The Snowsport South AGM will be held at Alpine Snowsports Aldershot (GU11 2DD) on Thursday November 16 at 19:30. If you have any items for the agenda or would like to stand for the committee, please let us know by Thursday 2 November. The agenda will be circulated by 9 November. We are always keen for new volunteers, whether they stand for one of the core positions or as extra…
Thank you to everyone who has entered Sunday’s race. There will be pressure on parking space at the slope so please respect the signs! Live Results and Start List The provisional timetable is: Time Description 7:45 Centre Opens 8:00 Bibs available to club representatives 8:00 – 9:00 Open Practice (earlier if the course is ready) 9:15 Individual Timed Runs ~12:30 Individual Head-to-Heads (Bunny runs will be allowed for group A…
Well done to everyone who competed in this weekend’s Snowsport South races. The results have been posted on SkiResults (Saturday; Sunday). We were pleased to hear that the two injured racers have both had successful treatment. We wish them both a speedy recovery.
Entries for the Snowsport South summer series are now open. The online process is slightly different this year, as entries are now taken via SkiResults.co.uk – but it should be extremely straightforward. Please use the individual race links on the right hand side to access the entry page. You do not need to pay for each entry individually – you can add several to your basket before making payment. Unlike…
If anyone is interested in doing a Level 1 or Level 2 Snowboard Instructors course in the UK this summer, please let us know. Either contact Darren Schmidt directly or email secretary@snowsportsouth.org.uk.
Thank you to everyone who entered Saturday’s Ski Cross at Snowtrax. We hope you enjoyed yourselves. This was the first occassion when we have held a Ski Cross event. We would welcome your feedback (positive and negative) to help us plan for any similar events in the future (please email secretary@snowsportsouth.org.uk). The results from the individual timed runs (used to seed the main event) can be found here. The results…
The Ski Cross event which was cancelled in September (due to a broken lift at Bracknell) will be held on Saturday the 4 March. Unfortunately, we were informed this week that the John Nike Slope at Bracknell can no longer honour our booking. Therefore the event has been moved to Snowtrax. A big thank you to Snowtrax for coming to the rescue! The course will consist of low level jumps…
The Snowsport England Board has a vacancy for a members director and we have been asked if there is anyone in the region who would like to step forward to take on the role. More details can be found here. If you would like to discuss in more detail please contact Tim Fawke (or ask Brian Davies and he will set up a conversation).
We are delighted to be in the happy position to say that we have reached our capacity for the Regional Training Day in January 2017. If you are still interested in attending then please contact us and we will put you on the reserve list. Likewise, if you are no longer intending to attend please let us know so that we can offer the place to another parent/athlete.
We are planning to arrange a Snowsport South Regional Training day at Southampton on Sunday 15th January (9am to Midday). We have been in discussions with the Downhill Only Race Academy (DHO) which is one of the oldest alpine skiing clubs in the world under Head Coach Emily Evans. They are based in Wengen, Switzerland and organise a number of events on the UK calendar. DHO have agreed to provide…