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National Team Plans


Official Australian Teams will be sent to most of the major competitions in Europe this season (details included below). Senior Team members will be training and competing in small groups at various locations throughout the winter, including Austria, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. These groups will only come together for the major competitions. The Junior Team will be based in Sweden from December, in preparation for the World Junior Championships in Solleftea in February. The qualification standards for each of these events are set by Skiing Australia based on FIS points.

The general competition goals for most of the major events is achieve results in the top half of the field. The exception is the World Junior Championships, where the aim is to get results in the top 30.

2003 World Championships - Val Di Fiemme, Italy, February 18 - March 1 2003
Coach: Finn Marsland
Manager: Brian Keeble
Assistant Coach: TBA
Wax Technician: Angelo Corradini (Italy)
Athletes: Paul Murray, Katherine Calder, Duane Butcher*, Andrew Mock*, Robert Curtis*, Matt O'Rourke* (*These athletes are still to reach the qualification standards)

2002-2003 World Cup Sprint
Dec 15 - World Cup 1km Sprint Freestyle - Val di Fiemme, Italy
Dec 19 - World Cup 1km Sprint Freestyle - Linz, Austria
Mar 6 - World Cup 1.5km Sprint Classic - Oslo, Norway
Mar 20 - World Cup 1.5km Sprint Freestyle - Borlange, Sweden
Coach/Manager: Finn Marsland
Athletes: Paul Murray
Other team members may join the WC Sprint team during the season.

2003 World Junior Championships - Solleftea, Sweden, February 2-9 2003
Coach: Finn Marsland
Manager: Brian Keeble
Assistant Coaches: Nick Almoukov, Allison McArdle
Athletes: Esther Bottomley, Ben Sim, Daniel van der Ploeg, Nick Grimmer, Sally Cunningham

2003 OPA U23 Championships - Valdidentro, Italy, February 13-16 2003
Coach: Finn Marsland
Manager: Brian Keeble
Athletes: Katherine Calder, Andrew Mock, Matt O'Rourke, Duane Butcher,
Andrew Circosta, Nick Grimmer

2003 World University Winter Games - Tarvisio, Italy, January 16-26, 2003
Management: Australian University Sport
Wax Technician: Matt O'Rourke (TBC)
Athletes: Katherine Calder, Andrew Mock, Andrew Circosta, Tim Retchford