Dynastar Lange 2010 Junior Interfields Series

Tekapo turns on the sun and the athletes turn up the heat!

Rounds four and five of the Interfields series took place at the gloriously sunny Round Hill Ski Field this weekend with competition days taking place on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August.

The Interfields went national this weekend with teams flying in from Auckland’s Snow Planet and strong representation from the Canterbury fields; Team Hutt, Porters Heights and Mount Dobson. Large teams from Cardrona, Treble Cone, Queenstown and Ohau made the pilgrimage to Round Hill and a strong group of Japan based junior athletes were also present.

Snowvision Scholarships were awarded to two athletes after the weekend competition. These prestigious and highly sought after scholarships provide $500 towards athlete ski training. The scholarships were awarded to Serena Willis – 11 years old from Christchurch and Taane Whetu – 11 years old from Twizel.

The final in the series will be held at Cardrona Ski Area on September 5th. Organisers are still hoping to get an alternate date for the recently postponed Remarkables Round.

Winners by category for Day 1 – Saturday 14th were:

E1 Girl (Born 2005 – 2002) Nanoha Yosgioka

E1 Boy Issay Suzuki

E2 Girl (2000 – 2001) Phoebe Young

E2 Boy Ben Richards

K1 Girl (1998 – 1999) Serena Willis

K1 Boy Jackson Wells

K2 Girl (1996 – 1997) Piera Hudson

K2 Boy Justin Kumono

J Girl (1994 – 1995) Emma Morgan

J Boy Charlie Riede

Winners by category for Day 2 – Sunday 15th were not available directly after the race due to timing issues. Results will be available Tuesday 17th after checking by the Chief of Course.