The Super G was dominated by under 30's, at least among the men. More below, after you absorb a few details about this coming weekend.

Adult Gate training will be SL on Vortex for Friday, Saturday and Sunday sessions at the usual times. Next week, we'll be back to GS.
Adult Tech and Fast & Female will meet in the usual places on Saturday and Sunday at 0930.
Interclub is SL at Caledon on Saturday afternoon - there is usually less competition for places in the lineup for Caledon, so be sure you're signed up at interclubski.org and contact Taylor Simms-Brown if you're interested. Need to be on the list for 0900 Friday. Thanks to several of you who've heeded the call for reinforcements!
Sorry, no GDHL race this weekend.

Super G Results

Watch Morgan Rubes's annual Super G video, shot with his goggle cam while forerunning.

Despite a few potential challenges, the Super G went off without a hitch. A few racers were apparently uncertain about the somewhat daunting Landslide course, which seemed slick during side slipping, But once again, looks were deceiving and everyone completed the course without incident. Many racers were able to post faster times on their second runs. Francis Pope was most notable among them, cutting 6.4 seconds. I was about to congratulate Steve Power on gaining 4.1 seconds to finish a career best 46th, when I received his email saying that wasn't his time. On a quick examination, I think it was Roger Chiu's, but will leave that for tomorrow to sort out.

At the top of the table, Joel Charron led after the first run in his GDHL debut, only to see defending overall champion Alec Libert better him by a hundie on his second run. Joel returned the favour however, recording the only sub-47 second time of the day. Gordie Bruce finished 3rd, while Keith Farnand was the only over 30 representative in the top seven, which was completed by Phil Ruffolo, Fraser Bruce and Trevor Jackson. Stu McFarlane rode a quicker second run to his first GDHL top 10. Other notable finishers were Jerry Patten (14th from 43rd rank), Anthony Ruffolo (24 from 52), Mark Shillum (27 from 58) and Brad Sproule with a career best 29th. Leslie Sims led the women with a strong 26th place. Thanks to those who helped with net removal afterwards.

Lou Montana was on hand again to record the event. Remember that GDHL participants are entitled to one free digital image from one of Lou's collections. See the latest gallery here and a few samples below.

Interclub Results

The third Interclub race of the year was GS at the Peaks. Once again, Craigleith's women dominated, with Anne Mathers, Mary Riopelle, Patti East, Daina Dunlop and Kate Veer (fastest woman overall) all winning their groups. For the men, Allan LaChance, Jeff Sutherland (top point getter overall), Greg Cavers (soundly beating John Mealey of the Peaks), Scott McLorie and Alec Libert (fastest overall) all won their groups, while Trent Winstone, Craig Shibley, Doug Deeks, Glenn Blaylock and Chris Shipton scored 25 points or more. Craigleith beat the Peaks by 22 points overall to remain unbeaten on the season.

Not Results, But Still Important

Because of the confusion following the delay of our opening race, the GDHL committee and the Club have established some basic race management principles. They've been added to the GDHL information page on gdhl.org. See here.
Remember that GDHL racers are entitled to a free 30 minute massage from Sonya Lee Reimer of Living in Balance in downtown Collingwood. Highly recommended! Contact Sonya by email or text her at 705.606.0880 to book an appointment.
Last but not least, remember the great Track 3 ski day at the Club on Friday, 16 February. Training on Big John in the morning, fun racing in the afternoon, great food and refreshments all day, excellent silent auction items, guest appearance by Todd Brooker and a tax receipt to boot! Register in advance online and you'll get a free Gogglesoc.

Caledon for me on Saturday. See you on the Sunday!

James Mathers