Ontario/Candy Cane Cup

Our team had the opportunity to participate in the first Ontario Cup of the season hosted at Nakkertok Nordic. Typically Ontario Cups are held after Christmas when snow is more dependable, but snowmaking at Nakkertok Nordic has extended the season for many (including uOttawa Nordiq athletes - Nakkertok Nordic is our main training facility).

Though exam writing and studying limited our participation, we had several athletes compete in the skate sprint event Saturday and individual start classic race (10 km) on Sunday. Thanks to all the Nakkertok volunteers who put on an amazing race, and thanks to XC Ottawa and Craig Storey for helping our team with waxing!

Here are some pictures of the day - (many thanks to Nakkertok Nordic's Doug Ranahan for many of these pictures that captured our athletes in action).