Races 3 & 4 BIGP series

Races 3 & 4 of the BIGP series, took place at Castleford on 19 and 20 July.  As ever, the races were extremely well run with some fun team dual slalom's on the Saturday afternoon.  Due to high numbers of racers, all age groups were well contested.  Well done to Charlie Deem, Ellie Jackson and Josh Law who all represented Telford Ski Club, with Charlie achieving podiums in the U10 male category on both days.  Full results can be found on the brit ski website.  The next races are on 16 & 17 August and details on how to enter can be found at:- http://www.britishindoorgrandprixseries.org.uk/index.php

Helen

Final outdoor GBR race 2014

The 6th and final race of the outdoor GBR series took place at Gloucester, on Sunday 6th July.  Telford Ski Club was represented by Ed, Chris, Matt, Grace, Ellie and Jamie Conde.  Aided by the new "team race moustaches", Telford delivered some excellent runs in what was a highly competitive event.  Podiums for Grace (1st U16 girls) and Ellie (2nd U14 girls).  Celebrations with ice creams and lollies followed for skiers, to cool down in the afternoon sun.  Not sure what happened to Grace and Ellie ...................!!!!  Helen

Gloucester & Midland Club National Weekend June 2014

Course inspection with the a large field of racers!.

Saturday 28th June was the date for the Midland Club National held at Gloucesters excellent slope.
Telford racers in attendance were Isobel & Elinor Drummond, Joshua Law, Charlie Deem , Grace & Matthew Williams.  Over the last few years this race has proven to be popular with the dryslope racing community especially so for 2014 with nearly 150 racers competing. Weather was typically British weather switching all day from Bright Sunshine to light rain showers. Coat on, Coat off , Repeat.  Telford Racers were on excellent form with many individuals just missing podiums.

Sunday 29th June saw the sun coming up on the Gloucester Club National. Weather behaved itself with Bright Sun, Suncream and shorts in abundance. This is how summer should be. Telford Racers were in the thick of it again but due to a little bit of bad luck Telford were denied any podiums. It was great to see Ellen Brown competing again in the U21 class.

If any of the younger telford racers, ideally those with a little experience at stoke fun races feel ready to move to Nationals races this is one to target. Telford will usually support the Gloucester races. If you are interested for 2015 have a word with myself , Helen or Jamie and we will make sure we are their to guide you through.



SW

July 2014 Timings

Just for Fun!!.

Stoke Fun Race Series

Congratulations to all Telford skiers who participated in the second race of the Stoke fun race series, on Saturday.  The weather was good, the event well run with us all heading home by 2.00pm.  It was great to see both newer and more experienced racers taking part, with all our juniors skiing well throughout the day.  As ever, the head to heads in the afternoon were good fun, with skiers being given the chance to race against others with similar times.  Podiums for Ben (U8 male - 3rd) Charlie (U10 male - 1st):  Ellie (U12 girls - 1st): Tom (U14 male -3rd).  A huge congratulations to Lewis, taking part in his first race away from Telford.  Lewis put in two fantastic runs in the individual event, just missing out on the medals, and won all three of his head to heads in the afternoon.  Well done to all.   Helen

June 2014 Timings

Unusual looking timing sheet this month.

GBR 4 Outdoor & Interregionals 2014 at Gloucester.

Christian Stevenson U18 Boys 3rd (GBR4)

CESA B team 3rd Overall.

This weekend  clearly introduced us to summer racing for 2014. The suncream & shorts were out sunglasses and hats were on and although Saturday started cloudy when the sunshine broke through  it did it in style.  Telford Racer Chris Stevens competing in the U18 Males class managed a similar feat , putting down two solid runs in the GBR he secured himself a 3rd Overall.

During the Interregional races on Sunday we were treated to wall to wall sunshine & while the sun shone the CESA A & B team made hay with A team finishing 2nd & B team finishing tied 3rd with Wales. Chris did his part along with 6 other racers from the west midlands area team listings below.

CESA A:- Gerrard Flahive               CESA B:-   Jack Danns
                  Ellen Hathaway                                  Jessica Mayhew
                  Jamie Conde                                     Sam Dewson
                  Alex Bullock                                     Elisabeth Thomas
                  Oliver Weeks                                     Toby Tarrant
                  Andrew Du Plessis                            Christian Stevenson
                  James Grant                                       Phil Emmerson