The U16 ski teams from The Lady Eleanor Holles School, Hampton, started the season with confident performances at the ESSKIA Regional Qualifying competition in Welwyn.

The A team of Amelia Ruiz, Laetitia Hawkins, Josephine Ruiz and Georgia McGregor won the U16 section and qualified for the nationals in Rossendale in October.

The less experienced B team – Poppy Gilbert, Natasha Melunsky, Taya Jackson and Elizabeth Radford – managed fourth place.