IFSS WORLD CUP APPLICATION for Accreditation - IFSS 2016-2017

The Application shall be sent to the attention of: IFSS Accreditation Committee () and cc’d to the IFSS Executive Director at ().

Approval by the IFSS member federation shall be attached to the application.

The possible number of events accredited is limited to a maximum of three (3) dryland events and four (4) events on snow per country. These event numbers are raised to ten (10) dryland and ten (10) on snow each for both Canada and the USA.

Today’s Date
Race Name
Dates of Race
Place of Race (city, province/state country)
Race Club/Organization/Affiliation


Continent: Check (x) appropriate box.

Continent 1 / Europe including Russia
Continent 2 / North America
Continent 3 / South and Central America including Mexico and the Caribbean
Continent 4 / Africa
Continent 5 / Asia
Continent 6 / Oceania, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia and Micronesia

CLASSES

For each class included in this application, fill in a separate line for each class with distance per heat, number of heats, purse, and accreditation fee amount if known: Nordic Breed (NB), Veteran(V), and Junior (J) classes may also be nominated. See the chart on page 5 for the list of classes which can be accredited and the correct names and codes.

Class Name / IFSS Class Code / Distance Per Heat / Numberof Heats / * IFSS Fee / Purse and
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Fees:

The IFSS Council has decided that no accreditation fee will be charged until further notice.

Valid DID numbers are required for all competitors who wish to earn World Cup Points.

JUDGES

Indicate * any officials/judges who are IFSS certified, or licensed by another agency. If none, IFSS would need to approve the choice of Race Judges.

IFSS* / Name of Judge (Panel)

RACE MARSHAL– If not IFSS certified, IFSS would need to approve the choice of RM.

(The RM should complete and forward an IFSS race report after the event)

Name
Address
City/Province/Postal Code / Country
Phone / Email

Chief Veterinarian (indicate if ISDVMA member):

(The Race Vet may be asked to fill out an IFSS race report)

Name / ISDVMA member
Address
City/Province/Postal Code / Country
Phone / Email
Chief Timer
Trail Boss
How long race has been held (number of years)

Event Liaison Officer (Main Contact person):

Unless another person is specified, this person is responsible to report the race results/finish times in an acceptable format to IFSS. No application will be approved without a main contact person.

Name
Address
City/Province/Postal Code / Country
Phone / Email


Website:

Website of race organization, if available

Race Rules:

What race rules will be used (check appropriate box):

IFSS
Other (Name)
Other (Name)

Race Results:

In order for the results to be included in the World Cup point calculation data base, the Event Liaison Officer shall send the events results by email in a standard specified and agreed-on format (format to be included with approval letter sent by IFSS),within one week of the conclusion of the event, to the IFSS Accreditation Committee () who will be responsible for calculating and publishing results on the Internet.

If race results are not submitted in an acceptable format within a reasonable period of time, the event may risk future accreditation.

Microsoft Excel software is the required format for sending race results.

At a minimum, results must contain these details:

Competitor’s first name and competitor’s family name in this order in one single column

DID Number

Total racing time in the required format

Country of citizenship

Class - Class abbreviations may be used as are used in this application, shown below.

Rank (place, 1st, 2nd, etc.).

Additional information at top of each worksheet or spreadsheet must contain

Race Name

Race Location

Race Dates


Cancellation

If an event is cancelled due to weather conditions, or if there are fewer than five competitors in a class the Accreditation Committee must be informed within five days of the event.


Advertising your Race

***IMPORTANT***
If the race is advertised as an IFSS accredited event, IFSS requests that the following wording be used in any specific advertising designation or claim:

IFSS Accredited Event or

IFSS World Cup Race or

IFSS World Cup Event

The wording must be used in full and cannot be used in any other form or way unless approved by IFSS. You may request the IFSS logo from IFSS () or () if you wish to use it in the advertising and promotion of your race. If your race has a website, IFSS requests that you have a link on it to the IFSS website (www.sleddogsport.net).

