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Last updated: 20/11/2008 12:18:04

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Scarafioti Day 1 news.  TJ Baldwin had a storming first run from bib number 1, finishing the first run in 8th place closely followed by Aaron Tipping who was a second behind.  Frankie and Raife starting 33 and 43 respectively were a further 2 seconds behind.  In the second run TJ was a skiing in to a top five position until a mistake on the last pitch dropping him down to 9th.  Aaron skied strongly in to 15th position with Raife and Frankie suffering somewhat in the softening snow from their start positions in the second run finishing in 48th and 50th position.  Jack Breton was 16th after the first run in Children 1 and skiing strongly came out midway down the second run.  Franki Simmonds skied strongly and steadily to finish 15th.

GBR has won the team competition in Uludag, Turkey by a considerable margin, with every single team member gaining top ten finishes and so contributing to the points total. 

 
Conditions were not particularly easy, with soft snow for the slalom, and a very hard bumpy course for the giant slalom.  Individual performances were impressive:
 
13year old Jo Morrison (Children 1) won gold in both slalom and GS; he actually won the GS overall, beating all the children II boys in the process.  14year old Kim Bruce won gold in GS in the Children II Girls category, and took the bronze in the slalom
 
The team medal tally was 9 - 3 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes.
Franki Simonds 2nd in slalom, and 3rd in GS (ChII)
Alastair Stang 2nd in GS (Ch1), and Michael Pelton 3rd in slalom
Joe Ogden 2nd in slalom, and Benn Hall 3rd in GS (ChII)
 
Team Classification:
GBR 244
TUR 158
SCG 116

Tipping strikes for Glory in Czech children's races

Aaron Tipping - Czech Champion!!

On a steep and icy course, 14 year-old Aaron Tipping laid down an early challenge to the rest of the field, taking the lead after the first run of today's Czech Championships Giant Slalom competition in Ricky v Orlice Horach.   His second run demonstrated confidence and maturity, and he produced another excellent performance on a slope which tested the best, extending his final winning margin over Czech racer Jonas Kobr to 1.24 seconds. 

Team mates Harry Brown and Adam Piper also came in strongly in fourth and fifth positions, and Luke Laidlaw was placed 5th in the younger age group. 

Aaron trains at the British Ski Academy in Les Houches; he and the rest of the team have been supported in the Czech Republic by coaches Kiro Kotev, Dave Morris and Christian Perner, all of whom were delighted to have a British victory today. 

Tipping was quietly 'very pleased' with his result, and is looking forward with confidence to the international races later this week.   For the British team, and for all our supporters, it has been an excellent day!