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OCTOBER 2017
Copy deadline for next scheduled newsletter:
Sunday 3rd December
Editor: Rob Weeks, 7 Saxon Meadows, Leamington Spa CV32 6BY Tel: 01926 470656 or 07801 722451
www.midlandski.org.uk Email: [email protected]
MIDLANDSKI CLUB NEWS
Tuesdays @ 6.00pm: Young Racer Development
Coaching
Tuesdays @ 6.00pm: Recreational Coaching
Tuesdays @ 7.30pm: Race Development Coaching
Thursdays @ 6.00pm: Young Racer Performance
Coaching
Thursdays @7.30pm: Race Performance Training
Fridays @ 6/6.30/7.30pm: Skier Improvement
Coaching
Fridays @ 7.30pm Adult Recreational Coaching
Coaching contact:
Roger Crombleholme 07736 821147
4th Oct: Six Weeks in Tibet, Hollyfields, Erdington
Catherine Frankenburg 0121 681 3611
13th-15th Oct: Derbyshire Walking Weekend
Mike Thomas
25th Oct: Cairo to Cape Town by Bicycle,
Hollyfields, Erdington Catherine Frankenburg
14th Oct: Summer Race League Final
Gloucester Stuart James [email protected]
10th Nov: Winter Race League,Ackers
(also 9th Dec, 12th Jan, 2nd Feb)
15th Nov: Drop Everything
Univ of Birmingham
24th Nov: MSC Christmas Meal, Jojolapa,
Birmingham. Catherine Frankenburg
24th Jan: Surviving the GR20, Hollyfields,
Erdington. Catherine Frankenburg
Diary
Membership RenewalAll MSC memberships are now due for renewal. The
quickest and easiest way to renew to go
midlandski.uk/renewal and follow the prompts.
Anyone who has not renewed by the middle of
October or who gets a paper newsletter will get sent a
paper renewal form, so to keep costs down please try
to renew online before the 15th.
Renewal and membership prices for 2017-18, as
agreed at the AGM, are:
Adults: £26
Juniors & Full Time Students: £21
Families: £32+£2.50/person
(e.g. £42 for a family of 4).
COACH OF THE YEARMANY CONGRATULATIONS to our very own
Roger Crombleholme.
At the recent
SnowSport UK Annual
Coaches Conference,
Roger was voted as
Children’s Coach of
the Year. We all know
this is fully deserved
but having it
recognised nationally
is a great honour to
Roger and to MSC.
Many thanks to those
parents who
nominated Roger and
also to everyone who
voted for him.
COACHING PRICES at ACKERSOne of MSC’s principles is that the MSC is run for its
members, by its members and we don’t aim to make a
profit. As such, all events and activities are priced
solely to cover costs to keep everything we do as open
to as many members as possible and to encourage
new members to come and join us.
Thus we have to announce an increase in both
Contract and Pay-as-you-Ski rates for coaching at the
Ackers. It is two years since we last increased the
Contract rate, and PAYS rates have not increased for at
least five years.
From 1st November 2017, prices will be:
Contract rate: £45 per calendar month.
PAYS: £16 per session. Concessionary rate £12.
Conceessionary rate applies on Friday sessions
starting up to 7pm and for later Friday sessions for
Student members only.
The same price applies for adults and juniors and is
per individual skier.
Can all skiers on Contract please adjust your
payments to the new amount.
OCTOBER 2017
FAMILY TRAINING WEEKS NEW YEAR 2017/18The Family Training Week is definitely on for 2017/18. I Italy, about half an hour south of the Mont Blanc tunnel.
have booked accommodation in Aosta town 1km from the Resort altitude is 1800m with access to 70km of pistes from
gondola to Pila and we already have some families booked 1765-2700m. We know Pila well as it's been used for the last
4 years for the Early Winter Training Week.The Family Training Week trains both children and adults
alongside each other based on ability with approximately 70% There is a direct ski gondola from Aosta to the resort of
of time focussing on children/juniors training. In this Pila extending accommodation options from Pila down in to
arrangement parents may possibly end up not skiing with the town.
their own children but possibly with other children from other To keep costs down and for maximum flexibility, this trip is families. Thus adults act as temporary guardians if there is a on an “Organise Yourself Basis”, i.e. you need to organise your problem on the mountain - this may mean staying with a own transport, accommodation, food, lift pass, insurance, child/junior from their group in a restaurant until their parents equipment hire etc. This applies to both Family Training Week catch up with them or escorting them to another location and Additional Training Days.where they could meet up and so on. The Family Training Week will be based on organising
This has worked really well in the past and helped form a yourself to get out there, accommodation, travel, insurance, very close-knit community in the club whilst providing an equipment, lift passes etc. This worked out well last year with excellent uninterrupted training environment for all most of us staying in the town of Aosta and meeting up at children/juniors. As it turned out last year, due to numbers either top or bottom of the gondola.going, everyone was in the same group. Coaching: Coaching cost is approx. £140 per person per
thThere is no fixed ratio between children/juniors and adults, week. The 6 day coaching period is Thursday 28 December ndin the past we have had all adult groups. 2017 and Tuesday 2 January 2018, with further options from
rdBuilding on last year's successes we intend to run the Wednesday 3 January 2018. Coaching on the Family Training
Family Training Week in Pila involving coaches from the club. Week (unless the group decides otherwise) will be mainly
The advantage is that our coaches have been ratified to coach aimed at the children whilst still coaching adults and parents.
