President's Choice Canadian K2 Championships

Last Updated (Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:23)

The 2011 President's Choice Canadian K2 Championships are scheduled to take place March 21 to 25 in Collingwood, ON. Watch for further details to come.

Preamble

The President's Choice Canadian K2 Championships allows its participants to measure themselves against the best provincial representatives of this age group. The success of this event will be measured by the quality of the organization and the effort invested by the organizers to create an environment adapted to the needs of the athletes and which will ensure a memorable experience.

The President's Choice Canadian K2 championships are the show case event for the top tier of Kinder racing in Canada. The aim of this event is to introduce 13 and 14 year olds to a national level of racing that will help prepare them for FIS and non FIS level racing.

ACA will provide the ROC with a President's Choice Canadian K2 Championships organizers handbook.

Objectives

To name the Canadian K2 champions F/M for the 4 events : SG, SL, GS and Super Combined (SC)

To name the Female and Male overall champions

To name the provincial cup champion

To select the best Canadian K2 athletes (Female and Male) for the Whistler Cup

Race Notice and Rules

The race notice will be sent at least 6 weeks in advance to all provincial offices, ACA and the technical delegate. Approval must be obtained by ACA prior to distribution.

To mitigate risk and ensure proper safety it is ACA's policy that all CHI races follow regular FIS rules and protocol. All CHI races should be run on a piste that is FIS homologated for the specific discipline being held. In certain cases for SG (at the discretion of ACA), a safety inspection may be accepted in lieu of FIS speed homologation. All inspections must be requested through the PSO and must be valid prior to the calendaring of the event.

Eligibility

Any athlete aged 13 and 14 on December 31st of the season of the Championships. All participants must be active members of Alpine Canada Alpin and hold a current, valid, national competitor card (Canadian Card) or be a valid member of his National Ski Association.

Disciplines

SG (1)

SL (1)

GS (1)

Super combined (1) (1 SG run and 1 SL run)

Quotas

Provincial quotas will be revised annually

The maximum number of participants will be 170 : There will not be less than 60 per gender.

Quotas by province for 2010

Province	Quotas
Alberta	26
British Columbia	26
Ontario	42
Québec	42
Canada District	East 14 West 10
United States	10

Un-used quotas

Provincial offices must advise ACA and the ROC of unused quota 14 days prior to the first team captains meeting.

Un-used quotas will be redistributed by ACA in cooperation with the PSO Technical Directors

The first five (5) unused quotas will be given to the host province

Draw

Each province will be responsible for identifying a team captain for the first team captain's meeting. Only the official team captain will have standing at the team captain's meeting. Other coaches may attend as observers.

Each team captain will be responsible for identifying, according to the respective provincial criteria, a list of athletes to be assigned to the allocated provincial slot within each seed.

Draw Procedure

Team captains will identify their racers for each seed

Each seed is then drawn according to the double draw method or assisted by computer

This draw will represent the official start list

Distribution of each seed

In order to ensure provincial representation in each seeding group, a table will be created. This table will provide representation, if numbers allow, in each seed and with a minimum of one slot per province in the two first groups.

This table will be updated by ACA in collaboration with the Organizing Committee as soon as entries will have been registered and confirmed.

Point System

Individual ranking

Points will be allocated to the first 30 racers in accordance with the chart below

Medals will be awarded to the top 3 finishes (Female and Male) for each event

Souvenirs will be given to the top 10 finishers for each event

Points from each event will be added in order to determine the overall winners

Trophy will be awarded to the top 3 finishes (Female and Male) for the overall Championship

Souvenirs will be given, at the end of the Championship, to the top 10 (Female and Male) overall ranking

The top 30 performances (Female and Male) in all the events will accumulate points (as per the 100 point chart). The province with the most points will receive a trophy as the Canadian Champion.

Canadian K2 Championship point chart

Position	Points	Position	Points
1	100	16	15
2	80	17	14
3	60	18	13
4	50	19	12
5	45	20	11
6	40	21	10
7	36	22	9
8	32	23	8
9	29	24	7
10	26	25	6
11	24	26	5
12	22	27	4
13	20	28	3
14	18	29	2
15	16	30	1

Course setter and referee

ACA appoints the course setter based on regional equality and recommends the referee.

Entries

Final Race entries will be sent to the Race Organizing Committee and ACA on official FIS forms at least ten days in advance by Email or by fax.

Press book: Teams will have to present their best athletes in a typed document sent with the race notice. It will be used by the communication department.

Fees

Entry fee including lift ticket and banquet will be subject to budget review by ACA

Coaches will receive complimentary lift tickets at a ratio of one coach for every five athletes

A maximum amount of 100$ per team will be charged for bib deposits

For more information please contact Jennifer Duggan, Manager, National Services at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it