A few pictures of the medalists in
SALISBURY'S SKI JUMPING
February 12-13, 2005
A day of rain on Thursday turned Satre Hill into a disaster, but at the last minute,
the weather turned dry and cool and a resolute ski jump hill crew
spread a stockpile of snow on the jumps. By Saturday morning, the Salisbury Winter Sports Association
(SWSA) was ready to welcome ski jumpers from all over the north-east to their annual weekend of ski jumping,
culminating on Sunday afternoon with the Eastern U.S. Championships.
Ski jumpers came from the Upper Connecticut Valley and from Lake Placid, from Worcester MA, from Syracuse and
from Long Island to jump and compete on three hills. Saturday morning saw the younger skiers enjoying the
20 and 30 meter hills. In the afternoon, action turned to the 64 meter jump where Junior Class 2 competitors
were vying for spots on the Eastern Junior Olympic Team to travel to Steamboat Springs CO later in February.
Conditions were very good, the weather was cool but the competition was hot, as Jonathan Kling of Gunstock
(Laconia NH), a student at Worcester Poly-Tech, Janne Rand, a UVM pre-med student, and Andrew Bliss of
Lake Placid emerged the big winners.
When the jumping was all over, everybody gathered in a nearby church basement for snacks, awards,
and the presentation of the 2005 Eastern Junior Olympic team.
From the Eastern ski jumping community, a big THANK YOU, and congratulations to all the loyal and
hard working SWSA volunteers for performing this miracle and pulling off a wonderful weekend of
ski jumping!
Small Hill winners
Happy winners in the 20 meter competition. (The 20 meter hill is visible at far left.)
Left-right: Annie Frenette, Luke Daniels, Miles Lussi, Ladislas Etzol,
Gianni Fontana, Hudsen Timon, Ethan Watt
Winners in the 30 meter competition. (The 30 meter landing is visible behind Faye.)
Left-right: Danielle Lussi, Ariel Picton, Faye Stratford, Nina Lussi, Luke Daniels,
Spencer Sherrill, Hudsen Timon, Joe Novakowski, Spencer Knickerbocker
At the Saturday banquet, winners on the big hill
Ladies Winners (l-r): Janne Rand,
Tara Geraghty-Moats, Ariel Picton
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Junior-2 Winners (l-r): Colin Delaney,
Alexander Madden, Andrew Bliss
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Open Class Winners (l-r): Nick Alexander,
Jonathan Kling, Peter Freire
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The new Sherwood Brothers Trophy, for winner of the Salisbury
Invitational.
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The Salisbury Winter Sports Association enjoyed a grand period before WW-II when Norwegian
immigrants Birger Torrison, Ole Hegge and the Satre brothers (after whom Satre hill is named)
made their mark at all levels, right up to the Olympics.
SWSA enjoyed a second grand epoc after the war when these skiers passed on their skills and
knowledge to several Sherwood brothers who were born and raised in Salisbury.
At the Saturday banquet, the most successful of
the Sherwoods, Olympian Roy, spoke for his brothers, presenting a big silver bowl to SWSA. This new
award, the Sherwood Brothers Trophy, will be engraved with the overall winner of each Salisbury
Invitational competition, the annual Saturday jump. Winners will take home a smaller engraved plate, but
the big silver bowl will remain in Salisbury.
First winner of the Sherwood Trophy
L-R: SWSA Pres. Mat Kiefer, "Stubby" Sherwood, Roy's daughter Kim Sherwood,
first winner Jonathan Kling holding the big bowl, SWSA Olympian Roy Sherwood
Sunday: Eastern Champions, and the JO Team
Winning Ladies: Tara Geraghty-Moats,
Ariel Picton, Janne Rand
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Open Class Winners (l-r): Nick Alexander,
Jonathan Kling, Robbie Goodwin
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Junior-2 Winners (l-r): Alexander Madden,
Colin Delaney, Andrew Bliss
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In an embarassing moment, organizers awarded the Satre trophy to Andrew Bliss but then realized that
by rule, it should go to Jonathan Kling. (Bliss, skiing in J-2 class, was given more takeoff speed.
In the photo at right, Bliss juggles all the hardware.)
Andrew was gracious about the mistake and smiled as he handed Kling the replica cup (below, left).
In the end, Andrew still did well, taking home the Ladies Cup and the Sig Evensen Award (below, right)
for the Junior Class winner.
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Jonathan Kling and Andrew
Bliss, still friends
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Jump-off winner
Jonathan Kling
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Swen Evensen, Andrew Bliss
and the Sig Evensen Award
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The final order of business Sunday afternoon was the presentation of the Eastern Junior Olympic team.
These are Junior-2 (and younger) skiers who will travel to Steamboat Springs CO to compete
in jumping and Nordic Combined with skiers from other divisions of USSA. Here is
the 2005 Eastern Junior Olympic Team
Left to Right: Andrew Bliss, Zach Daniels, Colin Delaney, Cooper Dodds,
Josh Flanders (hat), Tara Geraghty-Moats, Peter Frenette, Coach Matt Cook,
Obadiah Greer-Carney, Alex Madden, Ariel Picton, Faye Stratford.
(Missing: Nick Fairall. Note - Tara opts not to make the trip.)
Congratulations to all the members of the
Junior Olympic Team. Have a great event!
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