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Ski & Snowboard Australia athletes continue to achieve sensational results at all levels of competition, as the Northern Winter begins to wind down.

Since the last E-News, Australian athletes have added 12 World Cup medals, 10 Europa and NorAm Cup medals, a number of podium finishes in FIS races and a host of personal best results to add to Australia’s already impressive season.

The following is a brief summary of some of the major discipline related activities this month. For more detail follow the links to the designated discipline section on the SAL website.
 

FREESTYLE
The OWI Aerial team continues its record breaking season with athletes Alisa Camplin, and Lydia Ierodiaconou currently ranked 1 and 2 in the World. Alisa has won five World Cup events, with Lydia on the podium four times this season including a victory at the last event in China. Liz Gardner has had her most impressive season so far with her first podium finish and 3 finishes overall in the top four.

Mogul athletes have also achieved some great results with several top 10 places at the world cup level, and several Euopa Cup podium results from the development team.

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ALPINE
The second half of the Alpine season has seen Craig Branch finish 7th in a Europa Cup event in Italy and Jono Brauer achieve two top 10 finishes in FIS races, both in Austria.

Unfortunately the National Alpine team has been hit hard with injuries this winter. AJ Bear and Luke Dean are both injured while Jenny Owens announced her retirement from World Cup competition in January.

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CROSS COUNTRY
There have been a number of personal best results for Australian cross country athletes competing in events in Europe. Paul Murray finished 38th in a World Cup Sprint event in Sweden, this result is Paul’s personal best World Cup result and is only one position away from Australia’s best World Cup finish of 37th.

Ben Sim made his World Cup debut in the Czech Republic and also achieved Australia’s second best result at a World Junior Championships by finishing 34th in the 10km Freestyle event.

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SNOWBOARD
Australian Halfpipe Snowboarder Torah Bright won her second World Cup medal from just three World Cup starts this winter, by finishing 3rd in the Japanese World Cup Event last weekend.

Johanna Shaw had two top 20 finishes in World Cup Boardercross races in Sweden and Germany, the Swedish event being her personal best World Cup result of 19th. SAL Development athlete Michael Williams collected bronze in a Europa Cup Halfpipe event in Italy and then followed it up with a second in a FIS event

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Ski & Snowboard Australia ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Ski & Snowboard Australia has the pleasure of informing its members of the upcoming 10th Annual General Meeting of Ski & Snowboard Australia. The meeting will be held on the 24th of March, 2004 at The Royce Hotel, 379 St.Kilda Road, Melbourne. The meeting will commence at 6.30pm.

All documents and information relevant to the meetings, such as formal agendas, annual reports, and proxy forms will be sent to you by e-mail and will be available online at the Ski & Snowboard Australia Website: www.skiingaustralia.org.au.
 

INSURANCE
Ski & Snowboard Australia is delighted to announce a new and improved insurance policy for ski clubs and associations throughout Australia.

After much discussion and considerable negotiation on behalf of Ski & Snowboard Australia, we have accepted renewal terms offered by Sportscover.

Sportscover Limited is a specialist Sports Insurer and further details of Sportscover can be obtained from their website, www.sportscover.com.

The new policy will take effect on 1st of March 2004 and offers additional benefits over and above last years policy.

For all insurance application forms please click here.
 

SKI AND SNOWBOARD AWARDS
The 2004 Ski and Snowboard Awards have been tentatively scheduled for the weekend of the 21/22 of May, 2004. Mark these dates down in your diary and we will forward further information as it is confirmed.