Hemel ERSA Race 2008

The first of the ERSA summer league races for 2008, the Hemel at Welwyn race, was held on Sunday 20^th April, and for once at Welwyn it wasn’t raining! Some 27 Vikings made the trip, together with their supporters and drivers, including first time racer Darryl Cuthbert who managed to finish all 3 of his runs. It was a good day for the ladies, with 5 of them picking up medals, and 6 of them finishing in the top 25. A really big well done to Jasmin Taylor, who finished second overall in the ladies competition, and was only 0.01sec behind the fastest time of the day from a lady.

The seniors/ masters team finished runners-up in the dual slalom competition, so well done to all the “auld ones”!

Thank you to everyone who helped out on the day, next race on 15 June at Welwyn (the Welwyn race this time!)

Results

1^st place Sarah Mann (Seniors)

Bev Anderson (Masters 1)

Wendy Mann (Masters 3)

2^nd place Jasmin Taylor (Junior 2)

3^rd place Claire Alvey (Junior 2)

Michaela Royal (Masters 1)

ERSA Championship 2007

The Champs this year were held at Welwyn and it didn’t rain for once! Vikings had 20 racers entered, but only 18 raced on the day itself. Both courses were very challenging and saw a number of the top skiers go out, so well done to everyone who finished. And congratulations to Natalia Toogood, Phillippa and Samantha Baxter, and Andy Wailes on competing in their first championships. The results for the Vikings were very pleasing, especially in the ladies event with 3 Vikings in the top ten, and 5 in the top 15 (Bev was 3^rd, Jasmin 4^th and Sarah 5^th). Well done to Bev Anderson, Claire Alvey and Sarah Mann on winning their age groups.

When it came to the dual slalom events it was very exciting, with the children’s team putting Norfolk out in the first round! They went on to finish runners-up, so well done!! Our seniors team went one better by winning their event!

In the super 7 event it was a very close call with Ollie Wood taking a big fall in the semi-final that unfortunately put the Vikings out of the race. But despite his big fall and damaging his thumb (again!!) Ollie went on to race in the run-off for 3^rd/4^th place and helped the Vikings to 3^rd place.

It was a very successful day, and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves. I’m sorry I was so busy being an official, so thanks to Paul Bowling for all his help in sorting the racers out, and thanks to all the parents and supporters who have come to watch and help out over the season.

See you all next year!!

Results

1^st place Claire Alvey

Sarah Mann

Bev Anderson

2^nd place Jasmin Taylor

Oliver Wood

3^rd place Jessie Bowling

Steve Alvey

Winners of Senior/Master relay Sarah Mann

Andy Pirie

Bev Anderson

Steve Alvey

Chris Anderson

Runners-up in Children’s relay Jay Norman

Issy Yeung

Andy Wailes

Jasmin Taylor

Oliver Wood

Tri-Regional Team event

Racers from ERSA, L&SERSA and SRSA gathered at Bromley Ski slope for the annual tri-regional, details to follow.

Brentwood ERSA race.

The final summer league race of the season once again saw a good number of Vikings and supporters head down the A12 towards Brentwood, and lots of them came back with medals and trophies! Eleven Vikings won medals in their age categories, and we had 5 female Vikings in the top 15 (Jasmin was 2^nd overall, Sarah 6^th, Claire 9^th, Bev 12^th and Jessie 15^th). In the dual slalom event both the children’s and seniors teams finished runners-up, with the children’s team getting very close to Norfolk. Well raced everyone!

Results

1^st place Jasmin Taylor (Children 2)

Sarah Mann (Seniors)

Bev Anderson (Masters 1)

Andy Pirie (Masters 1)

Wendy Mann (Masters 3)

2^nd place Alex Lillywhite (Boys & Girls 1)

3^rd place Natasha Royal (Boys & Girls 1)

Christopher Grainger (Boys & Girls 1)

Claire Alvey (Junior 1)

Michaela Royal (Masters 1)

Steve Alvey (Masters 2)

Overall Summer League Results.

