British Children's Championships - Latest News and Results
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Days 1-8 Seniors and Juniors Championships
Day 9 Monday 7th April
There are no results to report on today as Monday 7th April was marked as a well needed rest day for the Snowsport GB British Championship management team! Monday however also heralded the arrival of the British Children's Championships Race Organising Committee, headed by Chief of Championships, Jim Hewitt. Over the next few days, the British children will be battling it out to take the British Slalom, GS and SG championship titles.Piste Talk
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Day 10 Tuesday 9th April
While the Girls Slalom at the British Land National Ski Championships today belonged to Perthshire skiers Charlotte 'Charlie' Guest and Hope Whitelaw, the Boys' overall title was won by Swiss based Daniel Yule.After becoming the first girl to win Britain a gold medal in an international FIS Children's race when she won the Andorra Slalom in February, Guest's confidence has soared and today showed a great attack in the contrasting conditions on the Mottaret race track. While the first course was fast, open and grippy, the second had become rutted near the bottom and it was not easy to stay in the course.
Guest's first run set the foundations for her title, consolidating neatly on the second run she finished with a comfortable overall margin of 2.37 seconds over Whitelaw, who also lifted the Children's 1 title (Year of Birth 1995 and 1996).
"The courses really suited my skiing, fast and open. I made a lot of mistakes, but I definitely did not expect to win. I am never usually much of a Slalom skier." Said Guest, "I came here today not really knowing what to expect at all. But the courses were nice and open, with lots of room between the gates."
As well as training with the amalgamated Scottish clubs' FAST camps, Charlie has trained regularly with the British Ski Academy in Les Houches, France. Whitelaw is also trained by the British Ski Academy.
"My second run was tough and I was just pleased to get down, staying in the course in the ruts was hard enough. I was hoping to win, so I was really pleased to achieve that." Said Whitelaw who atoned today for being disqualified from both runs of last year's Slalom.
Racing at his third British Championships Daniel Yuill (14, La Fourly) added the British Slalom title to wins this year already at the Swiss Children's Championships where he triumphed in the Slalom, Giant Slalom and Combined. The Swiss based skier races with his local club at La Fourly, near Verbier where he only started training seriously two years ago."I was not sure what to expect today. I had good hopes. I did not ski my absolute best but it was enough." Said Yuill, whose mother's family are from Erskine in Scotland, and his father's family are from England's Lake District.
In the Boys' Children 1 age-group (Year of Birth 1995 and 1996) Max Moss triumphed in his first British championships race at Children's age-group. Moss won here last year as a Mini, but made short work of the two courses today, finishing 13th overall. He lay second behind Les Houches, France based Louis Russell-Henry but unleashed an all out attack on the second run which gave him a winning margin of a quarter of a second over Russell-Henry."I thought my first run was OK, but my coach told me it was the best he had seen me ski, so that gave me lots of confidence for my second run. And I had made a real effort to prepare my skis really well and so that all helped." Said Moss, who has trained for four weeks at The British Ski Academy to supplement his hard work with Ambition racing, based in Bormio, Italy.
Results:The British Land National Ski Championships:Children's Slalom:
Girls:
1 C Guest (Perth) 37.79, 40.05, 1:17.84,
2 H Whitelaw (Perth) 39.78, 40.43 1:20.21,
3 E Evans (Chatham, Kent) 39.52, 41.05 1:20.57,
Children 1 (Year of Birth 1995 and 1996):
1 Whitelaw,
2 R Watkins (Samoens, France) 40.39, 40.54 1:20.93,
3 T Nilson-Wrede (Cobham, Surrey) 42.35, 42.70 1:25.05.
Boys:
1 D Yule (La Fouly, Switzerland) 32.94, 32.82 1:05.76,
2 C Brown (Northumberland) 34.03, 33.24 1:07.27
3 R Regez (Wengen, Switzerland) 34.81, 33.41 1:08.22,
Children 1:
1 M Moss (Rochester, Kent) 37.72, 35.72 1:13.44,
2 L Russell-Henry (Les Houches) 37.55, 36.18 1:13.73,
3 A Breese (Stourport on Severn, Worcs) 37.73, 36.23 1:13.96
Piste Talk
Once again SnowsportGB would like to take the opportunity to thank principal event sponsors - British Land plc for their continued and unwaivering support to SnowsportGB and the British Land Alpine Ski Championships. British Land are a property investment company based in London and are listed on the London Stock Exchange, investing in prime, modern properties with a portfolio valued at £15.9 billion. The majority of property in the portfolio is directly owned and managed by British Land. SnowsportGB is fortunate not only to have financial support from British Land, but also business expertise from Peter Clarke, Executive Officer on the board of British Land. Peter is Vice Chair of SnowsportGB and visited the Senior Championships last week to give his support to the athletes. Also in attendance from British Land was Dr Chris Gibson Smith, the new Chairman of British Land, who is replacing Sir John Ritblat, who is retiring from the role.
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Come along to the Merchant Capital Children's team parallel slalom on Wednesday 9th April, 6pm at the Stade and enjoy music, skiing and a complimentary barbeque, courtesy of generous event sponsors, Merchant Capital.
