Swad Arrows Ski Racing

26/10/2026

What an amazing achievement for such a young athlete! Congratulations Freddy Carrick-Smith for a flawless run and finish! 🙌🏻 Inspirational and making dreams become reality 🫶🏻

25/10/2026

After an amazing 1st run, we are wishing Freddie a huge amount of luck for his 2nd run! 🙌🏻🙌🏻💪🏻

24/10/2026

🚨 Combined County Squad Selection Day Update 🚨

Thank you to everyone who has been in touch following our Combined County Squad selection day announcement.

We've listened to feedback from clubs, academies, coaches, regions and families and have made a small number of adjustments to the selection day schedule to help improve accessibility and avoid clashes with other events.

Our updated dates and timings are below 👇

⛷ Sunday 8 November - Chatham Snowsports Centre, Kent (10am to 2pm)
⛷ Sunday 8 November - Swadlincote Snowsports Centre, Derbyshire (1pm to 5pm)
⛷ Saturday 14 November - Gosling Ski & Snowboard Centre, Welwyn Garden City (12pm to 4pm)
⛷ Sunday 22 November - Silksworth Sports Complex and Ski Slope, Sunderland (3pm to 6pm)
⛷ Sunday 22 November - Torquay Alpine Snowsports Club, Devon (1.30pm to 5.30pm)

Age categories are U12, U14, U16 and U18. This is based on the summer 2027 age categories as listed on GBSKI. So the year of births for each age category are: U12 (2017 and 2016), U14 (2015 and 2014), U16 (2013 and 2012) and U18 (2011 and 2010).

📩 Please note: Athletes cannot book on without an invitation. Clubs, academies and coaches will be nominating eligible athletes in the coming days. Nominated athletes will then receive an email next week with full details, including booking information, selection policy and pricing, so please keep an eye on your inbox.

Ideally all athletes will attend the selection day closest to their home. However, if they cannot make this date, athletes can attend another selection day at a different location if necessary.

We're excited to see athletes from across England taking their first steps on the new Alpine Pathway!

22/10/2026

A big shout out to our girl Isabelle on her birthday! Wishing you a fantastic day!

18/10/2026

It’s been a busy few weeks for some of our Arrows! 💙💛
Podiums 🥇 and personal bests at the NSSA at Hemel for U8 Romilly and U12 Evan ⛷️
More podiums for all Arrows at the WRL at Ackers
George 🥇 Masters
Archie 1st 🥇 U18
Issy 🥇 U16
Isaac 🥇 U14
Evan 🥈 U12
Emma 🥇 U12
Cal 🥇 U8
Rom 1st U8

And finally … ESSKIA National School Champions for Evan, Callum and Romilly🏆 and Bronze medalists for Emma and Delphine🥉 🙌🏻🙌🏻💪🏻👏🏼

09/10/2026

21/09/2026

Also this weekend our home slope hosted the Midlands Regional qualifier.

16 of our young and old arrows took part with athletes from year 3 to year 12 representing their schools alongside their classmates from other ski clubs.

The race, organised by coach , was a great success. Many of our racers have qualified for the National Finals in Norwich next month.

Smiles all round from our newest skiers to our seasoned campaigners.

20/09/2026

What a fantastic weekend we’ve had in Llandudno in the Going for Gold ⛷️⛷️ and North Wales Club National!

Hackett skied as Buzz lightyear 🚀 in team Infinity and Beyond with and
Isabelle and Olivia were Wendy and Tinkerbell 🧚 in team Swad Arrows 💙💛
And Erin put on her cape and skied as part of team Savage! 💚

The vibe on and off the slope was 🔥 and it’s fair to say that it didn’t matter whether you won or lost because everyone had a great day 👍🏼🫶🏻

On Sunday the ☀️ was shining once again for the NWCN.
It was great to see some of our young racers stepping back out on the slope, for what was only their second race of the season!

Lots of experience gained for the girls and a brilliant race to end the season!

Congratulations to Hackett 🥉

Big thanks to .dynastarlangeshred for his support throughout the season.

13/09/2026

Welsh Open Outdoor Champs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Fun ⚾️ , friendships 🫶🏻 and a few mistakes, resulting in a great battle 💪🏻⛷️between the boys for the top step in the U12’s.

Congratulations to our young Arrow Hackett 🥈, and to his friends Logan🥉from Polmonthill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Walter 🥇 from

See you all next week at Llandudno! 🤩