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Race Time, Dinner Time and Trophy Time

A big Saturday for the Interclub team to look back on, and a big Saturday for everyone to look forward to!

  • Club championships are on Saturday.  GS on Big John at 10:00, one run only.  SL on Comet at 1:00, with a second run available for GDHL racers only if conditions allow, as this will be race 7 of the GDHL.  Pick up your bibs in the South Lodge loft Saturday morning early.
  • Adult gate training will be a dual SL on Sunday at 9:30.  Keep your heads up for details of other offerings in our race training world.
  • The GDHL awards dinner is Saturday at 7:30 in the Base Lodge.  All welcome, $35 a ticket and only $25 for those 35 and under.  This includes a cocktail on arrival, appetizers and dinner.  Live entertainment and the always popular bring your own wine and pay a corkage fee, plus distribution of the snappy stickers for your stuff.  Tickets must be purchased right away on the member's section of the Club website or by contacting the front desk of the Club.  Sales will be closed before the event.
  • Many of you haven't yet returned your GDHL bibs, which aren't needed for the Club Champs.  Drop them off at the race office please.  So far, the 90's have the highest return rate of any group of ten.  Only Greg Cavers hasn't returned his.  A broken neck is worth a couple of weeks' grace, but most would conclude that just bringing the bib back will be less stressful.  Fortunately, Greg is recovering well and will no doubt have his bib back soon.

Interclub Champs

Craigleith came up big for Saturday's home final race despite missing Greg and some other reliable contributors.  The team took 7 of the first 10 places overall, led by Alec Libert and Phil Ruffolo.  Anne Mathers, Mary Riopelle, Daina Dunlop, Kate Veer, Allan LaChance, Jeff Sutherland, Chris Shipton and Keith Farnand all joined Alec in winning their age groups, with Chris's win giving him the men's MVP award as the highest scorer of the day.  The usual juggernaut of Sutherland, Winstone, Shibley, Craig and Latimer took five of the top six places in the men's 55 to 59 category, while Doug Deeks, Chris Fregren and Rob Burnes each contributed at least 25 points.  The end result was a 32 point margin over the Peaks and Craigleith's six straight season's title, tying the Peaks for the longest winning streak in league history.

The winners!

The winners!

Get those dinner tickets now and see you Saturday!

James Mathers