I entered three races in the Under 10 Anglo Scottish Alpine Races in Les Houches, France. This was my first set of ‘on mountain’ based races following a successful indoor series of races in 2013.

The day 1 dual slalom was completed in treacherous rain conditions, and  I narrowly failed to qualify from my league heats into the final.

Day 2 Combi race was also challenging due to warming conditions resulting in slow traction snow. Combatting heavy rolling mist patches, I completed both of his runs with very consistent times to eventually finish 7th place out of a very strong field of 15 racers.

Day 3 was another very warm day with fast deteriorating snow conditions, so the race organisers changed the 3 run giant slalom format with the combined best two times to count, to a two run format with the fastest timed run to count.  I completed two runs with very consistent times, of which my fastest time placed me 6th out of 16 racers.  What was more important was if the race had been based on a combined time basis, I would have had a podium 3rd place. Not bad for my first Giant Slalom race!