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EDWARD DRAKE British Combined Champion 2001 Abetone 2001 CV for 4 seasons whilst in the British Childrens Team The Kandahar Review 2001 The four years I spent in the British Children’s Team was fantastic! th What a great start, off to Whistler for my first Children’s Team race and I came 8 in the slalom. We also had a stretch limo sightseeing Vancouver . The plane trip was very long but we got to watch films so it wasn’t too bad. In the following years I raced for the Children’s Team around Europe. Andorra was great; the opening ceremony was on the mountain skiing the slope carrying our flag. Topolino (the top race) we paraded through the streets with the flag, the accommodation was brilliant and the food excellent. Pinocchio, the last race of the season is always so well organised. The atmosphere there is amazing, the organisers seem to enjoy hosting this race with lots of entertainment off the slopes. During my time in the Team I went to the Aspen 24hour race with the British Ski Academy to support the Bell brothers. Ross Rennie and I were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to forerun the race. This was one of the great times, mixing with film stars and meeting Cindy Crawford, what a story to tell my friends at home. During all this time it was great to have Willie Taunton-Burnett as trainer. Who was also at the British Ski Academy for a lot of the time I was there. Thanks to Willie Taunton-Burnett, Dave Renouf and other Kandahar trainers I have now been offered a place in the British Youth Team. EDWARD DRAKE British Childrens Team Member Children 2 Year 2 Born 12th January 1986 Silver in Giant Slalom, Slalom and Bronze Super G at the British in Piztal Austria Gold in Giant Slalom and Super G at the English in Kaunertal Austria Clubs. Kandahar and Wycombe 2000-2001 Snow Season Aug-00 Training in Tignes for 3 weeks with Dave Renouf Oct-00 Training with Kandahar in Saas Fee Dec-00 Training with Stephane Party then with Kandahar Jan-01 B.A.R.S.C. Switzerland Lenk nd Giant Slalom 2 rd Slalom 3 Super G Cancelled Andorra Slalom Super G Giant Slalom 4th 7th 13th British Team in Andorra 33rd 50th Feb-01 Topolino Italy Slalom Giant Slalom Feb-01 Morzine Fun sking with Club de sport and ESF Mar-01 Abetone Italy Slalom Giant Slalom 17th 16th Abetone EDWARD DRAKE British Giant Slalom Gold Medalist 2000 British Childrens Team Member Children 2 Year 1 Gold in Giant Slalom and Silver in Slalom at the British in Piztal Austria Gold in Slalom at the English in Wengen ESC Ski d’Or La Cluzas 2000 1999-2000 Snow Season Oct-99 Training with Kandahar in Saas Fee At Lenk with his trainer Willie Taunton-Burnett Jan-00 B.A.R.S.C. Switzerland Lenk Slalom Super G Giant Slalom British School Boys Andorra British International 2nd 2nd 5th 4th Racing in France Switzerland Veysonnaz Slalom Giant Slalom 1st 2nd Overall Age Group Slalom 5th Top British Feb-00 Topolino. Italy Feb-March At the British Ski Academy in Les Houches Mar-00 ESF Training in Morzine Slalom (Top British) 27th 5th in his age group Gold-Chamois (SL) Gold-Fleche (GS) Silver-Fusee (DH0 Mar-00 ESF Ski d’Or La Clusas 1st Day Qualifier Race 2nd 2nd Day Dual Slalom ¼ finals then came out. April-00 English Races Wengen-Switzerland Slalom 1st British Champion Races Piztal-Austria Slalom 2nd Giant Slalom 1st ESF La Cluzas In Piztal with trainer Melanie Labine 1998-1999 Snow Season Childrens 1 2nd Year British Combined Champion Etoile d’Or St Gervais Oct-98 ESF Ski Open awarded best British Skier in his age group. Trained Saas Fee TBSA Dec-98 Fore-ran Aspen 24 Race organised by TBSA (Thomson British Ski Academy) Dec-98 Jan-99 B.A.R.S.C. Austria Slalom Giant Slalom Super G British School Boys Switzerland Veysonnaz Slalom Giant Slalom British 1st 3rd th 5 1st 1st International 1st 3rd 5th Feb-Mar-99 Thomson British Ski Academy Les Houches, France GS Training at Thomson British Ski Academy Mar-99 Inter School Challenge Super Devoluy France Slalom 1st Giant Slalom 3rd English Championships Super Devoluy France Slalom 1st Giant Slalom 1st Super G 1st 1st Overall Male Childrens Year 1&2 Giant Slalom British Championships Tignes France Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Childrens 1 Combined British Champion Apr-99 Abetone 19th SCARA International with the British Childrens Team Val d’Isere, France Slalom 1st 2nd 3rd 10th Super Devoluy Snow Season 1997-1998 Childrens 1 1st