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Edition 67 |22 June, 2006 |
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Ski & Snowboard Australia E-News
Welcome to the 67th edition of the Ski &
Snowboard Australia E-News.
This edition of the E-news marks the start of the 2006 Southern
Winter training season, and already athletes across all disciplines
at all major resorts are taking to the snow in preparation for the
competition season ahead.
The 2006 season is the beginning of a new four year Olympic cycle,
and with several newly structured programs and exciting development
initiatives we are firmly setting our sights on Vancouver 2010 and
beyond.
As you would be aware from earlier communications, the 2006 Ski &
Snowboard Awards were postponed in April this year. We are
delighted to announce the official results, as adjudicated by the
SSA Awards judging panel, in this edition of the E-news.
This edition also includes the latest discipline news, reports from
the FIS Congress, an update on the SSA Governance Review and much
more.
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SSA Governance Review Planning Forum
As you will be aware, at the request of the Australian Sports
Commission, SSA has recently undergone a Governance Review by Ms
Kate Costello. The Board of SSA welcomed the Review and the broad
thrust of its recommendations and is currently preparing a formal
response.
A component of the recommendations coming out of the Review is the
scheduling of a Planning Forum to discuss SSO sporting and other
operational activities that may be impacted by a unitary structure
for your sport. Importantly, the Forum is not intended to re-open
strategic issues settled in the Review process.
Key stakeholders including Disciplines, Resorts, and the SSO’s, have
been asked to nominate representatives to attend the forum which
will be held in Sydney on 25th July.
We look forward to bringing you the outcomes of this important
meeting in later editions of the SSA e-news.
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2006 Ski & Snowboard
Awards
As mentioned in the introduction the 2006 Australian Ski & Snowboard
Awards function was postponed, and in light of no suitable date
being finalised, we are delighted to announce the following
finalists and winners.
Congratulations to the following individuals:
Snowsports athlete of the year
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Alpine: |
Jono Brauer |
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Freestyle: |
Dale Begg-Smith |
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Cross Country: |
Clare Louise-Brumley |
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Snowboard: |
Torah Bright |
Ski & Snowboard Australia Athlete of the Year – Dale Begg-Smith
Junior Snowsports Athlete of the Year
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Alpine: |
Hugh Stevens |
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Freestyle: |
Ramone Cooper |
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Cross Country: |
Simon Flower |
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Snowboard: |
Torah Bright |
Ski & Snowboard Australia Junior Athlete of the Year– Torah
Bright
Coach of the Year - Steve Desovich
Outstanding Achievement of the Year - Alisa Camplin
Congratulations to all Award winners. SSA will endeavour to find
suitable opportunities throughout the next few months to present
medals and trophies to the winners and finalists.
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Discipline Updates
Discipline and FIS Registration
Ski & Snowboard Australia membership and discipline registrations
are now due. If you are planning to compete on the National points
list this season you will require SSA membership (also available via
NSWSA and SACT) and discipline registration. You can purchase these
registrations as well as FIS registration (check requirements and
eligibility), via the SSA website.
If you have joined a Victorian Race Club, Snowsports ACT or NSW
Snowsports your membership details should have been forwarded from
the respective club/association to Ski & Snowboard Australia. SSA
will notify you when your membership has been activated and provide
you with your log on details to purchase further registrations.
If you have any further queries please contact the SSA office.
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ALPINE
Many in
the Alpine Community would be aware of the significant work that has
gone into restructuring and recasting the National Alpine program
for the next four year cycle.
SSA together with the OWI, and NSWIS have proposed a new look
National Alpine program which is designed to provide greatly
improved opportunity for Australian alpine skiing athletes.
The aim of the National Alpine Skiing Program is to operate a
centralized
National Training Centre activity.
Read more
Equipment
The
Alpine FIS Committee resolved at the FIS Congress in Vilamoura,
Portugal that there would be no changes to the FIS equipment rules
and specifications. To view the equipment rules please follow the
links below.
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CROSS COUNTRY
The
National XC Team has just finished up a physiological testing camp
at the AIS in Canberra. Along with most of the World Cup and
Continental Cup team members, a handful of new junior skiers were
put through the tests for the first time, with very promising
results. 20-year Ben Sim from Cooma in NSW broke the record (his
own) on the VO2 Max test, lasting 35 minutes ski running on the
treadmill. This was 30 seconds better than his previous best, and 1
minute further than the long time record that was held by Australian
triple winter Olympian Anthony Evans until Sim broke it in 2004.
Amongst the junior athletes 17 year old Georgia Merritt from Ivanhoe
in Victoria produced one of the best ever tests for a junior female
on the treadmill, lasting 25 1/2 minutes, while 16-year Callum
Watson from Cooma in NSW outlasted several of the senior men with a
very impressive 31 minutes.
The first on-snow training camp is due to start at Falls Creek in
the first week of July. Malin Redlig from Sweden has joined the
National XC Team as Assistant Coach for the winter, courtesy of a
scholarship with the Swedish Government. Redlig will be based at
Falls Creek all winter, working with athletes on-snow together with
National Team Coach Finn Marsland.
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SNOWBOARD
Freestyle and Snowboard Judges Clinic
Ski & Snowboard Australia will be hosting a Freestyle and Snowboard
Judges Clinic in Jindabyne in early July. The free clinic is
available for all interested parties to attend and will be
subsidised by SSA.
Date: July 4-7
Location: Sport and Recreation Centre, Barry Way, Jindabyne
Places are limited
For further information and to download an application form please
click
here.
Please note applications close June 30.
Snowboard Talent Identification Camps
Ski & Snowboard Australia in conjunction with the Olympic Winter
Institute, NSW Institute of Sport, Thredbo and Perisher Resorts will
be hosting two Talent Identification Camps for Snowboard Halfpipe
and Boardercross. These TID camps will be coached by National Team
Coaches and Officials with assistance from National Team athletes.
Click on the respective camp below for further information and
application forms.
Snowboard Junior World Championships Selection
The National Snowboard Committee has implemented a Junior World
Championships selection policy. The policy will be used to select
team members based on results during the 2006 Southern Winter in Big
Air, Parallel Giant Slalom, Halfpipe and Boardercross events. The
selection events are indicated on the 2006 Snowboard calendar.
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