Once again this year, passionate cross country skiers dragged themselves out of bed and away from the comforts and warmth of home, Christmas gifts, and holiday food to participate in the Boxing Day Burnoff at Nakkertok.
Siblings, parents and kids, and friends paired up to ski the familiar 800m "Jackrabbit loop" as fast their post-Christmas bodies could take them. Santa's Elves skied 2 laps each, and Rudolf skiers did the loop 3 times. New this year (and quite popular!) was a series of 100m sprints - which could have kept going for hours as keen skiers kept lining up again for one more opportunity to ski through the stadium at top speed.
Costumes are an important part of this event, and this year we had some great ones! Highlights included John Westdal's Irish Kilt, Sue Holloway's clown, Trevor Plestid's Pink robe, the girls in mini jean shorts and cute little Anna Jakl in her white dress, saluting the crowd as they cheered her in.
This year's Burnoff was an opportunity to inaugurate Nakkertok's new building, where everyone gathered for hot chocolate and door prizes courtesy of Fresh Air Experience and Eload/Emend.
Many thanks those who helped XC Ottawa with this year's Burnoff. In particular, Sandra and Colleen Mortimer who organized registration, Dirk for grooming a great course, Tony Saidla and Diane Thurber for bib collecting, Kevin Gibb and John Suuronen for finish line duties, and all others who stepped in to help out.
Here are some pictures of costumes, the 2-lap Santa's Elves Event, and the awards. You can see some great photos at the new Musician on Skis blog too.
Here are the results. Please excuse any errors (name spelling in particular) as we were going off hand written lists....always a bit difficult to decipher.
Siblings, parents and kids, and friends paired up to ski the familiar 800m "Jackrabbit loop" as fast their post-Christmas bodies could take them. Santa's Elves skied 2 laps each, and Rudolf skiers did the loop 3 times. New this year (and quite popular!) was a series of 100m sprints - which could have kept going for hours as keen skiers kept lining up again for one more opportunity to ski through the stadium at top speed.
Costumes are an important part of this event, and this year we had some great ones! Highlights included John Westdal's Irish Kilt, Sue Holloway's clown, Trevor Plestid's Pink robe, the girls in mini jean shorts and cute little Anna Jakl in her white dress, saluting the crowd as they cheered her in.
This year's Burnoff was an opportunity to inaugurate Nakkertok's new building, where everyone gathered for hot chocolate and door prizes courtesy of Fresh Air Experience and Eload/Emend.
Many thanks those who helped XC Ottawa with this year's Burnoff. In particular, Sandra and Colleen Mortimer who organized registration, Dirk for grooming a great course, Tony Saidla and Diane Thurber for bib collecting, Kevin Gibb and John Suuronen for finish line duties, and all others who stepped in to help out.
Here are some pictures of costumes, the 2-lap Santa's Elves Event, and the awards. You can see some great photos at the new Musician on Skis blog too.
Here are the results. Please excuse any errors (name spelling in particular) as we were going off hand written lists....always a bit difficult to decipher.
| SANTA'S ELVES - 2 Lap Sprint Relay | |||||||
| Bib | Person 1 | M/F | Bib | Person 2 | M/F | Total Age | Finish Place |
| 198 | Dominique M.G. | M | 199 | Nicolas M. G. | M | 28 | 1 |
| 171 | Claire Grall | F | 172 | Naomi Van W | F | 26 | 2 |
| 152 | Neil Saravanamuttoo | M | 153 | Kim Saravanamuttoo | F | 83 | 3 |
| 159 | Anthony West | M | 170 | Peter Czfarny | M | 81 | 4 |