Well done to everyone who raced in one of the main team competitions this summer, especially those who raced for the Seniors/Masters or the Children’s teams. Thanks to all your efforts the Seniors/Masters finished second overall, and the Children finished third. Below are the overall age category results. Congratulations to all the winners, you’ve worked hard this year and deserved your results!

Overall Age Category Results 2007

1^st Place Sarah Mann Senior Ladies

Bev Anderson Masters 1 Ladies

Andy Pirie Masters 1 Men

Wendy Mann Masters 3 Ladies

2^nd Place Natasha Royal Boys & Girls 1

3^rd Place Jasmin Taylor Children 2

Claire Alvey Junior 1

Michaela Royal Masters 1 Ladies

Wendy Mann Masters 3 Ladies

Norfolk ERSA 15 July 2007

Thirty-four Vikings made their way up to Norwich for the 5^th ERSA of the year, and they managed to stay dry for most of the day! Well, at least those who weren’t in the team event did, as the rain decided to come down while the teams made their way to the top of the slope, and everyone else took cover under the gazebos!! Ten Vikings came home with medals from the main event, and Harriet Bloomfield won a gold medal in the Rainbow event with the orange tigers. In the team events everyone skied really well, and it was very close for all 4 teams. The Senior’s and the Children’s teams both made it through to the finals, and finished up as runners up. Well done to all team members, especially those in the Open B team, many of whom had not raced in the main event before, and who managed to get very close to their opponents (although the look on Issy’s face when she saw the size of the person she was racing was an absolute treat!).

In the overall event Jasmin Taylor managed a top ten finish in the women’s competition, so well done Jasmin! Bev Anderson, Andy Pirie and Wendy Mann all managed to finish first in their age categories.

First Place Bev Anderson (Masters 1)

Andy Pirie (Masters 1)

Wendy Mann (Masters 3)

Second Place Natasha Royal (Boys & girls 1)

Sarah Mann (Seniors)

Third Place Alex Lillywhite (Boys & girls 1)

Jasmin Taylor (Children 2)

Jessie Bowling (Junior 2)

Michaela Royal (Masters 1)

Suffolk ERSA June 24

It was a good turn-out of Vikings for our home race despite the wet weather (who said it wouldn’t rain until the afternoon!). At least the slope was running well! We had 37 racers, including 6 first time racers (and one who hasn’t raced for years, sorry Iain you don’t count as a first-timer!), so well done to Aaron Troung, Alex Lillywhite, Brandon Gamble, Martin and James Annis and Kirsty Wood. We hope you all had a good day.

It proved to be a successful day for a number of our racers, with 10 Vikings taking home medals from the individual event, Including Alex Lillywhite in her first race. Four of our ladies finished in the top ten overall event (Bev Anderson was 7^th, Sarah Mann 8^th, Jasmin Taylor 9^th, and Claire Alvey 10^th) and Craig Wright finished 6^th in the overall event for the men. Our seniors/masters team managed a win in the dual slalom event (it must have been the cowbells that helped!) and Chris Grainger picked up a winners medal in the Rainbow event with the orange tigers. Well done to everyone!

A really big thank you to everyone who helped on the day, and to the ski centre staff for all their help. We couldn’t have done it without you!

First place Sarah Mann Seniors

Bev Anderson Masters 1

Andy Pirie Masters 1

Wendy Mann Masters 3

Second place Claire Alvey Junior 1

Third place Alex Lillywhite Boys & Girls 1

Jasmin Taylor Children 2

Craig Wright Junior 1

Michaela Royal Masters 2

Foo Troung Masters 2

Bassingbourn ERSA June 17

For those Vikings for traveled through the mud to Bassingbourn it proved to be a dry and successful day. Seven Vikings came back with medals from the individual race, and 3 of our girls finished in the top ten (Bev Anderson was 6^th, Jessie Bowling 7^th and Jasmin Taylor 10^th). And Steve Alvey finally managed to pick up a medal! Well done!

