GB Snowsports Names Telemark & Ski Snowboard X Squads

GB Snowsport have confirmed the names of eleven athletes selected to represent Britain in international Telemark competitions in the coming season.

A seven-athlete World Cup Squad, headed by reigning dual Crystal Globe holder Jaz Taylor, will be joined by a four-athlete Development Team who will compete with the opportunity to qualify for World Cup races across the course of the season.

Joining Taylor in the World Cup Squad line-up will be Matthew Deane, Colin Dixon, James Dykes, Timote Gough, Hamish Ross, and Matt White, while the Development Squad comprises Ben Emsley, Magnus McIntosh, Bonnie Price, and Josh Wisbey.

Last year saw British skiing history made with Taylor taking the Overall and Sprint Crystal Globes, while there were promising performances for a number of the World Cup Squad. The 2024/25 World Cup calendar is slated to begin on 19-21 December in Pinzolo, Italy, with World Championships scheduled for 17-23 March in Les Contamines Montjoie.

FULL SQUAD SELECTIONS

WORLD CUP SQUAD

  • Matthew Deane
  • Colin Dixon
  • James Dykes
  • Timote Gough
  • Hamish Ross
  • Jasmin Taylor
  • Matt White

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

  • Ben Emsley
  • Magnus McIntosh
  • Bonnie Price
  • Josh Wisbey

GB Snowsport have confirmed a three-athlete Ski Cross and Snowboard Cross World Cup Squad and a seven-athlete Europa Cup Ski Cross Squad for the coming season.

At World Cup Squad level, Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale will once again line up in the individual and Team Snowboard Cross World Cup events for Britain, while in Ski Cross Ollie Davies continues to represent the nation at World Cup level.

The Europa Cup Squad, meanwhile, sees two athletes named for the first time in 2023 Youth Olympian Axel Rose Green and seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Pragnell.

FULL SQUAD SELECTIONS:

WORLD CUP SQUAD

  • Charlotte Bankes – Snowboard Cross
  • Ollie Davies – Ski Cross
  • Huw Nightingale – Snowboard Cross

EUROPA CUP SQUAD

  • Gregory Baillie – Ski Cross
  • Tommy Dade – Ski Cross
  • Faith Davie – Ski Cross
  • Axel Rose Green* – Ski Cross
  • Scott Johns – Ski Cross
  • Alannah Lawrie – Ski Cross
  • Elizabeth Pragnell* – Ski Cross
    *new selection for 2024/25 season

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