in the resort as a result of previous negotiations. This means Meeting up: The gondola opens at 8.00am and closes at MSC could provide coaching for three weeks starting with 17.00am with a journey time of 20 minutes. We'll meet either possibly the: at 8.15am at the bottom gondola station in Aosta, aiming to
leave by 8.30, or else at the top gondola station at 9:00am
(or at the Yeti bar just across the piste from the gondola
station if weather is bad).
Booking and more info: Please book using the form below.
For more details and information on accommodation options
please see on the
MSC website.
A report on last year can be found in the February
newsletter here Where is Pila? Pila is in the Aosta Valley in north-west
th Family Training Week Wednesday 27 December 2017 to
ndTuesday 2 January 2018, (6 days coaching between
th ndThursday 28 and Tuesday 2 )
Option for additional / alternative coaching days rd thWednesday 3 January 2017 to Saturday 6 January 2018 (4
th thdays coaching between Thursday 4 and Saturday 7 )
and culminating with the normal January Training Week th th
Sunday 7 to Sunday 14 January 2018.
http://www.midlandski.uk/FTW2016.pdf
http://midlandski.uk/news/2016-02.pdf
To: Roger Crombleholme, 7 St. Modwena Way, Penkridge, Staffordshire ST19 5ST
Which dates do you want coaching?
Start date End date:
Names Age M/F Coaching
I enclose a cheque payable to Midland Ski Club for £140 per person per week, total: £ ________
I understand that I need to organise my own travel, accommodation, transport, equipment, appropriate
travel, medical and skiing insurance for on-piste, off-piste and gate training.
Contact name: Signed:
Address:
Phone & email:
FAMILY TRAINING WEEKS 2017/18 - BOOKING FORM
Please detail on
a separate sheet
the skiing standard
and experiance of
each named
participant.
OCTOBER 2017
ePre-season Chill Factor TrainingWe are inviting all members to start the 2018 winter season with an on-snow coaching session
e that the Chill Factor , Manchester on Saturday November 18 . This session is open to all members
and is a golden opportunity for any Training Week and Family Holiday week participants to meet
with instructors and discuss their goals and objectives .
Cost of the day is £60 including slope fee, coaching, and equipment hire if needed. Meet at
9.30am ready for at 10am start on the snow. There will be two coaching sessions from 10 to 12
and then after lunch from 1 to 3pm.
There will be further opportunities to free
ski later.eChill Factor is considered best of the UK indoor
slopes, with a long wide slope and a separate beginners
slope.e Chill Factor is just off M60 J10 - head up the M6 to
J21a, turn off onto the M62 towards Manchester, and
then when you get to the M60 head south for and as
you go over the bridge you'll see it off to the left: leave
at the next junction and keep turning left until you
arrive.
Note that IT IS COLD inside: so make sure you
have your thermals and winter outdoor gear with you,
although you can hire clothing at an extra charge. Book
using the form below.
To: Bryan Arnott, 40 Woodland Way, Birchmoor, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 1AY
Please can I book ___ places on the Chill Factore training day on 18th November.
I enclose a cheque payable to Midland Ski Club for £60 per person, total: £ ________
Contact name:
Phone & email:
Attendees:
To: Cathering Frankenberg, 6 Tamworth Rd, Sutton Coldfield, B79 6DG
Please can I book ___ places on the MSC Christmas Meal to Jojolapa on 24th November.
I enclose a cheque payable to Midland Ski Club for £25 per person, total: £ ________
Contact name:
Phone & email:
Cfe Training Day Booking
Christmas Meal Booking
OCTOBER 2017
Winter Social Programme4th October 'Six weeks in Tibet'
Kam Kaur will update us on her latest mountaineering
expeditions, including her ascent of Cho Oyu, at 8201m and
the experiences of female climbers , following on from her
talk to the club last year.
25th October ' Cairo to Cape Town by bicycle'
Nick Simon cycled the length of Africa to raise funds for
Christian Aid projects in Africa. He will be describing his
experiences, (and would welcome any donations to Christian
Aid).
MSC Christmas Meal Friday 24th November
Back by popular demand at Jojolapa Nepalese Restaurant,
, central Birmingham, B3 3RB. Pre dinner
drinks, and a buffet meal. Price £25 per person. Nepalese
food is a fusion of Chinese and Indian cuisines, but plain food
or dietary requirements can be provided on request.
Please book using the form to the right.
