12th February 2012 at 06:12PM

Max Asquith came on the radio before his first run today and said 'i'm gonna make you proud', i replied with 'i am already just make sure you ski fast!'.

That sums up how i feel about the team right now, we are at the stage where i feel the ball is really rolling for a number of the Ambition Juniors, we have worked damn hard since last April and the benefits we are starting to see are awesome. I am proud, i take pride in the work i do and i am proud to work with the athletes we have here this season, i really do not care about the exact positions now, i am more interested in the rate of improvement, which at the moment is incredibly fast. 

Today it was Beth Widdup's turn to claim a spot on the Jnr 1 girls podium (3rd), while Imi took 5th overall with a blistering second run. Violet also showed some great skiing in the top half of the 2nd run. In the boys race, Barney and Kieran made the top 30 (kieran from bib 50), and while Barney completed the 2nd run to make his best slalom points (81), Kieran sadly fell and did not complete - a shame but i am not too worried as he is now skiing fast each and every run.

Onto tomorrow NJR GS....