There will be a meeting for anyone interested in joining the ski team on Monday, January 20th at the beginning of lunch in the main gym. More information below!
2025 Citadel Ski Team
Welcome to the 2025 Citadel Ski Team!
Ski Team members must either have race experience or be advanced skiers. You also need to have your own ski gear to participate(no rentals). While out of school, you will be marked as “school based activity”, so it does not affect your attendance, however students are responsible to get caught up on work missed in classes the day of the race. As well, you need to be in good academic standing in order to participate in school sports.
Contact Information
Coach: Amber Cowan email: acowan@hrce.ca
You will need to sign up using google classroom confirming you are going to race no later than January 31st so that I can make up teams and help organize rides. This is how I will communicate with you too, so this is very important. The code is: 4duihcu
Each race day we will meet in the lodge at 10:00 am sharp in the back of the lodge by the ticket booth. At this time I will provide you with your lift ticket and we will do some warm up together, assign bibs and info for the day.
1. Race Dates:
Race 1: Tuesday, Feb 5th @ Wentworth
Race 2: Tuesday, Feb 12th @ Wentworth
Race 3: Tuesday, Feb 26th @ Wentworth
Storm Day Storm dates to be determined.
Provincials: Wednesday, March 5th @ Wentworth
2. Transportation:
You will need to provide your own transportation to and from Ski Wentworth. If you need a ride, or can offer someone else a ride, let me know, and I will help put you in touch. All parents who drive need to fill out a “J” form. Students may drive themselves, but under no circumstances can they drive other students.
3. Costs:
There is a team registration fee of $180 for all skiers. The fee will cover lift tickets for each of three races, race fees, competition fees to the organizing school SJA. This may be paid in cash or by check, made out to Citadel High School. It is due by Jan 31st, 2025. If you miss a day there will be no reimbursement of funds.
*If you have a season pass for Wentworth, you do not need to buy lift tickets and so your team fees will be $75.
You must have your own ski gear to participate. Helmets are mandatory.
4. Teams:
Teams are either boys or girls, and will be made up of 4 or 5 racers. The fastest three times of each team, will make up the team total time. I will endeavour to create teams that are balanced and competitive. For a team to qualify for Provincials, the core of the team (4 out of 5 racers) must compete in at least 2 races. There will also be individual qualification for Provincials, for the fastest skier not qualifying with a team. You will race two runs each race day and need to complete both to qualify.
*****If you attend a race day, and do not participate in the race, for example: go free skiing instead, you will be marked absent from school for the day and kicked off the team. *****
7 Tips Guaranteed to Make You a Better Racer:
Start faster...many racers lose up to two seconds between the starting gate and the first turn.
Look ahead...the least intuitive part of ski racing is looking two or more gates ahead. Apply forward pressure into the tips of your skis.
Keep your hands forward.
Keep a calm upper body.
Carve, don't skid...put more pressure on the inside ski and try to keep skis parallel.
Finish Faster...pick up speed on the last gate or two as they are usually flatter and tuck through the finish line.
HAVE FUN!!!!!
Note: I will have two chaperone lift tickets for parents who drive handed out on a first come first serve basis so let me know each race if you need a parent lift ticket.