Tristate U12 & U14 racers End-of-the-Year party and weekend training!

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Hey everyone!

Just to let you know and to invite you all to our End-of-the-Year “Potluck” dinner party to be held this coming Saturday evening from 5-8pm hosted by Katie Smith & Chris Cashen (Thanks Katie and Chris!!):

The Farm at Millers Crossing
81 Roxbury Road Hudson NY 12534
farmatmillerscrossing.com 518-851-2331

Tara Mann has graciously accepted the task of organizing the event (Thanks Tara!!) and asks everyone to use the below “genius” link:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CABAF2DA1FC1-catamount
It’s been a great season and we will punctuate it with Racer Evaluations and Paper Plate Awards!

Good luck to our racers who will be attending the U14 Training Project at Beast on both Saturday and Sunday!

U12 and all other U14 racers:
Saturday
Free skiing

Sunday
SL “For Fun” on Race Slope

Can’t wait to see you all on the slopes and at the party!

Cheers to a great season!

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…Take chances…”

Interclub Year End Celebration

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Yesterday may have been the last race, but its cold, they just made snow so its not over yet. This Saturday (March 11) we will have a fun skiing day followed by a celebration with awards for our racers and recognition of our dedicated coaches.

Party at 2pm-ish, PA to provide Pizza and Parents are encouraged to support the potluck. I have a sign up at:

http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C054AAEA628A7F58-interclub

It may have been a long season of early mornings but we encourage you to keep your kids skiing for the few weeks that are left. This is the time of the year that all those practices and drills get perfected and added to muscle memory.

Otis Recap

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Greetings,

The excursion to the Otis SL race was attended by fewer Catamount racers (39 total) than the average turnout to this competition for the past several seasons. Do in part of course because our U8s were held in lock down at our home base. However, the day turned out to be productive for the contingent of Catamount racers who competed. Although the course set was quite cut and dry, surface conditions presented a stimulating challenge. In spite of this factor, our racers, determined as always, deciphered tactics to pass this test. A few miscalculations culminated in a total of 9 faults (DSQs & DNFs) for the two combined runs. Quite minuscule when tabulated across a total of 78 runs for our racers. Percentage wise this total amounts to 0.1%

Trips to the podium were well represented by Cat racers. Nine girls (43% of total) raced to top 5 finishes. Another 5 girls joined the podium finishers to expand results to top 10 achievements (67% of total). Boys were equally represented on the podium with 7 top honors (39% of total). Seven additional teammates earned top 10 finishes (78% of total). Mathew Glatt, who is on his way to Pische finals, added another “fastest boy” title to his dossier for the season.

With one remaining race, Bousquet GS, one of our goals should be to increase representation for this event. Our racers have demonstrated grit, tenacity, perseverance, and a desire to improve their racing prowess throughout the season. They should have the opportunity to show case their efforts and hard work. Weather permitting, two runs are scheduled for this final competition. All Aboard!

Regards,

John Greaser

Tristate U12 & U14 racers this weekend!

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Good luck to all of our U12 racers who will be competing at U12 Championships this coming weekend at Blandford Ski area!!!

For our U14 racers, we will be training SL on Saturday on Race Slope (and Lower Alley Cat with the U16’s and U19’s for racers going to Piche/Easterns) and GS on Sunday on Lower Alley Cat with the U16’s and U19’s. If the weather does not hold up or there is not enough snow, then GS training will occur on Race Slope.

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…Take chances…”

Congratulations Tristate U14 Championships racers!

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Congratulations to all of our U14 Championships racers who competed GS at Ski Sundown and SL at Mt. Southington this past weekend! Race course conditions held up despite the weather and Catamount racers represented well!

For the boys, Dax Roy was 2nd place in GS with an overall ranking of 4th and will be racing at Sunday River for Eastern Championships.

For the girls, Winnie Mann was 5th place in GS with an overall ranking of 8th and is the 2nd alternate at Sunday River for Easterns.
And Sage Siegel was 6th place in SL and with an overall ranking of 7th; is the 1st alternate at Sunday River for Easterns.

In addition, the following racers also qualified for a special U14 training project to be held at Berkshire East on the weekend of March 11th & 12th. This special training is to help further develop our top racers and prepare for the Piche Invitational and Eastern Championships. They include the top 15 2003 racers and top 10 2004 racers in the U14 Championship rankings.

U14 Boys (2003)
Dax Roy

U14 Boys (2004)
Greg Levin
Alex Gagnon 1st alternate

U14 Girls (2003)
Sage Siegel
Winnie Mann
Clare Howard

Cheers,

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…Take chances…”

U16 Championships Schedule

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All,

We look forward to seeing everyone at Bousquet for the race tomorrow. A note went out confirming the venue and schedule but some may not have received it:

This message is to inform you that no change has been made to the program OR location of the U16 Championship Event this weekend. Tristate will host the U16 Championship Slalom at Bousquet Saturday, Feb 25th and the U16 Championship Giant Slalom, Sunday Feb 26th at Jiminy Peak ski area.

Good luck to all the competitors and best regards!

TSASRA

 

The schedule has not changed:

  • Bousquet – Registration at 7:30a, inspection at 8:30a and the ladies first run at 9:30a.
  • Jiminy Peak – Registration at 7:30a, inspection at 8:30a and the ladies first run at 9:30a.

Schedule and program : TS_U16_Champs_Program_2017

See you all tomorrow and good luck!

Tristate U14 Championships schedule change and other items!!!

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Hey everyone,

Just got word that due to the weather, the Sundown GS start has been moved up to 8am and the Southington SL start has been moved up to 8:30am!

Please make sure to adjust your alarm clocks to get to registration on time.

Also, make sure to fill in your racers “Biography” as Olympian Doug Lewis will be making the announcements about each racer at Southington! You can access the “Athletes Biography” under “Registration Conditions” under U14 Championships, Tri-State Alpine Ski Championships on Adminskiracing.com.

Finally be sure to sign up for extra Banquet tickets on Adminskiracing.com. The “keynote speaker” will be 2-time Olympian Doug Lewis!

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend,

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…Take chances…”

Tristate U12 & U14 Piche Selectees!

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Hi everyone!

Congratulations to all of our racers who were selected to the Piche GS Qualifier held at Wachusett Mountain. Kudos and good luck to the following racers who qualified for the Piche Invitational held at Gunstock in New Hampshire!

U12 Boys
Philip Mann 6th place
Jonathan Dase 11th place 1st alternate

U14 Girls
Sage Siegel 5th place
Winnie Mann 10th place 2nd alternate

U14 Boys
Alex Gagnon 7th place

Cheers,

Coach Pat
“Ski fast…Take chances…”

Tristate U12 & U14 News!

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Hi everyone!

Just trying to catch up on some news from the past few weeks!

    Eaglebrook/Berkshire East SL

Congratulations to:
U12 Boys
Philip Mann 4th place
Neil Howard 6th place
Quentin Balboni 9th place

U12 Girls
Ellie Smith 5th place

U14 Boys
Dax Roy 8th place
Greg Levin 9th place
Alex Gagnon 10th place

U14 Girls
Sage Siegel 1st place
Frannie Mann 8th place

    Berkshire East GS

Congratulations to:
U12 Girls
Charlotte Van der Linden 10th place

U12 Boys
Philip Mann 4th place
Jonathan Dase 6th place
Quentin Balboni 7th place

U14 Girls
Sage Siegel 9th place

U14 Boys
Alex Gagnon 2nd place
Dax Roy 3rd place

Congratulations to everyone on an intense weekend of racing!

Cheers,

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…Take chances…”