NEPSAC CLASS C CHAMPIONSHIPS

Mount Sunapee

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 2010

Hosted by Miss Hall's School and Cushing Academy

Last Minute Reminders

Miss Hall's Coach

Alison Basdekis – 413.443.6401, abasdekis@misshalls.org

Cushing Coach

Alexander Coyle - 401.451.1072 (M), acoyle@cushing.org

Mt. Sunapee Contact

Jill Firstbrook, Alpine Coordinator / 603-763-3500 ext. 3548 / alpine@mtsunapee.com

Race Fee: Bring check (made out to Mount Sunapee) or cash for $30.00 per racer. Each team will receive two coaches' passes, and all volunteers (gatekeepers, etc.) will receive free passes. Also please fill out waiver and hand in at that time.

Schedule:

7:30 – 8:30 Registration in the Spruce Lodge

  Sign in, pay registration fee

Pick up tickets and bibs, please return to finish area after race concludes.

Confirm gate keepers and other volunteer assignments 

8:30 – Coaches meeting (any pre-race considerations) 

8:30 – Gatekeepers meeting for assignment and instruction by Head Gatekeeper 

8:45 – 9:15 Giant Slalom course inspection (skiing only on the race trail until the mountain opens at 9:00-9:30)

9:45– Giant Slalom race - 2 runs each 

12:00 -12:30 – Lunch Break and Course reset 

12:30 -1:00 – Slalom course inspection 

1:00 – Slalom race - 2 runs each 

4:30 – Award ceremony 

5:00 – the lodge cafeteria will stay open until this time
 

Other notes:

• Additional volunteers are needed to help this event run smoothly. Each team should provide at least one gatekeeper (we will need ~10 for both the SL and GS) AND one general volunteer (registration, scoreboard, announcer, chief “cat herder” at the start, course maintenance, etc.).
• If you need additional passes, please contact Jill Firstbrook at Mt. Sunapee.
• Race waivers from Mt. Sunapee will be available before registration also.
• Please review the NEPSAC guidelines and rules, we will not make start changes day of race. If an athlete is ill or otherwise, please try to notify us asap.
• 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)
• Please list all coaches attending. (Two complimentary lift tickets for each team's coaches will be provided, plus one or two for gatekeepers)
• Bring check (made out to Mount Sunapee) or cash for $30.00 per racer. Each team will receive two coaches' passes, and all volunteers (gatekeepers, etc.) will receive free passes.

   

  General Information:

   

  •  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.

  •  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 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.

  •  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.

  •  This race will be run in accordance to USSA Race Rules and Regulations. See the USSA Comp Guide for specifics.

   

  BASIC RACE RULES

   

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

   

  •  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).

   

  •  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.

   

  •  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.

   

  •  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.