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New Chief Executive for Snowsport Scotland

Jane Campbell Morrison has been selected to take on the role of Chief Executive Officer of Snowsport Scotland from July 2013. Jane comes from a skiing and sailing background. Having started to ski with her family in Canada, aged 3 years old, she went on to take part in various training camps to improve ...

Huntly Nordic Newsletter

With the Huntly Rollerski Sprints and the Clashindarroch Hill Climb taking place this weekend (25-26th May), the Huntly Nordic Ski Club have published a newsletter with a round up of the year including features on some of the international success enjoyed by Scottish competitors and updates on Andrew Musgrave ...

2012-13 British Snow Tour Rankings

This season saw the British Snow Tour being updated to be able to include all UK freeski and snowboard events in a similar concept to the World Snowboard and Association of Freeskiing Professionals tours. Events are awarded a star ranking based on the environment and number of competitors, with the best 4 ...

ATC October Race Camp

Alpine Training Centre\'s (ATC) October Alpine Camp has been announced and will run from 5th - 26th October (for 1, 2 or 3 weeks) in Hintertux, Austria and is open to all. The camp is set to be lots of fun and have excellent high quality coaching! The coaching team is headed up by former Olympians Andy ...

Scottish Indoor Freestyle Champs - Results

Results are now online for the Scottish Indoor Freestyle Championships which took place at Snow Factor on the 11th May 2013. On the ladies side, Vaila Chapman and Molly Summerhayes took 1st place in the Snowboard and Ski sections respectively. Meanwhile, Matt McCormick took gold for his snowboarding efforts in the ...

BSS - Children\'s Team Review: Give your feedback

British Ski & Snowboard (BSS) are conducting a review of the British Children\'s team and are looking for feedback from coaches, athletes, parents, club managers etc. Please see below for links to two survey monkey questionnaires which provide more information about the review along with a short questionnaire ...

SJADG AGM

The Scottish Juniors Alpine Development Group AGM will take place on Saturday 15th June at Bellahouston ski club. SJADG is open to any skier who is U/18 or U/21 and who wants to continue skiing as a racer, for pleasure or to develop as a coach/ instructor. The meeting will start at 5.30 pm and information will be ...

October FAST Camp - Tignes

From the 12-26th October the FAST Camp will run in Tignes offering the chance to train on a variety of pistes for Under 16 and Under 14 age groups. For more information see the attached FAST Camp Letter & Flyer .

SJADG Training Camp: Tignes Oct 2013

The Scottish Junior Alpine Development Group (SJADG) training camp to Tignes will take place from 11th- 20th October and will give trainees 8 days of race training. The camp is open to all Junior skiers and affords excellent preparation for the 2013-14 season. We are delighted to have Kenny Morton, former British ...

Bormio 2014 Camp Info

Plans are already in place for the 2014 Combined Scottish Camp in Bormio supported by Scottish Juniors, FAST, Muckart, LSRA, Gordon Skiers, & SSC. The camp will run from 14th Feb to 22nd February for Under 10s through to Under 16s. For full information click here .

Summer 2013 Age Categories

With the Summer competitions commencing shortly the updated age categories have been posted online available in our Forms & Resources section.

BECOME A LEADER

Ever thought about gaining a qualification to lead groups of skiers or snowboarders around the mountain? Then this could be the right award for you. Widely recognised throughout the UK as the most appropriate award for skiers and snowboarders taking sole charge of groups, often children, in the mountain environment, and is very popular with teachers and youth workers. Available in Alpine and Snowboarding disciplines, the award covers a range of responsibilities including planning, organising, supervising, leading and instructing.

Read on for further information and then check out our Find a Course section to book it!

'The course was well organised.......it was an extremely valuable learning curve...most enjoyable course that I have ever taken part. Anyone thinking about going on this course should stop thinking and get on it!'
Anon

A new ASL manual is now available at a cost of £19.99 + £2 p&p - call the office to order on 0131 625 4405.

SCOPE OF THE AWARD

The award offers the opportunity to gain technical competence in leading skiers or snowboarders within the bounds of a ski resort in a mountain environment at home or abroad. It does not provide a professional instruction qualification and does not permit a Ski Leader to take their group off piste. The award is limited to those travelling and working with their own groups and would be invalid in any other circumstances.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Course participants should meet the following criteria:

be at least 18 years of age
be able to ski parallel on groomed red runs / snowboard all marked runs on the mountain
have at least 20 days on-snow experience
understand all levels of the UK Snowlife Awards and be able perform to level 7
be a member of the Snowsport Scotland coaching scheme

Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will also be required to complete a 2 day First Aid Course and Safeguarding & Protecting Children Workshop. Once all parts are complete, a candidate will be issued with a licence.

For anyone who is looking to attend one of the Leadership Courses and is unsure of their current skill level in relation to the criteria above, there are some further options below to assist you.

Video of entry standard for ASL course.
Call the office and speak to the Coach Education Manager about your current skills level.
Submit a video for review by a current ASL Tutor.
Attend a pre-course training session.

UPCOMING COURSES

Apply at http://www.snowsportscotland.org/application