Officials Committee

National Officials Committee – 2006~2007

The National Alpine Officials’ program is administered by the National Officials Committee (NOC), a standing committee of Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA). The committee includes the Provincial Sports Organization (PSO) Officials Chair or  their PSO designated representative.

Chair – Sandie Hales – British Columbia

Five PSO Alpine Officials Chairs

• British Columbia – Mark Armour
• Alberta – Jack Sandercock
• Ontario – Tom Tario
• Quebec – Camille Courchesne
• Canada District (CD) – Gary Delaney (SK)

CD includes Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland/Labrador, Yukon and North West Territories
Two members-at-large:

• Bob Shore – Ontario
• Gerry Rinaldi – British Columbia

Ex-officio member appointed by the FIS Commissioner to Canada - TBA.
Ex -officio member appointed by ACA – Julie Lemieux ~ Director National Programs.
Other ex-officio members may be appointed on a special needs or project basis as required.

NOC Mission                                                                          

• To develop, support and deliver a National Officials Program.
• To promote excellence in officiating by ensuring Officials follow established curriculum guidelines across the country.
• To provide communication tools for Officials to access up-to-date officiating and race information and thereby develop and/or maintain their officiating skills.
• To ensure there are sufficient numbers of highly skilled and qualified Officials for the needs of the national and provincial race programs.

NOC Objectives

• To establish and administer national standards as they relate to Officiating
• To ensure standards applied consistently across Canada
• To develop and maintain certification standards and training curricula.
• To certify and classify all alpine Officials in Canada
• To recommend to ACA national rules as they apply to ski racing in Canada 
• To liaise with each PSO to ensure there is dissemination of Officials information 

Competitors have the right to expect that Officials have a high level of expertise so that results reflect the athletes’ ability and skills without being compromised by the incompetence of race Officials or “luck”.