| Posted 25 January |
Jane Fawkes the Bulletin Editor has just returned from Switzerland where she represented the LSC in the Inferno races, here is here brief report:
Just back from Inferno week : wonderful & exhausting as ever. At the
last minute the start had to be moved to Almendhubel, because it was too windy to run the Schilthorn cablecar, but the race did go to Lauterbrunnen, so the distance was reduced to 10kms instead of 15 kms. Winning time of 10'40 which averaged almost 60 kph - Racer number 1602 won the race so had to negotiate plenty of ruts & mud at the bottom! Happened to see him at the Winteregg climb but he just glided to the top - without so much as a push or skate he was over the top and round the corner, while everyone else was trudging laboriously up. |
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| Posted 18 January |
For a third year Joanna-Milner Percy has agreed to be the LSC Team Manager and has secured a team entry place for the club to compete in the AICC (Amateur Inter Club Championships) races which this year are being hosted by The Eagles Ski Club and will take place in Gstaad on the weekend of 8/11th March
Three racers for the Ladies Ski Club team have been announced, these being Marguerite Nice. Elaine Kent and Caroline Brown will be joined by an as yet to be confirmed a 4th member. |
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| Posted 14 December. |
The British Olympic Association announced today 23 young athletes from 9 winter Olympic disciplines have been selected to compete for Team GB at the first winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), which takes place in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13-22 January 2012.
The Club would like to congratulate Rachelle one of its younger racing alpine members on her selection. |
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| Posted 3 December. |
Monday, 28 November 2011
A busy few months meeting with new partners and sponsors who I will be working with this season... a very exciting time and stoked to be working with Dare 2b and Compex as well as my existing sponsors and partners, Head, Ladies Ski Club, Ski Club of Great Britain and Rocktape.
My pre season has been spent back and forth between glaciers and the UK, varying the Ski Cross courses and features and keeping up to speed with all my strength training in the UK. I have had the privilege of meeting some very knowledgeable people through my sport and the strength training provided by Ben at the British Olympic Medical Centre and Tony at TASS at Hertfordshire University has been so helpful!
My coach Christian (ex French Team, World Cup Gold Medallist and X Games finalist) has been mixing up the pre season training for me to get a broad range of features to learn new skills so I am prepared for the different courses I will be faced with this winter season. From Switzerland to France and Austria, we have been blessed with the weather and had blue skies and great snow. Training alongside the French team, I have had some great company and been able to make the most of this time to really up my game!
Our latest camp was in Molltaler in Austria. Heather Mills who is currently training for the 2014 Paralympics in Alpine skiing kindly invited us to stay at her chalet, so I have a pal to warm up with and do some post ski fitness and recovery with. 5:20am wake ups were not so fun so we could be up on the glacier training at 7:00am but the blue skies and corduroy pistes made it all worthwhile!
Warm up race with the French, Austrian, German and Slovenian teams was a great training method and it identified some key areas I need to work on before the first world cup. Apparently I am 'too nice' according to my coach! Unfortunately in Ski Cross, the English politeness doesn't work too well, so I need to become a bit more 'mean' in the next few weeks so I don't let anyone past me at the start of the race... I think I can fix that nice and quickly!
Back in Meribel now for a mini rest and some more strength training before the next and final pre season training camp. I am just praying to the snow gods at the moment as we haven't got a drop of the white stuff here yet and am keen to get up the mountain!
This is the best pre-season preparation I've ever had in my Ski Cross career, so am really looking forward to this coming World Cup season (snow permitting!!)
The picture above is Heather and me in Molltaler. |
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| Posted 3 December. |
PETER LUNN died peacefully on 30th November 2011 aged 97
There will be a private funeral followed by a Memorial Service in London the New Year.
Peter was the son of Arnold Lunn who was the founder of the Ladies Ski Club. Peter was himself a great supporter of the LSC and a regular visitor at various functions from dinners to picnics.
Peter had an amazing life; he represented Britain in the 1936 Olympics and was skiing until last winter. In his working life he was a member of the Special Intelligence Services (SIS) and worked all over Europe until his retirement in 1985.
He will be greatly missed by his family and his great many friends
Following the announcement of Peter Lunn's passing last week, past LSC President Di Lees-Jones has sent in this :
Peter Lunn was remarkable. I was at the finish of the Inferno early one morning a few years ago when he came over the line. Two Swiss reporters went to interview him. Their astonishment at his achievement in finishing the race and his modesty was evident. They really could not believe it! He just toddled off afterwards, seemingly unimpressed by what he had done.
