Ex RACING ICE II was very well attended with a total of Eighteen Skeleton athletes returning to Igls to compete for the title of Army Champion. We had eight novices and a mixture of junior and seniors that attended. Donna Leslie and Michael Robson coached all Skeleton athletes at the Championships. The men’s race was close between all sliders especially between Maj Taff Edwards AMD HQ and Cfn Jago Allen of 13 Air Asslt Bde LAD. Cfn Jago Allen maintained his performance during the race to take home the Army Champion title for the second season in a row and the Junior Champion title. The novice title was taken by LCpl Danny Brady RTR who with an impressive 2 Laufs, comfortably seen him position in the top 5 of all skeleton athletes. The novice Runner up title was won by Pte David Gomez who equally had an impressive race. The Fastest Start title was also a very close competition but novice slider Lt Giles Moon persevered and had an excellent 2nd Lauf start of 5.50 seconds. In the women’s race this year, race experience paid dividends for SSgt Nicky Moxon 30 Sig Regt who comfortably won the Army title for the third season by over 3 Seconds. With novice, Sgt Rachel Staples, QARANC gaining the runner up title. With all athletes displaying commitment and enthusiasm whilst competing in this adrenalin fuelled sport it made the Championships a very successful race with all athletes achieving personnel best times.
