General News
The Olympics have started… one day early!
February 6, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
The Olympics have started … one day early!
Although this common practice at the Summer Games, it is the first time in 30 years that a Winter Olympics begins a day before the opening ceremony.
It seems a fitting start … Read More
Team GB announces ski and snowboard Winter Olympic squads
January 22, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
Team GB announced its ski and snowboard Olympic squad this morning.
So, without further ado, here’s the list of British competitors:
DAVE RYDING (Alpine Skiing) CHEMMY ALCOTT (Alpine Skiing) ANDREW MUSGRAVE (Cross Country) ANDREW YOUNG … Read More
GB Winter Olympic Team announced tomorrow
January 21, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
Across the country this evening there are lots of anxious Winter Olympic hopefuls waiting to hear if they’ve been selected for the GB team.
Some athletes are already through, but for others it’s going to be a long night.
Biker smashes sledding speed record
January 19, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
Bike racer Guy Martin has sped to victory after breaking the world’s gravity-powered sledge record in Andorra for the Channel 4 show Speed with Guy Martin.
The 32-year-old motorbiker and mechanic from Lincolnshire sledded 21mph quicker than the old record, … Read More
Aiming for a new ski world record
January 19, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
On the 1st of March Jamie Stevenson is setting off in an attempt to ski in 20 different countries in a month. He is hoping to achieve a new Guinness World Record.
The current ‘Most Countries Skied in One Calendar … Read More
It’s World Snow Day!
January 19, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
Today is World Snow Day.
It’s the third time World Snow Day has occurred and it is set to be the largest ever, with 610 participating resort in 35 countries staging unique snowy events around the globe.
As FIS … Read More
Celebrities quit new snowsports show
January 14, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
Celebrity socialite Tara Palmer Tomkinson has dropped out of Channel 4’s new winter-themed reality competition, The Jump.
Last month she told reporters that she felt under pressure as she had been cited as being one of the favourites to win. … Read More
BBC Sochi trailer released
January 12, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
The BBC has just released a 20 second teaser trailer for the Sochi Winter Olympics. It features actor Charles Dance as the “voice of Nature”.
It was premiered this evening on BBC1 – in a prime viewing slot, just before … Read More
Kranjska Gora ranked the Eurozone’s ‘best value ski resort’
January 11, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
According to The Post Office’s Ski Holiday Money Report, resort prices are looking a bit higher this year. Our financial advisor, Peter Derrick, reports:
Kranjska Gora… please take a bow!
The Slovenian resort of Kranjska Gora was yesterday … Read More
GB clinches two skeleton medals
January 11, 2014 | Teresa Fisher
Two members of the British skeleton team – Lizzy Yarnold and Shelley Rudman – have just won medals at the Skeleton World Cup in St Moritz.
The two Sochi Winter Olympic medal hopefuls finished second and third. The race was won … Read More
