Father & Daughter sweep races at Kiwissa

by Karina Hunter

Connie Hedderson felt this first run was her best, unfortunately their were technical difficulties and she had to take a 2nd run.

The Kiwissa Ski Club held their annual Frost Days Races February 12^th and in spite of windy, cold weather at the Kiwissa Ski Centre in Manitouwadge, skiing zealots came out and clocked some great times.  A slalom style course was set up on the Main Run for experienced skiers with a similar, smaller course on the Practice Hill for beginners and little ones; father/daughter team of Al and Alana Zawadski took first place wins on each of the couses.   

This snowboarder manages to stay tight to the pole as he travels parallel to the treeline resulting in a great time at the finish line.

On the Main Run skiers clocked some very impressive times the podium results were: 8-11yrs 1^st Joey Russard, 2^nd Brooke Sagle, 3^rd Janelle Russard; 12-17 yrs 1^st Alain Beaulieu with a time of 38.88 seconds; 18+ yrs 1^st Al Zawadski (34.5 sec), 2^nd Adam Gauthier, 3^rd Rob Scapinello, club President Ed Hedderson was pushed out of the top three with just tenths of a second between he and Scapinello.  Snowboarders racing on the same course on the Main gave an impressive show of their own; in the 12-17 year old category Matt Budgell took 1^st place with a time of 45.62 while 2^nd place was claimed by Derrek Labbée. 18+ snowboarders in the top three; Kirk Tourout earned his 1^st place title completing the run in 41.65 seconds, 2^nd was Paul Richard, 3^rd Alexis MacNeil.  

On the Practice Hill, young Alana Zawadski repeated Dad’s win placing 1st among skiers 7 and under; Katie MacTavish claimed 2^nd place, in 3^rd was Avery Schut.  The day’s youngest skier, 4 year old Emeraude Charron was given a participation prize, recognizing her success in completing the course without missing a single pole!  Result for the 8-9 year old category on the Pratice Hill were William Pellitier in 1^st and Mia MacMillan taking 2^nd.  

Congratulations to all those who competed, a big Thank You to Ed & Linda  Hedderson who organized the races on behalf of the Kiwissa Ski Club.

Submitted to The Echo, 02.19.20