Issue 9/ 27th June 2008
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The E- News will come out fortnightly to keep you up to date during the ski season, if you have anything to include please do not hesitate to send it through. In the meantime keep praying for snow, as this is being written the snow gods are answering our calls with the first significant falls of the season allowing Coronet Peak to reopen, Mt Lyford to open as well as topping up Mt Hutt and Mt Ruapehu.
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| FEATURE Athlete Close Up Over the course of the year we will feature a close up on several of our top athletes as well as some of the up and coming racers, trying to find out what makes them tick. Our first athlete is Angus Howden from Wellington. Angus is the oldest member of the Volkswagen National Ski Team and he lives when not training and racing in Wellington. Angus used to train at Whakapapa where he got his introduction to racing and despite being selected to the Milo Team as a junior he had a career break until 2004. Angus then returned to the racing scene, with a BSc in Geology, with John Armstrong at Whakapapa before moving to Wanaka to train with World Ski Connect. Following several successful years he was selected to the Volkswagen National Team in 2007 and has never looked back. Angus is ranked second in New Zealand in Slalom, Super Combined, Super G; third in Downhill and fourth in GS. His immediate goals are to secure selection to the World Championships Team for Val d'Isere in 2009 and then the Olympic Winter Games at Vancouver in 2010. When not racing and training, Angus runs his own painting and decorating business, working all the extra hours to raise the funds to support his programme, however he is quick to point out that he would not be here today if it were not for the support of his sponsors, his parents and his coaches and clubs. Watch Angus progress this season on SRNZ website, www.skiracing.org.nz or www.angushowden.com |
 Photo Copyright: Jolyon Ralston 2007 |
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TEAM NEWS Volkswagen Team Programmes under way Both the Volkswagen National Team and Volkswagen National Development Team have been training already this season. The Volkswagen National Team led by Coach Nils Coberger began their season at Coronet Peak but moved up to Mt Hutt after some poor weather. Two athletes were missing from this camp, Ben Griffin because of his on going injury and Tim Cafe because of exams. However, Mark Bridgwater, Angus Howden and Scott Gange benefitted enourmously from the opportunity to get on snow early thanks to NZski's investment in snow making. The Volkswagen National Development Team, led by Mike Gould and Pete Sanford began their training last Friday at Mt Hutt and have enjoyed several wonderful days on fresh snow. They move now back to Queenstown but will be returning to Mt Hutt in mid Juy.. |
Janelle Miller in action this winter |
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| FROM THE OFFICE 2008 Handbook The handbook will be out in the next few weeks, thanks to all those who took an advertisement and to those who were unable to, please try again next year. Board Vacancy & Deadlines for nominations. The AGM date has been set for Saturday 30th August at 9am (subject to Volkswagen Nationals Programme) and therefore following the SRNZ Constitution the deadline for nominations is 40 days prior on Monday 21st July and nominations for the vacancy must be received by SRNZ at 5pm on this day. Please send all to Simon@skiracing.org.nz. So far two expressions of interest have been received and forwarded to the clubs, other expressions are welcome but please note only official nominations from member clubs are acceptable. Nominations should be sent by email and must come from a member club and include a brief biography of the person being nominated. Latest FIS Precisions available Following the recent FIS conference the latest precisions for the season 2008-09 are now available, please click the link below. It is important to note that the extension for equipment only applies to FIS races, continental cups races require the latest equipment, should you have any questions please contact SRNZ. The FIS TD update for Australasia was held in Sydney from 20th to 22nd June and was well attended, our thanks go to Eric Henry and Tom Winters for organising it and to all our FIS TD's who give up their time free of charge to keep up to date.  On line Registration This is progressing well and to date well over 140 people have utilized on line registration, for those of you yet to do it, click the link from our home page and remember the sooner you register the cheaper it is. Multi year registrations are also being processed and several families have used this securing the best rates, if you want to take up a multi year registration there is no charge for the off line processing of payment. Click the link to find out more. Want 30% off
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SRNZ is organising a special offer just for members and friends of SRNZ to save money on their travel insurance, this is available to all non-racing members. Racing members will be offered a separate and very competitive rate, keep checking SRNZ website for the latest information. The non racing insurance can be purchased direct from our home page and should be live in the next week. The more you buy the more support SRNZ will get, sp spread the word. |
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NEWS Alpine Athlete of the Year, sponsored by Volkswagen Many of you who attended the Snow Sports New Zealand Awards dinner will have witnessed Ben Griffin winning the Alpine athlete of the year, Ben was also nominated for the Snowsports Athlete of the year that was eventually won by both Adam Hall and Josie Wells. Congratulations to all the winners and to all athletes for making the choice so tough. The evening was a great success and a big thanks to all who made it happen. |
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| ATHLETE NEWS Tell us what you are doing! As the season starts don't forget to keep us posted on your plans and progress, its nice to be able to report on all our successes. Most club programmes are starting this week, some have already and this snow means that many should be able to start training when they were prorgammed to. Send photos and news to simon@skiracing.org.nz. |
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