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e-News April 6 | Whistler Cup | Bursaries | EOS BBQ |May Camps | 2023-24 Season Registration and more
Whistler Cup Schedule and call for volunteers
We really need the support of every WMSC parent to make Whistler Cup one of the best U14/16 ski races in North America. Returning after a 3-year hiatus, we are expecting over 400 coaches and athletes from around the world to join us for the 30th edition. All WMSC members should be involved in some way to enjoy and support at this unique international event. Volunteering can take place on or off hill and before, during and after race days. There are opportunities for everyone.
Email volunteer@wmsc.info to sign up today!
Whistler Cup Schedule of Events
Rob Boyd Bursary | Nominations Deadline Thursday, April 13th
The ‘Rob Boyd Bursary’ is awarded annually, to the next seasons U18 athletes, making current 2nd year U16’s eligible for the award as well.
For the 5th anniversary, Rob is awarding not 2 but 3 deserving athletes a $1,000 bursary each that will be credited to their WMSC account. In time, as the fund grows, additional bursaries may be awarded.
Candidates should embody the ‘WMSC Teamship Values’ and include (but not limited to):
Passion for the sport – ski racing as well as knowledge/skills/desire to ski all aspects of the mountains.
Fairplay – showing positive attitude, assisting fellow athletes and appreciation for officials/volunteers (on or off the slopes).
Be a role model/mentor/ambassador for the sport (yet perhaps have a bit of a wild side?!?).
Work ethic – arrive early, stay late (to take one or two more runs – off piste?), show a willingness to assist coaches, collect/transport training equipment and gear when necessary
Show potential and desire to be successful in racing, and when appropriate, give back to the sport.
Nominations should be submitted by teammates or coaches directly to the WMSC Bursaries Committee at bursaries@wmsc.info explaining why the individual should be considered for this award. Submissions should be in letter form and include anecdotes or examples that exemplify the individuals’ character and/or actions deserving of recognition and support
Dave Murray and Jordan Schick Bursaries | Nominations by coaches only
All 2nd year U16 to U21 Athletes who are enrolling to 2021-2022 WMSC season are eligible to receive any of the WMSC Bursaries. These are financial awards which can be applied to further your participation in pre-season camps and races. Rob Boyd, Dave Murray and Jordan Schick set an example in the Ski Racing community and it is in this spirit that we are pleased to honor them with these bursaries.
The purpose of the WMSC bursaries is to support, promote, encourage and sponsor WMSC Teamship Values, sportmanship, leadership and passion for ski racing. These bursaries recognize U16 to U21 athletes who exemplify these qualities.
Dave Murray Bursary – Dave Murray is well known as one of the Crazy Canucks! He ski raced in the same hills as our athletes race today. He left us a legacy: The Dave Murray Bursary of $750 and plaque or trophy awarded to one racer, either gender.
Nominations will be made by coaches for 2nd year U16 athletes moving to U18, U18 or U21 racers with financial need, committed to the sport; that shows athletic ability and potential to rise in alpine ski racing.
Jordan Schick Bursary of $750 and plaque will be awarded to one racer, either gender
The family of Jordan Schick awards this bursary to a racer at WMSC in Jordan’s memory. Jordan lost his life in a car accident while he was a WMSC racer.
Nominations will be made by coaches and the bursary will be awarded to one racer in the 2nd year U16 moving to U18, U18 or U21 program.
For specific details and criteria, please visit WMSC Awards and Bursaries
End of the Year BBQ and Awards Ceremony | Saturday, April 22 by RSVP
Join us on Saturday, April 22nd at the Whistler Secondary School to recognize our athletes’ performances and successes. Meet at the MPR room at WSS from 4 to 6 pm.
To help with logistics, please register/ RSVP every member of the family attending the BBQ and Awards. There is no charge for the event.
2023-2024 WMSC Season Registration open until August 31st
To enable participation on our May and June ski camps, 2023/24 WMSC and BC Alpine membership renewals and new members registration is now open until Thursday, August 31.
