PROFILE

Part of a huge pool of talented skiers from the Surbiton High School Ski Team, Darcie has risen through the ranks of school racing and National competitions, following in the footsteps of equally successful ex - Surbiton school girl British Team mates like Chemmy Alcott & Alice MacAulay. Having started as a child under the watchful eye of Kevin Blanks at Sandown Park, Darcie picked up a wealth of technical experience that often help make up for her carefree approach to tactics in race situations.

After being selected for first the English Schools Teams, World Schools Championships and then the British Children's Team, Darcie spent her final year as a child training at the elite Team Evolution training facility in Austria, alongside numerous other National Team athletes. With a full season on snow under her belt at just 14 years old, Darcie flourished, and a new found technical awareness matched with her hard working approach and aggressive tactics lead her to several National Titles, including the coveted British Children's Slalom Championship trophy.

Darcie was selected to the British Children's squad for attendance at Trofeau Topolino, and despite a poor bib draw ranked as Team GB's top female competitor in the slalom competition with some exceptional skiing against the best in the World. Darcie has since been selected as the only 1996 female to the British Youth Olympic Training Squad and will move into the 2011/12 season as a Junior full of confidence of what she is capable of.

For the next 3 years she will continue to train alongside her International Team mates as part of the Team Evolution Junior training group, while completing her educational studies with a great deal of support from Surbiton High.