First place Bev Anderson Masters 1

Second place Jessie Bowling Junior 1

Third place Natasha Royal Boys & girls 1

Natasha Wright Boys & Girls 2

Jasmin Taylor Children 2

Michaela Royal Masters 1

Steve Alvey Masters 2

Wycombe Phoenix Club National.

After the Success of the Suffolk CN the Day before only three Vikings turned up for the Wycombe CN which was held at Welwyn due to the Fire at Wycombe and One of the Vikings was Chris who couldn’t race due to Injury, though The organizers would not withdraw him from the race when asked by SnowSport England, which seemed very strange as the race was over subscribed and another racer could have taken his place.

Ollie was doing well, but had a nightmare of a last run and Bev won the Female Masters category.

Suffolk Club National 2007

This picture by Leslie and many more, can be found here on Steve Alvey’s website.

A report and more pictures are needed

Hintertux 2007

More pictures by Lesley can be found here on Steve Alvey’s website.

Reports and more pictures are needed

New Vikings Flags

Karon Taylor and I believe one or two helpers have been very busy over the past month, making some lovely Vikings Flags, to have out on the slope on Race days and Training days if we want too, similar to the ones Bloc let us borrow last year but in much brighter colours.  Anyone there on Saturday morning will have seen them having their first airing!

So please look out for them, you won't miss them if they are out!  Thanks Karon

Grand Prix Series Race 2 (ERSA - Norfolk) 20^th May 2007

On another scorching hot day only three Vikings Competed in the Grand Prix, Jas, Bev and Craig (Though we did also provide three officials again). The first Course was set by Tom Ondruz and after that only the girls where still in the race, the second course was set by Sally Bartlett and again both ladies finished and Bev came 2^nd in the Masters Ladies

Norwich Club National 19^th May 2007

The Vikings traveled to Norwich on a day where rain was predicted but sunburn came instead, There where seven racers, Bev, Issy, Jessie, Sarah, Craig, Ollie, and Rory though by supplying three officials I think we more than carried our weight. Phillip Elliot set an interesting course supervised by Sally Bartlett. Bev won the Masters age group, and Jessie came third in Junior 2.

Welwyn Second ERSA of the season 13 May 2007

Wet would be a good way to describe the day. Very wet would be another. In fact at times water skiing seemed a far more appropriate pastime. But despite the weather it was a good day’s skiing, and watching the fastest racers coming down a tricky course at speed was certainly interesting! We had 27 racers (Chris couldn’t ski after his spectacular fall on Saturday) and their supporters who made the trip, and 5 Vikings came home with medals from the individual event while another 5 picked up medals in the rainbow event. Our seniors were runners up in the team event. Congratulations to Bev Anderson and Wendy Mann on their gold medals, and to Sarah Mann (silver) Claire Alvey (bronze) and Oliver Wood (bronze) on theirs. Steve Alvey, Jasmin Taylor and Rory Yeung all finished 4^th in their age categories.

In the overall event there were top 10 finishes for Jasmin Taylor (8^th), Claire Alvey (9^th) and Bev Anderson (10^th). We had 3 first time racers, Tom Goddard, Freddie Bloomfield and Alex Harris, who all managed to record 2 times and get a finish place, so well done! In the rainbow we had some very enthusiastic skiers who, despite the rain, were determined for the event to go ahead. Three of our racers from the team event decided to join in to make up the numbers (I suppose by that point they were so wet it didn’t make any difference how much it was raining!), with the result that the final between the Green Caterpillars and the Purple snails saw 5 Vikings involved, and it came down to the final 2 racers, a head to head between Claire and Rory. It was very close the whole way but Claire just managed to pip Rory on the line for a win for the Green Caterpillars! Samantha Baxter also picked up a gold medal with the caterpillars, whilst Chris Grainger and Freddie Bloomfield received silver medals along with Rory for the Snails. We hope you’ve all managed to dry out, all the skiers seemed to have a good day, I hope all the parents did too! And it was lovely to see Adele, Ian and little Gracie there supporting everyone, even if they did sensibly retreat to the dry and warmth of the bar at one point!

