2009 NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL ALPINE SKIING CLASS B CHAMPIONSHIPS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009

HOST: Berwick Academy and Hebron Academy

SITE: Shawnee Peak, Bridgton, ME

Information for participating schools

Race Entries:

Entry Form (WORD Document)

Race Entries

• Registered Class B teams with dues paid to ISSCA
• Team size is 3-5 boys, 3-5 girls. Be sure to indicate your racers in desired seed order for all 4 events (boys SL,boys GS,girls SL, girls GS)
• Participating teams should send entries by email to Dave Stonebraker (dstonebraker@hebronacademy.org) AND ALSO a print copy and check payment by mail to Leslie Guenther, A.D. (lguenther@hebronacademy.org), Hebron Academy, PO Box 309, Hebron, ME 04238
• Entries to be e-mailed by Thursday, February 5th
• Our arrangement with the mountain is such that we do not wish to accept team payments on race day. Please respect this request. Entry checks are payable to Hebron Academy - NEPSAC C'ship
• Shawnee Peak requires a Liability Release for each athlete entered in a competition at the mountain. Please note that Shawnee Peak WILL NOT permit any competitor to race for whom the mountain does not have a completed liability on hand. Completed release forms must be included with the mailed entry and payment for the competition. The Liability Release is attached or may be downloaded from here.
• Alternate (Weather) Date for the event: Friday, February 13th.

Race Fee:

• The race fee for competitors is $35.00 per racer.
• 2 complimentary passes will be issued for the coaches of each team;
• Additional passes for team members, coaches & managers available at $25.00.
• Please include the names of these persons with the team entry and provide the additional amount with the entry check. These passes will be available at Team Registration.
• Passes for Parents or Spectators will be available at $30.00 at the Ticket Window by saying that tickets are for the NEPSAC race.
• Passes for free skiing at Shawnee Peak will be available on Tuesday, February 10th, either day or evening, for teams arriving for the event on that day. Contact June Gyger, Competitions Director, (hillspace@shawneepeak.com), for pricing and arrangements.
  
• Coaches should protect their teams by bringing to the event a duplicate set of Liability Releases (in the event that the mail miscarries) and supporting evidence of their athletes' participation in half of the appropriate league events contested prior to the championship event.
  
  

Race Organization:

T.D. TBA
Chief of Race: Dave Stonebraker, Hebron Academy (dstonebraker@hebronacademy.org)
Chief of Timing: June Gyger, Shawnee Peak, (hillspace@shawneepeak.com)
Administration: Leslie Guenther, A.D., Hebron Academy (lguenther@hebronacademy.org)

Tentative Schedule, Wednesday, February 11th

7:00 Main Lodge Opens
7:30 Registration Opens Competition Center - Upstairs
8:15 Coaches' Meeting Competition Center - outside, weather permitting
8:30 Main Lift Opens
8:30 Inspection Open Slalom & Giant Slalom
9:20 Inspection Closes
9:25 Forerunners
9:30 Girls' Slalom Main Slope (2 runs; continuous)
Boys' Giant Slalom East Slope (2 runs; continuous)

11:00 (anticipated end of morning event; break to adjust / reset courses)
Lunch

12:00 Inspection Open Slalom & Giant Slalom
12:50 Inspection Closes
12:55 Forerunners
1:00 Girls' Giant Slalom East Slope (2 runs; continuous)
Boys' Slalom Main Slope (2 runs; continuous)

3:30 (tentative) Awards Presentation Main Lodge, "The Great Room"

General Information:

• Registration is at the Competition Center - Upstairs. Bibs, tickets and running orders will be available at registration. Release forms must be collected and checked off prior to receiving bibs. Coaches will be responsible for returning their team's bibs, in numerical order, at the conclusion of the afternoon race.
• Bibs will stay with their respective teams. It will be the coaches' responsibility to see that the bibs are given to the appropriate athlete for giant slalom and slalom.
• Coaches should be certain to review the Competition Rules (see below) for the event. In general, USSA rules govern except as modified by the ISSCA. Note that ties for final placement will be broken by considering the total elapsed time for the three scoring skiers of each of the tied teams in both events.
• Races will be running simultaneously on Main Slope (Slalom) and East Slope (GS). Second runs will start as soon as practical following the first run, allowing for a slip and adjustments of the Giant Slalom and a change over to the second set course in Slalom. Second run will be reverse order by seed. All racers, except for DNFs, will take a second run.
• Scoreboards for each race will be located near each race's finish corral. The Official Notice Board for the Competition will be at the Competition Center.
• We seek nominations (or self-nomination) for two Referees for the Championship, one for the girls' competition and one for the boys'. Please reply to Dave Stonebraker if you recommend another coach or would like to serve in this capacity yourself.
• Gatekeeper cards will be collected at the conclusion of each run; however, in the interest of time, cards will be reviewed by the juries at the conclusion of each race. Disqualifications will be posted on the Official Notice Board at the conclusion of each race. Once any DSQs are posted, coaches will have a 15-minute period in which to submit a formal protest. After the protest period has expired, the disqualifications will be applied, and the results will become official.
• NEPSAC teams may use the "Great Room" of the Main Lodge on the day as a team center.
• Awards are tentatively schedules at 3:30 in the Great Room

BASIC RACE RULES

1. No racers may run, side slip, or shadow the course during their pre-race inspection. To do so risks immediate disqualification.

2. All racers are expected to be at the start at the proper time. Racers who miss their start will run at the end of the order. The running order will be reversed within each seed in the second run (if registration was received on time). 

3. A racer who has a binding release in the course is an automatic DSQ. However, if a racer loses one ski after passing the second to last gate on the course, (s)he may attempt to complete the race on one ski.

4. If a racer misses a gate and chooses to climb, (s)he must cross the horizontal plane on either side of the gate that was missed before continuing down the course. However, if a racer falls, and skis stay on, and (s)he is hiking, they must yield to an oncoming racer or be disqualified.

5. If a racer feels his or her run has been interfered with, (s)he must ski out of the course where the infraction occurs. No protest will be allowed if the racer completes the course and/or crosses through the finish line. The racer must then ski to the finish area and await the decision of race officials as to whether or not a (provisional) rerun will be granted.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Helmets are mandatory in the Giant Slalom, and recommended for Slalom.

TEAM SCORING

The sum of the placing of each team’s top three finishers for each event will be totaled to determine overall order of team finish. Teams with less than 3 finishers take n + 1 for the placing of the missing racer towards the team score. Individual awards will be given for each discipline, and for team scoring in both events combined, with top three teams receiving plaques. Team scoring will be determined by taking the sum of placings in both Slalom and GS. In the event of a tie for the combined Slalom and GS score, lowest total time for the top three finishers for both GS and Slalom events would then be used to break the tie.