Happy New Year to you all.
We realise that we have a lot of new members to the club this season who may not have been involved in racing before, so some of this talk about racing can be quite daunting so I am hoping I can break down some barriers there and explain a bit more.
There are various levels of racing that go on throughout the season but I will concentrate on the more local events. Throughout the snow season there are various weekends put on by the local clubs, they are national events but are still run on a friendly basis.
U12 children tend to race GS (wide open turns) races and the U14 upwards racers will ski Slalom and maybe some GS races in Scotland- if you want more info on that part just speak to one of the coaches.
Gordon Skiers will try and provide race support to the athletes at most if not all the events in Scotland so the racers will be well looked after by coaches who have experience in the racing scene.
Our own Event – Gordon Skiers are holding a race next weekend (23/24 Jan) at The Lecht. It is a national event but open to all racers from U8 upwards. As a club we would encourage all our members to enter , the Bairns race for U8/10/12 racers is a great event to start with in the season. You don’t have to enter both Saturday and Sunday, you can enter one or other of the days. On the Sunday we will NOT be providing any normal training and your training fees would cover your race support for the day.
If you would like to enter (strongly encouraged too) then you can enter by going to the Gordon Skiers Open page on the website.
HELP NEEDED- if you are entering your child/children into the races, we would really appreciate it if you can offer your assistance with the running of these events. We currently have 150 racers registered and this takes a fair number of volunteers to officiate. The roles are not particularly scary and we would try and give you a job that you felt comfortable with.
I will be at training on Sunday if you want to chat to me about anything to do with racing but I would love to see as many Gordon Skiers racing next weekend.
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