Cara Brown & Billy Major - Top Brits in the Scottish FIS Slaloms in Chamonix
Team GB faced stiff competition from the Swiss, USA, France & Italy
This weekend saw the Europa Cup night Slaloms and the Scottish FIS Slaloms take place at the Planards piste in the centre of Chamonix.
Les Planards may be familiar to some of you as a beginners ski area, however competitions are held here throughout the season.
On Sunday and Monday there were in the region of 50+ women and 120+ men competing the the Scottish FIS Slaloms. On each day the skiers took part in two separate races where their cumulative times went towards winning that particular day's race and also for their points in the FIS leader boards.
The girls started their first race on Sunday at around 3pm in bright sunshine and with the snow in relatively good condition, with the second race starting under flood lights not long after. The first men's race got under way at around 6.30pm with their second around 8.30pm.
Although the races were hosted by the Scottish team, other countries are allowed to enter and so the competition included Australians, Polish, Italians, Swiss, French, Greeks, Kiwis, Americans, Croatians, Slovakians..
In the women's race the Swiss dominated the leader board with Cara Brown finishing in overall 13th place as the fastest British female, and Billy Major placed 30th overall in the men's race and was the fatest British male.
Womens' results - Men's results
Cara is writing a series of Race Reports for us this winter. Take a look at her reports so far from Meribel & Tignes, Val Thorens and La Plagne.
You can follow all the FIS events and news on their website.
