SnowSports ACT is the peak body governing competitive snow sports in the ACT and aims to provide, develop and promote snow sport events and programs for elite to recreational skiers and snowboarders.
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Peel wins Outstanding Achievement - SSA Awards
Aerial Skier Laura Peel last week won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Ski and Snowboard Australia (SSA) Annual Awards. Laura finished the Northern Hemisphere season with a world ranking of four, won gold in the Austria World Cup and Bronze at the World Cup in Mont Gabriel, Canada.
Snowboard World Champion, Nate Johnstone, was named as Australia's Snowsports Athlete of the Year for a second successive year. Last year Johnstone shared the honour, but this year it is his alone after another stellar season on the halfpipe World Cup circuit. Nate finished the 2012 season ranked second in the world, down just one place from his ranking at the end of the 2011 season.
Radford College won for School Outstanding Achievement of the Year, which is a great honour for the ACT school beating schools from NSW and Victoria with large snowsports programs.
2012 Award winners
Suzuki Snowsport Athlete of the Year: Nate Johnstone (Snowboard halfpipe)
Suzuki Outstanding Achievement award: Laura Peel (Freestyle aerials)
Junior Snowsport Athlete of the Year: Britt Cox (Freestyle moguls)
Snowsport Rising Star award: Jarryd Hughes (Snowboard Cross)
Coach of the Year: Cord Spero (Freestyle aerials)
Development Coach of the Year: Jon Casson (Snowboard Cross)
ACT Athletes Join SERAS
The South East Regional Academy of Sport (SERAS) has expanded its services in 2012 to include athletes from the ACT in some of its scholarship programs.
The academy has entered agreements with Bowls ACT and Snowsports ACT to become program partners along with Bowls NSW and NSW Snowsports. These new partnerships will provide eligible athletes from the ACT with an opportunity to gain a scholarship in the SERAS Lawn Bowls and Snowsports Programs. The academy also has an arrangement with Jack Newton Junior Golf to include talented young golfers from the ACT in its Golf Program from 2012.
The executive director of SERAS Garry Lane sees this as a positive move for the academy. “The Board of SERAS is well aware of the relationship between regional athletes based in NSW and the facilities and competition available in the ACT. We feel that having partnerships with ACT sporting bodies will only strengthen the quality of our programs. We are the only academy in NSW offering a snowsports program so we are perfectly placed to assist the development of these athletes from the ACT” he said.
The following 10 athletes have gained a scholarship with SERAS in 2012: Golf – Tom Armstrong (Amaroo) and Patrick Maher (Fairbairn); Lawn Bowls – Jessica Hogan (Theodore), Jaime Locke (Giralang), Michael McQueen (Spence) and Kristen Steele (Condor); Snowsports – Max Mandl (Griffith), Alia Moore (Woden), Rachel Pearson (Banks) and Hamish Roberts (Red Hill).
SSA Futures is back in 2012
SSA Futures is back for 2012, with a series of programs planned for the pre-domestic Australian winter. Programs will be run in Sydney, Melbourne and the SSA Water Ramp Facility in Lillydale, Vic.
For your calendar the current Futures schedule is as follows:
- April 20-22: Free Ski Water Ramp Camp
- April 28: Melbourne Acrobatics Session.
- May 5th: Sydney Acrobatics/ Diving Session.
- May 12th: Sydney Acrobatics/ Diving Session
- May 19th: Sydney Acrobatics/ Skateboarding Session
Click here for link to the SSA Futures Page:
2012 Australian Rollerski Championship Weekend - Canberra April 14 & 15
Ski and Snowboard Australia are running a number of rollerski events in Canberra on the weekend of April 14-15, including three Australian Championship races. These events are suitable to people of all ages who can cross country ski and have access to rollerskis.
Saturday April 14:
10:00 am - Beginner Rollerski Clinics - AIS Car Park, Masterman St, Bruce ACT
10:00 am - Rollerski Tour - Canberra Cycle Paths
2:00 pm - 1.2 km Uphill Classic Time Trial - Cook Hill Cycle Path Bindubi St
3:30 pm - Video review and World Cup video - AIS (TBC)
Sunday April 15:
9:30 am - Freestyle Sprint - Criterium Circuit, Stromlo Forest Par k,
11:30 am - Freestyle Criterium - Criterium Circuit, Stromlo Forest Park
12:00 pm - BBQ Lunch - Stromlo Forest Park. The main entrance is off Uriarra Road, Stromlo
A BBQ will be held after the events, with all proceeds going toward the Amelia McGuinness Foundation.