To register:
Renew or register to WMSC Membership and BC Alpine Competitor License **
Select the 2023/24 Winter Program and pay a $1,000 Deposit
We are still finalizing our schedules and program fees and we will publish them as soon as they are approved.
- Please be informed that WMSC Membership and BC Alpine fees are subject to change
Register Now
U12 Program
U14 Program
U16 Program
FIS Program
U12 – FIS May Camps 2023 | Now open for registration
May camps are available to all U12s through FIS athletes. This marks the beginning of our new season and athletes will move up to their new age teams. The camps will be at Blackcomb Mountain.
To participate on May camps, family memberships, BC Alpine Fees and 2023/24 program registration must be renewed and racer accounts current.
Register now!
May 6th/7th – U12/U14/U16/FIS free ski and course environments
May 11th – 14th – U14/U16/FIS – Free ski and course environments
May 13th/14th – U12 – Weekend only, free ski and course environments
May 18th/21st – U12/U14/U16/FIS – Free ski and course environments
e-News Try Out day | Spring Camps | Race Report
NorAm Finals Success | Thank you!
A massive shout out to all those that volunteered for FIS NorAm Finals and for making it a memorable event!
It was fantastic to see everyone out on hill and making the club cabin so alive. Volunteerism is at the core of all we do here at WMSC and this sport happens because of all of you. A special and huge thank you to Whistler Blackcomb, The Whistler Weasels, Abbie Milavski, and to all our WMSC current and alumni members who made this event a world class success.
WMSC Try out Day | Saturday, April 8
Meet at WMSC Club Cabin in Creekside at 9:00 am| It’s free!
For all strong skiers, born in 2012 and 2013 (10 and 11 years and old) from RDP and any program who are interested in taking their technical skiing to a new level and try out ski racing. The Ski up day is an opportunity to try and learn about the Whistler Mountain Ski club, training on the Dave Murray National Training Centre with our professional ski racing coaches.
This day gives potential Whistler Mountain Ski Club athletes a chance to try the club out for a day and get a feel for if they would like to join the program next year. It also gives the parents and opportunity to meet some of the staff and learn about the program.
WMSC Alumni Emeline Bennett. FIS Ski Cross Junior World Champion
Emeline won her quarterfinals and then battled to second in the semifinals before winning the finals to capture the gold medal in the Italian Dolomites. On the men side, WMSC alumni Nick Katrusiak (9th) and Jack Morrow also competed at the race. What an incredible result and we hope that she’s enjoying this well earned success.
Race Report
U12 have finished their competitive season just returning from the Nancy Greene Festival At Sun Peaks. They will finish the year training at home with some fun events club events still to come.
U14 The majority of our U14s made it to Revelstoke for the Provincial Championships. This event will give our athletes a deeper field of competition and the opportunity to meet athletes from the whole province. We wish them success on and off the hill, enjoying the work they’ve put in so far this season.
U16 The are leaving on Wednesday for the last event in the Provincial series at Silver Star. U16 will finish their competitive season with the Whistler Cup starting on the 13th of April.
Whistler Cup | U14 & U16 Whistler Cup is just around the corner. Our U14 and U16 teams will have the opportunity to race against athletes from the country and from around the world. We have 20 countries represented this year.
FIS team is still busy with 3 races ahead of them. They depart to Panorama tomorrow for the Spring Series, continue on to Nakiska for the Alberta GMC Cup and return to Sun Peaks for a 2 day race, the Coaches Cup.
Upcoming home events
April 8th – WMSC Try Out Day
April 13-16 – Whistler Cup | U14 and U16
April 22-23 Final club Race and End of the Season BBQ and Awards day
May-June Spring training
Whistler Cup Volunteers Needed
Thanks to all of you who have signed up to volunteer. We still have several positions available. Please sign up today!
We have heard from many of our new families that they would like to shadow some of the roles to run a ski race. Absolutely!, please email our volunteer coordinators directly at volunteer@wmsc.info
There are amazing learning opportunities for starters, star referees, finish referees, chief of gates, chief of race. Please reach out.
