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| • BC ALPINE HOLIDAY HOURS | Kathy, Keven, Arne and Bruce are looking forward to a little 'R & R' and family time. We will be closed for business December 22nd through January 2nd - back in the office on January 3rd. We wish each of you a joyful holiday with family and friends...and time to ski just for fun! Don't hesitate to stay in touch over the break - you know we're never very far from our email. | |
| • PONTIAC TORRENT RAFFLE - EARLY BIRD DEADLINE | We trust you're selling lots of raffle tickets...they make great stocking-stuffers! If you need more ticket books, please contact Kathy Stahr.
Your tickets stubs and money for any tickets to be entered into the Early Bird Draw must be in the BC Alpine office by 5 PM on Wednesday, January 17th. We are at 306 - 1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6H 4A9.
Here are the IMPORTANT DATES and instructions you will need.
Print your RECONCILIATION REPORT.
Ticket Raffle License # 872775 (20,000 tickets printed)
Early Bird Draw: January 19, 2007 (3:00pm PST at the BC Alpine Office,
306-1367 W Broadway, Vancouver BC V6H 4A9)
Prize: Descente BC Ski Team Jacket & Pants
Estimated Value: $800.00 (Prize must be accepted as awarded)
Grand Prize Draw: March 24, 2007 (4:00pm PST at the Whistler Mountain Ski Club,
2028 Rob Boyd Way, Whistler, BC V0N 1B2)
Prize: 2007 Pontiac Torrent
Estimated Value: $36,000 (Prize must be accepted as awarded) | |
| • NATIONAL POINTS REGISTRANTS | As most clubs are aware, the national points registration deadline has come and gone. All members currently registered with BC Alpine should have received their Competitor Card by now. You can check the official ACA Points list or the BC Alpine Registered Competitor List to verify that a competitor card has been assigned. | |
| • CLUB ADMIN - LIVE TIMING FOR EVENTS | A new item in the BC Alpine Club Admin System allows clubs to set live timing links on our calendar for events they are hosting. Find this new link under “RACES / CALENDAR” called “Live Timing Links”. | |
| • NATIONAL POINTS UPDATE SCHEDULE | BC Alpine will be sending a weekly update of new Competitor Card registrations to Alpine Canada on the first work day of every week. Based upon how this worked last year, the members will then generally show up on the list by Wed-Thursday of the same week. If you have new members that sign up please be sure to have them added to the database before the first work day of each week. | |
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| • A GREAT START TO THE SEASON | Following a successful November training block in Panorama that included dryland, skiing, mental training and work with a sport dietitian, the athletes attended an Alpine Canada Super Camp for all the provincial teams from around the country. This was a great initiative that allowed for low volume, high intensity training in a highly competitive environment. It also gave everyone a chance to see where they stacked up in slalom, GS and super G.
The teams have been racing almost non-stop since the beginning of December. Their results have been outstanding, with top-15 and junior podium results from Serwa, Terwiel, Simmerling, Leighton, Whitney, Thomsen, Pridy and Hadley. Read all about them on the front page of www.bcalpine.com.
Athletes and coaches alike are looking forward to some well-deserved time at home to rest and visit with family and friends. It won't be long before they hit the road again in early January - we'll keep you posted! | |
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| • UPDATE FROM BRUCE HOLLIDAY | If your club is planning an Officials Course, please contact your zone representative to have the details posted on the BC Alpine web-calendar. The dates of your course will show up along side scheduled races, ANGSL events etc, and will be identified by a colour designated for the Officials Program. This will allow people from other areas, who might be interested in gaining their officials certification, to see what is available and to sign up. You will be required to provide dates, location, times and an instructor's name and contact information. If the instructor is not yet named, please supply contact info for an individual to whom registrants can respond.
All the TD assignments are now posted on the calendar with each event. A new feature this year is the “TD Introduction Letter” which is to be sent by the TD to the ROC introducing him/herself and beginning the communication between them. Please check the calendar for assignments.
For those hosting FIS races and ultimately having to send results and reports to FIS, please note the following:
- Send Results to alpineresults@fisski.ch
- Send TD Reports and Timing Reports to boehlen@fisski.ch
As this will be the last update on behalf of the officials program for 2006, we wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season with much success in your ski racing endeavours, both as individuals and as clubs. | |
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| • PONTIAC GMC CUP STANDINGS | | | | • APEX KINDER B2B CAMP REPORT | December 1 to 4 at Apex Mountain Resort: What a great camp! The coaches really pushed the kids hard – we did dryland testing on the first day then moved right into a ‘super session’ on day 2 with three training blocks on-snow in one day: morning GS, afternoon GS and an evening slalom session. On day 3 we trained two GS sessions with more focus on technique and fewer runs. On the final day we held GS time trials to wrap things up. The coaches were impressed with the dryland testing fitness levels and the ability (and willingness) of the athletes to be pushed - no one complained. Rebekah teBulte of the Red Mountain Racers was our ‘camp warrior’ - she persevered through everything we could throw at her and she kept pushing herself harder. I would like to thank all the coaches - Craig, Bernie, Sean, Chris and Trevor - for making sure the camp ran smoothly. I hope to get individual camp reports out to all the athletes in the coming weeks. | | | ODDS & ENDS | |
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| • NEWS AND PHOTOS FOR THE BC ALPINE WEBSITE | We're here for you! It is our goal to highlight events and athletes from around BC. We can't be at all the races, but we love to hear from you and we welcome news and photos of your events. If you have digital photos of athletes, volunteers, podiums or even scenery, please forward your favorites to Kathy at skiboss@bcalpine.com along with a short written recap of your event and we will be happy to post a couple of shots and a short news article on the BC Alpine website. If it's newsworthy and we've missed it, please let us know! Also, DON'T FORGET the Clippings Contest to win a BC Team Ski Jacket. Clip any news articles or photos from your local papers and send them to us (306-1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, V6H 4A9). For each clipping you send we will put a ballot with your name on it in the draw box. The draw will be done in May...the more you send, the better your chances!! | | | • EVER WONDERED HOW COLD IT IS IN WHITEHORSE IN MARCH? | The Canada Winter Games will be held in Whitehorse, Yukon in March 2007. We'd like to thank Greg Kent, (Co-Chair, CWG Alpine Skiing) for his thoughtful answers to The 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Whitehorse, Yukon & the 2007 Canada Winter Games. | | | • WHY NOT GIVE AN SRC SUBSCRIPTION! | We've been hearing how much our members are enjoying this year's editions of Ski Racing Canada Magazine. If you're looking for last minute gift ideas, it's not too late to order an SRC GIFT SUBSCRIPTION. Ski Racing Canada is a great gift for skiers and ski racing fans. Order online at www.srcmag.ca. A one-year subscription (8 issues) is just $18.50 or the best value is a two-year subscription (16 issues) for $29.50. | | | • BELL DEAL FOR BC ALPINE MEMBERS | Our partners at Bell would like to look after all your cellular needs - check out their latest OFFER exclusively for BC Alpine members. | | | • IN LIEU OF CARDS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON | | | | • CONGRATULATIONS TO PETER WEBSTER, BC SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE | The BC Sports Hall of Fame recently announced it's inductees into the 2007 class. Included in this esteemed list is Vancouver's Peter Webster, who began his involvement in sport in the mid-60’s as the full-time volunteer manager of Canada’s national alpine ski team. Webster has been well-known over the years for his continued efforts to increase financial aid to amateur athletes in BC and Canada. (Open the link in this article to read more.) | | | |
