Snow Sports – Interschools Snow Sports Championships

Week 1 of this term saw the St Edmund’s Snow Sports Team travel to Perisher Ski Resort for the annual ACT and Southern NSW Interschools Snow Sports Championships. The Championships ran from Wednesday the 24^th of August through to Friday the 26^th of August and included events in Moguls, Alpine Slalom and Skier-Cross for the Skiers and Alpine Slalom and Snowboard-Cross for the Snowboarders. St Edmund’s had students participating in every division, from Division 5 (Year 3-4) through to Division 1 (Year 11-12).

Initially on arrival to our accommodation in Jindabyne on the Tuesday night we had feared that we could be in for a tough 3 days, with winds reaching up to 100 km/hour sweeping through the mountains.   Thankfully as we started our day on the Wednesday the winds had died down and we were greeted by bright blue skies and a fresh dusting of snow on an already building base.

Day 1 saw the running of all of the Snowboard events (Alpine Slalom and Snowboard-Cross) and the Moguls events for division 1, 2 and 3. Results from the day were as follows;

Snowboard Cross

• Division 1 – Ben Vizard 7^th and Harry Cotter 28^th (Team 9^th)
• Division 2 – Liam Pepper 25^th, Caleb Quinn 46^th, Lachlan Ogden 51^st (Team 15^th)
• Division 4 – Damien Wagstaff 31^st
• Division 5 – Mason McKay 8^th

Snowboard Alpine Slalom

• Division 1 – Harry Cotter 21^st
• Division 2 – Caleb Quinn 43^rd, Liam Pepper 44^th and Lachlan Ogden 47^th
• Division 4 – Damien Wagstaff 23^rd
• Division 5 – Mason McKay 10^th

Moguls

• Division 1 – Aedan Billiards 7^th
• Division 2 – Rohan O’Grady 11^th
• Division 3 – Aidyn McKay 8^th

On day 2 the majority of skiing events got underway with the Skier-Cross commencing for divisions 1, 2, and 3 and the Skier Alpine Slalom for divisions 4 and 5. Results from the day were as follows;

Skier-Cross

• Division 1 – Hayden Pepper 18^th and John Larkin 23^rd (Team 8^th)
• Division 2 – Henry Alsworth 52^nd, Hunter Harlor 56^th and Rhys Robinson 57^th (Team 17^th)
• Division 3 – Aidyn McKay 12^th, Kalen Billiards 47^th and James Egan 70^th (Team 10^th)

Skier Alpine Slalom

• Division 4 – Austin Nutall 44^th and Damien Wagstaff 69^th

On the final day the skiers switched disciplines with all of the high school entrants moving to Alpine Slalom and all of the junior school students moving to Skier-Cross. Here are the results from the last day;

Skier Alpine Slalom

• Division 1 – Hayden Pepper 21^st and John Larkin 23^rd
• Division 2 – Rohan O’Grady 29^th, Rhys Robinson 47^th, Hunter Harlor 52^nd and Henry Alsworth 53^rd (Team 10^th)
• Division 3 – Aidyn McKay 8^th, Kalen Billiards 40^th and James Egan 67^th (Team 10^th)

Skier-Cross

• Division 4 – Austin Nutall 38^th and Damien Wagstaff 77^th (Team 10^th)

A great few days of racing had by all students and all students can be really proud of the way they represented the College. A few of the students are currently in position to possibly qualify for the Interschool’s National event and we hope that after all results are in they will have qualified.

In finishing I would like to take the opportunity to thank Mr Macarthur and Mr Balmarks for their attendance and assistance with helping to run the trip. To Mr Andrew Nutall and Phil McKay for their assistance while away with the team. To all of the parents who made their way down to Perisher to support the students in their competitions. Finally a BIG thank you to Jason Pepper, Cassandra Pepper and Erika Wagstaff and the team at Canberra Consultancy for the donation of the new team ski jackets. The students were wrapped to receive them and proud to wear the St Edmund’s colours throughout the Championships.