Congratulations to all of Alberta's U16 athletes on fantastic racing throughout the season, and most recently, at the Can-Am Championship. With the results now calculated, we are thrilled to announce that Alberta will be sending its largest ever team to Whistler Cup, thanks to six Albertans being named to Team Canada. 

Sydney Bezenar SUNSH
Zoe Belczyk  SUNSH
Annika Naciuk  ESC
Lewis Darling  PANO
Adrien Grabinski  SUNSH
Kelvin Cochrane BANFF

 Team Alberta Men:
Marcus Holm BANFF
Bennett Erickson KASC
Liam Wallace SUNSH
Ryan Webster BANFF
Sam Wall BANFF
Sean Terry RABBIT

Team Alberta Ladies:
Nikki Irwin BANFF
Tia Kattler BANFF
Avery Nairn NAST
Kennedy Bokenfohr AASA
Meaghan Timmerman BANFF
Gabriela Fekete SUNSH

We would also like to acknowledge Michelle Rufener on Team Swiss and Luka Bozinovski on Team Macedonia. 

Congratulations and best of luck to our racers in Whistler on April 4-6, 2014

Calling all FIS athletes: Are you thinking of taking a coaching course? There are Entry Level CSCF coaching courses coming up at Sunshine Village, April 1 to 3 and April 11 to 13. The April 11 to 13 course will be geared more toward racers.

Avoid the rush next November. Register here.

See the guideline below and posted on the Alberta Alpine website here.

Alberta Alpine Ski Association FIS Graduates Coaching Program

At Alberta Alpine we support our FIS graduates and encourage them to give back to the ski community by becoming a certified CSCF Entry Level ski coach. A strong grass roots program throughout Alberta is the key to building future Olympic champions and what better way to support the 42 ski clubs across the province then by providing financial support to our FIS graduates who work with young Alberta ski racers. Alberta Alpine believes that it is important for our clubs to be able to hire knowledgeable coaches who have a background in ski racing and can inspire youngsters to love the sport. To help achieve this goal, Alberta Alpine encourages and provides financial support to FIS graduates who whish to take the Entry Level coaching course through the Canadian Ski Coaches Federation and work for an Alberta club.

Please read the parameters of the FIS Graduates program below and check the CSCF website: www.canskicoach.org for upcoming Entry Level coaching courses.

FIS Graduates Coaching Program Parameters:

1. Applicants must have been registered as a FIS athlete with an Alberta club for a minimum of 2 years.
2. The applicant pays the full cost of the CSCF EL course and achieves trained status.
3. When the coach achieves certified status by completing the Entry Level coach learning journal with a Mentor Coach, the coach may apply to Alberta Alpine for a 50% reimbursement of the fee paid for the 3 day EL Coaching course.
4. When the coach achieves Advanced certified status application may be made for reimbursement of the remaining 50% of the course fee. This must be completed within 3 years of the initial Entry Level Coaching course.
5. Please submit a letter with the above information to the Athletics Director at brett@albertaalpine.ca

Congratulations to the Northern Alberta athletes who attended the Arctic Winter Games in Fairbanks, Alaska.

On March 18, Team Alberta swept the gold medals and won 7 of 8 possible podium spots.

Jr Girls - 1st Avery Nairn, 3rd Courtney Doerkson
Jr Boys - 1st Danny Wieben,  2nd Will Nagge
Juv Girls - Portia Fernandes 1st, Olivia Kelly 4th
Juv Boys - 1st Curtis Munroe, 3rd Dawson Brancati

Full results from the Arctic Winter Games can be found here.