Sunrise at the Lecht from the top of the Buzzard at 8.30 this morning! What a fantastic days training today in truly alpine conditions. An excellent cover of hard packed snow and clear skies along with temperatures well below freezing gave perfect conditions for all our racers to put in some serious training prior to the Gordon Skiers Open next week.
The performance squad were working over on the Buzzard and Falcon (when it was working) under the watchful eyes of Jamie and Kenny. The older U14 and U16 skiers were able to put in some valuable practice on a slalom course in the afternoon (see the Facebook page for the photos).
Meanwhile the development squads were putting in some practice over on the Eagle runs with Alex, John, James and Mark before doing some training runs on the stubbies in the afternoon. The amount of energy reserves some of our younger members appear to possess has to be seen to be believed. There was more than one parent having to drag their skier off the slopes as the lifts were closing and long after training had finished!
For any members who have not yet entered for the Gordon Skiers Open, please do give it some thought, it is a great weekend and will involve no more than what our skiers have been doing this afternoon and there will be a full coaching team to provide them with all the support they need. Entries are open till Tuesday evening so there is still time.
And for any parents who have not yet volunteered their services........we still have a few jobs that need covering, none of which require any specific skills.
Here's hoping we get similar conditions for next weeks race, see you all then!
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