NSW Snowsports Enews 47 - 21st June 2013

In this Issue

  • Amelia McGuiness Time Trial Now Open! - Wednesday 21st of August, Perisher

  • 2013 NSW Amelia McGuiness Junior Sprint Champs - Saturday 6th of July

  • Fast and Female XC Ski Clinic

  • Events for NSW Interschools XC Skiers

  • Alpine Skiing Level 1 Officials' Course

  • NSWACT Alpine Fundraising Campaign

  • NSW Biathlon Come Try Day - Laser Biathlon Relays

  • Sport Psychology Clinics

  • Play by the Rules!

Amelia McGuiness Time Trial - Wednesday 21st of August, Perisher

The Amelia McGuiness Time Trial is a great opportunity to practice your racing technique, to have fun with your family, or to experience what racing is all about.

This year the AMASDF committee have introduced Skier Cross and Snowboard Cross as part of the Amelia McGuiness Memorial Time Trial. Competitors can choose to compete in Alpine/Snowboard GS or Skier Cross/Snowboard Cross or both! The event is open to everyone.

Join in the fun and support a great cause!

Click Here to Register for the Amelia McGuiness Time Trial!

2013 NSW Amelia McGuiness Junior Sprint Champs - Saturday 6th of July

The NSW XC community have joined with the AMASDF Committee to hold its first annual Junior Sprint Championships!

This event is an individual sprint race will be conducted near the Nordic Shelter. The course will be determined on race day dependant upon snow conditions.

Click Here to Register for the Amelia McGuiness Junior Sprint Championships!

** All money raised will be donated to The Amelia McGuiness Australian Snowsports Development Foundation. 

Fast and Female XC Ski Clinic 

Fast and Female is an event especially targeted at girls between 9-19yrs to learn more about and get more involved in XC Skiing.

The Fast and Female Ski Clinic will be held at the Perisher XC Trails on Saturday 3rd August.

Click here to download the Fast and Female XC Ski Clinic Flyer

Events for NSW Interschools XC Skiers

Thinking about the podium at NSW State Interschools this season? NSW X-Country has put together a list of XC races in Perisher suited to Interschools XC skiers to enter for practice and to develop their technique before State Interschools Cross Country on 20th August 2013. Especially check out the June and July races which are during the school holidays.

And don’t forget Nationals Interschools at Buller this year will be a Classic Technique race, so look for races where you can practice your Classic technique. These races have (C) next to their name. 

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Alpine Skiing Level 1 Officials' Course 

This officially recognised training course is aimed at parents, teachers, coaches and volunteers who may be assisting at Interschool, Club, SSA or FIS Alpine races.

The 2 hr course covers the role of the official, race safety, race rules, race organisation, time keeping and use of radio communications. It is aimed at both new volunteers and those who accreditation has expired and need a refresher course (those accredited prior to 2009).

JINDABYNE:  Thursday 27th June 7:00pm – 9pm Jindabyne Central School, Library building, 8 Park Rd Jindabyne 

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NSWACT Alpine Fundraising Campaign 

NSWACT Alpine is underway with a number of exciting new fundraising initiatives to help support and fund our NSWACT Alpine teams and programs.

Below is a link to our recently launched NSWACT Alpine on line fundraiser. People can make small donations via this website through either PayPal or credit card (it only takes a few seconds) and donors can potentially win prizes. 

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NSW Biathlon Come Try Day - Laser Biathlon Relays

NSW Biathlon will be holding a Come and Try Biathlon day followed by laser biathlon relay races for all to participate in on Sunday 4th August commencing at 1pm.

Why not come and have a try of the exciting Snowsports discipline of Biathlon which is one of the biggest and most exciting winter sports in Europe.  For more information on Biathlon in NSW visit the NSW Biathlon website www.nswbiathlon.com.au and click here to find out more about the NSW Biathlon day on 4 August.

Click here to download the entry form

Sports Psychology Workshops Now Available! 

Condor Performance is running 2 x 1 Day workshops Sports Psychology Workshops in Jindabyne for coaches and parents (Sunday 7th and Tuesday 9th July)  and 1 x Introduction to Mental Toughness Training on the evening of Wednesday 10th July 2013.  

Click here for the Sports Psychology Workshops Information Flyer

Click here for the Mental Toughness Training Flyer

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Play by the Rules 

Play by the Rules was first developed by the South Australian Department for Sport and Recreation in 2001 as an interactive education and information website (www.playbytherules.net.au) on discrimination, harassment and child protection in sport.

Play by the Rules provides information, resources, tools and free online training to assist administrators, coaches, officials, players and spectators in preventing and dealing with discrimination, harassment and child safety issues in sport. It aims to influence attitudes and change behaviours, which hopefully leads to positive cultural change in sport and recreation environments.

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