After a one-year hiatus from citizen racing due to COVID-19, skiers have returned to the gates at Bretton Woods in a new series.
The seven-week TGIF series replaces both the Fireball and Ted Gilbert Memorial Saloon race leagues that have origins linked to the Innkeeper competition from the 1970s.
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