Video From Last Sunday 1st March

David Alexander has kindly shared this video from last Sunday.  Filmed at the end of training, skiing the Harrier and the area to the left side of it, skiers, Hamish Alexander, Ryan Pye and Iain Campbell

Head Plant of the Day!

Award for head plant of the day has to go to Ryan Pye!  James apparently also tried to demolish a snow fence but I missed that one!  Hannah Morrison came in a close second, see below.  All survived the experience.

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Training Sunday 8th March.

Afternoon All, a regular training day tomorrow.

Coaching team will be James, John, Jamie, Alex and Gary W.  I'm not sure what conditions will be like, but we'll make the most of what's there.  See you all at the hut, ready to ski for 9am.

Gary W

Gordon Skiers Courchevel Training Camp

An amazing week of weather and snow in Courchevel was enjoyed by 12 skiers on the recent camp.
Each morning was spent skiing the whole mountain with the afternoon training gates on the World Cup 1850 Stade.

Day one and 2 we trained in bumps and off piste, with the afternoons spent in Slalom gates. Day 3 and 4 we switched to the bigger mountain and trained GS in the afternoon.

All the skiers also entered GS and SL races with the Gordon Skier's taking top honours in every race. Particularly well done to Andrew Simpson and Rachel Brown. Top boy and girl in every race. Andrew S even managed to beat the pace setter on one of the GS races.

In the SL race out of 84 entries, 73 finished. Only 10 medals were won and the Gordon Skier's took 8 of them.

Well done to all.

The week built to a grand Finale when the team made the Couloir Telepherique look like a walk in the park.If you've never seen this the off piste route, it's 40 degree pitch with a very exciting entrance from the very top of the mountain.

There's always a special mention and this one is for Ellie Green. In only her third snow season, Ellie cruised down her first couloir, with a proud Dad capturing the action (from the bottom) on video.

The camp seemed to go well. Let's see what happens next year.

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Glenshee Skier Cross

What another great weekend of racing in Glenshee. Even though the wind provided us some challenging conditions, the Gordon Skiers put in some impressive performances.

A full day of individual Qualifying on Saturday set the racers up for a day of elbow to elbow racing for the finals on Sunday.  Four racers at a time took on the course and the racing was very close.

In the U12's Nathan Smith took home the gold with Jamie Liversidge close behind in Silver. Top performances from both young men. Ben Whatford also made the final, but lost his third place close to the line to finish in 4'th. Very nearly a full Gordon's podium.

The girls U16 was a full Gordon's podium. Ruby Still took the gold whilst Beth Whatford came from the back to hold the Silver position, with Rachel Brown in Bronze. Morven Douglas made it to the wee Final and took the win for 5'th place.

A welcome return to racing for past member Connor Douglas (Morven's brother) He also made it to the final and was in third position, but took a tumble at the last feature. Unlucky Connor, but a well deserved 4'th.

Scottish Childrens and Bairns Bucket Sat 14th and Sun 15th March / Training Sunday 15th March

Scottish Childrens and Bairns Bucket Sat 14th and Sun 15th March/ Training Sunday 15th March

Entries are closed but late entries may be accepted, we support this event and would urge as many competitors to compete as possible. Details can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzM6322coom8eTRxRzhuSmVmSXc/view

To try and simplify things for those who have both children and bairns, training for all those not racing on the Sunday will be over at Cairngorm - the whole club is moving lock stock and barrel!

We are looking at having a club meal on the Saturday night- times and location are not firmed up yet.

As usual please let James ( racing@gordonskiers.com ) know if you are entered into the races AND also if you would be interested in joining the club for a meal and James can then liaise firmer details as they progress.

Cheers, 

James