Race entry fee: $10 for all three races for all participants, payment on the day. To assist with organisation please email finn.marsland@gmail.com to advise of your attendance before Tuesday April 10th.
A cycle helmet approved for Australian Standards must be worn during the events. Our thanks to Snowgum Wodonga for generously donating all prizes.
More information can be sought from National Coach, Finn Marsland on 0408 147 940 or Event Coordinator, Gen Yan Colebourn on 0419 426 718.
peel finishes the year as 4th in the world
March 18, 2012
ACT aerial skier Laura Peel has finished the season with a world ranking of four after an impressive performance in the final of the World Cup event in Myrkdalen-Voss, Norway, today. More
Rushin' up the rankings
March 11, 2012
Another strong result by ACT's Laura Peel has pushed the 22-year-old aerial skier to within a few points of finishing the season with a world ranking of four. Peel finished in sixth place in the season's penultimate World Cup aerial skiing event in front of about 7000 people in Moscow today, adding a further 40 points to her tally. More
Peel wins february sports star of the month
Laura Peel has won the ACT Sport Female and AIS Sports Star of the month for February. Laura had a great month winning her first gold medal in the World Cup in Australia.
Notice of SnowSports ACT Annual General Meeting
March 2, 2012
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of SnowSports ACT Limited will be held on Monday April 2, 2012 at the ACT Sports House, 100 Maitland St, Hackett beginning at 6.30pm.
Gold for peel!
February 18, 2012
Twenty-two-year-old aerials skier, Laura Peel, has recorded a break-through victory to take a World Cup gold medal in Kreischberg, Austria.
The ACT skier joins the elite group of Kirstie Marshall, Jacqui Cooper, Alisa Camplin and Lydia Lassila as the only Australians to have won a World Cup aerials event.
It is the first major international win by an Australian aerial skier since Lassila won gold at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games two years ago. More
Peel wins january sports star of the month
Congratulations to Laura Peel for winning the ACT Female Sportstar of the Month Award for January. Laura has had a succesful month, claiming her first bronze in a World Cup in Mont Gabriel and 4th place in the Deer Valley World Cup.
Apply for a Local Sporting Champions Grant
Are you, or do you know, a dedicated young athlete, coach or official participating in a state or national sporting championships? Are you aged 12-18 years old travelling further than 250km return for a state or national championships?
If yes, then you could be eligible for a Local Sporting Champions grant to help meet costs such as uniforms, travel, accommodation and equipment.
Grants of $500 per individual are available for young people participating in a nominated National Sporting Organisation-endorsed state or national sporting championships or a School Sport Australia national championship.
This program is an Australian Government initiative managed by the Australian Sports Commission and supports 8,000 young people each year.
Applications are open, so apply now!
Applications must be submitted prior to the commencement of the nominated championships.
For further information, including application forms and eligibility criteria, go to: http://www.ausport.gov.au/champions
Peel impresses again in 4th place
February 4, 2012
Aerial skier Laura Peel narrowly missed capturing her second World Cup medal within three weeks when she fought out a nail-biting final in Deer Valley, USA. The ACT skier finished the high quality final in fourth place, just behind world number four Fanyu Kong from China in third spot, but one place higher than Ukrainian Olga Volkova, who is currently ranked three in the World and the reigning World Championship bronze medalist. More
Watch the 2012 Deer Valley World Cup Training Vidoe narrated by Lydia Lassila
Peel places fifth in Lake Placid Aerial World Cup
January 22, 2012
Australian aerial skier Laura Peel produced another strong performance to finish 5th in the 3rd round of the World Cup at Lake Placid in the United States, building on her 3rd place last week. More
First World Cup Medal for Peel
January 16, 2012
Aerial skier Laura Peel captured the first podium finish of her career in the opening round of the World Cup aerial competition at Mont Gabriel, Canada.
Aerial skier Laura Peel captured the first podium finish of her career in the opening round of the World Cup aerial competition at Mont Gabriel, Canada, while AIS team mates Samantha Wells, Renee McElduff and Danielle Scott made a successful debut in the first World Cup event of their Aerial Skiing careers at the Canadian resort.
Although the 22-year-old Australian Institute of Sport / Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder is still going through an "experience building" phase in her aerials career, Peel was surprised when she secured third place in the event. More
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