Results for 2010

BASI Notice of General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of The British Association of Snowsport Instructors Limited shall be held at The Altitude Restaurant meeting rooms, Geneva Airport, Switzerland on 29th January 2011 at 6pm for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolution:

ORDINARY RESOLUTION

“That Peter Kuwall, Alex Leaf or Philip May be appointed as Alpine Director, with the candidate chosen being the person with a majority of votes in their favour over those in favour of the other candidates, and with full (only members who are holding an Alpine qualification) and life members having the right to vote in favour of one of the three candidates.

Roy Henderson who was previously one of the candidates for the Alpine Director position is no longer eligible to stand for election to the Board of Directors due to his appointment to the new position of BASI Product Manager.

For more information click here

in order to vote online click here

The General Meeting will be followed by a Reception for Members, hosted by BASI and an open Forum for Members. The evening will close at 8pm.

Any items for discussion at the Forum should be emailed to the Secretary of the Board of Directors ShonaTate@basi.org.uk by the 27th January 2011.

We look forward to meeting you all on the 29th in Geneva.

Fergus Waters, Chief Executive Officer

PUBLISHED 24/12/2010

BASI appoints Product Manager

BASI is pleased to announce the appointment of Roy Henderson to the new position of BASI Product Manager with effect from January 2011.

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PUBLISHED 23/12/2010

BASI office closed this afternoon, Friday 03 Dec 2010

Unfortunately due to adverse weather conditions in Grantown-on-Spey and the surrounding aerea the BASI office had to close early today, Friday 3rd December 2010. We hope that normal service will resume on Monday morning.

PUBLISHED 03/12/2010

POWER CUT AT BASI HQ

BASI regret to advise, that today 12th Nov 2010 the HQ offices are currently experiencing a power cut.  Unfortunately, no telephone lines are working and most of the computer systems are down.  Hopefully everything will be resolved by Monday 15th Nov 2010.

We apologise for inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for your patience.

PUBLISHED 12/11/2010

New BASI Chairman

BASI is very pleased to welcome Gareth Roberts as the New Chairman for BASI.


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PUBLISHED 11/10/2010

BASI office opening times over Christmas and New Year 10/11

BASI opening hours over Christmas and New Year 10/11 click here

PUBLISHED 03/10/2010

Licences 2010/11

Message from the BASI Admin Team.  

Thank you to all members who have paid their BASI subscription fee for 2010/11. We are now in the process of printing the licences and you should expect to receive yours through the post in the next couple of weeks. read more 

PUBLISHED 01/10/2010

BASI Training Centres

BASI has set up a system for established snowsport schools to be BASI Training Centres. What does this mean? Click here to find out more.

PUBLISHED 30/07/2010

BASI AGM 2nd Oct 2010

All day event at The Snow Centre, Hemel Hempstead - come along and meet some of the BASI Team. Alpine and Snowboard refreshers available, on snow clinics. AGM 4-5pm, open forum 5-6pm, presentation by Andy Salter 6-7pm.

Please click here to read more about the AGM.

PUBLISHED 09/06/2010

2010/11 Courses now available for booking

All courses for the forthcoming season are now available for online booking through your Members Area and the BASI website. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

PUBLISHED 02/06/2010

Welcome to the British Interski Demonstration Team 2011

Launch Party, Dinner, Dance and Raffle Draw hosted by the Demonstration Team and Special Guests will take place at 7pm on June 12th, 2010 at the Watermill Hotel, Hemel Hempstead. Prizes galore are to be raffled from attending the actual event in St. Anton to skis worth £500, specialist boot fitting, ski with a star, bottles of champagne etc. 


For more information on the Demo team, please click here.

PUBLISHED 16/04/2010

New CEO for BASI

Fergus Waters has been appointed as the association’s new Chief Executive Officer. The post becomes effective from the end of May 2010 when Fergus officially join the rest of the staff at BASI HQ in Grantown-on-Spey.


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PUBLISHED 15/04/2010

BASI Shows support at the National Alpine Ski Championships

The newly formed organisation British Ski and Snowboarding under the leadership of BOA Chairman, Colin Moynihan, will continue to be supported by BASI to assist with the coaching of athletes at the highest level. 


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PUBLISHED 14/04/2010

BASI supports Alain Baxter's Commonwealth Team Bid

Former Olympic ski racer and BASI member Alain Baxter has announced his latest competitive challenge - to gain selection to the Scottish Cycling Team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in October 2010. 


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PUBLISHED 14/04/2010

BASI qualification changes over the past 10 years

Click here to see the table that shows how the BASI qualifications have developed over the past 10 years

PUBLISHED 20/01/2010

As of now, Disclosure Scotland will accept Basic CRD checks

Following recent correspondence and meetings with Disclosure Scotland it has been established that the majority of the BASI members are no longer required to complete an enhanced CRD check and that a basic CRD check is sufficient. 


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PUBLISHED 17/01/2010