Best wishes Di |
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| Posted 25 November. |
Easy fundraising is something were all members can help raise much needed funds for the club when purchasing this year's Christmas presents or indeed any other household items on line.
Essentially all you have to do to support the LSC is to register with the site and then use the site as your regular search engine instead of google.
Easy fundraising have deals with most major retailers and the club get a small percentage of your expenditure.
Please sign up (if you haven't already) – it's simple to do, just click the link below and register.
http://ladiesskiclub.easysearch.org.uk/
Once you have registered all you need to do is to make sure that when you make an online purchase, you do so using this link!
Happy Shopping and THANK YOU for your support
Kay Whelan |
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| Posted 2 November. |
| We are an Events Management company based in Tonbridge, Kent and I am contacting the Ladies' Ski Club with regards to our Extreme Ski Challenge event, which we are in the process of organising, in aid of Hospice in the Weald, a local Kent charity. The event will be taking place in St. Anton, Austria, from 17 -20 March 2012.
The Extreme Ski Challenge is a downhill ski event where, in teams of 4, participants will downhill ski 5,000 feet higher than the vertical ascent and descent of Mt Everest over a period of 48 Hours. The event is a fantastic way to see St. Anton, but more importantly, it is an opportunity to be part of an amazing, unforgettable experience that will bring some comfort to those with terminal illness and their families. The Hospice in the Weald provides specialist palliative care advice and clinical support for people with life limiting illness, their family and the bereaved in Kent and Sussex. The money raised in sponsorship by the participants will go towards the Hospice, which is funded solely by charity donations.
We would really like to generate as much publicity as possible for our charity event, and encourage regular Skiers and Snowboarders to participate. If you are able to assist us with the promotion of our event, by putting up a poster for us in your ski club, we would be grateful to hear back from you at your earliest convenience. Or indeed if you are interested in participating, then we would be delighted to discuss this with you too! If you know anyone who would like to participate, then please do pass on our information to them, or alternatively, you can find more details on the event and how to register on our website page (link provided below). It would also be great if you could forward on this email to some of the members of your club, as it is a charity event for such a great cause, this would really be a great way for us to spread the word!
I will attach with this email an A4 poster and I would also be really grateful if you could 'like' and 'share' us on Facebook and follow us on our Twitter sites as this will really help us get the message out, for what we hope is going to be a truly exciting event.
Our mini site for the event is http://vous2.com/extremeski/extremeski.html
If you are interested in our event, and require further information, then please do not hesitate to contact me on 01732 366317 or the email provided below and I will be happy to go through any queries or questions that you may have.
I'd like to thank you in advance for your assistance in helping us with our event, and I look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Many thanks, Kind Regards
Hannah |
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| Posted 2 November. |
| More information posted today - please click here to check it out. |
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| Posted 14 October. |
Dear all
The next Amateur Inter-Club Ski Championship will be held in Gstaad 8 - 11 March 2012 hosted by the Eagle Ski Club.
Please see
http://kandahar.tdlserver.co.uk/inter_club_web_site/index.htm
all the details are there.
They are limiting the numbers of entries and teams – to the first who enter.
The Ladies Ski Club, founded before the other clubs: Kandahar, DHO, Sci Club 18 and Eagles, we really should have a presence at the Amateur Inter-Club races.
I should like to put an entry in very soon for one Team and the categories are
Team Ladies 1 (1994-1968)
Team Ladies 2 (1967-1953) clearly this group would make the most sense for our entry.
Team Ladies 3 (1952 + earlier)
Please contact Joanna if you would like to be part of the LSC team - click here |
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| Posted 14 October. |
| I wanted to let you know that I got to do my charity skydive last week and it was an amazing experience! We did really well! As promised I got a cameraman to film the jump with the Red Devils and here is the link if your interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mo4kNIfuZ0
I don't remember feeling as terrified as I looked! But it's pretty surreal allowing yourself to fall out of a plane – thank goodness there was a Red Devil to look after me!
