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The Alberta World Cup Academy/AWCA will further the development of cross-country skiing as a sport, through the development of programs and services for athletes, coaches and officials enabling them to
- compete
- deliver and
- organize
at international standards of excellence.
Vision
Athletes, Coaches and Officials from the Alberta World Cup Academy will be recognized leaders of and contributors to Canada's national cross-country ski program, competing with the best in the world.
Mission
To initiate and augment development opportunities in Alberta that target nationally competitive Athletes, Coaches and Officials, preparing them for subsequent levels of success.
The Academy will:
- Deliver an athlete development system that supplements existing local, regional and national programs
- Develop new long term coaching apprenticeship opportunities
- Expand development opportunities for officials
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 | The Alberta World Cup Academy has just returned from their first training camp of the year, this May taking advantage of the late snow up at Sovereign Lakes, BC. In past years the team has trained at the ski venue in mid-May, with only last year opting to travel to Bend, Oregon for on-snow training. » more » |
| | | The group workout calendar for the Alberta World Cup Academy. » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy along with Cross Country Canada have announced nominations for the 2013-2014 ski season. Once athletes have finalized their nominations an official team announcement will be made mid-May... » more » |
| |  | On Monday, I met with my coach for coffee and to have a final debrief on the season before we took off for our April break. Monday also marked the conclusion of the team selection meetings at the Cross Country Canada offices where decisions are made and futures shaped... » more » |
| |  | The warm weather and podium results continued for the final two days of racing at the 2013 Ski Nationals at Callaghan Valley. After the individual start classic races, the classic sprint race followed on the 28th using the Olympic 1.4km course for the women and the Olympic 1.8km for the men... » more » |
| |  | It was another warm and sunny day at the Callaghan Ski Centre, as Ski Nationals entered its 3rd day of racing yesterday with the 10km and 15km individual start classic races. After winning top spot on the podium.. » more » |
| |  | The Ski Nationals have kicked off in Callaghan Valley yesterday with the club team sprints, followed by todays short distance skate races. Warm and sunny weather... » more » |
| | | The Alberta World Cup Academy (AWCA) is a part of the Cross Country Canada National Training Centre System. As a National Development Centre (NDC) our goals are to further the development of cross-country skiing as a sport... » more » |
| | | The Alberta World Cup Academy is holding an information evening on Sunday, March 24 from 6 - 8 PM at the HP Training Centre located in the Whistler Athletes Village... » more » |
| |  | The team is back from their final weekend of NorAms before the final push to the 2013 National Championships in Whistler, B.C at the end of March. The races last weekend's Western Championships featured... » more » |
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