1) Athletes must be members of Biathlon
2) Athletes must be born in the years - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 .
***note*** younger athletes will be allowed to vie for selection to the team
3) Athletes must announce their intentions of trying out for the team and sigh an athlete agreement to this effect. Athletes, who have attended at least two camps and have paid their team fee will be eligible to attend training camps in Nov 2009 and Nov 2010 at Silverstar.
4) Over 2 years, six camps will be designated as Canada Winter Games Camps. Athletes must attend a minimum of three camps. If camps are cancelled, it becomes 3/5, 2/4 To qualify as having attended a camp, an athlete must be present for three quarters of the camp or two full days of any of the longer camps.
The first "official" camp will be held in conjunction with Westerns in
5) Athletes must be on a year-round training program that is approved and monitored by the provincial coaching staff.
6) Selection Races
Athletes meeting this criteria above will be eligible to compete in Selection Races.
There will be six selection races, weather permitting. Athletes will choose their best. In each race, the athletes total points will be calculated based on a percentage of the average of the top three finishers.
Choose Best Race - Value 5%
Two qualifying races will be held at the end of the 2009-2010 season. Sprint, Mass Start
***note*** these two races will use reduced distances and athletes will not carry rifles while skiing.
Choose Best three Races of Four - Value 95%
Two will be held at
Individual, Sprint (if races are cancelled best 2 of 3, or best one of 2)
Two will be held at a site to be determined (
The team will be ratified by the executive and will be announced Jan15, 2011.
7. At the end of the 2019-10 season, the high performance committee, on advice of Coaching Staff (Aimee Procyk and Richard Boruta
may preselect up to two athletes to the team.
8 Leading up to the Canada Winter Games, any athlete that qualifies for the World Junior Team or World Youth Team will automatically qualify provided there is no conflict in the dates of these two events.
9. Athletes moving to
10. The fifth placed athlete would be the alternate in case someone cannot go.
11. An athlete protest procedure consists of an appeals committee set up by the executive that contains at least two people not on the executive. All appeals must be initiated by the athlete before Jan 20 2011.
12. Weather Consideration
In the event of a severe weather "situation" that would make travel dangerous, an athlete can apply to the executive for special consideration.
13. Team Selection / Medical Replacement
The Saskatchewan Sport Medicine policy explains what occurs in the
event of injury and is outlined on the following page.
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