Snowsports glory

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 4th 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:

1st – Snowy Mountains Grammar (464 pts)

2nd – Jindabyne High School (136 pts)

3rd – Radford College (102 pts)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Audrey Potter and Emily Hinchcliffe on the slopes.

Highlights from individual achievements included:

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

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

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

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

Snowboard-Cross – Division 1 - Bonnie Hardy 34th (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!

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