Summer Training Times

Please note that as of next Wednesday we will be moving over to summer training times for the evening sessions. Training will start at 18:30 and go on until 20:00. At the moment there are no plans to split the group but if numbers are too large we will be considering a number of options including priority to weekend racers, alternating weeks and alternate fitness / technique sessions. Any reasonable suggestions welcomed!

May Half Term training days. Aldershot / Hemel snowcentre

Olly and Nick have planned some more training days for the upcoming Half Term holidays. There will be 2 training days at Aldershot on Tuesday the 1^st June and Wednesday the 2^nd June. These days will run as the last ones at Easter. From 10 - 3, with a lot of skiing and some video feedback in the afternoon. The cost is £45 per day and please let Olly know as soon as possible if you would like to book on to these days.

Olly has also arranged some training at Hemel Snow Centre, again with Nick and Phil Brown. Phil is a very experienced coach and was the Head Coach of the British Children"s Team 2 years ago. The day will consist of about 2 hours training in the morning, lunch, and then 2 hours of training in the afternoon, followed by some fitness/games. The training is arranged for Thursday the 3^rd June and Friday the 4^th June and will £70 per day. Again, please let Olly know as soon as possible if you are interested.

Breaking News on the LSERSA Race at Welwyn

I have just received an email with some more details on the LSERSA race at Welwyn. Sandy Telling writes “May 8th at Welwyn Garden City Ski Centre will see the first of our Aosta Valley promotions.

The race will based around the standard regional race and details of all the events can be found on the LSERSA website.

www.lsersa.org

James Gambrill representing the Aosta Valley will be there to hand out special cups and Bartletts will be adding to the prizes, along with Sage Physio, Bodyfactor and Snow & Rock.

Spot prizes awarded during the day will be provided by the Aosta Valley (and maybe Citroen Cars)

Prizes will be presented by Ed Drake (provided he is back from training) plus a special guest (who used to be a super racer).

All day BBQ will be available.

Hopefully we will also be offering the possibility of a holiday in the Aosta Valley for those who get the most points over the summer series in all competitions.

Do spread the word as all are welcome on what we hope will be the first of several fantastic races.

Club National Day Entries

If you are thinking about doing a Club National to see what they are like you can enter on a day licence. You can only do this for one race and in the past it was quite a costly option as along with the late entry fee you also had to pay for insurance for the day. Snowsport England are now waiving this insurance cost for racers who are members of registered clubs. If this applies then please let me know as I have a form which one of the committee will need to sign.

Equipment survey

Another survey, this time about equipment used. Different focus on the information as knowledge of what people are using can be used to identify possible avenues for sponsorship and other funding. The survey can be found at http://www.skizog.co.uk/equipment_used.

Snowsport South and LSERSA First Races

On Saturday the 8^th May we have the first LSERSA race of 2010 at Welwyn. Registration for the event is by post and the forms can be found at http://www.lsersa.org.

The following day we have the first Snowsport South race at Aldershot. This of course means there will be no training in the morning. On line registration can be done at http://www.srsa.org.uk. These events are run by the host club which is of course us so we will be looking for volunteers on the day to help out with start marshalling, finish marshalling, gate judging, lift marshalling and a few other things. As ever, the more people step forward the less time we will need from each person. Nearly all of the roles we can sort out on the morning but we would like to know that we will have a commentator so if you are a budding Murray Walker please let me know. Again, if more than one person volunteers we can spread the load.

Snowsport South Freestyle Competition on Saturday the 8th May

Saturday 8th May sees the first ever Snowsports South Freestyle competition. The event is being held at the Bracknell slope and if you are interested you can register at http://www.southernfreestyle.co.uk. There are £1000s of pounds worth of prizes and computers to be won in the individual events and the three event series.

Snowsport England Survey

For the second year Sport England are working with Ipsos MORI to undertake a survey about people’s experience of taking part in sport.  Last year’s survey helped Snowsport England identify areas that require work to improve the experience of taking part in snowsports and the decision has been taken to run it again.  The survey is now live and SSE would like as many members as possible to take part. 

 

The process is fairly straightforward, all you need to do is go to click on the link below.

http://www.ipsos-mori.com/Snowsportclub

The survey is open until the 17^th May.

 

Race Report - Bromley Club National

On Saturday the 2010 plastic season started with the Bromley Club National. More than 20 Aldershot racers took part in the event which is a great start to the year. Watching course setting is always of value but this time around it was also entertaining. The course was looking "interesting" and was almost finished when an overzealous official decided to take over, get confused and then carry on regardless of the bizarre course that was left behind.

Bizarre or not, it did not phase the majority of the Aldershot racers and we set the tone for the year with some superb results. Star performers were Ellen Hathway and Hannah Bozier who dominated the females race and took first and second overall respectively. Toby Deighton also deserves a special mention as he skiied really well and won the children one group in his first club national out of the minis.

Talking about the minis, Harry Deighton won the second place trophy in the mini boys and after Toby picked up his first place children one trophy, it was time for the girls children 2 which is where Aldershot really are the power team! With at least one racer missing we still finished first, second, third and fourth! In order the successful girls were Hannah Bozier, Annie Usher, Jenny Davies and Bella Hathway. Still on a winning roll, in the junior one girls race Ellen Hathway took first place but then we have to go through a few age groups for the final Aldershot podium as Graham Nayler won second place in the Masters race.

The prizegiving concluded with Ellen Hathway being awarded the females race overall first place and Hannah Bozier second place. In all a great days racing made much more enjoyable by all the Aldershot success!

April Monthly Race Result

With several members away on holiday we had a smaller than usual turn out for the April monthly race but the racing was as close as ever. Fastest racer on the day was Peter Davies, fastest girl was Ellen Hathway and Craig Speed was the fastest newcomer.

Snowsport England Level 1 Instructors Course

Snowsport South have organised a level 1 instructor course at Aldershot Ski Slope on the 1st and 2nd May. Places are limited and going fast so if you are interested please let me know ASAP.

 

Race information Session 18th April

We will be holding an information session on the 18th April which will focus on answering any questions you may have about the upcoming race season. As it is primarily for the new racers we will be running it from 09:00 until 09:30 in the hut at the top of slope 3. All are welcome and I might even be persuaded to explain how seed points work!

Contact Details Refresh

On Sunday the 18^th April I will take my PC to training and will set up camp in the café area. At some point in the morning if you could come along to see me and confirm the contact details and medical conditions we have on record are correct it would be appreciated.

April Monthly Race This Sunday

Please remember that this Sunday (the 11th April) is the monthly race and that the session will start at 07:45 for everyone.