Rally Together (comprised of the Sport Participation and Sport Volunteer Grants) was developed to provide one-time recovery funding for amateur sport organizations that have seen a decrease in membership and volunteerism due to COVID-19. This fund will help B.C.’s amateur sport system continue to provide opportunities for sport development and recovery as well as the significant community and economic benefits. The Rally Together Fund has a total funding envelope of $4M and is supported by the Province of B.C. and administered through viaSport British Columbia.
The $2M Rally Together Sport Participation Grant helps organizations build their participant numbers – to recruit players, athletes and participants of all ages, and to offer more inclusive and accessible program options so that more British Columbians can play. It’s time to rally together through programs and activities that encourage all British Columbians to participate!
Who Can Apply?
Recognized, Accredited or Affiliated Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs)
Recognized or Accredited Disability Sport Organizations (DSOs)
Recognized Multi-Sport Organizations
Non-profit local sport organizations (LSOs) that are members of eligible provincial or disability sport organizations
All eligible organizations will need to show a 20% loss in their membership due to the impacts of COVID-19.
Provincial and disability sport organizations that don’t meet the membership loss threshold will be able to apply for special consideration if they can express how their organization meets the intent of the grant (i.e. there was a decline in sport participation in their sport but it is not reflected in the annually reported membership data and can be explained).
How to apply
Applications for funding will only be accepted ONLINE. Please complete the online application form at this link
Applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. PT on November 4, 2022.
If you wish to discuss your proposal and its eligibility prior to submitting an application, please contact us at grants@viasport.ca. All program activites must be completed and funding expended before January 15, 2024. Final reports are due one month after program completion and no later than February 15, 2024.
The Canadian Olympic Foundation and Alpine Canada announced today a gift of $1.3 million dollars from Tim Dattels, Chair of the Board of Alpine Canada. This donation represents the largest personal philanthropic gift towards alpine ski racing in Canadian history, and will support Canadian alpine, para-alpine and ski cross athletes.
Dattels is a Partner at the global investment firm TPG and served as Managing Partner of TPG Asia. Prior to joining TPG in 2004, he served as a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Dattels was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to represent Canada on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Advisory Council. He also serves as Chairman of The Jackson Laboratory and is the Founding Trustee of the Kingfisher Foundation.
“I am proud to support our world class athletes by lessening the financial burden to compete,” said Dattels. “Philanthropy is essential to the success of ski racing in Canada, and the importance of donations cannot be overstated.”
The following list of members (by club) have been approved for a CWSAA All Areas Pass for the 2022-23 season. These members need to complete the online waiver and upload their pass photo as soon as possible.
Links to the waiver and photo uploader are found below the list of approved names along with instructions on using the online waiver signing application. Lists are all alphabetical by club then last name of recipient.
!!! If you feel any names are in errors or are missing, contact Keven Dubinsky immediately !!!
