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Latest News - updated 22 July, 2008

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Merchandise: High Sierra bags for sale - Details

August 30th Fitness test day to be held at Brunel University, full details to follow

Summer Camp details

Selection Policy, July 2008

TS Tests for SC athletes and for those on programmes approved by the NPPM (as per the selection policy) - download here

                  By popular request:     Fitness Targets

                  Frant/Holmewood House Fitness weekend - Photos & Details

Susie Berry, OBE

Many congratulations to Susie Berry, Chairman of Selectors, following the award of her OBE in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, given for long-standing voluntary services to skiing!

NEW HEAD COACH

A big welcome to Gareth Trayner!

Gareth is a former BCST member who went all the way to the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, 2002 - we are delighted to welcome him as our new Head Coach.

Switzerland Tourism Summer Camp

This is to be held in Saas Fee, Switzerland, from 3rd - 15th August (possible overnight airport stay on 2nd August).  We are delighted that we will be training alongside the England teams.  We are very grateful to Switzerland Tourism for an important contribution to the costs and logistics of this camp.  Outline details

Fitness weekend

This is to be held in East Sussex/Kent over the weekend 21st/22nd June.  Arrival Saturday morning 9.30, overnight stay, and departure following the fitness tests at Holmewood House Schoolon the Sunday.  We are planning some problem solving and team building exercises for the Saturday, with some introductory talks on the Saturday morning. 

We are very grateful to Lord and Lady Moynihan for hosting this camp, in conjunction with Holmewood House School - thanks to the Headmaster.  Full details will be posted shortly. 

Outline Details

Further fitness tests are likely to be held on Saturday 30th August (NB this date is provisional), at a location to be confirmed.

British Children's Summer Squad 2008-9     Details

Programme outline:  First fitness camp 21-22 June, to be held in Tonbridge/Tunbridge Wells (nearest airport Gatwick); summer training camp to be held in Saas Fee (alongside the GBR Youth Team) during the first two weeks of August.

• Important Notes

• Please remember that if your name is not on this list, it is definitely not the end of your ski racing career - or even of your chances of selection to the Team for the coming winter season!  Spend some time through the summer and autumn working on your technical skills on snow, keep fit, and above all have FUN!!!

• Please also note that selection to the summer training programme does not guarantee automatic selection to an international race.

• Please contact Jenny Shute by email to confirm acceptance of your place; also (new squad members) please include full contact details.

THANKS: Grateful thanks to Heatmax for supplying the teams to the later events of the winter with Heatmax HotHands-2 and Toasti Toes hand and foot warmers, much appreciated by athletes and coaches alike!  Please take a look at their latest Newsletter or see www.heatmaxuk.com for further information.

NEW: Children's Team Head Coach post now advertised - Application & Details

ABETONE

• Dan Hall =20th in GS

• Tommy Kirton 27th in Slalom

• Jake Morgan 17th in Slalom

• Max Moss 21st in Giant Slalom

• Full Results

• Photos

TOPOLINO

• Dan Hall 22nd in Slalom, ChII Boys

• Lawrence Buchwiser 23rd in Combi, Ch1

• Charlie Guest and Nick Moynihan both placed 34th in ChII Giant Slaloms

• Full Results

• Team Photo

• Photos

    SLOVENIA 

   • Results & Photos now posted 

    • Lewis John 22nd in GS

   • Follow links from the official Race website for photos  http://www.sk.alpetour-ric.si/ANG/angframeset.htm

   • Jenny Shute honoured by award from the organisers of the Pokal Loka competition

SPAIN

• Silver for GBR in GS - Jake Morgan takes silver in Ch1 Boys' GS

• Violet Miller 5th in GS, Ch1 Girls category

• Jake Morgan 3rd Overall Ch1 boy!!!

• Spain Photos 2008

• Full Results now posted

  • 3 top 15 places in slalom

  • 7 top 15 places in GS

  • 4 GBR athletes placed in the top 15 individual combined results

• Slalom: Jake Morgan 8th, Giulia Harte 10th, Violet Miller 15th

• GS: Jake Morgan 2nd, Ross Millican 11th, Lewis John 7th, Dan Evans 11th, Violet Miller 5th, Giulia Harte 10th, Alex Tilley 7th

• Individual Combined Results: Jake Morgan 3rd, Giulia Harte =8th, Violet Miller 10th, Eloise Greenhalgh 13th

ANDORRA 

• GOLD for GBR in Slalom! - Charlie Guest takes gold in ChII GS, Ashley Hill silver!  

• Loads more Photos posted

• GS, Slalom & Combi Results

• GBR 4th in Team Competition

• GS - Charlie Guest bronze, Ashley also bronze, and Ed Stephens 4th. 

