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Press Releases
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World Stage Returns to Comox Valley
September 8th 2008
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has awarded its 2009 Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon World Cup Final ski races to the Comox Valley. The event will take place March 8-15th at the Mount Washington Nordic Centre. This final series of races will follow directly on the pre-games world cup test event being staged at Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley, site of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Nordic events.
It is expected that most of the 21 nations on the IPC world cup circuit will send their teams to Mount Washington. An estimated 175 participants will double the number who participated in same event held here 2007. Four days of Nordic and Biathlon races will culminate in the presentation of the World Cup championship trophies to the top world athletes in these sports.
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The mind-blowing sight that changed my life
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Throughout the 1990s, I thought that my life was pretty much in place. During the school year, I worked with teenagers at risk and also those with mental and physical disabilities. In the summer months, I guided month long trips back-to-back, kayaking and backcountry hiking, encompassing Yukon, Alaska, and the Broken Islands in British Columbia.
I loved it all and never questioned my ability to continue in either job, never. I did know that one day I would be too old, but hey, we ALL age, don't we? But in July 2001, everything exploded inwards, when I had what we eventually learned was a Multiple Sclerosis 'stroke'. Within minutes of waking one morning, I had lost my speech, my ability to walk, to
think, to access emotions; I was an automated empty shell of a human being...
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Call for Volunteers
Tuesday, March 6th, 2009
The excitement is building for the upcoming IPC World Cup which will take place on Mount Washington from March 8 to 14. Please consider volunteering a few days or hours or your time to make this a positive and memorable experience for these athletes from around the globe. And most importantly you will have a lot of fun and meet amazing other people during the event.
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Count-Down Begins for IPC World Cup
In less than a month 165 athletes and delegates from around the globe will converge onto Mount Washington for the IPC 2009 Cross Country and Biathlon World Cup Finals. This is the second time in 2 years that the Comox Valley has been host to this prestigious event. Elite athletes will compete for world cup points in two separate disciplines biathlon and cross country skiing. Paralympic athletes are divided into three general groups according to their disability: standing, sit ski, and visually impaired groups.
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The significance of the event to the Island & to Mount Washington
This event is an important part of the strategy to establish Vancouver Island and Mount Washington as an international centre of excellence for mountain snow sports both as a world class competition venue and training centre that boasts an ideal mix of natural amenities and technical and infrastructural facilities. It puts our region on the map and complements the other sport development initiatives - namely sport tourism, team attraction and Vancouver Island Mountain Sport Centre development.
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Stories that appeared in the Comox Valley Record
An unqualified success.
That was the word from Darryl Pippin, chair of the Comox Valley World Cup Organizing Committee, in summing up the 2009 IPC World Cup Finals, held March 8-15 at Mount Washington Alpine Resort.
Pippin said the competition was strong, with the weather contributing to some really good racing. "One particular race, I believe it was a women's sit-ski race, first, second and third in the World Globes (overall championship), not just this event, were decided."
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