List last updated: Oct 21, 2022
Black Dogs Koper, Lauren
Cypress Ski Club Exley, Tal Foster-Ortmayr, Roan MacPherson, Naomi Salari, Ihsan Zander, Erica
Fernie Alpine Ski Team Barnum, Kaleb Carter, Ewan Christensen, Carter Christie, Brett Coffyne, Ann Fleming, Anna Krushelniski, Camryn Magee, Blair McFarlane, Niya Miles, Tyler Schwenck, Eric Timm, Dylan Timm, Jessica Timm, Rod Vanhooren, Liam Vanhooren, Nate
Grouse Mountain Tyee Ski Club Eder, Graeme Elvidge, Malcolm Fischer, Noah Hung, Thomas Irish, Brooke Li, Annabel Mellis, Malia Olanié, Titouan Plavsic, Mila Pougatch, Andrew Pretty, Maeve Smith, Noah Stevens, Dylan Yamada, Kumiko +1 Coach
Kimberley Alpine Team Nelson, Mataya O’Grady, Aquinna
Lightning Creek Ski Club Peter, Boroka
Okanagan Ski Team Athans, Marcus Blaser, Sienna Cashin, Finley Clancy, Lauren Coubrough, Jasmine Droppo, Hannah Fournier, Samantha Ito, Takoda Little, Shayna Raymond, Molly Smith, Rane Smith, Rowan Sola, Heming Trussler, Derek Willoughby, Liv Young, Oliver
Red Mountain Racers Demmler, Reuben Hamm, Marcus Hartman, Miika Krampl, Marek Patterson, Philip
Smithers Ski & Snowboard Club Collingwood, Chloe Hikisch, Bridie
Sun Peaks Alpine Club Currie, Cameron Currie, Euan Jensen, Jameson Piana, Sami Ritter, Carson Schwirtlich, Micah
Vernon Ski Club Donald, Gavin Farrer, Kadyn Fux, Natalie Gill, Coen Raduy, Bria Steele, Camryn Williams, Lauren
Whistler Mountain Ski Club Bennett, Emeline Boyd, Dylan Brownlie, Alexa Cross, Sophia Deck Stang, Viveka Gibbons, Joseph Gilbert, Lola Gilbert, Sascha Griffin, Carys Haslau, Jessica Holmes, Ries Husken, Erin Jagger, Richard Joncas, Anne-Marie Jordan, Tait Kaufmann, Ella Martinal, Mateo Mikkelsen, Nicolas Morrow, Jack Parkhill, Marlo Renzoni, Ella Schenk, Heidi Shea, Jasper Shorter, Felix Stiel, Sara Thomas, Jack Waldrum, Alec Wardle, Madeleine Whelan, Sarah-Elizabeth Young, Vanessa
Whitewater Ski Team Atkins, Jackie Clark, Madison Robertson, Raleigh
Tips on filling out the digital waiver The digital form is best filled out on a hand held device. If using a PC to fill out the form, the web browser must be either Chrome or Fire Fox. Not adaptable with Internet Explorer. The first part of the form is where the passholder and parent/guardian if athlete is under 19 years of age must initial that they have read and understood the following:
Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims and Assumption of Risks Agreement
Information on CWSAA Competitors Pass & Alpine Responsibility Code
Release of Liability, Waiver of Claims and Assumption of Risks
As our competitor pass program has participants from across Western Canada, there are some limitations within our digital form. One of the limitations is the form does not have the capability of programing different ages of majority based on the Provinces and Territory that the athlete resides in. As both British Columbia and the Yukon are 19, the age of majority has been set for 19. All passholders under the age of 19 will require a parent/guardian to initial & sign the form. Important: When you are asked to initial the form there are 2 initial boxes. The first ‘blue’ initial box is intended for the passholder. The second ‘blue’ initial box is for parent / guardian of the passholder that is under 19 or the passholder that is of legal age. Passholders of legal age will need to sign both initial boxes. If both are not filled out, the form will not advance to complete. The signee(s) can either use their finger to initial or their mouse cursor if using a PC. You can not type in your initials. The second portion of the form is where you enter in passholder information. You will be asked to select one of the following:
I am an Adult (19 years or older) with no Minors to sign for
I am an Adult that will be participating and have Minors to sign for
I am an Adult Guardian (not participating) signing for minors
APPLICATION STEP 2 of 2: Photo Upload
CWSAA has the photo uploader app on their website again this year: https://cwsaa.org/competitor-pass-upload/. When submitting the form with your photo enter in “BC Alpine” where it asks for your affiliated Provincial Sports Association.
Photos must be in a jpeg format
Photos must be taken against a plain white or lightly coloured background
The photo must be taken 5 to 6 feet from the person
The lighting must be uniform to avoid shadows across the face
No hats, toques or sunglasses/goggles
The photos must show a full front view of the face and top of the shoulders squared to the camera
After a successful workshop last month on complaint management, ViaSport is inviting BC Alpine members to continue building your comfort-level with handling potential conflicts in sport. This upcoming training session will introduce sport leaders to mediation as part of your organization’s toolkit for safer sport.
