Skiing

An athlete from Devon has won a medal at the inaugural Special Olympics Great Britain National Winter Games in Folgaria, Italy.

The week-long competition (January 27 / February 3) featured both alpine skiing and figure skating competitions.

Jack Hale, from Broadhempston, near Totnes, came second in the giant slalom, and received a participation award for the slalom event....

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Earlier this month 80 skiers participated in Exercise Telemark Titan the British Army Telemark Skiing Championships held in the picturesque setting of Pralongan-la-Vanoise in the French Alps.

Among this number were a team of eight Officer Cadets from Exeter University Officer Training Corps (EUOTC), many of them attempting Telemark, a discipline which incorporates downhill, jumping...

A brand new initiative aimed at encouraging more schools to introduce their pupils to skiing and snowboarding will run in Devon this April as part of a national programme.

‘National Schools Snowsport Week sponsored by Visit Andorra’, which is being backed by Winter Olympians Aimee Fuller and Graham Bell, is running from 22 – 29 April 2016 and will include taster sessions and activities...