The BUCS Dryslope Championships returned to Midlothian Snowsports Centre, Edinburgh on Friday 10 & Saturday 11 November for two days of intense competition with some excellent results for Edinburgh University Snowsports Club.
Edinburgh University finish second overall after a thrilling weekend of competition at the BUCS Dryslope Championships.
Over 900 competitors from 62 universities took to the three slopes of Midlothian to compete in several disciplines over two days. The weather held out, with most of the weekend basked in bright, cold and windy sunshine.
The two-day event concluded with the Big Air finals and an impressive display of individual freestyle flair. The freestyle team ran a 3-run Big Air final for the first time in BUCS Dryslope Championship history, allowing GB Park & Pipe skiers Chris McCormick and Harris Booth (both University of Glasgow) to showcase the two biggest tricks seen in recent years at this event; McCormick with a switch 9 truckdriver and a cork 9 blunt from Booth. The standard of Women’s ski freestyle improved again for another year, with Lauren Strickland (University of Glasgow) landing a flat-3 in the ski Big Air finals.
Huge crowds came to support our teams and enjoy the competitive atmosphere and in partnership with BUSC Events (British Universities Snowsports Committee), there was plenty of vibrant day and night time entertainment for everyone.
We had another great performance from our athletes with strong results across all disciplines, with two first place finishes for Joab Matthews in Snowboard Slopestyle and Ollie Krahelski in Male Slalom. Ski duals finished a record 2 hours ahead of schedule with an all Scotland final with Edinburgh being just pipped over the line by Glasgow, who claimed the overall ski duals win.
Full list of results from our Edinburgh athletes:
Ski Slopestyle finals
8th- Fraser Menzies
Snowboard Slopestyle
1st- Joab Matthews
Big Air Ski Male
7th- Victor Principe
Big Air Snowboard Male
3rd- Joab Matthews
Snowboard Duals
3rd- Edinburgh
Male Snowboard GS
3rd- Robert Miller
7th- Joab Matthews
Ski Duals
2nd - Edinburgh 1s
Male Slalom
1st- Ollie Krahelski
Male GS
3rd Ollie Krahelski
Female Slalom
4th Carla Gardiner
5th Kate Taylor
7th Helena Newboult
Female GS
2nd- Carla Gardiner
4th- Kate Taylor
7th- Helena Newboult
Full results can be found on the BUCS Website Snowsport page.
Dryslope Championships is part of a larger university snowsports programme in the UK which includes the regional event BUCS Indoor Dome Series and the BUCS Alpine Championships, date TBC.