State Snowsports Interschools Report

Last week, Cranbrook’s Snowsports legends headed back to Perisher with 45 Cranbrook athletes on snow in the State Interschools competition. In a spectacular result across the divisions, the Junior School team nabbed a 1^st place position in the Primary Male Cross Country result and 2^nd place overall in Primary point scores. Our Senior School team achieved a 3^rd place position in the Secondary Male Cross Country overall result and 5^th place in the Secondary overall point score. From Day 1 on the mountain, facing challenging weather, very little snow and fierce competition, every division gave it their all, making Cranbrook proud. 

Senior teams and individual qualifications were achieved across disciplines, with the top podium positions falling to:

Division 1A Cross Country Classic – Team SILVER (Dash Bouvier 4^th, Charlie Mann 6^th, Jai Rastogi 9^th)

Division 1A Cross Country Relay – Team SILVER (Charlie Mann, Jai Rastogi, Dash Bouvier)

Senior teams and individuals also achieved qualifying finishes in:

Division 1B Cross Country Classic – Team 4^th (Thomas Southwell-Keely 10^th, Sam O’Neil 17^th, Chester Mobbs 18^th)

Division 1B Cross Country Relay – Team 5^th (Sam O’Neil, Chester Mobbs, Thomas Southwell-Keely)

Division 1 Moguls – Individual 20^th (Jude Middleditch)

Division 1 Ski Cross – Individual 9^th (John-Maxwell Fuller)

Division 2 Cross Country Classic – Individual 7^th (Sach Edwards)

Division 2 Moguls – Individual 9^th (Oscar Parsons)

Division 2 Snowboard GS – Individual 14^th (Ziggy Edwards)

Division 2 Snowboard Cross – Individual 18^th (Ziggy Edwards)

Division 3 Cross Country Classic – Individual 6^th (Oliver Southwell-Keely)

Division 3 Alpine – Individual 14^th (Oli Klaas)

In our lower divisions, special congratulations go out to the podium finishes:

Division 4 Cross Country Classic – Individual SILVER (Charlie Roberts)

Division 4 XC Classic– Team SILVER (Charlie Roberts 2^nd, Hugo Croft 9^th, Sam Spry 14^th)

Division 4 XC Relay – Team SILVER (Charlie Roberts, Sam Spry, Hugo Croft)

Division 5 XC Classic – Team GOLD (Xavier Fern 5^th, Imanol Plante 6^th, Sebastian Salter 8^th)

Division 5 XC Relay – Team BRONZE (Xavier Fern, Imanol Plante, Sebastian Salter)

Division 5 Ski Cross – Team GOLD (Hunter Whittle 3^rd, Sebastian Salter 5^th, Xavier Fern 11^th)

Junior teams also achieved qualifying finishes in:

Division 5 XC Classic – Individual 11^th (Hunter Whittle)

Division 4 Alpine – Team 6^th (Charlie Roberts 16^th, James Cowan, Rhys Au, Hugo Croft)

Division 5 Alpine – Team 5^th (Imanol Plante, Sebastian Salter 18^th, Xavier Fern, Hunter Whittle 10^th)

Division 6 Alpine – Team 6^th (Wynn Au 12^th, Sam Cowan, Hugo Fern, William Britten-Jones)

Division 4 Moguls – Team 6^th (James Cowan 19^th, Hugo Croft 23^rd, Rhys Au)

Division 5 Moguls – Team 5^th (Sebastian Salter 20^th, Xavier Fern 19^th, Hunter Whittle 12^th)

Division 4 Ski Cross – Individual 9^th (Charlie Roberts)

Division 6 Ski Cross – Individual 17^th (Wynn Au)

Throughout the week, we also had representatives take part in the NSW Laser Biathlon.

Division 1 – Dash Bouvier 3^rd, Thomas Southwell-Keely 5^th, Sam O’Neil 6^th

Division 3 – Oliver Southwell-Keely 4^th, Ethan Rushton 9^th

Division 4 – Hugo Croft 1^st

Division 5 – Xavier Fern 2^nd, Orlando Fern 5^th

Please join us in congratulating all of our Snowsports athletes on a spectacular State Competition. Overall, Cranbrook achieved an impressive 12 Team qualifications and 34 Individual invitations to the Australian Championship event to be held at Perisher in early September.

Snowsports Captains: Jude Middleditch, Chester Mobbs