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Hughes wins silver & Morrissy fourth at Snowboard World Junior Championships

26/3/2012

 
Australia has recorded one of its best ever Winter Sport results at a World Junior Championship level, with two athletes in the top four in the Snowboard Cross event at Sierra Nevada, Spain.

Sixteen year old, Jarryd Hughes (NSW) has continued his recent excellent form winning the Silver medal, while fellow Australian Daniel Morrissy (VIC) also qualified for the medal round final of four athletes and finished the event in 4th place.

In the ladies event, Belle Brockhoff (VIC) made it through to the quarters finals and ended up in 9th place. Other Australian athletes who took part in finals action included NSWIS athlete Andy Fischer in 21st and Kieren Alkemade in 30th

Athletes who just missed out on qualifying for finals were Annabel Tudhope in 18th, Max Miller in 34th and Gregory Whitehead in 37th.

AIS Snowboard Head Coach Ben Wordsworth was impressed with the results of the young athletes.

“The event was heavily contested with all nations sending their top riders, some of them being from the World Cup. It was fantastic in the men’s final, to see two Aussies make up half of the final four”

“Jarryd Hughes put down some impressive runs today to move through to the final rounds and come within half a board length of beating the winner Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria. This just shows the level of riding that Jarryd is capable of as Alessandro competes full time on the World Cup circuit.”

“Daniel Morrissy was also impressive in his first ever final in FIS competition, showing some real talent riding from the front and also making passing moves when needed to advance through to the final round.”

“Belle Brockhoff showed promise with a strong qualifying result, but was unlucky to be eliminated in the first of the women’s heats and did not progress into the semi-finals.”

The halfpipe and slopestyle World Junior Championship events will take place over the next few days with Cameron Staveley, Lauren Staveley, Alex Fitch and Declan Vogel-Paul representing Australia.

Aussie teenager impresses

17/3/2012

 
Sixteen-year-old Australian Jarryd Hughes was just 0.06 seconds from grabbing the top spot in qualifying at the second World Cup snowboard cross event in Valmalenco.

Competing in only his third World Cup event, the teenager showed just how much potential and ability he has by securing the second fastest qualifying time before making it through to the quarter finals.

Riding with maturity well above his years and international experience, Hughes finished 17th overall, signaling a bright future.

The final race of the season, a double header in the Italian resort, saw Germany’s Konstantin Schad in first place, ahead of Russia’s Andrey Boldykov and Lluis Marin Tarroch from Andorra in third.

Australian Institute of Sport snowboard cross head coach Ben Wordsworth was one of the many who have been watching Hughes progress during the last few weeks.

“He was very good out there, but he was competing with many strong and experienced riders,” Wordsworth said.

“Making it to the quarter finals and doing what he did in qualifying shows that he definitely has potential for the future.

“Being passed by David Speiser in the quarter final was just a lack of experience.”

Another Australian teenager, Belle Brockhoff, has also wound up the season with an encouraging 17th place behind winner Jacqueline Hernandez from the United States, Frenchwoman Nelly Loccoz Moenne and Brittish rider Zoe Gillings.

In other results for Australian athletes, NSW Institute of Sport athlete Cam Bolton finished 40th after qualifying 47th but went out in the first round. Andy Fischer was 50th and Daniel Morrissy finished 55th.

Australia’s reigning world champion Alex “Chumpy” Pullin did not race today due to a fall in qualifying during which he sustained a minor concussion, bringing his frustrating season to an end.

Chumpy fast again

15/3/2012

 
Alex “Chumpy” Pullin has finished in eighth place on day one at the 2012 snowboard cross World Cup in Valmalenco, Italy.

He captured the fastest time of the event in qualifying, the fourth time this season he has achieved this distinction, and dominated his first knock out final and a quarter final, winning each race by about four metres.

Pullin’s fortunes changed in the semi-final, unfortunately catching a patch of snow softened by the mild conditions, which caused the Australian to fall, putting an end to his hope of making the final.

In the consolation final, Pullin led for almost the entire race but Italian Alberto Schiavon crossed the finish line a few centimetres ahead of the Australian.

The day belonged to Norway’s Stian Sivertzen, who recorded his second World Cup career win, ahead of American Alex Turtle and Frenchman Tony Ramoin, who both made the podium for the first time.

Sixteen-year-old Australian Jarryd Hughes, racing in only his second World Cup event, once again caught the attention of AIS snowboard cross head coach Ben Wordsworth.

Although Hughes’ finish of 21st today was not as strong as 10th place in his World Cup debut in Stoneham, Canada, in February, the young gun showed he has potential by securing the fifth fastest time in qualifying.

“He was incredible. He is really good in time trials. Unfortunately in the second heat he got caught up on one of the jumps and they passed him.

“Given that he is 16 and the level he is riding at, he is doing really well. It’s exciting for the sport to have someone like him come through.”

In other Australian men’s results, Andy Fischer was 52nd, Cam Bolton 57th place and in 60th place was Daniel Morrissy.

In the women’s event, 19-year-old Australian Belle Brockhoff made the semi-finals, finishing in an encouraging ninth place overall.

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