Issue 10/ 14th July 2008
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The July holidays have arrived and so has the snow. Most ski areas are having a very successful start to the season and many of our athletes are benefiting from these wonderful conditiions. The first races of the season are just around the corner, the Mapei race at Treble Cone is followed very quickly by the first K Cup race at Cardrona, race notices have been released for these events.
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| FEATURE First Race Events Coming up In the next few days the first competitive events of the season will be held. Firstly the Mapei Race at Treble Cone takes place on 17th July with a chance for novice ski racers to win a $1000 training scholarship. This exciting event will allow up and coming skiers the chance to have a go at ski racing and is kindly supported by Mapei and Treble Cone. This event is followed up quickly by another entrry level event at Coronet Peak, the interfield series. This winter long event will see skiers competing at Coronet Peak, Cardrona, Treble Cone and The Remarkables and it is open to young skiers wanting to get involved in ski racing. The first National event is the K Cup Series at Cardrona. This begins on Friday 25th July with a Super G and is followed up over the next few days with a Giant Slalom and a Slalom. This event is open to all Nationally registered athletes and entries should be sent into Fran Tate at Wanaka Ski Club race@wanakasnowsports.co.nz. The international racing calendar also kicks off at Cardrona in August with the Wanaka FIS series including two days at Cardrona followed by two days at Treble Cone. This event will see the best athletes in New Zealand and many international athletes start their competition campaigns for the 2008-09 season. To enter this event please click here for the race notice. |
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TEAM NEWS Programmes making the most of the great snow. The Volkswagen National Development Team programme including several National Team members have been making the most of the great conditions at Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt. The Volkwagen National Team are arriving back in Queenstown this week after a two week fitness training block and the Volkswagen National Development Team head to Mt Hutt today after a very successful block at Coronet Peak. You can watch some of them training on youtube by clicking here. All the skiers, except Ben Griffin, Taylor Rapley, Jamie Prebble and Ali McGlinn will be racing in the Wanaka Tech Series so if you can't make it to see them training they will be racing in Wanaka in early August. |
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| FROM THE OFFICE 2008 Handbook The 2008 Handbook will be due out shortly and this year there is a change in format. Instead of printing it this year it will be available only in PDF format from the SRNZ website. SRNZ will be updating the book as we go throughout the year and in addition will be able to include many more photos and colour illustations than was previously possible. Board Meeting & Minutes Ski Racing New Zealand board meetings have recently been held in Ohakune and Auckland and the minutes are now available in the members section of the Ski Racing New Zealand website. If you do not have the password for this area please email simon@skiracing.org.nz.  Board Vacancy & Deadlines for nominations. The AGM date has been set for Saturday 30th August at 9am (subject to Volkswagen Nationals Programme) and therefore following the SRNZ Constitution the deadline for nominations is 40 days prior on Monday 21st July and nominations for the vacancy must be received by SRNZ at 5pm on this day. Please send all to Simon@skiracing.org.nz. So far two expressions of interest have been received and forwarded to the clubs, other expressions are welcome but please note only official nominations from member clubs are acceptable. Nominations should be sent by email and must come from a member club and include a brief biography of the person being nominated. First FIS list of 2008-09 The first FIS list is now available in the registered athletes section of our site. Also available now is the a list of all SRNZ athletes. This list is updated hourly as new athletes register. Get a free days skiing & help our clubs. This year is another busy one for our Race Organising Committees (ROC) and Queenstown are no exception, the Queenstown Alpine Ski Team are looking for volunteers to help with their FIS races and the Volkswagen National Championships in August. If you are able to help you will get a day pass to use on the day you work and another one to say thanks that you can use for skiing or boarding on another day. If you are able to help please email info@qast.org.nz. If you are not able to help in Queenstown but may be able to help at any of our other events please email me and I will pass your details to the ROC concerned (simon@skiracing.org.nz). Want 30% off
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SRNZ is organising a special offer just for members and friends of SRNZ to save money on their travel insurance, this is available to all non-racing members. Racing members will be offered a separate and very competitive rate, keep checking SRNZ website for the latest information. The non racing insurance can be purchased direct from our home page and should be live in the next week. The more you buy the more support SRNZ will get, so spread the word. |
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| ATHLETE NEWS The school holidays have been a great start for Ruapehu Sport with heaps of snow and blue skies. So far this season Mt Ruapehu has amassed over 2 metres of snow and along with great weather, Ruapehu Sport kicks off its first season with a bang. THe conditions have provided great training from the first day of the programme. Ruapehu Sport is a competitive snowsports programme offered at Mt Ruapehu. It encompasses ski racing as well as freestyle skiing and snowboarding. The name "Ruapehu Sport" is a branding of the programme that has been running at Mt Ruapehu for many years. This branding was completed in an effort to raise the profile of snowsport competition and help the public to dif  ferentiate the on mountain products that Mt Ruapehu offers.The Ruapehu Sport programme involves training and support to athletes from both Turoa and Whakapapa ski areas. As a result this has encouraged the previous clubs at Mt Ruapehu, Team Turoa and Whakapapa Snowsports to become one club. The new club is named Ruapehu Snow Sports and has a mandate to support all athletes through fundraising and raising the profile of the programme and snow sports. Ruapehu Sport is managed by John Armstrong and assisted by Sam Zander at Turoa and Delwyn Armstrong at Whakapapa Ski Areas. Their new website is www.ruapehusport.com. Written and provided by John Armstrong. |
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