English Championships in Bormio

13 Aldershot racers (11 racing + 2 on reconnaissance) and their families made the long and eventful trip out to Bormio, Italy for the 2010 English Alpine Champs.

It seems that all possible travel & accommodation variations were explored some with more success than others, but all with interesting, frustrating & mostly amusing tales to tell. Whether you picked the short(!) driving route down through Switzerland, the long route through the Mont Blanc tunnel & up via Milan or the flying option with taxi from Milan, we were all met with good Italian hospitality, good snow & very good racing. Even Brian Long (Phoebe’s dad) was smiling after realising he had booked his flight for the wrong month, the Deighton’s kept smiling after having to pay 2 Euros an hour for heating in their apartment and we were all smiling at the prospect of Will Usher’s wallet becoming much lighter in the future after Annie’s excellent first foray into snow racing.

The racers; Euan Chapman, Oliver Deighton, Toby Deighton, Harry Deighton, Phoebe Long, Annie Usher, Will Wheeler, Jack Honey, James Sieber, Oliver Krahelski, Alicja Krahelski & with Chris & Will Reader supporting, recorded some excellent results proving that with some good training and a little talent our little plastic slope can still produce excellent skiers.

Results: (podiums in red)

Girls Slalom – Annie Usher 6^th Children 1 (21^st overall)

Phoebe Long 20^th Children 1 (41^st overall)

Boys Slalom - Will Wheeler 3^rd Children 1 (10^th Overall)

Oliver Krahelski 9^th Children 2 (13^th overall)

James Sieber 12^th Children 2 (18^th overall)

Euan Chapman 23^rd Children 1 (48^th overall)

Jack Honey 29^th Children 2 (58^th overall)

Girls Giant Slalom Annie Usher 10^th Children 1 (25^th overall)

Phoebe Long 20^th Children 1 (40^th overall)

Boys Giant Slalom Will Wheeler 10^th Children 1 (21^st Overall)

James Sieber 24^th Children 2 (44^th overall)

Oliver Krahelski 32^nd Children 2 (57^th overall)

Euan Chapman 37^th Children 1 (78^th overall)

Jack Honey 43^rd Children 2 (81^st overall)

Minis Girls GS

Race 1 Alicja Krahelski 1^st

Race 2 Alicja Krahelski 1^st

Minis Boys GS

Race 1 Toby Deighton 7^th

Harry Deighton 9^th

Race 2 Toby Deighton 3^rd

Harry Deighton 11^th

Girls SuperG Annie Usher 7^th Children 1 (20^th overall)

Boys SuperG Oliver Krahelski 12^th Children 2 (13^th overall)

James Sieber 16^th Children 2 (21^st overall)

The full results can be found at http://www.englishalpinechamps.org.uk/entry

Last but not least; Will Reader deserves a medal for persevering & mastering the art of snowboarding in such a short time…. a welcome new recruit to the dark-side!