2025/26 Selection Criteria: Provincial Team Programs
BC TALENT SQUAD (BCTS)
The program is designed for athletes in the "Training to Train" stage of the Canadian Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model, and is a "feeder" program to the BC Development Squad.
Eligibility Requirements:
1. Results from the BC Track Attack Championships, BC Cup Series and/or recommendation from club head coaches.
2. Boys: born in 2012, 2011 or 2010.
3. Girls: born in 2012, 2011 or 2010.
4. A minimum of two weekends of competition (a minimum of four individual races) at the following events - BC Track Attack Championship, BC Cup or BC Championship events (2024-25 ski season).
5. A firm commitment to improving their skills.
6. A sufficient physical fitness level for successful participation in Talent Squad activities.
The squad size will be a maximum of 40 athletes.
BC DEVELOPMENT SQUAD (BCDS)
BCDS members will be selected based primarily on their ski season performances at BC Cup / BC Championship competitions.
Selection Policy:
1. The CCBC Athlete Development (AD) Committee will determine the BCDS nominations for 2025-26 based on the Selection Criteria.
2. The BCDS will be selected before April 15th each year.
3. BCDS Membership will be for one year.
4. BCDS membership will not guarantee selection for any inter-provincial or national competitions.
5. The AD Committee will consider "force majeure" in special circumstances provided the request is received no later than March 23rd, 2025. Further to this, the Committee can make discretionary selections provided the athletes meet criteria #2 and #3 below.
Selection Criteria:
1. The size of the BCDS will be a maximum of 26 members.
2. BCDS membership will be restricted to athletes who were resident in BC, held a BC/NC racing licence, and were members of a CCBC club during the 2024-25 ski year.
3. BCDS membership will be restricted to athletes born in 2010, 2009 and 2008.
4. The BCDS will include a minimum of ten male and ten female athletes.
5. Medal winners (top 3 placings) in the individual events and top three aggregate winners (according to year of birth) at the 2025 National Championships, who do not meet the BC Ski Team minimum age criteria, will automatically be selected to the BCDS.
6. Athletes will also be selected based on their best four results (according to year of birth) in the 2025 BC Cup/BC Championships individual races.
7. The AD Committee may use the final 2024-25 Canada Points List to compare athletes in different classes (gender, year of birth) by calculating the percentage the athletes are off the top five national leaders of their class.
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