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Great Clip ! – Lindsey Vonn selling Piste Passes at Vail !
17 & 18 March 2014 – Equity British Inter-School Ski Challenge – Les Houches
A few photographs from this weeks racing at the British Inter-Schools Ski Challenge
Sochi 2014 – GBR Bronze for Jenny Jones
Sochi 2014: Jenny Jones wins historic British slopestyle bronze
Well Done Jenny !
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/winter-olympics/26056289
Snowboarder Jenny Jones won Great Britain’s first ever Olympic medal on the snow with a dramatic slopestyle bronze in Sochi.
Jones, 33, held the lead after scoring 87.25 points in her second run and had an agonising wait while 10 athletes tried to better her score.
American Jamie Anderson eventually took gold with 95.25, ahead of Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi on 92.50.
“I did the best run I could have done,” a thrilled Jones told BBC Sport.
Jones scored 73.00 to place fifth after the first round, just 4.25 points off the podium places, and after an impressive second run she secured the bronze when the final competitor, Austrian medal prospect Anna Gasser, fell.
“It feels amazing,” added Jones. “I cannot believe it, I just can’t believe it. I knew I was going to drop [from first place] but I didn’t know how far. I am just so happy.
“It was so difficult waiting. I thought I did my best run and landed it as best as I could.”
Jones, from Bristol, becomes the first Briton to win a medal at a Winter Games on snow rather than ice, where 22 medals had been won before Sochi in events such as figure skating, curling, skeleton, bobsleigh and, in the more distant past, ice hockey.
8th February 2014 Milton Keynes District Development League Winter Presentations
Following my village football team (Great Horwood Ravens FC Under 10’s) finishing runners-up of Division 2 of the MKDDLeague, we had our presentations.
Well done team, Division 1 will be a hard division, but lets give it a good try !
January and February 2014 – TGIS Football
January and February Football fixtures have been thin on the ground these two months, mainly due to the rain and waterlogged pitches.
At school I have played three fixtures in the Colts A team, playing up a year.
With a win against Wellingborough (Away 1:2), http://www.groveindependentschool.co.uk/index.php/news/40-sports-news/331-the-grove-colts-a-vs-wellingborough
a defeat 2:5 home against Quinton House, where I received man of the match “Initially we played some good football. Zach Metheringham at the back look pretty dominate and snuffed out any challenges.”
and a 4:1 defeat away at Wellingborough.
January 2014 Anglo Scottish
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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!
14th December 2013 – Flaine bound !
Need to get altitude for good snow, but Season passes sorted, apartments good and Dad has tea on the go.
What This Week Brings – w/c 21st October 2013
Gravity SnowSports training camp at Hintertux this week, so off to Gatwick to Innsbruck then transfer to Hintertux.
Arrived Sunday into Innsbruck, super fast transfer to Hintertux and the amazing hotel Tiroler Hotel. Unload and check in, followed by walk to local shops to get food supplies.
Day 1 (Sunday) – hard day on GS skis for the very first time (Atomic 144 GS Redsters), which is about 16cm longer than my slalom skis. Glen training us to turn and cope with faster longer turns. So this AM on lots of fast slopes and after lunch (they do massive roast chicken lunches :-)) back on the slopes. Afternoon finished off with strength and conditioning.
Also new additions to my ski equipment, with a new massive nordica bag! it’s so big I can actually fit inside it.
And a great new blue POC race helmet and POC goggles!
Luckily my hired GS skis are being prep’d tonight by the hire shop, so dad gets a night off. But the hotel here is amazing and they let ski team use the basement garage to prep skis.
Last thing on day 1 is the news that the German men’s ski race team and the Austrian women’s B ski race team are staying at out hotel !
Day 2 (Monday) – more GS drills and exercises today, and onto a steeper slope to start generating more speed ! having a great time !
Really starting to get the hang of GS skis. They are totally different to SL and the technique has been difficult to start with, but Glen saying starting to get the hang of it.
Mum and Dad also seem to have a great time skiing as well ! Dad got much better after realizing his ski brake was dragging !
Like every afternoon, strength and conditioning.
Day 3 (Tuesday) consisted of more GS runs and drills along the long fast Hintertux slopes.
This week at our Hotel, the German Mens team are staying, they include the German No. 1 Felix Neureuther and Fritz Dopfer (both Nordica skiers) and Stefan Luitz. Also staying at our hotel, where the Austrian Womens B team and the Netherlands ParaOlympic Team. Great atmosphere in the hotel. The Mens and Ladies teams would be off to Soleden for the first FIS GS races of the season.
Day 4 (Wednesday) – Last day on the GS skis today. They have been hard to get used to at first but by the end of the four days really getting used to them and the method of turning. Been a big move from my Atomic Slalom skis at 125cm to Atomic GS skis at 144cm.
Our first (and only) day of bad weather on the slopes, but as Glen and Ben say, get used to it as you will have to race in it ! We also had a great session of emergency training from Glen, in terms of what to do in an accident, how to get down the mountain safely in a whiteout and general low visibility sking.
Day 5 (Thursday) – Onto Slalom skis for the next two days, which means first runs on my new Nordica SL skis.
Glorious day of slalom on very steep slopes and amazing moguls.
Day 6 (Friday) – Final day of skiing, again on slalom skis and again lots of moguls and steep slopes.
Watching Rob and the Army Royal Logistic Corp Ski Team on GS lanes !
Last ski off the glacier ! Can’t wait to come back again !
19th October 2013 – Enroute to Tux !
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It’s my Mum and Dad’s 11th wedding anniversary today ! How have they lasted so long! must be my influence !!!! Mums on her 2nd Moët
Landed Innsbruck and enroute to Hintertux.
Zac Metheringham 