James Hopkins Alpine

Snow Sports Report

2022 Snow Australia Interschools: Sydney Region Championships 

In the last week of the school holidays, 52 Senior School boys from Years 7 to 12 travelled to Perisher to compete in the 2022 Snow Australia Interschools: Sydney Region Championships. After two long years away from competition, the boys, parents and staff were extremely excited to get down to the mountains to participate in racing. Skiing disciplines included Alpine GS, SkierX and Moguls, and Snowboard disciplines included Snowboard GS and SnowboardX. 

The Regional rounds are a great platform for new racers to experience timed events and in an effort to give a greater sense of inclusion to all, Snow Australia have abandoned the cumulative points score for these initial rounds. Regardless of this, it was evident that the Shore Team provided some of the finest results that we have ever achieved. As always, we competed against Scots College, the National Champions, as well as top Snowsports schools, Redlands, Cranbrook and Saint Ignatius’ College Riverview, to name a small number of the total schools involved. 

From a Team Podium perspective, Shore achieved one Team Gold Medal (Division 3 SkierX: Jack Steiger-Thorpe, Charlie Kovacs and Julian Harrison), two Team Silver Medals (Division 2 SkierX: Duncan Cowan, Calvin Shortus and Lewis Kingdom; Division 2 Alpine: Duncan Cowan, Calvin Shortus, Henry Conick and Lewis Kingdom), and three Team Bronze medals (Division 1 Alpine: James Hopkins, Daniel Kovacs, Adam Watson and Marcel Ewen; Division 1 Moguls: Roo Taylor, Max Anderson and Adam Watson; Division 1 SkierX: James Hopkins, Marcel Ewen and Daniel Kovacs). On top of these outstanding results, we qualified either a team or individual to the State Championships in every event that we entered. 

Alpine GSMogulsSkier XSnowboard GSSnowboard X
Division 1Team BronzeTeam BronzeTeam BronzeIndividual QualificationIndividual Qualification
Division 2Team SilverIndividual QualificationTeam SilverTeam 5thTeam 4th
Division 3Team 4th and 5thIndividual QualificationTeam GOLD and Team 5thIndividual QualificationIndividual Qualification
Noah Shepherd Boarder X
Noah Shepherd Boarder X
Daniel Kovacs Skier X
Daniel Kovacs Skier X

Individual podiums include: 

  • Gold to Duncan Cowan in both Division 2 Alpine and SkierX  
  • Silver to Calvin Shortus in Division 2 Alpine 
  • Silver to Charlie Kovacs in Division 3 Alpine 
  • Silver to Jack Steiger-Thorpe in Division 3 SkierX 
  • Bronze to Roo Taylor in Division 1 Moguls 

Regardless of whether they were seasoned racers or new competitors, dipping their skis or boards down the start ramp for the first time, all competitors had a terrific time participating with their friends. Many thanks to all parents who helped with Course Volunteering, Team Managing and transportation, as well as Messer’s Inches, Weston and Wales for their assistance on the mountain. 

Mr W. J. Payne 
MIC, Snowsports 

Top Image: James Hopkins Alpine