2011 NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL ALPINE SKIING CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIPS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011
HOST:St. Paul's School and Belmont Hill School
SITE: Pats Peak Ski Area, Henniker, NH
Jim Watt of St. Paul's School and David Goff of Belmont Hill are pleased to welcome you to the 2011 New England Prep School Alpine Skiing Class A Championships. David will be responsible for all matters related to registration, race entries, results, and awards. Jim will be responsible for all on-hill race issues and will be working closely with Robbie Holland and Zach Fronton of the Pats Peak Race Department. Please contact either one of us if you have questions.
Information for participating schools
St. Paul's School : Jim Watt |
Belmont Hill School : David Goff |
Directions to Pats Peak http://www.patspeak.com/direction.htm (Includes Map) Take I-89 to Exit 5. Follow Route 202/9 West. Take the Henniker Exit. Follow Route 114 South. Go straight through the center of town for approximately 2 miles and look for the Pats Peak sign on your right. Take the right and follow the road to the Pats Peak entrance.
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Lodging & Dining Info | Race Duties |
Race Entries
Race Entries
- Please e-mail your team’s entries to David Goffat Belmont Hill School (goff@belmonthill.org) by February 4. We will send you a reminder a few days before this deadline.
- 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 (up to 3 complimentary coaches tickets will be provided. Additional tickets will be $41).
- Belmont Hill School will provide all gatekeepers.
- Entry fee is $46 per athlete. Make check payable to St. Paul's School and mail to David Goff by February 11th or bring to registration on the morning of the race.
General Information
- Race registration will take place beginning at 7:30 am in the base lodge. Packets will include tickets, start lists, and bibs.
- Bibs:
- Teams will use the same set of bibs for the afternoon race, thus the boys' SL and girls' GS races (held in the afternoon) will not run in bib order. Please refer to the start lists, which we plan to email to you in advance.
- Bibs may be kept as a souvenir from the NEPSAC Class A Championship.
- We will hold a coaches’ meeting at 8:15 AM on the 2nd floor of the main lodge.
- All races will be held on FIS (SL) and Twister (GS), which are not clearly visible from the base lodge.
There is a 200 yard hike to the bottom of the courses. The GS will run from the top, conditions permitting, and the slalom will begin 3/4 th way up. The GS should be about 40 seconds, with approximately 30 gates, while the slalom should be about 30-35 seconds with approximately 40 gates.
- The Vortex lift from the base area will drop skiers at the top of the race trails.
- The two races will run simultaneously, with the boys racing GS and the girls racing slalom in the morning. First run will begin at 9:30 AM, and the second run will follow immediately, with no delay or course reset (so, top seed racers must be ready for their second run as the fourth or fifth seed racers are taking their first run). We anticipate each run requiring about an hour, so the morning races should be finished by about 11:30. Courses will be immediately reset for the afternoon races (boys slalom, girls GS), which we plan to begin at 12:30. Once again, second runs will take place immediately following the final racer’s first run.
- The slalom courses will likely be single-pole (outside gates only on the first and final gates and any delay gates and vertical combinations) in accordance with the USSA guidelines. Please be sure your racers are informed of the rules regarding legal passage and hiking for missed gate.
- Disqualifications will be posted at the timing building scoreboard. Protests must be filed within 15 minutes of the posting of the latter of the two referee reports (to allow coaches time to conclude their duties of both races, since the races will run simultaneously). Racers who DNF or clearly DSQ in their first run shall not take their second run.There will be a $50 protest fee, returned if protest is successful.
- Awards will be held on the 2nd floor of the main lodge as early as possible following the conclusion of the race.
- Some reminders of NEPSAC ski championships rules and procedures:
- Running order within each seed is drawn at random, and reversed within each seed for the second run.
- Helmets are required. Hard ears for GS, while soft ears are alright for Slalom.
- Lost ski = DNF; however, if the racer loses ski(s) between the last gate and the finish, any part of the body or equipment can stop the timing and give the racer a time.
- Racers who miss their start will run at the end of the start list.
- Team scoring is top 3 of the 5 racers (combined times).
- If a racer feels their run has been interfered with, they must ski out of the course immediately where the infraction occurs. No protest will be allowed if the racer completes the course and/or crosses 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.
- We generally follow USSA race rules, with some exceptions. We will have a jury consisting of Chief of Race (Jim Watt, Robbie Holland), a TD and Referee for each gender. Referees will be appointed in advance from the pool of coaches attending the race.
- Course setters will be supplied by Pats Peak.
Schedule
7:30 Registration
8:15 Coaches’ meeting (2nd floor of the main lodge)
8:15 Lift opens, Inspection begins
9:30 First run of boys’ GS and girls’ SL begin and run simultaneously
• Second run, same gender, same course, follows immediately (no reset or delay)
11:30* Courses are reset for afternoon races
11:45* Inspection begins
12:30* First run of girls’ GS and boys’ SL begin and run simultaneously
• Second run, same gender, same course, follows immediately (no reset or delay)
3:00* awards ceremony(* target times; course resets will occur immediately following morning races)
Participating teams
1. Avon (boys only)
2 .Belmont Hill (boys only)
3. Cardigan Mt. (boys only)
4. Deerfield
5. Eaglebrook (boys only)
6. Gould
7. Holderness
8. Kents Hill
9. KUA
10. Loomis-Chaffee
11. New Hampton
12. Noble & Greenough
13. Northfield-Mt. Hermon
14. Proctor
15. St. Paul's