Jaz Taylor on the podium

Jaz Taylor, one of the LSC sponsored athletes, came second yesterday in the Women’s Classic race at the FIS Telemark World Cup in Bad Hindelang/Oberjoch in Germany. This takes Jaz to 33 World Cup Podiums; an amazing achievement!

Congratulations Jaz from all of us at the LSC.

Click here to read all about the LSC sponsored athletes, including details of their guilty pleasure, favourite work out songs and what they miss when they are away from home….

Click here to see Jaz’s clips of skiing - a nice virtual escape for all of us who can't get to the mountains at the moment…

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Millie Knight is competing this week in the Para World Cup

Millie is one of the Para Alpine Skiers and we excited that she is Veysonnaz this week for the first event of the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup Season. Inside the Games describes Millie as a “strong contender in the women’s visually impaired races….” Best of luck Millie for these races and the rest of the season from all of us at the LSC!

Read Millie’s latest news here.

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Ladies' Ski Club Awards - 2020/21

The Commttee of the Ladies’ Ski Club are delighted to announce that the following athletes are recipients of LSC* awards for this season:

  • Jaz Taylor

  • Charlie Guest - Penny Mabey award **

  • Alex Tilley - Penny Mabey award **

  • Millie Knight

  • Kirsty Muir

  • Emma Peters

  • Masie Potter

  • Jess Anderson

  • Abi Bruce

  • Jazmine Butcher

  • Olivia Foster

  • Sophi Foster

  • Giselle Gorringe

  • Lucy Jackman

  • Lois Jackson

  • Darcie Mead

  • Isla Ward

  • Sarah Woodward

Please follow this link to see Charlie Guest’s thank you video.

Congratulations to all the girls and very best wishes for the 2020/21 season

*Awards either funded by the Ladies’ Ski Club or by other organisations but for which the Ladies’ Ski Club nominates the recipient

**The recipient of the Penny Mabey award is nominated by the Ladies’ Ski Club; the award is provided by the Skiers Trust of Great Britain

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British Schoolgirls' Races 2021 - CANCELLED

Regrettably we have had to cancel the British Schoolgirls’ Races scheduled for January 2021 due to the current Covid situation and advice from the resort.

We WILL be back 2022 and look forward to welcoming the schoolgirls back in Flaine; please save the dates in your diary:

  • Training Day: Sunday 30th January 2022

  • Race Days: Monday 31st January and Tuesday 1st February 2022

Please visit the BSR website for further information

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LSC athletes selected for GB Snowsport's World Class Programme

Congratulations to a number of our members who have been selected to join GB Snowsport’s World Class Programme; the programme supports athletes to reach World Cup podiums and win Olympic and Paralympic medals.

Best wishes for the 2020/21 season to the LSC members in the programme

Alpine Squad

Charlie Guest & Alex Tilley

Freeski Squad

Kirsty Muir (one of our newest members)

Para Alpine Squad

Menna Fitzpatrick, Kelly Gallaher & Millie Knight

Para Alpine Guides

Jen Kehoe

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New discount for LSC members - Blues Ski

Blues Ski have been serving Scottish Skiers for over 30 years and are committed to providing the top brands of ski clothing, equipment and essential ski accessories across the country. We offer the latest in technological product developments, expert product knowledge and the highest quality maintenance and advice in our stores and online.

Blues Ski are committed to supporting the Junior Race discipline and would like to offer all LSC members a 30% discount on race skis and 20% discount on all other race products for both on-line and in-store purchases. Please visit the members area here to obtain the LSC discount code.

