Scottish Ski Club Bursaries

in partnership with Alpine Training Centre SCIO

Following the success of our first year of bursary awards, we are delighted to announce that we are now inviting applications for SSC Bursaries for the 2022/2023 season. Our bursary and race camp programme is being run in partnership with Alpine Training Centre SCIO (formally ATC) is now a registered Charity, specifically set up to support young ski racers.

SSC Support

Throughout our history, the support of young racers has been an integral part of the club’s activities and many of our members have achieved great success with the benefit of that support. It is not a coincidence that a significant proportion of the British national and Olympic ski teams over the last 50 years have been SSC members. The objective is to enable young, deserving club members to improve their racing skills through attending Race Training Camps in Europe.

Due to the changing conditions and the expense of training, it is becoming increasingly difficult for our talented young skiers to finance their time on snow and, if this trend continues, it will inevitably lead to less racing activity and less success.

To help alleviate this, the newly created ATC Charity launched a new bursary initiative offering several bursaries, one of which is in partnership with and funded through the Scottish Ski Club. Donations to the SSC Bursary Fund are invited and can be made via our Just Giving page or by connecting the club President (details below).

2022/23 Bursaries

This seasons Bursaries will focus on providing young ski racers with pre season training in the Alps and winter training in Scotland. The following activities will receive support: 

• October Camp provides 2-weeks of pre-season glacier training (full residential). In addition to Bursary winners there will be a limited number of fee paying places available on this camp.

• Scottish Cairngorm Camps at Christmas, February and April (training only)

• In addition ATC / SSC will provide race support at key Alpine races (Pila, Bormio and Tignes) for selected Bursary athletes. Training only fees will apply for these camps.

Note: Bursary camps and race training are coached by the ATC Charity and operate on a not for profit basis.

Criteria

Candidates should satisfy the following criteria: 

• Be born in 2011 to 2007.

• Be members of the Scottish Ski Club and ATC.

• Preferably be participants in the club’s race training programme.

• Have proven success or have shown potential for development as a racer.

• Demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment to their sport.

• Demonstrated good behaviours in team and group environments.

• Parental consent is required for both acceptance of the bursary and attendance at the camp.

• Parents will be required to confirm that funding is in place for travel to and from the camp, uplift, insurance, personal equipment and clothing.

• The child and their parents should be available for an interview with the selection panel.

• Bursary holders will be expected to write a brief report for publication in the SSC Journal.

• Preference will be given to candidates who would be unable to attend a camp without the benefit of financial assistance.

Application

• The application dates for bursaries for the 2022/23 season will be announced on the SSC and ATC websites. Applications should be submitted using an online application form below.

• Applications should state which ATC Development Camps the applicant would like to attend.

• Applications for more than one ATC camp in a single year will be considered.

• Any award of bursaries for subsequent years will depend upon the athlete having demonstrated good attitude and performance, as well as the availability of funds.

• Bursary awards will be determined by a selection panel comprising: one of the SSC race coaches or managers; a SSC committee member who is not currently involved in the race training programme; and a representative from the ATC Charity.

• In the event that a selector has a conflict of interest, they will be required to declare this and will not take any part in the consideration of the applicant concerned. In the event of a conflict an alternate selector may be appointed.

• The decisions of the selection panel will be announced but the reasons behind the selection of successful candidates will remain confidential.

• The decisions of the selection panel will be final and are not open to challenge.

• The SSC Bursary are delivered and administered by the ATC Charity and all camps are run on a not for profit basis.