The Ontario Speed Skating Association's 2009-2010 Competition Criteria and Championship Selection Criteria (Technical Bulletin 27) now provides a pathway for masters skaters to compete in the provincial Ontario Cup race series. Masters, whose combined 500m + 1000m best times, rank them among the top 25 eligible Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Masters age class skaters in the province for each gender, will be able to skate in the Female Open and Male Open categories.
To not take a race position away from a younger skater, the number of skaters in the category will be "ballooned" to make space for eligible master skaters. Masters skaters, eligible to compete in these Open categories, will be seeded at the bottom of the group.
These changes appear to have stemmed from the Competition Plan Proposal 2009-2010 presented at OSSA's AGM, but differ from the recommendation that eligible masters be seeded by time.
Other recommendations, including separation of masters by gender at Regional Meets when numbers warrant and at Regional Championships, appear to not have been included in Technical Bulletin 27. Hopefully masters will enter such competitions in sufficient numbers to make such gender separation feasible for meet coordinators.
Two "Introduction to Speed Skating" events (in Markham on December 5, 2009 and Milton on February 6, 2010) will provide additional opportunity for masters skaters who may not wish to compete in the provincial Regional race series. These events are consistent with the LTPAD initiatives being implemented by Speed Skating Canada.
To not take a race position away from a younger skater, the number of skaters in the category will be "ballooned" to make space for eligible master skaters. Masters skaters, eligible to compete in these Open categories, will be seeded at the bottom of the group.
These changes appear to have stemmed from the Competition Plan Proposal 2009-2010 presented at OSSA's AGM, but differ from the recommendation that eligible masters be seeded by time.
Other recommendations, including separation of masters by gender at Regional Meets when numbers warrant and at Regional Championships, appear to not have been included in Technical Bulletin 27. Hopefully masters will enter such competitions in sufficient numbers to make such gender separation feasible for meet coordinators.
Two "Introduction to Speed Skating" events (in Markham on December 5, 2009 and Milton on February 6, 2010) will provide additional opportunity for masters skaters who may not wish to compete in the provincial Regional race series. These events are consistent with the LTPAD initiatives being implemented by Speed Skating Canada.
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