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Future Ski Champ ? Maybe ! But I am going to give it my all ! - This Blog follows my ups and downs (hopefully more downs at controlled speed!)

What This Week Brings – w/c 22nd July 2013

Posted on July 26, 2013 by zmetheringham

Opps a little late, by never mind.

Back from a great time at TGIS School Travel Week at Hilltops, had a great time on the high ropes, assault course, zip wires, team games and swimming ! and also the last week of school !!!

This, and the next four weeks are Activity Weeks at School, so Rugby Camps, Tennis Coaching and a load of other stuff.

Tuesday night watched MK Dons v Rayo Vallecano in a pre-season friendly and we played really well and the match finished 4:3 to the Dons ! Hopefully they will have a good season and make an automatic promotion place ! COYD !

Monday and Tuesday nights ski training, good to get in from the heat !

Friday is going to be a fun day !

Off to Ski Bartlett for new race ski boots ! Late afternoon meeting my old best friend, Alex, who is over from Finland!

And on Sunday till Wednesday, Ambition Atomic Open Camp at Hemel !

Update: Thanks to Jake and Terry and the team at Ski Bartlett for being patient with me whilst trying on new race boots, and trying to work out which ones fitted me best !

GBR Indoor Race Series – 2013

Posted on July 15, 2013 by zmetheringham

Dad took a couple of pictures last night of my “amazing” first year of GBR Indoor U10’s Races. This has resulted in:

3x 1st Places in Slalom

1x 2nd Place in Slalom

1x 3rd Place in Slalom

1x 1st Place in Giant Slalom

Next year I move up to Under 12’s, so podium places will be harder to achieve, but I will try my best.

What This Week Brings – w/c 15th July 2013

Posted on July 15, 2013 by zmetheringham

After another amazing weekend of Ski Racing in Manchester, thanks to Snowsport GBR, the Chill Factore Manchester and all the volunteers that made the two race days go so well. Loads to do at Chill Factore, like the rock climbing (thanks Tania and Dom).

This week is a ski free week, as its Travel Week at The Grove School. So this morning we are off to Hilltops in Norfolk for a full week of outward bounds activities ! I will post pictures when the School update their photoblog.

And for the first time in months, I have a free weekend, although I may try to get a ski race training session in on either the Saturday or Sunday morning ?

13th & 14th July 2013 – GBR Indoor Race Series Race 5 and 6

Posted on July 15, 2013 by zmetheringham

Great weekend of GBR Indoor races on Saturday and Sunday !

Saturday was Race 5 and a Giant Slalom races. In Race 5 I posted two great runs with a 16.90 in Run 1 and 16.97 in Run 2, which gave me 1st Place. Kayne finished 2nd. Sienna in the Under 12 Girls also got a 1st Place.

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After the Slalom event, they held a Giant Slalom race, which also resulted in a 1st Place. So a great day of racing. We all then went to watch Monsters University !

Sunday, well that was another day !. Run 1 was an acrobatic run, and lucky to finish with a 18.78 seconds run! Run 2, I really went for it but missed a gate, so disqualified ! First run still resulted in 3rd Place. Well done to Kayne with a 1st place after a first run crash, and to Sienna who won the Under 12 Girls.

What This Week Brings – w/c 8th July 2013

Posted on July 8, 2013 by zmetheringham

After a Third Place with The Grove School Ski Team in the Gravity Snowsports Schools Race last Monday, a good training session last Tuesday, School Summer Fete on Friday night, a punishing day’s Boot Camp with Gravity on Saturday (in that heat as well) and a First Place in the ERSA Summer League Race Under 10’s, and a Second Place in the Giant Slalom, and watching Murray’s historic win on Sunday, it was a great week.

This week brings a TGIS Ski Club with a Gravity Gates Session tonight, my Coeliacs Dietary Consultation on Tuesday, Inter-House Sports (rounders I think) on Wednesday, and two “knightly” performances in the School Play “What A Knight” on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, this is going to be a busy week !

Friday brings a trip to Manchester for rounds 5 & 6 of the GBR Indoor Series over the weekend. Keep posted for updates.

Update: off to a winning start, won a Snowsports England competition for an Ice Age 4 DVD ! Thanks Kirsty of SSE !

Update: he is my photo entry to win a signed Atomic helmet, signed by the Atomic Pro Racers including Marcel !, here’s hoping !

7th July 2013 – ERSA Summer League Race at Snow Centre Hemel

Posted on July 7, 2013 by zmetheringham

Great morning of racing again at Hemel and on my longer 125 Atomic Skis.

Posted a first run of 13.17 and a second run of 13.01 ! First Place, with both my runs taking the fastest two runs in the Under 10’s. Good times from Alex Ogden from Norwich (13.75 and 13.57) and Thomas Beglin from Hemel (14.50 and 14.51 I think).

Thanks to ERSA for the 1st Place Prizes of Forcefield Base Layer Shirts.

Also great Giant Slalom run, after the last few mediocre GS runs in the last few race meetings.

Finished 2nd in Under 10’s Giant Slalom but great to post a second run improving time (run 1 13.40 run 2 13.32). Well done to Alex who posted a fastest time of 13.17 on his second run. So very happy with both my Slalom and Giant Slalom today.

Ski MK Race Team, despite a small number of entrants, finished with some great results, so well done to Mia, Bethany, Dominic, Daniel, Heather and Robert (left quickly to watch the Murray final!) who all had podium places. Also Daniel got through to the Pro-Slalom Shootout Semi-Final but lost out to Paul Telling. Also great to see Francis (first ever race) and Lawrence, posting some great runs!

5th July 2013 – Start Lists for Sunday’s ERSA Race at Hemel

Posted on July 5, 2013 by zmetheringham

Looking forward to Sunday’s race, large U10’s Boys field, so here’s to a great day’s racing !

Slalom and Giant Slalom races !

Watch out for the results.

Good luck to all SMK Racers at Hemel, plus good luck to Kayne, Riley, Grace, Sarah at the British Indoor Series Race 3 at SnoZone Castleford on Sunday.

What This Week Brings – w/c 1st July 2013

Posted on July 1, 2013 by zmetheringham

UPDATE : TGIS Ski Team get 3rd place in the inaugural Gravity Snowsports Schools Race

After Saturday’s School Sports Day, 1st place and new school record in Javelin ! Had a great night at Wembley at the Robbie Williams concert. He is such an Entertainer !

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Great day yesterday with Auntie Christine, Uncle Julian (over from Canada) and Pete and Kath at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park in Doncaster, amazing place. Great to see you all again, and see you soon !

Tonight, Gravity Snowsports are running a small Schools Ski Slalom Competition at the Snozone, so that will be fun !

Tuesday night is back to Ski MK Race Training in readiness for Sunday’s ERSA Race at Hemel.

Looking forward to the FROGIS Summer Fete at school on Friday and a Gravity Boot Camp all day Saturday !

Keep a lookout on this blog for Sunday’s Race Start List and Results.