April snow and exciting new adventure talk

The Weardale Ski Club Ltd

Firstly there has been fresh snow at Swinhope leading to the possibility of skiing in the next few days. If forecasts are accurate then Sunday might be a possibility and also next week also - keep watching the webcams.

Hope you don't mind me adding in a promotion to an exciting adventure talk/exhibition coming up on Friday 20th April in Newcastle which is being organised by one of our members and also features one of our members plus Jenny Jones, Olympic snowboarder - details below and even a discount for WSC members.

Those who attended the WSC AGM at the Honest Lawyer a couple of years ago will have had the pleasure of seeing an amazing slideshow talk from long standing WSC member Anto Baird. Anto had recently returned from a trip to South Georgia with phenomenal photos from the same place as an episode of the BBC's Blue Planet was shot, but instead of just focusing on the wildlife Anto went there to go ski touring, and unlike Shackleton- he came back! One of our other members, James Cummings, has been organising an adventure talks series which will include Anto's work in exhibition format, but the event also has another star attraction (!) as the first person to win an Olympic medal in snowboarding, Jenny Jones, will be speaking. Coming fresh off the back of the BBC PyeongChang Olympics broadcast team, Jenny is a British snow-sports superstar. Those who came and saw fellow BBC broadcaster Graham Bell speak at our anniversary party will doubtless enjoy this event. In an extract from their website: 

"Last year a skier, a kite-surfer and a surfer got together to share a few stories with some old and some new friends under the stars in Northumberland. As they stood in front of the giant projector screen showing their journeys in to the unknown, the magic of the cinema combined with the power of storytelling and East Coast Visions was born. Someone got lucky and won a raffle prize- a brand new custom surfboard, others won more: and in doing so all helped raise £1200 for two notable charities: Surfers Against Sewage and Waves for Water. Afrobeat filled the air & heavy vibrations shook the ground. If tales of adventure get you excited then come and hear three new ones, help raise money for good causes, and see one very special story from Olympic Snowboard bronze medallist, Jenny Jones. 7pm till late, Tynebank Brewery, Newcastle Upon Tyne 20^th April 2018. Tickets online now!

www.eastcoastvisions.co.uk

For those who are interested, there are 50 Earlybird tickets for sale at only £7.50 (inc booking fee) but the good news is that there's a special discount code for WSC visitors past and present: InTheClub 

Use of this code will bring the price of the first 50 tickets down to only £6 inc booking fee.

Steve