Alberta Youth Cross Country Ski Championships: 2014

Event Notice – 2015 Alberta Youth Cross Country Ski Championships

Date of event: Mar 6-8, 2015

Host Club: XC Bragg Creek and Canmore Nordic Ski Club

Event Chief: Roy Strum, CNSC

Assistant Chief: Nicole Martin, XCBC

Trails: West Bragg Ski Trails, Kananaskis Country

Background

Alberta Youth Championships (AYC) is a provincial level event aimed at a four year age grouping referred to in Alberta as Mini-midgets and Midgets (2001-2004 birth years). This event is the club championship event for this age group in Alberta. The 2015 AYC will incorporate several features.

- Accommodation, food services included in registration cost

- Three events (ind F; wave start classic; team relays, single year age categories, coach relays)

- Awards to 10^th place in each competition category

Event structure

This comprehensive event proposal includes race events, awards, accommodations, waxing facilities, special events, and food services.

Events

Friday, Mar 6, 2015

· 630pm move in to Kamp Kiwanis, Bragg Creek, AB

· 730pm – Team Welcomes and introductions, snack & athlete social

· 800pm – Team Captains/Coaches meeting; race bibs, start lists, course maps,

· 900pm – Coaches social

Saturday, Mar 7, 2015

· 730am – breakfast at Kamp Kiwanis

· 830am – departure for West Bragg Ski Trails

· 845-900am – arrival at West Bragg Ski Trails

· 1000am – Individual start skate race AYC categories

· 130pm - relays

· 245pm – end of competition, return to Kamp Kiwanis

· 6pm – AYC banquet at Kamp Kiwanis; meal, awards

· 730pm – athlete dance

· 830pm – end of program

Sunday, Mar 8, 2015

· 730am – breakfast at Kamp Kiwanis

· 800am – move out of Kamp Kiwanis

· 830am – departure for West Bragg Ski Trails

· 845-900am – arrival at West Bragg Ski Trails

· 930am – seeded wave classic (groups of 6 athletes; 30 second intervals – based on Saturday’s results)

· 12 noon – lunch on site at West Bragg Creek; individual and team aggregate awards

· 1pm departure from West Bragg for home

Event details

Event Categories – Alberta Youth Championships

Date	Competition Category	Year of Birth	Distance	Technique
Sat, March 7, 2015 – 1000am	Midget	2001-2002	3km	skate - interval
Sat, March 7, 2015	Minimidget 02– boys	2003-2004	2km	skate - interval
Sat, March 7, 2015 – 130pm	4x1km relay – official teams	at least two boys and two girls; at least two minimidgets	1km	leg 1 and 2 - classic leg 3 and 4 - skate
Sat, Mar 7, 2015	4 x 1km relay – unofficial teams	Any combination	1km	leg 1 and 2 classic leg 3 and 4 skate
Sat Mar7, 2015	Coach club relay - 3 coaches/chaperones	Club coaches and parents	1	leg 1 classic leg 2 and 3 skate
Sun, Mar 8, 2015– 930am	Midget	2001-2002	5km	Classic wave start
Sun, Mar 8, 2015– 1110am	Minimidgets 02 - boys	2003-2004	2.5km	Classic wave start

Awards

Medals to 10^th place in each competition category

Club aggregate banner – awarded to the team with the most points based on the following table. Points will be calculated only for individual and official relay events. Only the top 10 skiers from each club will accrue points towards the aggregate banner.

- Awarded according to the following criteria

Finish position	Points	Finish position	Points	Finish position	Points	Finish position	Points
1^st	100	2^nd	80	3^rd	70	4^th	60
5^th	50	6^th	40	7^th	30	8^th	25
9^th	20	10^th	15	11^th	14	12^th	13
13^th	12	14^th	11	15^th	10	16^th	9
17^th	8	18^th	7	19^th	6	20^th	5
21^st and greater	1

Trail grooming – by Kananaskis Country and Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association

