British Finals

25 teams from Wales, Scotland and England had qualified to take part at Rossendale. At the end of the first run Abbey Gate girls were in 10th place and there was less than a second separating 5 of the teams. This called for sound skiing and strong nerves. Stephanie managed to improve her time by half a second and Sophie improved hers by a full second. As a result the team came 8th, 3 seconds ahead of Queen’s School, one and a half seconds ahead of Simon Langton and Millfield School, 0.16 of a second ahead of George Watson’s School and .09 ahead of Pates Grammer. It really does not get much closer than this, even on ski Sunday!! As a result of their performance on the dry slope, Georgina Gardner-Stockley and Robert Cross were selected for the English Schools’ Skiing Squad and trained in Norway in February with the aim of being selected to participate in the World Schools’ Championships.

English Schools’ Ski Association Dry Slope Championship 2001:

• U16 Boys qualified and came 6th in the final.
• U14 Girls qualified and came 3rd in the final.
• 2002: U14 Girls qualified and came 5th in the final.
• 2003: U16 Girls qualified and came 6th in the final.
• 2004: U16 Girls qualified and came 4th in the final.
• 2005: U16 Girls came 2nd in the qualifying round.
• 2006: U19 Girls came 3rd in the qualifying round.
• U16 Boys A team came 2nd in the qualifying round.
• 2007: U19 Girls and the U15 boys came 2nd in the qualifying round
• English finals: U19 girls were 9th and the boys were 8th.
• British finals: U19 girls were 8th.

North-West Ski Federation, Pendle, Lancashire

• 2002: U14 Girls were 1st
• 2003: U16 Mixed Team were 1st
• 2005: U16 Girls were 1st, U14 Boys were 2nd

2006:

• U16 Girls were 13th overall & 1st in their age category.
• U14 Boys were 11th overall & 1st in their age category.
• U14 Girls were 14th overall & 1st in their age category.
• U12 Boys were 17th overall & 2nd in their age category.
• U 9 Mixed Team were 15th overall & 1st in their age category.

2007:

• U19 Girls were the fastest girls team and 4th overall
• U14 Boys were 7th overall and 1st in their age category
• U12 Girls were 13th overall and 3rd fastest girls team

British Schoolgirls’ Races, Flaine, France - Out of the British based teams:

• 2003: Slalom 24th Giant Slalom - 36th - 41 teams
• 2004: Slalom 22nd Giant Slalom - 13th - 49 teams
• 2005: Slalom 10th Giant Slalom - 12th - 49 teams
• 2006: Slalom 40th Giant Slalom - 14th - 49 teams
• 2007: Slalom 1 - 12th Slalom 2 - 15th - 49 teams
• 2008: Slalom 35th Giant Slalom - 21st - 50 teams

British Schoolboys’ Races, Les Menuires, France

No information was supplied about the team positions but:

• c2007 3rd position and bronze medal in the Children’s category
• British Schoolboys’ Races, Meiringen, Switzerland
• 2008 2nd position and silver medal in the Children’s category