Club Ski Champs - Gemma

 My dad calls me to wake up at 5am.  We are going to the mountain for the club ski champs, but first we have to drop my sisters at the swimming pool for training.  We then drive south, and I fall back asleep.  When we go to Otorahanga we had to stop for a short break as I felt sick from the windy roads.  Finally 2 hours later we get to Mount Ruapehu.  We get on our ski gear, and put on our rucksacks, and go and stand in the chair lift queue.  We line up in the queue, and while we are there we get scanned to check we have our season passes for the mountain.  We finally get on the chairlift and ride up to the Ruapheu Ski Club Lodge where we are staying.  We then drop our gear in the lodge, and then go out west skiing.  It was such a hot day we had too much warm clothing on.  We ski the Turkey run and then go up on the T bar to the top, and ski down the Black Magic.  But, we ski down too far and we have to hike back up again carrying our skis.  That night we have dinner in the lodge.  I sleep in a top bunk, and my dad sleeps in a bottom bunk.  The next morning, it is RSC club champs.  I have my breakfast then put on my ski gear.  The first race I do is the slalom.  When I do the slalom I didn’t go too fast between the poles as I had seen lots of people who went before me crash.  One the giant slalom I went really fast as the gates are further apart.  That night it was prize giving I found out that I came first in the Giant Slalom and Slalom for the under 10 years old, and I won a huge trophy and a medal.  I also came second in the under 13 years old category and won a medal. 

By Gemma