On Sunday 28 April, nearly 30 Norwich school pupils braved the rainy weather to compete in the Eastern Region School Ski Race. With many of our usual team missing due to D of E and GCSE commitments it was great to see so many new faces giving dry slope racing a go and performing very well after only a couple of training sessions. Many thanks to Norwich School parents and ski coaches Melanie Watson and Edgar Harden for running these with Mr Cheongvee.
Norwich School had 8 teams racing across the various age and gender categories, the 2nd largest representation of any school. The mixed U10s team of Ianis Pop, Seb Dannatt and Lois Norton took 2nd place. The Mixed U15 team of Ella Barnovschi, Harry Croft and India Coupland took 2nd place with the Girls U19 team of Anoushka Craggs, Anais Kotter, Beatrice Adamson and Lily Bailey and the Mixed U19 team of Toby Watson, Mirabelle Harden, Marcus Pop and Charlie Barker both winning their categories. Individually, Toby was 2nd overall male, Mirabelle 3rd in category and Ianis Pop 1st in category. There were strong individual performances from many, with Ella Barnovschi and Joe Hawks catching the eye with their improvements over the last year.
Special mention to the following pupils for whom it was their first time racing on a dry slope: Lois Norton (U1), Henry Drew (U3), Arthur Lamb (L4), Jasper Kelly (U4), James Gilbert (U4), Finn Kaiser (M5), Jack Lewis (M5), Veron Hung (M5), Lily Bailey (L6), Bea Adamson (L6), Anoushka Craggs (L6) & Anais Kotter (L6).
