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The Florida Ski Council (FSC) uses race rules offered at the resort where the race is held. The FSC preferred rules are NASTAR. However, the race is not required to be an official NASTAR race.
Clubs are grouped in assigned race time slots based on the number of racers in each club. The goal is to have each time slot contain approximately the same number of racers. In addition, the club’s time slot in the previous year’s race is considered, so that every club gets the opportunity to race in the different slots (i.e. clubs who raced the previous year in the 1st time slot move to the last time slot for the current year). We use at least two racecourses with each race participant allowed two runs, one on each course.
If the course is NASTAR, the resort’s pacesetter will set the Par time for each course prior to the race start. Handicapped time will be utilized if NASTAR rules are in place to determine any eligibility for a NASTAR award (pin). As the handicap is the racer’s times as a percentage over the Par time, everyone is on an equal footing for NASTAR. A person’s age or gender does not affect their handicap, only the medal they qualify for under the NASTAR rules. The best run (raw time without handicap applied) will be used for FSC awards tabulation.
The course officials may, at their discretion, reposition the gates should they feel the course needs to be reset. If this occurs, it must be between the hourly sessions and subsequently re-run by the pacesetter with a new Par time established. No racer can call for re-set or slipping of the course during the race.
Racer Eligibility
To be eligible to race, a person must be registered with all resort-required releases and waivers completed by the end of the Race Captain’s meeting. This meeting is held during the FSC ski week prior to race day. No race registration is allowed on race day. Once registered, no racer substitutions are allowed unless the substitute racer pre-registers with all paperwork completed by the required deadline. All racers must be a current member of an FSC member club and have paid the sponsoring club’s trip fees for the January FSC trip including the FSC Activity Fee.
If an individual who wishes to race travels to the FSC event with a club other than their FSC home club, that person may represent in the race either their home club or their ski week travel club. That decision and designation must be made in advance by the race registration deadline.
Individual Results
If the race is held at a NASTAR-sanctioned racecourse, the resort Race Director will determine NASTAR medal results. Those results and the NASTAR medals sorted by club will be provided by the Race Director to the FSC Lead Officer in charge of the trip. Club listings and NASTAR medals will then be provided to each club’s Race Captain for distribution to their club members.
Individuals are also awarded FSC medals based on actual times within gender and age categories as well as “Fastest Man on the Mountain” and “Fastest Woman on the Mountain”.
Club Results and Awards
To qualify as a club team, a club must have at least one valid time per person for a minimum of three male racers and three female racers.
The times for the three fastest men and the three fastest women in a club are totaled to determine the club team time. Clubs are then awarded gold, silver, or bronze FSC team medals based on the total club time for the three fastest club teams. On the January trip, in addition to team medals, the first-place team is awarded the Florida Cup, also known as Pauline’s Cup.
Due to airline baggage restrictions, the FSC has had to modify our trophy presentations. At the resort where the race is held, the winning club team is presented with the “Florida Cup Winner” banner — much easier to pack! Then at the annual FSC meeting held in the spring, the 1st place club is presented with the Pauline’s Cup trophy and plaque.
All FSC individual medals and club team medals are presented at the ski week Farewell night theme party held during the trip.