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Team Captains Meeting

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TCM 2

19:00 Saturday December 20, 2025

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Agenda

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  • Land Acknowledgement,

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  • Roll Call, Jury, OC Members

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  • Communication

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  • Venue, Weather, Wax Testing and Protocol

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  • Race Information Sunday Dec 21, 2025
    • Schedule
    • Stadium and Course Maps

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  • TD/ATD and Race Director Remarks

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  • Safesport

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

  • The 2025 Alberta Cup 1 & 2 takes place in Canmore in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta. In the spirit of reconciliation, we respectfully acknowledge that these lands are the ancestral and traditional territories of the Îethka Nakoda First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations.
  • We honour these and all other First Nations, Inuit and Metis lands, and are grateful for our relationships with the land and its Peoples.

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ROLL CALL

  • Please put your Name and Club in the Chat.

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Jury

Role

Name

Chief of Competition

Hugh Simson

TD

Milaine Theriault

ATD

Andy Lamb

Nordiq Alberta - Race Director

Ivan Babinkov

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Organizing Committee

Position

Name

Chief of Competition

Hugh Simson

Competition Secretary

Meghan Bryant

Chief of Stadium

James Gunn

Chief of Course

Simon Robins

Chief of Start

Kieran Dowling

Chief of Controllers

Michael Buxton-Carr

Chief of Timing and Results

Kyla Connor

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Event Communication

  • The OC will communicate via Coaches Whatsapp and Zone 4

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    • Coaches Whats App

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    • Posting of Unofficial Results, Race update from OC, etc.
  • Results will be live on Zone4

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Weather

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WAX TESTING AND WARM-UP TRAILS

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Located on the downhill section of the Cross Country stadium.

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Fluorinated Ski Wax Prohibition

As per ICR 222.8, the use of fluorinated wax or tuning products containing fluorine is prohibited

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Warmup Trails:

Course open until 10min before start.

Cross Country Stadium

Banff Trail

Wax Protocol

  • Star Medium puck to be buffered onto all race skies of all race categories

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Coaches

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  • Ski in the Direction of the Course ONLY
  • No skiing on the course when the course in closed.
    • Can walk along the course.
  • Race Office 7:30am
    • Return Wax Room Keys and Lockboxes
    • Bib for everyone
    • Legs stickers (Left Leg) for everyone except U8/U10
  • Chips at the Start
    • 10-15min before the start of your race.
  • Course
    • Closes 8:50am

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  • Awards
    • 10:30am Masters M | W
    • 11:00am Open, U18 M
    • 11:30am Open, U18 W
    • 12:00pm U16 & U14 B | G
    • 12:50pm U12 B | G
    • Location – Finish Area

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RACE INFORMATION

Sunday December 21

  • Mass Start – Classic Technique

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Stadium

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Courses 3km

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Course 750m

U12

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TD Remarks

TD: Milaine Theriault

ATD: Andy Lamb

  • Great racing today
  • Start in Classic Tracks no changing lanes
  • Turning Zone Technique

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Nordiq Alberta Race Director

Remarks

  • Ivan Babikov

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  • Awards:
    • please be sure your athletes attend their awards
    • Year of Birth awards for U16, U14, U12.

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Safe Sport

  • Everyone has the right to a safe and inclusive environment, free from maltreatment.
  • If you are experiencing, or you suspect someone else is experiencing, abuse, discrimination, violence or other forms of maltreatment, contact the Canadian Sport Helpline (1-888-837-7678 - info@abuse-free-sport.ca).
  • The onsite SafeSport officer: Megan Dunn, (403-431-0730, megandunn@gmail.com). She can connect you with support and help you file a complaint.

For emergencies, call 911.

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Ecofriendly Event

  • The Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park has the objective and mandate to present events that are as eco-friendly as possible.
  • Reduce usage of single use plastics, styrofoam, packaging and containers during the event.
  • Sort and dispose of all waste in the proper recycling and waste bins located at several locations on site.
  • We also encourage teams to carpool as much as possible.
  • Thank you.

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Thank You

  • Canmore Nordic Centre
    • Alaric, Faye, Geret and their Teams for all of their help planning and organizing the Nordic Centre to ensure we have great trail conditions to race on.
  • Zone 4
    • Chewy, Linden and their team.
  • Volunteers
    • To all of the people that are volunteering, taking time off work, flying out here to stay for the week.
  • Nordiq Alberta - Ivan and Rory
    • Thank you for your support
  • Canmore Biathlon and World Cup Society
  • TD/ATD - Milaine and Andy

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  • Coaches
    • Thank you Coaches for all of your great work with these athletes.
    • You are instrumental in helping to shape these athletes to become strong, healthy, fit, resilient members of our communities.

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