Spring & Summer Ski & Dryland Camps 2023
The Whistler Mountain Ski Club is pleased to announce our Spring and Summer programming dates and plan. This year we have updated the calendar to offer a little bigger break from the end of the season to the start of May and then from the last May camp to the first June camp. Within the June block, we wanted to offer something a bit more unique and will be planning speed and speed element camps where athletes can work on specific components such as gliding, jumping, long turns, starts, terrain and aerodynamics to name a few. We also plan to try some more unique multi environment stations that is a little more free form then the traditional ski camp. Lastly, the third camp aims to capture all age groups when they are out of school, making it more accessible to all. July has our regular two dryland camps with a special addition in the second one to utilize the ski water ramps at the base of Blackcomb.
Please see below the dates below, mark your calendars and look forward to a fun summer:
Blackcomb May Camps
• May 6th/7th – U12/U14/U16/FIS free ski and course environments
• May 11th – 14th – U14/U16/FIS – Free ski and course environments
• May 13th/14th – U12 – Weekend only, free ski and course environments
• May 18th/21st – U12/U14/U16/FIS – Free ski and course environments
Whistler T-bars June Camps
• June 14th – 18th – FIS/U16 Speed, speed elements and GS camp.
• June 21st – 25th – U14/U12/Master Speed elements, GS and multi environment camp.
• June 26th – 30th – GS/SL All ages camp.
July Summer dryland camps – Please note that FIS dryland program is separate.
• July 3rd – 7th – U12/U14/U16 – Skills, fitness, and fun camp
• July 17th – 21st – U12/U14/U16 – Water Ramps and adventure camp
• July 21st – Summer Club BBQ at the Club Cabin
August
• U16/FIS Mt. Hood camps – Dates still to come… roughly in the first half of August.
• August 29th – 31st – U16 Kees and Claire Hut trip.
e-News March 23 | NorAm Cup Schedule | Race Recap Report | Wayne Deane
Whistler NorAm Finals – March 21 – 28th – See the best of the best
We are at the last leg of the series. Come and watch!
Event Schedule:
• Sunday March 26 – SG Race
• Monday March 27 – GS Race
• Tuesday March 28 – SL Race
WMSC Try out Day | Saturday, April 8
Meet at WMSC Club Cabin in Creekside at 9:00 am| It’s free!
For all strong skiers, born in 2012 and 2013 (10 and 11 years and old) from RDP and any program who are interested in taking their technical skiing to a new level and try out ski racing. The Ski up day is an opportunity to try and learn about the Whistler Mountain Ski club, training on the Dave Murray National Training Centre with our professional ski racing coaches.
This day gives potential Whistler Mountain Ski Club athletes a chance to try the club out for a day and get a feel for if they would like to join the program next year. It also gives the parents and opportunity to meet some of the staff and learn about the program.
WMSC Alumni named to Canadian Ski Cross Team for World Juniors
Jack Morrow, Emeline Bennett and Nicholas Katrusiak are headed to Italy later this month. Join us to cheer them on!
WMSC Alumni Family in mourning | Wayne Deane passed away
Wayne Deane, father of WMSC alumni Cassidy and Chantal Deane, passed away suddenly on March 12. Beloved ski instructor and important member of the community for more than 30 years.
Please read the full article here
If you would like to support the family, please visit the GoFundMe page.
Race Recap Report
It is so nice to see the Club Cabin so alive with everything happening this weekend!
• FIS NorAms Finals – We have some of our FIS Team forerunning and racing some of the events of the series and gearing up to their next race at Panorama BC Cup-Spring Series.
Big thanks to all the volunteers and coaches who are helping make this event a success.
• U16 BC Games – The Whistler Mountain Ski Club had eight U16 athletes travel to Vernon, BC to compete in the 2023 BC Winter Games. Those not at the BC Games are training at home before their departure to the Provincial Teck Open at Silverstar Mountain
• U14 Provincial & BC Games – The U14 team is gearing up for the fun and exciting part of their season with nine kids heading to Vernon for the year delayed BC Games and right after the whole team will be in Revelstoke competing in the Provincial Championships.
• U12 Nancy Greene Festival – Always an enjoyable time of the year, the U12s are at Sun Peaks for the annual festival.
