LSC athlete, Jaz Taylor, secured the Telemark Overall and Sprint Crystal Globes with a series of stunning performances at World Cup Finals in Pra Loup. Second place in the Sprint and first in Parallel Sprint gave Jaz unassailable leads in both rankings in a season that has delivered a remarkable eleven World Cup podiums, including five victories. Jaz now has now been on the World Cup podium an incredible 56 times!
Congratulations Jaz from all of us at the LSC!
Photo by FIS Telemark
Over 35 LSC members were in fabulous resort of St Moritz last week for 16th AICC competition hosted by Swiss Academic Ski Club (SAS). LSC entered 5 teams of ladies across the three age categories. A great time was had by all with some super racing, amazing free skiing, wonderful hospitality and excellent weather. Our Senior ladies A team of Marguerite Nice, Sheridan Killwick, Clare Byam-Cook and Nikki Reid won their age category for the third year running, beating off stiff competition from DHO and Kandahar. LSC member Genevieve James was also on the podium as a part of the winning parallel slalom team.
The video of our winning receiving their medals can be found here
Full results can be found on the AICC website here
Charlotte Holmes and her grandmother have been making neck warmers to help fund her skiing career; they cost £18 each and can be shipped to the UK or hand delivered across FIS and British races in Europe. There are 8 different designs (see below); if you would like to buy one please contact Charlotte on instagram @charlotteholmes_ski or by phone +447963326293.
- Classic Union Jack
- Pink Union Jack
- Leopard
- Zebra
- Multicolour
- Black and Grey Tartan
- Black and White Tartan
- Graffiti inspired
Several of our sponsored athletes competed in the English Champs and a few walked away with lots of medals. Congratulations to all but in particular those who were on the podium as follows:
Lois Jackson
GS: 1st overall and 1st Senior (International & British)
SG: 1st overall and 1st Senior (International & British)
SL: 2nd overall and 1st Senior (International & British)
Molly Butler
GS NJR : 1st overall and 1st U18 (International & British)
GS: 2nd overall and 1st U18 (International & British)
SL: 3rd overall, 2nd U18 (International & British) and 1st British U18
Charlotte Holmes
SL: 1st British U21
SL NJR: 1st British U21
GS NJR: 1st British U21
SG: 2nd British U21
Honor Bartlett
GS: 2nd U21 (International & British) and 1st British U21
Amy Stokoe
SL: 2nd British U21
Holly Tutt
SG: 3rd British U18
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trixski are providing a discount on purchases to LSC members; details of the discount and code are available on the members area
Further details can be found at the trixski website
You can also follow Trixski2000 on Instagram or Trixski2020 on Facebook
Congratulations to Telemarker and LSC athlete, Jaz Taylor, who has made a fantastic start to the season winning all 4 World Cup races; she came first in both sprint races in Pinzolo in December and in Carezza Dolomites this month. She also won a FIS race in early January in Thyon 4 Vallees. Full results can be found here
Photo by Guillaume Borga and FIS Telemark
PT Ski invites LSC members to join their ladies only off piste course in the fabulous resort of Klosters from 28 Feb to 3 Mar 2024.
Further details can be found here
Please contact James at info@ptski.com, or call 0207 736 5557 for more information
We are excited to announce we have designed a new club jumper which is now available for members to order. It is light weight merino wool so will keep you warm whilst making you look stylish both on the slopes and for apres ski. Further details are on the members area.
The Ladies’ Ski Club committee are delighted to announce that the following athletes were successful in their applications for an award for the 2023/24 season:
Abi Bruce - Alpine
Alexa Elliff - Alpine
Amy Stokoe - Alpine
Autumn Train - Alpine
Charlie Guest - Alpine
Charlotte Holmes - Alpine
Elena Blaikie - Alpine
Giselle Gorringe - Alpine
Holly Tutt - Alpine
Honor Bartlett - Alpine
India Cairns - Freeride
Isla Ward - Alpine
Jaz Taylor - Telemark
Lois Jackson - Alpine
Molly Butler - Alpine
Congratulations to all and very best wishes for the season!
