Currently we need more interest in order to fulfill the minimum requirement. Only one day left to order jackets.

We have the order process set up for Team Jackets. They will be the same as last years from Karbon. We will need a minimum order of 25, currently we are well below this number. Jackets are $200. They are youth sized. We have not had enough interest to order adult sizes, which requires a separate minimum order. Jackets will be available in the late fall.

Orders must be placed by March 30th.

Here is a link to the website to order the jackets:

https://squareup.com/market/catamount-race-team/catamount-race-team-jacket

Peter

Lead Change Racing offers additional training opportunities and is supported by some of the best coaches in Tri-State and other organizations.

They are offering an excellent camp this Summer in Saas Fee, Switzerland. The glacier at the peak holds snow well and last year had some significant snowfall in August. Top teams from around the world will be training there. Two summers ago my daughter rode up the gondola next to Frida Hansdotter, who just won the Slalom World cup. Please check out the link below.

http://www.leadchangeracing.com

We have the order process set up for Team Jackets. They will be the same as last years from Karbon. We will need a minimum order of 25, currently we are well below this number. Jackets are $200. They are youth sized. We have not had enough interest to order adult sizes, which requires a separate minimum order. Jackets will be available in the late fall.

Orders must be placed by March 30th.

Here is a link to the website to order the jackets:

https://squareup.com/market/catamount-race-team/catamount-race-team-jacket

Peter

Greetings Athletes and Parents! I want to first of all THANK all the Athletes and Parents for participating during this less than memorable snow season. We all wish mother nature had been more accommodating, yet we still managed to complete the full season! With that said I want to congratulate ALL the athletes for the progress they made over the season. The coaching staff saw improvements in everyone’s skiing/racing ability.

Over the last weekend we participated in the U16 Championship. Catamount was represented by 15 members of the program. We raced Slalom on Saturday at Bousquet and Giant Slalom at Jiminy Peak on Sunday. As a result of regular season races and Championship events four racers from Catamount earned an invite to the U16 Eastern Finals at Okemo VT, and one racer earned a spot to the U16 Eastern Championships at Sugarloaf, ME.

We are all pleased to acknowledge the following U16 racers who earned a berth to the U16 Eastern Finals; Lindsay Adams, Emily Chudy, Maries Di Vecchio & Christian Kappes. Congratulations!
Special acknowledgment goes to Tyler Coenraads, who not only won the U16 Championship GS at Jiminy Peak this weekend, among other podium results throughout the season, but who also finished the #1 ranked men’s U16 Tri-State Racer. As a result of his season impressive results Tyler will represent Catamount Alpine Racing at the U16 Eastern Championship! Best of luck!

In closing I would like to thank Coach Lars Andersson & Chris Di Vecchio for making the season an enjoyable environment for learning and laughing with both the athletes and the parents.
The regular season may be over but we would like to continue training as long as possible into March. This coming weekend (3/5 & 3/6) we will train on Lower Alley Cat, Saturday we plan on Slalom and Sunday GS.

We would also like to try to hold an end of the season finale March 20th with a Tri-State dual panel slalom down Catamount, assuming conditions warrant. The format might be parent vs athletes.
Thanks again to all our Athletes and Parents for a great season!
Doug Hurry

Hi All,
We are quickly approaching the end of the race season. The last weekend of training for our interclub and tri state teams will be Sat and Sun 3/5 – 3/6 ( there may be some individual training going on after that weekend for some Tristate racers that have qualified for post season championship events.) That weekend Interclub racers will be awarded participation trophies for a season of hard work and skill development.
Thank you all for being a part of the Catamount Race Team
Steve

With many racers away at the Piche Qualifier this coming Saturday, an early finish for the race schedule, and a shortened start to the season, Steve Adams has got the mountain management to agree to an extra weekend. We will have our annual Potluck/Pizza Party for Interclub on Saturday, March 5th. I am looking forward to a fun weekend with no races to think about.

The following Interclub racers have qualified for the 1st Massachusetts Piche Invitational Qualifier this coming Saturday.
Eleanor Smith, Phillip Mann, Ruby Blunt, Matthew Glatt, Grace Swartout, Parker Levin, Alice Pajeski, Yanni Schattman, Louise Albert, Oliver Meir,Isabel Lehrman, Ryan Claffey,
Laurentia Arengi-Bentivoglio, Milan Savard, Ella Keaney, Alex Bradley, Sydney Dohr, Federico Arengi-Bentivoglio, Oona Albert, Noland Kozlowski, Jonah Dohr, Jasper Gititz
Emil Rahn-Siege

Congrats,

Peter

Today Sunday2/21 will be SL training. Some video of Saturday’s training Go to Sprongo.com on computer or app on phones. Search under teams for “Snow Devils” Videos are under the athletes first name.

The Mass Piche Qualifier will be held Feb. 27th at Wachusett. This is the only way to qualify for the Piche Championships in Gunstock NH. Details on the elite Piche event are under racing info. The qualifier is an invitational with spots going to both U12’s and U14’s. This is a great opportunity to race against the entire state and interclub racers will have the chance to see how they do against tristate and Buddy Werner league racers.

The selections will be announced a week before after the interclub and tristate races. I have attached the current standings for Interclub, and I am trying to get a hold of the Tristate standings.

Interclub will allocate spots as follows:

• • Interclub has 60 spot for this qualifier
  • Spots will be divided up into 30 female and 30 male
    • Spots will be divided up into the following age groups
      • U14 – 5 spots for each gender
      • U13 – 10 Spots for each gender
      • U12 – 10 Spots for each gender
      • U11 – 5 Spots for each gender
    • Point system will be used throughout the year. For age groups U13/U12 ten point for each age group with first place receiving 10 points and decreasing so 10^th place is 1 point. For U14 and U11, 5 points will be used with first place receiving 5 point and 5^th place 1 point.
    • The following races will be used to score for qualifying, Blandford, Butternut, Catamount and Otis. The best combined cumulative scores will be sent to Wachusetts
    • Tie breakers will be determined by going back to the Blandford race to seeing which athlete placed higher, if the tie still exists it will then go to the Butternut race. If the tie still exists it goes to the next race and the next race until the overall qualifier is determined.

“click” on link below for Interclub Piche Standings:

IC Piche preOtis

There will be SL training on Catamount Trail under the lights for tristate at appox 6PM, this Friday 2/12

As more GS races are coming up remember that U14 and older — u16/U19 must have a an FIS approved helmet with the proper sticker in the back. They will check at the races and this in not the coaches problem to solve, as teams and coaches can be penalized for infractions. Do not expect to race if you line up with out the proper helmet with the proper label on it. They were checking this at the Tristate speed camp this week. Link to rule below and it can be found on the USSA site.

http://alpine.usskiteam.com/sites/default/files/documents/athletics/compservices/2015-16/documents/2016_alp_helmet_regulations.pdf

Thanks to all the volunteers, coaches and racers for putting on an outstanding Interclub race. As Interclub has swelled to over 300 racers there has been a lot of discussion on how to get through the day before the sun sets. We always seem to pull it off. A lot of support from the MT management, course crew, ski patrol and Steve allows us to get out there early and keep it on track. Coaches from all the mountains were pleased and I got to see a lot of happy faces at the finish.