Last weekend saw the second race weekend of the Scottish Alpine Series as the Glenshee Winter Games took place. Glenshee was blessed with fantastic weather providing some of the best skiing and racing conditions Scotland has seen for many years. The snow cover was great and hard packed and the sun shone all weekend resulting in many a burnt face.
Saturday saw the Bairns skiing on a fantastic GS course set by our very own Gary whilst the U14+ athletes raced two splendid Slalom Courses. Bairns were supported by Andrew C and Jamie R provided support for our BASS racers whilst Gary worked tirelessly as Course crew on the Bairns GS keeping it in great condition throughout the day. We had a very select gathering of 3 Bairns and 8 Children on Saturday. There were some great performances from Gordon Skiers, the stand out performance must be our youngest member Thomas Paterson who did not believe in unlucky 13 and took a silver medal in the under 8s. Other medalists were Daisy Cowie coming second in the under 10s and Kathleen Ray taking silver in the under 18s.
On Sunday James was coaching on the Bairns course whilst Kenny joined Jamie on the BASS course for race support as well as course setting the 1st run. Malcolm and John were on training duties for the day also at Glenshee and I believe spent the day ‘ripping’ it up on the off-piste. I saw some of the kids’ faces after training had finished and if the ‘ear to ear’ smiles are anything to go by I would say they all had a fantastic days training.
Gary returned to his course setting duties early Sunday morning and set an interesting ‘kombi’ course which featured a berm, 4 rollers and a jump to finish, with a mixture of Slalom and GS turns. Kenny set the course for Run 1 on the BASS race. BASS racing started on time and 1st runs were completed in record time whilst the Bairns inspected and had a couple of training runs on the Kombi Course. Bairns racing commenced at 12 noon and both runs were completed by just before 2 with the BASS race finishing shortly after. Quick lunch break followed by an hours free skiing with the athletes before heading back to the café in time for prize giving at 3.45.
Again, the comments from both Jamie and Kenny were that all the BASS racers showcased the skills and technical abilities we have been working on during the season. The 5 Bairns I was coaching were no different either and showed off what they have been learning this season. All 5 of them returned for the 2nd run with big smiley faces which was great to see.
Prize giving saw Gordon Skiers on the podium again with:
- U8 Boys 3rd Place- Thomas Paterson
- U10 Girls 3rd Place- Daisy Cowie
- U16 Male 1st Place- Kieran Troup
- U18 Female 3rd Place- Kathleen Ray
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