Braehead Trip

Too many high points to mention from today. Kevin the bus driver was brilliant. Graeme and Margaret did an amazing job of planning the day in such a short a time. Paul Green was showing us how to Telemark on terrible snow. The Mums and Dads were flying down the hill. The coaching team were on form, even though Jamie didn't know he was coming until 11:30 pm last night and has a perforated ear drum. The DVD's on the bus were amazing. Then...........there was the rendition of Frozen from the back of the bus. Truly beyond comment.

Gordon Skiers Christmas Races and Lunch, Sunday December 13th.

It's almost that time of year again!  Sunday the 13th December is the last session at Alford prior to the Christmas break so we will be having the traditional Xmas fun races on the mat and then finishing a little early and everyone heading off to Alford Golf club for our Christmas Lunch.

Last year the Golf Club did us proud and laid on an excellent spread and a great time was had by all with almost a full house of club members.  Just as last year we would ask you to complete the form below for each person attending and also indicate menu choice so that the golf club can have everything ready and waiting for us.  Please complete the form prior to Sunday 6th December.

As well as the lunch we will also be having a prize giving for the dry mat season based on the training times.  It will be based on a points system and of course the more you attend, the more points you amass so everyone is in with a chance.

So the question is "What will James be wearing this year?", two years ago it was Santa, last year one of Santa's reindeer, this year???

Head Coach's Report Sunday 22nd November

A bit late with the write up this week folks, apologies for that.  The snow saw us try a new format for Sunday's training. Even I couldn't be evil enough to have the skiers doing outdoor fitness and press-ups, so we had a full training session of skiing for everyone.

It always surprises me how much better dry mat is when it's covered in snow and how much more eager the skiers are to get out on the hill. Let's hope for much more.

Clothing

Our new hoodies have certainly proved to be very popular, and no surprise given how smart they look.  As the initial order was sold out almost immediately we plan to put in another order.  The minimum order for these is 20 so we will put in the order once we have the necessary numbers however they will not arrive for Christmas…we are looking at early in the new year. 

Training Times Sunday 22nd November.

Everyone benefited from some snow on the mat with all the times coming down a bit today.  Kenny saved the coaches from defeat today with the fastest time of the day at 6.3 seconds , closely followed by Beth Whatford at 6.41 seconds a full 0.3 seconds ahead of her dad Head Coach Gary.......oh dear, two weeks on the run!  Think you might have to start getting used to this one Gary!  Andrew Simpson managed a close second to Beth in 6.43.

Performance Squad 1	Oct 4th	Nov 1st	Nov 8th	Nov 15th	Nov 22nd
Rachel Brown	7.22		6.66	6.77	6.56
Hamish Alexander		6.82	6.80	7.25	6.87
Graeme Campbell		7.24	7.36	7.65	7.28
Andrew Simpson	7.40	6.76	6.66	6.85	6.43
Neil Simpson	7.95	7.07	7.05	7.13	6.97
Beth Whatford	7.53	7.23		7.06	6.41
Erik Rasmusen	7.59	6.87	6.88	6.99	6.57
Hannah Morrison		7.11		7.14	6.97
Vicky Rasmusen	8.59	7.71	7.30		7.42
Performance Squad 2
Nathan Smith			7.74	8.24	7.25
Ben Whatford	9.58		7.89	8.21	7.97
Ellie Green	9.22	8.34	8.23	8.67	7.95
Jack Morrison	9.37	7.65	7.29	7.75	7.47
Logan Duncan	9.40	8.40	8.02	8.54	7.97
Development 1
Harry Pfleger	9.44	8.13			8.35
Daniel Lints			8.56
Sophie Ross		8.24	8.26	8.05	7.91
Daisy Cowie	10.69	8.72	8.55	8.72
Harriet Dawson	10.11	8.88	8.57	9.92	9.00
Development 2
Finlay Carry	9.56	8.48	8.50	9.61	8.31
Izzy Pfleger	11.69	10.31	9.67	10.29	10.10
Murdo Reid	10.69	9.32	8.45	9.25	8.79
Alex Hay	11.04	9.03	8.51		8.79
Ben McWhirry Merry	10.76	9.37	8.75	10.22	9.93
Ruaridh Rogerson	10.71		8.90	9.34	8.36
Logan Train			9.70	10.16	9.27
Victoria Selley			10.75	11.70	11.03
Development 3
Jacob Ipsen	11.12	9.23	No time		8.83
Torin Liversidge	11.42	9.42	No time	10.05	9.00
Alex Selley	11.24	9.05	No time	9.00	8.92
Keira Henderson	11.56	9.44	No time		10.71
Eva Sinclair	12.27	9.80	No time	10.22	9.29
Autumn Train			No time	10.29	9.16
Development 4
Annabel Mackay	No time	No time	No time	13.44	10.60
Glen Liversidge	No time	No time	No time	12.58	11.09
Thomas Paterson	No time	No time	No time	12.57	12.58
Rasmus Ipsen	14.64	No time	No time		11.67
Olivia Sinclair	21.07	No time	No time	11.61	11.45
Finn Rogerson	13.20	No time	No time	11.83	11.46
Emily Carry			No time	14.38	11.32

Coaches

• Kenny   6.33
• James    6.52
• Alex      6.61
• Gary      6.70

Braehead Trip

The good news is that the coach is full and all those who have applied to come have got a place. We have 30 skiers heading down to snow factor along with 3 coaches and 12 parents / helpers.  We will be handing out details at training this Sunday.

Costs will be as advertised, £25 for the lift pass etc and £10 for the coach and those not currently attending dry mat training will need to pay a supplement of £22 for the training.  Parents will be £10 for the coach and an extra £25 if skiing.  We would like to collect the money at training this week so please bring along your cheque book or cash!

Training, Sunday November 22nd

This week we would like to try a new format of having 4 groups on the mat, with 2 groups off at a time doing fitness. If we can have all the groups back on for the racing at the end, that leaves 3 hours for all 6 groups to nip off for some land training.

Alex is back this week and I'm sure he's dying to make up for all the fitness training he's missed!  If he could stay on fitness, for all the groups this leaves 4 coaches on the mat to cover the skiing groups. Those on skiing will need to switch groups as they go on and off the mat.