L a t e s t  n e w s ..... Heel wins Super G in Val Gardena with Defago and Jaerbyn on the podium ... Paerson wins Super combined from Hosp and Suter ... Walchhofer retains King of the Hill in Downhill, Miller 2 and Osborne Paradis 3 ... Gut wins Super G in St Moritz from Suter and Fanchini

'The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams' (Eleanor Roosevelt).

The sun shone kindly for the last day of the British Land British Children's National Championship.  With the warm conditions, TJ Baldwin wrapped up a clean sweep of the Children's Children 2 Championship by coming from third after the first run to win the Boys Giant Slalom.  Baldwin's main rival and training partner, Aaron Tipping had lead after the first run but after a commanding first run, his second let him down and allowed Baldwin to win.  Adam Piper was second after the first run but had to be content with third after the second run.  In the girls race, Sega Fairweather showed that she is a promising racer for the FIS circuit next year, as she won by almost five seconds ahead of Jayme Baggio and Niki Sole.

Baldwin was naturally "very happy" to have won his third individual title of the week and along with it the overall.  "My first run was slightly off the pace (set by Tipping) but I was in contention.  I made no big mistakes but was just too tentative."  Baldwin had fallen after the race yesterday but this did not seem to hinder him and for the second run he was a lot more relaxed and had "gone for it."  Baldwin now goes to the Scarafioti in Val d'Isere to compete for the British Children's team in the Super G and Slalom.

For Tipping the frustration was evident as he had lead after the first run.  "It all came together for me as I was early for the steep as I came over the ridge and was able to set up for lower down," commented Tipping after the race.  "The second run was the complete opposite!"  Tipping has had a frustrating week as his team mate has stolen the headlines and the titles that he had coveted.  At the end of the day, Tipping was a mere tenth of a second behind Baldwin as they both won a run each. 

Adam Piper added another podium to his Super G bronze.  Piper had been in second after the first run and was content with the first run yet had slid onto his inside ski at the top of the steep and lost valuable time on his second run.  Had he not fallen, he felt that he could have been challenging further up the leader board but his second podium was more than he had thought he could have got this week.  Christian Perner, Piper's coach at the British Alpine Race Academy, was really happy with Piper yet acknowledged that he had taken a risk on the second run that had resulted in his fall.

Sega Fairweather put in two good runs that drew the applause from the large crowd in the finish area.  Leading after the first run, Fairweather had seen her main rival in the overall, Jenny Mashiter, crash out in spectacular fashion.  This unfortunate crash saw Mashiter injure her knees as neither ski popped off.  Mashiter was later up and about and is expected to race in the International races in Abetone later in the week.  Fairweather, who had crashed out in the Slalom, ended the week with two wins to just sneak infront of Jayme Baggio in the Overall race.  The girl from Swadlincote has grown in stature and physically over the last few years and this has been shown in her results this week.  Fairweather was "shocked when I got down and saw what time I had done.  Fairweather now heads to race for the British Team at Abetone.

Jayme Baggio took her second runners up spot at these championships and was delighted with her race.  Although her runs had not been as smooth as she would have liked, she kept the speed going: "The first run was really wild as I nearly crashed three times and had my hands on the ground as well."  Having seen Mashiter fall, Baggio was sad as she had wanted to race Mashiter.  With the pressure of Mashiter off, Baggio skied a cleaner run "but it was not as fast."  Her coach, Phil Brown from Snowclub, was delighted with the improvements made by the Baggio over the season.  Baggio nearly stole the Overall Title from Fairweather but had been denied by a slightly poor result in the Super G.

Niki Sole took bronze in the race to add to her silver in the Super G.

The Children One race in the boys was again won convincingly by Jack Breton.  Matching TJ Baldwin with race wins, Breton was delighted yet bemoaned his lack of weight as he had been thrown about by the bumps.  Breton has been in the top ten overall in each of the races this week and showed the larger and older races the way home.  Jamie Reid and Jo Morrison took the other places on the podium.

With no Hannah Garwood in the girls Children One race (she was competing in the Scarafioti for her French Club), the way was open for others to try and rest the overall from her.  Alessia Thomas Jackson, who if she won would have shared the Overall, lead after the first run.  Coming down the steep on the second run, Thomas Jackson crashed out rather tamely and this opened the way for Rachel Hughes to win her first British Title.  Natalia Harte and Christy MacKinnon both had the opportunity to win the Overall but had to win to overhaul Garwood.  MacKinnon was slower than Hughes on both runs and was disappointed to have missed out.

With the last race having been completed the Overall Titles were won by Sega Fairweather in the Children 2 girls and Hannah Garwood in the Children 1 girls.  TJ Baldwin and Jack Breton having won all three races in their age categories won the Overall's as well.