Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Free Tickets for the NEC Ski Show
Another reminder that the club have been offered complimentary tickets to attend the Daily Telegraph British Ski + Board Show at the NEC on 30th Oct - 1st November 2009. The tickets entitle the holder to fast track entrance and access to The Ski Club Lounge, an area set-a-side exclusively for accredited club members where there is seating, light - refreshments, entertainment, film reviews and exclusive competitions. Along with the usual stacks of resort and equipment stands the show features the Big Air Show with the world's biggest mobile ramp along with a test slope, boot clinic, workshop seminars and a technical camp sponsored by Atomic, Head, Blizzard, Dynastar & Lange. If you are interested please let me know so we can forward on a list of names to the organisers and your free tickets will be on the way.
Monday, 28 September 2009
Welsh Cup Pontypool 26/09/09
A significant number of racers from Aldershot made the reasonably short journey down the M4 to Pontypool for this year's British Championship weekend. The weekend consists of a warm up race on the Saturday known as the Welsh Cup and the British Championships themselves on the Sunday. The entry fee covers both days so most of the championship contenders compete on the Saturday so placings on either day are a real achievement. Particularly impressive therefore was Hannah Bozier's performance as she not only won the girls children 2 race but also finished 2nd overall in the female race. An incorrect judgement on a gate robbed Will Wheeler of a well deserved second place in the boys children 1 race. While a major shock and disappointment, two lessons came from the experience; we must always check protocol for disqualifications even if we believe all our runs were clean and we must always video every seeded race (which Kevin did). As a result, the only other Aldershot medal was won by Graham Nayler who finished third in the Masters category.
After the individual racing an International Team Dual Slalom event was held. Ellen Hathway was selected for the England B Girls Team which finished second after an excellent series of races.
After the individual racing an International Team Dual Slalom event was held. Ellen Hathway was selected for the England B Girls Team which finished second after an excellent series of races.
British Championships Pontypool 27/09/09
There was more success for Aldershot racers at the British Championship race on the Sunday. In the girls race Ellen Hathway finished third while in the boys race Will Wheeler partially made up for the previous days disappointment by finishing third. Graham Nayler also finished third in the Masters race to make it two thirds in two days.
Saturday, 5 September 2009
All England Championships
Another excellent effort on behalf of the Aldershot club in that 19 Aldershot racers competed in this year's All England Championship. The weekend consists of the All England race itself on the Saturday and the Inter Club Dual Slalom race on the Sunday. For the Saturday race just qualifying is an achievement so it is only right that we recognise everyone who took part. In the minis race Aldershot were represented by Harry Deighton and Toby Deighton while in the main race we were represented by Hannah Bozier, George Bradford-Smith, Jack Bradford-Smith, Peter Calvert, Euan Chapman, Jenny Davies, Peter Davies, Oliver Deighton, Chris Evans, Chelsea Hardaway, Bella Hathway, Ellen Hathway, Chris Reader, Will Reader, Ella Slater, George Weller and Will Wheeler.
Congratulations to the medal winners in the race namely Will Wheeler who was second in the Children 1 males race, Ellen Hathway who was second in the Junior 1 females race and Harry Deighton who finished third in the minis race.
14 racers stayed on to race in the team events on the Sunday. In the Inter-Club competition the Aldershot team (Peter Davies, Ellen Hathway, George Weller and Peter Calvert) had one of the tougher groups and skiied superbly to win 3 of their 4 races and thereby qualify for the quarter finals. Unfortunately, as last year they were then drawn against the eventual winners (in this case Pendle A) so their run came to an end. The two Aldershot teams competing in the open competition also managed to qualify for the quarter finals and unfortunately were both drawn against eventual winners and medallists. Congratulations to all those in the Open A team (Hannah Bozier, Ella Slater, Chelsea Hardaway and Will Wheeler), to those in the Open B team (Chris Evans, Jenny Davies, Bella Hathway and Will Reader) and also to Euan Chapman and Chris Reader for upholding Aldershot honour in their respective teams.
In all a really enjoyable couple of days racing so thanks to the racers for their efforts over the two days and to their parents for slogging up the motorway to Sunderland and back.
Congratulations to the medal winners in the race namely Will Wheeler who was second in the Children 1 males race, Ellen Hathway who was second in the Junior 1 females race and Harry Deighton who finished third in the minis race.
14 racers stayed on to race in the team events on the Sunday. In the Inter-Club competition the Aldershot team (Peter Davies, Ellen Hathway, George Weller and Peter Calvert) had one of the tougher groups and skiied superbly to win 3 of their 4 races and thereby qualify for the quarter finals. Unfortunately, as last year they were then drawn against the eventual winners (in this case Pendle A) so their run came to an end. The two Aldershot teams competing in the open competition also managed to qualify for the quarter finals and unfortunately were both drawn against eventual winners and medallists. Congratulations to all those in the Open A team (Hannah Bozier, Ella Slater, Chelsea Hardaway and Will Wheeler), to those in the Open B team (Chris Evans, Jenny Davies, Bella Hathway and Will Reader) and also to Euan Chapman and Chris Reader for upholding Aldershot honour in their respective teams.
In all a really enjoyable couple of days racing so thanks to the racers for their efforts over the two days and to their parents for slogging up the motorway to Sunderland and back.
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