Edition 87| 31 AUGUST 2007


Call of Nominations for SSA Athlete’s Commission

Nominations are now open for those individuals who wish to nominate for a position on the SSA Athletes Commission. To be eligible for nomination, Nominees must meet the following criteria;

  • is an active athlete in that he or she competes or has competed in the sport of skiing or snowboarding at a FIS Continental Cup level or higher within the previous eight years of being elected or appointed to the SSA Athletes Commission;
  • is over the age of 18; and
  • has not been sanctioned for a doping offence during his or her sports career;

Nomination forms can be downloaded by clicking here.

The athlete’s commission, under the rules of the new constitution, will have a representative on the new SSA board, and we encourage all eligible athletes past and present to consider making a contribution to their sport by way of nominating for the athletes commission.

The complete bylaw pertaining to the athletes commission can be found here

The timeline pertaining to the SSA Athlete’s Commission formation is as follows:

Date Action
Sept 1 Nominations for Athlete’s Commission open
Sept 14 Nomination for Athlete’s Commission close
Sept 21 Voting for Athlete’s Commission begins
Sept 27 Voting ends
Oct 1 Results announced


SSA Annual General Meeting

The 13th Annual General Meeting of Ski & Snowboard Australia will be held at the Royce Hotel, 379 St Kilda Road, Melbourne at 6.00pm on Tuesday 23rd October 2007.

Being the first Annual General Meeting following the adoption of a new constitution, the business of the meeting shall include:

  • the election of four (4) directors and;
  • presentation of the 2006 Annual Report (the 2006 Financial Statements including the Independent Auditor’s Report were approved by the membership at the Special General Meeting on 4th June 2007).

Nominations for members of the board are currently open.

Nominations shall be signed by the person nominated and shall be made in writing to the Chief Executive Officer not less than forty five (45) days prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting being before 6.00pm (Eastern Standard Time) on Friday 7th September 2007.

For convenience a nomination form can be found here.

If the number of nominations for the respective positions as Director does not exceed the number of vacancies, then the candidates shall be declared elected. If the number of candidates exceed the number of positions available then such candidates shall be elected in accordance with the SSA Constitution.



Discipline News

Alpine

Over the last week many athletes have been making the journey across the Tasman to compete in the New Zealand leg of the Australian/New Zealand Continental Cup Series. The first event is currently taking place in Treble Cone which will be followed by the Mt Hutt event in mid September. To stay up to date with the latest results and event information keep an eye on the SSA website, www.skiandsnowboard.org.au.

SSA Children’s Points

The latest SSA Children’s points are now available by following the link below.

www.skiandsnowboard.org.au/alpine.asp

Cross Country

Kangaroo Hoppet

Thomas Freimuth from Germany and Katherine Calder from Canberra have won the 2007 Kangaroo Hoppet 42km. The Hoppet is the opening race of the 2007/2008 Worldloppet series of cross country skiing marathons, which are held in 14 countries around the world. A good freeze overnight saw the track hard and fast for the start, then softening under the sun during the day. Almost 1100 competitors from 22 countries entered in the three race distances of 42km, 21km, and 7km. Read More...

To see all the latest results and Cross Country news click here

Freestyle

Cooper second in national moguls champs

OWI scholarship holder Ramone Cooper has finished in second place in the first round of the Australian Mogul Championships. Cooper scored 24.79 points from the judges, just short of the winning score of Japanese skier Kai Ozaki on 25.08. The bronze went to Ozaki's team-mate Nobuyuki Nishi on 23.46. The next best Australian was NSWIS junior David Graham in eighth place on 20.46 points. Read More...

Heineken ABOM Mogul Challenge

The Heineken ABOM Mogul Challenge is now in its 19th year will be held this weekend at Mt Buller. The event has been developed to attract experienced mogul competitors and talented young skiers to compete in single and dual mogul competitions. For further information please click here.

Snowboard

SSA Snowboard Talent ID Camps

After two very successful Snowboard Talent ID Camps, the last camp, which is halfpipe, is being held this weekend at Perisher. With good weather forecast and 20 athletes ready to be coached by Australia’s best, it should be a great camp benefiting all those involved.

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected as members of the SSA Snowboard Development Squad. These athletes were selected after their performances at the SBX and PGS Talent ID Camps held at Mt Hotham and Mt Buller respectively.

Boardercross

Cameron Bolton
Belle Brockhoff
Julia De Campo
Will Laister
Daniel Morrissy
Emma Pullin
Bryan Taylor
Kaitlyn Wilton

PGS

Kieren Alkemade
Cameron Bolton
Belle Brockhoff
Alex Harper
Annabelle Hickey
Will Laister
Conor O'Flaherty



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