Letter from the Head Coach

Chicopee Ski and Summer Resort offers entry level and league ski racing programs to all ages. We have development racing programs for kids who have never raced and league programs for those looking for inter-club competition. We also have a house league program for adults.

League programs are those that are designed for inter-club competition and skill development. These would include the Nancy Greene League, Swiss Chalet, and Miele programs.

House league programs such as Nancy Greene Development and Adult Racing are intra-club programs to develop racing skills and an introduction to competition.

Selection to the league teams are done in two ways. They are age and/or ability. In some leagues where the emphasis is on participation such as Nancy Green league and the Development League, we will use age as the prime tool in assembling the teams. In this age group, size is as big a factor as skill. Keeping in mind that the goal for this group is fundamentals and an introduction to racing, we feel that keeping the kids with their peers is an advantage to them and the coaches that train them. In the case of siblings that participate in the same program, we would endeavour to put them on the same team for convenience.

Racers in the K1, K2, and Junior leagues will be put on teams based on ability. The leagues at this level race in the Barrie area or the 401 corridor. It is the coaches’ job to identify the racers that are ready for the next challenge in their development.

Club league racing is the first rung on the ladder of ski racing. Chicopee’s coaching staff is devoted to developing kids to their full potential and assisting them in the pursuit of their own goals.

Compeititve programs are those where the athletes race as an individual. Participation in theseprograms is based on ability, quota spots, and availability. In our case, we only run one competitive program at Chicopee, the K1 Individual Race series which is directed at 11 and 12 year old racers. Competitive K1 racing is driven by quota spots. Quota spots are awarded to clubs based on the number of participants they have registered with Alpine Ontario within a given age category.

Racing at this level is segregated into boy’s events and girls events.

Selection for the quota is done by the coaching staff based on the racers ability and previous results. All events are held in the collingwood area on advanced terain and longer courses than regular league races.

Children that would like to race at this level must also participate in preseason camps on snow as well as be involved in a supervised dry land training program. These requirements come from AOA as well as Chicopee.

In the event that there are more racers interested than we have spots available, we will give them starts based on a bumping protocol here the slowest racer from the previous race will be bumped in favor of the new entrant. This is a coaching decision however; the new entrant must be qualified in their eyes.