Amazing video, really worth a watch and CONGRATULATIONS to Lynn Sharp WOW! |
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| Posted 14 October. |
| Congratulations to Natalie Beattie and Petronilla Trustram Eve who sent in photographs of their wonderful gardens earlier this year. A bottle of 'Bubbly' is on route to both of them. Thank you to you both for taking part. |
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| Posted 13 September. |
| You may be interested in attending this event and supporting some other British skiers? 22nd October at the Ski Club of GB. Please click here to download the details |
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| Posted 27 August. |
| Please click here to link to Charlie's pre season update |
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| Posted 16 August. |
Why not share some photographs of your garden, terrace or balcony ‘IN BLOOM’ this summer with the rest of the membership. The photographs (up to 3) would then be posted on the website with your name only and in early October the committee will declare a winner from those which have been submitted and the winner will receive a bottle of Champagne. Please submit your garden photographs to kay@ladiesskiclub.org |
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| Posted 5 July. |
| Support Lynn Sharp who will be undertaking a 'tandem skydive' for Disability Snowsport UK in September. There are lots of details on Lynn's web page as well as the link to sponsor Lynn through just giving. Lynn admits to be completely terrified about the skidive, but was talked into doing it by Sir Steve Redgrave and could not say no! Please go to www.justgiving.com/skilynnsharp |
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| Posted 2 July. |
The purpose of the Ladies Ski Club Awards is to support female competitors who are members of the LSC. Recipients will be chosen according to the September FIS list and the amounts will depend on the funds available. No athlete is to receive more than one award per year.
London, 06 June 2011 |
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| Posted 16 June. |
 The clouds were lifting as members and their guests arrived at Ingie`s ` Bentley home` and, by the time we had been welcomed with coffee and cake , the sun was shining and it was real picnic weather. After greeting old friends we all set out to explore `the duck` ( not ducks!) and although the water was very low we saw many exotic species. Then it was time to spread out the rugs and chairs and tuck into some delicious sandwiches, salads, quiches and cakes, not forgetting the obligatory strawberries and cream!
  
There were many little parties in the beautiful garden and people wandered from group to group to exchange news. Di Lees-Jones had travelled from the North by train to join us and we were pleased to welcome the partially-sighted skier from Ireland Kelly Gallacher
who has had a very successful season being led by Charlotte Evans and together they have won many Gold and Silver Medals all over Europe. All too soon it was time to pack up the `dirties` and wend our way back to our cars for the journey home.
An extremely successful event and thanks to Ingie for her hospitality
Report by Shirley Stevens |
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| Posted 17 April. |
Dear Jill
I hope your keeping well and have had a nice winter season. I would like to thank you for the Clare Hantrais Award that I received at the British this year. It was very kind of you to consider me for this award and I am very grateful. I am currently still away skiing and have been to compete in a few extra races the last couple of days privately, and so I will be using the money from the award to go towards the cost of these past few days.
I should be returning to home in the next few days, and plan to get straight back to my summer training in the gym in preparation for summer camps.
Thank You again and best wishes
Harriet Steggles |
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| Posted 29 March. |
Well done to our LSC racers at last weeks Championships in Meribel
Niki Sole for winning the overall 2011 title and Natalie Beattie, Jo Ryding, Emily Evans, Harriet Steggles, Imogen Taylor, Charlie Guest, Sarah Norton, Alex Tilley, Elena Pocock, Violet Miller and Charlotte Jesse for their strong performaces. |
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| Posted 29 March. |
Dear LSC
just wanted to give you a little update on the end of season, now that it's pretty much over for me.
I have just returned from The Brits in Laax with the British Ski Cross title so everything has ended on a high! I will try put the podcasts and media about this event on my website but more info can be found at the-Brits.com and Ski Club of GB. Thanks so much for putting my blogs up... I've got one finally one to close the season, which Dan should be sending through very soon!
My final world cups went amazingly well as I managed to scrape the rest of my money together and employ a ski cross coach... the first time I have been able to do this in six years because of your amazing support. And the difference it made was remarkable! Finishing 14th in a comp I was originally ranked 28th, beating girls who have finished on the world cup podium this season. This just shows a world cup podium is absolutely possible with the right support! So, on that note I am now on a mission to find enough support for my next seasons expenses and the coaches salary. This way I can be one of the best, if not the best on the world cup tour and put British skiing in the map! Any more help, advice or contacts you can offer me would be greatly appreciated!
And thank you again, so much, for your amazing support this season! The sponsorship you kindly gave me made such a huge difference!!!
