British Alpine Championships Tignes-Easter 2022

It was great to see a return to the Alpine British Championships in Tignes this year after they were cancelled in both 2020 and 2021.The event ran in two main blocks, with the FIS GB Alpine Championships running from 27th March to 3rd April, and for the younger age categories up to U16 the British Children’s Championships from 4th to 7th April.

From our club, we had a couple of racers competing in the National Championships (NC) and National Junior Championships (NJC) at FIS level, with Jack continuing his great racing performance across the Slalom and Giant Slalom (GS) disciplines, with a commendable 26th in the NJC Slalom event, and Hannah competing for the first time and doing great to earn her first FIS points in Slalom and GS.

We also had three younger skiers competing at U12, U14 and U16 levels in the Children’s Champs. Tommy competed across U12 Slalom, GS and a Combination event, earning some great finishes that he was really pleased with in his first season on snow. George (U16) and Robert (U14) competed in Slalom, GS and Super-G, with both pushing hard and competing well. They were both carrying niggling injuries and competed through their respective pain barriers to gain good results, with George coming home in his instantly recognisable catsuit to massive cheers and applause after his final Slalom run.

Due to the deteriorating weather conditions the race programme was compressed during the week, and the final day of racing took place during heavy snow fall. Nearly half a metre of snow fell in the last 24 hours in resort - great for snowball fights and making snowmen, not so great for racing.

Once again, we are very proud of all the Midland skiers that put themselves out there to compete, not only on the artificial surfaces in the UK, but across the snow events in the Alps and beyond - Thank you! Go MSC!