Jane Campbell Morrison has been selected to take on the role of Chief Executive Officer of Snowsport Scotland from July 2013. Jane comes from a skiing and sailing background. Having started to ski with her family in Canada, aged 3 years old, she went on to take part in various training camps to improve ...
With the Huntly Rollerski Sprints and the Clashindarroch Hill Climb taking place this weekend (25-26th May), the Huntly Nordic Ski Club have published a newsletter with a round up of the year including features on some of the international success enjoyed by Scottish competitors and updates on Andrew Musgrave ...
This season saw the British Snow Tour being updated to be able to include all UK freeski and snowboard events in a similar concept to the World Snowboard and Association of Freeskiing Professionals tours. Events are awarded a star ranking based on the environment and number of competitors, with the best 4 ...
Alpine Training Centre\'s (ATC) October Alpine Camp has been announced and will run from 5th - 26th October (for 1, 2 or 3 weeks) in Hintertux, Austria and is open to all. The camp is set to be lots of fun and have excellent high quality coaching! The coaching team is headed up by former Olympians Andy ...
Results are now online for the Scottish Indoor Freestyle Championships which took place at Snow Factor on the 11th May 2013. On the ladies side, Vaila Chapman and Molly Summerhayes took 1st place in the Snowboard and Ski sections respectively. Meanwhile, Matt McCormick took gold for his snowboarding efforts in the ...
British Ski & Snowboard (BSS) are conducting a review of the British Children\'s team and are looking for feedback from coaches, athletes, parents, club managers etc. Please see below for links to two survey monkey questionnaires which provide more information about the review along with a short questionnaire ...
The Scottish Juniors Alpine Development Group AGM will take place on Saturday 15th June at Bellahouston ski club. SJADG is open to any skier who is U/18 or U/21 and who wants to continue skiing as a racer, for pleasure or to develop as a coach/ instructor. The meeting will start at 5.30 pm and information will be ...
From the 12-26th October the FAST Camp will run in Tignes offering the chance to train on a variety of pistes for Under 16 and Under 14 age groups. For more information see the attached FAST Camp Letter & Flyer .
The Scottish Junior Alpine Development Group (SJADG) training camp to Tignes will take place from 11th- 20th October and will give trainees 8 days of race training. The camp is open to all Junior skiers and affords excellent preparation for the 2013-14 season. We are delighted to have Kenny Morton, former British ...
Plans are already in place for the 2014 Combined Scottish Camp in Bormio supported by Scottish Juniors, FAST, Muckart, LSRA, Gordon Skiers, & SSC. The camp will run from 14th Feb to 22nd February for Under 10s through to Under 16s. For full information click here .
With the Summer competitions commencing shortly the updated age categories have been posted online available in our Forms & Resources section.
For further information and selection criteria contact our National Performance Manager at info@snowsportscotland.org. Selection criteria and application forms will also be on our website when the process is open.
ALL PLACES ON SQUADS ARE SUBJECT TO ACCEPTANCE FROM ATHLETES.
This squad is for athletes who have completed their education and wish to concentrate on training full-time for an international ski career. Generally older athletes, the squad are based for most of the year in Europe and compete regularly in competitions. In past years this squad has worked closely with their English counterparts and is seen as the first step in being selected to the British Alpine Ski Team.
GB Scots: Noel Baxter, Dougie Crawford, Charlie Guest, Christy MacKinnon, Alex Tilley.
2013/14 members: Paul Henderson, Euan Macfie, Nicole Ritichie, Graeme Price, Katie Guest.
This squad consists of younger athletes not yet ready to undertake a full-time training programme. The squad still trains for a considerable time abroad each year, and attends competitions internationally including the Scottish and British Champs held at Easter in France.
2013/14 members: Alexander Adamson, Xavier Barlow, Euan Kick, Fraser Buchan, Chris Guest, Liam McHugh, Kirsty Guest.
This part of the national team is for those members who are continuing their studies at college or university, but meet the criteria to benefit from the national team set up.
2013/14 members: Ali Stang, Eilidh McLeod, Kate Angus, Euan Ryan
2013/14 members: Tristain Adamson, Felix Schaebbicke, Graham Dickson, Sion Bingham, Grant Dillon, Laura Jackson, Ella Still, Alison Todd, Scott Garvie, Scott McWhirter.
2013/14 members: Rhona Price, Amber Garvie, Zak Vinter, Iain Innes, Lachlan Veitch, Duncan Kuwall, Fraser Middleton, David Christey.
The selection process for the Scottish Alpine Ski Team 2012/13 has now closed. The programme is designed as a performance pathway to support talented athletes to progress talented athletes in maximising their potential and achieving progression to the GB Team and international competition. See the team selection information on our Policies page for further information on the application process and selection criteria.