Em x |
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| Posted 14 March. |
 Pictured L - R: Vanda Joss, Chloe Hodler, Edwina Palmer, Elaine Kent, Jane Fawkes, Annette Hughes, Marguerite Nice and Joanna M-P.
The 4th Amateur Inter-Club Races, this year organised by the DHO and held recently in Wengen
Congratulations to LSC teams
2nd in over 60s : Vanda Joss, Jane Fawkes, Annette Hughes, Chloe Hodler, (the latter two borrowed from Kandahar and now LSC members)
3rd in 45-59s: Marguerite Nice, Elaine Kent, Joanna Milner-Percy and Carolyn Morgan -.
Vanda Joss was 1st in the Over 60s of the Giant Slalom and Chloe Hodler was 3rd. (2nd for the DHO was Sina Cova, owner of Wengen's Falken Hotel!)
Vanda Joss, Jane Fawkes, Annette Hughes and Chloe Hodler in the 60+ team the team came 2nd.
Joanna Milner-Percy skied for the 44-59 Team with Marquerite Nice, Elaine Kent, and Carolyn Morgan, and who achieved 2nd and 3rd team places recently in Wengen. Many thanks must go to Joanna who organised the teams. A great couple of days were had by all judging from the smiling faces on the photos.
Watch the website in the coming weeks for news on how to buy LSC rugby shirts (as worn by the club team in the picture above) as well as fleece!
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| Posted1 Jan . |
 Congratulations to Isabel Kirk the LSC award winner at the BARSC championships 2011 which was held in Champoluc Italy at the beginning of the month. |
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| Posted 4 Jan . |
LSC member Charlotte Evans has this season been ski guiding for Kelly Gallagher a member of the British Alpine Disabled Ski Team who achieved some great results at the Vancover Winter Olympics last February, becoming the best placed alpiner since the 1994 games. Kelly writes:
Charlotte and I have been skiing together for 7 weeks and have managed to produce some exciting results, 1 Bronze and 2 Silvers in Europa Cup races. Meaning we are ranked 8th in Slalom with 84.67 points and 7th in Giant Slalom with 70.40 in the most January 2011 world rankings and points list.
Link to points list by clicking here
Charlotte is a great race guide for me and we have the potential to do really well at World Championships this January and continue our preparations and training for Sochi it would be such a shame to take a break and lose our momentum.
However after World Championships, funding for Charlotte is very limited ~£1,500. The British Disabled Ski Team are not continuing funding for a guide and so we will not be able to follow our performance plan which was to train together in the US (where Claire and I did our training) and race the NorAm speed events there in order to be qualified for all disciplines for Europa Cup next year.
I know the ladies ski club has been very supportive of young and talented British Skiers and I was hoping that by contacting you that you could point us in the right direction of support.
Thanks so much for your time and please don't hesitate to contact us - I I've included a link of Charlotte and I racing GS in Kuhtai:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVMUldUuTdo
Thanks, Kelly4 www.kelly-gallagher.co.uk
www.twitter.com/kellygallagher |
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| Posted 21 Dec |
Thank you for the club award that Ladies Ski Club has presented to me! It was a very nice surprise and a huge help towards my equipment and training costs. Having just finished school and free to dedicate my time to racing I am trying to build a training fund to allow me go full time. This was a great start, without the generosity of organisations like yourselves it would be extremely difficult for me to achieve my dream.
I just got back from a couple of weeks skiing in Tignes it was great to finally manage to get some skiing in after my accident in February. It was amazing to be back on skis although training was difficult in -24deg C and 40 km/h winds, I had a great time and successful training. The knee stood up to the test well although my I T band needed plenty of massages and I am now looking forward to get back into the racing in January.
Have a great Christmas and a Happy New year and I look forward to seeing all of you on the slopes….
Natalia xx |
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| Member Jacqui Crawford and her husband Gordon have put together a Ski Parent's Guide booklet - please click here to find out more |
 Then it's worth checking out the website from one of our main sponsors and supports, MTGY. They offer a broad range of GAP Year related insurance. Please click on the logo to go to their site - and they have written a very informative article about GAP Year travel. Click here to download it. |
| As we have been asked by many members whether it is possible to send the details of LSC events electronically rather than by post in order to save both money and trees, we are proposing to send all future newsletters by email. If you would like us to use a different email address, you would like us to continue to post these to you, or if you have changed your postal address, please contact Ros Humphrey, the Hon. Secretary at Ros@ladiesskiclub.org |
