Gordon Skiers Open Weekend 23/24 Jan 2016

Now that the snow has arrived in the hills it is time to start turning our thoughts to the 2016 snow races.  The 2016 Gordon Skiers Open will be held over the weekend of the 23rd/24th January.  We are currently putting the finishing touches to the arrangements but details can be found on the Gordon Skiers Open 2016 page.  We had a record entry last year who were treated to a great weekend of racing so don't miss out, get your entry in now by completing the form at the foot of the Gordon Skiers Open Page.  

Bairns Race Results

Bairns Race results are now available here.  Some great racing by all involved!!

• Saturday results 
• Sunday results

Our apologies for posting the Sunday results twice, that is the links corrected now!

Gordon Skiers Open 2015, Bairns Photos.

The Bairns race photos are now on our Gordon Skiers Racing Facebook page.  We took over a 1000 photos over the three runs on Saturday and have selected some of the best.  We have tried to include photos of all the skiers, if we have missed someone out then please accept our apologies.

We hope you enjoy them.

Paul

Gordon Skiers Open 2015, A Big Thankyou

Many thanks to all the parents that helped out this weekend whether it be on catering, bib collections, in the race office or out on the hill, without the help and support of the club parents these events wouldn't go ahead. It was a very successful weekend for the club both on the results but also from an organisation point of view.

James , 

Chief of Champs.

Gordon Skiers Open 2015 Results

Gordon Skiers Open 2015 results are now available on Snowsports Scotland website.  Follow the links below.

• Saturday's Races
• Sunday's Races

Gordon Skiers Open Photos

For all Gordon Skiers parents.  I have taken around 1000 pictures on the BASS course over the weekend, some good ones and a lot not so good!  A selection are posted on Facebook.  If you would like more photos of your skiers, I will bring my laptop along to the club hut next Sunday and if you bring a USB drive or SD card I will download them for you.

My colleague David also took around 400 on the Bairns course, I will hopefully get those from him next week and get a selection posted her.

Gordon Skiers Open 2015. Saturday 24th

We have placed a collection of photographs of the majority of competitors on the Harrier course up on our Facebook page (Gordon Skiers Racing).  Afraid the light was poor so quality isn't great but hope you enjoy them.  Afraid we missed the last 10 boys, the photographer was succumbing to hypothermia!

Gordon Skiers Open Update

Few more points to raise before the weekend. We are almost set for the weekend so hopefully see you all on Saturday and Sunday.

• It has been pointed out to me that the bulletin should have said that U16 times will be combined each day, its only U14 that are separate.
• We are lucky enough to have ‘My Race’ ski shop attending at the weekend with their van, it will be parked near the Gordon Skiers hut and will be selling race equipment, so pop along and see what they can offer.
• Race Officials- lunches will be provided and can be picked up from the hut during race briefing. Hot drinks will be supplied on the hill.

Regards

James

Calling All Gordon Skiers Parents, We Need Your Help!

Calling all Gordon Skiers Parents.  We have had a fantastic entry for the Gordon Skiers Open Weekend with almost 200 skiers entered.  The downside of this is that it will all take a lot of organising.

For those of you who have not yet volunteered, we need your help.  There are a number of jobs not yet covered so please email James with your offers of help on racing@gordonskiers.com

Ammendment to Race Details

I rushed last night and made two mistakes on the bulletin;

• Bairns will be two days of GS style courses.
• Medals- the Championship race day will be Saturday and not a combination of times from both days.

Course team, bib issue and anyone that is free to help first thing please can we arrive and be ready for 8am start, due to the huge numbers of athletes we would really like to get moving as soon as possible and there will be a lot of setting up to do for the BASS race with regards to gates and safety fencing.

Kind regards

James

Gordon Skiers Open Weekend

• Please note that full details are now available on the race page on this website. 
• Can all members please note that the club hut is out of bounds this weekend as it will be used for the race organisation.
• We have 190 entries.  This will take a lot of organising so can all parents who have not already volunteered their services please speak to James Paxton.

U8 Race This Weekend

We have taken the decision that we will run U8 race this weekend on both days, slight change in the planning but nothing to worry about. If you have an U8 and would like to enter then please use the entry form on the Gordon Skiers Page and make payment through Paypal using treasurer@gordonskiers.com . Entries for U8 will close tonight 6pm.

Gordon Skiers Open 2015, Last Call For Entries!

This is the last call for entries to the Gordon Skiers Open 2015.  The entry closes at 9AM tomorrow Wednesday 21st January.

The forecast is good and the Lecht has excellent snow cover on the race runs with more forecast for later in the week so get your entries in now.

• Bib Collection 8.30am Both Days at the Gordon Skiers Hut 
• Open- 2 runs Slalom Both days 
• Saturday is Championship races 
• Bairns – 2 or 3 runs GS Both Days

Gordon Skiers Open Entry Form

Gordon Skiers Open 2015, Please Get Your Entries In!

A reminder that the entry form for the Gordon Skiers Open is now available here.  As this is our "home" event it is a great opportunity for those new to racing to have a go.  We are looking for all those registered for snow training to be entering the races, it is a great fun weekend and our skiers can get a taste of racing on their home slopes in a really supportive atmosphere.

Can we also remind you that dates for the other races in Scotland can be found on our Calendar Page. Of particular note is the Glenshee Winter Games event which follows hot on the heals of our own races, on the 7/8th February. There are both Bairns and BASS races. Please can you also get your entries in and let James Paxton know you are entering by emailing him on the  racing@gordonskiers.com email address so that he can get on and arrange coach support for the weekend.

This Sunday's weather currently looking a bit dubious but will have a better idea of how things are shaping up towards the end of the week and will update then.

Gordon Skiers Open 2015

Evening All

Hope you are all prepared for the Christmas and New Year festivities.

It is only 3 weeks till training restarts and 5 weeks till the Gordon Skiers Open.

The Gordon Skiers Open is the clubs big event which we host ourselves at The Lecht. Racers aged 8 and upwards can enter into this event. I am hoping I can open it to the younger athletes as well but awaiting confirmation at the moment. Entry forms can be found from www.gordonskiers.com under the Gordon Skiers Open 2015 Tab.

The Bairns event (U10 and U12) will be run down the Eagle Raceway and all of our Bairns athletes are capable of entering this event, the BASS race will be run on The Buzzard (hopefully) and again all of our athletes would manage this. As a club we strongly encourage all of our athletes to enter races throughout the season but especially to support the clubs own event, at the end of the day we are a race club and that is what we are training for each weekend.

If anyone has any concerns or questions about the racing/ this event then please let me know, I am here to answer these questions.

When entering please offer your assistance under the ‘parent helper’ section, these events take a lot of organising before the day but also need a lot of volunteers on the day.

Hope to see the entries flooding in over the next few days J.

Kind regards and best wishes for the festive period.

James Paxton

Race Convenor

Chief of Champs for Gordon Skiers Open