Cross Country Skiing Waiorau Snowfarm NZ

To develop and promote the nordic sports of cross-country skiing, biathlon and associated Nordic skiing sports by focusing particularly on:

Introductory programmes for children
Youth development programmes
Year round training for competitive youth
Family focused programmes encouraging involvement of the whole family in cross country skiing
Organisation of events for all categories.

NZNSDA’s strategic vision is:

To have pupils from all primary and secondary schools in the central Otago area participating in the introductory/school skiing programme
To create a fun and social environment for children to experience cross country skiing and reinforce the value of exercise and healthy living
To increase the number of active cross country skiers within the development programme to more than 100 within 2010
To introduce cross country skiing as a sport to parents and family friends in order to build a strong support base of volunteers
To have a core senior development squad of more than 30 skiers training regularly through the summer including running, biking, multisport and rollerskiing
To have New Zealand skiers filling podium places in 2 male and 2 female categories at the Australian Junior National Age Group championships
To facilitate the training and competing of our top age-group skiers in Europe or America during the New Zealand summer
To have 3 of the development squad skiers attend the World Junior Championships before 2011
To retain at least 20% of competition squad members in the sport beyond age 18.