WILD GIRLS ON SNOW 2009
Celebrating 10 years
'WILD GIRLS GO WILD WEST'
Sunday 15th - Wednesday 18th March 2009
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‘Wild Girls on Snow’ is a unique and fun skiing event, in aid of charity, which takes place annually in Klosters, Switzerland. The event, organized by Clair Southwell, started with a whim over nine years ago. Wild Girls on Snow has grown into a well established and recognized event that has successfully raised over CHF 440,000 for children’s charities, and for two breast cancer charities, based in the UK and Switzerland.
The dates for 2008 are Sunday 2nd - Wednesday 5th March. Twenty teams will take part in the event with each team consisting of three girls (though mixed teams are also accepted!) with a celebrity or a fourth member of their own choice. The event programme consists of three evenings with dinner and entertainment and two full days skiing in the Klosters/Davos ski area. Each team is allocated a Klosters local on one of the days and a ski racer on the other. Swiss-Ski and ski racers (past and present) of the National Swiss Ski Team have been loyal supporters of this event and have generously given their time on many occasions to attend.
Wild Girls on Snow supports the same charities for two consecutive years - in 2006 and 2007 it was breast cancer (International Breast Cancer Study Group based in Switzerland and Breast Cancer Haven in the UK). This year and 2009 Wild Girls will support two children’s charities – Katie’s Ski Tracks (adaptive specialized snow, fun, ski and adventure activity holiday opportunities, for disadvantaged sick and disabled children) in the UK and Right to Play (an international humanitarian organization using sport and play to improve the lives of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world). Funds will be raised through sponsorship, donations and an auction.
Every year the event follows a theme – for example in previous years there has been a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery, fashion with ‘what not to wear skiing’, Swiss folklore with Heidi and Peter and Schellenursli and James Bond with ‘007 – Mission Breast Cancer’. This year the theme is ICE and will include an action packed Gala Evening on Ice.
The event will begin on Sunday 2nd March with a Welcome Dinner at the Höhwald Restaurant. On Monday morning the teams, guided by their ‘local’, will ski on the Parsenn before meeting at the Parsennhütte for The ‘ICE Challenge’ – a test of creative skill! There will be music, drinks and lunch before the teams ski back down to Klosters. In the evening the ICE theme will continue with a special ICE Gala at the Sportzentrum (including Eisstock, Ice Hockey and surprise entertainment) followed by dinner in the restaurant. On Tuesday ‘The Wild Girls on Snow GS Challenge’ will take place with a ski racer heading each team. The event will conclude in the evening with a unique themed dinner, auction and prize giving at the Silvretta Parkhotel.
If you would like to take part in this event either as a participant or a Sponsor or would like further information you can contact the organiser Clair Southwell by using the Contact Form. Your support is valuable.
