Schools and teams should enter their skiers into Town Series #3 on the standard form (Excel file) that has been provided via e-mail. If you have a student team or group and have not received the registration file, please send an e-mail to competitionevents@nscfairbanks.org and request the entry file. The entry deadline is 11:59PM, Wednesday, January 9.

Individual entry for non-students and adults, or individual students who are not entered through their schools or teams will be online only – no paper forms to deal with. CLICK HERE to enter online. Adults will pay online with a credit card. Students can still enter free, even if they enter online. The entry deadline for online registration is 11:59PM, Wednesday, January 9. There will be no race day registration.

All race information is available by links to the right of this article.

Press release below.

KINROSS Fort Knox
Town Race Series #3

The Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks is pleased to announce that the Twenty-third annual KINROSS Fort Knox Town Race Series continues Saturday, January 12, at 11:00am at the Jim Whisenhant Ski Trails at Birch Hill Recreation Area. The KINROSS Fort Knox Town Race Series provides a competitive forum for skiers of all ages beginning with pre-schoolers. Over 200 entries are anticipated.

Elementary races will be held in mass start format; middle school and high school/adult races will be held in interval start format.  All races are in classic technique. The action starts at 11:00am with competition in the Kindergarten-1st grade-2nd grade classes (1km), followed by 3rd and 4th grade classes (1.5km), and 5th and 6th grade classes (2km). Middle school skiers will go 2.5Km, high school and adult women will go 7.5Km and high school and adult men will go 10Km.

Entry is free for all students from Kindergarten through high school. School students who are part of a school or club team or program should be entered through their school club or team. All school-aged skiers must be entered in each race in the series during the week leading up to the race. Individual students who are not part of a program, and adults, can enter online. CLICK HERE to register online.  There is no hard copy registration.

The entry fee for adults is $10 for members of the Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks, and $15 for non-members. Race entries close at 4:00pm Thursday, January 10. There will be no late entries or race day entries.

All elementary finishers receive a ribbon recognizing their achievement. Elementary, middle school and high school-aged competitors who finish three or more of the races in the series will receive a free, commemorative t-shirt at the conclusion of the series.

For further information on the KINROSS Fort Knox Town Race Series contact the NSCF Race Program via e-mail at competitionevents@nscfairbanks.org. Any public or private school ski programs, or home school families in the area who would like to participate but who have not received materials should contact John Estle at 347-1061, and request that materials be sent to them.

KINROSS Fort Knox is in their fifth season as the sponsor of the Town Race Series. Woolly Rhino, an eleven-year sponsor, is the presenting sponsor for this event. Kendall Subaru of Fairbanks (nineteen years with the Town Series) sponsors the final event. Fairbanks Youth Sports, a twenty-two-year sponsor, presents the first two races in the series. The Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks also receives support from Fairbanks North Star Borough Parks and Recreation and the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.

The remaining race in the Kinross Fort Knox Town Race Series will be held Saturday, January 26, 2019. The event is the Kendall Subaru of Fairbanks Ski-Cross. The format is ski-cross in skate technique (mass-start heats with terrain features and many turns) over short distances for all classes