Issue 7/ 5th May 2008
The Northern Winter has finaly drawn to a close and several athletes scored their best results in the closing part of the winter, Mickey Ross scored a wonderful 23 points, Sarah Jarvis another 30 points in slalom and Leighton Winsloe a 39 again in Slalom at the British Championships. Remember to keep up to date with all our news by regularly checking our website and if you have something to share with our members send it to me for inclusion in our next e news. To subscribe simply send an email to newsletter@skiracing.org.nz with subscribe in the subject. Please pass this on to everyone who wants to keep up to date with all our news.
In this newsletter: Feature Team News From the office SSNZ News Athlete News
	FEATURE 2008-09 Athlete Registration to go online For the first time you will be able to register your Ski Racing New Zealand membership online and complete the payment process with a visa or mastercard.  SRNZ are very excited to launch this new membership service, providing our members and clubs with real time updates to the membership database and also allowing athletes to keep their contact details current.  This service is being launched in conjunction with CLubHub, who have provided the backbone of the service and charge SRNZ a small annual fee.  Furthermore it will allow not only athletes but officials and coaches to register and ensure that they get all the latest communications from SRNZ.  This will be live in the early days of May, keep checking our website for the latest information and click on the ONLINE REGISTRATION button to join up and remember the sooner you pay the cheaper it is.
	TEAM NEWS Team Selections progressing Team Selections are due to be announced this week and selections are proceeding through the selection panel.  These will be announced on our website Volkswagen National Teams Programme 2008-09 If you want to find out how to meet our National Teams this year, please click on to their homepage and check their programmes.  Here you will also be able to find out about our team members, where their from and their favourite events and latest results.  To go to their homepage click here. Season in Review Following a wonderful season for the Volkswagen National Team Member Ben Griffin a review of all our teams results is in order to point out how well everyone else has done. Mark Bridgwater:  Mark had his toughest season of his career, finding results very challenging to come by, however he did stick at it finishing with some strong results at the end of the season.  One of the highlights of this tough season was Mark's second attempt at a World Cup event in Lake Louise, Canada.  Mark's best result was a 39 point finish at Sarntal, Italy. Tim Cafe:  Tim completed his first full season, without university commitments with the Volkswagen National Team and Coach Nils Coberger and despite the couple of bumps and brusies was pleased overall with his progress.  Tim's season highlight was scoring some wonderful results in North America and his best results were two 30 point results one in GS and one in Slalom. Ben Griffin:  Ben has scored some wonderful results, competed in his first World Cup GS at Kranska Gora and generally had a fantastic season.  Although Ben's best result was clearly his 14 point GS result, he also had two wonderful SG results and is now ranked inside the top 200 in the world in 3 disciplines.   Angus Howden:  Angus completed his first full season with Coach Nils Coberger and the Volkswagen National Ski Team.  Angus has finished the season ranked second NZ man in Slalom behind Mickey Ross, who is enjoying a great North American season, and is ranked inside the top 250 in the world in Super Combined. Janelle Miller:  Janelle, like Mark had a challenging season but hung in there to score two great slalom results in Slovenia, finishing the season ranked second New Zealander in Slalom.  Janelle's best result was her 30 point result in Areh, Slovenia, she also backed this up with a 44 point Super Combined result in Panorama, Canada.	Photos: Copyright Jolyon Ralston 2007
	FROM THE OFFICE 2008 Handbook Limited spaces are available in the 2008 SRNZ Handbook, to secure your spot make sure you email simon@skiracing.org.nz before the end of May. Board Vacancy At the next AGM, Nick Tapper will be stepping down as his term on the Ski Racing New Zealand board concludes, we would like to invite applications for this position and ideally we are seeking someone with marketing and media experience, together with commercial skills to help us promote and attain additional support for our organisation and our members. If you would like to know more about this please contact simon@skiracing.org.nz, applications will close 40 days before the AGM 12th FIS Points list now available The 12th FIS points list for the 2007/08 winter season is now available on our site, it can be downloaded in PDF and Excel file format. Click the link below to go straight to that page. Latest Calendar Update Click the link below to view the General Manager’s Diary. This is currently being developed as a feature of the new website and will be added to shortly. Online Registration From this year online registration is available for our members, this will change the communication between SRNZ and our members.  Although we are sure this will be an easier process, please feel free to ask questions about it and bear with us if things aren't perfect.
	SSNZ NEWS Snowsports Awards Dinner Snowsports New Zealand have announced the annual Awards dinner will be held in Wanaka on 14th June at Base Camp.  For tickets or more information please contact kristy@snowsports.co.nz.
	ATHLETE NEWS Well earned rest Following a very busy season our skiers are having a well earned break before they start getting ready for the coming winter.  Some are in the body and fender shop getting repaired ready for another gruelling year and others are allowing their bodies to recover more naturally and starting the physical training again, not that it ever really ended.  In summary the season was one of the best ever for several of our athletes:  Sarah Jarivis is now our top ranked female slalom skier, finishing the season ranked just outside the top 300 in the world in her best discipline.  Mickey Ross concluded the season with a wonderful 23 point result to finish as best ranked male in slalom and Leighton Winsloe scored his first slalom result under 40 points.  Well done to all these athletes and the many others like Lucie & Emilie Tait Jamieson, Alice Ralston, Andrew Wylie and Virginia Orange.

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