Event site details – West Bragg Ski Trails are located entirely within Kananaskis Country, 8 km west of the Hamlet of Bragg Creek, AB. Base elevation of trails is 1450m; high point on Stairway to Heaven race course is 1480m. Average snowfall – 50-100cm. Average ski season – beginning December to mid March. The trails are the closest Kananaskis Country trails to Calgary and are heavily used by locals and recreational skiers from the Greater Calgary area. It is the only greater Calgary area ski area that permits dogs on the ski trails. The trails were designed in the early 1980’s by Don Gardner primarily as race trails and are the same vintage as Peter Lougheed and Ribbon Creek trail systems. Course maps will be posted on www.xcbraggcreek.ca

Accommodations

Registration in the AYC includes accommodation at Kamp Kiwanis, located in the greater Bragg Creek area. The event committee is aiming to create a social experience in addition to a ski experience. We would like all athletes regardless of their place of residence to stay at the camp. The facility includes bunk beds in dorm rooms. Everyone staying at Kamp Kiwanis will need to bring their own sleeping bag, pillow, towel, toiletries. Building on the successful model from Alberta Winter Games, chaperones, athletes, coaches will all be accommodated at Kamp Kiwanis. The camp has over 250 beds on site and has been reserved for AYC for March 6-8, 2015. www.kampkiwanis.ca

Parents, younger or older siblings participating will be required to find their own accommodation (Cochrane is located 20km north of Kamp Kiwanis) http://www.super8.com/Super8/control/Booking/property_info?propertyId=12839&cid=IP_PPC_GGL_TM

Waxing space

The hobby hut at Kamp Kiwanis will be available as an indoor waxing room. The space is heated. Electricity is available. No electricity or waxing building is available at West Bragg Ski Trails. Clubs are encouraged to bring their own tent or shelter if desired to use at West Bragg Ski Trails.

Food Services

Food services will be included in the AYC registration cost – Food services are being provided by Kamp Kiwanis. The following meals will be included in the event registration

Breakfast – Saturday on site at Kamp Kiwanis

Lunch – Saturday bag lunch

Supper – Saturday at Kamp Kiwanis

Breakfast – Sunday on site at Kamp Kiwanis

Lunch – Sunday – bag lunch

Food services will be included in the AYC registration.

A snack of fruit will be provided on Friday evening

Any other food (trail snacks, Gatorade, etc) required by teams will need to be supplied by individual teams.

Average early March air temperature in Bragg Creek – average daytime high of +2; average overnight low of -8.

Registration and Event Fees

Registration – www.zone4.ca

- $125 – all categories if registered by Dec 15, 2014

- $175 – all categories if registered by ~~Feb 28,2015 9pm~~ extended to March 3,, 2015, 8pm

AYC - $80 – coaches, parents, chaperones – registration closing date of ~~Feb 28, 2015~~ extended to March 3, 2015, 8pm

Contact Information: Roy Strum, Event Chief, 403-862-1042 roystrum@gmail.com

We did it! a fantastic provincial championships event cohosted by xc bragg creek ski club and canmore nordic ski club. This is an important event - the only provincial championships level event sanctioned by Cross Country Alberta. It is the biggest collection of kids of this age at any provincial event in the province. It is fast becoming the most important and highest level event for this four year age group.

A big thank you to our volunteers including our chiefs - Cindy Low, Chief of Timing; Matt Strum, Chief of Stadium; Erik Anderson, Chief of Course; TD, Blair Dunbar; Nicole Martin, Asst Chief; Les Parsons, Chair of Cross Country Alberta, as well all of our other volunteers!

The weekend was everything a provincial championships event should be. Lots of kids from lots of clubs, from all over Alberta, Saskatchewan, and NWT. There were many incredible performances and lots of best efforts. Lots of laughter and friendship. Even the coaches got involved - Ulf Kleppe and I had our anticipated showdown in the coach's relay (Ulf finished ahead of me - way to go Ulf) where the Edmonton Nordic coaches finished first, Canmore Nordic second, and Foothills Nordic third.

Our event organizing committee was very pleased with how the event went and is already looking ahead to 2015. Our hope is to host the event back at the West Bragg trails again on the weekend of March 6-8, 2015. Camp Kiwanis has been booked again for that weekend. It will be alot of fun!

We hope to see you all there!

Roy Strum

Chief of Event

Alberta Youth Cross Country Ski Championships

Bragg Creek/Canmore