Woodstock Ski Runners 2023-24 Alpine Work Obligation
Engaged, supportive parents are a crucial element of any youth activity, and that is especially true of ski racing. Ski Runners cannot host events at Saskadena Six without contributions from our members. If you’ve never done it before, don’t worry! We’ll teach you what to do. You get to truly feel like you are part of the race and you enjoy a great catered lunch for the race workers. It’s fun!
Ski Runners and Saskadena Six are known for hosting efficient, fun races, and we need your help to continue that for 2023-24. Races at Saskadena Six are a major home-court advantage for our kids, and the revenue earned through race registration fees help keep our program costs low. Member participation on and off the hill fosters better relationships – and ultimately, a stronger competition community.
Ski Runners needs approximately 5-10 parent workers for each event.
Each one of our alpine race groups has at least one home event for 2023-24. Our parents are required to work their child’s “home” race. If you cannot work your child’s race, you can consult the master schedule and work a different one.
This policy is in keeping with virtually all other alpine competition programs across the US.
Thank you! A list of the descriptions of the type of work is detailed below. Please don’t be intimidated, we will train you and you will have a great day.
Volunteer Position Descriptions
Volunteer Position
Description
Time Commitment
Course maintenance
Need to be comfortable on skis. Help the head of course maintenance maintain the safety of the course.
7:30 am to end of race
Hand Timer
Record the times from the hand timers to the timesheet. Training happens prior to the race. Top of the course, you need to either hike up/down or ski to the start. End of the course can hike up.
8:30 am for training and stay until the end of the second run.
Starter
From the Start, is on a headset communicating with the timer to start each racer. Needs to be able to get to the start before the start of the race.
9 am at the Start until the end of the race.
Starter Assistant
Needs to get to the top of the course and helps the starter get the racers in place for their runs.
9 am at the Start until the end of the race.
Finish Line Set Up/Take Down
Help to set up the course and/or take it down, this is often two different sets of people. Skis are not required, but you need to get to the area at the end of the course by the finish line.
7:30 am to help set up. And then at the end of the race to help take it down.
Gate Judge
This is the most important position that we have, and every family must sign-up for one gatekeeping position. You are responsible for watching a set of gates to verify that racers got through those gates cleanly and record that information on gatekeeper cards. There is training at 8:15 am before the race. At the end of each run, there are generally two runs per race, you need to stay at the finish line until the head gatekeeper releases you to make sure there are no issues with any of the gatekeeper cards. Gates are assigned from the top of the course to the bottom. You can either ski to your position, hike up/down to it. Skis are not required.
8:15 am meet in the Clubhouse and will stay through the end of the second run after the head gatekeeper says it's ok. There is usually a short break between the runs.
Registration and Bid Handout
Handout bibs to registered participants.
7:15 am to 8:00 am
Bib Collection & Sort
Responsible for collecting the bibs at the end of the race and for resorting them into the bins after the race. It does not require skis.
Be at the race corral (the end of the race) 15 minutes before the beginning of the second run until the end of the race, and the bibs in the bins.
Scoreboard
Writes down the announced time for each racer on the scoreboard. No skis. The scoreboard is near the finish hut.
9:15 am to the end of the race. There is usually a break between runs.
Announcer
Announces the racers and other race information.
9 am to the end of the race