The Grove entered is first major competition, the British Independent Schools Ski Racing Championship (BISS) held at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead. The U10, U12 and U14 categories attracted over 120 competitors representing schools from the South Coast to Colwyn Bay.
For three of The Grove team members, Michael Eddelston, Daniel Camish and Charlotte Ingram, representing the U12’s, this was their first experience of major slalom competition. Charlotte overcame nerves following a fall on her first run to record a very respectable 18.95 sec time on her second run, whilst Daniel demonstrated great consistency with his first and second recorded times. Michael defied convention improving his second run time by 0.58 sec.
I came 1st in the U10’s Boys with runs of 12.86 and 13.06 seconds, and an amazing 9th overall in the competition, which was dominated by U14’s ! (his time was on 0.39 seconds from a first place).
The Grove came a very respectable Joint 11th (with Bedford Modern) out of 25 Pre-Prep and Junior Prep Schools.
Emily Sarsfield, British No. 1 Ski Cross, presented the awards. Good luck Emily, one of our Sochi hopefuls !
http://www.emilysarsfield.com/emilyskicross/home.html
Well done to the whole team, keep up the great work !
BISS results now posted on their website
Under 10’s Ranking below.
Overall Mens Result (Under 14, Under 12 and Under 10) below.
Schools Ranking below.
Zac and Daniel on Course inspection.
Charlotte, Michael and Daniel after their first run !
Zac Metheringham 