Skiing Funding Crisis

Photo by George Althaus www.georgegamedia.com

Two weeks 'til I'm back on snow, training for the Europa Cup Races in December! Can't wait although almost all funding for skiing has been cut and the funding I was hoping for hasn't materialised. I have enough money to last until Christmas but if I'm to continue ski racing I need to raise another £10,000 in the next 2 months.

At the highly informative DKH Negotiating Skills workshop last week, I learned lots of skills which should come in useful for negotiating sponsorship deals but it isn't easy.

At the beginning of the week the team met up at Bath University for our pre-season camp. It was good to catch up with the British Disabled Ski Team and Development Squad. Great training as always with Nick Ward and Team Bath coaches, as well as fitness, strength and body composition testing.

Now I just need to find the money to get out there, put in the training on snow and win more medals! Please let me know if you have any suggestions or can help.