edward drake

EDWARD DRAKE
British Combined Champion
2001
Abetone 2001
CV for 4 seasons whilst in the British Childrens Team
The Kandahar Review 2001
The four years I spent in the British Children’s Team was fantastic!
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What a great start, off to Whistler for my first Children’s Team race and I came 8 in the slalom.
We also had a stretch limo sightseeing Vancouver . The plane trip was very long but we got to
watch films so it wasn’t too bad.
In the following years I raced for the Children’s Team around Europe.
Andorra was great; the opening ceremony was on the mountain skiing the slope carrying our flag.
Topolino (the top race) we paraded through the streets with the flag, the accommodation was
brilliant and the food excellent. Pinocchio, the last race of the season is always so well organised.
The atmosphere there is amazing, the organisers seem to enjoy hosting this race with lots of
entertainment off the slopes.
During my time in the Team I went to the Aspen 24hour race with the British Ski Academy to
support the Bell brothers. Ross Rennie and I were lucky enough to be given the opportunity to
forerun the race. This was one of the great times, mixing with film stars and meeting Cindy
Crawford, what a story to tell my friends at home.
During all this time it was great to have Willie Taunton-Burnett as trainer. Who was also at the
British Ski Academy for a lot of the time I was there. Thanks to Willie Taunton-Burnett, Dave
Renouf and other Kandahar trainers I have now been offered a place in the British Youth Team.
EDWARD DRAKE
British Childrens Team Member
Children 2 Year 2
Born 12th January 1986
Silver in Giant Slalom, Slalom and Bronze Super G at the British in Piztal Austria
Gold in Giant Slalom and Super G at the English in Kaunertal Austria
Clubs. Kandahar and Wycombe
2000-2001 Snow Season
Aug-00
Training in Tignes
for 3 weeks with
Dave Renouf
Oct-00
Training with
Kandahar in
Saas Fee
Dec-00
Training with Stephane Party then with Kandahar
Jan-01
B.A.R.S.C.
Switzerland Lenk
nd
Giant Slalom
2
rd
Slalom
3
Super G Cancelled
Andorra
Slalom
Super G
Giant Slalom
4th
7th
13th
British Team in Andorra
33rd
50th
Feb-01
Topolino Italy
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Feb-01
Morzine
Fun sking with Club de sport and ESF
Mar-01
Abetone Italy
Slalom
Giant Slalom
17th
16th
Abetone
EDWARD DRAKE
British Giant Slalom Gold Medalist
2000
British Childrens Team Member
Children 2 Year 1
Gold in Giant Slalom and Silver in Slalom at the British in Piztal Austria
Gold in Slalom at the English in Wengen
ESC Ski d’Or La Cluzas 2000
1999-2000 Snow Season
Oct-99
Training with Kandahar in Saas Fee
At Lenk with his trainer Willie Taunton-Burnett
Jan-00
B.A.R.S.C.
Switzerland Lenk
Slalom
Super G
Giant Slalom
British School Boys
Andorra
British
International
2nd
2nd
5th
4th
Racing in France
Switzerland Veysonnaz
Slalom
Giant Slalom
1st
2nd
Overall
Age Group
Slalom
5th
Top British
Feb-00
Topolino. Italy
Feb-March
At the British Ski
Academy in Les Houches
Mar-00
ESF Training in Morzine
Slalom
(Top British)
27th
5th in his age group
Gold-Chamois (SL)
Gold-Fleche (GS)
Silver-Fusee (DH0
Mar-00
ESF Ski d’Or La Clusas
1st Day Qualifier Race 2nd
2nd Day Dual Slalom ¼
finals then came out.
April-00
English Races
Wengen-Switzerland
Slalom 1st
British Champion Races
Piztal-Austria
Slalom
2nd
Giant Slalom 1st
ESF La Cluzas
In Piztal
with trainer
Melanie
Labine
1998-1999 Snow Season
Childrens 1 2nd Year
British Combined Champion
Etoile d’Or St Gervais
Oct-98
ESF Ski Open awarded
best British Skier in his
age group.
Trained Saas Fee TBSA
Dec-98
Fore-ran Aspen 24 Race
organised by TBSA
(Thomson British Ski Academy)
Dec-98
Jan-99
B.A.R.S.C.
Austria
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Super G
British School Boys Switzerland Veysonnaz
Slalom
Giant Slalom
British
1st
3rd
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5
1st
1st
International
1st
3rd
5th
Feb-Mar-99 Thomson British Ski Academy
Les Houches, France
GS Training at Thomson British Ski Academy
Mar-99
Inter School Challenge
Super Devoluy France
Slalom
1st
Giant Slalom
3rd
English Championships
Super Devoluy France
Slalom
1st
Giant Slalom
1st
Super G
1st
1st Overall Male Childrens Year 1&2 Giant Slalom
British Championships
Tignes France
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Super G
Childrens 1 Combined British Champion
Apr-99
Abetone
19th SCARA International with
the British Childrens Team
Val d’Isere, France
Slalom
1st
2nd
3rd
10th
Super Devoluy
Snow Season
1997-1998
Childrens 1
1st Year
Selected for the British Childrens Team
Surrey Comet April 97
Dec-97
Jan-98
B.A.R.S.C.
