2007 North East Children's Championship - Lecht Ski Centre

Well done to Ewen Matthews who finished 2nd in his age category (Children 1) and 4th overall in the Men's Slalom at this year's North East Children's Championship. Full race results can be found on www.snsc.demon.co.uk. Keep watching the Racing link for information on future races.

This weekend saw the first sessions of GPS training going ahead and it was all hands on deck each morning to make sure that all the trainees got their GPS gilets and found their coaches.

Saturday was a good day overall with clear skies and a useable amount of snow. Both groups did some very positive work with time spent looking specifically at posture and balance.

Sunday arrived windier and a fair bit damper! The snow wasn’t quite so good under skis and the sky wasn’t as good over head. Thank you to all 8 groups for arriving on time and making the distribution of gilets quick and easy! Unfortunately due to the weather worsening the decision was made to cancel the afternoon session following a successful morning, again looking at balance and posture – when everyone wasn’t being blown sideways!!

Overall, a good weekend with lots of smilie faces. Thanks to all for their help. Keep watching for updates, current reports are that the Dink Dink will be the only lift on Tuesday. See you soon

Dear All

Welcome to the first block of GPS race training! I’m pleased to announce that given the increase in snow and the likely forecast for the weekend, all the scheduled training sessions will go ahead.

Below is an outline of the details regarding the training including start times, session times and meeting points. Please make sure that if your child(ren) will be unable to attend a particular session and you have not already informed your Ski Club representative, that you let us know by email on secretary@glenshee-performance-squad.co.uk. Alternatively, if you need any further clarification regarding the training please contact your relevant ski club representative.

1. SATURDAY 27^th JANUARY 2007 – please read carefully

· Please note that both the children’s training and the Masters training session will both begin promptly at 9.30am. All children will be allocated GPS gilets before the session and all parents will be required to complete and sign a form for this. Could you therefore ensure that you are at the Sport Anyway building (through the door at the Braemar end of the Ski School building) for 9.00am to enable the gilets to be distributed prior to beginning the session at 9.30am.

· Please note lift passes must be purchased prior to meeting at the Sport Anyway building to ensure a prompt start.

· The session times are as follows: Morning session 9.30am – 12.00pm. Afternoon session 1.00pm – 3.30pm. Please be aware that you are responsible for your children outside of the session times.

· Any further updates and information will be posted on the new GPS website which can be found at http://www.glenshee-performance-squad.co.uk/.

· Enjoy your training!!

2. SUNDAY 28^th JANUARY 2007 – please read carefully

· Prior to the first session, all children will be allocated GPS gilets and all parents will be required to complete and sign a form for this. Could you therefore ensure that you are at the Sport Anyway building (through the door at the Braemar end of the Ski School building) for 8.45am to enable the gilets to be distributed prior to beginning the session at 9.30am.

· Please note lift passes must be purchased prior to meeting at the Sport Anyway building to ensure a prompt start.

· The session times are as follows: Morning session 9.30am – 12.00pm. Afternoon session 1.00pm – 3.30pm. Please be aware that you are responsible for your children outside of the session times.

· Any further updates and information will be posted on the new GPS website which can be found at http://www.glenshee-performance-squad.co.uk/.

· Enjoy your training!!

Bec Barron

Secretary

Glenshee Performance Squad