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Award Winner
Thomas (Tom) Walsh, born 21/12/93, was
presented the Natives.co.uk sponsored “Most Promising Young Racer”
award by skiing to a consistently high level both in training and
racing by the coaching staff at Gloucester Ski Club. Tom,
aged 9, has raced slalom, both on dry slope and snow beating both
children and adults with his speed and skill.
Coached by Nigel Street (BASI Instructor)
and Hedley Beavis (BASI Instructor and APCI coach), he achieved
the following results throughout 2002:
Results so far
March 16th, Avemore: In his first ever race on snow, Tom came third
winning bronze in the Hazel Bain Trophy for his age group, coming
12th overall out of 67 racers. Unfortunately, Tom skied out of both
the Welsh Celtic Cup races at Pontypool in May, and of the Gloucester
Club National in early June.
Celtic Cup round 3, on July 6th, saw Tom win
Silver in his age group and finished in an overall position of 78th.
In rounds 5 and 6 at Llandudno, Tom finished 5th in his age group.
Summer successes
Throughout the summer Tom really improved quickly, winning a bronze
in the Welsh National and three gold’s and a silver in the Jarvis
Hotels sponsored Summer Race League. Tom finished the year by winning
his age group of 21 racers in the final Summer Race League meeting,
coming 34th from 107 racers, and thus helping Gloucester Ski Club
to be the first team ever to win all six rounds of the Summer Race
League.
Natives wishes Tom all the best for the coming
season.
[Source: Nigel Street]
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