SSSA 2025 Scottish Primary Schools Dry Slope Championships Info & Rules (Rules updated 12/03/25) 1. VENUES South Qualifier at Bearsden North qualifier at Aberdeen FINALS at Hillend 2. EVENT FORMAT Each qualifier and the finals event will be run as a 2-run timed slalom, using a course suitable for primary school aged pupils. Each racer will have the opportunity for a course inspection followed by 2 timed runs. They will then be ranked in their year group and gender category using their fastest run time. 3. OPEN TO The event is open to all primary school pupils in full time education in Scotland. All competitors must be able to control their line and speed, link turns and use an uplift tow. There are no other prerequisites to entry and pupils are not required to be part of any club or any other 3rd party organisation. 4. ENTRY Entry is by online form which will remain open until 3 weeks prior to the event Every competitor must be allocated to either the Open or Female gender categories They must also be categorised as P1-4 or P5-7 year group whereby:- For 2024/25:
Live entries can be viewed from the website. All data submitted is used in its raw format so schools must ensure data is accurate. Note you can edit your entries using the link on your confirmation email. Please see the SSSA privacy policy for information on what data is captured and how it is held. 5. SCHOOL TEAMS Competitors must be entered into a schools team which can comprise anything from 1-4 racers. All teams must be UNIQUELY NAMED, e.g., XXX School Team A,  XXX School Team B, etc.. School teams will be transparent of gender and can contain any mix of pupils. Teams with 3 or 4 competitors will get a team ranking using the sum of the 3 fastest competitors' best times. Schools may submit any number of teams but only the first two will be automatically accepted. Third and subsequent teams will only have their acceptance confirmed if there is space after the closing date. 6. MEDAL CATEGORIES Primary Individual O P1-4 Primary Individual F  P1-4 Primary Individual O P5-7 Primary Individual F P5-7 Primary School Team (TROPHY for Finals) (School with best 3 individual times) 7. QUALIFICATION FOR FINALS: Individuals: Any individual racers ranking in the top 5, who are not in a qualifying team will also qualify to attend the finals at Hillend. Teams: The top 10 ranked teams at each qualifier will go through to the finals. In addition further quota of teams will qualify based on the relative size of each event. i.e. If the North qualifier has 80 entries and the South qualifier has 120 entries, an additional 4 teams from North and 6 from South will go through to the finals 8. COST & PAYMENT Entry costs for 2025 are £25 per racer which includes lift pass and ski hire. Payment should be made online in advance using the link on the website. Payment #codes (which can be found in your receipt email) must be shown at check-in. 9. CHECK-IN PROCESS When you arrive at the event
IF RUNNING LATE PLEASE TEXT the race organiser so your place can be held and not scrubbed. If you were one of last year’s winning teams. Please ensure you return any trophy duly engraved & polished! EQUIPMENT HIRE: If required this will need to be organised separately by the school with ski hire at the centre. 10.  PUPIL SUPERVISION Each team must have an appointed adult to act as team Supervisor/Coach/Captain. This person must be able to accompany and supervise the pupils and is responsible for the team's safety, wellbeing and conduct at all times. Competitors must not be left unsupervised. 11.  CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT School team supervisors and parents are responsible to ensure that each pupil is wearing appropriate apparel for the slope. A helmet, gloves, long sleeve top and full length trousers are compulsory - no bare skin is allowed to be shown. 12. HELPERS Each team should also aim to provide a volunteer helper to assist with the running of the event. In order to run a quality and safe dual slalom event about 15 helpers are required. Helpers need no previous experience as training will be given at the event. All helpers will receive a free uplift pass for the day where necessary. 13.  FIRST AID & CHILD PROTECTION At each event first aid cover is provided by the professional staff employed by the facility. School team supervisors are responsible to ensure that adequate provision is made to handle any child protection issues in compliance with their school child protection and excursions policies. The SSSA does not provide any additional child protection staffing at events. 14.  EVENT BULLETINS & NOTIFICATIONS All event bulletins and notifications will be posted via the SSSA FACEBOOK, Prior to an event an email will also be sent to all of the submitted email addresses.
TEAM SELECTION PROCESS & MANAGING TOO MANY PUPILS In order to make selection into teams a fair and transparent process, schools are recommended to take pupils to the local ski centre for a time trial. This process not only offers a transparent, fair and equitable means to do team selection, but it also enables the school to put on a ski race for their own pupils (or jointly with another school), and potentially accommodate participation from a much larger group of pupils than might necessarily be taken to the SSSA events. For help and assistance in organising this contact your local snowsport centre. PRE-EVENT PRACTICE:Â Please contact your local dry mat to arrange a practice session for your pupils SAFETY NOTICE All Scottish Schools Snowsports events are run by the organising committee of the Scottish Schools Snowsports Association with support and guidance from the National Governing Body for Snowsports in Scotland, Snowsport Scotland. Every event follows strict procedures and risk assessment protocols to ensure the safety, well being and protection of all competitors, and should anyone have any questions regarding this matter they should contact the SSSA on info@sssa.co Thank you. Good luck and we hope you and your pupils have a great day! Any questions about this event series please info@sssa.co | |
