Australia’s premier cross-country ski race, the Kangaroo Hoppet celebrated its 30th anniversary this year with another outstanding success, despite being held as a virtual event only for the second time in a row.
With limited international travel for high performance sport being supported and preparations well underway for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Snow Australia is calling for expressions of interest for international events of the 2021/2022 season
Despite challenging lockdown periods and prolonged travel restrictions having a significant impact on our domestic winter season for the second year in a row, Snow Australia is pleased to announce that the Community Sport Awards (CSA) is back on the calendar for 2021.
‘Women in Focus’ will showcase some of the inspiring members of the Women of Winter program, highlighting their professional pathway and offering some valuable insights for their colleagues in the industry.
With little certainty around the end of the current lockdown in Victoria, Snow Australia and Mt Buller had no alternative but to cancel the Victorian Interschools event on 8-12 September.
National Development Pathway Coordinator Rebecca Clark has announced that she will be leaving Snow Australia at the end of the month to take up a role in the Coaching and Officiating area with Sport Australia.
Winter Olympian Harry Laidlaw has returned to snow last week, after a long period of rehabilitation to recover from an ACL injury sustained in the 2020 northern winter.
A year on since its release, the National Alpine Plan (2020-2026) has already delivered positive results on several of its priorities and continues to provide a solid foundation to support the development of alpine and ski cross world-class athletes.
Edward Hill is one of almost 70 young athletes enrolled in the Emerging Talent Program for 2021/2022, which is once again sponsored by American fund manager The Lind Partners.
Cross-country skiing Olympians Bruce Haslingden, David Hislop and Anthony Evans were presented with their Snow Australia Medal at the Perisher Cross Country Centre on Thursday, as part of the NSW XC Ski Week activities.
With today’s announcement that the current lockdown for metro Melbourne is to be extended until at Thursday 18th August, it is clear that it is no longer possible to provide certainty to school and resort communities regarding the conduct of the 2021 Mogul Ski World Victorian Interschools event scheduled for August 23-29.
Snow Australia Interschools and Mt.Buller welcomes the announcement by the Victorian Government of the easing of restrictions in the regional areas and the reopening of the resort to regional guests.
The weekend saw some intense cross-country skiing racing at Perisher, as the first of the Australian Cross-country National Championships were held in the NSW resort.
Snow Australia Interschools together with Mt.Buller continue to review the directives from the Victorian Government on the current Victorian lockdown, the regulations and restrictions relating to Interschools activities and public events under the evolving Public Health orders.
Park & Pipe competition returned to Perisher this week, with another exciting edition of the "Perisher Parks Showdown" that saw several top Australian Park & Pipe athletes battle for the podium.