Each year the Masters’ National Committee reviews various practises and rules, largely stemming from questions and comments from you being the Canadian Masters and this year is no exception.
Changes to the Governance document were voted on by the Voting Members, of the 2024 National Committee, from 11-18 September 2024. The changes are highlighted in green, but the more significant changes are listed below by section number:
- National Committee
- Voting and Non-voting Members: Increased from seven to nine to include Past-President and the World Cup Points (WCP) Convenor.
- World Cup Points
- Any race or event on the National Calendar must have a minimum of 20 Masters registered to have full World Cup Points awarded; see 10.2.
- If less than 20 Masters are registered for an event, half points will be awarded to the 10-19 Masters registered and one point awarded for the 1-9 Masters registered; see 10.2.
- Double points will be awarded for CMAC; see 10.2.
- National Races and National Calendar
- Any race or event on the National Calendar must have a minimum of 20 Masters registered to have full World Cup Points awarded, per the table in 8.1 above; from 10-19 Masters registered will receive half points and 1-9 Masters registered will receive one point. Double points will be awarded for CMAC.
- Any races or events shown on the National calendar that do NOT garner WCP must be clearly marked as such on the website, in the title of the event, as “(NON-WCP)”.
- All races considered for inclusion on the National Calendar must be 2-run races for a single event; they must be a 2-run Giant Slalom or a 2-run Slalom or Alpine Combined. The exceptions are speed events being Super-G and Downhill which are single run races. Note: FMC GS or MAS GS may be 1 or 2 runs; if held concurrently with CMAC, then results of first and second GS will be combined for CMAC results.
- Canadian Masters’ Alpine Team
- Note: Starts in a minimum of two different regions listed on the Masters’ national calendar, for the current season, has been removed from the criterion.
- From 2025 onwards, the qualification has been removed for five FIS starts in two different countries outside of Canada.
- Dave Murray Masters’ National Cup
- The DMC is also to create fun competition between regions or provinces, depending on participation numbers at the CMAC, for that year. If there is no fair balance of participants across regions or provinces, then the National Committee must communicate to the participants and Race Organizing Committee that no DMC will be awarded for that year, as soon as possible after registration closes.
- Hosting CMAC & FIS Masters’ Races Concurrently
- The National Committee and the hosting ROC must encourage all 30+ year old Canadians to obtain a FIS Master’s Card to eliminate confusion over start order and awards.
- If the above is not possible, then start order and awards must be communicated to the athletes after registration closes and well ahead of the first event; the race notice must also indicate how and when this will be communicated to athletes with ACA National MS or Recreational M1 cards.
- Awards are on placing or ranking per the race results and not type of card i.e. a first, second and third placing or ranking is exactly per the race results.
- Medal and class trophy awards must comply with ICR MA27 and MA59 and considered primary. CMAC medal awards are considered secondary but at a minimum, CMAC medals must be awarded for overall combined in the 5-year age categories. The race notice must indicate how medal awards will be handled for the concurrent events – see Appendix C for sample race notice.
APPENDIX C: Sample Race Notice & Check List
The full Governance, Policies & Procedures document, including the Guide for CMAC Organizers and a sample race notice for CMAC can be found on our website.
