With ski training in Schladming Austria for January 2022 and a week in February, Samuel in Year 5 finally travelled to Bormio Italy with Precise Racing Ski Team.

Champion Skier

Skiing Samuel

Samuel is a Forres Sandle Manor Year 5 Pupil supported with daily online schooling whilst away. After a couple of days of ski acclimatisation training on the Bormio slopes, he was ready for the U10 English Alpine Championship Giant Slalom race on the 21st of February.

Skiing Samuel 2

With 2 solid runs he took the top spot Gold Medal by a margin of over 0.5 sec with a 40.53 sec best time, he also took the Gold for the first English competitor. 

We are so proud of Samuel, well done! See more of the photographs here.

 

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