One of our LSC members, Linda Fawke, has just published her latest book which is a light-hearted look at life in the Alps, in Summer and Winter, during retirement. A perfect Christmas present! You can buy the book at Amazon here
Linda will kindly donate £1 to the LSC racing fund for each book purchased by LSC members; when you have purchased your copy (or copies) please drop an email to secretary@ladiesskiclub.org advising how many copies you have bought and we will send the details to Linda for her to make her donation
There is an excellent article about the LSC and our centenary celebrations in the glamorous US SNOW magazine which can be accessed here. The journalist who joined us in Mürren describes the club as;
Adventurous, aristocratic, and proudly British, The Ladies’ Ski Club was the original alpine disruptor, rocking the boat in a very male-dominated sport with a decidedly can-do attitude
The article is on pages 46 to 48.
Jaz Taylor, GB’s most successful telemarker with 45 World Cup podiums to her name, and an LSC supported athlete, has launched a crowd funder in conjunction with the other GB Telemark squad members to raise funds for GB to raise funds to support the GB Telemark athletes in competition and the performance development programmes on which they depend and also to encourage more athletes to become competitive telemark skiers for the future of the sport.
British telemark skiing is one of the great snowsport success stories and currently lies fifth internationally in the FIS Telemark World Cup tour national rankings. Telemark skiing receives no UK Sport funding, as it is currently not an Olympic sport, and as amateur competitors, all British telemark skiers are self-funded and have to find the money to cover training and competition costs themselves.
Please follow this link to find out more and to donate.
The BSIR were held on Sunday 1 October 2023 at the Snozone in Mliton Keynes; over 150 athletes competed from 19 schools. South Hampstead High School A team won both the team slalom and the parallel slalom and Holly Tutt of Bedford Girls’ School was the overall winner. Full results can be found here
The Ski Club of GB is offering LSC members a 25% discount on annual membership for a limited time to the end of November 2023. Please see the members area for details of the discount code
A number of our LSC athletes have headed down under to get a second winter season in and there have been some fantastic results. Isla Ward came first and second in the NZ national champs slalom races and gained PBs in both. Isla is over there with team mates and fellow LSC athletes Charlotte Holmes and Honor Bartlett.
As part of our centenary celebrations the club has very kindly been given a small number of items which we are auctioning to raise funds for our athletes. Donations include a day or half day’s skiing with some of our World Cup athletes, a painting of Flaine, a Ski Mo-Jo including personalised fitting, holiday apartment rental in Grindelwald, 2 Glyndebourne tickets with B&B accommodation, 3 night stays in a flat in Clerkenwell and a mews house in Stamford and 12 bottles of Swiss sparkling wine.
The auction is now open on line and can be accessed through the link on the members area here.
The auction will close at 10pm on Friday 22 September 2023 and highest bidders will be announced during the Centenary dinner celebrations.
Many thanks to all those individuals and organisations who have donated items for the auction.
Applications have now opened for athletes awards. Applications are open to competitors across all snow sport disciplines, however you must be an LSC member and over the age of 16 to apply. Applications will be open until 15 September 2023. Please visit the awards page for further details and the application form
We are delighted to report that a number of our athletes and members have been selected for GB Snowsport squads as follows:
Congratulations to you all and best wishes for a great 2023/24 season!
Please visit our centenary page to see the video and photos of the celebrations, including snippets from Ski Sunday
Members and their guests are invited to our Centenary Gala Dinner on Friday 22 September 2023. Tickets cost £100 each which includes an aperitif, 3 course dinner and 1/2 a bottle of wine. The application form can be found in the members area here
Please get in touch at secretary@ladiesskiclub.org if you have any queries or are having any issues accessing the members area
