SSE Inter-Regional Team Competition
Entry Criteria
10.1.1. All Regional Ski Associations currently recognised by Snowsport England are entitled to enter teams. Selection policy will be decided by each Regional Ski Association. Individual entries are not accepted.
10.2. Eligibility
10.2.1.The competition is open to teams representing Regions recognised by Snowsport England. Teams representing other Home Nation Governing Bodies (HNGB) may be invited into the competition.
10.2.2. All competitors within a regional team must be currently registered with one of the HNGBs as an alpine performer. Those competing for an English Region must be in membership of a Snowsport England member club affiliated to the Region for which they have been chosen to race.
10.2.3. Where competitors have nominated on their registration form a Snowsport England member club for artificial slope racing, they may compete only for the Region to which that club is affiliated. Any competitor wishing to change their nominated club may do so by following the procedure detailed in section 4.3.7.
10.3. Team Composition And Entries
10.3.1.Regions may enter up to three teams. Other HNGBs may enter a maximum of two teams. Each team will comprise 7 racers, of whom:
x All must be minimum age Children 1
x At least 2 must be of the opposite gender to the rest of the team
x Not more than 3 may be Seniors or Masters
10.3.2. The age categories for the event will be as follows:
x Female Children, Male Children (comprising CH1 and CH2)
x Female Juniors, Male Juniors (comprising JUN1 and JUN2)
x Female Seniors, Male Seniors (comprising Seniors and Masters)
10.3.3. Notification of entry must be submitted to the Race Secretary by the closing
date notified in the Race Bulletin and must be accompanied by the appropriate
entry fee. The names of the competitors comprising each team must be submitted in accordance with the instructions in the Race Bulletin. Competitors may race only for the team in which they are named.
Reserves
10.4.1. Each Region may name any number of reserves to be used for any of the teams competing for that region.
10.4.2. The names of reserves must be submitted at the same time as the named team.
10.4.3. In the case of illness, injury or other valid reason, the Jury may permit substitutions to the named teams at any time.
10.4.4. Any substitute must be appear on the named reserve list.
10.4.5. The team must still be able to meet the team composition criteria if the reserve is used.
10.5. Race Format
10.5.1. The competition will be run as a parallel slalom relay in two stages, a league-based stage followed by a knockout, with the running order for the knockout determined by the results of the league stage.
10.5.2. The format and running order for this event will follow those for the Inter-Club Competition as described above, except as amended, expanded or clarified below.
10.5.3. All seven competitors must complete their run without disqualification, otherwise the team is deemed to be disqualified. Disqualification in any race may occur as a result of (but not limited to) the following:
x Incorrect gate passage
x Second false start by the first competitor in a team
x False start by the second or subsequent competitor in a team
x Impeding the opposing team, whether intentionally or accidentally
x Jeopardising the safety of others including racers, officials or spectators(ICR 629.2)
x Intentionally abusing the spirit of the rules (ICR 630.1.1 and 630.1.5)
10.5.4. If one team is disqualified in a race, the other team will be awarded the race. If both teams are disqualified in a race, the team which had more members completing a valid run will be awarded the race.
10.5.5. Protest against disqualification must be made to any member of the Jury before the start of the next race to be held (not the next race in which the protesting team takes part), and must be accompanied by the appropriate protest fee.
10.6. Parallel Slalom Relay - Leagues
10.6.1.Format and running order of the league stage follows that described under "Inter Club Team Competition".
10.6.2. The team points will be carried forward to calculate the final result; the ranking points are discarded.
10.7.Parallel Slalom Relay - Knockout
10.7.1.Format and running order of the knockout stage follows that described in 9.9.
10.7.2. All members of the team must complete their run without disqualification, otherwise the team will be disqualified. If both teams are disqualified in any one race, the team disqualified second will be awarded the race.