December 18, 2009 (Presque Isle, ME) – Ten inches of new snow in the last week and more in the forecast puts the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, Maine in a prime position to host the TD Bank/TAMC Eastern Cup Opener. All hands have been on deck over the last week to make sure the venue, courses and volunteers are ready to start the NENSA TD Bank Eastern Cup series with a bang.

The communities of Aroostook County are excited to show off their world-class venue and host racers from around New England for the December 19-20 event. The race courses will be identical to those at the upcoming Junior Olympics to be held at the Nordic Heritage Center in March.

Racers will get a chance to test out the newly designed sprint course during Saturday’s freestyle sprint. Classic mass start races will round out the weekend’s line-up. J2s will race 5k and men and women will do 10k. On Sunday, a Bill Koch race will conclude the day’s events.

To register for the races, visit www.nensa.net. Online registration closes at 5pm on Thursday. For more information about the Nordic Heritage Center, visit www.nordicheritagecenter.org. DOR registration will be closed at 9am on the sprint day- there is no DOR entry for Sunday’s Mass start.

Please note that wax cabin rentals are available by calling (207)764-5247 or emailing to.