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Welcome to the home of TJ Baldwin, Member of the GB Ski Team.

 

8 British titles for TJ

 

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TJ is a Norfolk boy born and bred.  He is now 17 and is one of Great Britain's hottest ski prospects of any age.
He started skiing when he was just 6 years old at the Norfolk Ski Club dry slope just outside Norwich. 
Over the next 3 years he religiously went every saturday morning to their very successful Junior Club. 
In 1999 he was eventually allowed into the NSC race team.  From then until 2003 he travelled around
the country competing in national and regional races proving himself very difficult to beat.  During this time he won numerous races and titles including Eastern Region, British and European championships.

TJ had his first venture onto snow in 2000 when he spent a week at the British Ski Academy in Les Houches, France; followed by a weeks family ski holiday.  A few more family holidays followed until he took the full plunge into snow racing and competed at the 2002 BARSC children's races at Lenk, Switzerland.  His performances there earned him a place in the British Children's Ski Team,  He then spent the rest of the season training at the BSA, ending it by winning a silver medal for team GB in Turkey; winning the English Alpine championships in Slalom and Giant Slalom and coming 3rd in the Super G; then being runner up in the the British championships in the GS and 4th in the Super G.

Over the next 3 seasons he became one of the most successful children's skiers in GB winning a further 22 British, English and Inter Schools championships.  He also won a number of silver and bronze medals at these and the BARSC championships.

In 2003 he was voted the BBC Radio Norfolk sports personality of the year.  This put him in the BBC Look East sports personality final against Paula Radcliffe, Ben Cohen & Jamie Gibson, all World champions.  He was also in the final 10 of the BBC young sports personality of the year.
He kept his place on the BCST for 4 years running gaining a number of top 10 results.  He was also selected for the most important children's race "Topolino" in both 2004 & 2005.

His children's racing career ended on a high note by doing the clean sweep at the British Children's championships in 2005.  He won the Slalom, GS, Super G and Overall combined.  This had only ever been done twice before, the last time in 1998.  His last race for the BCST was at "La Scarafiotti" in France where he finished 9th in the Slalom, the highest position by a GB skier for many years.

In 2005 he was put on the TASS 2012 programme, one of only 4 skiers on the progamme. Due to a massive cut in funding to skiing he was not on this programme for 2006.

His first year of FIS racing saw him set new records. He won all 3 British Junior titles (Slalom, GS,
Super G) the first time this had been done by a 1st year J1 racer. He also scored the lowest ever FIS points by a 1st year junior in any event with 61.02 in the British Junior GS. In Super G he was the first
GB male to ever score below 100 FIS points at his age with a 95.61, he ended the season with the lowest ever Super G points by a 1st year junior racer.

He was again selected for the British Youth Team and the England Alpine Team, and was part of the
GB Home Nations Team for the 2006/07 season.

Despite all this time away, TJ went on to achieve some very respectable GCSE results, gaining 1 x A,
4 x B & 3 x C grades.

His 2nd year of FIS racing was a very mixed affair with very difficult racing conditions across Europe.
He comfortably won the GB selection time trials for the European Youth Winter Olympic Festival & represented team GB at the event in Feb 2007. In March he scored 2 results in Super G & GS
that were below GB team selection criteria.

TJ ended the season with a bang by winning 3 more British titles, all in Super G. He was also
1st Junior 1 in both the Senior & Junior Downhill’s, and was 2nd in both the Jun 1 Slalom & the Overall Combined Junior standings. He scored excellent FIS points in all these events which meant he met the GB team selection criteria in Downhill, Super G & GS. He was duly selected to the team on a full-time basis for the 2007/8 season.
His selection also meant that he was put back onto the TASS 2012 funding.

In the first races of the 2007/8 season in Chile he scored some extremely low FIS points in 2 South American Cup Super G’s. These points ranked him No.10 in the world in Super G for age 17 and
under; and No.72 in the World Junior rankings (U21).

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

 

 

8 British titles for TJ, posted on 09 May 2008
Great start to European season for TJ., posted on 29 Jan 2008
TJ top 10 in the world in Super G for age 17., posted on 13 Dec 2007
TJ back on TASS 2012 funding., posted on 02 Dec 2007
Pilch Sports sponsor TJ, posted on 02 Dec 2007

8 British titles for TJ
TJ has ended the season on a real high by winning 8 British titles.

At the Senior championships he won all 6 U18 titles in, Downhill, Super G, GS, Super Combined, Slalom and the Overall Combined. This is the first time that this has ever been achieved.

