Eastern Region Snowsports Association

Snowsports news. Find out what is happening in Snowsports in the region and beyond.

The British Snowtour returns to Norfolk on September 11th and 12th. For the full programme of events click here to view.

ERSA Committee Meeting

The next ERSA committee meeting is being held on Monday 6th September 7.30pm at Hardwick Arms, Arrington. Minutes of the last meeting can be viewed here. If you have any comments please send an email to chair@ersa.co.uk.

The proposed agenda is;

Sport England Survey Results

Earlier this year we were all asked to fill in the Sport England Survey. If you had a bash well done as it was a bit of a lengthy survey but also because it was a Sport England survey it was very generic and some of the questions were a bit useless really but it had to be done and unfortunately SnowSport England (and any other sport for that matter) were not able to have much influence on the content of the survey.

So the headline results have just been published here.

British Indoor Championships

Thank you to Gillian Poth for the following comments;

Well Done to all 35 ERSA ski racers that recently took part in the 2010 British Indoor Ski Race Championships at Castleford Xscape. The British Championship event rounded off the thoroughly enjoyable 2010 British Indoor Grand Prix Series.

ERSA podiums included Marek Behnke SMK JN2 1st Place, John Norris HEM MAS 3rd Place, Caroline Powell BWP JN1 1st Place, Victoria Bell SMK JN1 3rd Place, Holly McCarthy SMK MAS 2nd Place, Robert Poth HEM CH2 1st Place, Daniel Poth HEM CH2 2nd P

England Artificial Squad 2010 selections

The England Artificial Squad selection for 2010 has been announced on the SnowSport England website and can be viewed here http://www.snowsportengland.org.uk/england_artificial_surface_squad_2010_selections-4177.html.

Congratulations to the following ERSA members on being selected

Caroline Powell – Brentwood

Sophie Skipper – Norfolk

Daniel Curtis – Brentwood

James Grant – Hemel

Michael Molloy – Norfolk

2010 Remaining Races

Ed Drake Invitational race photos

Some photos of the recent Ed Drake race at Hemel have been published here http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4966245&fbid=422795107893&id=255613677893#!/album.php?aid=195218&id=255613677893

ESSKIA National Finals

The ESSKIA National Finals which are being held at Stoke this year will take place on the 7th November NOT the original publicised date of the 14th November.

ERSA Season so far

We are looking for feedback on the season so far and how we can improve things in the future. So please provide feedback here http://www.ersa.co.uk/2010_ersa_season_so_far_feedback

thanks

Bernie

Final few days left for All England registration

Just a reminder that the closing date for entries to the All England at Norfolk is this coming Friday 20th August. Here is a link to some FAQs about the race http://www.ersa.co.uk/2010_all_england_champs_faq, otherwise just need to register as normal.

Ed Drake support race

Thank you to all those who were able to support Ed Drake at the recent fun event at Hemel on Saturday 24th July.

Results for the race are published here.

Impulse Autumn Newsletter

Attached is a copy of the summer / autumn newsletter. if you have any queries please contact Phil Brown at phil@impulse-racing.co.uk.

SSE Air Bag Tour

A message from Vickie Pullin at SSE

SSE are promoting a SSE Air Bag tour in the south.

It has been arranged with each centre how we can make it suitable and there will be systems in place for this such as loyalty cards and promotion on free sessions after attending 5 or so at that slope.

Race Officials course

SnowSport England are running a variety courses over the weekend of the 13th and 14th November over at Hemel Hempstead. One which is definitely worth looking into is the Level 2 officials course. This is a two day course which covers everything associated with running the races.

Unsung Hero in Snowsports

Attached is a form which anyone can complete to nominate someone for a variety of categories in Snowsports.

All England Champs FAQ

As there have been several questions relating to the All England Champs recently I have created the following page, http://www.ersa.co.uk/2010_all_england_champs_faq.

All England Champs

The All England Champs take place this year at the Norfolk Snowsports Club in Norwich. They are taking place over the weekend of the 4th and 5th September. The closing date for entries is Friday the 20th August so not long before you have to get the entries in.

For full details click on the link below or keep an watch on Britski. If you would like to know more send an email to chair@ersa.co.uk.

SnowSport England looking for new board members

SSE are currently looking for three new board members to join the existing team. It's a good opportunity to get involved in SnowSports are the centre. They are looking for a variety of skills and anyone can apply even from outside the sport.

Details are in the attached document.

SnOasis

The saga of SnOasis continues, is it on or is it off? It would appear that it is more likely to be on and in recent days there has been an announcement from the Government about some additional funding for housing in the area where they plan to build the centre. For full details click here to read the news story.

Hemel GP Report

Attached is the report from the weekend Grand Prix race at Hemel.