Birkebeiner Classic

The 2024 Race was to be held on Sunday, 14th July, but it has been cancelled due to a lack of snow.

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2021 Race Report

Thanks to the fantastic efforts of the groomers and Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club volunteers, we were able to run the Birke Classic last weekend after the postponement from the week before.

It was a great team effort and I would like to thank all those who helped in the many and varied jobs before the day, on the day and afterwards. COVID-19 safe operations and procedures were established and implemented, online entries through Alpine Timing and QR code tracking were in operation, and social distancing was encouraged. Well done everyone.

It was also great to see some of the best skiers in the country competing. There were 44 participants in the three distances—10km, 5km, and 2.5km.

The results were as follows:

Full Results click <https://www.alpinetiming.com.au/results/r221/>

Prizes were given in the following categories:

2.5km – U14 Hamish Retchford & Bethany Franzke

5km – U18: Matthew Wilby & Maddie Hooker; Open: John Mordes & Casey Wright: Masters: Jason Slingo

10km – Open: Phillip Bellingham & Ella Jackson; Masters: Michelle Forrer & Kevin Tory

Ann Bellingham (Race Secretary)

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Past Results from 2014. Check out the Alpine Timing website

Click [HERE]

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History of the Race

• This race originated on 23 July 1983 as the Birkebeiner Junior Classic. The Club started the event because there were so few junior races on the calendar. Skating in races had not been ‘invented’. It was probably sometime in the ’90s that the event became the Birkebeiner Classic and was open to juniors and seniors. The distances are now 2.5, 5 & 10km. It remains one of the few Classic-style races on the race calendar.