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Home Welcome to the home of the British Disabled Ski Team...  The British Disabled Ski Team (BDST) represents the racing arm of "The Skiers & Boarders Charity" Disability Snowsport UK. Team members are registered and annually licensed with the International Paralympic Committee, Alpine Skiing by DSUK under the delegated powers of Snowsport GB which is the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) member representing Alpine Skiing. See what its all about with a selection of video clips and pictures including Sean Rose's downhill at the Turin 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Sestriere. News Update
Congratulations to Delyth and Kenny on their Wedding day... 
21 June 2008, St Peter's Church, Newborough
IPC confirm 2009 World Championships and 2008/09 Equipment Regulations  The IPC have confirmed that the 2009 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships will take place in Korea between 19 February and 1 March 2009. This represents an important date on our athletes calendar as we move towards Vancouver 2010. Dates have been added to the event calendar and full race information will be made available via the IPC website in due course. They have also released the 2008-2009 Equipment Regulations which can be found on our 'Rules, Regulations & Ins' page or by clicking here
We are pleased to announce the initial BDST team selection for next season's "A" and "B" squads. Development places will be announced following an invitation weekend to both prospective Adult and Youth development hopefuls at the end of August. Congratulations to all for achieving the levels set to represent BDST and GBR at future IPCAS events and respective team categories.
 Work is progressing on the provisional events and race calendar for the team from between now and the Paralympic Games in 2010. The IPC have released provisional dates for the various European, North American, World Cup and World Championships as we move towards Vancouver 2010. In future, this download will be available via our Events Calendar 2008/09 page and updated at the beginning of each month. Further detail of specific races can also be obtained direct fro the IPC website. Performance Manager - Nigel Kendrick, Team Manager - Stuart Dickson and Head Coach - Jane Stevens will be working with athletes to identify both squad and individual race programmes to take advantage of the various point requirements. (Events calendar updated 1/7/08)
| Why you should explore our site...  Can you imagine the feeling of ski racing with missing limbs, paralysed, blind, physical or mental illnesses, reaching speeds of over 80kph? This is the daily pursuit of our highly motivated athletes, striving to race against the top disabled racers from around the world. Please, feel free to browse the various sections of this site as they are developed and learn more about our team, including up-to-date race results and future plans. Spread the word, the Brits are back on the disabled world ski scene in a big way!
Passion, Performance, Potential... The athletes are mainly self funded and the team is always on the lookout for potential sponsors. This can be in any form, if you are interested in supporting us please get in touch Remember, the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics are just around the corner…
| British Disabled Ski Team Phone number: +44 (0)1479 861272 Cairngorm Mountain via Aviemore Inverness-shire PH22 1RB E-mail address: BDST and its athletes are kindly supported through our additional partners 
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