NSW Snowsports Enews 58 - 29th January 2014

In this Issue:

  • The Winter Olympic Team welcomes another 3 NSW Snowsports Athletes!
  • Save the Date - How to watch the Winter Olympics
  • NSWOC Athlete Grant Program
  • Cross Country Work Parties
  • Secondhand Snowsports Sale - 6th of April 2014

The Olympic Team welcomes another 3 NSW Snowsports Athletes!

Biathletes Alex Almoukov and Lucy Glanville were announced as part of the 2014 Australian Winter Olympic Team on the weekend. Both athletes had an agonising wait to see if higher-placed nations would forego their athlete allocations, and they did. This is Alex's second Olympic Games, while Lucy, a Winter Youth Olympican, becomes the third Australian female biathlete to compete at the Olympics since 1998. 

Lavinia Chrystal selection to the 2014 Australian Winter Team has now been confirmed. Lavinia will be competing in Slalom and Giant Slalom.

Congratulations to Alex, Lucy and Lavinia. 

The team has now been finalised, with a record of 60 athletes selected to represent Australia in Russia. This is also the first time in Australia's histroy that the Team has more women than men - with 31 female athletes and 29 male athletes.

NSW Snowsports athletes nominated are as follows:

Alex Almoukov - Biathlon - Men
Lucy Glanville - Biathlon - Female
Taylah-Paige O'Neill - Freestyle Mogul - Women
Nicole Parks - Freestyle Mogul -Women
Matt Graham - Freestyle Mogul - Men
Sam Hall - Freestyle Mogul - Men
Aimee Watson - Cross Country Skiing - Women
Callum Watson - Cross Country Skiing - Men
Sami Kennedy-Sim - Ski Cross - Women
Jenny Ownes - Ski Cross - Women
Scott Kneller - Ski Cross - Men
Russ Henshaw - Freestyle Slopestyle - Men
Torah Bright - Snowboard Halfpipe - Women
Holly Crawford - Snowboard Halfpipe - Women
Stephanie Magiros - Snowboard Halfpipe - Women
Nate Johnstone - Snowboard Halfpipe - Men
Jarryd Hughes - Boardercross - Men
Lavinia Chrystal - Alpine - Women

For more Olympic updates visit sochi2014.olympics.com.au 

Many of these athletes started their career in the NSW & ACT Interschools Championships. Click here to read their Interschools to Olympics profiles!

NSW Snowsports wish all the athletes the best of luck during the Olympic Games. We look forward to watching them compete on Channel Ten.

Save the Date - How to watch the Winter Olympics

Don't miss any of the 2014 Sochi Olympics Games Action! Mark the date in your diary to watch our NSW Snowsports Olympic Athletes compete!

How to watch...

At Game-time Sochi is 7 hours behind Australian Eastern Standard time on Daylight saving time. The Olympic Winter Games will be broadcast live and exclusively on Network Ten from February 8, 2014. 

The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Program Schedule on Ten:

6:00-6.30pm: Sochi Tonight
7.30pm/8.30pm: Sochi Live

ONE will boast 24hour coverage of the Winter Games, as well as eight dedicated channels available on www.tenplay.com.au!

Click here to find out more! 

NSW Snowsports Olympic Athlete Schedule

Freestyle Skiing

Taylah O'Neil - Moguls Women - Day 1 - 8th of Feb 2014

Nicole Parks - Moguls Women - Day 1 - 8th of Feb 2014

Matt Graham - Moguls Men - Day 3 - 10th of Feb 2014

Sam Hall - Mogusl Men - Day 3 - 10th of Feb 2014

Russ Henshaw - Ski Slopestyle Men - Day 6 - 13th Feb 2014

Skier Cross

Sami Kennedy-Sim - Ski Cross Women - Day 14 - 21st Feb 2014

Jenny Owens - Ski Cross Women - Day 14 - 21st Feb 2014

Scott Kneller - Ski Cross Men - Day 13 - 20th Feb 2014

Biathlon

Lucy Glanville - 7.5km Sprint Women - Day 2 - 9th Feb 2014
                     10km Pursuit Women - Day 4 - 11th Feb 2014
                     15km Individual Women - Day 7 - 14th Feb 2014
                     12.5km Mass Start Women - Day 10 - 17th Feb 2014

Alex Almoukov - 10km Sprint Men - Day 1 - 8th Feb 2014
                      12.5km Pursuit Men - Day 3 - 10th Feb 2014
                      20km Individual Men - Day 6 - 13th Feb 2014
                      15km Mass Start Men - Day 9 - 16th Feb 2014

Alpine

Lavinia Chrystal - Giant Slalom Women - Day 11 - 18th Feb 2014
                          Slalom Women - Day 14 - 21st Feb 2014

Cross Country

Aimee Watson - 15km Skiathlon Women - Day 2 - 9th Feb 2014
                      10km Classical Women - Day 6 - 13th Feb 2014
                      30km Freestyle Mass Start Women - Day 15 - 22nd Feb 2014

Callum Watson - 30km Skiathlon Men - Day 2 - 9th Feb 2014
                      Sprint Freestyle Men - Day 4 - 11th Feb 2014
                      15km Classical Men - Day 7 - 14th Feb 2014
                      Sprint Classical Men - Day 12 - 19h Feb 2014

Snowboard

Holly Crawford - Half Pipe Women - Day 5 - 12th Feb 2014

Stephanie Magiros - Half Pipe Women - Day 5 -12th Feb 2014

Torah Bright - Slopestyle Women - Day 2 - 9th Feb 2014
                   Half Pipe Women - Day 5 - 12 Feb 2014
                   Snowboard Cross Women - Day 9 - 16th Feb 2014

Jarryd Hughes - Snowbard Cross Men - Day 10 - 17th Feb 2014

Nate Johnstone - Half Pipe Men - Day 6 - 11th Feb 2014

Click here for the complete 2014 Sochi Competition Schedule!

NSWOC Athlete Grant Program

The New South Wales Olympic Council (NSWOC) is pleased to announce the introduction of a new Athlete Grant Program. The NSWOC Council will distribute five $1,000 cash grants to ‘up and coming’ junior NSW athletes in 2014.

The focus of this program is to provide increased opportunities and assist with the funding for the development of young, ‘up and coming’ NSW athletes. The program has been created to reach athletes outside of the NSWIS scholarship program and those that are not already receiving significant support from their State, National Sporting Bodies or third parties. 

Click to here to apply

Cross Country Work Parties

Work parties on the Perisher XC trails.  It is that time of year again - weekends in the mountains, cool days, gorgeous environment, good people and a fine way to expend energy at high altitude.  

Winter 2013 showed clearly how effective summer grooming of the trails is in holding minimal snow. And how important it is to keep improving things.  New snow fences, rock-removal and fine-tuning the routes are all low-tech strategies that have proved themselves over time and there is lots of that on the agenda for this summer.  Think of the winter ahead and set aside a summer weekend (the first weekend of each month) to join NPWS and the XC volunteers at the Nordic Shelter and on the trails.

Click here for dates and more information

Secondhand Snowsports Sale - 6th April 2014

The Scots College Snowsports in conjunction with Ascham, Kambala and Cranbrook are holding their annual Secondhand Snowsports Sale on Sunday 6th of April 2014. Bring all your snowsports clothing and equipment and swap it or sell it!

For more information please click here to download the flyer.