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Esporta teams up with TeamGB Telemark

Oct 20

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Esporta Sponsors the Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team

The UK’s leading premium health and leisure provider, Esporta, today announced a sponsorship deal with the Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team, which is currently preparing to compete in the Telemark World Cup, which begins in December in Norway. The team, which comprises 10 men and two women, will be able to use the world class facilities at their local Esporta clubs as they prepare for what will be an extremely competitive season ahead.

Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team, Captain, Andrew Clarke, said: “To have backing from Esporta gives us a tremendous boost as it really improves the team’s chances of performing at its very best. Our training for the 2009/10 Telemark World Cup has already started and we have a number of team building activities scheduled before the winter begins, all geared to improving team fitness and esprit de corps. To be able to use our local Esporta’s clubs and take advantage of their tremendous facilities will help us to maintain peak fitness throughout the World Cup.”

Esporta, Chief Operating Officer, David Leatherbarrow said: “We are absolutely delighted to support the Great Britain Telemark Skiing Team. To represent your country at a World Cup has to be the pinnacle of any sport and takes extraordinary hard work, commitment and talent – the same values that are central to Esporta. We are dedicated to helping people achieve their goals, whether that’s competing at the highest level in sport, improving their health, losing weight, or just getting fitter.”

The Telemark World Cup begins on 12 December in Norway and comprises a series of races in Austria, Slovenia, Norway, USA, Spain, before the climax of the competition in France on 17 March.

The Telemark Winter Ball 2009

Oct 15

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By Invitation Only the British Telemark Team Proudly Presents….

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For more information on how you can obtain tickets for this prestigious event email thewinterball@gbtelemark.co.uk

Radio 2 – In the Locker with Jonny Saunders

Oct 11

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Listen to the Team Captain on British Radio 2 with Jonny Saunders.
About 1 Hr 49 mins from the start.

Get Well Soon David

Oct 11

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Sadly David Cardwell ruptured his achilles tendon last weekend whilst, stupidly, playing hockey.  We wish David all the best for a fast and full recovery so that he might still be able to ski some of the World Cup events this winter.

Get well soon David

The 2010 British Telemark Championships

Oct 10

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Hi everyone. If you are visiting the site for more information about the British Telemark Championships in 2010 we haven’t finished the page yet but you can find lots of information here.

Information on how to enter, what the event is like and some photos and video can be found there. Check back here in a couple of days when the British Championships Page will be complete.

All the best

Andrew Clarke

A Night with Team GB Telemark

Oct 4

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THE


BRITISH TELEMARK TEAM


request the pleasure of your company at their pre-season Dinner


at


7pm, Thursday 12th November 2009


at


The Clocktower Restaurant, Epping, Essex

During the evening you will

  • enjoy a three course meal held to raise money for the un-funded British Telemark Team
  • receive tips on how to get fit for skiing from the team’s strength & conditioning coaches
  • be able to pick the brains of the Ski Club of Great Britain on how to make the most of your skiing holiday this winter
  • mingle with members of the British Telemark Ski Team

£30 per head

RSVP: To book a place at a table of this exclusive event contact Sarah Hannibal on 07940 715 224

Photos from GB Telemark Team Building – Plymouth

Sep 28

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Which way next TGBTTC?

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British Telemark Team at NEC Ski Show 30 Oct – 2 Nov 2009

Sep 18

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THE BRITISH SKI AND BOARD SHOW COMES OF AGE WITH EXCITING NEW FEATURES

The British Ski and Board Show, one of the best winter sports show in the country, will come of age when it returns from Friday 30th October to Sunday 1st November as it celebrates 21 years at Birmingham’s NEC with breathtaking features for enthusiasts and novices to enjoy.Amazing features include the return of the gravity defying Aosta Valley Big Air Freestyle display team, featuring Olympic and World Champions on Europe’s largest indoor ski ramp.

On the Skills Slope, Ackers Adventure’s instructors will be giving free skiing and snowboarding lessons as well as organising toboggan runs while International instructors will demonstrate all aspects of skiing from the basics to making those tight turns on the new style indoor ski slope.

There will also be demonstrations from the British Telemark Ski Team lead by British Champion Andrew Clarke who compete in Telemark competitions all over the World. Telemark or ‘free heel skiing’ involves a combination of Alpine skiing through gates, cross-country skiing over flats and ski jumping off 1.5 metre jumps with a requirement to land over 20 metres from the take-off point.Learn how to ice climb courtesy of Pinnacle Challenge on our specially designed eight-metre high ice wall made from a special ‘foamex’ which you can climb using specially modified equipment.

New features for 2009 include testing your limits on the Nordic challenge course which includes an assault course, cross country skiing and shooting against the clock. Take the Challenge and the fastest time will be crowned ‘Top Skier’ on our leader board!And if what you really want is to enjoy the Après Ski, visit the Valle d’Aosta Mountain Gastronomy Experience and enjoy authentic Italian cuisine and fine wines from the region’s best.Head to the Fall-Line Skiing Magazine Talk Theatre where you can visit the Boot Doctor, listen to Henry’s Avalanche Talk, and find out how to get the best from your own gear and save you money with tips from Jon’s Ski Tuning.

