by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 27, 2010 | Member News
It is time to apply for All Area Passes, and the updated forms have been put online. Due to increased FIS numbers, BC Alpine will not be accepting application from anyone except for registered FIS athletes and their coaches. Both athletes and coaches must be registered on the BC Alpine Club Admin / Registration System in order for them to be accepted for All Area Passes, so make sure that the club registrar has them showing online. Yes, I did say coaches need to be registered too! Due to quota restrictions, some applications may not be successful.
Deadline for submission in to BC Alpine is October 17, so make sure you get the paperwork in to your club nice and early! You can verify your form has been received by the office by checking the All Area Pass Received List.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Process for Applicants: Applicants should print off the All Area Pass Form and fill it out entirely. The completed form should be sent in to your club along a cheque for $500 made out to your club. We ask this season that photos be submitted through our website at http://aap.bcalpine.com/ however we understand that some members may not be able to and ask that those members firmly attach two passport sized photos (with their names clearly printed on the back) to their paper application.
Process for Clubs: Clubs will receive all the All Area Pass Forms and verify that they are a registered FIS Athletes or full time traveling coach. The club will then send BC Alpine a completed All Area Pass Club Reconciliation form along with the individual All Area Pass Forms, and a single club cheque for the entire amount of the passes applied for, as well as the attached photos for those members that were unable to upload them online.
by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 21, 2010 | Member News
Thursday Sep 30
8:00am – Noon : PCC Meeting (Only PCC in attendance)
12:00pm – 1:00pm : Lunch Break*
1:00pm – 4:00pm : All Coaches Meeting
4:00pm – 5:00pm : BCST Criteria (Presented by Gregor Druzina)
Friday Oct 1
8:00am – 8:45am : Welcome and Introductions
8:45am – 10:00am : Presentation by Physiotherapists Bianca Matheson and Therese Leigh (Core Stability Training)
10:30am – 12:30pm : Ski Cross indoor course
12:30pm – 1:30pm : Lunch Break*
1:30pm – 4:00pm : Ski Cross indoor course (continued from morning)
NOTES REGARDING SX COURSE:
- The Friday Ski Cross indoor course will meet the minimal requirements for liability coverage for coaches training and attending events for SX.
- This is the transition year and the first version of such a course.
- There is NO CHARGE for this course.
- This course does NOT take the place of Park and Pipe.
- Criteria for attending:
– Development Level trained or old Level 2 required
– If you are an EL coach and plan to take the DL this course may still be taken but you will not be given credit for it until you attend the on hill DL course.
*Lunch is included if you are paying for the Thursday-Friday coaches meetings. If you are only attending the Friday SX session then lunch IS NOT included and you must fend for yourself.
Cost to attend two days of coaches meetings at the Holiday Inn is $35.00 per coach (lunch is included both days). Save time – pay in advance by credit card using our secure 
ONLINE PAYMENT system. PLEASE – NO CREDIT CARDS AT THE DOOR – THANKS!
by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 17, 2010 | Member News
The announcement was made in downtown Vancouver this morning that Prince George has won the bid to host the 2015 Canada Winter Games, beating out Kamloops and Kelowna in the 15-month selection process.
In congratulating Prince George on its selection, Premier Gordon Campbell pointed out that former Canada Games competitors won 16 of Canada’s 26 medals at the Vancouver Olympics.
"Having hosted the 1973 Canada Summer Games in New Westminster and Burnaby and the 1993 Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, the 2015 Canada Games will mark the third time the Games are hosted in the province of British Columbia and the first time for British Columbia to host a winter Games," said a statement released by officials.
Prince George has a strong track record of producing talented athletes, several of whom are Team BC alumni. They include biathlete Megan Tandy who competed for Team BC at the 2007 Canada Winter Games and represented Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in her home province. Other Team BC alumni from Prince George include Kenny Lally (2007 Canada Winter Games, boxing), Garett Simm (2003 Canada Winter Games, freestyle skiing), and brother and sister Michael and Brenda Friesen who competed in speedskating in the 2003 Canada Winter Games.
The Canada Games is a national multi-sport Games competition that brings together the best athletes from each Canadian province and territory. The primary objective of the Games and the Games movement is national and provincial sport development of Canadian youth. The Games provide the stimulus for Canadian youth to reach their athletic potential, pursue personal excellence and develop socially and culturally within the context of ethical competition.
Team BC will bring a dedicated team of 260 athletes, 75 coaches, three National Artists and 17 mission staff to compete in 20 sports at the Games. The Games will bring together approximately 2,700 athletes, coaches, managers and officials with participation from every province and territory in Canada.
The next Canada Winter Games will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia Feb 11-27, 2011.
by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 8, 2010 | Member News
Kelsey Serwa (Kelowna, BC) won a Continental Cup ski cross race in Chapelco, Argentina, described as the first ski cross event ever in South America.
Serwa actually won two races, and was followed by teammate Danielle Poleschuk (Calgary, AB) in both, after race organizers elected to race two finals on Sunday to make up for a previous cancellation.
Canadian teammate David Duncan (Golden, BC) won one of the two races on the men’s side in the event which included skiers from Canada, Great Britain and Argentina and Brazil.
“I’m always happy when I win because on any day, any one of us can take home the victory,” said Serwa, who is in Argentina with several national ski cross teammates training for the upcoming FIS World Cup season.
“Training here with Danie (Poleschuk) and the others has been nice. We all have strong points which we can feed off of to improve our overall skills. My starts are fast right now and I am definitely using that to my advantage,” added Serwa, a World Cup winner who placed fifth in women’s ski cross at the Olympic Winter Games in 2010.
Canada Ski Cross coach Brent Kehl said the team, which began training in Argentina last week, has enjoyed excellent conditions since arriving. They will return to Canada Sept. 10.
The Canadian Ski Cross team is the reigning overall Nation’s Cup champion, with Ashleigh McIvor (Whistler, BC) becoming the first ever women’s ski cross Olympic gold medalist last February.
by Keven Dubinsky | Sep 3, 2010 | Member News
The implimentation of the new HST tax in British Columbia has lead to a lot of confusion and conflicting information from different groups. We have recently received word from the HST Rulings Centre that we do not need in incorperate the HST into our program fees so have removed the tax and republished our pricing.
By popular demand we have also rounded the pennies on the programs to make everything as nice and simple as possible.
Up to date pricing can be found at the following link:
http://bcalpine.com/content/bcalpine/ProgramFees/?Current
Also due to popular request, below is a graphic representation of the pricing of programs to help explain the new Alpine/SkiX model.
As always, any questions can be directed to Keven Dubinsky – KevenD@bcalpine.com or 604.678.3070
