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News from Racing in the Southern hemisphere…

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14 September: Finlay Mickel scored his best Super G result (points wise) in a great day for the Super G skiers at the Termas de Chillan Super G. Mickel takes 4th place with an 11.98 point result, Dougi Crawford takes 14th with a 24.91 result, Noel Baxter a 29.77 result in 17th, David Ryding continues his superb form with a sub 40 point result in 24th. TJ Baldwin demonstrated his emerging talent with a 50 point result in 28th spot. Jan Kochalski and Peter Whelan failed to finish while Drake and Noble fell to the illness going through the team at the moment.

12 September: Noel Baxter placed 4th overall in the Super Combined in what was an otherwise disappointing day for the rest of the team: None of the rest of the team finished both runs yet were in good company as Georgio Rocca also failed to complete both races!

11 September: Finlay Mickel was best placed ninth in the second of the two downhills in Termas de Chillan having missed  gate on the first race earlier in the day.  Dougi Crawford placed 16th to score a sub 30 result in Downhill and Ed Drake placed 19th to score a 32 point result in the same race. Jan Kochalski took 21st for a 35 point result, none of the others finished.  In the first race, Pierre Dalcin won by almost a second with Dougi Crawford and Noel Baxter in 15th and 16th respectively. Ed Drake took 21st and Peter Whelan 25th.

8 September: Mickel put in a great performance to start improving his ranking in Super G with fifth place in the Super G at Termas de Chillan.  With Noel Baxter taking 17th (27.28 points), Jan Kochalski taking 23rd (35 points) and TJ Baldwin 25th (45 points), the speed skiers made the most of the high quality field including many Europa Cup racers from Europe. Drake, Ryding, Crawford and Whelan all failed to finish while Noble succumbed to illness.

2 September: David Ryding gave some of the more established stars in the British team a wakeup call as he stormed to second place in the GS South American Cup race in El Colorado. The race was won by Christian Simari Birkner with Noel Baxter third. Ed Drake was 12th. Peter Whelan, Andy Noble, Dougi Crawford, TJ Baldwin and Jan Kochalski all failed to finish.

1 September: David Ryding took a podium spot in the La Parva Slalom, part of the South American Cup (and scored 21 points in the process) but was the only British racer to finish both runs: Alain Baxter's back saw him fail to start the second run and Noel Baxter crashed out on the first run, as did Jan Kochalski and Ed Drake.

31 August: Mickel wins Super G in La Parva, South America! This was Mickel's 8th win in the discipline but his first non British win since wining the 2004 Swiss Super G title.  The British team built on Mickel's strong performance to pack five racers into the top eleven finishers as Dougi Crawford placed 3rd, David Ryding 7th, Ed Drake 9th and Jan Kochalski 11th, all scoring below 53 points. Noel Baxter placed 15 and Andy Noble 18.

30 August: Kenny Morton placed 18th (from a start of 38) to be the best placed Brit at the Australian / New Zealand Cup Treble Cone GS won by Truve Ove Karlsen of Norway. Greg Samuels placed 26, Jas Bruce, Craig Robinson, Peter Bruton and John Campbell all scoring sub 85 point results with top 32 placings. Robert Bullen also raced and was placed 37 from a start of 59. Scott MacBain did not finish. In the girls race Kirsty McGarry placed 8th with Michelle Sole in 11th, Niki Sole 19 and Louise Russell Henry 20, both scoring sub 100 point results. Steph Ovenden placed 23 and Kim Bruce 29. Fabienne Suter (SUI won the race ahead of Lizzi Goergl of Austria.

14 Aug: In the Australian Championships GS at Thredbo, Frankie Clough placed 19 ahead of James Filsell at 20 and Alex Jeal at 32 and Aaron Amos 37. In the girls race, Sarah Norton took 14th spot, Alex Moran 23 and Alice Williams 34. Amanda Rennie and Dani Polley did not finish the second run.

8 Aug: Noel Baxter failed to finish in the Slalom at Cerro Castor. The race was won by Patrick Biggs taking FIS points of 9.81! (report from first tracks)

7 Aug: In the opening South American Continental Cup in Cerro Castor in Argentina, Noel Baxter placed 4th in the GS in a race won by the Argentinean Cristian Simari Birkner.

5 Aug: Greg Samuels (5th) and Peter Bruton (7th) started out their new season in the GS at Treble Cone in positive fashion while Jean Paul Espinosa placed 15 and Robert Bullen 22.  In the girls race at Treble Cone, Kirsten McGarry won the race with Louisa Russell Henry taking 4th place! Hannah Garwood was 11th, Kim Bruce 24, Kirsty Hatcher 30 and Alice Murphy 33.

4 Aug: Robert Bullen took to the Slalom at Treble Cone taking thirteenth place from a start number of 31 (scoring 152 points) ...  In the girls race Ireland's Kirsten McGarry placed second, Michelle Sole 7, Niki Sole 13, Hannah Garwood 14, Louisa Russell Henry 21 and Kirsty Hatcher 24 ...