Eastern Region Snowsports Association

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

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.

ERSA v LSERSA v SRSA Tri Regions Event 2010

The traditional Tri-Regional event is taking place this year on Saturday 16th October at Brentwood Park slope. It is being organised this year by the Southern region (SRSA).

Hemel GP Results

Attached are the resutls from the Grand Prix race today at Hemel, well done to all those who took part and all the parents who helped with the orgnisation.

Tallington race report

The race report for Tallington ERSA last weekend has been published and can be viewed here. Also the full results are here.

Summer racing photos

Some photos of different races this season have been posted here. If you have any more we can use please send them across to Bernie.

Tallington results posted

Well done to all those who took part in the Tallington ERSA today. Also thank you to all the parents that were able to help out today, without whom the race wouldn’t take place.

Results are here.

Ski MK looking for a new Head Coach

Ski MK are looking for a new Head Coach. All the details are available in the document below.

Use of Helmets in Snow Sports: Attitudes and Beliefs

Are you a skier or snowboarder?

Do you wear a helmet when you are skiing and/or snowboarding?

Or do you hate the idea of them?

Do you think they helmets are over-hyped or under-promoted?

ERSA Tallington Lakes Race Special Offer

Tallington Lakes are offering all ERSA racers and parents for Sunday only. Print out the attached form at the bottom and present it at the shop.

Race Camps

There are several race camps taking place throughout the region in the next couple of months. More details can be found here. If you know of other camps please send us an email with the details.

Austrian Coaches

Message from Sally Bartlett:

An opportunity has arisen to continue on some of the momentum created from the regional coaches conference earlier in the summer...

I have two highly qualified and respected Austrian coaches, Hans Jenewein and Georg Messner (see their details below), coming over to the UK, to take some training sessions at Hemel snow centre. They have offered to take a 'coach exchange of ideas session'.

Coaches CV's:-

Hans Jenewein:

Regional Meeting Minutes

As some of you know last weekend at Gloucester SSE held another regional meeting and the focus of this particular meeting was the races themselves. A copy of the minutes can be found on this page. If you have ay comments of fedback send an email to chair@ersa.co.uk.

Inter Regional race at Gloucester

At the weekend several racers from the region made their way over to Gloucester on the hottest weekend of year so far, for the annual SnowSport England Inter Regional event. ERSA had a strong team and in their bright t-shirts set about the

Ipswich ERSA Report

The report for the Ipswich ERSA last weekend can be found here.

ERSA Update

Eastern Region Snowsports Association - ERSA

When I took over as chair of ERSA last year one of the first things I was aiming to do was start improving the communications to members. So whilst over the past few months you will have seen various emails about different things I thought I would summarise things here as a quick progress update. As always I welcome the emails, calls or just general chat about your comments and feedback.

SSE Inter-Regional Champs

Good luck to all those racing at Gloucester this weekend in the club national and those who are staying on for the SSE Inter Regional event on Sunday. The ERSA team this year will be;

Caroline Powell
Morgan Rota
Michael Molloy
Dan Curtis
Toby Hughes
James Grant
Gerard Flahive

And thanks to reserves Dan Molloy and Tom Grant.