He was also the 1st placed Junior (U21) at the Senior champs in Super G, Slalom & Super Combined, 1st = in GS and 2nd in  Downhill. This made him the best Junior at these championships.

He also won 2 Bronze medals by finishing 3rd Brit overall in the Senior standings in both the Super G & Slalom. Added to this he was 4th = in GS, 5th in Super Combined & 6th in Downhill. This left him 4th in the Overall combined standings.

In the Junior championships he brought his tally up to 8 by winning the Super G title and by being part of the Best Junior Club team (BSA). He was also 2nd in the Junior Downhill, which made him 3rd = in the Overall Combined standings.

Great start to European season for TJ.

TJ has made a great start to his European season. After the first month & 18 races he has scored some excellent results. He has consistently been scoring in the low 50 FIS points with a couple of 40’s in GS being the highlights. He has had many top 10 positions overall, the best placing was a 1st in a National Junior race in GS at Brigels, Switzerland, followed by a 3rd the following day. He was also placed 4th in a CIT GS at Turnau, Austria scoring a career best 42.02 points. This now strengthens his position as the No1 Junior in GB at GS to go with his No1 ranking in Super G.

His recent Slalom results have now put him at No2 Junior in GB on the FIS list. All these results also mean that he has already easily made the selection criteria for the GB team for the 2008/9 season.

TJ top 10 in the world in Super G for age 17.

After some fantastic results in 2 South American Cup Super G races in Chile, TJ is now ranked No10 in the world for Super G for age 17 & under.

His average of 48.11 also puts him 72nd in the World Junior rankings (U21) for that discipline.

The 2 results were also well below the selection criteria level (in Super G) for re-selection into the GB team for 2008/9

TJ back on TASS 2012 funding.

After his selection to the full-time British Land Ski Team TJ has been put back onto TASS 2012 funding for the 2007/8 season. The £10,000 award will partly fund his training & racing with the GB FIS team.

The funding is given to athletes from Winter & Summer sports who are medal prospects at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2010 & 2014 Winter Olympics.

Pilch Sports sponsor TJ
Pilch Sports of Norwich are now sponsoring TJ with all of his fitness clothes and equipment. The largest independent sports shop in Norfolk will join with all of TJ’s other sponsors to help him get to the very top.

Sunfold Systems, Chillspeed of Diss, The Ski Club of Great Britain, FatFace, Frontier Ski, & Skyscanner have all pledged their continued sponsorship of TJ for the 2007/8 season with financial support.

A very big thank you to all of TJ’s sponsors, for their continued support and encouragement, without them he would not be able to carry on with the full-time training programme in the GB team.