• Max Baggio 5th

• Picture shows GBR athletes on the GS podium: Charlie Guest (3rd), Ed Stephens (4th), Ashley Hill (3rd)

• Combi - Ashley Hill 4th, Xavier Barlow 5th, Max Baggio 9th, Charlie Guest 13th

Andorran TV Official TV/Video

Easter Selection Process & Timings:

• Junior/ChII Timed runs will be held after the SuperG training on Thursday 10th April on the Stade in Méribel (to start as soon as the Juniors can get back to Méribel after the Scottish FIS race in Courchevel)

• Technical Skills tests for all children (including 2nd Year ChII) will follow on immediately after the timed runs.

• All Children's TS entries must be sent electronically to Phil Brown Email

• Clubs nominate their athletes by email on the “Snowsport GB Children’s Team Nomination Form which may be downloaded from the SnowsportGB website after 1st February; applications must be submitted by 1st March.. You can also download the Nomination Form and Parental Consent Form from this website Section 2 - Forms).

Czech Republic - Ski Interkriterium & CZE National results posted, see below.

• British Children's Ski Team 2008            Details

• Race Allocations 2008                              Details

• Please contact the Team Manager by Email asap with acceptance of your place in the team, and of your race allocation(s).

• This is particularly important if you are going to Spain - will these athletes please send details of names, date of birth, and passport number by return so that I can book/confirm flights.  Email

Children's Development Plan - SnowsportGB is delighted to announce that an agreement has been reached with the Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, which will provide SnowsportGB with funding over three years to allow the implementation of a new Development Plan for the British Children’s Alpine Skiing.  This is just amazing news for us!!

Follow the hyperlink above for the full text, or click through to SnowsportGB's website for this and other news of British alpine ski racing - and while you're there, why not sign up for the regular newsletter!

Travel arrangements for Czech Republic and Andorra posted. 

NB Airport hotels prior to departure are now confirmed (follow links above for details).

Best Practice Guidelines for parents - from the British Snowsports Child Welfare Working Group. 

A short guide to safeguarding standards that you should check for when sending your child to clubs, camps and trips away from home; safe communications (including on-line); and a list of things that should make you uneasy.  It has been prepared with the help of the Child Protection in Sport Unit.  For those would like further information, a snowsports contact is given, as well as full details of CPSU contacts.

If transport is to be involved, parents should also satisfy themselves of appropriate standards in respect of both vehicle and driver. 

New Children's Selection Policy 2007-2008 - Please note the following from the Alpine Executive:  The new Children’s Selection Policy document is circulated with the added proviso that because of the current changes (new appointments, etc) there may be some further modifications to be made with less than the usual full season’s notice, but these will be made with the approval of the Alpine Executive.

• October Camp 2007 PHOTOS, with Alain Baxter

• October Camp Outline including travel arrangements

• October Camp - Invited Athletes

• We are delighted to confirm that British Olympic skiers ALAIN BAXTER and EMMA CARRICK-ANDERSON are going to be working with the athletes on this camp!!!

• The camp is to be held in Tignes, from 20th - 27th October; to be staffed by Head Coach Phil Brown, Ronnie Naismith (Scotland, FAST Camps, and APC trainer) and Franck Grumeau (Les Arcs Ski Club). 

• Early Race Allocations

We would like to offer warmest congratulations to BCST Patron Ingrid Christophersen on her MBE, awarded for services to skiing!

Skiers' Trust - updated information

• The fitness tests have been changed - girls will no longer be expected to do pull-ups; these will remain as tests to be carried out for boys.  Both girls and boys will now be tested on press-ups.  The new protocol and targets are published (excel file) - Details

• Edinburgh tests to be held on Sunday 9th September

• 8th September fitness test - Leicester University track, Manor Road.

• Details

• Directions to Manor Road

Andorra:

Photos

And finally - the Combi results - congratulations to Nick Moynihan 5th place!!  A top 10 placing also for Emily Evans

More Results from Andorra - ChII Slalom, Ch1 SuperG

ChII SuperG & Ch1 Slalom - 8th place for Christy MacKinnon in SuperG!

Bulgaria

• Results now published

• Photos

• Many congratulations to Sophie French - bronze medal in Slalom, and also to Ed Willson, 5th in slalom!!

• And to Alex Moran, 8th in GS

Slovenia and Topolino

• Results now published

• Topolino photos

• Slovenia photos

• Check the following websites for more details: 

• Trofeo Topolino

• Pokal Loka

• More details of both, including photos, to follow

17 January: Czech Ski-Interkriterium event cancelled due to lack of snow

Team selections - BCST 2007 and Interim Race Allocations                                                                                 

2006 October Camp, Tignes - Photos & Report

Pre-Season Plea!

We are enormously grateful to our existing supporters - especially to Trespass for all  our clothing; also to Sno! at Xscape Milton Keynes, Ski Bartlett, Exxon Mobil and last but definitely not least the Skiers' Trust of Great Britain.  However, many visitors to this website will know that our central funding has been reduced this year, and we are more keen than ever to attract new sponsors.  Please contact me by Email if you have any ideas of where we could look for support and sponsorship.  We have a team of talented youngsters who are in great need of support, and who will offer a good return on any investment!

