| Posted 11 August |
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| Posted 7 August |
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to cycle in the stunning 'Monarch of the Glen' scenery, this beautiful 70 mile route takes you from Ben Nevis to Cairngorm Mountain in aid of Disability Snowsport UK.
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| Posted 5 August |
This is my second year as a member of the Ladies Ski Club and I am so honoured to be apart of such a wonderful community of strong and accomplished women. I am inspired by how much the Ladies Ski Club does to reach out and support ski racing and British female ski racers. I recently took on the position of British Junior Ski Team Head Coach with the new British Ski and Snowboard federation. It has been a very busy summer establishing a new team and developing a programme for the Junior Team athletes. It is a very exciting time for British skiing and I am absolutely thrilled to be working with the best junior racers in Britain. Many of the female Junior Team athletes have been fortunate to have the continuous encouragement and financial support from the Ladies Ski Club, as well as a proud and motivating membership community to help them reach their goals in ski racing. The first Junior Team on-snow camp is in Saas Fee, Switzerland in August and I am looking forward to getting back on snow with these athletes and getting prepared and ready for the upcoming season! Thank you to the Ladies Ski Club for all of their support! I look forward to seeing you all on the hill this season! |
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| Posted 5 August |
In July I attended the Generation 2018 multi sport training camp at St. Mary's College in Twickenham. A number of athletes attended this camp from all winter disciplines including cross country skiing, biathlon, ice scating, ice hockey, bobsleigh, curling, skier and border cross and alpine skiing.
The course was organised by Mike Hay of the BOA together with his team of experts. During the week there were a number of fitness assesments and training sessions run by the strength and conditioning coach. In addition there were talks on a number of aspects including injury prevention and media. We also recieved a talk from Sir Clive Woodward and former olympic rowing silver medallast Miriam Batten on goal setting.
The week was most enjoyable with team building opportunities and a number of competitive tasks. It was an interesting experience which allowed us to learn about training routines and programes from the other winter athletes. The professional nature of the camp allowed the athletes to develop individual knowledge in their sport and to motivate us towards our future goals. |
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| Posted 12 July |
There is never much to write about at this time of year but I would like you to know that I am still around and looking after the Club.
HRH The Countess of Wessex very kindly invited a member of the club to attend a Garden Party at Holyroodhouse. Anna Griffin accepted to represent the Club and will go with her husband. I hope the weather is kind to them and that it is a wonderful day.
Socially, the club has been quiet but we are looking forward to the walk in the Lake District on the 2nd October organised by Ginny Evans. If you haven’t yet decided to join us, there is still time. Just get in touch with Ginny. The other date I hope you have put in your diaries is the Annual General Meeting on the 3rd November which will be followed by drinks and a buffet dinner. These dinners are very enjoyable – helped by free wine!! See you there; it is a lovely way of keeping in touch.
I want next year to try and arrange more club events which we deferred for this year due to lack of support. Have you any ideas, or would you be prepared to organise a walk? Let us know.
Before our meeting in September, the Awards’ Committee will decide who the lucky recipients of financial help will be. We have this “pot of gold” due to the City Event of last October, as well as donations made by members. At the time of writing, we are not sure whether the fund-raising will take place this autumn. Economic times are hard and sponsors are not easy to find.
Make the most of the rest of the summer. From my point of view, we have had a wonderful one – weeks of dry, hot weather but I know some of you haven’t been so lucky. At least they haven’t had the time-consuming need to water. A photograph alongside this article will give you an idea of what I have been up to, apart from continuing to go to the gym twice a week in preparation for next winter. |
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| Posted 12 July |
I would like to keep the Ladies Ski Club up to date with my plans for next year.
I have decided to take the year out from ski racing and go to University. I will at the same time keep up my training with my old coach in val d'Isere, which will give me the opportunity to step back into ski racing at the end of next season should I wish. I would like to thank the Ladies Ski Club for their constant hard work and support, it is always very much appreciated.