Austria
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Super G
Feb-98
Training in Morzine with ESF
British
2nd
3rd
8th
International
3rd
3rd
27th
With ESF Morzine trainer Pascal Sauvage
Joined Thomson Ski Academy in Les Houches for 4 weeks
March 1998
18e Etoile d’Or ESF
Orcieres Merlette 1st
Mar-98
Interschool Ski challenge. Tignes
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Mar-98
Apr-98
The British Land National Tignes
Slalom
Giant Slalom
Super G
Apr-98
2nd
2nd
3rd
6th
7th
Air Canada Whistler Cup. Whistler
Slalom
8th
Surrey Comet, January 23rd 1998
Photograph taken 1997 Etoile d’Or Les Gets. Won in 1998
UN-SOLICITED PRAISE FROM A SENIOR RACER
All England Slalom Championships 1999 - An observation
Given the amount of bad press which "Young People" are
given from time to time, I would like to share a moment which
I was fortunate enough to witness at Hemel.
I had spent much of the day at or near the top of the course and had naturally witnessed the "friendly"
banter which always accompanies start-gate proceedings. Prior to his first run, I was chatting to Ed
Drake as Marc Telling entered the taped start area. Ed lowered his voice and confided that " ... he really
wanted to beat Marc. He's my main rival". I thought little about Ed's comment at that time. We watched
Marc's run with Ed reflecting that he would need to ski well to beat Marc. I made a point of watching Ed's
run and indeed it was good enough to secure a first run advantage of just 31/100's of a second over
Marc.
The incident in question occurred after the first run and during the build up to the all important second
and final run of Saturday's Individual Championship.I was sitting watching the early runs of the Boys &
Girls race when suddenly the quiet was interrupted by a shout (& curse if memory recalls). It turned out
that Marc (Telling) had sliced his thumb whilst sharpening his skis.
Nothing new there - everyone's done that and most of us have lived to tell the tale. What really
caught my attention was the event which followed. Ed (Drake) who was sitting near-by jumped up and
having checked Marc would live, went over to the skis which Marc had been working on, and without
any hesitation picked up the file and continued to sharpen the ski's of his sworn rival.
I stood some distance away and watched with interest. I have to say that I am convinced that Ed put
at least as much effort into sharpening Marc's ski's (and possibly a little more) as he did on his own.
During the ten minutes or so which Ed spent working on Marc's skis I suspect I was the only one who
noticed this tiny side-show - for anyone who didn't know would simply imagine that Ed was working on
his own skis.
Considering the very high pressure which our National Championships place on our young skiers I
thought that Ed's actions were all the more remarkable.
How easy it would have been to ignore the dilemma which Marc faced or look the other way and
count one's blessings whilst thinking - "one less opponent to worry about" !!
I am proud to be involved in a sport where young people are able to demonstrate that winning at all
costs is not really winning at all.
Thank you Ed, for helping to restore my faith in young people and the future of English skiing. This
event has been a source of much pleasure to me and I include it here so that you may share in it.
Yours in skiing
Des Pirkhoffer
Plastic Racing Summer 2000
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Slalom
Slalom
Slalom
British
ESC Grand Prix Series (5 Races)
Celtic Cup Series (6 Races)
European
L&SERSA (6 Races)
Training with Dave Renouf in Tignes Summer 2000
EDWARD DRAKE
British Combined Champion
British Childrens Team Member
Children 2 Year 2
Born 12th January 1986
Apr-01
British Championships
Piztal Austria
Slalom
2nd
nd
Giant Slalom
2
rd
Super G
3
Combined Champion
English
Kaunertal Austria
Giant Slalom
1st
Super G
1st
Slalom
2nd
(Second run cancelled)
Organizations that helped Edward
Ski Club of Great Britain
Thomson British Ski Academy
Kandahar Ski Club
Wycombe Summit
ESC Morzine
Skiers Trust
Royal Borough Kingston-upon-Thames
Equipment suppliers that have helped Edward
AMG Outdoor Ltd (Rossignol)
Bartletts of Hillingdon
Big Bear Sports (Spyder)
Orion Equipment(Swix)
Jim Walker(Briko) & Briko Italy
Shakespear Co. K2 blades
68 Kings Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT2 5HS UK.
Tel/Fax 00 44 (0)20 8287 7748
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