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All good things come to an end......

Season finishes as Junior/Seniors finish racing at Belgium NC races in Val Thorens....

15th April 2011 at 06:29PM

All good things come to an end.... To me Ambition was not a 'good' thing this season, it was a great thing. No-one knows more than me the struggles that went on through 2010 but to be here in April 2011, looking back on it all, i am happy, relieved, proud and content with what we have all achieved together at Ambition. Not only were there many individual results, but as a team we have come away from this season as both BARSC and BRITISH Champions.

The last of the races were finished this week in Val Thorens and i felt pretty sad saying goodbye to more and more of the athletes and staff as the days went on. It is hard to describe how it feels but we all work so hard and so intense that when it all finishes in the space of a few days, you are left with an empty feeling. I remember the feeling as a racer and it is no different as a coach.

For me now, it is time to write the reports, reflect on what needs to change for next season and speak to everyone individually before the first team weekend in May. I'll be back soon to unload the container, return items and meet with you all but for now here are a few of my favourite memories from 2010/2011;

  • Lucy Kahve - The first year with the team, making her mark, ripping Aaron at Tapas restaurant.
  • Beth Soman - The cheeky Christmas card prank to me and Chris!
  • Alice Taylor - The moving up the ranking to sit 3rd after first run of British Champs.
  • Izzy Taylor - The use of her face as a piste basher! 
  • Luke Riddell - The Aiglon Cup Champion.
  • Oli Chalkley - The SG timing sessions in February - killing it!
  • Luke Maynard - The Super-G crashes (and getting back up)!
  • Will Wheeler - The turning it all around after BARSC.
  • Max Asquith - The first Podium at the Welsh Champs.
  • Ellie Pocock - The British Super-Combined Champ.
  • Imogen Taylor - THAT slalom run in Caspoggio.
  • Emily Evans - The racing Super-G in Hemsedal after the biggest crash.
  • Emily Pocock - The coming so close to that sub 100 in Les Crosets.
  • Violet Miller - The grin after the first sub 100 score in Bormio.
  • Alex Buchanan - The working, working, working, no matter what.
  • Amy Young - The winning BARSC jn1 slalom.
  • Luke Steyn - The launch of G-safe / Captain safety.
  • Ash Hill - The british junior slalom race, the untold stories of stupidity!
  • Roy Steudle - The biggest jump i have ever seen!
  • Barney Lewis - The changes since July 2010.
  • Peter Glasgow - The podium at the British Champs junior slalom.
  • Kieran Norris - The gritting the teeth and digging deep when the legs were saying 'no'.
  • Thomas White - The first sub 100 in slalom - that was a proud moment!
  • Brad Morgan - The Scottish Champs GS 1st run.
  • Aaron Tipping - The change of tactics for the last day of the season.
  • James Foster - The highs and the lows, through sickness and in health!!
  • Joe Webb - The grin on the good days.
  • Justin Mesut - The hair-cuts and shopping trips.
  • Chris Pyle - The listener.... and what a job he does.
  • Andrea Adorno - The pirate.
  • Melody McCague - The... 'this one time' stories.
  • Monika Kimmich - The hours and hours and hours of work.



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