First Place Bev Anderson (Masters 1)

Wendy Mann (Masters 3)

Second Place Sarah Mann (Seniors)

Third Place Claire Alvey (Junior 1)

Oliver Wood (Children 2)

Grand Prix Series Race 1 (ERSA - Hemel) 6^th May 2007

5 Vikings raced in the first Grand prix of the season, Jasmin, Jessie, Bev, Craig and Chris. The first course, set by Sally Bartlett, was too challenging for Craig and so only 4 remained for the second run. Phil Brown insists that this evil concoction was set by Lee Bennett, but although all four of us finished it we all blame Phil…. Bev came 2^nd in the Masters age group.

Hemel Club National 5^th May 2007

4 Vikings arrived to race, Bev, Rory, Craig and Chris on a course set By Rod Fergusson that looked like a more challenging version of the course Chris set for the Summer league race a fortnight before, but only Craig managed to take advantage of this coming 3^rd in the Junior 1 age group and 15^th Overall.

Bromley Club National 29^th April 2007

Only Jasmin and Craig raced at the Bromley CN both came third in their respective age groups.

Hemel 1^st ERSA Summer League Race 22 April 2007

The first ERSA Summer League race of the summer saw 25 Vikings plus their supporters heading towards Hemel. It proved to be a successful trip for quite a few racers, with 9 skiers picking medals in the main slalom event, and 3 more racers (including some first time racers at ERSA!) winning medals in the rainbow event. A special well done to Natasha Royal, who came third in the boys & girls 1 age group at her first ever race, and to Oliver Wood and Claire Alvey who both skied really well and picked up their first ever medals. Congrats also to Bev Anderson and Wendy Mann on their first places. Natalia Toogood and Daniel Powell won gold medals with the purple snails in the rainbow event, and Chris Grainger won a silver medal with the blue baboons.

In the overall competitions there were top ten finishes for Jessie Bowling (4^th), Claire Alvey (6^th), Bev Anderson (9^th), and Sarah Mann (10^th) in the women’s event, and for Craig Wright (5^th) in the men’s.

We had a lot of first time racers at this event, and everyone skied really well. We hope you all enjoyed the day, a big thank you to all the parents and supporters who came along as well. You can find the full results on the notice board or on the ERSA website.

Masters 1 (women) 1^st Bev Anderson

Masters 3 (women) 1^st Wendy Mann

Junior 1 (boys) 2^nd Craig Wright

Junior 2 (girls) 2^nd Jessie Bowling

Seniors (women) 2^nd Sarah Mann

Masters 1 (men) 2^nd Andy Pirie

Boys & Girls 1 3^rd Natasha Royal

Children 2 (boys) 3^rd Oliver Wood

Junior 1 (girls) 3^rd Claire Alvey

Winter season 2006/7

Kandahar British Masters (and British Masters Championship)

In the Masters cup slalom race Bev Anderson came 2^nd in the C2 class.

In the British Championship Bev Anderson came 3^rd in The Slalom, The GS and the Combined as well as winning the under 40’s age group in both races. Chris Anderson came (much to his surprise) 1^st in the 40 to 49 age group in the Slalom

British Schoolgirls Races 2007

The Vikings sent a team consisting of Issy Yeung, Liz Palfrey and Carly Phillips to the British Schoolgirls Races at Flaine. In the first race Liz came third overall and the team came 4^th.

The 2007 SWISS International City Ski Championships

The Vikings had one representative at the City Ski Championships, Sarah Mann, who came 2^nd in the Female category. If you have broadband, you can click here to see pictures that Sarah thinks give “a real feel for what the weekend was all about!!”

Other snow results will go here, when people tell me about them !

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