The Sport Nova Scotia 2012 Ricoh Sport Awards are slated for Saturday June 2nd at the Harbourfront Marriott. Alpine Ski Nova Scotia and the Freestyle Ski Nova Scotia Committee have developed their own criteria for the athlete categories: i.e. Female Athlete of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year, and Team of the Year. All the rest of the awards categories are open equally to Alpine, Freestyle, CADS and Para members. A selection committee will be formed with a member from each of Alpine, Freestyle and CADS/Para.

Deadline for all nominations:

To Alpine Ski NS by Wednesday March 21st. ASNS will then forward on the finalists to Sport Nova Scotia by the April 2^nd deadline.

The nomination forms for all categories of the RICOH awards are now available on the Sport Nova Scotia website as well as on the links below 

Male Individual Athlete of the Year (see Alpine & Freestyle criteria attached)

Female Individual Athlete of the Year (see Alpine & Freestyle criteria attached)

Team of the Year (see Alpine & Freestyle criteria attached)

Coach of the Year

Official of the Year

Volunteer of the Year

Corporate Sponsor of the Year

Association of the Year

Sport Makes a Difference Award

Everyone is encouraged to forward nominations to Alpine Ski NS for all non-athlete categories. The RICOH awards are a great way to recognize hard working coaches, volunteers, officials & sponsors and to nominate for the “Sport Makes a Difference “award.

Please note when completing the online form also save a copy as a word or pdf document and send to Lorraine Burch by Wednesday March 21.

The AAA committee is excited to announce this season’s Atlantic teams. Congratulations to all athletes and coaches.

All results used to tabulate these selections are available on the Alpine Ski Nova Scotia Website. They can be found under Atlantic, Points, Races.

Many thanks to Chris Cohlmeyer from NL Alpine for his dedication of countless hours ensuring all the results and points are correct.

K1 CanAm Quota: 5

Females: Jennifer Clarke (Crabbe), Kelly McCardle (PEI), and Samantha Piekarski (Poley)

Men: Fred Verret (Mt. Farlange), and Evan Ross (Wentworth)

Alternate: Connor Keefe (Wentworth)

Deadline of March 12^th to reply to Ron McLeod rmacleod@hra.ca . Coach will be Brian Carter.

K2 Eastern Championships Quota: 15

Females: Marissa Arseneau (Crabbe), Julie Ouellette (Mt. Farlange), Kaylie Bellefleur (Mt. Farlange), Drew Collins (Crabbe), Olivia Mason (Wentworth), Kathryn Freeman (Martock), Lydia MacLeod (PEI), and Alexandra Hadlaw (Martock).

Males: Michael Leger (Crabbe), Daniel Boudreau (Wentworth), Leland Morehouse (Crabbe), Alex Smith (Poley), Liam Whitman (Martock), Brendan MacNeil (Poley) and Mackenzie Carr (Martock).

Alternate(s): 1 - Jonathan Burt (Marble), 2 - Katherine Clarke (Crabbe), 3 - Ian Logan (Crabbe), 4 -Chiara Knee (Wentworth), and 5 - Evynn Topolinsky (Poley).

Deadline of March 12^th to reply to Ginette Malenfant ginette.amalenfant@gmail.com . Coaches will be Claude Marquis and Roger Hardy.

Whistler Cup K2 Quota: 6

Females: Marissa Arseneau (Crabbe), Julie Ouellette (Mt. Farlange), and Kaylie Bellefleur (Mt. Farlange).

Alternate: Drew Collins (Crabbe).

Males: Michael Leger (Crabbe), Daniel Boudreau (Wentworth), and Leland Morehouse (Crabbe).

Alternate: Alex Smith (Poley).

Deadline of March 12^th to reply to Ian Banks ibanks@dal.ca . Coach will also be Ian Banks.

The season is quickly approaching and the closer it gets the sooner the racing can start again.

The race calendar for the upcoming race season has been posted. The calendar contains all of the events in Atlantic Canada along with entry level FIS events, and some National events. The calendar can be found under the Atlantic heading followed by Calendar. For those who cannot access the interactive calendar a pdf format can be found here. Race notices will be posted accordingly when they are available.

The Atlantic Alpine Atlantique has also provided their most update to date documents pertaining to Athlete Selection Criteria, Coach Selection Criteria, Team Administrator Selection, and Chaperone Policy. These can also be found under the Atlantic heading followed by Selection Criteria.

For any coaches interested in representing the Canada District East team events they must apply through Alpine Ski Nova Scotia, submissions are due by January 31, 2012. Further information can be found below. Any interested candidates send their resume and expression of interest to Lorraine Burch - Executive Director, Alpine Ski Nova Scotia.

Atlantic Alpine Atlantique Criteria 2011-2012

Athlete Selection Criteria

Coach Selection Criteria

Team Administrator Selection

Chaperone Policy

On December 6, 2011 the Minister of Health and Wellness announced that as of November 1st 2012 it will be mandatory for all skiers and snowboarders to wear an appropriate helmet on Nova Scotia’s three commercially operated ski hills. Please see the Snow Sport Act helmet document linked for some interesting background information.

Important points to note:
1)    Public health inspectors will enforce the legislation. A fine of not less than $250 will be levied for the offence. Parents will be issued the fine if they knowingly permit a child under 16 to  violate the legislation
2)    There is no onus on ski resort operators to enforce the law; ski resort operators will post signage advertising the law.

Congratulations to the Nova Scotian ski resort operators for being part of the consultative process that has allowed the Nova Scotia government to bring this legislation into law. Nova Scotia is the first province in Canada to do so.

Please follow the website regularly for further updates regarding the process of this Bill.