24 January 'Surviving the Gr20’
Catherine Frankenburg and friends on their 15 day
long distance trek the length of the Corsican Mountains,
covering mishaps and experiences and how to cope with a
fear of heights!
February
Peter Seamen, Tony
Costin and Bob
Thomas Cycle touring
in Iceland - Date to be
confirmed!
All Wednesday
evenings at Hollyfields
Sports and Conference
Centre, Woodacre Rd,
Erdington B24 OJT from
7.15 pm. Further details
from me if needed.
Catherine Frankenburg
55-59 Newhall St
DROP EVERYTHINGHolmlands are thrilled to present a special
Birmingham screening of MSP Films "Drop
Everything" at The Bramall, University of Birmingham
on Wednesday 15th November. In partnership with
Elemental Adventure, Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports,
Ski Club of Great Britain & Disability Snowsport UK,
get set for the funniest, most action-packed ski movie
of 2017!
Tickets are now available and you can claim 15%
off using the code “MIDLANDSKI”. There's a host of
prizes being given away on the night, with raffle
tickets available to buy on the door. World Para
Alpine Downhill Champion, Millie Knight will also be
attending for a special Q&A. Grab your tickets at
https://t.co/cuG8kqtoRI
MIDLAND SKI CLUB SPECIAL:20% off all food on bill.
No limit to party size. Drinks excluded.Offer redeemable upon proof of
membership of MSC or show this newsletter!
Balsall Street, Balsall Common
The kind folks at A S Adventure Group are offering
members of Midland Ski Club a generous 15% off*, both
online and in their shops. ou need to quote the code as
shown on the back of your 2017/18 membership card.
Not heard of A S Adventure Group? They are the parent
company of Cotswold Outdoor, Snow & Rock, Runners
Need and Cycle Surgery.
*T&Cs apply. Not to be used in conjunction with any other
offer or discount. Selected lines are exempt. Only 10% discount is
available on bikes. Only valid upon production of this flyer in-
store or use of discount code online. Offer expires 31.08.18.
Shop Discount
Equipment Wanted!Howard Smith is looking for some junior skis for his
grandson. Length 145cm, anything considered. Contact
Howard on 07952 657951. Also looking for ski boots
(size 8) and poles.
Training Week &Club Holiday4 places left on the January Training Week to Pila in January
1 place (for a male) left on the Club Holiday to Tignes in March.
Summer Seeded Racing RoundupThere has been some fantastic racing from Midland Ski progress by Eva Hogan, Hannah Dennison, Bella
Club athletes over the summer. Whilst the absolute James, Emma Lawton, Anya Hemming, Lucy
numbers are down on previous years as quite a few have Sainsbury and Lorenze Chapman.
just gone off to uni's around the country, we are still Onto the men, and Ollie Weeks continued his pulling in the podiums. domination of the U18M category and achieved quite a few
In the U10/12s groups, Amber Fennell has been overall podiums too including an overall win at the Norfolk
winning the majority of races she's entered both indoor and Lions CN races. Ollie has also started racing in
and outdoor and also won the U12F category in the GBR international FIS races, spending all (our) summer in New
Outdoor Series she only just missed out on the indoor Zealand, racing hard against skiers from across the world.
series too coming second. She was closely followed (and Back in the UK, chasing hard was Tom Upton, also U18M, ndsometimes beaten by) Emilia Orzel who was 2 U12F who despite some early consistency problems ended up
GBR Outdoor series. Emelia's brother Adam Orzel with a big fist-full of podiums. Tom's little(r) brother Jack rdpodiumed in quite a few races and was 3 U12M in GBR Upton dominated his U14M category, normally taking top
Indoor and Outdoor series. spot in indoor and outdoor races. Charlie
Deem moved up from stubbies to full gates Ellie Jackson was our top lady racer, this year, and is adapting well achieving a winning her U16F category in the majority bevy of podiums indoor and out.of her races and getting a number of
stoverall podiums - alas no 1 overall, but it In the GBR outdoor series amongst the st stshould come soon. Ellie also won the U16F men, Adam Lee was 1 SEN, Ollie 1 U18,
nd nd st ndGBR Indoor and was 2 in the Outdoor Tom 2 U18, Jack 1 U14 and Charlie 2 U14. ndseries and won the U16F in the Irish Open And in the GBR Indoor, Tom Jinks 2 U18M
stChamps . Ella Giles has been putting in and Jack 1 U14.
some great skiing, improving as the season Adam Kent, Dan Giles, George Daly progress and culminating by by winning the and James Care also raced sufficiently well U16F at the All England Championship. is some races to show improvements by Maxine Hancock has been racing well on reducing their seed points.the indoor circuit with a number of podiums And the stats? Well if the results in the U21F category. spreadsheet can count MSC have had 289
There is also a strong group of younger race entries, 82 golds, 56 silvers and 52 ladies now regularly racing and improving bronzes. WELL DONE ALL!their points: no podiums yet, but great
OCTOBER 2017