by Keven Dubinsky | Jul 6, 2020 | Member News
What are the costs and deadlines?
- Athlete passes will cost $ 614.25.
- Coaches passes will cost $ 1,228.50.
- Members must be registered with BC Alpine in the appropriate category by Aug 12, 2020.
- Clubs need to submit the list of athletes and coaches applying via the web submission found at https://bcalpine.com/reg/ by Aug 12, 2020.
- Athletes selected to receive passes will need to complete the online portion of the registration process, the links to which will be will be distributed to those who qualify.
Application Process:
- Eligible Athletes / Coaches: Please contact your club regarding their deadlines and application requirements. All dates listed in this article are based on when BC Alpine requires the paperwork from your club and they may require some lead time to compile the data on their side and send it in to us.
- Clubs: Clubs must submit all of their requests for passes directly through the BC Alpine Club Admin area. The link to the online form will be found under the “Registration” tab as shown in the preview below, and will only allow you to submit for members who are currently registered and eligible to apply. This should make the process much easier for most clubs and will give you an automatic total owing for the applications submitted.
by Keven Dubinsky | Jun 26, 2020 | Member News
All Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance and Sport Accident Insurance Policy (SAIP) purchased during the 2019/2020 season will expire as of July 1st 2020. Because of this, all insurance must be renewed for anyone participating in summer programs on or before this date.
We are happy to report that all registration fees for the 2021 season are published at https://bcalpine.com/programFees/ with no changes to any category or insurance cost from the 2020 season.
Important Note: There has been a major change to the ACA Membership Registration Form and Release of Liability Waiver for this season and only this new waiver should be used for 2021 registrations. If anyone has already signed up in advance using the older versions of the waiver, please have them sign the new version as soon as possible.
The ACA 2020-2021 Membership Registration Form is now available
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View Online and all FIS forms can be found at https://bcalpine.com/files/Registration_Files/FIS_Registration/
by Keven Dubinsky | Jun 10, 2020 | Member News
Province takes action to support return to sport
British Columbians will be able to get back to playing sports sooner with the Province’s action to protect amateur sport organizations from COVID-19 liabilities, provided they are complying with public health orders and provincial sport guidelines.
Government has created a ministerial order that protects amateur sport organizations, their employees and volunteers from liability.
“We want to make sure children and their families can get the benefits of physical activity and get back to playing the sports they love,” said Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture. “Many sports organizations are run by volunteers who need to make sure they are protected for risks related to COVID-19. This order will help cover that risk so people can safely get back to playing sports sooner in their communities.”
Provincial and local sport organizations have identified challenges with obtaining adequate insurance as a result of the pandemic. Most insurance companies are not providing coverage for COVID-19 related damages, meaning many amateur sports were unable to provide sport programming during the pandemic.
The ministerial order protects amateur sport organizations and their representatives from damages resulting, directly or indirectly, from COVID-19 for amateur sports. For example, a sports organization or its representatives will not be liable for a participant in their sports program being exposed to COVID-19 as a result of participation. That liability protection would be in place as long as they follow applicable guidance, such as viaSport’s Return to Sport protocols and public-health guidance on how to prevent the spread of the virus. This guidance includes encouraging proper handwashing, regular disinfecting, limiting shared equipment, physical distancing measures and the use of wellness questionnaires and health self-assessment tools.
"We are thrilled that sport is making its return in the province. Today's announcement is welcome news for our partners in the amateur sport sector,” said Charlene Krepiakevich, CEO of viaSport. “This co-ordinated response to address concerns around volunteer and staff liability means that these not-for-profit organizations can focus on delivering safe, high-quality sport experiences for the people in their communities."
Quick Facts:
- There are 72 funded provincial sport organizations and 4,100 local sport organizations with over 800,000 youth and adult participants throughout B.C.
- ViaSport British Columbia is a not-for-profit organization created with the support of the provincial government in 2011 to lead the province’s sport sector to build a stronger, more effective system that brings more families to the field of play, more fans into the stands, more athletes to the podium and more sports events to the province.
Learn More:
To view the ministerial order, visit: http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/content/mo/mo/1115649140/?xsl=/templates/browse.xsl
For non-health related information, including financial, child care and education supports, travel, transportation and essential service information, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/Covid-19
Or call 1 888 COVID19 (1 888 268-4319) between 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. (Pacific time), seven days a week.
To view the list of the provincial health officer’s orders, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/phoguidance
To learn more about viaSport and the Return to Sport Guidelines, visit: https://www.viasport.ca/sites/default/files/ReturntoSportGuidelines.pdf
Read the official BC Government Release
by Keven Dubinsky | Dec 20, 2019 | Member News
Due to an unexpected and unfortunate weather situation, the BC Cup and Teck Open series races scheduled for Red Mountain on January 9-12, 2020 have been relocated to Panorama Mtn Resort on the same dates.
We are working hard to finalize plans with the ROC and will be posting new Race Notices and information on the calendar as soon as possible. Please check back frequently via the calendar items for updates where they will be posted as soon as they are available.
BC Cup: http://bcalpine.com/calendar/?M=1&Y=2020#3149
Teck Open: http://bcalpine.com/calendar/?M=1&Y=2020#3150
Any teams that have booked accomodation at Red Mountain through the reccommended suppliers, we have confirmation that refunds will be provided.
by Keven Dubinsky | Oct 30, 2019 | Member News
In previous seasons the CSA recruitment waiver for club recruitment events was generated in generally 2-3 days by emailing the request to Keven @ BC Alpine. For this season the process has changed and the requests must go through Alpine Canada directly and using a special form that has been shared on BC Alpine's website.
The document titled "2019-2020 One-Event Waiver Document.pdf" can be found in BC Alpine's files under Event Files, then Insurance and Sanction or by clicking here: http://bcalpine.com/files/Event_Files/Insurance_and_Sanction_Forms/
Please be sure to have requests created well in advance to your events as it may take 2 weeks to get the certificates issued.
Excerpt from the document:
To allow clubs to open their doors to new members or new programs in which they are offering (I.e. ski cross) the CSA has approved a release waiver which will allow nonmembers the opportunity to participate in one event per season, hosted by a sanctioned ski club.
There are specific requirements in which must be fulfilled in order for the waiver program to be implemented in the club and the event, can only be approved by the CSA.
The below questions must be answered in full and it is understood that there may be additional information required depending on the type of event and location. To ensure that all waivers can be created and delivered to the club(s), a minimum of two weeks notice should be provided allowing for creation and or and additional information to be delivered.
Please ensure that each question is answered with as much details as possible to eliminate further questions and delays in the return of the waiver.
If there are any further questions in relation to the one event waiver program, please connect with Alpine Canada at insurance@alpinecanada.org
