Craftsbury not only put on another first rate show, but they also put together nine (!) complete teams for the Club relay. This effort (and a third place finish in the Nat’| Champ relay) jumped the Craftsbury squad from third to first in the year long Club Score.

The Craftsbury Outdoor Center put a beautiful event together to cap NENSA’s Popular races at The Henchey Memorial New England Club Relay Championships. 44 teams came out for the event, which was held in conjunction with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Super Tour Finals. The race consisted of a 4×5km relay with a course that utilized easier some easier terrain, which kept the speed and oxygen uptake high! You can get a nice feel for the fast and festive atmosphere in our “Magic Movie” — most skiers have a spot!

There was a creative matrix of team compositions with seven different categories taking top honors — wax prizes from Swix and some vintage items from Mike Gallagher’s personal collection. At the conclusion of the relay events, we honored some of our year-end-adult Age Group winners with NENSA mugs and LL Bean headbands for category winners. We will have a complete recap of Zak, Club and Marathon winners next week!

<100 years Men – SSWSC (Steamboat)
Benjamin Barbier, Henry Magill, David Norris, Trey Jones

>100 years Men – NWVE
Chris Burnham, Eli Enman, Thomas Clayton, Jake Hollenbach

<100 years Mixed – Mansfield Nordic Club
Rye Maccurtain, Emma Page, Anders Linseisen, Virginia Cobb

>100 years Mixed – GMVS
Colin Rodgers, Mikaela Paluszek, Elliot Ketchel, Jessie Donavan

>200 years Mixed – NWVE
Sara Graves, Sarah Pribram, Eric Darling, Tom Thurston

<100 years Women – GMVS
Elizabeth Graziani, Mary Harrington, Beth McIntosh, Brooke Greenberg

>100 years Women – NWVE
Acadia Enman, Jessica Bolduc, Liz Hollenbach, Cipperly Good

We also had a proud squad of Zak Cup Age group winners on hand!

Stay tuned for more details of the amazing Popular skiers we had during this 2023 season.