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The 34th Running of the Atmore Memorial Slalom will take place at Spirit Mountain February 3-5, 2012.

The race will feature some of the higest level of competition in the Central Division with racers from 6 nations, including Olympians from Vancouver and Torino. 

For more information, please see the fact sheet and the daily schedule. 

ALL USSA ATHLETES AND PARENTS!!!! Region #1 now has a system set up to let them know if you are not attending a USSA race (this applies to all USSA members J1 - J6). Most people have used this, but a few in our club failed to respond last week to the USSA race in LaCrosse. It is kind of embarrassing as a coach when the race office has to find you in the day and ask about the DNS (did not starts). To help the race office and to help the coaches try to find someone who isn't there, please use the system. Next USSA race is the weekend of 2/11-12 at Giants Ridge.
The Race Decline System is now available for the next race:
USSA CR1: Race Decline - Feb 11-12 Giants Ridge - deadline 11 pm Wed Feb 8th
Please use this system to 'Decline' races an athlete is not attending. This will help the flow of races by reducing DNS's.
If your athlete is NOT ATTENDING this race, please login to the following URL:
http://www.storeo.com/ussa_r1/forms/2011-2012/00/race_response/

Hello Everyone-

For the 35th year, our club is hosting the Atmore Memorial FIS race, the weekend after next, February 3-5. It is also a meaningful fundraiser for our club that benefits ALL of the kids in our program - racers, freestylers and d-teamers alike.

This the premier race in the Central Division, and the only FIS race that is hosted by a Club rather than the Division. The Atmore has developed a reputation far and wide as one of the best races out there, and it is a huge feather in our cap to be able to host it. Racers will be coming to Spirit literally from across the country - East, West, Rockies - and Canada. They come because of the reputation we have developed over the years for hosting a fabulous event, largely due to the efforts of volunteers within our club. We work very hard to make it an "event" rather than just another race on the calendar.

It is a big enough deal that neither NJRS nor USSA have scheduled races that weekend. The calendar is kept clear for two reasons. One, we need the parents - whether your child is on D-Team, Age, or even Freestyle - what we make on the Atmore reduces all of your team fees. Two, being present at the race and able to watch skiing of this caliber is a phenomenal learning experience for our younger racers.

It also takes a lot of effort to put on, so we need the help of as many athletes and parents as possible to put it on. You don't have to know anything about ski racing, or even be involved in ski racing (ahem, freestylers) to be able to help, but we do need your help. Remember that our program fees are markedly lower than those charged by other clubs (like half or less) in large part because we are able to offset the majority of what it costs us to run this club through our fundraisers - of which the Atmore is one. This only works if people pitch in to help out when needed.

Inside, we need help at check-in and Registration Thursday evening and Friday-Sunday Mornings. We need help selling T-Shirts in the Chalet as well as one or two to help in the race office. Outside, we need folks to deliver box lunches and cocoa/coffee to the workers on the hill. There is a sign up on the Team Room bulletin board, or email Karen Tusa at tusadk@mchsi.com. Athletes that aren't racing can take many of these positions as long as we have some adults to coordinate/supervise.

Thanks,

David Thickens