Pendle Club National 25.05.13 and Stoke Club National 26.05.13

Riveted Spectators in one of the few cloudy moments of the weekend. 

Grace Williams 1st Place U14 Females Stoke CN

Kirran Girling 1st Place U18 Males Pendle CN

Kirran Girling 1st Place U18 Males Stoke CN

Telford Trophy Winners Stoke CN

Ellie Jackson 2nd Place U12 Females Stoke CN

Grace Williams 1st Place U14 Females Pendle CN

The weekends racing began with somewhat unusual weather for this slope , blazing sunshine a light breeze and temperatures up in the twenties. The unusual conditions had spectators running for suncream & sunglasses instead of the usual jacket and wellies.


Pendle CN
Kirran was the only Telford entry into the U18 males but one athlete was all that was needed as he managed to take 1st place with nearly a second between himself and his nearest rival. Christian Stevenson fought well in a large age group of U16's to hold down a 6th Place. In the Under 14 Category Edward Guy finished the day with a 10th place.  In the Boys Stubby races both Joshua Law U12 & Matthew Williams U10 continued their improvement both athletes finishing 5th.

Telford only managed to field one female athlete on the Saturday in the U14's category. with a 7 second lead on the combined time Grace managed a convincing win.


Stoke CN

Sundays racing saw the Telford ranks swell slightly with the addition of Ellie & Neil Jackson in the U12 Female and Masters Male Categories.

Once again Kirran managed to stamp his authority on the U18 field coming away 1st. Christian secured another 6th Place and Edward improving on his previous result moving up to 8th position. Neil Jackson secured a 5th place in the Masters.  Josh Law managed to recover from a crash on his first run that left his first time decimated however with excellent 2nd & 3rd Run times and in a group of exceptionally talented athletes Josh manged once again to secure a 5th place.

Ellie worked hard through the Stubbies producing some fairly consistent times and producing a 2nd place podium. Grace had more of a fight on her hands but managed to stay far enough infront of the competition to bring home another 1st place.

Nice Head Gear!.

Telford Club Race 17.05.13

Listed below photographs and placing details for many of the racers on Fridays Club race, My apologies to those  that I did not capture during their moment of glory.

Matthew Williams 2nd   U10 Boys

Elinor Drummond 3rd U12 Girls

Charley Fellows 2nd U12 Girls

Ellie Jackson 1st U12 Girls

Harvey Campbell 3rd U12 Boys

Joshua Law 2nd U12 Boys

Tom Breese 1st U12 Boys

Isabel Drummond 2nd U14 Girls

Grace Williams 1st U14 Girls

George Price-Cooper 3rd U14 Boys

Tom Harper 2nd U14 Boys

Edward Guy 1st U14 Boys

Harriet Blythe 1st U16 Girls

Christian Stevenson 2nd U14 Boys

Brandon Matthews 1st U16 Boys

Dieter Bowers 2nd U18 Male

Jordan Fellows 1st U18 Male

Simon Wilkins 1st Senior Men

Nick Harper 3rd Masters Men

Scott Williams 2nd Master Men

Neil Jackson 1st Masters Men

Grace Williams 1st Overall Female

Jordan Fellows 1st Overall Male

Team Telford Club Race Dated 17.05.13

 
 
Find above & below Official Rankings for this event, Congratulations to all trophy winners I hope you enjoyed taking part in the event as much as I did and hope to see you all at the next event which should be in June details to be posted soon.


 As usual thank you to all officials who assisted in the running of the race with a special thanks to those individuals taking their time to pass on the knowledge needed for the running of this event and the provision of race calculations and records without which we would be lost.
 

Ski Jewel Update

It looks like they're making decent progress with the Alpbach / Wildschönau Ski Jewel lift. Also if you've ever wondered how they drop the pylons in place (in pic 2) I understand they use a helicopter. The final image is what awaits on the other side. Can't wait!

New Station

Thought you might like to see the new picture that appeared on the Alpbach tourist office's Facebook site today. This looks like the new top lift station linking Alpbach with Wildschönau.

Monthly Timings

As the website is again being completely non co-operative I've added monthly timings for June & July here. Thanks to Phil, as ever, for compiling these. They're also on the timings page of the website but the server just isn't playing ball at present. With the traditional August break on the horizon the next chance to put yourself against the clock through slalom poles at Telford will be Wed 5th Sept.

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The K-Monster & A New Batch

Midland Club National

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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