2010-07-20 NSW INTERSCHOOL'S - TeamBerg Junior - Ben Reader Wins 'Rising Star' Award For 2010
Congratulations to our TeamBerg Junior Ben Reader after his exceptional performances during the 2010 NSW Interschool's Sydney Regional Championships held at Perisher Valley this July school holidays.
Ben has been named the NSW Snowsports "Rising Star" and will be presented this Award of Excellence for 2010 Sydney Region at the next stage of the NSW Snowsports Interschool State Championships in late August. The prize is awarded to talented Interschools racers without previous race club experience. The Rising Star Awards offer the successful racers:
- a weekend of free race training with the Perisher or Thredbo race clubs on 7th and 8th August
- free entry into the Blue Cow Cup Children's Race in August
- race club assistance at the Blue Cow Cup on race day
The purpose of the NSWACT Alpine Rising Stars Awards is to encourage talented Interschools racers to experience the next level of alpine skiing and racing.
Successful racers are notified of their selection after the Regional events. Last year's winners are not eligible to win the award again this year.
Ben competed for Shore in the Syd Div 3 Skier X and Alpine disciplines where he placed 2nd in each event behind dedicated full-time racer Max Hough from Scots.
Berg is very fortunate to have such talent amongst its junior skiers. Through our junior Team Berg racers such as Ben (Div 3 male) and his Berg team mate Harry Price (Div 2 male) who also won this award in 2007 and 2009, the extraordinary depth of our young ski racers is again presenting itself to the wider skiing community as they follow in the footsteps of their fathers Nick Reader and David Price both previous National Ski Team members and FFOGs (Fast Fat Old Guys) and of course our immediate past dual Olympian Jono Brauer - Berg Legend.
Berg's tradition of producing and supporting our skiing champions is well and truely alive and it all points to a very bright future for our club representation in the Interclub and Interschool competitions to come.
For a view of the full NSW Snowsports Interschool Results, click here.
Well - I reckon our boys and girls have done a great job this July school hols. It was bad luck in the Jnr Interclubs, a couple of mistakes out of the picture and we would be very close to taking it out again - great depth of talent in Berg. Then many went on to Interschools Syd Region where they qualified for the next round at the NSW States last week of August - Go TeamBerg!
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