SDSSAA COED PLAYING REGULATIONS

ALPINE SKIING

 

 

* Updated 2003 and prior
** Updated: April 2004

 

MEMBER SCHOOLS

Each school which enters a team in S.D.S.S.A.A. ski meet must have a coach and four reliable students to help in officiating. Students and coach may be required to attend a fall clinic dealing with skiing regulations and officiating.

 

DUTIES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

All committee members will faithfully fulfill duties as designated by the convener, officiate at the S.D.S.S.A.A. Ski Meet or designate in writing a consenting substitute.

 

SANCTIONS

Any school which fails to fulfill the above duties will not be permitted to enter students in the S.D.S.S.A.A. Ski Meet.

 

ASSETS

The ski section will endeavour to purchase and subsequently maintain the equipment needed to organize and operate a ski meet in an efficient manner.

 

**SEASON

The S.D.S.S.A.A. meet should take place at least one week prior to the N.O.S.S.A. meet. All teams shall begin their alpine skiing competitive season no later than the week following the school Christmas break and shall consist of at least eight (8) practices prior to O.F.S.A.A.

 

INVITATIONAL MEETS

An attempt should be made to hold three (3) mini or invitational meets prior to the championship meet.

 

S.D.S.S.A.A. SKI MEET ELIGIBILITY

Refer to Constitution - Article IX, Pages 9 (a), (b).

All competitors must have a signed accident release form.

 

AGE

Refer to Constitution - Article IX, Pages 9 (a), (b).

 

**TEAM SIZE

There is no limit imposed on the number of skiers that may participate for each school.

 

EVENTS

The boys and girls events are:

Slalom, giant slalom or downhill.

The girls events may be run separately from the boys and on different courses if possible.

 

OFFICIALS

On each course there shall be:

- one starter, one assistant starter.

- chief timekeeper and assistant.

- chief of the course.

- chief gatekeeper and gatekeepers as required.

All coaches must be available for officiating. Some schools may be assigned specific officiating duties.

 

TIMERS

If the electric timing breaks down in the middle of a race, stop watches will be used to finish the race. Re-runs will be given to all racers in the seed in which the break-down occurred. The times of previous seeds will stand.

 

EQUIPMENT

*All skiers must wear ski brakes. It is mandatory that helmets be worn.

 

MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Provision shall be made by the convener to have ski patrol members readily available. Qualified first aid personnel and equipment should be available at the championship site.

 

**AWARDS

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS - S.D.S.S.A.A. medallions will be awarded to the individual competitors (Midget, Junior and Senior skiers) who place first and second in each event and age classification as follows:

  1. Slalom
  2. Giant Slalom or Downhill
  3. Alpine combined Champion (skier with most points 1 & 2)

TEAM CHAMPIONS - OVERALL CHAMPION BOYS' TEAM;

The school having the lowest aggregate for three (3) boy skiers.

OVERALL CHAMPION GIRLS' TEAM:

The school having the lowest aggregate for three (3) girl skiers.

OVERALL CHAMPION TEAMS:

The Bruce Allen Memorial Trophy. This trophy goes to the school which has the lowest total points found by adding the Boys' Championship Team (3 skiers) total and the Girls' Championship Team total (3 skiers).

 

COMPETITION JURY

The jury shall consist of the convener and two competing coaches chosen by the convener. It shall have the authority to make any changes necessary and shall rule on protests.

 

SEEDING

Each competing shcool will provide the convener with a list of competitors arranged in the order in which the skiers are to start. There will be one list for the Alpine events.

 

DRAW

The draw will be made by balloting the names of competing schools.

 

SCORING

The scoring method to be used at the S.D.S.S.A.A level of Alpine Skiing be that employed at the O.F.S.A.A. level.

All Alpine events:

  1. Scoring shall be made by adding the time of both runs if there are two.
  2. The person with the fastest total time shall receive l point.
  3. The person with the second fastest total time - 2 points
  4. The person with the third fastest total time - 3 points.
  5. *At the discretion of the Convener, DQ's in the first run may not receive a second run (a provisional run may be allowed only by the Convener). This discussion must be made prior to the race start by the Convener as recommended by the coaches.
  6. DQ's and DNS's will be given a score of the last skier plus l point.
  7. A tie will be broken by the team of five with the fastest total time in both events.

 

ORDER OF STARTS

  1. The top seed from the first team;
  2. The top seed from the second team. This process continues until all schools have placed their top seed;
  3. The second seed from the first school;
  4. The second seed from the second school, etc. This process continues until all competitors are placed. Teams are removed from the draw as soon as their team list is exhausted; thus no gaps are left in the order of start.

 

APPEALS/PROTESTS

Appeals and protests should be lodged immediately either at the draw or on the day of the meet. The decision of the competition jury or designated official representative for that particular event is final.

 

RE-RUNS

When a competitor successfully completes the course but is awarded a re-run for some reason, then only the re-run will count.

 

LATE STARTERS

Skiers who arrive late at the starting gate will be disqualified.

 

FORERUNNERS

It is the responsibility of the convener to obtain forerunners for each event.

 

GATEWATCHERS

The convener will attempt to get sufficient experienced gatewatchers for the ski meet.

 

 DISQUALIFICATIONS

A skier will be disqualified for any of the following:

  1. Shadowing: a competitor who actually skis through the course or who skis a parallel courses within 10 yards of the poles at racing speed will be disqualified from that event.
  2. Jumping the start: a skier who leaves the start before the appropriate signal will be permitted only one restart. He will be disqualified from that particular run if he repeats the infringements.
  3. A skier who does not pass correctly through each gate will be disqualified for that particular run.
  4. Flagrant, unsportsmanlike conduct (eg. a DSQ who strips the course, using foul language directly to officials or hill employees or ski patrol) will result in the participant being disqualified from the event in progress and his/her team being penalized. This is at the discretion of the Convener, with the recommendation of the jury members. The team may be:
    (a) disqualfied from this and future races, and/or,
    (b) penalized ten points.

 

ORDER OF EVENTS

The order of events will be set by the convener.

 

 

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Revised: 19 August 2004
** denotes changes made at most recent post season meeting

 

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