2025 MULTICLASS EVENT DATES

July 15 at Thredbo - SUBARU Sydney Championships
July 25 at Perisher - SUBARU ACT/Southern NSW Championships
August 20 at Perisher - SUBARU State Championships
September 4th at Mt Buller - SUBARU Australian Championships

ABOUT THE EVENT

Join the Interschools Snowsport Championships – Multiclass Event to experience competitive snowsports and to participate at either a recreational or competitive level. The Multiclass and Special Olympics (SO) events provide an opportunity for people of all ages with a physical, intellectual and visual impairment to participate in a fun and welcoming environment. Participants can compete in an Alpine GS or Snowboard GS event.

HOW TO ENTER

All entries are completed by the participant (not the school) via the RevSport online entry system.

Each race will include race bib, an inspection run and 2x timed runs.

Click on the links to register for each event.

Thredbo - Sydney Championships - July 15

Perisher - ACT &Southern Championships - july 25

wAIVERS

All participants must complete the event waiver for the resort they are racing in. Go to the waiver page to sign.

Participant Waivers

How to Qualify for the National Event.

Competititors must compete in atleast one of the Regional event or State to be eligable for the SUBARU National Competitition at Mt Buller

MULTICLASS PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

To be eligible, participants must meet one or more of the following criteria:

Be registered with Sport Inclusion Australia and hold a valid eligibility number.
Hold a current eligible or provisional School Sport or Para-alpine or Para-snowboard classification pertaining to a physical or visual impairment.
Have a formal diagnosis of Autism and be able to provide supporting documentation.
Be a current year member of Special Olympics Australia.
Be a current year member of Disabled Wintersport Australia.

MULTICLASS PARTICIPANT CAPABILITY CRITERIA

To enter the Multiclass Event, participants must also have enough experience and ability to meet all of the following criteria:

Ski or ride unassisted, confidently, and safely on blue runs (e.g., Front Valley at Perisher)
Stop confidently on a blue run at speed; and
Ride a chairlift or T-bar independently

Divisioning: Multiclass includes athletes with physical impairments, intellectual impairment, and autism. A Multiclass athlete’s disability is recognised via classifications defined by School Sport Australia, Paralympics Australia, and Sport Inclusion Australia.

Multiclass event divisions replicate existing mainstream events, in that they are based on school year and gender, with both individual and school team races across all divisions. Additionally, Multiclass divisioning is further broken down into two subdivisions:

Physical Impairment which includes athletes with motor, visual or hearing impairment
Visual Impairment, which includes athletes with little or major loss of sight.
Intellectual Impairment and Autism which includes athletes with a Full-Scale IQ score of 75 and lower, and limitations in adaptive behaviour; or those with a formal diagnosis of Autism, ASD, or Asperger’s syndrome.

Age divisions

Opens - Participants that are no longer at school
Division 1 - Year 11 & 12
Division 2 - Year 9 & 10
Division 3 - Year 7 & 8
Division 4 - Year 5 & 6
Division 5 - K to Year 4
Division 6 - K to Year 2 (Alpine and Ski Cross only)

2025 Multiclass Training Opportunities

Disabled Winter Sports Association and Snow Australia Para programs offer a variety of training opportunites to get involved.

Disabled Winter Sports Asscociation (DWA) provide opportunities for training and skill development. DWA OPPORTUNITES.

For competititors that are out of school go to the Para Snowsports

Eligiable participants may be invited and contact by Snow Australia for future Para programs.

Download and Share Promotional Poster

We encourage you to share the promotional poster to help grow the event to new families. There are options to print a A4 or A3 poster and jpg files for digital use.

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