| 188 | Nina Lennie | F | 189 | Ian Lennie | M | 5 | |
| 192 | Cam Pouw | M | 193 | Ali Pouw | F | 21 | 6 |
| 157 | Pierre Grall | M | 158 | Eric Nussbam | M | 21 | 7 |
| 161 | Sander Van Walraven | M | 162 | Jonathon Hadwen | M | 20 | 8 |
| 131 | Hanna Smith | F | 133 | Nicole Smith | F | 22 | 9 |
| 115 | Evan Lewis Kealey | M | 116 | Liam Powers-Kelly | M | 22 | 10 |
| 163 | Jack Van Walraven | M | 164 | Peter Hadwen | M | 11 | |
| 137 | William Paradine | M | 136 | Patrick Paradine | M | 21 | 12 |
| 140 | Patrick Westdal | M | 141 | John Westdal | M | 50 | 13 |
| 127 | Dave Allan | M | 128 | Luke Allan | M | 46 | 14 |
| 167 | Calliim Saravanamuttoo | F | Sophie | F | 15 | ||
| 168 | Kendall Saravanamuttoo | F | 154 | Dianne Gaus | F | 16 | |
| 186 | Katerina Dokoudilova | F | 187 | Anna Jakl | F | 17 | |
| 117 | Sam Plesid | M | 118 | Trevor Plesid | M | 53 | 18 |
| RUDOLPH's 3 lap Sprint Relay | |||||||
| 190 | Leif Lennie | M | 191 | Aidan Lenni | M | 41 | 1 |
| 173 | Dominique Moncion Groulx | M | 174 | Samuel Dostie-Menard | M | 2 | |
| 212 | Sébastien Townsend | M | 213 | Nansen Weber | M | 3 | |
| 169 | Andrew Stewart-Jones | M | 180 | Patrick Stewart-Jones | M | 39 | 4 |
| 104 | Andre Marchand | M | 105 | Karl Saidla | M | 53 | 5 |
| 215 | Nicholas Pigeon | M | 214 | Chris McMahon | M | 33 | 6 |
| 144 | Luc Campbell | M | 145 | Kevin Jones | M | 76 | 7 |
| 177 | Sacha Morin | M | 178 | Patrick Van Walvaren | M | 31 | 8 |
| 194 | Nolcun Beaulands | M | 195 | Ryan MacNamera | M | 39 | 9 |
| 175 | Emilie Stewart-Jones | F | 176 | Katherine Stewart-Jones | F | 30 | 10 |
| 196 | Ben Wilkins | M | 197 | Petr Jakl | M | 11 | |
| 111 | Kyle Smith | M | 112 | Benjamin Wilkenson Zan | M | 12 | |
| 113 | John Lewis | M | 114 | Sheila Kealey | F | 92 | 13 |
| 106 | Danielle McVicar | F | 107 | Katrina Van Wijk | F | 40 | 14 |
| 108 | Katie McMahon | F | 109 | Megan McTavish | F | 53 | 15 |
| 218 | Gabriel Piper | M | 217 | Amanda Wilson | F | 58 | 16 |
| 147 | Timothy Austen | M | 146 | Colin MacLeod | M | 28 | 17 |
| 121 | Brendon Howard | M | 122 | Shelby Howard | F | 26 | 18 |
| 220 | Luc Groulx | M | 221 | Phil Tounsend | M | 98 | 19 |
| 155 | Etienne Grall | M | 156 | Chris Nussbeum | M | 96 | 20 |
| 148 | Alexandra Slobodian | F | 149 | Bryanna Van Leuwen | F | 21 | |
| 165 | Kieran Tonlins | M | 166 | Hudson Lucis | M | 26 | 22 |
| 200 | Dirk Van-Wijk | M | 219 | Stefani Van-Wijk | F | 67 | 23 |
| 201 | Ben Piper | M | 202 | Rene Piper | M | 49 | 24 |
| 181 | Annie Sabourin | F | 183 | Richard Sobourin | M | 64 | 25 |
| 210 | Noémi Bérubé | F | 211 | Jocelyne Moncion | F | 67 | 26 |
| 129 | Glenn Cheney | M | 130 | Nick Cheney | M | 59 | 27 |
| 123 | Steve Howard | M | 124 | Susan Atherley | F | 96 | 28 |
| 138 | Mitchell Slobodian | M | 139 | Nicolas Lum | M | 29 | |
| 203 | Sophie Moncion Groulx | F | 204 | Sue Holloway | F | 69 | 30 |
| 150 | Ross MacLeod | M | 151 | Steven Paradine | M | 92 | 31 |
| 134 | Rob Smith | M | 135 | Monique Punt | F | 90 | 32 |
| 142 | Lisa Allan | F | 143 | Joanne Lennon | F | 80 | 33 |
| 207 | Amanda C | F | 208 | Katie | F | 34 | |
| 101 | Ashley Heroux | F | 102 | Rick Heroux | M | 52 | 35 |
| 179 | Sophie LeBlanc | F | 160 | Leah LeBlanc | F | 23 | 37 |
| 184 | Courtney L'Arrivée | F | 216 | Jan Downing | F | 65 | 38 |
| 125 | Tyler Allan | M | 126 | Aidan Westdal | M | 18 | 39 |
| 103 | Emily Heroux | F | 185 | Micheline Heroux | F | 54 | 40 |
| 205 | Parham Momtaham | M | 206 | Nicole Momtaham | F | 63 | 41 |
| 119 | Trevor Plesid | M | 118 | Sophie Ideas | F | 57 | 42 |
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