Officials Bulletin

The 2011-2012 edition of the AASSA Officials Bulletin is available below.

Are You Ready for the 2011-2012 Season

September 4, 2011

It's that time of year for all officials to review the rules and regulations that govern our sport.

SSC has published the 2011-2012 Red Book. Please pay special attention to the equipment rules updates.  For your convenience, SSC ODC member and Alberta referee, Dave Thomson prepared a summary of all the rule changes. His summary is available in the download section below.

ISU rules and regulation are available in PDF from the ISU website

SSC Competitions' Committee has published their bulletin.  Formats for the following competitions are outlined.

  • Canadian Short Track Championships
  • Canada East and Canada West Short Track Championships
  • Canadian Age Class Long Track Championships
  • Canadian Open Masters
  • North American/Open Marathon Championships

Meet Manager Update

January 13, 2011 - The major update of the Meet Manager software GCPV for all users including those with Windows 7 and Vista 64 bits has been completed. The installation kit can be downloaded from; https://www.yousendit.com/download/bFlGckhUb0I1bmp2Wmc9PQ

The installation file can be found below. The file will guide users through the installation and provide major tips about the evolution of this software. Please note it is important to open this Word document before installing the kit.

Currently, the GCPV 5.1.0 version contains no new information about the National trials formats. If you are managing a National trials format meet, please continue to use the preceding version.

A functional version with new formats for the new national competition formats of 32 and 24 skaters should be released to a functional version soon. It is hoped that it will be ready for the Canadian Age Class Long Track Championships in Winnipeg in February.
 

Officials Courses

LEVEL 1 (INTRO TO OFFICIATING)
 
Date: October 1, 2011
Location: Rocky Mountain House, Alberta 
Course Conductor: Nicole Cooney
Contact: Annie Bertagnolli 403-845 -6490
Cost: $25.00

Date:  October 15, Canmore, Alberta
Location: Calgary
Course Conductor: Hans Terstappen
Contact: Graham Howe
 
Date: October 15, 2012
Location:  Lethbridge, Alberta
Course Conductor: Nicole Cooney
Contact:  Nicole Cooney nicole.cooney@uleth.ca
 
Date:  October 15, 2012
Location:  Edmonton, Alberta
Course Conductor: Stephen Estebrooks
Contact: Stephen Estabrooks sbestabrooks@shaw.ca
 
Date:  December 2, 2012
Location:  Lloydminster, Alberta
Course Conductor: TBA
Contact Information: Richard Starke
 
Date:  February 8, 2012
Location:  Calgary, Alberta
Course Conductor:  Hans Terstappen/Sharon ZormanContact:  Blair Rudy cssa.officialsdevelopment@gmail.com

LEVEL 2 CLINICS

Level 2 Timer/Place Judge
Date:  October 22, 2012
Location: Edmonton
Course Conductor: Hugh O'Neil
 
Level 2 Recorder Clinic and Meet Manager
Date: TBA
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Course Conductor: Laura McWilliam
 
Level 2 Starter Clinic
Date: January 14, 2012
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Course Conductor: Brad Bates
 
LEVEL 3 CLINICS
 
Level 3 Meet Coordinator/Recorder/Clerk
Date: December 9-10
Location:  Calgary, Alberta
Course Conductor: Sandra Chenard
 
MEET MANAGER CLINCS
 
Edmonton
Date: TBA, to be held in conjunction with Level 2 Recorder Clinic
Course Conductor: Laura McWilliam
 
Calgary
Date: December 9-10
Location:  Calgary, Alberta
Course Conductor: Sharon Zorman
 
 

Officials Upgrades

 

Level 1 and 2 officials upgrade requests are due by April 15th, 2011.  Please talk to the Officials Development Committee from your club to ensure your request is submitted on time.  If you do not have an ODC representative, you may submit your request directly to the AASSA office.  The upgrade form can be found below. 

Officials Assignments

Please find below a spreadsheet with the competitions for the upcoming season.

Tab 1 has all of the AASSA sanctioned competitions that the AASSA ODC is responsible for the assignment of chief referees and starters.  You will notice that there are two national level competitions included in the list.  AASSA is proud to be hosting the Junior National Championships and the National Qualifier.  I have contacted some of you already regarding chief positions for these meets but I'm still looking for additional volunteers and officials to help out at these events.  These meets will be a valuable learning experience to take you to the next level.

If you are a club administrator or the coordinator of one of these meets: Please fill in as much information for your own meet that you know at this time and return the spreadsheet to me. Please make sure that the meet coordinator's name and e-mail is correct and current on Tab 3 so I may forward potential volunteers to your coordinator.

If you are an official willing to chief or assist at one of these meets: Please let me know which AASSA sanctioned meet you would like to work at and I will do my best coordinate everyone's requests. Due to fiscal constraints, the ODC budget has been dramatically reduced and I will be looking at minimizing the costs for the ODC by taking geographic location in consideration with chief assignments.

Tab 2 has the list compiled by our Technical Coordinator, Mike Marshall, detailing all of the National and Provincial level competitions. 

Please note, that the Olympic Oval has added a series of one day short track competitions (similar to the Sunday morning races), to provide more racing opportunities for our Junior ISU and up skaters. Shawn Holman is looking for volunteers to help out at these meets.