Wednesday 1 June 2011

***DOUBLE GOLD*** for Robert,BRONZE for Daniel, "TEAM SHRED"- Winners of Ski Bartlett Pro Slalom Team event at SnowWorld, Landgraaf, Holland.

29th - 30th May 2011

Snowsport England BASS Indoor Snow Slalom Races.

Friday the 27th May 2011 saw a pick up from School as soon as Daniel had completed a GCSE examination during the morning. We quickly headed off in the direction of the Euro Tunnel to catch a train which would be the start of our journey to Europes largest Indoor Snow centre...SnowWorld in Landgraaf, Holland in order to take part in the first ever Snow sport England BASS Indoor Snow Slalom races. We had decided to camp in Holland over the weekend of racing and so arrived at our grass pitch at around 9.00pm! We still just about had enough light to construct our home for the three nights. Much hilarity happened that night with the arrival of friends pitched beside us and a dutch motorhome opposite which resembled an ice cream van belonging to a lookalike Rolph Harris!! Eventually, all was quite and everyone settled down to the first night under canvas!

Bacon Buttie - Landgraaf 2011
Daniel was first up on Saturday morning, raring to go at 5.30am clicking the ignition on the gas ring ready to commence the cooking of the bacon butties. There's something about a cup of tea and a bacon buttie sat in the middle of a field? One by one we all shuffled to the shower block with the special key which allowed a shower and entrance and exit from the campsite. I even slept with this key under my pillow!! Did not want to lose it! At 6.45am on the nail. We were greeted by Jon the ski coach who had arrived with his family during the night in his very posh Motorhome.They were to be pitched behind us! It was at this point that we realised our tent had been erected inside out!! How it stayed up all night ,I'll never know!! We transferred 45 Slalom gates into our car and set off for SnowWorld. Hemel Ski club had a lane booked for 2 training sessions during the day. TBC