Snowsports

Thomas came 3rd in the Austrian national championships on Saturday in Seefeld, the venue for next year’s Nordic Skiing World Championships. https://www.facebook.com/Irish-cross-country-skiing-team-161369684337095/?ref=bookmarks This was a 2×7.5 km race, skiathlon where the first half is in freestyle (skate) and the second in classic. Thomas was third behind Spain’s best cross-country skier and a Bulgarian with no Austrians on

Gary Skinner finished in a time of 1:18:87 in the men’s super G, 7 seconds behind the winner River Radamus from the USA. In the men’s Combined Slalom he produced an excellent performance in his first ever major Games to finish inside the top 30.. Congratulations to Gary and Snowsports Association of Ireland on his

Ireland’s Gary Skinner produced a top 30 finish in the Lillehammer World Youth Games Men’s Alpine Combined Slalom at the Hafjell Olympic Slope.Earlier he  made a solid start to the day by finishing 39th in the Alpine Combined Super-G. http://www.lillehammer2016.com/sportresult/        

A review of the recent World Ski Championships in Vaile from Snowsports Ireland. The ladies team of Tess Arbez, Florence Bell and Victoria Bell along with the men’s team of Maxime Arbez, Conor Lyne and Pat McMillan selected by Snowsport Association of Ireland (SAI) represented Ireland in the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in

Congratulations to 17 year old Seamus O’Connor, Team Ireland, who qualified for the European Open Half-Pipe finals at the weekend finishing in 7th place overall. Results can be viewed here http://live.eim-solutions.com/beo2015/contestpart/show/5825 Watch Seamus O’Connor in the finals here 50mins.30secs in http://www.burton.com/default/beo_vod.html