Aidan warms up!

The first team remained undefeated in the second round of racing, including beating the Cardiff first team that we lost to two weeks before, in an extremely close-fought race right down to the line. This put us through to face a very strong Exeter first team in the final. It was neck and neck the whole race, with every team member skiing their best. It was an incredibly close call on the line but John King judged Bath to be the overall winners! This is the first time a Bath mixed ski team has won a Kings competition in at least as long as any current members of the team can remember (so at least the last five years!). Bring on next weekend when we travel to Edinburgh for the British Universities Dryslope Championships, one of the biggest events of the year!

For the first ski race of the season, Bath Snowsports made the long journey to Pembrey Dry Ski Slope in Swansea. After checking the Freshers had their passports and Welsh pounds, we were entertained by Magic Fresher’s incredible card tricks and mind-reading abilities.

We arrived slightly late, and so quickly had to get our skis and boards sorted and head up to the top of the slope to start racing without any practice or a chance to suss out the course. Bath 2^nd team had a tough first race against Cardiff 1s and unfortunately just lost out but they then came back to beat UWE 2^nd team three times in a row! The 1^st team won their first few races convincingly against Exeter 3rds and Plymouth 1s. They were then drawn against Bristol 1^st team, our age-old rivals and a very strong team. However, the team pulled together and raced amazingly to secure the win!

Bath 3^rd team had a very tough draw throughout the competition, and considering the whole team was made up of people who had never raced before, they did amazingly, improving every round and showing a lot of promise for the next round of competition. They also won a pumpkin for their efforts! The Board team had a great competition winning four out of six races and coming 3^rd overall! The girls’ team struggled against unusually strong competition from all teams. Every race was very close and Bath lost by a ski length every time (on only one ski sometimes).

"I'm the best skiier on this dry-slope"

In the semi-finals, the 1^st team were drawn against Cardiff 1s, who were looking incredibly strong. Despite a great effort by the team, they just lost out, and Cardiff went on to win overall. This placed the team in the 3^rd/4^th play-off against Swansea, which they won! 3^rd place overall was an incredible effort and one of the best results the 1^st team have had in a while at this competition. Well done to the first time racers and thank you to James Neilson, our one-man support team!

Teams:

1^st team:

Simon Beckett
Aidan Faria
Anna Ross
Ollie Tulloch
Henry Carr

2^nd team:

Matt Franceschi
Chloe Clark
Jess Heath
Adele Courgenay
Will Miller

3^rd team:

Alex Joseph
Sophie Craven
Arran Jordan-Taylor
Morgan Fouy
Annaleise Depper
Rae Fletcher

Board team:

Rob Wagner
Yvette Earley
Rob O’Loughlin
Ollie Pocknell
Angus Maidment

Bath Snowsports First Social
Location: The Huntsman, Bath
Facebook link: Click here
Description: The theme as always will be S & B, dress as something beginning with S if you ski or B or you’re a boarder. A good example would be Ricky Hatton as B for Boxer, although this is probably closer to W for Washed up by now….

Things will kick off in the Huntsman pub for a couple pre bevvies before we make our way downstairs into the cave where things will get pumping!!

More details to following the dust of this bombshell clears and things become, well, clearer… The only for sure right now is the venue and that this will be an awesome night!

PS Don’t forget your Huntsman wristbands that you will get in your welcome packs, these will get you cheap beverages!
Start Date: 2011-10-04
Start Time: 19:00
End Date: 2011-10-05
End Time: 02:30

Primeminister: Robert Hans Wagner

Secretary: Anna Ross

Board Captain: Yvette Earley

Ski Captain: Simon ‘The Bucket’ Beckett

Treasurer: Matt Francesci

Social Secretary: Ali Band

Media: James Dowdall

Merchandise: Chloe Clarke