This was the first time that the European Slalom Championships had been held in the UK since Warrington in 1986. The 2013 Championships would also be the largest ever international slalom competition held in the UK with some 95 riders from 13 different countries, including USA and Russia, taking part over the three days. 

It doesn’t matter how many months of planning and preparation goes into an event of this size, the weather is the one thing you have absolutely no control over.  After a blistering hot day on Thursday setting up at the track, Friday morning couldn’t have started any worse. As well as our smiling faces, T-shirts and goody bags, our visiting skaters were greeted with a good old British torrential downpour which soon turned into a full blown thunder storm. With five classes to race in each of the three disciplines Tight, Hybrid and Giant Slalom, every hour lost to the rain was putting us further behind schedule.

Finally around midday the rain stopped and the sodden tarmac began to dry in the warm afternoon breeze. With just over half a day lost, the crew rapidly prepared the hill for the Pro Tight Slalom. The Pro’s would be running their own TS course on which, although not especially technical, many would find hard to dial-in on the buttery smooth, fast surface. Almost half of the field double DQ’d in the qualification rounds, leaving only twelve riders to battle it out in the eliminations. Despite this the quality of the racing was amazing and perfect for spectators.

A spectacular fall just over the finish line in an earlier run by Latvia’s Janis Kuzmins left him bloodied and bruised as he raced for the third place spot against Joe McLaren. The Final was fought out between Swedish father and son Mika and Viking Hadestrand, Viking taking the first European 2013 trophy when mistakes forced his usually cool father to double DQ.

With time fast running out we just had time to run the Women and Juniors Tight qualifying runs. In the Ladies, Germany’s Kathrin Sehl took a bad fall over the finish line, but like Janis, carried on regardless. After the two qualifying rounds Kathrin was in first place ahead of Lienite Skaraine of Latvia. In the Juniors, the top contenders were Petr Matous (CZE) and Zaccaria DiGiorgio from Italy. 

In an attempt to catch up with Friday’s schedule, Saturday began with the continuation of the Tight qualification for Ams and Masters. Sadly due to time constraints, these qualifying times would have to be used to determine the final positions for the Tight Slalom for all divisions other than the Pro’s.

The Hybrid Slalom followed on at lunchtime. Where the Pro’s ran their own course for the Tight, the Hybrid and Giant Slalom would be run using the same courses for all, so eliminating the need to re-set courses and making for easier event management. With the Hybrid course set, racing continued with the Pros doing their qualification runs first, followed by the other classes. Once qualifying results had been secured for all, the Pro finals could take centre stage.

As with the Tight, the racing was intense albeit with a lot less “cone-age”. The latter rounds featured some of the best racing ever seen in the UK for many a year. Each round was as gripping as the next, and there were some incredibly close finishes with just two or three hundredths of a second separating the riders.

Janis appeared to be looking to pick up the “best beef” award as he took yet another really bad fall, this time while practicing on the back hill. He ran headlong into an oncoming freerider at speed, coming down on his head hard; the impact cracking his helmet in the process. He made it back up to the top of the hill where he was checked out and advised to ‘sit down and take it easy’ for the rest of the day. By the time the Pro Hybrid qualifying began he was back up on his feet, new helmet on and ready to run. After qualifying fifth he went off to rest up some more. By the time the finals started, Janis showed real courage and determination and was clearly not going to let his hefty slams ruin his chances. He proceeded to take out both Mika and Viking in quick succession. The round of four against Viking was probably one of the closest races ever. In the first run Janis just edged it by 0.26 seconds. Amazingly in the second run both riders crossed the line together in 14.35″, a tied heat meaning that Janis would go through to the final given his first run advantage. In the Final he would face Joe McLaren, who had relegated Dominik Kowalski to the consolation round. Joe’s first round run time of 14.13″ to Dom’s 14.20″ was the fastest time set for the course with Dom’s running a close second. In the first run of the Final, Joe took victory by just 0.03.” In the second run, despite crossing the line first in 14.25,” his two cones to Janis’ one was enough to crown the battered Latvian as European Hybrid Champion.

