British Ski Academy Blog

BSA Races, Aosta Valley 2019

To all race organisers, families

Race dates have been now set for next season:

Artemis Anglo Scottish Cup 2019

3/4/5 January - Crevacol training and warm up events, free

6/7/8 January - PILA races

Entry fee for Bairns (U10/U12) Â£130

Entry fee U14/U16/U18 Â£150

Artemis British Interschool Ski Challenge 2019

16 March - Free access to Crevacol gate training

17 March - Free access to Pila gate training

18/19 March - PILA races

Entry fee U10/U12 Â£90

Entry fee U14/U16/U18/U21 Â£100

Entry will be available via the website from mid-June, please take the event links from: https://www.britskiacad.org.uk/

Great reductions for BSA registered skiers on skis/boots/bindings - for further information on order/delivery dates (for collection in resort before glacier camps and season start, December) goto equipment page: for dealer/order information. If Dave is for it, we are too!

Summer Race Camps, 2018

Booking is now open for our Summer training

Les Deux Alpes Glacier Camp
16 July to 5 August, Long camp: Â£2,520
22 July to 05 August, Short camp: Â£1,840
20 to 30 August, Extra Camp, Â£1,100 (with pass from earlier camp)

High glacier with excellent resort facilities. Catered hotel accommodation with first class coaching and conditioning and accompanied travel options from Manchester, 15 July and London, 16 & 22 July, returning to London 05 August.

An equipment van will head out for the main Les Deux Alpes camp on 15 July.
See website: summer-race-camps for further info including flight details and If you have any questions on logistics, call Malcolm on 07970495533.

Pembrey Slalom Camp
19 to 22 August, Dry slope training camp Non-residential, Â£200
Residential (Sunday to Wednesday), Â£460. Now booking, (BSA Registration not required

FIS Options

South Africa and Australia, and training in Europe training including the above, see website or call Malcolm, on 07970 49553.

GBR Series, Pre-race training and Race Support

With the GBR Series about to start, we are offering pre-race training at all the summer events as well as daily race support. BSA Staff coaches will be joined along the way by Olympians Alain and Baxter and Laurie Taylor. Further details at: website/events also see Snowsports Facebook Page, GBR Series.

Pyeong Chang, GB Alpine Team

Four plucky former BSA trainees knocked out Team USA in Saturday morning's Olympic Alpine team event, and were then only two tenths off beating the Norwegian team (the eventual bronze medal winners). An inspired performance from Alex Tilley, Laurie Taylor, Charlie Guest and Dave Ryding, who finished in joint fifth place. Putting that alongside Dave's ninth place in the Olympic slalom, only half a second from bronze, and Laurie's 26th place, that's our best Olympic showing in sixteen years.

Back in the day these rockstars logged a total of 150 weeks of ski academy training between the four of them. Dave is a wee bit of a ringer on Team BSA with only a few weeks logged, but hey, we'll take him. We are immensely proud of these athletes and look forward to presenting them with training awards of Â£2500 each when they get home, courtesy of the BSA 2018 Olympic Auction. Many thanks to everyone who supported the fundraiser. You are helping to keep our senior racers on the road and improving opportunities for junior races with an even better ski academy.

Race Week

Daisi gains first place in SG at the English Champs in Bormio,

meanwhile,

Alex is warming up for this afternoon's GS in Pyeong Chang, weather permitting!

LAST DAY 31 Jan, BSA AUCTION

VISIT AUCTION SITE HERE

Dear Ski Folk

FOUR BSA TRAINEES MAKE THE 2018 WINTER OLYMPIC TEAM

Congratulations to Dave Ryding, Charlie Guest, Laurie Taylor and Alex Tilley, who have been selected for the GB Alpine ski team to the PyeongChang Games. The British Ski Academy played a major part in the development of Charlie, Alex and Laurie. Less so with Dave but we're proud to have given him a leg up onto the national team. These heroes and heroines of GB Alpine will receive an equal share of one third of the auction fundraiser. Looks like that should breach Â£2000 for each of the athletes.

MANY THANKS to everyone who has contributed with donations and auction bids.

Bidding closes tomorrow night on any lots that have already been staked out by keen-eyed well-wishers of the BSA and of our GB Alpine Team. The fundraiser will stay open to facilitate donations and there are some auction lots not yet snapped up... Take another look. The BSA uniform is offered at less than cost. And there's a video of the Chel-ski set up for the Mollie King lot .

Please make a bid!

VISIT AUCTION SITE HERE

BSA Online Auction

Ask4events are hosting our online fundraiser, we have some cracking auction lots, direct link to the auction site and information on lots here. We are raising money for the BSA and for some of our top Alpine competitors. The auction is now live and closes the day after the night slalom in Schladming. Support your local ski racers.

Artemis Anglo Scottish Cup, January 2018

The ASC will be held in Pila/Crevacol Italy with three days of racing for bairns (U10/U12) and four days for U14/16. Bairns will have a stubby slalom, combi and giant slalom. Race entry is now open

For those teams and families coming into the valley we recommend putting up in Aosta. It is most likely the races will be held in Pila, with lift access from the town, and Crevacol is an unhurried, 30 minute drive. We hope to confirm location in the week leading up to the event.

BSA Training/Gym Kit, Full Set, home delivery

Hintertux Training Camp October 2017

Approved and selected by BSA Coaches, rolled out to the Autumn camp racers: our new training kit is supplied in Adult and Kids sizes with options on chest/waist. Available now on our Shop page, the compete set consists of:

Premium Hoodie, Pro Training T-Shirt, Premium Polo, Pro Midlayer, Pro Training Shorts, Classic Stadium Pant, Baselayer Tights & Matchday Holdall

Embroidered Logos with name transferred on back of midlayer, tee shirt and hoodie: specify First Names or Initials.

Home delivery, allow 4 week turn around.

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