Wednesday night saw us return to Alford for our mid-week training sessions after a few weeks rest.
Training session saw the skiers skiing two different training courses, one stubby course which was flowing and semi open and a full sized gate course which had an increasing offset each gate. It was soon evident to those that were falling onto an inside ski after the first couple of runs but by the end of the session everyone was completing the offset course by getting the weight onto the outside ski to enable the pressure to build up and drive into the turn.
James returned to setting the timed run course tonight, ably assisted by Andrew, after taking a few weeks off to allow other coaches to set. The course comprised of 2 open gates, followed by a hairpin into a tight exit gate with couple more open gates before a flush to finish. Beth took an early lead over James after the first run by 0.02seconds with Andrew C following closely behind. Neil S then had a superb 2nd run putting him into contention of winning for the night whilst James and Andrew C both DSQ meaning they had to make their 3rd and final runs to get a ranking for tonight. Neil improved again for his 3rd run to give him a time of 7.42 with James to ski for all or nothing. Again the margins tonight splitting the top 3 were immensely tight with James pipping Neil by 0.02seconds combined and Beth a mere 0.17 behind Neil. Slightly further down the rankings there was a battle between two of our younger members with ‘wee Finlay S’ narrowly beating Joe by 0.07 seconds.
Over the sessions we have been running the coaches have been noticing constant improvements amongst all the trainees and these improvements are presented in the times improving.
League table is attached below.
Wednesdays 8th March- we will be looking to run the session again next Wednesday 7-9pm at Alford. Please email racing@gordonskiers.com to indicate your attendance.
Regards
Wednesday Night Team
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