Message from a very relieved Chief of Champs
First of all a massive congratulations to all those that participated today especially to those that hadn’t raced before.
Conditions today were somewhat challenging, soft snow and winds added to the excitement of racing for the day- after all it is Scottish ski racing.
Bairns managed to ski 3 runs on a fantastically set course by John Mcrae ably assisted by Ella Still (British U21 Athlete). 3 runs of 80 racers in under 3 hours, an excellent achievement. The race piste held up remarkably well
BASS race got off to a slow start with a few issues, gates not at the top of the hill when expected, but a great team managed to get set and ready to in record time. Kenny set a splendid course and the first run ran so swiftly that they were running well ahead of schedule by end of first run. Quick course change and course inspection saw the 2nd run commence and run smoothly.
As Chief of Champs I was summoned to the slope to inspect and make a decision for Day 2. We had heather and mud showing on every gate and rivers flowing from the base of the gates, a decision was made to call it off for tomorrow. Forecast of 50-70mph winds helped in the decision making.
Prize giving was slightly delayed, it does take a while to input 410 times into a computer and generate the results!
Hopefully everyone has gone away happy with how today went.
A huge thank you to all the Gordon Skiers parents that helped out today, without these volunteers these events don’t go ahead. A special mention to Jamie Brown, an ex-club trainee who got thrown in at the deep end today and did a great job of back up timing.
For those eagle eyed spectators today you may have noticed we were displaying Roy Cowie LBS banners on both race courses, this is because Roy Cowie LBS kindly sponsored the medals for this weekend, so on behalf of Gordon Skiers I would like to say a huge thank you to Roy and Heather Cowie for their generous support.
Now time for a lie down and recover!!!
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