The Masters World Cup (MWC2024) in Vuokatti, Finland, in mid-February will have an Australian contingent of 13 competitors and 4 support team members. Some have already started to head over for pre-training (and/or early wine, beer and bratwurst tasting) at Dobbiaco/Toblach in the Sud Tirol part of Italy. Snow conditions and trails there and in Vuokatti are looking good, and the cold temperatures this season mean that the snow should hang around for a while. Hopefully not too cold in Finland!

Virpi training in Sydney for MWC2024

Team members are Ben Barr, Adrian Blake, Peter Cunningham, Robert Eddy, Allan Hope, Catherine Lambert, Wayne Pethybridge, Deb Purss, Acacia Rose, David Simpson, Chris Tattersall, Zac Zaharias and Peter Lambert. The support, cheer and chase team is made up of Jack Tattersall, Janet Gahan, Peter Cocker and Rhonda Cunningham! Other Masters skiers in Europe around the same time will be Bob Cranage (Winter World Masters Games and World Masters Biathlon), Jane Scheer (joining us for a while at Dobbiaco), Kathy Dio (WWMG), Lindsay Bridgford (WWMG) and Virpi Komulainen (whom we hope to see in Vuokatti). More news on MWC2024 in the next newsletter!

The Masters World Cup 2025 will be held in Klosters, Switzerland, from 10-15 February 2025. just after the Engadin Marathon (a World Loppet event) on Sunday 9 February 2025, The Organising Committee is asking for expressions of interest in accomodation in the beautiful alpine village of Klosters.  So if you are thinking about going, please let our World Masters Association National Director, Peter Lambert, know via email at peterllambert@icloud.com (yes, there are two l’s in the email address…) as soon as possible and he’ll send you some more information. There is no need to commit at this stage, just indicate interest so we can secure the necessary accomodation.”