News - Alpine Ski Newfoundland and Labrador

WANTED Athletes, Coaches, Parents

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:42:11 -0330

Athletes, Coaches and Parents are wanted to re-establish Alpine teams in Clarenville, St. John's and Labrador City areas. Major up coming events include the Provincial Winter Games in Clarenville in 2014 and the Canada Winter Games in 2015 in British Columbia. There are also races in the Atlantic Provinces that you could also attend; if you do really well in these races, you could qualify for the Alpine Atlantic Alpin teams for National and International events!

For further inmormation contact Chris at ccohlmeyer@alpineskinl.ca

2012 Alpine Coach Courses at Marble

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:57:24 -0330

An Entry Level (old Level 1) course will be held at Marble Mountain on Friday January 20th to Sunday the 22nd, meet in the Main Lodge by the ticket counter at 8:30AM to complete registration and fee payment. Discounts for race team members, ex-racers and CSIA instructors.

A Development Level (old Level 2) course will be held at Marble Monday March 5th to Friday March 9th, the week following the Marble Cup Race.

For both of these courses, register at www.canskicoach.org

For the Entry Level course, Alpine Ski Newfoundland Labrador collects the fees by cheque or cash.

For the Development Level course, fees are collected by CSCF by credit card payment. Note: CSCF offers an early registration discount.

Scot earns bronze medal in GS

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:53:46 -0330

Scot makes his way down the mountain on the way to a bronze medal in the GS event at Crabbe Mountain this past Friday. — Photo by Wes Slauenwhite

Sugarloaf pre-season training

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:19:03 -0330

Pictured above is Ryan Burt training stubbies at the Provincial Team's pre-season training camp in Sugarloaf, Maine. The camp consisted of 6 days of Slalom and GS training and was attended by 7 of the 9 team members.

Olympian Brigitte Acton retires from Canada's Alpine Ski Team

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:00:00 -0230

CALGARY, AB (August 18, 2010) — Two-time Olympian Brigitte Acton from Mont-Tremblant, QC is retiring from the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.

Acton, who made her national team debut in 2003, was GMC Canadian slalom champion that same year and a medalist in super-G in 2003 and giant slalom in 2005 at the FIS Alpine World Junior Ski Championships. Acton placed 17th in the slalom at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, BC last February. She also finishes her ski racing career with two top 10 Worlds Cup results.

Two-time Olympian Brigitte Acton.
— Alpine Canada Alpin Photo

"I love what skiing has brought me," said the 24-year-old Acton, whose leadership skills provided a boost to the women's technical team over the last several years. "The thing that I am going to miss the most is my relationships with my coaches, teammates and supporters. I want to thank them all for believing in me. This was a difficult decision but one where I felt it was the right time."

Acton had suffered a few injuries in recent years, including a broken sacrum — a triangular bone at the base of the spine —- in 2007 that kept her out of action for almost the entire 2007/2008 season. She returned to form, with numerous top 20 World Cup slalom results after the injury.

Acton was born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON and grew up skiing at nearby Searchmont Ski Resort before joining the Mont-Tremblant Ski Club in Quebec. Her parents, Gordon and Diane (Pratte) Acton are national team alumni along with her sister Lise-Marie Acton, uncles Raymond and Michel Pratte as well as aunt Claude Pratte.

Acton said she intends to pursue post-secondary education in the fall. She and fiancée Mike Smith, a goaltender with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, also plan to get married next month in Aspen, USA.

Adult Race Camp

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:46:52 -0230

Adult Race Camp in Zermatt, Switzerland

In partnership with Mansfield SC , HADT and Head Sports we have put together an Adult Race Camp in Zermatt, Switzerland at the end of October 2010.

This is going to be a unique opportunity to train on the best pre-season glacier in the world. All natural snow and FIS approved training lanes makes the Plateau Rosa Glacier above the village of Zermatt the pre-season home of many World Cup teams.

We have selected an experienced group of coaches - all with many years of international experience - 3 time WC Champion Todd Brooker, Olympic and WC coach Ken Ellis, and from the HADT,
Ray Keirstead.

Zermatt is a spectacular alpine village that maintains its charm - in addition to skiing there are many other activities to take part in - hiking & mountain biking in the upper meadows, tennis, golf.

This camp is going to be limited to 16 participants - more info (pdf)