Black Jack welcomes Dave Wood as new head coach and bids farewell to Chris Manhard

 

The Black Jack Ski Club is excited to announce that Dave Wood has accepted the head coaching position with the club's Skier Development Program.  Already a part-time resident of Rossland for the past few years, Dave is returning to his roots of teaching at the grassroots level after serving the National Team for almost 20 years, the past 12 as head coach.  Under Dave's leadership, Canadian cross-country skiers improved their international results significantly, and for the first time ever achieved podium success at both the World Championships and Olympics.  Welcome aboard Dave!  (For more info on Dave's accomplishments, go tohttp://www.cccski.com/main.asp?cmd=doc&ID=6909&lan=0.)

 

Dave will be taking over from our current head coach Chris Manhard, who has recently accepted the head coach position at the National Development Centre in Callaghan Valley, near Whistler.  Chris has done an outstanding job leading and growing our Skier Development Program the past 4 years and we wish to congratulate him on his exciting career move.  All the best Chris and make sure to visit often!

 

(Black Jack's Skier Development Program has about 50 to 80 kids aged 4 to 18, and is completely funded by donations, grants, and program fees.)