General News

General News

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.

Unsung Hero in Snowsports

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

Ed Drake Invite

Ed Drake is organising a dual slalom run race at the Hemel ski centre on Saturday 24^th July in the evening from 4pm through to 10pm. This is taking place the day before the Hemel Grand Prix. Ed is continuing his push to raise money to continue his racing next season. More details are attached at the bottom of this page.

Website update

As you will have seen by now we have published an updated website for ERSA. A different layout and hopefully more information regarding other Snowsports. If you see anything that you think needs updating, changing or adding drop an email to website@ersa.co.uk. The site will continue to evolve over the coming months but the more information you can provide the better the information on here.