Toby Is On Track To Compete In The Olymp …

After a brilliant season on the slopes Toby Case is on track to achieve his goal of competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics – and has just been selected to represent Team GB in Andorra in January 2016.

13-year-old Toby from Fleet in Hampshire, has had an unbelievable season competing all around Europe and has come away as the All England Slalom Champion on snow after winning in Bormio in Italy and on the artificial slopes he is now the GBR Series Champion, Irish National Champion, European Champion, GBR Series Indoor Champion, SRSA Champion and has won various Club Nationals.

To top it all off his talent has been spotted by Snowsport England who have invited him to join the U14 England Alpine Development Squad 2015/16.

The talented skier was chosen to attend the selection weekend in Manchester, which involved fitness tests, on-snow skill-based exercises at indoor snow slope Chill Factore and strength and conditioning and nutrition sessions.

The England call up, which will see Toby represent England in dry and indoor slope races across the country, international competitions in Europe as well as at the English Alpine Ski Championships in Italy next February, comes after a series of successes on the slopes.

Toby said: “I developed my taste for skiing at the age of 5 on the dry slope at the Alpine Snowsports Centre in Aldershot, where I had visited with a friend to try out an introductory course.

“I loved it so much that I started attending regular ‘Skids’ sessions on a Saturday morning, which is where I learnt basic technical skills. Over the next 9 months I trained hard and was awarded my Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates.

“After trials at the age of 7, I was fortunate to win a place as the youngest member of the Aldershot Ski Race squad.”

And since then he hasn’t looked back. He is already regarded as one of the country’s top young stars and has achieved his first personal goal of qualifying for the England development squad. He has also got his sights on the 2018 Youth Winter Olympics, before his ultimate goal of representing his county at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Eddy Kirk from Active Nation’s Alpine Snowsports in Aldershot said: “Toby Case is a fantastic example of what can be achieved through learning and training on an artificial ski slope.

“Toby’s hard work and the support of his parents and coaches is clear to see. It just goes to show what can come from a visit to your local dry ski slope, a huge amount of talent and a lot of dedication. Well done Toby!”

To keep up with Toby’s progress follow him through his website: www.tobycase.co.uk. For more information about Alpine Snowsports in Aldershot give us a call on 01252 325889.

• Posted on: Sunday, August 9th, 2015 by Bita Rezaei