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SKI JUMP TOURNAMENTJanuary 26th - 27th, 2008Masters National Championships and SuperTour highlight weekend. One of the largest crowds in recent memory packed the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove on Jan 26-27. On Saturday afternoon, there was a junior meet and the Masters (age 30 ) National Championships, followed by an evening competition on the 70 meter hill that included Junior Olympics Qualifying for Class J2 (ages 14-15). Under a bright blue sky, no wind, and temperatures in the low 30s, a SuperTour competition thrilled the spectators. We've posted full results on our Schedule & Results page (link at left).
Come join in the fun
A BRIEF HISTORYThe Norge Ski Club was established on November 12, 1905. Since then, there have been many exciting events. Twice, the Norge Ski Club erected a jump and demonstrated ski jumping to a full house at Soldier Field. At another time, the club demonstrated the sport at Wrigley Field!Norge members have jumped for The Wide World of Sports, and five Norge Ski Jumping members are in the Ski Jumping Hall of Fame. The Norge Ski Club is a volunteer organization. There are no paid members of the club. We built our jumps with volunteer work. Events like this are the way we raise funds to continue to exist. We generally have crowds of thousands of people at our events to watch jumpers from across the country and around the world to compete. The jumpers like to compete at Norge because we have the best crowds.
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Norge Named Club of the YearThe Unites States Ski Association (USSA) has named the Norge Ski Club and Junior Training Center the "Jumping/Nordic Combined" Club of the Year. See the USSA site for details. Also mentioned, Lake Placid and Chicago's Norge Ski Club First to Join SuperTour 2006.Local hotels and businesses help support Norge.Advertise to contribute to the prize moneyIf you would like to advertise your business at the event, send us a donation in the form of a check along with the message you want us to say. Optionally, record you own commercial and send us an audio CD containing your message (30 Seconds Max). You donation will become part of the prize money for the longest standing competition the day of the announcement.
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See the TV coverage of our event on CBS2 Chicago Here |
Our hill lit up for snow making
Norge ski hill preparing for our Sunday tournament. (All Content free for use by media) Hello all, During the non-winter months, the skiers train at Norge Ski Club by jumping off of plastic and ceramic jumps and landing on plastic mats. This allows the Norge ski jumpers to train all year round. We have a combination of some of the best training facilities and coaches in the country. This allowed a Jumper from the Norge Ski Club to win last years USSA SuperTour. The SuperTour is a contest that lasts all year where jumpers accumulate points at each event. Competitions are held all across the country including the Norge Ski Club. The USA's best jumpers compete for the USSA SuperTour title. Over all, 3 Norge Jumpers placed in the Top 10 of the SuperTour. This will give them special training privileges at the training center in Lake Placid, NY.
On Sunday we will be holding our tournament on traditional snow. We will have a 9'x12' TV screen showing the statistics and players of the tournament. NO NFL GAMES ON JANUARY 27TH.
Last years snowing of the 70 Meter Tower
Norge members finishing the snowing of the tower Many years ago, norge members had to carry snow up onto the tower by creating long lines of volunteers. In these long lines, people would pass a bag of snow to the next person in the line until the bag of snow made it all of the way to the top. All of the snow on the tower was carried by hand and packed in place by hand on the tower. It took twenty to fifty people many hours to carry the snow onto the tower by hands, arms, legs and backs. I can tell you, that was a big workout for those who showed up. Everybody left tired when the snow was properly installed. Now, in this high tech world that we live in, we still do it the same way. Some things just don't change and maybe the more than 100 years that our club has been around has left our club with a die hard tradition. We call it "snowing the tower" and all Norge members should show up to this social event. Here are some movies of the work. Moving Snow, Filling the bags of snow, Getting bags of snow onto the tower, Finishing Just before 11:00PM on Wednesday night.
Sponsors WelcomeIf you or your business would like to be a sponsor of this event, just send an email to this link.Thank you sponsors!! Business FairFor additional information contact us. Photos from the event on Saturday NightFollow this link http://www.pbase.com/colorchange/norge_2008 to see photos taken at the event. I ran into the photographer with a huge telephoto lens taking 10 shots per second. I asked him to email a link, and this was whet he sent."Anyone can download the low resolution pictures from my website. If someone wants a high resolution shot, just send me an e-mail. Best regards, Timothy J. Homola" (His email will be provided upon request. Note to jumpers and coaches: You really need to see these pictures.)
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