A number of our LSC athletes have headed down under to get a second winter season in and there have been some fantastic results. Isla Ward came first and second in the NZ national champs slalom races and gained PBs in both. Isla is over there with team mates and fellow LSC athletes Charlotte Holmes and Honor Bartlett.
As part of our centenary celebrations the club has very kindly been given a small number of items which we are auctioning to raise funds for our athletes. Donations include a day or half day’s skiing with some of our World Cup athletes, a painting of Flaine, a Ski Mo-Jo including personalised fitting, holiday apartment rental in Grindelwald, 2 Glyndebourne tickets with B&B accommodation, 3 night stays in a flat in Clerkenwell and a mews house in Stamford and 12 bottles of Swiss sparkling wine.
The auction is now open on line and can be accessed through the link on the members area here.
The auction will close at 10pm on Friday 22 September 2023 and highest bidders will be announced during the Centenary dinner celebrations.
Many thanks to all those individuals and organisations who have donated items for the auction.
Applications have now opened for athletes awards. Applications are open to competitors across all snow sport disciplines, however you must be an LSC member and over the age of 16 to apply. Applications will be open until 15 September 2023. Please visit the awards page for further details and the application form
We are delighted to report that a number of our athletes and members have been selected for GB Snowsport squads as follows:
Congratulations to you all and best wishes for a great 2023/24 season!
Please visit our centenary page to see the video and photos of the celebrations, including snippets from Ski Sunday
Members and their guests are invited to our Centenary Gala Dinner on Friday 22 September 2023. Tickets cost £100 each which includes an aperitif, 3 course dinner and 1/2 a bottle of wine. The application form can be found in the members area here
Please get in touch at secretary@ladiesskiclub.org if you have any queries or are having any issues accessing the members area
Our friends at the Down Hill Only (DHO) are recruiting for a Wengen manager for the 2023/24 winter season; if you are interested in spending a winter in the Bernese Oberland further details are on the attached flyer
One of our members, Emily Pocock, runs a ski instructor training business, Alpine Academy. Emily is a fully qualified Ski Instructor and BASI Examiner who splits her time between Verbier and Queenstown chasing winters! Alpine Academy are offering a 9-week Level 1 & 2 Ski Instructor Course from 2 July to 1 September 2023 in Queenstown. This course is an incredible opportunity; it will improve your skiing, allow you to explore and live in New Zealand, gain a Ski Instructor qualification and obtain work experience. Further details can be found on the flyer and on their website
Entries are now open for the British Schoolgirls’ Indoor Races which will be held on Sunday 1 October 2023 at the Snozone in Milton Keynes. Entries will remain open until 31 July 2023 or when we have reached capacity if that is earlier. Please note your entry will only be confirmed once full payment has been made. Please visit to British Schoolgirls’ Indoor Races page here to submit your application.
Summer might not have even started but GB Snowsports has already announced their Alpine Squads for next winter. We are delighted that 11 of our athletes have been selected for the squads as follows:
Congratulations from us all and very best wishes for your training over the summer
Members are invited to join The Intensive Care Society, a charity which supports intensive care staff across the country, in its 4 day Zermatt to Verbier challenge in March 2024. The costs of the challenge have been paid for by the lead sponsor, but each participant will be required to raise £5,000.
Further details can be found on The Intensive Care Society website here and on the attached flyer
Jaz Taylor, one of our LSC athletes, had a fantastic performance at the World Championships in Mürren in March, getting a silver medal in the parallel sprint and a bronze medal in the Classic, giving her her most successful World Championships to date.
Congratulations Jaz from all of us at the LSC!
Over 35 LSC members visited Cortina last week for the 15th Amateur Inter Club Championships. LSC entered 5 teams across the different age bands. The LSC Over 60s team of Gayle Parsons, Marguerite Nice, Nikki Reed and Sheridan Killwick came first in their category. Sheridan Killwick was also the overall winner for the Ladies Over 60 category. Whist she was racing for Kandahar, LSC member Anna Griffin came first in the Ladies 45 to 59 category. Congratulations to you all!
A great time was had by all with some great skiing, good racing and wonderful hospitality from our hosts, the SC18 club!
Our centenary celebrations not only featured on Ski Sunday (see 22 Jan 2023 edition on iplayer), but they were also reported on in press - the Daily Express in the UK and the Swiss Berner Oberländer news paper, which included a photo on the front page.
The link to the Daily Express article is here or you can view a photo of the page here
For those who prefer to read German, the front page of the Berner Oberländer is here and the main story is here
Ski Club of Great Britain has also included an article in their latest Snow & Board magazine
There were great performances from two LSC athletes this weekend
Kirsty Muir was second in the Freeski Slopestyle competition at the Mammoth Mountain Freestyle World Cup
In Telemark, Jaz Taylor took third place in the second of two World Cup Sprint races in Les Contamines-Montjoie for her first podium of the season
Well done both on amazing performances!
We were joined at our centenary celebrations by 6 members of the Skade ski club, a Norwegian ski club which was established in 1889 in protest that the other ski club would not accept women! Skade is the oldest ski club for women in the world (LSC is the oldest women’s alpine ski club). The Norwegian Minister of Culture and Equality kiindly recorded the attached message for us
Please follow this link to read more about our 100th birthday celebrations in Mürren
70 guests joined the LSC in celebrating its 100th birthday at its birth place, The Palace Hotel in Mürren. Guests included The Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General from the British Embassy in Berne, friends from Kandahar Ski Club, Down Hill Only Club and Ski Club of GB, representatives from the Mürren Tourist Office and the Schilthornbahn, friends and residents from Mürren, Wengen, Grindelwald and the wider Jungfrau region and many members and their guests. The event was sponsored by Mürren Tourismus, Kandahar Ski Club and Ski Mo-Jo.
As part of our Centenary Celebrations the LSC ran a 1920’s costumed race on the club’s birthday. Both competitors and spectators dressed up and lots of fun was had by all. The winner of the race was Emma Hinde and in joint second place were Barbara Hoppeler and Adrienne Kirk.
There was a prize for the best costume which was won by Katrina Clayton who was in a stunning outfit!
Adrienne Kirk, Emma Hinde (winner) and Barbara Hoppeler
Katrina Clayton - winner of the best outfit
Other pictures of the event are below:
The advance party for the Centenary celebrations has arrived in Mürren. We had a fun time yesterday doing some filming with Chemmy Alcott, one of our Honorary Members. Fingers crossed there will a short slot about the LSC on the BBC's Ski Sunday on Sunday 22nd January.
As part of the fun we recreated one of the original LSC photos outside the Jungfrau hotel.