Sunday morning saw the Hybrid slalom finals for the Am’s, Women and Juniors. Whilst these groups got underway, the Giant Slalom course could be re-set and marked. Unfortunately the course originally laid down by Louis, Michel and Jeroen on Thursday had clearly been skated by persons unknown. The GS hill was open for free skating on Saturday so that board setups could be adjusted for the change of speed. Unfortunately cones were discovered on the marks along the full length of the Giant Slalom course during Saturday’s Hybrid racing, so suggesting that someone had taken an unfair advantage. The reset lost us another hour or so of precious time.

Winners for the Hybrid racing were as follows: Am’s – Sebastian Vorhölter (GER), Women- Kathrin Sehl, the Juniors was won by Peter Matous. Due to the shortage of time the Masters voted to use their qualifying times to decide their final positions for their Hybrid results in order that the Giant Slalom could get underway. 

As per the race schedule, albeit it somewhat later than anticipated, the Giant Slalom got underway with the Pro’s racing first. It would be the best of three timed runs that would decide the winner. The riders were really pushing the limits of traction as they negotiated the fifty cone course. Joe McLaren’s first run time of 21.85″ (clean) set the standard and by the end of the Pro session nobody had managed to beat it, leaving Joe to add European GS Champion to his already impressive list of World titles. Dominik Kowalski, who is always a threat on any Giant course, took second with a time of 22.44″ and Vik Hadestrand was in third with 22.94″. Four riders notched up hat-trick victories in the GS in their respective classes: Henrik Wadsten took the Overall Masters title, Kathrin Sehl won the Women’s, Sebi Vorhölter the Amateur and a great performance from Petr Matous earned him the Junior Crown. 

After the main prize giving ceremony International Slalom Skateboarding Association President, Jani Söderhäll awarded a very well deserved ISSA Diploma to Martin Sweeney in recognition of setting the first ever 100 cone record back in 1991.

 

An event like this doesn’t just happen overnight and there are so many people to thank – so here it goes…
Firstly a special thanks goes to Ian Coles and his team at Hog Hill, Redbridge Cycling Centre for letting us host the event at their great facility and looking after us so well throughout the weekend.

Thanks to all of the racers for travelling to the event.
Big thank you’s to our Prime sponsors Octane Sport for the timing/race logistics and Pavel for the ramps and T-shirts and to all of our other sponsors, Lush, Cult, Landyachtz, Glastonbury Ales, Newton’s Shred, SK8Kings, Flavio and Concrete Surfer, Dangerous Decks, Seismic Skate, Concrete Wave, CCR, Keith and Thane, Long Live Southbank and all of our other supporters for all of the amazing schwag. Thanks to Team Cow for the poster production and Louis for his assistance with the graphics, course setting and all round help and Steve Pedersen for his graphics input. A big thanks you to all of the racers for travelling to the event.
Massive thanks go to Sam Gordon for all of his tremendous efforts and logistical support – and acting as driver of the “UKSSA Pimp Mobile” shuttle service – he really is the best of chaps. It goes without saying that Paul Keleher is a complete legend on the laptop without who we could not have done it, thank you, thank you! Thanks to Nigel Allgood for assisting with marshalling and timekeeping – especially on Sunday during the GS. Big, big thanks to my great mates Martin Sweeney, Jim “Nutsac” Parry Jones and Jim Slater for their invaluable assistance with race preparation, the cone marshalling and encouraging banter when the going got really tough. Mahoosive thanks also to Ed “The Voice” Brockman for everything, your contribution to the weekend was immense you always lend a touch of finesse to any race mate – “Clear the course!” A special big thanks to Jill Brockman for her supervision of the goody bag stuffers on Thursday. Joanna Dupont kindly helped out here! A really big thank you must go to Tim Peters/DAS Industries and Jorge Higgins for all of the help on sorting out the cone marshals, to the cone marshals themselves, you guys are the unsung heroes, you did an incredibly tough job in the baking sun, I hope between your shifts you managed to get some good riding time in?

I also want to thank all of the UKSSA and spBSA of their time, effort, help and support (in no particular order): Mmedo Duffort, Andy Turner, Mark and Harry Phelps, Paul Coupe, Tim Neal, Sam Slaven, Mick Reiss, Richard Searle, Gavin Palfrey, Ian Sutherland Cranfield, Dominic Barette, Dave Hillier, Luke Baxter, Tony Lord, Paul Taylor Crush, Andy Makeham, Patrick Dumont and Paul Price – attending this his 233rd slalom race, the most of any racer. At the time of going to press he’s notched up another two since!

