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*TRI-STATE & REGIONAL COMPETITIONS ARE BASED UPON THESE AGE CATEGORIES:
JI: Ages 17-18
JII: Ages 15-16
JIII: Ages 13-14
JIV: Ages 11-12
JV: Ages 8-10

*As of December 31, 2007

What Is The Interclub Race Series?
Interclub races in a series of races at local areas within Western Mass. The series is five Giant Slalom races. Each child will compete against kids in their own age category youngest to oldest and girls before boys.

Categories; Girls and Boys 6-7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13-14

Start order is drawn alternating each mountain in the order they are presented by individual coaches.

Each child must have a USSA membership (see associations) to compete in the series and they do not need to send in vouchers to the race secretaries. Each race will have a $15.00 entry fee, due at race registration.

How Do I Become A USSA & Tri-State Member?
All the racers must join two different associations in order to compete in the Tri-State. They are the USSA (United State Ski Association) and Tri-State. The application forms on-line. Remember … the athlete must carry these association membership cards with them at all times.

***USSA and TriState Memberships for all racers ---Make sure you’ve renewed your USSA and Interclub memberships . New this year…Interclub racers need to join TriState for a nominal $10 fee. Details are on the USSA and TriState web sites.

Entry Into The Different Races
Official entry cards (see link for entry card above) supplied by USSA must be filled out and sent with the appropriate fees well in advance (1 to 2 weeks)  to the Race Secretary at the areas holding the race.

USSA will supply the entry cards along with a Competition Guide. Lists of race schedules, addresses and entry fees are available on the Tri-State web site (tristateskiracing.org). You have to register for the races by post mail. Sometime you can enter by phone, but it will cost you more when you arrive at the race site.

REMEMBER, do not hesitate. Vouchers must be sent in early or there is no assurance of being on the start list. Races have entry cut-offs after a certain number of applications.

Points And Start Orders
The start orders for each race are decided by the racer’s USSA points. This is a ranking system ranging from 0.00 to 990.00. A new Junior II racer will start with 990.00 points. The points an athlete will receive for each individual race depends on the level of the racers completing the competitions as well as the athlete’s time for the race in comparison to the winner’s time. Subsequently, a racer’s two best results in the current season are averaged out in each of the four disciplines to become the basis for the future race rankings. These points are updated periodically.

For the J III/IV/V races the starting orders are rotated by seed groupings to give all racers equal opportunity to start early.