Its hard to believe we are down to the FINAL WEEKEND of the 2023-2024 season – its going to be a busy one!
On Saturday, a group of our intrepid U8s and U10s leaves campus for the first time to strut their stuff at the U10 Festival at Mohawk – we wish them all the best!
On Sunday, we will host our third and final intraclub race for our U8s and U10s followed by  our Second Annual Kimber Cup for all ages in the Race Arena – we hope everyone can join us as either a racer or spectator for some head to head action, all while raising some funds for a worthy cause.

Details of our plan for the weekend follow:

Saturday (3/4)

U8/U10 – Meet coaches at 9AM on Crane Patio ready to ski 

U12 – SL Training in Race Arena; SL Skis and full protective gear; meet coaches at 9AM in Race Arena to help set and prep the venue
U14 – SL training on Ace of Spades; SL skis and full protective gear; meet coaches at 9am on Ace to help set and prep the venue.

U16/U18 – SL Training on Whirlaway/Lower Ex; SL skis and gear; meet coaches at 845 on Whirlaway to help set and prep the venue.

Sunday (3/5) AM Session
U8/U10 – SL RACE in RACE Arena; Meet coaches at top of Race Arena at 9AM for course inspection; race will be a team event consisting of two timed runs; awards to be distributed at approximately 1130AM  on Crane Patio

U12 – SL Training on Ace of Spades; SL Skis and full protective gear; meet coaches at 9AM on Ace to help set and prep the venue.

U14/U16/U18 – GS Training on Whirlaway (top to bottom, closed trail);  All athletes should load the lift promptly at 8AM (Lifts open at 8 for season pass holders Sunday – “1st tracks”) and meet coaches on Whirlaway; We will plan to run GS top to bottom until 11AM; and break for lunch early at 11.

Sunday (3/5) PM Session
ALL AGE GROUPS – Kimber Cup Race in Race Arena – Please come join us for a fun afternoon of racing in the Race Arena in memory of Kimber Lee Francoer, a special friend to JPRT ; We plan to have parallel courses set up for head to head action – Come one come all! Parents, children, coaches and race crew!  All are welcome and we will raise some funds along the way for a cause that would make Kimber proud!

As the Jiminy Peak Race Team “regular season” winds down, many of our racers have been busy collecting invitations to prestigious post-season events.  We want to recognize and congratulate these athletes and wish them all the best as the represent JPRT and Tri-State Alpine Ski Racing Association at the following events:

US Ski and Snowboard U18 Eastern Finals (Attitash, NH)

Valentyna Kratochvilova

Amelie Eng

Abigail Eng

Cailin O’Toole

Josephine Cramer

Cecilia McCarthy

Elsie Corbett

Alannah Morris 

Grace Rainero

Jenner Kittle

Mitchell Scalise

US Ski and Snowboard U16 Eastern Championships (Sugarloaf, ME) 
Maggie Roseberry
Olivia Cauthers

US Ski and Snowboard U16 Eastern Finals (Attitash, NH)
Cecelia Cramer

Ella Morgan

Declan O’Toole

Sebastian Thym

Francis Piche Invitational (Gunstock, NH)

Ada Hotaling
Tallulah Davis
Boden Turton
Tristan Thym
Blake Arena  

Hunter Wright

While this group earned their invitations, the teamwork and commitment across all age groups led to some great skiing and dramatic improvement – we wish to congratulate all of our athletes on their many accomplishments and thank our dedicated group of coaches for their tremendous contribution.  
We will most certainly be glued to LiveTiming and cheering JPRT from afar throughout the post-season!

This is the only opportunity to order from Karbon and we will not be able to place new inventory orders until next winter.

All race jacket, pants, shorts and puffers can be placed via the website.The website will be up and running to take orders and payments. https://www.jiminypeakraceteam.org/shop/ 

Please feel free to contact Carolyne Rainero atCarolyneRainero11@gmail.com or Heather O’TooleHotoole10@gmail.com  with any questions.  

We are down to the penultimate weekend of our program and we are in for a busy few weeks to finish things off with a bang!

This weekend, we are hosting the TSASRA U16 championships with a SL Saturday and a GS Sunday – please come out and cheer (or, better yet, volunteer!) our talented group of U16s as they make their final push for coveted post season selections.

Before we get into this weekends plan, we also wanted to offer a preview of things to come for our next and final weekend.. On Sunday, March 12, we will host our final intraclub race for our U10 and U8 racers.  This race will consist of 2 runs and will be completed before lunch to make way for our annual Kimber Cup in the afternoon.  The Kimber Cup will feature 2 parallel courses in the Race Arena for some head to head competition between racers and possibly even parents – more details to follow, but we wanted everyone to mark their calendars for what promises to be a fun day of racing.

As for this weekends plan:

Saturday (3/4):

U8/U10 – Meet coaches at 9AM on Crane Patio ready to ski 

U12 – GS Race at Sundown; race day logistics to be sent separately; all U12s not racing should follow U14 plan.

U14 – SL training on Race Arena; SL skis and protective gear; meet coaches at 9am on Race Arena to help set and prep the venue.

U16 – SL RACE at Jiminy; race day logistics to be sent separately; anyone not racing should follow U18 Plan. 

U18 – SL Training on Ace; SL skis and gear; meet coaches at 845 on Ace to help set and prep the venue.

Sunday (3/5):

U8/U10 – Meet coaches at 9AM on Crane Patio ready to ski 

U12 – SL Race at MT Southington; race day logistics to be sent separately; all U12s not racing should follow U14 plan.

U14 – SL training on Ace of Spades; SL skis and protective gear; meet coaches at 9am on Ace to help set and prep the venue.

U16 – GS RACE at Jiminy; race day logistics to be sent separately; anyone not racing should follow U18 Plan. 

U18 – GS Training; meet coaches at top of Berkshire Express at 9AM with GS skis.

Its hard to believe, but we are down to the home stretch of our race season – the weekend of March 11-12 will be the last official weekend of our program and there is one event upcoming that requires some advance planning. 

On Saturday, March 11, Mohawk Mountain will be hosting a U10 Festival which is open to all of our U8s and U10s that are interested in participating.  This a fun event that will consist of a GS Race and a SkillsQuest Competition and will be attended by racers from programs all over Massachusetts and Connecticut.  This event is NOT mandatory for our racers, but we want to make sure everyone is aware of the opportunity and we are planning to send a coach with the group (assuming we have interested racers).

If your child is interested in participating, you will need to make sure he or she has a valid US Ski and Snowboard ALPINE COMPETITOR membership.  “Alpine General” Memberships are NOT sufficient for this event.  Memberships can be upgraded on the US Ski and Snowboard website for an additional fee.

Please also do the following:

1 – send Coach Pat an email – pgquinn@me.com– by Wednesday March 1 to let me know if you are interested in participating.  Even if you don’t plant to participate, please send me an email to let me know that so I can keep track

2 – register your child for the event via https://adminskiracing.com/node/470475 – you will need to set up a profile on the site in order to register.  Its important to note that registration is open to the first 150 racers, so please register ASAP if you intend to participate.

Regardless of whether your child is able to make it to the event at Mohawk on 3/11, please know that we are planning to host our last U10/U8 Intraclub race of the season on Sunday March 12 in the Race Arena – details on this event will be forthcoming.