Snowsports glory

By Mr Jonathan Mandl, Snowsports Advisor

Radford Snowsports athletes stand proud with Australia’s best at Nationals

The Australian Interschools Championships held at Perisher from 2 – 9 September hosted 1,712 individual competitors from a record 335 schools across the country. The 38 separate events attracted a staggering 3,569 event entries. This represented a 13% increase in participation over the last Perisher-hosted national championships in 2022.

Radford claims third place in Secondary Co-ed Overall Championships!

Our 2024 team has achieved the highest ever result in the Australian Interschools Championships, surpassing the 4^th place won in 2016, which at the time was considered a massive effort. This achievement is proudly owned by every Radford competitor over the four days of events, which made the total point score of 102 possible. Not only was Radford the best performing co-educational school in the ACT, but also across Victoria and NSW – only topped by the two Jindabyne schools who have the huge advantage of being only 25 minutes from the resort and spending every Friday during the season on the snow. The final standing was:

1^st – Snowy Mountains Grammar (464 pts)

2^nd – Jindabyne High School (136 pts)

3^rd – Radford College (102 pts)

Radford College performed brilliantly across all events we contested, including the following team results:

Snowboard GS – Division 1M – Team 8^th (Bailey Purvis-Smith 30^th, Liam Waldren 32^nd, Finlay Stewart 33^rd)

Snowboard-Cross – Division 1M – Team 8^th (Finlay Stewart 32^nd, Liam Waldren 33^rd, Bailey Purvis-Smith 34^th)

Snowboard-Cross – Division 2F – Team 8^th (Aanya Te Moananui 27^th and Charlie Lee 28^th)

Ski-Cross – Division 1M – Team 9^th (Joshua Baker 31^st, Euan Greig 40^th, Charlie Seddon 41^st)

Ski-Cross – Division 1F – Team 8^th (Amelie Brennan 26^th and Audrey Potter (36^th)

Ski-Cross – Division 1F – Team 9^th (Emily Hinchcliffe 27^th and Isabella Keeling 39^th)

Alpine GS – Division 2 – Team 10^th (Darcy Barlow 14^th, Jude Barlin 41^st, Connor Kruger 45^th)

Alpine GS – Division 3F – Team 12^th (Amelie Smith 41^st, Georgina Grant 46^th, Taya Napthali 50^th)

Highlights from individual achievements included:

Alpine GS – Division 4 - Tahlia Smith 56^th (150 competitors)

Ski-Cross – Division 4 - Tahlia Smith 47^th (119 competitors)

Snowboard GS – Division 3 - Lincoln Lee 43^rd (86 competitors)

Snowboard-Cross – Division 3 - Lincoln Lee 43^rd (93 competitors)

Snowboard-Cross – Division 1 - Bonnie Hardy 34^th (76 competitors)

Snow Australia Interschools wrap for season 2024

The 2024 record total of 21,264 event entries across nine discipline events – Alpine GS, Snowboard GS, Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross, Moguls, Cross Country Classic, Cross Country Relay, Ski Slopestyle, Snowboard Slopestyle – saw over 660 schools and more than 6,250 individual competitors from all States and Territories experience the thrill of Snowsports competition in Australia.

At the foundation of those amazing statistics sits the equally outstanding work of over 660 School Snowsports Coordinators including our very own indefatigable Mr Alex Timms.

Coordinators are the shining lights behind Interschools events that have collectively grown since 1974, so we dip our hats to Mr Timms and his colleague as a mark of acknowledgement and respect.

Thanks to all our Radford families for a great season of social development, training and racing enjoyed in our vibrant Snowsports community. We’ll see you all again in 2025!