Interclub GS Butternut

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Butternut will have a two run GS race AND SkillsQuest (SQ) next weekend. They want all the kids to inspect in the morning and set times for SkillQuest, where older kids will do SQ events while younger kids are racing.

Parents please be ready for kids 10+ to participate in the SQ events after inspection, with younger kids going after their race run.

SkillQuest events will be 3 stations, Pole Jumping, Inside Skiing, and straight run to sideslip. Please see USSA website for more details.

They will not go over the skillsquest results or give out awards for the skillsquest portion until later in the season, probably at the Bousquet race.

Blandfold results are posted on the race team page

Congratulations U12 & U14 Racers!

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Congratulations to all at our 1st race of the season! Whether your goal was to finish your 1st Tristate race, complete 2 runs, or manage the top of the course with that sweeping right footer into the pitch, you should be proud of how you did. If you’re not happy with how you did, we have a full day of GS training this coming Saturday. Ask Coach Sonia to see video of you at the right footer. Try and learn from the experience and apply it to Sunday’s GS race at Berkshire East. Click on the link below to check out yesterday’s results.

Special recognition goes to Greg Levin (Boy’s U12) on his 5th place finish and to Achille Saracheck in winning the Boy’s U14 race!

Special thanks to Coach Larry and to Charles Gagnon and Michael Leifer in helping with getting racers ready at the start, running coats and pants down to the finish and helping racers with non-FIS approved helmets.

U14 parents PLEASE make sure your racer has or borrows an FIS approved helmet for next weekend’s GS race. Starters ARE enforcing the new USSA requirement. U12 parents can rest easy for now. The helmet rule does NOT apply to you!

Great start to the season and see you next weekend!

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…take chances…”

Bousquet TriState GS U12_U14 Final results 01_24_16

U12-U14 GS Training Saturday 1/23

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Hey Racers!

Just letting you know our plan for preparing for our 1st GS race at Bousquet this coming Sunday.

We will be training on Lower Alley Cat all day on Saturday. Be prepared to have your GS skis, forearm guards (optional) and remember to remove your chin bar from your helmet. Please meet Coach Alex at the bottom of the Quad at 8:25am to warm up.

AM – Work on where to begin and end the turn in a short and focused practice course and when to transfer your weight in the transition in a separate practice course.

PM – We will set a full course with a delay gate to learn how to pass through the gate correctly and apply what we’ve learned from the morning.

Parents we can really use your help in putting up fencing. Due to safety issues, no one can practice on the GS training course until proper fencing is set. Please come to the pump house, skier’s left, above Lower Allet Cat at 8:45am (you do not need poles) where you will be directed on how to help put up fencing. Coaches Sonia, Peter, Chris and myself along with Dusty and Charles will help with fencing as soon as we finish setting the courses. The quicker we get the fencing up, the quicker your racers can get on the practice course!

We’re excited to see you all tomorrow!

Ski you later!

Coach Pat

U16 Race Mohawk

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Mohawk is holding its U16 SL race on Saturday Feb 6th. As the program is smaller and other race groups are away they are asking for some help form parents that are attending. A key need is gate keepers. Please contact Peter Chudy at peterchudy@mac.com if you are willing to help.

Updates Interclub and Piche

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We are ready for our first Interclub race. Please register in advance, as provided on yesterday’s post. This process is new this year. We have just posted a Parents Guide to Race Day on the web site on the info page. There will be a meeting at 11:30 this Saturday at the Taconic Lodge to discuss the race.

We will need volunteers for the Catamount Interclub Race for registration, gate keeping, score keeping, bib collection and awards. Holding a home race is dependent on volunteers. Please contact Peter Chudy at peterchudy@mac.com

Please keep in mind that there will be a statewide qualifier for the Piche Invitational at Wachusett Mt on Saturday, Feb 27, for U12 and U14 racers. Both Tri-State and Interclub will qualify racers to attend the race at Wachusett. This is the only way to qualify for Piche. Details are provide on the Web Site on the Info page.

Registering Online for Upcoming Races (Interclub and Tristate)

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Avoid the long wait at the registration table at the Blanford Race this weekend. Go to adminskiracing.com . This link ( https://adminskiracing.com/race-sign-up-info ) offers a step by step instructional guid to creating an account with Adminskiracing.com and registering your racer/ racers in advance for all upcomming races. This applies to both Interclub and Tristate race teams.

Catamount Racers when registering for our Catamount race (Feb

Current USSA membership is required to complete the early registration. If you have not yet completed your USSA membership registration or renewal, refer to these instructions for USSA membership registration or renewal:

  1. Create an online account at my.ussa.org using your email and contact information.
  2. Log In to my.ussa.org and click on “register new USSA member” / renew membership
  3. On page 1 of registration, enter the RACER information.
  4. On page 2 , enter your personal information as “parent or guardian”
  5. On page 3, please enter the racer’s Ethnicity, Citizenship, STATE( Catamount is a MASSACHUSETTS mountain), and CLUB(Catamount Racing)
  6. On page 4, enter the SPORT as ALPINE COMPETITOR and the MEMBERSHIP as (Choose age appropriate category here)
  7. Next you will select add to cart. At this point you will be able to view the charges for both USSA and Tristate registration. Once added to your cart you will be able to register another racer before checking out, if registering more than one child.
  8. Once registration is completed and purchased your USSA cards will be accessible within your USSA account. Print these cards out for each racer. They will present this card at each race registration throughout the season.

Parents Meeting

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Greetings Catamount Inter Club Parents,
After a prolonged an unexpected delay to the 2016 race season, we are up and running (skiing) on all cylinders. The most recent tally puts us at 102 registered IC racers. I believe another handful joined the ranks this past weekend. If you are new to the program this season, I’m sure their are questions and concerns rumbling around within you that need to be answered regarding race day protocol. To help alleviate some of the angst, we would like to invite new parents to an information/chat session this coming Saturday. We will gather in the room immediately to the right upon entering the Taconic, @ 11:30. If your racer is planning to compete @ Blandford this coming Sunday, she/he will need a USSA competitor registration number. This process should be completed immediately, if not already done so.
Thanks.
John Greaser

U12-14 training tomorrow

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Hi U12-U14 Racers!

Great work today! We saw lots of improvement in the stubbies “shinning” gates, in the angled gates learning how to “clear” and even applying it in the training course. I just finished communicating with the other coaches and we are again limited to training on Catamount. There will be a GS course set in the am and pm for those who would like to switch to GS. But there will also be SL training on upper Catamount in the am only. If you’d like, bring your SL skis, chin and shin guards for the morning and GS skis for the pm. We will make it your choice. Remember to remove your chin guard for GS training.

See you in the am,

Coach Pat

“Ski fast…take chances”