You guys can be all be proud of what we achieved over that weekend, we saw some of the Worlds finest and fastest race battle it out at the Hog Hill Euro’s – The biggest ever international Slalom competition the UK has ever seen – and we had some good press on The Guardian website to boot. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2013/aug/05/slalom-skateboarding-hog-hill-pictures

Special mention must go to Patrick and Andy for their great photography – In fact you will probably be seeing some of their work staring back at you from the pages of Concrete Wave, Sidewalk and Thrill but to name a few

We had a few problems along the way but what race hasn’t? We all learned some valuable lessons for the future regarding race sizes at Major’s.

My personal highlights: 

Finally meeting Outlaw Eddy and Karl too – great hanging with you bro’s.

 

 Chris Charalambous (who hadn’t even practiced cones this year!) come out all fired up and qualify 12th in the Pro tight rocking an old Comet with Lazer’s then set up his old Santa Cruz Dave Criddle to race in the Hybrid

 Dobie setting up another 30+ year old virgin Santa Cruz and blazing cones – you still got it Bro! It was also great to see Uncle Sid, Frank Wheeler and Phil Burgoyne in attendance on Saturday too. It’s been quite a year for reunions one way or another.

 

The Pro Tight Final’s – Proper Tight slalom again inEngland – there IS a place for a Pro Tight Courses at Major events as anyone who witnessed the finals will tell you.

 Pro Hybrid Finals again another fine demonstration of racing at its best. Janis coming back after his heavy slam, the tied heat in the round of 4 against Viking and then going on to beat Joe – Epic!

 Mmedo – I don’t think I have ever seen anyone more stoked than you at a slalom race, great performance too matey – and off to Antibes too, truly bitten by the international racing bug!

 Harry – Great all round performance at his first Major status race against some very stiff competition.

 One for the statisticians among you – in just under two and a half days we had managed 742 timed runs of racing, if we include the practice runs this figure rises to 1,114!

Finally to anyone who came along to watch and support the event – I hope you enjoyed what you saw?

 Results

Pro

1          Joe McLaren

2          Janis Kuzmins

3          Viking Hadestrand

4          Dominik Kowalski

5          Mika Hadestrand

6          Christoph Baumann

7          Robert Thiele

8          Ferdinand Lindner

9          Michel Dupont

10        Petr Janousek

11        Oleg Glushko

12        Christopher Dupont

13        Paul Price

14        Josef Stefka

15        Gustavs Gailitis

16        Chris Schütz

17        Louis Selby

18        Chris Charalambous

19        Karl Floitgraf

20        Georguy Artemov

21        Pavel Holec

Women

1          Kathrin Sehl

2          Lienite Skaraine

3          Natalya Dudina

4          Anna Gailite

5          Eliza Gailite

6          Erika Schoirfer

7          Tezzan Redman

8          Ella Roggero

Am

1          Sebastian Vorholter

2          Edijs Jermacenko

3          Daniel Navarro Fernandez

4          Andrey Uzhegov

5          Bart Brunninkhuis

6          Marc Camelan

7          Pierre Hazera

8          Alfonso Pérez Villalpando

9          Harry Phelps

10        Mmedo Duffort

11        Nacho Munoz Cuellar

12        Jeroen Steggink

13        Borja Munoz Cuellar

14        Lorenzo Galimberti

15        Paul Taylor-Crush

16        Sam Slaven

17        Jaime Segura

18        Tim Neal

19        Juan Pedro Fullana

20        Alf Olsen

21        Andy Makeham

22        Gavin Palfrey

23        Markus Kaffke

24        Ian Sutherland-Cranfield

25        Paul Keleher

26        Abramo Ponzio

27        Nigel Allgood

28        Dominic Barette

29        Andy Turner

Masters

1          Henrik Wadsten

2          Emrik Larsson

3          Peter Klang

4          Fererico Malventi

5          Magnus Bobert

6          Jani Soderhall

7          Sam Gordon

8          Pelle Plast

9          Peter Pletanek

10        Peter Jachmann

11        Wolfgang Toth

12        Paul Coupe

13        Donald Campbell

14        Robert Gaisek

15        Kaj Gustavsson

16        Per Santesson

17        Richard Searle

18        Franco Di Giorgio

19        Martin Hoppe

20        Franck Pannetier

21        Eddie Martinez

22        Rob Ashby

23        Didier Lambert

24        Edwin Brockman

25        Partrick Dumont

 Juniors

1          Petr Matouš

2          Toms Dreiblats

3          Zaccaria Di Giorgio

4          Vincent Kitzhöefer

5          Melle Stork

6          Max Thiele

7          Vitek Hromadko

8          Matej Stefka

9          Alexei Söderhäll

10        Felix Thiele

11        Dimitri Söderhäll

 

