With the demise of publicly funded British Ski Racing bodies new organisations are being established by individuals dedicated to keeping the British ski racing scene alive at an elite level.
One such is the new Team Evolution ski academy, owned and run by Paul Telling, a co-founder of the Ambition Race Team and recognised by Snowsport England.
Describing itself as an ‘Alpine performance training group,’ Team Evolution provides its young athletes with a structured, professional program that aims to achieve the highest standards of performance within ski racing.
“Being part of Team Evolution is about achieving your individual goals as an athlete, within a safe, enjoyable and competitive environment, whilst still having the support to develop fully as a person.” Says Yannick Green the Commercial Program Director.
Athletes are not ‘selected’ as such to be on the team but they have expressed the will from an early age to be a top class Alpine racer. As there is no full time national team set up they are forced to, “go private.”
Funded privately by sponsors and parents of the athletes, the young athletes also receive grants from their local county councils because they are national team athletes.
Flexible training support options vary from a minimum 10 week period, to supporting and mentoring those athletes on full-time programs over the course of several years.
The consequence of this unique setup is that over 80% of the athletes skiing with Team Evolution for the 2010/11 season are members of National Team programs, and all heading towards achieving their personal athletic goals, whilst maintaining exceptional educational grades. Team Evolution currently have two athletes who are shortlisted to go to the Junior Winter Olympics in Innsbruck 2012.
If you would like to hear more about Team Evolution please visit www.teamevolution.eu or contact Yannick Green on [email protected].