Year Selected for the British Childrens Team Surrey Comet April 97 Dec-97 Jan-98 B.A.R.S.C. Austria Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Feb-98 Training in Morzine with ESF British 2nd 3rd 8th International 3rd 3rd 27th With ESF Morzine trainer Pascal Sauvage Joined Thomson Ski Academy in Les Houches for 4 weeks March 1998 18e Etoile d’Or ESF Orcieres Merlette 1st Mar-98 Interschool Ski challenge. Tignes Slalom Giant Slalom Mar-98 Apr-98 The British Land National Tignes Slalom Giant Slalom Super G Apr-98 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th 7th Air Canada Whistler Cup. Whistler Slalom 8th Surrey Comet, January 23rd 1998 Photograph taken 1997 Etoile d’Or Les Gets. Won in 1998 UN-SOLICITED PRAISE FROM A SENIOR RACER All England Slalom Championships 1999 - An observation Given the amount of bad press which "Young People" are given from time to time, I would like to share a moment which I was fortunate enough to witness at Hemel. I had spent much of the day at or near the top of the course and had naturally witnessed the "friendly" banter which always accompanies start-gate proceedings. Prior to his first run, I was chatting to Ed Drake as Marc Telling entered the taped start area. Ed lowered his voice and confided that " ... he really wanted to beat Marc. He's my main rival". I thought little about Ed's comment at that time. We watched Marc's run with Ed reflecting that he would need to ski well to beat Marc. I made a point of watching Ed's run and indeed it was good enough to secure a first run advantage of just 31/100's of a second over Marc. The incident in question occurred after the first run and during the build up to the all important second and final run of Saturday's Individual Championship.I was sitting watching the early runs of the Boys & Girls race when suddenly the quiet was interrupted by a shout (& curse if memory recalls). It turned out that Marc (Telling) had sliced his thumb whilst sharpening his skis. Nothing new there - everyone's done that and most of us have lived to tell the tale. What really caught my attention was the event which followed. Ed (Drake) who was sitting near-by jumped up and having checked Marc would live, went over to the skis which Marc had been working on, and without any hesitation picked up the file and continued to sharpen the ski's of his sworn rival. I stood some distance away and watched with interest. I have to say that I am convinced that Ed put at least as much effort into sharpening Marc's ski's (and possibly a little more) as he did on his own. During the ten minutes or so which Ed spent working on Marc's skis I suspect I was the only one who noticed this tiny side-show - for anyone who didn't know would simply imagine that Ed was working on his own skis. Considering the very high pressure which our National Championships place on our young skiers I thought that Ed's actions were all the more remarkable. How easy it would have been to ignore the dilemma which Marc faced or look the other way and count one's blessings whilst thinking - "one less opponent to worry about" !! I am proud to be involved in a sport where young people are able to demonstrate that winning at all costs is not really winning at all. Thank you Ed, for helping to restore my faith in young people and the future of English skiing. This event has been a source of much pleasure to me and I include it here so that you may share in it. Yours in skiing Des Pirkhoffer Plastic Racing Summer 2000 Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Giant Slalom Slalom Slalom Slalom Slalom British ESC Grand Prix Series (5 Races) Celtic Cup Series (6 Races) European L&SERSA (6 Races) Training with Dave Renouf in Tignes Summer 2000 EDWARD DRAKE British Combined Champion British Childrens Team Member Children 2 Year 2 Born 12th January 1986 Apr-01 British Championships Piztal Austria Slalom 2nd nd Giant Slalom 2 rd Super G 3 Combined Champion English Kaunertal Austria Giant Slalom 1st Super G 1st Slalom 2nd (Second run cancelled) Organizations that helped Edward Ski Club of Great Britain Thomson British Ski Academy Kandahar Ski Club Wycombe Summit ESC Morzine Skiers Trust Royal Borough Kingston-upon-Thames Equipment suppliers that have helped Edward AMG Outdoor Ltd (Rossignol) Bartletts of Hillingdon Big Bear Sports (Spyder) Orion Equipment(Swix) Jim Walker(Briko) & Briko Italy Shakespear Co. 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