 

 

 

 

Courses will be set by one home and two visiting racers on Thursday before the racing and Finished on Friday morning as necessary. The courses once set WILL NOT be open for skating before the race days. We have access to the circuit for course setting only on Thursday 1^st August; the track will be open to the public for cycling.

Courses will be set according to ISSA Rules: 

“8.8 Course Setting

The race organizer is responsible for setting the course. The method used shall be clearly stated in the race sanction application (who will set the course, description of course, when will course be set, etc.).

The course setter(s), or one or two riders they select, may briefly ride a race course while setting it to ensure that the course is suitable for the event. However, such testing must be kept to an absolute minimum. Any other practicing or training on the race course before the event, except during

the official pre-race warm-up/practice session, is strictly prohibited.” 

Each racer will be limited to 1 practice run on each lane for dual courses and 2 runs on the GS. Each practice run taken will be marked off on the rider. Anyone who thinks it is clever to try and “sneak” extra practice runs or skate down the hill and cut in halfway down the course will be penalised with a DQ. 

Time and weather being favourable we will run groups of 32 with byes as necessary so everyone gets to race.  Juniors and Women will likely as not be run as groups of 16. 

DQ will be 10% of the total cones for the Pro’s

All other classes will be 9 + 1 = DQ 

Qualifying will be done in reverse ISSA Ranking Order 

Pro’s will race a separate Pro Tight Slalom course. 

GS will be 2 runs – Combined time. 

Pro Prize Purse, this will be awarded for the overall racers as follows: 

Pro Men

 1   €500

2   €400

3   €300

4   €250

5   €200

6   €150

7   €100

8    €50 

Total €1,950.00 

Women:

1   €300

2   €200

3   €100 

Total €600

 Total prize money €2,550.00

 

There is an area adjacent to the dual racing hill which can be used to set up a practice/warm up course and we will provide some cones for riders to do this.

 Due to the number of racers competing we will be ever conscious of the time factor therefore we ask that all riders ensure they know when they are racing  and they are at the start and ready to race when their group starts. We will make regular announcements during racing to keep people informed. 

There will be a second slave screen set up for racers to check their times and we will also be providing print outs which will be prominently displayed. Only racers and officials will be permitted access to the starting area. 

Racers will be issued with a racer ID badge on a lanyard. This badge will have your name, nationality and racer class printed on it as well as containing your three lunch vouchers. So please don’t lose it – you could always hang it around your neck? 

The Hog Hill Café will be open for the duration of the racing and serves a wide range of reasonably priced hot and cold food and drink. 

We are allowing freeriding on other parts of Hog Hill while the dual racing is taking place on Friday and Saturday. Racers are welcome to join in the freeriding when they are not racing.  

On Saturday evening we have arranged for a session at Rom Skatepark. Rom is one of the few ’70s skateparks still left standing in theUK. It was built in 1978 and features a Classic Pool, (now showing its age but still very skateable), a Performance Bowl, Snake Run, Moguls, Four Leaf Clover bowls, Halfpipe, Slalom Run and Freestyle Area. There is also an indoor area with a variety of ramps, curved wall rides, jump box, flat banks, grind boxes and quarter-pipes.

We will be using the Slalom Run for a fun ’70s-style slalom race and we hope to have some suitable old set ups to use.

Any skater that wishes to skate the park will need to pay for the session, which I understand has just recently gone up from £5 to £7. 

There will two 7 seater’s available, one kindly provided by Andy Turner and one hired by the UKSSA, for transporting those in need to and from Hog Hill to Rom – Rom to campsite. 

For more information on Rom go to: http://www.romskatepark.com/Home_Page.php

 

European Championship Schedule

(All times are subject to change) 

The race will be run in accordance with ISSA Rules.

 Friday 2^nd August

 9.00 am – Registration/waiver signing/accreditation

 9.30 am – Welcome & Main Rider briefing

 10.00 am – Tight slalom practice begins – one run on each course only (to be marked off on skaters wristband?)