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Best Results 2007/08
Place
Date
Race/Country
Event
GB J2
Int J2
Overall
FIS Points
Courchevel  FRA
09/04/08
FIS - GBR
Slalom
  1st
6th
17th 
55.34
Meribel FRA
04/04/08
NC - GBR
GS
  1st
1st
6th
43.99
Meribel FRA
03/04/08
NC - GBR
Sup Com
1st
2nd
7th
69.57
Meribel FRA
03/04/08
NJC - GBR
Super G
1st
2nd
6th
55.78
Meribel FRA
02/04/08
NC - GBR
Slalom
1st
4th
11th
47.40
Meribel FRA
02/04/08
NJC - GBR
Downhill
2nd
5th 
23rd
55.22
Meribel FRA
01/04/08
NC - GBR
Downhill
2nd
5th 
23rd
47.66
Meribel FRA
30/03/08
NC - GBR
Super G
1st
1st
8th
26.82
Sarntal ITA
29/03/08
NC - GER
Super G
1st
8th
22nd
54.67
Sarntal ITA
28/03/08
NC - GER
Sup Com
1st
7th
18th 
44.27
Sarntal ITA
28/03/08
NJC - GER
Super G
1st
5th 
16th 
45.60
Sarntal ITA
27/03/08
NC - GER
Downhill
2nd
6th
18th 
71.10
Sarntal ITA
26/03/08
NJC - GER
Downhill
2nd
5th 
17th 
78.91
Innerkrems AUT
20/03/08
NC - CRO
GS
1st
10th
37th
55.26
Innerkrems AUT
18/03/08
NC - CRO
Super G
2nd
7th
25th
44.86
Spital/Sem
12/03/08
FIS - AUT
Super G
1st
20th
36th
60.07
Stari Vrh
10/03/08
NJC - SLO
GS
1st
8th
17th 
55.63
Mellau
08/03/08
CIT – AUT
GS
1st
1st
3rd
44.46
Formigal
29/02/08
WJC - SPA
GS
DNF1
DNF
Formigal
28/02/08
WJC - SPA
Super G
1st
42nd
45th
75.88
Formigal
27/02/08
WJC - SPA
Slalom
DNF1
DNF
Formigal
26/02/08
WJC - SPA
Downhill
1st
49th
55th
112.08
Gotschen
16/02/08
NJC - GER
GS
1st
16th 
32nd
59.88
Gotschen
16/02/08
FIS - GER
GS
2nd
23rd
54th
65.29
Flims
01/02/08
FIS - SUI
GS
1st
15th 
25th
55.00
Innerkrems
25/01/08
FIS - AUT
Sup Com
2nd
28th
48th
68.51
Innerkrems
25/01/08
FIS - AUT
Downhill
2nd
25th
49th
94.80
Maria Alm 
16/01/08
FIS – AUT
GS
1st
27th
53rd
54.13
Turnau
12/01/08
CIT – AUT
GS
1st
3rd
4th
42.02
Radstadt
11/01/08
FIS – AUT
Super G
1st
25th
51st
54.90
Radstadt
10/01/08
FIS – AUT
Super G
1st
9th
21st
58.93
Hochficht
21/12/07
NJR – AUT
GS
1st
8th
9th
53.77
Brigels
18/12/07
NJR – SUI
GS
1st
3rd
3rd
67.02
Brigels
17/12/07
NJR - SUI
GS
1st
1st
1st
60.64
Maitrei/Ostt
16/12/07
FIS - AUT
SG
1st
21st
53rd
62.10
Gotschen
10/12/07
NJR – GER
GS
1st
7th
11th
58.87
Gotschen
09/12/07
NJR – GER
Slalom
1st
10th
14th
50.92
Gotschen
08/12/07
NJR - GER
Slalom
1st
14th 
20th
52.81
Kaunertal 
04/12/07
UNI - AUT
GS
1st
6th
10th
47.76
Termas de Chillan
12/09/07
SAC – Chile
  Super G
1st
2nd
25th
45.32
Termas de Chillan
12/09/07
SAC – Chile
  Super G
1st
2nd
28th
50.90
2006/07 Best Results

GB J1
Int J1
Overall
FIS Points
Veysonnaz FIS
SUI
Super G
1st
7th
59th
94.66
Lech FIS
AUT
GS
1st
12th
47th
70.62
Altausee FIS
AUT
GS
1st
17th
63rd
79.46
Sarentino NJR
ITA
Super G
1st
24th
60th
105.57
Pozza Di Fassa NJR
ITA
GS
1st
2nd
12th
75.44
SL
1st
4th
13th
75.27
Piancavallo NJR
ITA
SL
1st
6th
11th
74.49
Alleghe NJR
ITA
GS
1st
16th
44th
99.15
Geilo FIS
NOR
SL
1st
6th
19th
75.14
Meribel
FRA
         
British Seniors
DH
1st
2nd
12th
112.45
British Juniors
DH
1st
1st
11th
87.84
British Seniors
SG
1st
2nd
14th
88.84
British Juniors
SL
2nd
2nd
10th
93.61
British Juniors
SG
1st
1st
1st
77.61
Courchevel
FRA
         
Scottish FIS
GS
1st
1st
3rd
52.64
2005/06

    J1
Overall
FIS Points
British Junior Champs Slalom 1st
11th
75.24
Meribel GS 1st
9th
61.02
  Super G 1st
10th
107.32
     
 
Lelex FIS Slalom 15th
34th
96.60
     
 
Mevege FIS Super G 37th
99th
95.61
     
 
Chamonix FIS Slalom 5th
48th
97.00
     
 
Panorama FIS Slalom 6th
36th
92.43
2004/05

25 Coupe Scarafiotti
Val D'Isere, France
Slalom 9th
  Super G 25th
British Children's Champs
Meribel, France
Slalom 1st
  GS 1st
  Super G 1st
  Overall 1st
  Named Team (BSA) 1st
  Club Team (BSA) 1st
Inter Schools Ski Challenge
Les Houches, France
Slalom 4th
  GS 1st
  Overall 3rd
Grand Prix
Les Houches, France
Slalom 1st
44 Trofeo Topolino
Pinzolo, Italy
Slalom DNF
  GS 46th
Grand Prix
Chamonix, France
Slalom 1st
District Minimes
Les Houches, France
GS 4th

