The AJ Bursary
Curiosity
Kindness
Caring for your team mates
The AJ Bursary
in partnership with Alpine Training Centre SCIO
This application is for the AJ Bursary to attend the Alpine Training Centre’s SCIO (ATC) training camp in Hintertux Austria. Completed applications must be submitted using the online form by the 1 July 2022. Good luck!
Alistair Jeynes Ellis
Alistair (AJ) passed away too soon, with his whole life still in front of him. The AJ Bursary will continue to celebrate AJ's passion for ski racing. The AJ Bursary will help make training and racing more accessible and affordable to other young racers who both share his love of the sport and some of his character traits.
This bursary will support young ski racers who have a demonstrated passion and skill for ski racing. It will provide race training and coaching through the winter months. More specifically, like AJ himself, this bursary will aim to promote values such as curiosity, generosity and caring for your fellow team mates. The bursary will be managed and run as part of the Alpine Training Centre's new charity which shares these same values.
Click here to donate on AJ’s Just Giving page.
Selection criteria
This bursary is to support young ski racers, who have at least some previous racing experience, demonstrate talent and potential, and who need a financial boost to help them with their training and racing. Candidates should satisfy the following criteria:
All 2007 - 2011 year of birth racers can apply from all clubs.
The ATC charity is an organisation set up to support young racers. If you are not yet a member of the ATC organisation please help us support more young racers by the becoming a member (membership is by donation). Click here to join.
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 and be available to talk about their ski racing experience.
Preference will be given to candidates who would be unable to attend a camp without the benefit of financial assistance.
Process
On the application form you will be asked to provide some background information and to describe why you are deserving of this bursary.
All bursary camps are provided by, and delivered by the ATC charity on a not for profit basis.
Applications should state the training camps the applicant would like to attend. Note that this is a training bursary and is intended to support training camps not races.
Applications for more than one week 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 of: a race coach, an ATC charity trustee and AJ’s parents.
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.
Key elements
The bursary can be used for the ATC Hintertux training camp weeks
The bursary fund is created and administered by the Alpine Training Centre SCIO, the Charity.
Through the ATC Charity, UK taxpayers will be able to add Gift Aid to their donations.
Although the initial fund-raising target of £24,000 over 3 years has been reached we would like to increase the number of bursaries we offer. Click here to donate to the AJ bursary.
One of our aims is to support ski clubs by providing club racers and their coaches with quality racing camps abroad. If you think your club would be interested in collaborating with ATC to offer great camps to more kids then please ask them to get in touch with us.
All bursary camps are provided by, and delivered by the ATC charity on a not for profit basis.