In this issue, the Childrens’ FIS race & World Junior Championship Teams are announced, updates from the office, latest results from our athletes and next years K Cup information plus the latest Volkswagen National Team updates.
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FEATURE ITEM
TEAM NEWS
FROM THE OFFICE
SNOWSPORTS UPDATE
ATHLETE NEWS
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 World Junior Championship & Childrens’ FIS Race Teams
Ski Racing New Zealand is proud to announce the 2008 World Junior Championship Team for Formigal in Spain is: Nicola Eves, Alice Ralston (pictured right with Leighton Winsloe at Coronet Peak, photo Copyright Jolyon Ralston, 2007), Luice Tait Jamieson, Leighton Winsloe & Andrew Wylie. The team for the Topolino event is: Sophie Corser, Piera Hudson, Kate Brownsey, Nick Prebble, Richard Stevens & Harrison Steedman and the Whistler Cup Team is: Hunter- Rose Smith, Lauren Armstrong, Jamie Green, John Knowles, Ellen Dixon, Bronte Marquet, Finlay Neeson, Robert Armstrong & Louis Cronin. Please join us in wishing all these athletes the best of luck and keep checking back on our site for the latest results from these competitions. If you want to wish them well please forward emails to simon@skiracing.org.nz and I will pass them on to the teams.
Volkswagen National Development Team members continue their strong form.
The latest races in Canada again show the great form of our up and coming Volkswagen National Development Team Skiers, racing on their training slopes of Nakiska, the team (pictured below from the left: Charlotte Newbold, Harriet Miller-Brown and Allie McGlinn; photo copyright Mike Gould, 2008) completed a clean sweep of the podium in the J1 girls category and both Janelle Miller and Nicola Eves also featured on the podium overall. Congratulations go to these athletes. Jamie Prebble, who unfortunately injured himself in the same series, scored a wonderful 69 point Super G result just before at Apex. Well done Jamie and good luck with the recovery. The K2 members of the team have been racing as well, with Nick Prebble starting at the back of the field to finish second, this was followed up by strong performances from Richard Stevens and Sophie Jamieson. Volkswagen Team Members Win prestigious Inspiring New Zealanders Scholarships
Janelle Miller and Taylor Rapley have both been awarded an Inspiring New Zealanders Scholarship, following in the footsteps of Ben Griffin and Tim Café. They will enjoy one on one sessions with Claudia Reigler and a wonderful trip to the Olympic city of Beijing. This Scholarship is sponsored by Air New Zealand and will also give our girls a return ticket to a competition or training camp on the Air New Zealand network.  Volkswagen National Ski Team update
Another result from Ben Griffin, this time a 25 point result in Italy as the team start their European leg. The team are now training before their next competition block with Coach Nils Coberger in Gmund, Austria and are in great spirits heading in the middle of their season. Tim Café, Mark Bridgwater and Angus Howden will be looking to keep up the pressure on Ben heading in to their next round of competitions. Keep an eye on their progress on our website. Janelle Miller with Development Team mate Nicola Eves, will be heading to Europe shortly to join them.
Six monthly accounts
These are on the members section of the website, click the link below to check this area, the full audited accounts from 2007 are also available here. 
New K Cup Format
The 2008 K Cup format is now available for you to read and digest, feel free to forward questions to simon@skiracing.org.nz. Click the link below to download this exciting update. 
7th FIS Points list now available
The sixth FIS points list for the 2007/08 winter season is now available on our site, for the first time they can be downloaded in PDF and Excel file format. Click the link below to go straight to that page. 
SRNZ at your place
Ski Racing New Zealand would like to offer our clubs the opportunity for the General Manager and a board member to attend a Club meeting or AGM. This offer is open to build the links with our member clubs and is intended to develop more open communication pathways. To take up this offer simply write an email inviting us and we will arrange it. The Board of SRNZ are also keen to hold their meetings during the winter months at areas around the country and will be inviting clubs to attend parts of these. Help us to help you better and we’ll see you soon at your place. Please note that whilst we will endeavour to be available to see you there may well be periods of unavailability- but just ask and we’ll see.
To take Snowsports in to the next phase of its development, former Ski Racing New Zealand Chairman and Chairman of Snowsports New Zealand, Roger Miller is pleased to announce that Ross Palmer, the Communications Manager at SPARC, has been appointed as the new CEO. Ski Racing New Zealand would like to wish Ross all the best in his new role, which begins on 28th February this year and we look forward to working with him to develop our wonderful sport. ATHLETE NEWS
Lots of results
More great results are coming in from our athletes overseas, the standout so far is Sarah Jarvis who scored a 30 point result in Morzine, France, this is backed up by a 37 point result in Ancelle, significantly improving her world ranking on the next points list. Other athletes are still competing, although some are beginning to return to New Zealand now that schools are returning after a hot summer break, but Ben Ridley, Sam Lee and others are still racing in the US, Lucie Tait Jamieson, Alice Ralston, Andrew Wylie and Leighton Winsloe are preparing for the World Juniors with some races in Sorenberg and Caspoggio. Please keep me updated on your progress with pictures and information about how you are getting on. In the meantime good luck to all still racing and to the rest enjoy this wonderful summer. |