You can also meet Ski Sunday presenter Graham Bell and Britain’s best ever winter Olympic contender, Zoe Gillings as she explains what it has taken to get to the pinnacle of international snowboarding and how she’s getting ready to take on the world in Canada next February. Find everything you need for the coming season in the extensive retail village with leading names offering exclusive show bargains. Over 150 exhibitors will offer the latest fashions, equipment, ideas and innovations, new product launches, international resorts, tourist boards and holiday companies from all over Europe and North America.

The British Ski and Board Show, sponsored by the Daily Telegraph, is open from 12noon until 8pm on Friday and 10am until 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are now on sale and prices range from as little as £4 for adults when purchased in advance while children’s tickets are just £2.50 each. For more information, the latest updates or to book tickets, visit www.britishskiandboardshow.co.uk or telephone the booking line on 0844 581 0734

Sep 13

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Milton Keynes Local News - Andrew Clarke
Andrew Clarke

On 12 September, at the Milton Keynes SNO!zone, the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) are laying on the UK’s first ski-a-thon on real snow, and is the first time that so many GB skiers, with world status have had the opportunity to ski together. Also, it is the first time that Joe Public has had the opportunity to ski alongside eleven of the nation’s best.

This week, Major Andrew Clarke, British Telemark Champion and captain of the GB Telemark ski team announced that seven members of his team will take part in the ski-a-thon. Bringing the participating skiing hero count up to eleven, means that this whole event has turned into an unexpected treble whammy. “The outside world might think that Britain’s top skiers ski together all the time. This is simply not the case. We see each other at competitions, but rarely get to take off down a slope together. I am also keen to see the up-and-coming talent from the paralympic development squad, who are also taking part. It is a privilege to be part of such a historic event, in aid of a charity that has helped so many skiers,” explained Andrew.

Paul Smith, Executive Director of SIA added: “We knew that this kind of event had not been run in the UK before, so we knew it was a first. However, to have so many world-class skiers volunteering to take part in the ski-a-thon has moved everybody within SIA. We can say to anybody who can snowboard or ski, ‘Come and join in. Oh and by the way, you will be on the slope alongside: Graham Bell (eight times British Ski Champion and Ski Sunday presenter), Ed Drake (British Alpine Champion), Talan Skeels-Piggins (fifth in the world for downhill sit-skiing and GB Paralympian), James Webb (GB freestyler) and now the national Telemark team.’ Wow!”

The GB Telemark team is sending Andrew himself, Richard Parrott, Rachel Morgan, Sarah Hannibal, Matt Turner, Huan Davies and David Cardwell to the 12-hour ski-a-thon. They have been hard at it, training for the World Cup which takks place in January 2010. Telemark combines and tests skiing disciplines including downhill, jumping, cross-country, freestyle and skating. It’s incredibly skilled, and, just as in triathlons, it requires a smooth transition from one challenge to another. “This year we have been able to use the SNO!zone for training, which is the first time we have had the facilities for out-of-season training. Going to the gym is no substitute for real snow. This gives us a stronger base for pre-competition training in the winter,” explained Andrew.

If you would like to take part in this historic ski-a-thon and ski or snowboard with true sporting heroes, please contact Sarah on s.tennent@spinal.co.uk or call 0845 6786633 ext. 217 for more information.

British Telemark help out the Spinal Injuries Association

Sep 11

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The UK’s first ever ski-a-thon on real snow is getting closer. Eleven of Great Britain’s famous skiing greats are taking part, and up for grabs was an exclusive opportunity to bid on eBay to ski or snowboard in a team of champions.

Sonic and the Team Captain

Sonic and the Team Captain

Ski-a-thon is part of a 12-hour endurance challenge which takes place on 12 September at the Milton Keynes SNO!zone in aid of the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA).

Major Andrew Clarke, British Telemark Champion and captain of the GB Telemark ski team, is entering himself and seven skiers from the national team into the ski-a-thon, before they jet off across the world to hit this winter’s FIS World Cup. They auctioned the remaining four places on their two ski-a-thon teams, which gave everyone the once-in-a-lifetime chance to bid their way to ski alongside these British heroes.

Joining the British Telemark ski team, on the slope, for this historic skiing event are Graham Bell (eight times British Ski Champion and Ski Sunday presenter), Ed Drake (British Alpine Champion), Talan Skeels-Piggins (fifth in the world for downhill sit-skiing, and GB Paralympian) and James Webb (GB freestyler). These skiing heroes will certainly keep the crowds entertained for the day, and participants will feel the buzz of racing alongside a selection of Great Britain’s finest skiing stars.