Welcome to the SPSRC Web Site For those enquiring about joining the club we hope that the information that you will find here will help you to decide whether you wish to apply for membership. For existing members we hope that we will be able to provide you with a single point of reference for all information about the club and its activities. By creating a secure on-line members only shop, we also hope to make the process of booking training camp places, buying skis and outfits and buying and selling second hand skis etc., a lot easier for members and officers alike! Please help to make this site as useful as possible by e-mailing all suggestions or news that you may have by clicking here and attaching any images that are relevant.

J P Espinosa and Peter Bruton Selected for England Squad Congratulations to both Peter and Jean-Paul, who continue the tradition of a long line of Sandown National Level representation, for their selections for the 2007/2008 England A Squad and C Squad respectively.

Mighty Performances from Sandown at the 2007 British Championships Meribel 2007 saw some great results for the club As the Surrey Advertiser Reported: (see Press Section) " Louise Thomas underlined her Olympic potential as she retained her overall combined title at the British Junior Alpine Championships.The 19-year-old from West Horsley pulled off a clean sweep at Meribel, France, by taking top spot in the slalom, giant slalom and super G events. In the Junior Men's category, Peter Whelan (also pictured) came 1st in the Giant Slalom and 5th Overall. Peter Bruton came 4th in the Giant Slalom, 8th in the Slalom and 9th overall, with Jean-Paul Espinosa and Chris Dixon also placing within the top 25 in all their disciplines. In the Junior Girl's category, in addition to Louise's victory, Helena Bray came 8th in the giant Slalom and 14th overall and Alex Emerton achieved three top 25 results in her disciplines. In the Children's section, Jack Gower, returning from injury, came 3rd in the Children's 1 Super G, 6th in the Slalom and 5th overall and Danny Absalom came 8th in the Giant Slalom in Children's 2. Imogen Taylor also showed her potential, caming 1st in the Children's 1 slalom, 2nd in the Giant Slalom and 6th in the Super G to finish 2nd overall. Thomasine Nilson-Wrede came 1st in her age in the Slalom, with Alice Macaulay 2nd. In the Minis Combi Race, Rory Gower came 1st, James Sieber 5th and James Petrie 8th in Boys 2 whilst Darcie Mead came 5th and Isadora Taylor 8th in Girls 2. In the Minis GS, Jessica Maiklam came 2nd in the Girls 2, with Isadora Taylor 7th. In Girls 1 Melissa Maiklam came 7th. In the Boys 2 Rory Gower came 2nd.

Squire Furneaux Sponsor Sandown We are very pleased to announce our latest sponsors, Squire Furneaux. Established in 1983. Squire Furneaux, is a family-run, Home Counties based Volvo main dealer, that covers Surrey, Berkshire & Buckinghamshire. The best choice for Volvo, including New & Used Car Sales, Volvo Rental, Service, Parts and Accessories.

Fitness Programs Available Well - this may be good news or bad news - but Corrinne has produced Training Programs for both the Mini/Children 1 and Children 2 / Junior groups! All with very helpful little shots of her doing the exercises too! Thank you Corrinne - you obviously went to a lot of trouble! These programs together with the full text of all the SnowsportGB programs and various other training information can be found in the Fitness Program section on the site within the Information section. Here is a quick link Posted 6th July 2006

Charity Ball raises record amount The Tingle Suite at Sandown Park was the venue for the 3rd Sandown Ball on Friday 5th May. The proceeds raised ball will be shared equally between the club and The Chase Hospice 'Christopher's' which is situated at Loseley Park in Guildford Surrey. For those members who did not attend the ball your really did miss a wonderful evening! For those who did - we had a great time! This was the first ball that junior members of the club were eligible to come and in total 15 very glamorous young ladies and equally well dressed young men attended and it was great to have them there. The evening began at 7.30pm in the Sandown view suite which overlooks the slope and Mike More-Molyneux gave a welcome speech on behalf of Chase in which he made clear the need for the continual find raising required to run Christopher's and thanks the club for their continued support to the charity Dinner was set to begin at 8.15, but with 190 chatty guests who generously bought many of the remaining wine raffle tickets whilst sipping Champagne delayed both the dinner and our Chairman, John Sharman welcome speech on behalf of the club. If only the ball could have been extended for several more hours, the meal was suburb as were the two speeches made by our two honoured guests, Sarah Lewis, Secretary General FIS a former SPR & British team member and her partner Jorg, who had travelled from Switzerland for the occasion and Oliver Jones and his wife Ann the Chairman of Snowsport GB, who revealed that he learnt to ski at Sandown. The occasion also welcomed many well known skiing names, Chemmy Alcott, hon. SPR member and Olympian, Roger Cruickshank Olympian, Dr Jenny Shute, The British Children Ski Team Co-ordinator and from the 'opposition Shirley Stevens who many of you know from waiting in snowy finish areas! Nigel Smith former SPR and British skier who also made a long distance trip from Scotland could be seen seated with his old adversaries Mr and Mrs Aldridge, John Harris, Sarah and Jorg and of course Kevin who never stopped smiling throughout the evening. It was noted that this table in particular was 'quite noisy!' The main fundraising was an Auction organised by Peter Fiell, which contained some fantastic items. The auction item, a week in a house, in a vineyard in S.A. made the largest amount of money towards the evening and thanks must go to Gail and Richard Gower for donating the item The final thanks must go to Rachel Duggan, Sarah Carew and Izabella Evans, who once again said 'they did not do very much' but believe me they did! The evening was a great success and most importantly it raised a great deal of money for the club and for Chase. Kay Whelan - Ball Chairman You can read Kay's full text of this event in the attached piece.