NSW Snowsports Enews 59 - 10th February 2014
In this Issue:
- Winter Olympic Team - Weekend Catch-up
- Save the Date - How to watch the Winter Olympics
- Magnificent 7 For SERAS
- NSWOC Athlete Grant Program
- Cross Country Work Parties
- Secondhand Snowsports Sale - 6th of April 2014
Winter Olympic Games - Weekend Catch-up
It was an exciting Opening Weekend to the Olympic Games!
Congratulations to our following NSW Snowsports athletes who competed over the weekend:
Taylah O'Neil - Moguls Women - Result: 7th (score: 17.81)
Nicole Parks - Moguls Women - Result: 8th (score: 17.77)
Alex Almoukov - 10km Sprint Men - Result: 73rd (time: 27:24.6)
Lucy Glanville - 7.5km Sprint Women - Result: 82nd (time: 26:57.1)
Aimee Watson - 15km Skiathlon Women - Did not start due to foot injury
Callum Watson - 30km Skiathlon Men - Result: 60th (time: 1:17:00.4)
Torah Bright - Slopestyle Women - Result: 6th (score: 66.25)
Click here for up-to-date schedules and results
For more Olympic updates or latest news stories 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 the remaing athletes yet to compete 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!
NSW Snowsports Olympic Athlete Schedule
Freestyle Skiing
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 - 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 - 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 - 10km Classical Women - Day 6 - 13th Feb 2014
30km Freestyle Mass Start Women - Day 15 - 22nd Feb 2014
Callum Watson - 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 - 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!
Magnificent 7 For SERAS
The South East Regional Academy of Sport (SERAS) is proud to announce that seven (7) former scholarship holders have been selected in the Australian Olympic Winter Team for the Sochi Games being held in Russia from 7-23 February.
Scott Kneller will become the academy’s first dual Olympian after undergoing intensive rehabilitation at the AIS for a broken back which he suffered during a training run in Italy.
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.
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.
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.
