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Letter from the PresidentNorge Ski Club is pleased to present our 105th Winter Ski Jumping Tournament. This year, we are once again hosting international teams for our “5 Hills Tournament” which include Norway, Poland, Finland and Russia. These elite athletes will be competing against their American counterparts in two exciting tournaments that will take place both Saturday and Sunday.Norge was founded in 1905 by Norwegian immigrants as a Nordic ski jumping facility. It is located approximately 40miles northwest of Chicago in the small town of Fox River Grove, Illinois. It is known as one of the oldest continuously operated ski clubs in the country. Recently, you may have noticed Norge’s LED lights that illuminate the K70 Jump in the evening. We would like to thank Bob Fisk at AVNET Marketing and Densen Cao at CAO Group, Inc. for their generous donation. Norge depends upon many generous benefactors which have helped create and maintain and one of the premier ski jumping complexes in the country. We greatly rely on and appreciate your continued support and the dreams they encourage. Norge Ski Club and its affiliate, Norge Ski Training Center, use the funds generated from this event for improvement of the jumps and also to subsidize coaches, training and travel for the athletes as they participate and grow in this extreme Olympic sport. Saturday and Sunday, you will see local athletes on the K70, our largest hill, representing Norge and the surrounding areas they live which include Fox River Grove, Crystal Lake, and Barrington. Kevin Bickner, A.J. Brown, Connor Jacobsen, and Casey Larson will all be competing on Saturday to make the cut for the Junior Olympics, which will be held in Steamboat, Colorado later this season. Representing your community, please cheer them on as they attempt to qualify for this national competition. We have several other local participants who will be jumping on the smaller hills this Saturday as well. They will be competing on our newly built 5, 10, and 25 meter hills as well as the K40. These youngsters are striving to attain the skill levels of their older teammates, and are progressing to the larger hills as their ability increases. Their enthusiasm motivates the Norge Ski Club and its volunteer members in their efforts to support these athletes and their Olympic dreams. Sunday will showcase elite international athletes who will compete head to head with some of the best skiers from the U.S. This Competition will be a United States Ski and Snowboard sanctioned “SuperTour” contest in which skiers vie for national rankings and cash. Athletes will then jump in an exciting, no holds barred, Long-Standing contest where skiers take risks to fly the furthest without falling, in order to win a cash prize at the end of the day. This tournament would not be possible without the continued financial support of our sponsors and members who tirelessly donate their time and efforts. On behalf of Norge, I would also like to thank the Village of Fox River Grove for its partnership with our club. We are proud of our village, its residents and our ski jumping heritage. As you watch these gifted athletes perform, we hope you will enjoy the unique experience only found here, in this small hamlet of Illinois. So grab some refreshment and great food at the concession stand, and enjoy the tournament! See you on the Hill, Gene Brown Norge Ski Club
Norge Mourns Loss of Oldest MemberMerritt Cook, Norge Ski Club’s oldest and longest member past away December 20, 2009 at the age of 96. Merritt had been a member of the club for almost 75 years!As a ski jumper for Norge, Merritt jumped with Birger Ruud at Norge in 1932. He also jumped at Wrigley Field and Soldiers Field. Merritt was president of the U.S. Ski Association, an official of the Central Ski Association and the National Ski Association, precursor of the USSA. Most recently, Merritt participated in our 100-year celebration flagging the first ski jumper down the big tower. His delightful stories and jokes will be greatly missed at Norge. A memorial service will be held on January 23, 2010 at Skaja Terrace Funeral Home in Niles from 4:00-7:00. Skaja is located a few blocks south of Oakton Street on the right side of Milwaukee Ave. Address is 7812 N. Milwaukee Ave, Niles.
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.
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. 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!! by Dave Hansen
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Strbske Pleso's MS 1970 B-hill
AJ Brown, Conner Jacobson (Back Row)