The club would like to wish Louise every success for this coming year with her studies at Kings College, London where she begining a degree in Bio medicine. We appreciate this must have been a very difficult decision for Louise to make and her skill and great talent will be very much missed from the competitive circuit this season. |
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| Posted 18 June |
| At last years Networking event which was generously hosted by Smith & Williamson one of the many fantastic auction items up for grabs was bought by the Club President's son Robert Coke, who has since put pen to paper to share his experience of this purchase. Many thanks to Stephen Price, personal trainer and lifestyle coach for his donation. He can be contacted at www.stephen-price.com or by telephoning 020 7351 3332.
Robert Coke on Kilimanjaro
You can click here to download and read Robert's story |
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| Posted 1 June |
Surbiton High School skiers are following in the footsteps of famous former pupil, Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott. Having been crowned British Champions at the English Schools’ Ski Association Finals in Pontypool on the dry slope in November 2009, the squad went on to compete on snow.
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| Posted 31 May |
| Entering my second year of skiing on the FIS circuit, I knew that big changes needed to be made after my inconsistent previous season. (please click here to download and read this article) |
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| Posted 31 May |
UPDATED 31 MAY:
We are planning to run a summer alpine race training camp during August in Saas Fee. Lynn Sharp will be coaching – she is an ex-GB athlete and is now head coach of the British Ski Academy. Summer is the prefect time to work on your basic race skills on well prepared snow and enjoy the fine weather.
The camp will be confirmed on 9th June if there are at least 6 people interested – if you are keen then please contact Lynn directly as soon as possible. Lynn_sharp@hotmail.com
AND THE PRE SEASON NOVEMBER CAMPS:
I'm sure this is of interest to members and worth looking at.... Pre season race training run by Amanda Pirie and Lynn Sharp in Saas Fee this November – December. Please get in touch if you would like any further information or have any questions about the training.
We try to make our training the best quality race training available by keeping small groups, holding the camp in the best race training location and using our experience in racing and coaching to get the best performance from each individual.
Best wishes, Amanda
Amanda Pirie
Performance Ski Coaching
France: +33 (0) 608 46 39 60
Swiss: +41 (0) 7929 48460
UK: +44 (0) 7780 684781
www.amandapirie.co.uk |
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| Posted 10 May |
| Please vote for Emily on www.greatbritons.ba.com to try and get free flights to help with next winter... Emily Really appreciates our support! |
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| Posted 29 April |
 Congratulations to Joanna Milner-Percy, Vanda Joss and Marguerite Nice (race team LSC) for their great effort in this years Interclub Championships which were held in Cortina over the weekend of 6 - 7th March where all three ladies certainly seemed to have had a great deal of fun. This was the third year of these amateur championships and next year's event will be held in Wengen, so do remember to look at the forthcoming events section of the website for more details later in the year. Many thanks to Joanna for putting together a team for the LSC. |
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| Posted 10 April |
Following the recent Senior and Children's British Championships held in Meribel the club are very pleased to annouce the following awards.
THE SKIZMO award has been awarded to Amy Young, who calculated on race points is the overall winning girl in the children's 2 catagory. Many thanks to Luxmi Selvarajah of Airborn Products for her continued support with the LSC.
The 2010 DBM Award will be awarded to Harriot Steggles following her very successful British Championships where she achieved the best senior, British overall female at the championships as calculated on aggregate race points.
The LSC Award 2 for the British Overall Children's 2 award has been awarded to Violet Miller following her results at the championships, where she achieved the title British overall Children's 2 girl athlete as calculated on race points. |
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| Posted 5 April |
Day 6 - Friday 2nd April
The Downhill took place under clear blue skies this morning following Thursday's heavy snowfalls. However LSC member Louise Thomas was the main race casualty leaving the course by stretcher having got tangled in the safety netting following a nasty crash, fortunately following a visit to the medical centre Louise returned to the finish area complete with a neck brace later in the day. The top eight British Ladies to finish the race are all members of the LSC and all deserve to be mentioned: 1st Chemmy Alcott. 2nd Niki Sole. 3rd Harriet Steggles. 4th Alex Tilley. 5th Michelle Sole. 6th Sarah Norton. 7th Imogen Taylor. 8th Liz Stevenson. Congratulations Ladies!
