Cole Bender credits father for his competitive development

The Omineca Ski Club held welcomed 73 skiers for the TECK Northern Cup ski race on Jan. 26.

A Special Olympics Snowshoe Competition was held in ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake at the Omineca Ski Club on Feb. 1. The event took place from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. with many events from a 50m race to a 1600 m race. Each of the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake athletes earned two personal best times. Smithers, Prince George, and Williams Lake all travelled to ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake to participate. (L-R) Danielle Hilker, Danny Tress, coach Tina Giesbrecht and Joshua Waters. (Lakes District ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà & submitted photos)

Emily Dickson has a passion for success

ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake hosted a initiation one day hockey tournament on Jan. 18. Houston along with Fort St. James, Fraser Lake and Hazelton all attended the fun and entertaining day at the Tom Forsyth Arena. (Laura Blackwell photos)

World Snow Day was Jan.19 and the Omineca Ski Club was out celebrating in full force. The club had grand opening and a ribbon cutting of their new skill park. The skills park was started by volunteers a few years ago and this past fall they were able to enhance some of the features with support from Kal-tire grants. The grants were specifically for developing skills parks for cross country skiing in B.C. The club received $2300 through the program.

ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake resident, Madison Macdonald has qualified for the 2020 BC Winter Games taking place Feb. 20-24 in Fort St. John. Madison has been cross country skiing with the local Spirit North program and raced her qualifier in Smithers on Dec. 18. The Spirit North Program aims to empower youth to learn, grow, thrive and strengthen themselves and their communities through sport. “We are all just so incredibly proud of Maddy and what she’s accomplished by qualifying for the B.C. Winter Games.

More snow, more grooming. The Omineca Ski Club has been busy. The Boulder, Creekside Glide, Dog Trails, the Cedar and Spud are all groomed. What a day to climb up Spud and enjoy the spectacular view. If you haven’t purchased a membership yet it’s not too late. For more information email info@ominecaskiclub.ca. (Submitted photo)

The ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Lake girls basketball team from Lakes District Secondary School played against the Score in this game was 41 – 16 for the Vanderhoof Vikettes (Michael Riis-Christianson photo)