Selection Policy for 2007/2008 now published - Click to download.

The policy will take effect from the April 2007 selection meeting, based on performance during the 2006-2007 season.

Fitness test protocols and targets will be posted at a future date.

 

Not turning their backs on us!  I am delighted to announce that Trespass will again be providing clothing for the team and development squad next season.  This will be their fifrth season with us, and we are looking forward very much to working closely with this excellent company again, and hoping that our links will become stronger than ever.  The kit that they have provided has been technical, practical, hard-wearing and fun to wear! We are enormously grateful for their continued support!!

LATEST (and BEST ! ) NEWS - The Skiers' Trust is once again supporting the team with an extremely generous award towards the costs of the coming season.

The Skiers' Trust of Great Britain provides funding for young skiers, and relies heavily on fundraising through covenant.  In order to increase the level of grants in the future, they aim to increase their membership.  Membership for a four year covenant is only £25.  For further information, please contact Jonty Summers (Grants and Appeals Secretary) by E-mail    We are extremely grateful for their support!!!

RAFFLE 2007 - Now officially launched.  Thanks are due to all those who have offered prizes, in particular once again to Rocketski for their offer of a ski holiday for two.  Prize List

October Camp - Outline & Invited Participants

Summer TS Results - Details

I am delighted to announce that Rocketski has offered us the top prize for the 2007 raffle in support of the team, for the fifth year in a row!!!  This is tremendous news, and we are extremely grateful for their generous support!

Xscape / SNO! at Milton Keynes continues to support the BCST! 

• Free slope time for team training sessions. 

Summer Camp Tignes 2006 - Photos

New Head Coach - Phil Brown

• We are delighted to welcome Phil, who has been doing sterling work as a selector over the last couple of years.  He has worked and travelled with the team in the past, both individually and collectively, and is looking forward very much to the challenges ahead!

British Children's Squad Summer 2006 - Details

• ABETONE, 31st March - 1st April

• Results from 2006 Pinocchio sugli Sci

• James Filsell 21st in GS, a strong result in a very strong field!

• Photos

• 

STOP PRESS - TEN MEDALS for GBR in Bulgaria

• OFFICIAL RESULTS

• PHOTOS (more photos now published, 16th March)

Raffle - total approaches £1000 - a long way to go!!!  Please keep working at ticket sales, I will be pleased to send out more tickets for those who think they can sell more!!

• TOPOLINO - TOP 15 PLACE FOR HARRY BROWN!

• Harry is placed 13th in GS!! - undeterred by heavy snow, poor visibility and ruts (boys racing after all the girls had completed the course).

• First Topolino Combi race also ran in difficult conditions, but hugely successful!

• Full Results

• Photos

Pokal Loka 2006 - Stari Vrh, Slovenia

• Slovenia proves a tough event for GBR, but good work from the team!

• Results

• Report

• Photos

Podium places for GBR in Andorra!! 

FIS Combi a huge success with the athletes - 'the best race I have ever done', said one athlete.  ''So much to think about'; 'the best fun'!!

• Alessia Thomas-Jackson      3rd in Slalom, 5th in Combi, 10th SuperG, 12th GS

• James Filsell                        5th GS, 9th Slalom

• Tommy Kirton                      7th Combi, 11th GS

• Matt Thompson                    7th Slalom, 11th SuperG

• Lizzie Francis-Venezia        7th Slalom

• Mike Thelwell                      9th Combi

• Louisa Russell-Henry           11th GS, 13th SuperG, 13th Combi

• Alex Tilley                           13th GS, 13th Slalom

• More news of super Combi race to follow!

• Photos

• Results

• Press Report

READ ABOUT THE GBR SUCCESSES IN THE CZE NATIONALS BELOW - AND ABOUT THE PODIUM PLACES FOR GBR IN THE INTERNATIONAL SKI-INTERKRITERIUM RACES!!!!!!!!!

• Results 

• Photos

• Report

HARRY BROWN takes 2nd place in International Slalom in CZE! 

& JAYME BAGGIO takes 5th place in the International GS!

Plus three more top 15 places for GBR on the opening day of the international races - Jayme Baggio (10th), Nick Robinson (12th), and Sam Wrench (13th)

The President of the Czech Republic (Vaclac Klaus) watches the race, asks where we train our British racers...   

EHIC Cards

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Snowsport GB pins - show off your national identity, or swap with other nations!  Orders may be placed at any time, but best along with race acceptance paperwork and payment.  £1 each.  

BCST 2004 Group Photographs, Meribel, with HRH The Earl of Wessex (Patron, Snowsport GB) and Mr John Ritblat (President. Snowsport GB).

CZE 2003 Video - just for fun!