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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 is currently seeking to fill two the fulltime positions, one as Senior Coach and the other as Apprentice Coach. These positions are designed to be part of a dynamic high performance team that is totally committed to developing and sustaining excellence in cross-country skiing... » more » |
| |  | The team has returned from their two-week trip out east, concluding with last weekends Eastern Canadian Championship mini-tour. Despite some warmer weather earlier in the week, the snow and trails held up quite well. From the three races, Academy athletes hit the mark in every race, and swept the podium on a number of days... » more » |
| |  | Fresh from their trip oversees to the World Under-23 Championships, Heidi Widmer and Annika Hicks have summed up their experiences on their blogs. Check them out below... » more » |
| |  | The last set of selection races for the upcoming World Championships in Val de Fiemme, Italy, took place last weekend at the Highlands Nordic ski site. Saturday's classic sprint and Sunday's skate distance event were the last stretch of trial races used, starting off with the first set in Thunder Bay at the turn of the New Year... » more » |
| |  | The team had a successful weekend of racing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, entering 2013 in a very positive note. The three races last weekend on the trails of Lappe Nordic, located just outside of the city, were used as selection races for the World Junior and Under-23 Championship races in Liberec, Czech Replublic at the end of the month.. » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy is hosting a dinner and silent auction fundraiser with proceeds going towards the program. Click to find out more and register on Zone4.ca » more » |
| |  | The Canmore World Cups highlighted some of the fastest skiiers in the world from December 13 - 16, and skiing among those were some of the Alberta World Cup Academy athletes, marking breakthrough performances as they competed at home... » more » |
| |  | The first set on Canadian World Cups are now over, with the team sprint and skate sprint taking place last Friday and Saturday in Québec City. The first time the city has hosted a world cup, the city sprint offered a relatively flat but twisty course on the 800m loop... » more » |
| |  | This past weekend was the first set of NorAm races of the season, with a skate sprint and classic distance race also being used as selection races for the upcoming Canadian World Cup... » more » |
| |  | The men from the Academy along with the Thunder Bay NDC and a couple other teams raced a 17km Skiathlon on the weekend in preperation for the first set of NorAm competitions coming up... » more » |
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