L a t e s t  n e w s ..... Rachel Adcock and Gerard Flahive win both races at Scottish Dry Slope Championships ...

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

NEW: Alpine Coaches Council Meeting April 4 in Meribel

It has been announced that there will be a meeting in Meribel on Monday 4th April (start 6.30pm).  The meeting will discuss the Snowsport GB Child protection policy; Selection Policy; Seminars fro club coaches; Athlete monitoring.  All coaches involved in developing British alpine athletes are invited to attend.

NEW: English FIS races cancelled, Children's races added to cancellations

The inclement weather going across the alps at the moment has seen the English FIS races due to be held in Puys St Vincent from March 29 - April 2, to be cancelled.  The Children's races have also been cancelled.  Conditions at Meribel mean that the races in Meribel are on hold, they are currently going ahead but conditions need to get colder soon. (more details from Snowsport England)

Graham Bell wins British Skier Cross

Graham Bell, BBC commentator and ex member of the British Downhill Team has won the 2005 British Skier Cross title.

Radios for the Fast Set

Icom and Martin Lynch help GB Children’s Ski Team to communicate !

Icom, global leader in hand-held high-spec radios and leading UK distributor Marlin Lynch & Sons of Chertsey have been pleased to help put together a deal for new equipment for the British Children’s Ski Team.

“When we received the enquiry, we approached Icom’s UK office and they were very pleased to help us put together an affordable package for the team” states Chris Taylor, Sales Director of Martin Lynch. “They had used Icom radios for the last 10 years but needed to replace old stock : the equipment gets a tough old battering in all weathers but the F12’s are extremely robust – and easy to use, even with gloves on !”

Dr Jenny Shute, manager of the Children’s Team, was happy to concur – “We are very grateful to Chris and his friends at Icom for all their help ; we need the radios to communicate between trainers on the mountain and on race days to feed-back information to the next racers. Reliability, ease-of-use and battery life in cold weather are crucial – we have found Icom to be extremely sturdy.”

Martin Lynch & Sons of Chertsey are one of the largest specialist radio retailers, repairers and mail-order companies in the UK and were able to come up with the goods within days. Chris Taylor was pleased to hand over the new equipment, specially protected in a purpose-lined flight-bag, to Harry Craggs of the Children’s Squad, just in time for the first race of the season this weekend in the Czech Republic.

The Team have eight races in Europe during the season, including the unofficial World Championships, the Topolino Races in Italy in February. For further information on their progress – as well as criteria for selection !