1st July, 2012
The day all of the training on & off skis paid off. A day that Kirran Girling - now forever to be known as the K-Monster - nailed 3 runs together and smashed it. Whether smashed refered to his U16 competitors, his BARTS seed points or virtually the rest of the field is irrelevant, 'cos he smashed them all. 1st U16, 6th overall and a 30 point BARTS drop says it all really as this was the day the K-Monster came of age. This was no freak result or accident however as the long hours winter training at Telford and a clearly impressive fitness regime combined into a blur of speed down the region's longest ski slope.
Elsewhere there was also plenty of good news. Ellen Brown, another who has put the winter dendix training miles in made 2nd in category, 3rd overall and again proved she has the speed to compete at the top end of the timings board. Expect a race win from Ellen sometime soon.
In the boys race Dieter Bowers enjoyed a solid day, and whilst his 3rd run didn't quite deliver the hoped for time his frustration at an overall top 20 confirmed the progress he has made. Jordan's lack of speed meant he had to settle for 3rd U16 and Charlotte Shrimpton's 3rd run DNF ended any hopes she had for the day..
It was pretty much good news all the way in the younger categories. In the U10's Charley Fellows overturned a small deficit in run 3 to claim victory with Ellie Drummond skiing into 6th place. In the boys U10 event Harvey Campbell claimed 6th despite a strong uphill wind just about destroying every run he had whilst Matthew Williams continued his improvement to claim 8th place. Team Telford pretty much dominated the U12 girls category with Ellie Jackson claiming 1st & Issy Drummond 3rd, whilst Grace Williams continued her stellar season with 2nd U14.
We've enjoyed a long and impressive run of stellar results from our established female racers over recent summer seasons and it looks like a new batch are on the way - you have been warned.
Charley topping the podium in U10's
Issy, claiming 3rd in U12's
Ellie, after winning the U12's
Grace, 2nd U14
Biggest smile of the day from the K-Monster & Jordan 3rd - U16
Ellen, Runner up U18
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