Day 7 - Saturday 3rd April
Today saw the final day of the Senior British Championships take place under clear skies with the Super Combined (one run of SG and one run of slalom). With Louise now injured Chemmy's two main challengers were Harriot Steggles who took the silver and Niki Sole taking the bronze who skied well, however it was Chemmy who took the Gold. Once again three LSC members dominated the podium! |
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| Posted 30 March |
| Here's a link for your bookmarks. You can link to the British Ski Cross Facebook site by going to Facebook | British Ski Cross |
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| Posted 21 March |
|  Member Emily Sarsfield has had a great weekend racing in Val Thorens in two Europa Cup Ski X races. In Friday's race Emily finished in 6th place, 2nd in the small final. However on Saturday she finished in FIRST place proving that she is indeed the British NUMBER ONE. Congratulations Emily from all the Board and members of the LSC
How is Emily feeling about the win: She's "stoked" and really pleased to have made such a great result. Its been an extremely hard season this year with the the BOA declining her Olympic invite and coming back from injury, so it was great for her to get some confidence to show she is coming back to form (and better than before). It is making her more determined to build her strength over the summer, ready to have a great season next year.
Was Emily expecting this result: Well, she knew she was capable of winning and she was feeling confident on the course, however she was still a little sore with knee niggles and a ruptured thumb ligament so knew her start would struggle: She had her hand in a cast! All thing considered, it is a great result for her!!
Whats next for Emily: French Champs in Megeve in the next couple of days competing against the World No.1 and Olympic Bronze medalist and then off to the Swiss champs to better her world ranking. The season ends on 28th March and she's going to be see her knee surgeon to sort out a few niggles. She's also is looking forward to building more strength in the right leg and getting fit over the summer. |
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| Posted 17 March |
The Swiss are really Ski Cross proactive, so last week I was looking forward to the 2 World Cups they had organised! The events were really well publicised and off the back off the new Swiss Olympic Gold medallist Michael Schimd there were loads of spectators for what should have been some really fun races!!
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| Posted 7 March |
WOW! The impact Ski Cross had at the Olympics was amazing (as expected) and I am so happy the masses got to witness this exciting sport, which I compete in and can now share the excitement with me and the other athletes! Move over downhill!!
I am obviously very disappointed to have not been a part of its debut after BOA declined my invitation, but I am already planning for 2014.
Congratulations to Ashleigh McIvor and Mike Schimd for winning the Golds … great show!
I am so excited for the future of Ski Cross and growing with the sport! |
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| Posted 2 March |
| Chemmy finished her Olympic campaign by competing in the two technical alpine disciplines the first was the Giant Slalom were she finished in 27th with a time of 1.17.53 unusually the two timed runs required for this discipline was contested over two days due to weather conditions. Unfortunately Chemmy scored a DNF in the Slalom as she failed to finish the first run. With the 2010 Winter Olympic games at an end Chemmy will be returning to World Cup series and later this month should be competing in the British Championships in Meribel. |
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| Posted 22 February |
At this months English Championships held in Bormio Imogen Taylor won the Overall Junior 1 Combined Champion Award. The award was presented by Andrew Buchannan from the ABC Group who generously sponsored this award for 2010 and are keen to support British skiing interests. The club would like to congratulate Imogen on her achievement. |
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| There is a link now the the action photos. If you click here you will go to Yoann Marot - Photographie. Then click the left hand button ACCES AUX ALBUMS PUBLICS and there are 2 albums from the event |
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10 Notelets for £5 including Post and Packaging
These two cartooned notelets are from a series of cartoons drawn in 1947 especially for Evie Piniching by Alan D'Egville (Deggero) a founder member of Kandahar, brilliant cartoonist and Gold Medal skier of the 1920's and 1930's. Evie donated these two cartoons to the Ladies Ski Club.
Please email your order to kay@ladiesskiclub.org with postal details, payment will be required by return on reciept of the cards.
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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 |
