Posted on May 19, 2013 by ausjuniorxc
Overview
Ski and Snowboard Australia organised an Australian Junior Team European Tour in the lead up to the World Junior Championships. The aims of the trip were multi-dimensional. The primary aim was to put athletes in the best possible position to excel at the World Junior Championships. The trip also aimed to increase the on-snow time and international race experience of our top junior athletes so as to further their development and help transition them into the senior age classes. A more detailed description of the trip is available in the first Appendix.
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Posted on May 7, 2013 by AUS_XC
An SSA Cross Country Skiing Dryland Futures was held in Sydney over the weekend, lead by 2013 World Junior Championship coach Nick Grimmer and 2010 Winter Olympian Ben Sim. From all reports the weekend was highly successful, with over 50 junior athletes taking part over the two days. See below for a number of images from the weekend, courtesy of event organiser Toni Hulme from NSW Cross Country.
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Posted on May 7, 2013 by AUS_XC
The 2013 Australian Ski & Snowboard Awards were held in Melbourne last Thursday May 2. The full list of award winners, topped by Athlete of Year Alex Pullin (Boardercross), is available on the SSA Website. From the cross country skiing perspective there were three award winners. On the athlete side Phillip Bellingham took home Cross Country Skier of the Year, and Anna Trnka won the Junior Cross Country Skier of the Year. The first cross country skiing cross-discipline award winner for many years, Allison Stoddart won the award for Participation and Sport Development.
L-R: Britteny Cox – (Mogul Skiing Junior Athlete of the Year), Bill Sykes MP, State Member for Benalla & Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Industries, Phillip Bellingham and Allison Stoddart.
Image take by Nick Parkinson, SSA.
More information on each of the award winners has been posted on the BNSC site.
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Posted on April 18, 2013 by AUS_XC
Ski & Snowboard Australia together with Snowsports ACT and NSW Cross Country have just announced two Cross Country Skiing Futures Sessions coming up in Canberra and Sydney in the next 2-3 weeks. The first training day is on Sunday April 28 in Canberra, with the Sydney event on the following weekend May 4-5. Links to the full program and the registration page are listed here:
The SSA Futures Sessions feature coaching from National Team athletes and coaches and are aimed at junior athletes interested in competing at Interschool, club and state level competitions. The Canberra Session is for athletes aged 10-15, while the Sydney Session is for athletes aged 12-18.
More information on other SSA Futures programs is available on the SSA website.
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Posted on April 17, 2013 by AUS_XC
Some images from the Rollerski races at the Stromlo Forest Park in Canberra last Saturday.
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Posted on April 16, 2013 by AUS_XC
The 2013 Australian Rollerski Championship was held last Saturday April 13 in Canberra. Anna Trnka from Mt Beauty made a clean sweep of the women’s events, winning the Sprint, Criterium and Hill Climb convincingly. On the men’s side Damon Morton from Marlo won the Sprint and Criterium events after a close battle with his father Cameron Morton, while Alasdair Tutt from Wangaratta won the Hill Climb. Matt Bull from Sydney won all three U16 Junior events (there were no female junior athletes competing).
Full results can be downloaded here in PDF format: 2013 Canberra Rollerski Results
The races were sponsored by Snowgum Wodonga – www.crosscountryskier.com.au – and were also a fundraiser for the Amelia McGuiness Foundation.
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Posted on March 22, 2013 by AUS_XC
The Australian Rollerski Championship will be on again in Canberra on the weekend of April 13-14. This year all three championship events – Sprint, Criterium and Hill Climb – will be held on the Saturday, while on the Sunday people have the opportunity to join in on beginner rollerski clinics at the Stromlo Forest Park or on a “Tour of Canberra” training session.
The event is supported by Snowgum Wodonga – www.crosscountryskier.com.au – and is also a fundraiser for the Amelia McGuiness Foundation.
The Sprint and Criterium events will be held on the cycling criterium track at the Stromlo Forest Park, while the Hill Climb takes place on the cycle path that climbs up into the suburb of Cook (park on Bindubi St).
More details are available in the flier below (click for full PDF version).
Rollerski Event Flier 2013
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