From news at lists.farwestmasters.org  Tue Aug 22 14:27:10 2017
From: news at lists.farwestmasters.org (Far West Masters news)
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:27:10 +0000
Subject: [FWM News] FW: November 3-5,
	2017 Fall Convention and Club Excellence
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Friends:

Lucy Schram?s message below has the schedule for the Far West convention, which includes officials clinics on Sunday Nov. 5.  The message doesn?t give the location.  It?s been at Squaw Valley the last few years.  This is your opportunity for required biannual updates, to get certification as a referee, or upgrade to TD.  We need more officials to help manage our races.  Also, the programs are interesting in terms of what it takes to run one of our events.  I encourage you to participate.  Lucy promises more information soon.

Dan

Daniel L. Simmons
President
Far West Masters Ski Racing
14790 Slalom Way
Truckee, CA 96161

530 587-4864

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From: Lucy Schram <lucy at fwskiing.org<mailto:lucy at fwskiing.org>>
Date: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:17 PM
Subject: November 3-5, 2017 Fall Convention and Club Excellence
To: Lucy Schram <lucy at fwskiing.org<mailto:lucy at fwskiing.org>>

It is with absolute excitement that I am able to start rolling out information for the upcoming Far West Fall Convention and U.S. Ski & Snowboard Regional Club Excellence. Yes that is a Club Excellence on our own turf, you do not have to make it to Park City in May, it is coming to us this year! Sessions geared for each level of coach, for program directors, for clubs, parents and race organizers all around!

Friday, November 3 highlights
Coaches Education with a focus for Full Time Coaches: ?What do we Coach? For This Year? with Ron Kipp
Regional Club Excellence lead by U.S. Ski & Snowboard ? session possibilities: Long Term Athlete Development, Club Development, Engagin Parents, Creating a Culture of Excellence, Evening round table discussions
Laura Sullivan with USCSA will be here to present Skiing Pathways after High School

Saturday, November 4th highlights
Athlete Assessments
Parents Sessions ? sessions lead by U.S. Ski & Snowboard, and Skiing Pathways after High School for the parents and a session for just athletes, too.
Coaches education(all day): with a focus on entry level or weekend only coaches
TD Update and new candidates
Tahoe League Meeting


Sunday, November 5th ? Officials Education
Note for ROC?s: All Start and Finish Refs are now required to hold a Jury Advisor/Ref/Chief of Race certification (there is no longer a difference for scored and non-scored)

More detailed and official information, along with registration will be available later this week or early next week. Make sure you block out the weekend, get your travel plans set and lodging reserved?.it?s bound to be an action packed weekend for each and every member of the Far West!

Lucy

Lucy Schram, Divisional Manager
Far West Skiing
PO Box 2664
Truckee, Ca 96160
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From news at lists.farwestmasters.org  Fri Aug 25 13:11:26 2017
From: news at lists.farwestmasters.org (Far West Masters news)
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:11:26 -0700
Subject: [FWM News] Preliminary 2018 race schedule
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Winter is coming and the preliminary 2018 season schedule is now available!  Membership information 
will be sent out to everyone in September, with renewal supported on SkiRaceReg.com along with race 
signups for the coming season.

Preliminary 2018 Schedule
-------------------------

The preliminary 2017-2018 race schedule is now available. Schedule VP Mike Braun has worked hard to 
put together a race schedule which offers diverse competition opportunities at areas in Far West 
with a proven ability to host excellent events. Although there are still a few details being 
settled, we believe the preliminary schedule is essentially complete and should provide a fun 
season of racing opportunities. 

Returning competitors will notice a few changes from "the usual" in this season's schedule. The 
annual masters national championships will be held in the East this season, on the relatively early 
dates of Feb. 6-10 which in previous seasons has typically been when the western region 
championships are held. The national championship Downhill will be hosted by Rocky Mountain at Ski 
Cooper on Mar. 8-11. Our "big event" in the west this season is a big deal for masters everywhere: 
the FIS Masters World Criterium will be held at Big Sky MT on Mar. 19-24. This is the world 
championships of international masters racing and we expect a big field from around the world 
attending. The last Criterium held in North America at Mammoth Mountain in 2012, so it's a big deal 
to be able to have this fun event once again returning to the US. 

Our Far West season opens in December with a few changes from recent seasons as well. The season 
kicks off at Mammoth Mountain with two SL races on Saturday Dec. 2, following the traditional post 
Thanksgiving masters training camp week (preseason training camp details will be posted when 
available). We return to Mammoth two weeks later for two GS races on Dec. 16-17. Mammoth is one of 
the few areas with reliable early season conditions that can host a GS before the holiday break, so 
we think this is a great opportunity to add GS to our early season mix of disciplines. 

Following a break over the holiday period, racing resumes on Tahoe's South Shore with a 3 day event 
at Heavenly Valley on Jan. 5-7. Friday features two SL races leading into GS races on Saturday and 
Sunday. The Viva Italia Cup weekend is one of our classic events and we're looking forward to 
exploring some new race terrain as Heavenly has renewed their commitment to racing in recent 
seasons. 

Our second event in January is another classic: the Bernard Cup at Squaw Valley on Jan. 19-21. We 
will be racing GS on Friday and Saturday, wrapping up with SL on Sunday.

February opens with 3 days of SG racing at Mammoth Mountain on Feb. 2-4. After a break for the 
Okemo national championships the week of Feb. 6-10, Far West racing resumes with a three-day event 
at Northstar on Feb. 23-25, featuring 2 SG races on Friday and GS races on Saturday and Sunday. 

On March 10-11, the McKinney Cup will offer two days of GS racing at Mt. Rose. Our Far West 
schedule takes another break in mid-March to allow competitors the opportunity to head to Big Sky 
for the FIS Masters World Criterium. Big Sky is a rightfully popular venue for masters, with great 
race hills and a welcoming Montana ambience, and the international flavor will add spice to the 
event. 

The season finals will be held at Mammoth on April 12-14. There will be two SG races on Thursday, 
GS on Friday, and wrap up with SL and the season finals banquet on Saturday.

http://farwestmasters.org/announcements/2018/FWM_Schedule_2018_preview.pdf

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