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.
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Accommodation, food services included in
registration cost
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Three events (ind F; wave start classic; team
relays, single year age categories, coach relays)
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Awards to 10th 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 10th 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.
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Awarded according to the following criteria
Finish position
|
Points
|
Finish position
|
Points
|
Finish position
|
Points
|
Finish position
|
Points
|
1st
|
100
|
2nd
|
80
|
3rd
|
70
|
4th
|
60
|
5th
|
50
|
6th
|
40
|
7th
|
30
|
8th
|
25
|
9th
|
20
|
10th
|
15
|
11th
|
14
|
12th
|
13
|
13th
|
12
|
14th
|
11
|
15th
|
10
|
16th
|
9
|
17th
|
8
|
18th
|
7
|
19th
|
6
|
20th
|
5
|
21st 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
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
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$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
