CLASS B ALPINE SKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
HOSTS:
at
CONTACTS:
(payment) Edward Hing
The
413 529
3219(office)
413 529 2691(home)
(registration) Paul Elkins
508 754-5302 x122 (office phone)
508-363-3481(fax)
978-448-7326
(home) 603-630-3824(cell)
Team
size is 3-5 girls and/or 3-5 boys per event.
Be certain to indicate your desired seed order for each event, Girls
SL, Boys SL, Girls GS, and Boys GS on the form provided(attached). Also, list your school’s coaches who will be
attending (two complimentary
lift tickets for each team’s coaches will be provided, plus one for gatekeeper).
Please email/fax this information, using form
provided for registration to Paul Elkins at the
above address no later than
Friday, February 11. Changes in
running order can only be made due to sicknes or injury. If changes are necessary,
all originally defined seeds will remain the same, with alternate inserted
into spot vacated by ill/injured racer. If a running order is not received
on time, the school will not be included in the random draw and will be placed
on a first come basis at the end of each seed for both runs of all events.
The
entry fee is $40 per racer. Checks
should be made payable to
Coaches should bring a copy of the Mt. Snow Release of Liability(attached)
for each racer to registration,
as competitors will not be allowed to race unless these are submitted.
Each school must bring at least
one person who will serve as a gatekeeper in both a morning and afternoon
event. Gatekeepers will receive a complimentary ticket. Coaches will need to identify the
gatekeeper at registration. In
addition to the mandatory gate keeper, Schools that can provide a second gatekeeper,
or any adults to help with running the race, should contact Paul Elkins asap.
Managers,
family members, and fans of racers who wish to ski at
Location of
Lodging: We have received a group rate at the Snow Lake Lodge, which is
located ¼ mile from the Ski Area. Snow Lake Lodge has rooms with two double
beds. Our contact is Ari Jackson (1 800 464 1100 x4611). Per an email sent
out Tuesday 1/25, to guarantee reservations with the discount, you must contact
Paul Elkins by Thursday 1/27 with number of rooms needed and credit card info
for deposit. The Grand Summit Lodge
has suites that sleep 6 for slightly higher cost than Snow Lake Lodge has
for 4, though this comparison does not include any group rate discount. The
Red Oak Inn (802-464-8817), located 2 miles from the Ski Area seems like a
nice spot. Cost there is about the same as Snow Lake Lodge w/o group rate.
LOGISTICS
•Race
registration will be open on the between 6-8 pm on Tuesday, and from 7:15
to 8:00 on Wednesday morning on the second floor of the Main Base Lodge. There will be a coaches meeting there at 8:15
and each school’s gatekeepers should plan to meet at 8:30 in this same location,
ready to head out to their assigned positions on either the giant slalom or
slalom course. No team entered in the competition can fail
to honor this gatekeeper requirement, and please have your gatekeepers be
on time to this meeting!
•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.
•Races
will be running simultaneously on Charlies Chase(Slalom)
and Ego Alley(GS).Second runs will start immediately following the first run.
Second run will be reverse order by
seed (if registration is received on time). All racers, excepting DNF’s,
will take a second run.
•Scoreboards
for each race will be located near each race’s finish corral.
•At
the conclusion of the each run, we will collect the gatekeeper cards, review
them with the TD’s and post the DSQ report. Disqualifications
for each run will be posted at the scorer’s display near the finish coral
of each race. Once the DSQ’s 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.
All
racers at the end of their second run should return to the top of their respective
course to assist with the “slip and rip” of each course.
This needs to happen at the slalom especially where the course will
be completely reset.
The goal
is to have 2 runs of each event
As we all have experienced, there are sometimes obstacles
that occur that are out of our control. If
course conditions, weather or time constraints dictate, there will be a meeting
of race officials and host team organizers to determine a course of action.
There will be no grounds to protest any rulings.
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 placings 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.
RACE DAY SCHEDULE
7:15 AM Registration opens on
8:30 AM Lifts open for course
inspection.
8:15 AM Coaches meeting
on second floor of
Main Base Lodge.
8:30 AM Race Officials and
Gatekeepers meeting on the second floor of Main Base Lodge.
9:30 AM Girls’ Slalom begins
on Charlies Chase.
Boys’ Giant Slalom begins on Ego Alley. Charlies Chase is located to the right of the Ego Alley Triple Chair and Ego Alley is located under the lift.
12:00 AM Course inspection
for afternoon events begins.
1:00 PM
Girls’ Giant Slalom begins on Ego Alley.
Boys’ Slalom
begins on Charlies Chase.
3:30 PM Awards ceremony
in base
lodge.
Separate payment, registration, Liability Release, and Indemnification
forms are on other attachments.