 PLEASE NOTE: If more time is needed for the Pro’s to arrive, to ensure they don’t miss out we will consider starting the practice runs with the Ams. Otherwise we plan to limit practice sessions to those about to race only.

 Pro’s will have their own tight course

 10.45 am – Tight qualification and racing. Pro’s will run first then the rest.

 1.00 pm – Lunch Break

 2.00 pm –Tight Slalom – Ams, Women, Masters & Juniors through till close.

 Saturday 3^rd August

 9.00 am – Rider Briefing.

 9.15 am – Hybrid slalom practice begins – one run on each course only (to be marked off on skaters wristbands?)

 10.30 am –Begin Hybrid qualification and racing. Pro’s will run first

 1.00 pm – Lunch Break

 2.00 pm – Hybrid Slalom – Am’s, Women, Master’s & Juniors through till close.

 Sunday 4^th August

 9.00 am – Rider Briefing

 9.15 am – Giant Slalom practice begins – just two practice runs on the course only (to be marked off on skater’s wristband?)

 10.30 am – GS. Pro’s will run first.

 1.30 pm – Lunch Break

 2.30 – 3.15 pm approx – Awards Ceremony/prize giving

 3.15 pm (Approx) – Farewells – Day ends early allowing those with flights etc to depart early.

 If bad weather affects the racing we will have to amend the schedule as best as we can in order to get some results.

If the worst happens and rain stops play then we will position on qualifying times. If it clears up then we run Pros first. If we progress half way through the Pros and it starts to rain again, then we return to using qualifying times, no matter who has beaten who.

We really do not want to see any events dropped due to bad weather so if we all think positively then it will not rain!

 Some skaters will be in this pub (a short walk from the campsite) on Thursday and Friday evening – if you intend to eat there it is best to phone ahead and book as it gets very busy in the evenings especially at weekends: 

Miller & Carter Steakhouse (Chigwell)

Manor Road,

Abridge,

Romford,

RM4 1NH 

Tel: 020 8500 7712

 

 

With registration now closed we are pleased to announce that we have a total of 100 racers representing 13 countries signed up and paid for the European Championships making it the largest international slalom race ever held in the UK. There will be a total of €2550 in prize money for the Pro’s and some very nice schwag donated by our wonderful sponsors for Am’s, Masters Etc.

We are really excited to be welcoming the current World Champion Joe McLaren to Hog Hill too.

Over the next few weeks we will be frantically working hard to ensure that everything runs smoothly on the day. We will have a dedicated team of cone marshals (and yes they are skaters!) that will be manning the track during the dual racing on Friday and Saturday. The GS on Sunday will be marshalled by racers who are not taking part in the GS and have volunteered their service to the UKSSA.

We will be providing lunch each day for all signed up racers. Our cone marshal team will be fed on Friday and Saturday only when they are marshalling.

As is the norm for Hog Hill events there will be a freeride taking place and this is being organised by Timmy Peters and DAS Industries. However as this is an ISSA Major Status race, the primary focus is on Slalom and therefore the freeriding has been scaled down from the usual hordes that attend.

So for one weekend only – the fastest racers in Europe, at the biggest ever international race on our home patch – an event not to be missed!

For more information visit:  http://euroslalom2013.blogspot.co.uk/

 Hybrid A Group

 1^st Louis Selby

2^nd Harry Phelps

3^rd Sam Gordon

4^th Mmedo Duffort

5^th Jason Martin

6^th Paul Taylor Crush

7^th Sam Slaven

8^th Paul Keleher

  

Hybrid B Group

 1^st Rob Ashby

2^nd James Ritossa

3^rd Aumary Dumont

4^th Tim Neal

5^th Paul Coupe

6^th Tiago Fanha

7^th Tony Lord

8^th Andy Turner

9^th Richard Searle

10^th Cyprien Dumont

11^th Gavin Palfrey

12^th Nigel Allgood

 

Giant Slalom

1^st Louis Selby 23.290

2^nd Harry Phelps 23.770

3^rd Sam Gordon 24.110

4^th Mmedo Duffort 24.270

5^th Ben Williams 24.920

6^th Sam Slaven 25.280

7^th Jason Martin 25.450

8^th Tim Neal 25.540

9^th Tiago Fanha 25.620

10^th Paul Taylor Crush 25.660

11^th Rob Ashby 26.510

12^th Paul Coupe 26.820

13^th Richard Searle 27.430

14^th Gavin Palfrey 29.360

 