2003/04

English Childrens Championships
Puy St Vincent, France
GS 1st
  Super G 1st
British Childrens Championships
Meribel, France
Slalom DNF
  GS 2 3rd
  Super G 7th
  Club Team (BSA) 1st
Inter School Ski Challenge
Les Houches, France
Slalom 1st
  GS 1st
  Overall 1st
  Martin Prohaczka Trophy for Sporting Endevour  
2 Trofej Vjeverica
Croatia
Slalom 31st
44 Trofeo Topolino
Pinzolo Italy
Slalom 40th
  GS 71st
BARSC Championships
Alpbach, Austria
Slalom 2nd
  GS 1 3rd
  GS 2 4th
  Club Team (BSA) 1st
2002/03

English Childrens Championships
Puy St Vincent, France
Slalom 3rd
  GS 5th
  Super G 2nd
British Childrens Championships
Pitztal, Austria
Slalom 2nd
  GS 2nd
  Super G 1st
  Overall =1st
  Club Team (BSA) 1st
  CH1 Boys Team (BSA) 1st
Inter Schools Ski Challenge
Les Houches, France
SL 4th
  GS 20th
1 Trofej Vjeverica
Croatia
Slalom 8th
  GS 13th
Caoeller Trophy
Czech Republic
Slalom 7th
  GS 13th
42 Ski Interkriterium
Czech Republic
Slalom 11th
  GS 31st
BARSC Championships
Alpbach, Austria
Slalom 16th
  GS 5th
2001/02

British Championships
Pitztal, Austria
Slalom DSQ
  GS 2nd
  Super G 4th
English Championships
Kaunertal, Austria
Slalom 1st
  GS 1st
  Super G 3rd
Uludag Cup
Uludag, Turkey
Slalom 2nd
  GS 7th
Inter Schools Championships
Pitztal, Austria
Slalom 1 3rd
  Slalom 2 1st
British School Boys Champsionships
Veysonez, Switzerland
Slalom 8th
  GS 3rd
BARSC
Lenk, Switzerland
Slalom 4th
  GS DNF
  Super G 7th

 

TJ has now appeared in 8 different TV articles on 6 different channels over the past 4 years.

The first was in October 1999 after he had won the Eastern Region Ski Association (ERSA) Championship in Boys & Girls. Anglia TV did a small article about the races and a short interview with him.

In September 2001 BBC Look East then did an article on TJ & Jake at the Norfolk Ski Club after TJ had won the European Dry Slope Championships in Ch1 & Jake was 3rd.

Radio Broadland also put out some interviews with both TJ and Jake.

After TJ & Jake had been selected for the British Children's Ski Team in January 2002, BBC Look East did another article on both boys from the indoor snow slope, Xscape at Milton Keynes. This coincided with the start of the Winter Olympics.

In February 2003, BBC Look East again ran another article filmed at the Norfolk Ski Club about TJ, Jake & Beth who had all been selected for the British Children's Ski Team. This time 3 from Norfolk.

His first appearance on Satellite TV came in September 2003 when Sports Nation filmed an article from the Norfolk Ski Club about dry slope skiing. It featured the BSA summer camp with an interview with TJ. It was broadcast 4 times on SkySport 2 & SkySport 3.

October 2003 saw his first appearance on National TV. TJ & Jake were both featured on The Ski and Snow Show on CH4. It was shown twice over the same weekend.

TJ was featured on Radio Norfolk during October as part of the Sports Personality of the year award, which he won.

In November 2003 he was featured on BBC Look East as part of the 'BBC Look East Sports Personality of the year award's.  He appeared with Graham Bell and was featured twice over 10 days.

In December 2004 he was featured  as part of a article on the BSA. This was broadcast on the 'Anglia Tonight' programme on both Eastern & Western editions. It also went out on satelite on the ITV News channel.

After winning all 4 individual titles at the British Childrens Champs in April 2005, TJ was featured on Anglia Sports news.


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