• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Giving
  • News
    • Ski Community News
    • NENSA News
  • About
  • Membership
    • Membership Types
    • 2020-21 NENSA Member Benefits and Offers
    • Organization (Club/Team) Network
    • Member Join
    • Member Renew
    • Member Login
    • US Ski & Snowboard PENDING MEMBERS
  • Programs
    • Youth
    • Competitor
      • Age Groups
      • Athlete Development
      • Race Rules
      • Eastern Regional Championship
        • 2020 JN Team Packet/Payment
      • NENSA Athlete Fund
      • U23 & College
      • Development Team
        • Development Team Members
      • Elite Team
        • Elite Team Members
    • Masters
      • Zak Cup Points
    • Coach
    • SafeSport
    • Officials
    • Event Organizers
      • Eastern Cup Event Bid Information
      • Championship Event Bid Information
      • Popular Race Bid Information: Zak/Club Cup and Marathon Series
    • Club / Team
  • Events
    • Calendar
    • Popular Racing (Zak Cup)
    • Eastern Cup & State Cup Series
    • Marathon Series
    • Women’s XC Ski Day
    • NENSA Eastern State Championships
    • BKL Mini-Fests 2021
    • Rollerski
    • Camps
  • Sponsors

New England Nordic Ski Association

  • Results
  • Rankings
  • NENSA Wax Policy
  • COVID Considerations
  • BLM Resource List
You are here: Home / Popular / Citizen Racing

Popular / Citizen Racing

NENSA Zak & Club Cup Series

Please note races may be added to this calendar.

The NENSA Zak Cup Series brings together NENSA’s traditional Zak Cup age group series and the Club Cup Series into a single series of events featuring some of New England’s finest citizen races. All events that are part of this series  are scored for Club points, with all participants earning at least one point for their club. Only one distance on each day is scored for the Zak Cup to ensure the best head-to-head competition within age groups.

The Zak Cup is a race series focused towards senior and master skiers. New England Master skiers participate in a season-long series to determine the fastest skiers in each five year age group over 24 year of age. The Series is named after Vlastimil Zak, who died unexpectedly when he went through the ice on Squam Lake, New Years Eve, 1979. Zak’s enthusiasm and dedication to our sport lives on in the Zak Series. Questions about the series can be directed to Justin Beckwith.

In order to preserve Zak and Club Cup through COVID-times we are adding stand alone Virtual and Virtual components to races that also have in-person events.  There will be discrepancies between courses skied for Virtual events – but that adds to the gamesmanship of the season with the overriding goal of bringing the New England racing community together in these challenging times.  Skiers may compete and be scored in both the Virtual and in-person events.  Please note scoring changes to the series here.

2020-2021 Club Series & Zak Cup (please note these are open Popular / Citizen races)

Craftsbury Marathon – Virtual (50k for Senior – M7, 25k M7+. Both disciplines scored)
1/4 – 2/28

Race For Snow – Virtual – (Will score 3k, 5k & 10k to Zak and Club)
2/7-14/2021

John Roderick Marathon
2/13/2021

Hard’ack Challenge (replaces Race to the Cabin) – Reg Open 2/13
2/28/2021

Rangeley Loppet 2021 – 50K Freestyle Loppet
3/6/2021

Burt Kettle Classic – 25k Classic, 25k Freestyle, 25k Tour
3/7/2021

Long Hall Loppet
3/14/2021

Craftsbury S’Ender
3/21/2021

MNC Social but Distanced Relays – (replaces Club Relay Championships)
3/20-28/2021

 

Primary Sidebar

Bill Harmeyer – XC Spring Break

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btV7zL1CbyE

Coronavirus Health Screener [Click/Scan]

Upcoming Events

  1. #25KinMay 2.0

    May 1 - May 31
  2. Eastern REG Camp

    June 28 - July 2
  3. GMVSxc Summer Training Camp

    July 21 - July 25

View All Events

Recent Posts

  • A Hall Mark of Excellence – Winning Clubs Announced March 31, 2021
  • XC Ski Bingo Wrap Up March 31, 2021
  • Eastern Regional Championship Team March 30, 2021

Follow Us

Swix
LL Bean
Salomon
Concept2

Footer

  • NEBKL Festival
  • Rollerski
  • Eastern Cup & State Cup Series
  • Eastern High School Championships
  • U16 Eastern Championships
  • New England Women’s XC Ski Day

NEWSLETTER

NENSA
49 Pineland Dr. Ste.301A
New Gloucester Maine 04260
(207) 688-6503