FIS Update – March 31th 2023
Hello Team, Here information for our departure to Panorama a some final trip preparations. Apologies I made the update on Wednesday but it I failed to upload it properly
Tonight Friday March 31st there will be a team building session for the women’s program from 4:30 to 5:30 pm and for the whole team from 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Trip plan for Panorama BC Cup Spring Series.
Saturday April 1 6:30 load 7:00 pm departure arrive Panorama 6:00 pm dinner at Panorama upon arrival. Bring enough some groceries breakfast on Sunday morning or plan on eating at the café.
Sunday April 2 Grocery shopping in Invermere. Pm training session or possible SG free ski on the race track.
Monday April 3 SG race
Tuesday April 4 GS race
Wednesday April 5 GS race
Thursday April 6 SL race
Friday April 7 SL race. Departure for Canmore (Rocky Mountain Ski Lodge) and departure for Revelstoke (Super 8) for those returning to Whistler
Return to Whistler and Alberta Camp and Races
Saturday April 8 Arrival in Whistler in the afternoon. Alberta campers will be off snow and shop for groceries.
Sunday April 9 Whistler off snow. Alberta mini camp begins training Mt. Norquay or Nakiska
Monday April 10 Whistler School. Alberta training Mt. Norquay or Nakiska
Tuesday April 11 Whistler School. Alberta Camp SG training Nakiska
Wednesday April 12 Whistler School Alberta Camp off snow rest day.
Thursday April 13 Whistler Freeski with Matou. Nakiska SG race
Friday April 14 Whistler Training Blackcomb. Nakiska GS race
Saturday April 15 Whistler Training Blackcomb. Nakiska GS Race
Sunday April 16 Whistler Training Blackcomb Nakiska 2 SL races Depart for Revelstoke (Super 8)
Monday April 17 Arrival Whistler via Vancouver ( Yes there will be drop in Vancouver for this trip.)
Sunpeaks Coaches Cup April 21 to April 22
Detail for SunPeaks Coaches Cup will be confirmed once the race notice has been published in the next few days. Plan Currently is to train on Blackcomb on April 20 and travel to SunPeaks on the 21 with the a 2 days of racing on April 22 GS and SL on April 23. Return from Sunpeaks Sunday night April 23 after the last race.
Richard
FIS Update March 22, 2023
Hello All Please see the important info below.
Here is the registration link for our the BC Cup Panorama FIS series April 1st to April 8th 2023, This last targeted race for all the FIS team members. Please register ASAP.
https://campscui.active.com/orgs/WhistlerMountainSkiClub?season=3174642&session=58934743
There are additional race series in April with the Alberta Cup at Nakiska April 13 to 16 and the BC Coaches Cup April 22 and 23 at Sunpeaks. WMSC FIS will attend these events. The Nakiska race series will include a small training block in Alberta as the time between Panorama and Nakiska is to short to make worth while to return to Whistler and drive back out to Alberta. Attending both race series will involve 19 days away from home. The expense of this trip needs to be justified by the goals, plans and current state of the athletes performance. If you have questions weather or not an athlete should do both Nakiska and Panorama please reach out to Richard. Please inform the coaching staff weather or not you intend to race at Nakiska so we can finalize the cost and the vehicles needed for the trip by Friday March 24th.
The Sunpeaks coaches Cup is a two day event and will only have one full day added to the race series for travel. SunPeaks will be closed to the public for this trip so this will not be a parent friendly trip as parents will be unable to ski at the resort.
Training plan for March 23 to 26
Thursday & Friday March 23 and 24–_ Slalom on Blackcomb, Gandy Dancer. Load 8:00 with public. Last run 11:30 as we are sharing lanes with some visiting teams for the NOR AM_
Saturday and Sunday March 25 and 26 GS on Blackcomb, Gandy Dancer Early Load 7:45 Last Run 11:30
NOR AM Finals
NOR AM Finals have started. Some the boys have two successful day forerunning the DH track in great conditions. DH racing continues tomorrow . SG slated for 25 and 26 and the tech races for Monday and Tuesday Mach 27 and 28th . Athletes should confirm their individualized plans with the coaching staff.
