PROTECT THIS HOUSE

Weekend #2 was the Colby Carnival and also, perhaps more importantly, the Chummy Broomhall Cup (AKA the Maine State Championship). As the defending champions of the Cup, we showed up to Colby's new Quarry Road courses prepared to PROTECT THIS HOUSE (as inspired by this video).

Day one was a 5/10k Classic interval start, as well as the Chummy Cup. Due to the lack of snow, it ended up being 2 laps for the ladies' 5k and 5 for the men's 10k, which meant a whole lot of skiers out on the course all at once.

For the girls, Hallie led with a strong 10th place finish, followed by Jane in 19th and Gretchen in 23rd to round out the scoring for a 4th place finish on the day. Big Jordan finished 13th, followed by Alex in 27th and Lucas in 32nd to put the men in 6th.

(All photos are from Steve Fuller and flyingpointroad.com - there are lots more to check out and order from there!)

Jay

Filly

Hallie

Danny

Nick

Andrea, just having a good time out there (?)

Gracie

Marge

The Bates results were strong enough for both the women and men to score decisive victories in the Chummy Cup, and we stacked the Maine State second- and first-teams with Bobcats.

A VERY happy Becky

What winners look like

The next day was a 15/20k Freestyle mass start. A fast, windy, crazy course led to a serious amount of carnage on both the men's and women's sides.

The girls kicked the morning off, and Hallie and Margaret worked together in the lead pack for nearly the entire race - Hallie finished 12th and Margaret 15th after an unfortunate broken pole on the last lap. Gretch rounded out the scoring for the Bobkittens with a season-best 21st, putting the girls in 5th.

The 5-lap men's race was wild and crazy from the start, but the boys skied relaxed and worked together. Jordan led in 19th, Seanie followed with a PR 24th, followed by Lucas in 25th. Corky and Filly worked together and were close behind in 30th and 32nd.

Janey

Strength of the Pack

And there were fans!

Condor

Corky

Captain Lucas