RACE NAMES, CODES AND DISTANCES

Class Name / Class Code or Abbreviation / Minimum Distance Per Heat km / Minimum Distance Per Heat Miles
Snow Sprint 2-Dog / junior / Sp2 / Sp2J / 5 km/day / 3.1 mi/day
Snow Sprint 4-Dog / Junior / Sp4 / Sp4J / 6 km/day / 4 mi/day
Snow Sprint 6-Dog / Sp6 / 9 km/day / 6 mi/day
Snow Sprint 8-10 Dog / Sp8 / 14 km/day / 9 mi/day
Snow Sprint Unlimited / SpU / 20 km/day / 12.5 mi/day
Snow Mid Distance 6-Dog / MD6 / 40 km/heat* / 25 mi/heat*
Snow Mid Distance 8-12 Dog / MD8-12 / 40 km/heat* / 25 mi/heat*
Snow Long Distance Unlimited / LDU / 80 km/heat** / 50 mi/heat**
Men Pulka 1-Dog / Junior / PM1 / PMJ / 10-25 km / 6.2-15.6 mi
Men Pulka 1-4 Dog / PM1-4 / 10-25 km / 6.2-15.6 mi
Men Skijoring 1-Dog/Junior/ Veteran / SM1 / SMJ / SM1V / 10-25 km / 6.2-15.6 mi
Men Skijoring 1-2 Dog / Veteran / SM2 / SM2V / 10-25 km / 6.2-15.6 mi
Men Combined / Junior / CM / CMJ / 10-25 km / 6.2-15.6 mi
Women Pulka 1-Dog / Junior / PW1 / PWJ / 5-25 km / 3.1-15.6 mi
Women Pulka 1-4 Dog / PW1-4 / 5-25 km / 3.1-15.6 mi
Women Combined / Junior / CW /CWJ / 5-25 km / 3.1-15.6 mi
Women Skijoring 1 Dog / Junior/ Veteran / SW1 /SWJ / SW1V / 5-25 km / 3.1-15.6 mi
Women Skijoring 1-2 Dog / Veteran / SW2 /SW2V / 5-25 km / 3.1-15.6 mi
Mid Distance Skijoring Women 2- Dog / MDSW / 40 km/heat* / 25 mi/heat*
Mid Distance Skijoring Men 2-Dog / MDSM / 40 km/heat* / 25 mi/heat*
Dryland 1-Dog Women Bikejoring /
Junior / Veteran / DBW/DBWJ/DBWV / 2-10 km / 1.2-6.2 mi
Dryland 1-Dog Men Bikejoring /
Junior / Veteran / DBM/DBMJ/DBMV / 2-10 km / 1.2-6.2 mi
Dryland 1-Dog Scooter / Junior / DS1 / DSJ / 2-8 km / 1.2-5 mi
Dryland 2-Dog Scooter / DS2 / 2-8 km / 1.2-5 mi
Dryland 4-Dog Rig / Junior / DR4 / DR4J / 4-8 km / 2.5-5 mi
Dryland 6-Dog Rig / DR6 / 5-9 km / 3.1 6.2 mi
Dryland 8-Dog Rig / DR8 / 5-12 km / 3.1-7.5 mi
Dryland Canicross Men / Junior /
Veteran / DCM/DCMJ/DCMV / 2-8 km / 1.2-5 mi
Dryland Canicross Women / Junior
/ Veteran / DCW/DCWJ/DCWV / 2-8 km / 1.2-5 mi

Mid/Long Distance Distances:

*MD6/MD8/MDSM/MDSW: Between 80 and 250 km (50 and 156 miles) with, in principle, an average of at least 40 km (25 miles)/stage for multi-stage races.

**LDU: More than 250 km (156 miles) with, in principle, an average of at least 80 km (50 miles)/stage for multi-stage races.

IFSS Accreditation Committee

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