BORMIO
The BSA trainees had a very successful and fun filled week
in Bormio, Italy at the English Alpine Championships. With the first minis event being Kombi, we
had some great results. Despite the issues with the timing, the course held up
a dream and we were able to get two runs through a fun and exciting Kombi
course held on the Stella Alpina. With the girls race having an unusual tie
for first place – getting into Olympic Spirit some have said… and the boys
dealing with some re-runs, timing queries and long delays till their start, all
of the minis did exceptionally well to keep up the racing spirit!
Results:
U12 Boys – 1st Ted Slade, 2nd Joe Christey
U12 Girls – 3rd Sienna Horton, 5th
Shona Rankin
U10 Boys – 1st Max Laughland
U10 Girls – 4th Sophie Stocker
A special mention to
our youngest member of the team – Oli Laughland who was allowed to forerun the
Kombi and did a fantastic job at just 6 years old.
With a little light snow overnight, the GS required a lot of
TLC. Soon after we got running, a course crew consisting of mainly minis
parents were lapping round keeping the course in tip top condition for first
run. Thankyou!
The GS was fairly long for some of the younger athletes, but
a good challenge which all the minis took in their stride. We had yet another very
successful day of racing with some personal bests. A huge congratulation to
Sienna Horton who won the GS overall title – whilst fighting of some fierce
competition in the boy’s, and girl’s category.
BSA walked away as
overall boys and girls GS Champion (Sienna Horton and Joe Christey).
Results :
U12 Boys – 1st Joe Christey, 4th Ted
Slade
U12 Girls – 1st Sienna Horton, 5th Shona
Rankin
U10 Boys – 1st Max Laughland
U10 Girls – 5th Sophie Stocker
A mention to Michael Harvey , who skied very well in 1st
run securing his spot in the top 15 overall!
On the whole a great week for the British Ski Academy, the
minis rose to challenge as always and put down some great times.
Minis Report :
"Bormio 2014 was lots of fun. We had a Kombi
which had some board-across, slalom, pro slalom and even a jump in it! The
Giant Slalom was hard work because it was very long. Towards the end of second run we all had lots
of leg burn! Although afterwards, we recovered
and celebrated with some pizza and ice cream. We all got brain freeze! Our free
ski day was also good fun, as we skied in the powder with the Glasgow racing club.
We skied into lots of trees and even made friends with the Bormio horse."
By Shona
Rankin and Rebecca Chastney.
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| Oli Laughland on the Bormio Kombi jump. Age 6. |
The children began their week with
the Super-G Race on Saturday competing in 2 separate races on the same day. Conditions
where tough at times, with fog and bad visibility coming in and out throughout
the day. Two consecutive races on the same course allowed for a unique opportunity
in Super-G to build some confidence in the first race and to really push and improve
for the second, which counted for the championship. There were some fantastic
performances over both runs and even half of the course completed on one ski by
Jake Doyle which received a lot of cheers in the finish.
SG 1
Erika Heginbotham 1st
U16 Girls
Megan Jenkins 3rd U16
Girls
Meghan Davis 3rd U14
Girls
George Case 3rd U14
Boys
SG 2
Erika Heginbotham 1st
U16 Girls
Harry Deighton 2nd U14
Boys
Matt Heginbotham 3rd
U14 Boys
Following the Super-G race the
Children had a training Day in Olga to prepare them for the GS race on Tuesday.
There was quite a lot of fresh snow to contend with but we managed to get good
runs back on the GS skis to so everyone felt confident going into the next
race. The weather really cleared and we had some fantastic conditions for the
GS.
GS
Yasmin Copper 1st U16
Girls
Marion Legais 2nd U16
Girls
Ethan Robert 3rd U16
Boys
Charles Rankin 3rd U14
Boys
We again had another training day
in Olga before the final race of the championships and although it was a little
wet and rainy we again managed to get comfortable on the SL skis and some great
preparation the next day. This was again followed by fantastic conditions for
our final championship race day. The U16’s had some challenging course setting
to deal with on the first run which will be good preparation for the future if
the Men’s Olympic SL is anything to go by.
SL
Harry Deighton 2nd U14
Boys
Ethan Robert 3rd U16
Boys
On the whole we had a fantastic
week in Bormio and it was great to see the progress the trainees have made this
season taken into the races.
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| Banked Stubbie Slalom |
After arriving back from Bormio we
had great fun enjoying some fresh powder which has been followed by near
perfect training conditions and weather for the longest period for a few years.
Article: Scott and Aileen
