Results are now posted on the GDHL site here. A bit more detail below and much more later in the week. But key for now is GET YOUR DINNER TICKETS PRONTO! We need to let the caterer know how many people are coming. After Thursday you may lose out! And it's a great evening at a great price:
- Saturday, 28 February (THIS WEEKEND!) at 7:00 pm for drinks and 7:30 for dinner, in the Base Lodge.
- Tickets available online or at the front desk now.
- $45 per person, except $30 per for GDHL racers under 30 and their guests. HST is extra.
- Coyotes and other non-racers are most welcome!
- Bring your own wine if you pay a $10 corkage fee.
- Racers who have returned their bibs will get a Squire John's gift card. This doesn't mean you have the option to keep your bib. You will get billed some punitive sum if you don't bring it back. Kylie and Steve will accept returns in the race office. Consider whether a rinse or a shot of Fabreze is in order.
- Tasteful live background music during the evening.
- Concise but witty remarks from our leaders and awards presenters.
- Complimentary taxi and shuttle service after the event to help you get home safely.
As our treasurer pointed out, if you're 25 or so, you can get a ticket for $30 that comes with a $25 gift card if you've brought your bib back, so that's $5 net. And as some cynic pointed out, your parents may not notice the bottle missing from the wine cellar or the corkage charge on their Club account, so what could be better than celebrating on Saturday?
Final GDHL Races
The GDHL season ended with a double header bang on the Millennium chair. Alec Libert sealed the deal in the absence of Chris Barber by recording the needed back to back wins. He won Saturday's SL by almost four seconds, more than the margin between second and fourteenth places, but won Sunday's GS by only 0.2 seconds. The result was a one point margin of victory over Chris, four firsts against three firsts and a second. Meanwhile Jayne Clark went head to head with Brittany Stainer in the women's division. Jayne's 30th place on Saturday didn't help much, especially compared to Brittany's 19th (after a first run DNF), but Jayne came back with an 11th place on Sunday to take the overall win.
Meanwhile, some racers were able to take advantage of the time in a child's life when watching Dad hurtle down the hill is sufficient entertainment for a Sunday afternoon.
Scott McLorie and family after a big 3rd place on Sunday. Gord would be pleased!
More later in the week. Get those ticket orders in!
James Mathers