Inter-Region Race at Welwyn 07/06/09

Hannah Bozier, Peter Davies, Ellen Hathway and Will Wheeler were missing from the monthly race because they were instead racing at the Inter-Regional event at Welwyn having been selected to race for the SRSA team. This is one of the premier events on the race calendar where the best racers from across the country race for their regions in a series of dual parallel slalom races. The Aldershot four were joined by Sam Fairbairn and Frances Bryon from Southampton and Giacomo Ghislanzoni from SASA to make the team of seven. In all there were 14 teams at the event and every Snowsport England was represented except for Yorkshire. The teams were split into two leagues of 7 with the first 4 teams from each league to qualify for the quarter finals. Thankfully the torrential rain that greeted us when we arrived in Welwyn had abated by the time the racing started and the teams first race was a baptism of fire against the LSERSA A team. After losing this race the team won the next two races but unfortunately the next two races were very close but a couple of straddles left the team with two wins going into the last race. This last race was a must win race which the team duly did to qualify for the knockout stages. They they were then pitted against the very strong Eastern Region A team and despite a brave effort they lost the race. Eastern Region A then went on to win the event overall against North West A.