Join us for safe sport workshop #5 on Thursday, October 13 at 1 p.m.
More details to follow, but you can register early here. Also, more on ViaSport Safe Sport program here.
Finally! We are thrilled to announce our plans to host this year’s in-person Member Summit, Coaches Meeting and Annual General Meeting at the beautiful Sun Peaks Grand Hotel and Conference Center, October 13 to 16, 2022. Everyone is invited and it’s free (not including travel and accommodation).
We’ve added Facilitator Training to our agenda, for Coaches, Facilitators and Evaluators. Any Coach wanting to learn how to, or planning to, give an evaluation or facilitate a course in 2022/23 must attend these sessions. We will cover updates, process, delivery and SnowReg training. Please contact Johnny Crichton at johnnyc@bcalpine.com to make sure this portion of the summit is for you. Below is a summary of the schedule.
Thursday, October 13 (PM only) – Facilitator Training (for Head Coaches, EL Facilitators & Coach Evaluators only)
Friday, October 14 (AM only) – Facilitator Training continues
Friday, October 14 (PM only) – Coaches Meeting
Saturday, October 15 (AM only) – Coaches Meeting continues
Saturday, October 15 (PM only) – Member Summit ( see full AGENDA HERE)
Saturday, October 15 evening – Goldie Awards and Banquet
Sunday, October 16 – AGM and Member Summit continues
Please book your room as soon as possible to receive the best rates, including pre and post stay if you choose!
We are beyond excited to meet in person again. Before the pandemic the number of people attending our Summit was increasing every year, and we truly believe that getting the membership together is key to the success of alpine ski racing in BC. Great speakers, compelling topics, sharing and collaborating, fun with friends, they all help to keep our strong culture alive. And on top of that we have plenty to celebrate together: World Cup success, Olympic an Paralympic success, BC Ski Team successes, return to racing all over the province, record membership numbers… the list goes on. I really hope to see everyone in Sun Peaks, and let’s prepare for the best BC Alpine ski racing season yet!
Anders Hestdalen, BC Alpine CEO
IMPORTANT – Please visit BC Alpine’s sign up page linked below to let us know which days/meetings you hope to attend.
This article contains two different registration deadlines: Activation of athletes requiring FIS List #1 is June 24th. CWSAA All Area Pass Requests: August 10th. Please email kevend@bcalpine.com if you require any assistance with the process.
FIS Registration
If your club would like to have any FIS racers active in time for FIS List #1, the deadline to have them registered with us is June 24th. FIS registrations after this date will not change in price but they will be published on the next available list per the FIS Points List Deadlines for the 2023 season found here: https://assets.fis-ski.com/image/upload/fis-prod/assets/document-library/deadlines/2023/Deadlines-AL.pdf Please remember that racers must be on a published list at least a week before the start date of their first race.
Online registration by the club to BC Alpine’s registration database is all that is require to get them on the list however athlete will not be start eligible until such time that their paperwork is accepted by BC Alpine for the athlete.
Paperwork for the current season’s FIS registration can be found online at https://bcalpine.com/files/Registration_Files/FIS_Registration/. Please remember that the Medical Evaluation requires a physical so make sure your athletes book an appointment with their medical professional to get this document completed.
All Area Pass Registration
Qualifications and guidelines for the 2023 season CWSAA All Areas Pass have been published by the Canada West Ski Areas Association on their website at https://cwsaa.org/policy/cwsaa-competitor-pass/.
Alpine and Ski Cross athletes in FIS programs born between 2002 and 2006 are on the qualification for this season, and their deadline for selection is August 11th so any athlete or FIS traveling coach wanting to qualify for an All Areas Pass must be registered with BC Alpine before that date and then the club registrar must submit those requesting passes via the “All Area Passes” registration form found in the BC Alpine Club Admin Login by August 10th.
Cost of the pass this season is $661.50 for athletes and $1323.00 for coaches.
