Alpine Ski Club, Town of Blue Moutains, ON (Jan 24, 2010) -- Tianda Carroll (ASA) took top spot on the podium in a FIS slalom held today at the Alpine Ski Club located in the Town of the Blue Mountains near Collingwood, Ontario.

Today's gold followed on a silver medal performance yesterday.

Results by Age Groups for Jasper Alpine Ski Team

Nancy Greene Ski League /Edmonton Ski Club January 17^th, 2010

5 Years

Ali Mamalis 5th

6 Years

Maeve Campbell  9^th

Eva Chalifoux  10^th

Tristan Erb- Beauchamp  11^th

Nate Boese 16^th

Cole Borrow 18^th

7 Years

Abbey Palmarek  5^th

Goelle Chalifoux 12^th

8 Years

Sadie Mc Dowell  16^th

Oskar Danks 7^th

Laggen Mamalis  11^th

Eli Erb-Beauchamp  15^th

Thomas McKenney  20^th

9 Years

Kysa Wadsworth  7^th

Jenna Sillence 10^th

Kassandra Turcot  17^th

Sophie Kaupp 18^th

Walter Ostrander  3^rd

Lochlan Beauchamp  5^th

Saje Rayner  8^th

10 Years

Jacquelyn Proc  4^th

Kayla Scleppe  10^th

Maggie McKenney  14^th

Nicole Frechette  19^th

Katie Palmarek  23^rd

Patrick Mahler 5^th

Joey Wynn  8^th

K1 (11&12 Year olds) Nakiska Jan 16/17

Best Finishes for Giant Slalom January 16^th at Nakiska out of 68 girls and 125 boys)

Mattie Smith  14^th

Sadie Howe  37^th

Emma Hardy  48^th

Emerson Ostrander 32^nd

Sam Wall    44^th

Donal Beauchamp  59th

Nick Proc  77^th

Kenney Blanchette 97^th

Best Finishes for Slalom January 17^th at Nakiska (out of 68 girls and 125 boys)

Mattie Smith 18^th

Sadie Howe  29^th

Emma Hardy  45^th

Sam Wall  20th

Emerson Ostrander  32th

Donal Beauchamp  37th

Nick Proc  76th

Kenny Blanchette  86th

K2 ( 13&14 year-olds)Norquay& LL

Best Finishes For Slalom January 14&15^th at Norquay (out of 63 girls and 73 boys)

Molly Ostrander  28^th

Cameron Mahler 10^th

Best Finishes for Giant Slalom January 16^th & 17^th at Lake Louise) (out of 63 girls and 73 boys)

Molly Ostrander 38^th

Cameron Mahler   11th

We would like to welcome all the new members and welcome back all the kids who enjoyed the program last year!  We are very excited about this coming season and are looking forward to another great racing season.

The Jasper Ski Team is comprised of skiers ages 6-14. Ages 6-10 are in the Nancy Greene Ski League; skiers aged 11&12 are in the K1 division and racers 13&14 are in the K2 division.

9:00 a.m. – All athletes at the Race Shack.  Meet by the Jasper Ski Team race shack located in the far corner of the parking lot # 1 (building closest to the hill). Please be on time.  If you are late, the first run of the day is usually on School House T-Bar, but be sure and do not send your child off alone to find their group.  Please make every effort to be on time.

9:15a.m. – All athletes ready to ski with the following items:

·       Smiles

·       Skis, Poles, Boots & Helmets (with full shell, hard ear coverings. This is mandatory), Goggles, Neck Warmer… the usual cold weather gear

·       Warm dry socks, dry boot liners and mittens (both of them) – dry these items the night before.  If they start wet, they get cold fast

·       Hand Warmers and a snack (cheese stick fruit bar… healthy stuff) in their jacket pocket

·       Packed Healthy Lunch in back pack that they can carry

No NUTS in snack or lunches due to allergies

9:15 – 11:30 – Technical Skiing in Groups with the Coaches

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. LUNCH – We always lunch upstairs at the Mid-Mountain Lodge.

Racers will carry their lunches with them in back packs to the Mid-Mountain Lodge on the 2^nd or 3^rd run of the morning and leave them there.

Parents are encouraged to meet their kids for lunch.  All but one Coach will leave lunch early to set a race course and then return to collect their groups.

12:15p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – More Skiing and Gate training with Coaches

3:00 p.m. – Meet Groups at Race Shack – Please be on time to pick up your child.  The coaches will stay with the Racers until they are met by a parent.  If another parent or someone else is picking up your child this MUST be organized in advance.

The groups usually will technical free ski in the morning, and then do some fun gates in the afternoon. We can let you know at lunchtime where they will be skiing so you can watch

PARENTS OF SMALLER CHILDREN: If there is any question of your child’s ability to get on any of the lifts, you are asked to ski with your child’s group to assist with this.  This greatly helps the coach… please remember though that the coach is there to coach… not you…Also please be realistic with your child’s ability to take their pack to the lodge.  You may need to ski with their group for the first few days.

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Equipment

If you have questions about equipment, please contact Gilbert Wall at heatherw@telusplanet.net or 780-852-3475 or Patrice Fortin at patricefortin@hotmail.com. You may also go to any of the sports shops in town and they can also assist you. Just a reminder that Alberta Alpine requires that kids wear helmets with hard shells on the side.

Races & Camps

A full race schedule will be sent out via separate e-mail and will also show a series of dates selected for each age group for development camps.  These will be extra days that are NOT included in your registration fees and will be charged on a day by day basis.

The Race Shack

This is our club house and as a member you are more than welcome to come on in!  Don’t be SHY!

Clipboards

We will be posting (on separate clipboards) all of the races our NGSL and Fast Track Racers will be attending.  In addition to this all development camps will be posted as well.  It is your responsibility to enter your child’s name on these race boards and camp boards so we know who and how many are going to each event.  The race boards will be removed 1 week prior to the race and only those racers listed will be entered to race.  If you enter a race and do not attend your will still be charged the entry fee as we can no longer recover it from the race.

K1&K2 Racers will be scheduling their races with the Technical Director and Coaches.

Coordinators

Fund Raising Coordinator – Colleen Chalifoux   852-4224

Social Coordinator - YOUR NAME COULD BE HERE!!

Nancy Greene Ski League – Thea Mitchell 852-3452

Nancy Greene – Fast Track – Geoff Danks 852-4813

Kinder 1- Heather Wall 852-3475

Kinder 2 – Magda Mahler 852-3933

Technical Director – Gilbert Wall 852-3475

Gilbert brings a wealth of knowledge to our club both as a former racer and as a coach.  He will be overseeing all coaching staff for the club and ensuring all training is on the same page.  If you have any questions regarding coaching, racer development or equipment please feel free to contact him.