The GB Telemark Ski team have just finished what has been an exciting season for all. The World Cup finals were held in the small resort of Montchavin-Les-Coches near La Plagne, in the French Alps. Seven of the twelve British team attended putting out some excellent results, scoring some good FIS points. On the final day the Telemark Classic, the longest of all three disciplines, was held with first place going to Mattias Wagenius (SWE) closely followed by Philippe Lau and Chris Lau (FRA). The British team had some very respectable results with Jack Harvard Taylor achieving a 28th place closely followed by Chris Wotton and team captain Andrew Clarke.

With the racing season now over I’m now looking forward to a long restful summer with possibly a couple of weeks training in July the on glacier in Saas Fee. With such a long period before the World Cup starts again in December I try to keep myself fit and strong. Based in Chamonix for much of the summer I will be spend a lot of time trail-running and climbing as well as plenty of core stability work. This normally gives me a good base to work off when pre-season training starts again in November.

As far as this season has gone, I’m very pleased. I have had several top 30 finishes on the World Cup and finished off the season in a small French resort called La Norma for the French National Championships which went well. I went on to get a 20th and 21st place in the two tightly fought races.

Over the summer, selection for the British Team will take place on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier near Zell am See, in Austria. If you would be interested in trying out for the team please get in touch via the GB Telemark Team website www.gbtelemark.co.uk.

Jack Harvard Taylor
Chamonix
April 2010
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