28/07/2011

CANCELLED FOR 2011 DUE TO A LACK OF SNOW Snowgum Wodonga are excited to be sponsoring the 2011 Rocky Valley Rush & Sun Valley Ramble. The Rocky Valley Rush (the oldest cross country ski race at Falls Creek) returns to the Race Calendar as the opening event of Kangaroo Hoppet Week after a seven year break. The 2011 ‘Rush' is a Freestyle technique race to be held on Sunday 21st August at Falls Creek starting at 10am. Skiers can choose from the 14km main event, or the 7km Sun Valley Ramble.

• Information
• Race Entry
• Race History

The Rocky Valley Rush
Sunday, 21 August 2011 10:00 - 12:30 (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Time)
Falls Creek Nordic Bowl Australia

^{Prizes will be awarded to the first 3 males and females in each race and to each
male and female class winner.}

Rocky Valley Rush (14 km) & Sun Valley Ramble (7 km) is
a mass start freestyle warm-up race for the Kangaroo Hoppet.

Entry: Adults $20, Juniors (U20) $10

Please note: On-line registrations close at 6 p.m. on Saturday 20th August.
Late entries in person at Windy Corner day shelter 8.15 - 9.15 on Sunday (add $10 late fee).

So get your entries in before the 'Rush'!

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

Falls Creek Nordic Bowl, Australia
Phone: (03) 5754 1045
Email: info@hoppet.com.au

History of the Race

This race was started by Helen and Paul L'Huillier and Brian Woinarski (who were members of the Telemark Nordic Ski Club at the time) back in 1976 and was conducted by them again in 1977. It was conducted in the ‘classical style‘ (in that skating technique was as yet unknown).

The race was taken over by Chis Hellerud and Wally Wagner (VSA XC Committee) and gained sponsorship from Moloney's Ski Hire of Falls Creek (where Gebi's Ski Hire is now located) from 1978 to the early 1980′s. The VSA XC Committee under the leadership of John Aitken continued the running of the race until 1987 with the Telemark Nordic Ski Club taking over the race in 1988. It conducted the race on a regular basis for the following 16 years. The last race was conducted by Telemark NSC in 2004. Due to lack of support within a dwindling Telemark NSC membership the race was cancelled in 2005.

The race was changed from classical style to freestyle in the early 1990′s.

Until it was cancelled in 2005, the ‘Rush' was conducted on the weekend before the Kangaroo Hoppet. In 2008 the Birkebeiner Race Committee decided to conduct an event in its place on the weekend prior to the Hoppet. This race was called the Wallaby (15km) and Wombat (7.5km) and was to be held every second year as the National Championships would be held on alternative years. Some members of the race committee wanted to see the tradition of the ‘Rush' on this weekend reinstated and hence each alternative year starting in 2011 the club will conduct the Rocky Valley Rush (15km F) and the ‘Sun Valley Ramble (7.5km F) at Falls Creek.