Northern Life n Thursday, November 14, 2013 SPORTS n 27 Almost Finland: Onaping club turns 40 It all began with a small group The club celebrates its 40th At Windy Lake, the club offers country skiing not only helps you of very dedicated and enthusiastic anniversary this year. Since the its members and guests excellent increase your physical fitness and cross-country skiers led by Andy club is run entirely by volunteers trails prepared by our experienced wellbeing, but also allows you to Ranta who saw this area as a great and over the years many local groomers creating the ultimate enjoy winter in all its wondrous place to have ski trails. people played a role as board mem- cross-country skiing experience. beauty. Over the years the club grew bers, we will be focusing on recog- There are more than 15 kilometres That is why our mission is “to and expanded to three trail sys- nizing our volunteers during this of beautifully forested trails set for promote the sport of cross-country tems, one at Windy Lake, one in 40th season. both the classic and skating enthu- skiing for all as an exhilarating, Dowling and one in Levack called The club is where two Olym- siast. Trails offer a wide variety enjoyable, peaceful, refreshing, the Tamarack trails. The Windy pians learned to ski. Darren of lengths and levels of difficulty healthy and challenging experi- Lake and Dowling trails still exist Derochie went to the Olympics in from short, flat beginner loops to ence”. today, but diamond drilling at Tam- Albertville in 1992 and competed in longer challenging loops for the At Windy Lake the club has arack put an end to that trail. First person the 50 km and the 4x10km relay. experienced skier — and at our a newly renovated warm chalet, The club’s main trail system Lise Leblanc Devon Kershaw is going to the higher elevation we are known to equipment rentals for youths and is located at Windy Lake and over Olympics again this year to repre- sometimes have snow when no one adults, the choice of memberships the years the club has hosted many sent Canada on the biggest world else in the area does. or day passes and gift cards. events at those trails — Ontario Windy Lake have been described by stage. He continues to amaze us We know the sport of cross- In Dowling the trails are set for Championships, Ontario OCups, a Finnish-Canadian, racing in the with his successes in world cup classic only and are very conve- Canadian and Ontario Masters Canadian Masters Championships, events. We wish him all the best In like Finn niently located right in town. Championship, Ontario Midget as the closest thing to the trails for the coming season. He is a true For information about the club Championships, Northern Ontario found in Finland that he had ever champion. and its activities you can call the Spring Series events, OFSSA and seen, referring to the trees and the Through the years the club The trails at Windy Lake ski club hotline at 705-855-0145 or many loppets and local races. rolling terrain. was the recipient of Ontario Tril- have been described by a check the club’s webpage at The core of the trails at Windy The Dowling trails were the lium Grants which allowed us to Finnish/Canadian … as the onapingfallsnordics.com or look us Lake is on property donated to site of many Dowling Pharmacy expand and improve the quality of closest thing to trails found up on Facebook. the club by Falconbridge Limited Loppets, primary school events and our trails, the quality of the trail in Finland that he had ever in 2001 and the rest is on Crown a Canadian Jackrabbit Program grooming equipment and the pro- seen. 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