2009 NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL ALPINE SKIING CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIPS

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2009

HOST:Gould Academy

SITE: Sunday River, Bethel, ME

Information for participating schools

Race Entries:

Entry Form

Race Entries

• Registered Class A 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)
• Entries to be e-mailed by Friday, February 6th

Race Fee:

• Entry fee is $45.00 per athlete. Please make checks payable to Gould Academy Competition Program and send attention Deb Costello PO box 860 Bethel, ME 04217. Entry fees must be paid prior to registration. Credit Cards accepted.
• Please make sure to fill out running orders for each event. Running order is expected by Friday 2/6/09. If running order is not received your school will not be allowed to race.
• Non comepetitor lift tickets can be purchased at the Sunday River Competition Ctr. located next door and up hill to our Gould Comp Ctr. Prices are as follows:
  Parent Ticket $45 Sibling Ticket $30 Student Ticket $30
  
  

Schedule, Wednesday, February 11th

7:00 Lift 1 opens for coaches and race workers
7:00 Registration in Gould Academy Competition Center
7:30 Lift 1 opens for athletes
8:00 Coaches meeting in Gould Academy Competition Center
8:00 Slalom training on T2 all courses must be pulled by 10:00
9:30 First run boys slalom (skiers right), 2nd run immediately following 1st(skiers left).
First run girl's giant slalom, 2nd run immediately following 1st same course.
11:30 courses prepped or reset for 2nd race.
12:30 First run girls slalom (skiers right), 2nd run immediately following 1st(skiers left).
First run boy's giant slalom, 2nd run immediately following 1st same course..
3:00 Awards upstairs in comp. Center

Please remember these times are estimates and please check the finish boards for time changes.

General Information:

• 1. Race registration will take place at the Gould Academy Competition Center located at Barker Mt. Registration will open at 7:00.
• 2. Each school will get a packet with lift tickets, running orders and bibs. Each racer will only get one bib and they will use the same bib for both races. The second race of the day will not run in consecutive bib order. Lift tickets must be worn at all times to load lifts.
  
• 3. Coaches meeting will be held at 8:00 in Gould Academy Competition Center.
  
• 4. Lift 1 (Quad) will open at 7:00 for coaches and race workers and 7:30 for athletes.
  
• 5. We will be running both the girls and boys races at the same time. Boys slalom will start at 9:30 in the race arena and the girls GS will start at 9:30 on Monday mourning trail. We will have two slalom courses set and the first run will be the skiers right. Giant slalom will be two runs on the same course. Second runs will run immediately following the final racer of the first run, so racers should make sure to return to the start right after their first run. Depending on how the snow conditions are we will try to do minimal changes for the 2nd races. We will try for a 12:30 start for both girls' slalom and boys GS.
  
• 6. Disqualifications will be posted at the finish boards. Protests must be filed within 15 minutes of the posting. DSQ will be posted at the end of each race.
  
• 7. All USSA rules apply, helmets required for GS and no replacing lost ski.
  
• 8. Bibs will be collected as athletes exit the finish corral, at the end of the afternoon race. A $35 fee will be charged for lost or not returned bibs.
  
• 9. Running orders; please be sure that your racers are aware that the boys GS and girls slalom will not run in numbered bib order. Be sure to look at the printed running orders. Second runs will be a reverse of each seed.
  
• 10. Team scoring; the top 3 racers score (total place points).
  
• 11. Awards will be held upstairs in the Gould Academy competition building, 30 minutes after the completion of the last racer.
  

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.