 The Crackling – Overall

 1^st Louis Selby

2^nd Harry Phelps

3^rd Sam Gordon

4^th Mmedo Duffort

5^th Jason Martin

6^th Sam Slaven

7^th Paul Taylor Crush

8^th Ben Williams

9^th Tim Neal

10^th Rob Ashby

11^th Paul Keleher*

12^th Tiago Fanha

13^th Paul Coupe

14^th Richard Searle

15^th Tony Lord*

16^th Andy Turner*

17^th Gavin Palfrey

18^th Nigel Allgood

19^th James Ritossa*

20^th Aumary Dumont*

21^st Cyprien Dumont*

 

*Did not race GS

As many of you will have seen plans were announced in March to redevelop the iconic Southbank undercroft skate area into shops and restaurants. The Southbank Centre proposes to relocate the popular skate park further down the river, beneath the Hungerford Bridge and build a new skate facility there, by what is commonly know as “Bird Shit Banks”. 

 

The undercroft at the Southbank is a treasured space, known as the birthplace of British Skateboarding and has been home to skateboarders, BMX riders and graffiti artists for almost 40 years. This makes the undercroft the oldest recognised and still existing skateboarding space in the world. The Southbank Centre’s proposed redevelopment site contains none of these features, has no history and lacks the unique, dynamic architecture that has made the Southbank undercroft a globally renowned street culture space. 

For many of us older riders the first slalom board we stepped on was at Southbank.UKslalom legends such as Jim Slater, Tim Panting and Martin Sweeney to name but a few, all honed their skills at Southbank. I first went there in 1977 and over the years eventually earned my seat on the wall by the big banks as one of what Clingfilm describes in “Rolling Through Decades” “the 2^nd generation” of the LSD Southbank Boys.

 

The campaign, Long Live Southbank, is dedicated to protecting the Undercroft as it is in its current form. They encourage this because its unique architecture and the vitality of the thriving Undercroft community should be present for future generations.

With this in mind please take time to visit, sign the petition and become a member of the campaign (http://www.longlivesouthbank.com/membership/) in support and to raise awareness of the global campaign. Details below: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaveSouthbank

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Long-Live-Southbank/325214540940869

 

Southbank IS The Spiritual Home of Skateboarding in the UK

It Must Be Saved!

Get ready for Spring Racing at London’s Premier Venue!!!

For The Crackling Website click here

Who? Where?

Considered to be bunkum by some, but always a strong point of reference and discussion for all, the slalom rankings for 2012 have been finalised.

In the Pro section, Louis Selby has been making a big impact and has been drawing ever closer to the class leader Paul Price:

 Not officially a UK rider, but certainly an honorary Brit, Bruno Silva de Oliveira would top the UK Amateur rankings with his outstanding third place in the World:

Place	Name	Points	No	Avg
1	Georguy Artemov, RUS	2150	6	358
2	Petr Novotny, CZE	2031	6	338
3	Bruno Silva de Olivera, BRA	2026	6	338

Paul and Louis are watching their backs!

 

Here’s the UK Amateur results:

  

I am pleased to announce that the UKSSA has been successful with its bid to host The 2013 European Championships of Slalom Skateboarding. The event will be staged at Hog Hill from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th August 2013.

The e-mail I received this morning from Petr Janousek, ISSA EU status Marshal read as follows:

 ‘‘Congratulations Rob.

It is an honor for me to tell you that ISSA BOD and EU status marshals decided on the allocation of organizing the European Championships 2013 to London. We believe that in our decision we support the growth of slalom skateboarding in England. Personally, I am excited because Hog Hill is a great place for holding races.

Rob, if you need some support, you contact me and I try to help you.

Good luck with organizing the European Championship 2013!“

This is a great opportunity to show not only what a 1^st Class venue we have but what a good show we can put on. In the coming weeks I will be putting an action plan together with key sponsors and supporters. I will also be asking for a number of volunteers to step up to form the main race committee.

It would be appreciated if you could wait for further detailed announcements before bombarding us with your questions at this early stage. Updates will appear here and on the UKSSA Facebook page. 

 

 

 

 

Let’s do this thing!