M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

INTRODUCTION TO ALPINE

alpine

Alpine Skiing is the oldest of all the Army’s Winter Sports. The Army Ski Association was formed at the behest of Field Marshal Montgomery in 1947 to provide a break from routine training and operations in the immediate post-war years, whilst developing military and technical skills on snow and ice.

Since then the Army Ski Association has developed into the Army Winter Sports Association and the Army’s participation in Alpine Skiing has grown apace. Well over 1000 people take part in Army Alpine Ski racing each year and our mission is simply to find the fastest skiers in the Army. Once we have done that we then put them up against the Navy and the RAF. The Army currently runs a total of 14 different race championships. These range from the various Corps Championships run by the Army’s different Corps for their members, to the two Divisional Championships – Exercises SPARTAN HIKE and PIPEDOWN and then finally the Army Championship – Exercise LION’S CHALLENGE. The TA Championships – Exercise SNOW LION – are also run annually in Aviemore for TA and Reservists. If you want to get involved in Alpine Ski racing then your first port of call is your Unit Sports Officer. If you need more information then please contact us.

KEY PERSONALITIES

Brigadier Rob Weighill

Brigadier Weighill joined the British Army in 1981 and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in May 1982. He was posted to Münster in Germany for 4 years. During this time he led the Regiment’s cross country ski team which managed to qualify for the Army and National Championships 3 years running. In 1986 he was posted to 7 Para RHA for 3 years as a forward observer. He ran the Royal Artillery cross country ski training in Switzerland 2 years running while serving with the Regiment and managed the Regimental ski teams. In November 2000 he took command of his Regiment based on Thorney Island. He established new Regimental ski teams consisting of both cross country and alpine disciplines. As CRA 1(UK) Armd Div he was responsible for running Ex PIPEDOWN in 2009. In late 2009, and after a career heavily involved in the nordic discipline, he jumped skis and accepted an offer to become the Chairman of Army Alpine Skiing – his wife and 3 children are thrilled!

Captain Ross Anderson

Captain Anderson is the Chief of Race for 2012. He has been a member of the Hill Team for the last 2 years filling a number of roles and is the current Technical Delegate for Ex PIPEDOWN. He started racing in January 1985 as part of the JLR RAC Alpine Ski Team and completed his last season in January 2005, competing in 15 racing seasons as a member of the SCOTS DG Alpine Ski Team. The team won the Army Alpine Championships in 2002. His competitive ski boots were hung up due to cod liver oil no longer doing what it said on the tin!

Captain Anderson has recently started working in the Export Support Team in the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation. Prior to this he was the SO3 Training at the AFV Gunnery School. Previously he was the Career Management Officer and Quartermaster (Technical) for SCOTS DG having commissioned in May 2006. He has completed a number of Operational tours including the Gulf war, Op TELIC (1&12) and Kosovo. He will attend Intermediate Command and Staff Course (LAND) in January 2013. Other interests include mountain biking, rugby, horse riding, motorcycling and expanding his DIY knowledge in his quest to update a 300 year old cottage.

Major Roddy Christie

Major Christie took over as Secretary –Alpine in October 2009. Previously he has been Team Captain of the SCOTS DG Alpine Team twice and has raced 3 times at the Army Alpine Championships over the course of the past seven years.

His final season was 2009 where he managed to finish 15th overall, before hanging up his race boots whilst his knees still allowed him to walk up stairs! He is currently based in Kabul but will be back for the 2012 season!

EVENTS

ALPINE EVENT PROGRAMME 2011 – 2012
07 – 17 Jan 12	1 (UK) Armd Div Champs (Ex PIPEDOWN)	Les Contamines FRA
08 – 18 Jan 12	Land Ski Champs (Ex SPARTAN HIKE)	Monetier FRA
18 – 27 Jan 12	Army Champs (EX LIONS CHALLENGE)	Serre Chevalier FRA
28 Jan – 04 Feb 12	Inter Service Championships	Meribel FRA
04 – 10 Mar 12	Reserve Forces Champs (Ex SNOW LION)	Aviemore SCO
25 Mar – 01 Apr 12	British Champs	Meribel FRA

LION’S CHALLENGE

LION’S CHALLENGE PROGRAMME AND RESULTS
	Men			Ladies
	Combination – Team	Combination – Individual	Combination – Inter Corps	Combination – Inter Corps	Combination – Individual

19 Jan Sponsored by Hewlett Packard		Individual GS			GS – Individual
20 Jan Sponsored by Hewlett Packard	Team GS	Team GS – Individual	Inter Corps GS	GS – Intercorps	Team GS – Individual
21 Jan Sponsored by Hewlett Packard		Individual Slalom			Individual Slalom
22 Jan Sponsored by Hewlett Packard	Team Slalom	Team Slalom – Individual	Slalom – Inter Corps	Slalom – Inter Corps	Slalom – Individual
25 Jan Sponsored by Selex Galileo	Super G – Team	Super G – Individual	Super G – Inter Corps	Super G – Inter Corps	Super G – Individual
26 Jan Sponsored by Selex Galileo	Downhill	Downhill – Individual	Downhill – Inter Corps	Downhill – Inter Corps	Downhill – Indivdual

Please click here to download a PDF of the Lion’s Challenge admin instructions.

LC 2012 Results

Corps_Alpine_Combination
Unit_Alpine_Combination
COMBIN_MENS
COMBIN_LADIES

6th December 2011
 New Visitor’s Programme Admin Instructions now available – please click the link to download the PDF Admin-Instr-2012_Annexes-A+B+C-Civ.pdf
Please note these are the civilian details only – Military versions are not available on this website for security reasons: Lions Challenge Visitors Admin Instructions