The link to Blues Ski on line shop is here

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Late summer walk and picnic

LSC members (and a few husbands/partners) got together for a socially distanced late summer walk and picnic at Studland, on the Dorset coast, hosted by our Vice President Joanna Milner-Percy. With members coming from Cheshire, Suffolk, London and Bournemouth, many chose to make a weekend of it and had dinner together, albeit in their bubbles at well spaced tables, at the Purbeck Golf Club on Saturday evening. There was fine weather for the walk, so much so some even ventured into the sea for a dip…. The walk was followed by a  picnic with small groups of picnickers relaxing on the outfield of the cricket pitch in the grounds of Studland Bay House, the old family home of one our members Sarah Ferguson; this was topped off with a tour of the house and gardens. There will be a more detailed account in this year’s bulletin, but a selection of pictures from the day are below:

New photos from 2020 AICC in Flaine

We have now received a wide selection of photos of the event from the official photographer which are on the AICC page under Races. If you click on each of the photos it will let you scroll through the full collection. Photos can be accessed here

Flaine and LSC members nominated in 2020 Racer Ready Awards

The Racer Ready awards recognise the achievements of the athletes, clubs, academies, sponsors, resorts that held British races and Governing Bodies from last season.

It is fantastic to see Flaine, LSC’s home in the mountains, on the short list for the “Best Racer Resort” and it would be great if members could support the resort by voting for them in the awards.

One of our members, Leasa Bullock, has been nominated for “Race Volunteer of the Year” and a number of the LSC racers, Jaz Taylor, Alex Tilley, Charlie Guest, Cara Brown, Daisi Daniels, Millie Knight and Menna Fitzpatrick have also been nominated for various awards.

Please support Flaine and our LSC members by voting. Voting is open until 14 June 2020 and can be accessed here

Further information about Racer Ready and the awards can be found on their website: www.racer-ready.co.uk

LSC members selected for GB Snowsport Squads for 2020/21 season

The 2019/2020 season may have only finished recently, but GB Snowsport are already planning next season and have announced some of their squads. Three LSC members have been selected for the 2020/21 season squads as follows:

Ladies’ World Cup Squad:

Alex Tilley

Charlie Guest

Ladies’ Europa Cup Squad:

Cara Brown

Congratulations to you all and best of luck for next season

Further details are on the GB Snowsport website here

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Jaz Taylor breaks GB record for World Cup Ski medals

LSC are delighted to report that Jaz Taylor, one of the girls we support, is officially the most successful British skier of all time having had more World Cup podiums than any other GB skier.

Jaz, a telemarker based in Chamonix in the winter, now has an incredible 30 World Cup medals. She has beaten the record set by Jilly Curry, the freestyle (aerials) skier, who competed for GB between 1984 and 1994.

If Jaz was competing in almost any other discipline, her achievement would be all over the sports pages of the mainstream media; sadly telemark skiing gets little coverage and is not in the Olympics – though not for want of trying.

Congratulations Jaz on your tremendous performance from all the members of LSC!

A very successful AICC event in Flaine

LSC hosted a very successful AICC race event in Flaine on 12th and 13th March 2020. Despite the Corona Virus threat preventing some teams from attending, we had 115 racers across 30 teams and the competitors enjoyed two excellent days of competition. On Thursday we had the Super G followed by tartiflette lunch before the afternoon team parallel race accompanied by drinks flowing at the ice bar. Thanks to the hard work by ESF and a lot of salt, we managed two fast and furious runs of GS on Friday, despite all waking up to thick fog and soggy snow from overnight rain. Watch the video of the racing here

In keeping with AICC traditions, the social events were a key part of the event; welcome drinks were held in Flaine’s fabulous auditorium on Wednesday and alpine dinners on Thursday at Lapiaz and Le Bissac. On Friday evening we held the prizegiving at L’Eloge, followed by a sumptuous gala dinner at Le Michet. Rumour has it that guests were entertained by members of the committee singing and dancing in pink tutus…. please follow this link

Please follow this link to get a taste of the social side

Thank you to all our sponsors, Club des Sports Flaine, Flaine Tourism and Flaine ESF, without whom it would not have been possible to host the event

Full results and more photos are available on the event website  https://www.aicc-ladiesskiclub.org and full list of medal winners can be found here

Category winners were:

  • Mixed 70+ DHO

  • Ladies 60+ Kandahar

  • Ladies 45-59 Kandahar

  • Ladies 18-44 SAS

  • Mens 60+ Alpbach Visitors Ski Club

  • Mens 45-59 Marden’s

  • Mens 18-44 SAS A

Many thanks to all our sponsors