson, and Hunter Culler will ride with the Greesons. Kaitlyn Meyer, Leslee Rogers, and Zoey Grenier will ride with Tom Grenier.

We will stay at Jimmy Doyle's cabin on Chinook Lane off of K-Beach Road just outside of Soldotna. The Doyles can be reached at 229-0484 or 227-9016.

Saturday we will be at Skyview High School racing until at least 3 pm. Afterwards, I'll take any kids interested to the pool in Nikiski for showers, swimming and goofing off on the water slide. We should be back at the cabin by 10 pm and in bed not long after that.

We'll race Sunday at 11am and depart for Anchorage directly from Skyview. Probably about 2 or 3 pm. I expect we'll be back in Anchorage by 6 or 7 pm, perhaps earlier if we can leave earlier.

Please contact me by cell or at home ( 345-1084) if you have questions or concerns.

tom