Sarah Jones was awarded a “Most Improved Skier” medal at the Miele Cup FIS Slalom Series located at Silver Star, BC last week.

Most improved skier is awarded to the athlete that shows the most improved race result from their start position. Sarah started 57th on Thursday and finished 44th.Sarah started 56th on Friday and finished 34th.

Way to go Sarah!

(Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010)  

The GMC Canadian Championships at Nakiska will be held from March 20 to 27, 2010. Training days are March 20 and 21, followed by 1 Downhill race and a Super G, Super Combined, Giant Slalom and Slalom.

Race Time is drawing near and volunteers are still needed. Between 75 and 100 volunteers are needed each day to run the exceptional race that participants have come to expect. There is lots of support from the professionals at Alpine Canada who have just returned from working at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  This is a great place to see the experts in action and it is also where some of the country’s most dedicated, knowledgeable and friendly volunteers can be found.

If you would like to be part of this crew, we would love to have you. The ideal commitment is Friday March 19 in time for the safety meeting (TBC) to Saturday, March 27 following tear down of the course. We may also need a few people to come in a day or 2 in advance in order to assist with timing, course work, slipping and various other tasks. If you can’t commit to the full week, consider offering a few days or even just a day. We need to know you are coming so we can plan. Please register through the link below.

We provide accommodation at the Delta Kananaskis, breakfast, lunch and dinner, for those that require accommodations.  There will be a volunteer/athlete reception on Thursday, March 24 and best of all, you will have the chance to see North America’s, best up and coming skiers along with this years Olympians, as you will be close enough to hear the whoosh as they speed by.

If you have any questions, my contacts are below, as well as the link to the online volunteer sign up form through the 'read more' link at the bottom. Please feel free to forward this call for volunteers to anyone who you think might be interested.

Cheryl Harris
Volunteer Coordinator, GMC Canadian Championships
charris@canski.org
403-815-5455

(Published: Tuesday, March 09, 2010)  read more ...

Ty Leger, member of the K2 provincial ski team and PAAST, finished 6th at Alberta final's slalom race at Nakiska.

Congratulations Ty and the K2 provincial ski team to a wonderful weekend of racing in Albeta!

 

(Published: Monday, March 08, 2010)  

We're barely through the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and - of course - our 2010 Saskatchewan Winter Games, and it's time to start preparing for the 2011 Canada Winter Games. The Games will be held in Halifax (Wentworth is the venue for alpine ski) scheduled for February 11 - 27. The alpine and para-alpine ski events will be held in the second week.

Alpine Saskatchewan's High Performance Committee has compiled the training and selection criteria document for our athletes to qualify for the provincial alpine ski team and participate in these games. This document, as well as other key documents, can be found on the Programs > Canada Winter Games page on this web site. This page can be accessed directly through the 'read more' link below.

(Published: Sunday, March 07, 2010)  read more ...

Sask Alpine is now taking nominations for recipients of the annual Nancy Greene Volunteer and Instructor of the Year awards.

 These awards will be presented at the Alpine Saskatchewan Nancy Greene final race/festival in Wapiti on March 21st. Deadline for submitting is March 13th. The process for nominating each is detailed in two separate documents located in the Resource Library page of this web site, but for direct access use the following links.

Nancy Greene Instructor of Year:
www.saskalpine.com//LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=xzdD7o0WqLM%3d

Nancy Greene Volunteer of Year:
www.saskalpine.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=zpbgFEuD8fE%3d

This award is to be decided by a committee of club representatives along with a Sask Alpine board member. I need a member from the Nancy Greene program in each club to volunteer to be on this committee - and the names are to be forwarded to Karin Diehl-Ferris (Sask Alpine Director of the Nancy Greene Program) at k_diehl_ferris@hotmail.com.  Volunteer requests are to be received by March 13th as well. The responsibility of this committee will be to determine the exact voting process, review the nominations received, and select one person to receive each award based on the information provided.

Michelle Rezansoff
Director of Competition
Alpine Saskatchewan

(Published: Saturday, March 06, 2010)  

The race notice and registration sheet are now available for the March 20th Nancy Greene race and March 21st Husky Snow Stars Festival to be held at Wapiti, SK. Registration deadline is March 12th to allow proper organization for all the expected kids.

This is a great event for the kids! The Saturday race is an opportunity for kids to safely race 'like the big kids' in a slalom race course and get their times (broken down by age groups). The Sunday Festival is a lower key event to let the kids have a good time at different activities and race in a dual slalom course - which are used to determine the Nancy Greene club that will receive the annual award for their results.

If you have been to this event in the past you know that the kids are parents all have a great time - the typical comment afterwards is "why don't we do this more often?"

Navigate through the 'read more' link below to the Nancy Greene/Snow Stars program page to read more details as well as to find the calendar event with links to the two relevant documents.

