Registration

All Association Registration to be done by email

All OFSAA Participation Registration to be done online by way of the OFSAA HUB

All Championship Race Entry & Banquet Registration to be done online by way of ZONE4

The only registration items you should bring on-site to the event are the 4 required cheques

Championship Fees

Fee Category	Amount	Cheque Made Payable To:
OFSAA Participation Fee	$ 3 / athlete	OFSAA
Championship Race Entry Fee	$ 28 / athlete	Lakefield College School
Championship Award Banquet Fee	$ 25 / person	Lakefield College School
OFSAA Bib Deposit Fee	$ 50 / school	OFSAA (as a separate cheque so it can be returned or destroyed)

Important notes on fees:

Each school must bring 4 cheques — one for the Bib Deposit, one for the total of all OFSAA Participation fees, one for the total of all Championship Race Entry fees, and one for the total of all Award Banquet fees
All team members are required to attend the championship award banquet, along with an appropriate number of adult supervisors

Championship Registration is a four-step process:

Each association Nordic Convenor submits the completed “Association Convenor Registration Form” by email
Each school Athletic Director scans and submits signed OFSAA forms to the OFSAA HUB
Each school Head Coach registers teams and individuals for the banquet & racing online via Zone4.ca
Each school checks-in at the Championship event and submits 4 cheques covering all fees

See below for details on each of these 4 steps.

The 2024 Checklist for Coaches gives greater detail for the entire process in a printable form, including tasks to be completed at the start of the Nordic season or earlier.

The OFSAA HUB details page gives more guidelines on using the OFSAA HUB to register for this event.

Step 1 for Association Convenors due 24h after your Association Championship

Association Convenors email the following completed form to [email protected]

OFSAA Association Convenor Registration Form
- Ensure your Association Championship results include Gender (Male/Female), Classification (Junior/Senior), and Division (Open/High-School trained)
- Download and complete the form based on the results of your Association Championship and with the help of your teacher-coaches
- The form is a fillable PDF which can be completed and saved electronically, or printed for completion by hand and then scanned for submission
- Check your submission against the latest Nordic Playing Regulations with respect to eligibility, entries, team make-up, and additional entry requests
- Optionally include a link to your Association Championship results, or attach them to the email

Step 2 for Athletic Directors due by midnight Friday 16 Feb 2024

Athletic Directors must register their school for the Championship by uploading the following mandatory forms through the OFSAA HUB:

Printed & Signed HUB Eligibility Roster — example (created first in the HUB, then printed, signed, scanned & uploaded back to the HUB)
Student – Waiver of Understanding (One signed form per student. All completed forms should be scanned into one file prior to uploading to the HUB)
Coach – Confirmation and Release (One signed form per coach. All completed forms should be scanned into one file prior to uploading to the HUB)
OFSAA Supervision Form (One signed form per school)

Timesaving Tip – Create and register only 1 Senior Coed team in the HUB, listing your eligible athletes of all ages and genders. This way you need only upload 1 set of forms to the HUB and we need only cross-check 1 set of forms for your school. Designating a team as Junior or Senior in the HUB has no bearing on competition, whereas correctly identifying the gender and classification (junior/senior) will be important during Zone4 registration (Step 3) and must match your Association Convenor’s Registration form (Step 1).

Necessary background –

While the number of forms needed for registration has been reduced, the following in many cases will still need to be distributed to athletes, parents and coaches to ensure they understand the agreements they have made by signing the submitted forms:

OFSAA Rules of Behaviour
OFSAA Health Guidelines
Concussion Awareness Resource – Sensibiliser Aux Problèmes Des Commotions Cérébrales
Student-Athlete/Parent Concussion Review Confirmation – Confirmation de l’examen de la commotion d’athlète/parent
Coach/Trainer Concussion Review Confirmation – Confirmation de l’examen des commotions cérébrales entraîneurs/soigneurs
Participation Informed Consent and Assumption of Risk (Under 18)
Adult Release of Liability (18+) (If no one is over the age of 18 and you do not need to distribute)
Photo Release Form

In particular, Ontario Law specifically mandates that every student-athlete, coach and trainer review the Concussion Awareness Resource and the OFSAA Concussion Code of Conduct. In order to participate in this event it is mandatory that meaningful confirmation of this requirement is received for each participant.

Step 3 for Coaches due by midnight Friday 16 Feb 2024

Register online at zone4.ca/event/2024/OFSAAnordic
- Each school should submit 1 registration via Zone4 that includes all athletes and adults that will be attending OFSAA
- Be sure you know which adults will be attending the banquet in addition to your athletes
- All athletes that are members of a team, must attend the banquet, and all other athletes are encouraged to attend
- All athletes attending the banquet must be accompanied by one or more supervising adults
- Ensure you know the correct Gender (Male/Female), Classification (Junior/Senior), Division (Open/High-School trained), Qualification (Team/Individual), and spelling of the name for each athlete entered
- All details (name, gender, classification, division, qualification) must match across your Association Championship results, your Association Convenor Registration form, and all OFSAA paperwork submitted via the OFSAA HUB
- All adults attending OFSAA in support of your school must also be listed on the appropriate forms uploaded to the OFSAA HUB
- Zone4 registration will also require each athlete’s Start Order Group as per the OFSAA Nordic Skiing Playing Regulations:
  - Athletes must be registered in one of five start order groups for the Individual Distance event, where start order group one (1) will start first and start order group five (5) will start last.
  - Each member of a qualifying team (4 or 5 skiers) must be entered in a separate start order group. (Coaches MUST NOT enter any two skiers from the same team in the same start order group.)
  - Schools with more than one qualifying team must enter each team separately. For example an “A” and “B” team from the same school must be entered as above.
  - Athletes who are not members of a team may be entered in any of the start order groups.
  - Within each of the five start order groups a full random draw will be used.
  - There is no requirement or expectation that athletes of a particular ability be placed in certain start order groups.

Step 4 for Coaches & Teams on 21 Feb 2024

Check-in Wednesday 21 Feb 2024 noon–6pm at Lakefield College School

Bring 4 cheques as follows
1. $50 Bib Deposit, payable to OFSAA
2. total of all OFSAA Participation fees ($3/athlete) payable to OFSAA
3. total of all Championship Race Entry fees ($28/athlete) payable to Lakefield College School
4. total of all Award Banquet fees ($25/person) payable to Lakefield College School
Pick-up your distance event athlete race bibs
Pre-ski the OFSAA courses