Scotch College

Scotch Parents’ Association
Winter Sports
SKIING/BOARDING: SnowSports Club

BACKGROUND

Scotch provides boys with fabulous opportunities to get involved in Snowsports. A camp is run each year for beginner, intermediate and advanced skiers and snowboarders. This is held at Mt Hotham. The Snowsports Club was formed eight years ago to provide support to the staff organising School ski teams for the Victorian and National Interschools competition.

These competitions are held at Mt Buller in August and later in the year, for those qualifying for the National’s, at either Falls Creek or a NSW mountain. Boys at a variety of levels of skiing and snowboarding proficiency are able to participate.

For the Victorian InterSchools, Scotch holds a trials weekend in July for Junior and senior boys, at Mt Buller. Boys are entered in time trials for skiing, snowboarding and cross-country skiing and gradings for moguls. Staff then select all teams and parents help organise team managers, course officials, general support to all boys at race events, social get togethers, and the presentation night. Funds raised at our function early in the year enable us to offer some extra race training and cross country-training lessons to the boys and to subsidise the costs of race entry and the Presentation Night.

Main Activities

• Trials weekend – Camps

• The Victorian InterSchools competition held at Mt Buller

• The National InterSchools competition held in Victoria or NSW

• Pre-season Information Night at School for students to collect our Handbook andExpression of Interest Form

• Get-together in Melbourne for parents prior to the season and at Mt Buller on the Trials weekend.

• Presentation Night event to acknowledge all boys who have competed during the season.

• Family Day – The Club runs an information stall and display of activities during the season.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

• All interested parents are encouraged to attend our committee meetings held in the evening at School approximately twice a term

• Complete the Expression of Interest Form provided to students by the teachers in charge of snowsports early in the year.• Contact Snowsports Club President. In particular , providing your email address will ensure you receive all snowsports communications

• Come to our Pre-season Information Night and our Cocktail Party, details to be advised in the

Torch Newsletter .

The staff involved at both Junior and Senior levels are wonderfully enthusiastic with Scotch having great successes over the past few years.

We look forward to you and your son’s participation.