(Published: Thursday, March 04, 2010)  read more ...

The race notice, registration files, and accommodation/lift information has been posted to the Sask Alpine web site page for this event (click on the 'read more' link below to navigate to that page). This GS race at Panorama will be open for ages E2 (8-10) through to Senior - and will include para-alpine participation.

Note that there is a registration cap for this race, so get your information in early to avoid disappointment!

(Published: Tuesday, March 02, 2010)  read more ...

Sask Alpine will be presenting the Race Volunteer and Race Coach of the Year awards at the Sask Cup Final Race banquet on March 13th.

In preparation for these awards, two things are needed.

1. A nomination review committee. This award is to be decided by a committee of club representatives. This will be lead by an Alpine Saskatchewan executive member. I need a representative from each club to volunteer to be on this committee - and the names are to be forwarded to Michelle Rezansoff at drez@sasktel.net.

Volunteer requests are to be received by March 5th.  The responsibility of this committee will be to determine the exact voting process, review the nominations received, and select one to receive the award based on the information provided. The deadline for nominations will be set as March 8th. At that time the nominations will be forwarded to the committee to have a discussion and to select the award winner by March 10th.

2. Each club is to encourage nominations for this award from your club - and for other clubs. As mentioned above, these nominations are to be received by March 8th. The nomination information and submission form can be found on the Sask Alpine web site at the following:

Race Coach of the Year:
www.saskalpine.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=0bMCwsT%2bAIg%3d

Race Volunteer of the Year:
www.saskalpine.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Ygh5xckTCOI%3d

Thank you for your support on this important initiative.

Michelle Rezansoff
Director of Competition
Alpine Saskatchewan

(Published: Saturday, February 27, 2010)  

 Congratulations to all our Kinder athletes who qualified for the 2010 Whistler Cup! 

K1 athletes Sarah Loy and Zoe Schultz have been named to Prairie Team 1 and Prairie Team 2, respectively, while Mark Grain, K1 athlete, has been chosen to represent Team Canada.

K2 athletes Taylor Hahn, Erin Code, and Ty Leger have qualified to represent Prairie Team 1, while Ysanne Wilcox has been named to Prairie Team 2. 

Again, congrats to all our kinder athletes who attended the selection events. Keep up all your hard work and good luck in Whistler!

For more further information on Whistler Cup selection and standings, please follow the read more link below.

(Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010)  read more ...

The following message was received from Alpine Canada with a request to post it for all members' awareness.

The GMC Canadian Championships is the show case event for Junior and Senior level athletes from across Canada. The participants compete, not only against their peers, but also against members of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team (CAST). The GMC Canadian Championship event is made up of competitions from all five alpine disciplines (DH, SG, GS, SC and SL) and a Provincial Dual Race.

In 2010 the GMC Canadian Championships will be held at the beautiful Nakiska Ski resort in Kananaskis country, Alberta. Alpine Canada Alpin and the Nakiska Ski Resort will host the best Canadian Alpine athletes in all alpine disciplines (DH, SG, GS, SL, and SC). The organizing committee is working toward building a team of volunteers to execute top level events for our Canadian athletes. If you are interested in volunteering for this great event please sign up by visiting www.canski.org and our volunteer sign-up page at http://canski.org/canadian-alpine-races.

We look forward to seeing you on the slopes.

(Published: Thursday, February 04, 2010)  

The 2009-2010 Prairie Kinder Selection Document has been posted to the web site. Coaches, parents, and managers should reference this document to determine what criteria is used to determine Manitoba and Saskatchewan K1 and K2 youth qualifiers for the Westerns, Nationals, and Whistler Cup events.

Visit the K1 and K2 program pages on this web site to gain access to the document. Or you can click the read more link below to access the document directly.

(Published: Wednesday, February 03, 2010)  read more ...

Based on discussions through the summer, the organizations of Alpine Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Skiing for Disabled, and Regina Ski Club Adaptive Ski Program will be expanding the para-alpine initiatives in Saskatchewan. This will include supporting the introduction of para-alpine athletes into Sask Alpine's Sask Cup races, and to support programs to establish a para-alpine team to represent Saskatchewan at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Para-alpine club-level instruction and training programs will also be addressed.

To help provide a communication centre for this para-alpine initiative, a page has been created on the Sask Alpine web site where more information about the sport and programs can be found. This page will be revised as the program evolves and matures and will become a community hotspot for anyone interested in this sport in Saskatchewan. The 'Para-Alpine' page is under the 'Programs' menu at the top of every page on the Sask Alpine web site (www.saskalpine.com). Click on the 'read more' link below to be taken directly to that page.

In addition, a discussion forum has been placed on the same web site page. This forum is like a 'bulletin board' and will be used to publish and broadcast (via email) future information updates on this initiative. It can also be used to have people post and respond to questions.

(Published: Friday, October 09, 2009)  read more ...