26th January 2012 at 08:28PM

Well we woke up to blue skies and sunshine this morning for the first time in a while, which could only have meant good things for the day ahead.

The guys were all in high spirits and raring to go for the slalom race today, and I think it was fair to say that almost everybody had a pretty positive day. The only exception being Olivia Ward who had a bit of a head-on collision with a member of the public just outside the race piste after her first run, yet even with a pretty sore left leg, she soldiered on through the second run to maintain her second place in CH1, beaten only by her big sister Ella, who comfortably took gold in CH1 today to be crowned Welsh slalom champ for her age.

Big well done to Alice Taylor today who skied two really solid runs to end up 3rd in CH2. Considering she felt that she could've gone even better today, hopefully she can build on it and go one or two places better tomorrow! It was great to see Freya really happy with her skiing today, particularly on her second run (skiing a brilliant steep section compared to most others), and with her GS looking even stronger at the moment, we could well see a great performance from her tomorrow. Izzy Taylor had a bit of an unlucky day today, not faring so well with the steep partly due to bindings pre-releasing. Particularly frustrating for her considering how well she's been skiing in training recently with her making some big steps forwards. But, tomorrow's a new days and I'm sure she's more determined than ever to lay 2 runs down.

Last but not least though, huge congrats have to go to Will Wheeler, who, having skied 3 really good days of training - banging in solid run after solid run - did it today in the race, producing two top notch runs to run away with the win. Will's finally reaping the rewards of almost a year of really hard work, and fingers crossed he can make it two in a row tomorrow!

It wasn't just a good day for medals though, it was a great day for all the younger or newer athletes with us this week, like Lucas Burton and Joe Constantine, who both put the last few days of training into action today, and I was really chuffed to see them skiing so well. I have no doubt that things will go even better for them tomorrow too! Rob Waghorne, having only done one slalom race before in his entire life, skied a brilliant first run today to be only 4 seconds off Will, but unfortunately suffered from a case of bindings pre-releasing on his second run on the steep, but this has only made him more determined to go out there and do the business two runs in a row tomorrow.

So all in all, a pretty damn good day for Ambition. GS tomorrow, where most the guys are looking even stronger at the moment, so hopefully I'll be reporting back with even more good news tomorrow!

Benn